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ACTS
Approved by the People, November 4, 1930
(Chapters 427 and 428, Acts of 1930)
AND
ACTS AND RESOLVES
PASSED BY THE
(iencral dfourt of |llajjfjacIutHett!i
IN THE YEAR
1931
TOGETHER WITH
RETURNS OF VOTES UPON QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO VOTERS
TABLES SHOWING CHANGES IN THE STATUTES, ETC.
PDBLISHBD BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
BOSTON
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING COMPANY
1931
Chapter 427.
®I|p Qlfltttmnnm^altlj nf HaHsarliuBPttB
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty.
An Act to repeal section two a of chapter one hun- Chav 427
DRED and thirty-eight OF THE GENERAL LAWS, INSERTED
BY CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY OF THE ACTS
OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE.
Be it enacted hy the People, and by their authority:
Chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General ^- I'^^H^' ^ '^^'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section two A, in-
serted by chapter three hundred and seventy of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, December 3, 1930.
I hereby certify that the foregoing law entitled "An Act Certificate of
to repeal Section Two A of Chapter One Hundred and fs^'to Ip^rota'i
Thirty-eight of the General Laws, inserted by Chapter by\^he'p^pie.
Three Hundred and Seventy of the Acts of Nineteen Hun-
dred and Twenty-three" was approved by the People at
the State Election held on November 4, 1930, pursuant to
the provisions of Article XLVIH of the Amendments to the
Constitution.
F. W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Chapter 428.
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty.
ChapA28 An Act to amend chapter one hundred and thirty-one
OF THE GENERAL LAWS.
Be it enacted by the People, and hy their authority:
"^otVonlf'tT^ Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws
§ 59. is hereby amended by inserting after section fifty-nine the
Penalty for use followins; ucw section : — Section 59 A. Whoever uses, sets
of certain traps • , ■ x j.1, J • r it, j. r
or maintains any trap or other device tor the capture of
fur-bearing animals which is Hkely to cause continued suffer-
ing to an animal caught therein, and which is not designed
to kill such animal at once or to take it alive unhurt, shall
be fined fifty dollars for each offense; but this section shall
not apply to traps or other devices for protection against
vermin if set or maintained not more than fifty yards from
any building or cultivated plot of land to the use of which
the presence of vermin may be detrimental.
for capture of
fur-bearing
animals.
Exception.
Certificate of
state secretary
as to approval
of the law
by the people.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, December 3, 1930.
I hereby certify that the foregoing law entitled "An Act
to amend Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-one of the
General Laws" was approved by the People at the State
Election held on November 4, 1930, pursuant to the pro-
visions of Article XLVHI of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution.
F. W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
ACTS AND RESOLVES
OF
M AS S ACHUSETTS
1931
^^^^ The General Court, which was chosen November 4, 1930, assembled
on Wednesday, the seventh day of Januarj'-, 1931, for its first annual
session.
The oaths of office were taken and subscribed by His Excellency Joseph
B. Ely and His Honor William Sterling Youxgman on Thursday, the
eighth day of January, in the presence of the two Houses assembled in
convention.
ACTS.
An Act making appropriations for the employment of
additional persons as a measure of relief during
the present unemployment emergency.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court assembled, and hy the authority of the same,
as follows:
Section 1. To provide for the employment of addi-
tional labor and other personal services as a measure of
relief- during the present emergency caused by unemploy-
ment, the sums set forth in section two, for the several
purposes and subject to the conditions therein specified, are
hereby appropriated from the general fund or revenue of
the commonwealth unless some other source of revenue is
expressed, subject to the provisions of law regulating the
disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof.
Chap.
Appropriations
for the employ-
ment of addi-
tional persons
as a measure
of relief during
the present
unemployment
emergency.
Section 2.
Service of the State Quartermaster.
For repairs and improvements of armories of the first
class as a part of the maintenance thereof, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars .
For repairs and improvements of Camp Curtis Guild
rifle range as a part of the maintenance thereof, a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars
State
Quartermaster.
$30,000 00
2,000 00
Service of the State Library.
For cleaning books in the state library, a sum not
exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
1,500 00
state Library.
Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.
D For repairs and improvements in the state house, a
sum not exceeding thirty-two hundred dollars
Service of the Department of Conservation.
E For thinning trees and otherwise improving forest
lands owned by the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding one hundred and three thousand dollars
F For improvements at fish hatcheries and game
farms, a sum not exceeding eighty-seven hundred
dollars ........
Service of the Department of Education.
G For cleaning and improving an auxiliary source of
water supply at the Bridgewater normal school, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars
H For digging ditches on land of the Hyannis normal
school, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars
Superintendent
3,200 00 °^ B""dings.
Department of
Conservation.
103,000 00
8,700 00
Department of
Education.
3,000 00 Bridgewater
normal school.
500 00 Hyannis
normal school.
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 1.
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College.
For building a shed for lumber storage at the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars .... $2,500 00
For cutting timber and other work in the forest of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College, a sum not
exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . . . 1,500 00
Division of
Civil Service.
Service of the Division of Civil Service.
K For temporary clerk for the division of civil service,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars .
3,000 00
Department
of Mental
Diseases.
Foxborough
state hospital.
Worcester
state hospital.
M
Services of Department of Mental Diseases.
For services of workmen necessary to complete the
renovation of Ward C at the Foxborough state
hospital, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
dollars ........
For services of workmen necessary to complete two
officers' cottages at the Worcester state hospital,
a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars .
7,000 00
7,000 00
Department ]sj
of Correction.
Service of the Department of Correction.
For repairs and improvements at the reformatory for
women, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred
dollars ........
3,500 00
Department
of Public
Welfare.
Massachusetts
Hospital
School.
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
For clerical work in the following divisions :
O Commissioner's office, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars 800 00
P Aid and relief, a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred
dollars 1,300 00
Q Child guardianship, a sum not exceeding nineteen
hundred dollars 1,900 00
Massachusetts Hospital School:
R For clearing land at the Massachusetts hospital
school, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars 3,000 00
Department of
Public Health.
Lakeville state
sanatorium.
North Reading -[j
state sana-
torium.
Westfield state y
sanatorium.
Service of the Department of Public Health.
For the alteration of two buildings to provide for
twelve additional beds at the Lakeville state sana-
torium, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand
dollars . . 17,000 00
For certain repairs and improvements at the Lake-
ville state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding fifty-
seven hundred dollars ..... 5,700 00
For certain repairs and improvements at the North
Reading state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
eighty-six hundred dollars ..... 8,600 00
For clearing land at the Westfield state sanatorium, a
sum not exceeding six thousand dollars . . 6,000 00
Metropolitan
District
Commission.
W
Service of the Metropolitan District Commission.
The following items are to be assessed upon the
several districts in accordance with the methods
fixed by law, and to be expended under the di-
rection and with the approval of the metro-
politan district commission :
For cutting brush, clearing and other work in con-
nection with the maintenance of park reservations,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars 100,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 2. 9
X For cutting trees and other work upon land held for
the protection of the water supply of the metro-
politan water system, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars $10,000 00
$330,700 00
General fund $220,700 00
Metropolitan District funds 110,000 00
$330,700 00
Section 3. Persons employed hereunder shall not be Not subject to
subject to civil service laws or the rules and regulations faws.^ltr*'^
made thereunder.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January I4, 1931.
An Act relative to the reconstruction of a part of r'/,^^ o
CENTRE STREET IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TO ITS CON- ^'
TROL AFTER RECONSTRUCTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and forty-eight of the 1929, 248, § 1,
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine is hereby amended '^•^^^^^e'^-
by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 1 . The board of street commissioners Reconstruction
of the city of Boston may, with the approval of the mayor centre street in
of said city, lay out, widen, extend, relocate and reconstruct city of Boston.
Centre street in said city from a point at or near May street
to a point at or near South street.
Section 2. All sums of money which, prior to the Expenditure,
passage of this act, have been voted to be provided from
taxes or other sources of revenue and the proceeds of any
securities which, prior to such passage, have been authorized
under the provisions of section four of said chapter two
hundred and forty-eight, may be expended for the work
authorized by section one of said chapter, as amended by this
act, and the provisions of said section four applicable to said
Centre street shall be available for the purposes of said
section one, as so amended.
Section 3. Chapter two hundred and forty-eight of the Effective upon
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine having been sub- ^'^^^^^^^ ^*°-
mitted to and accepted by the city council of the city of
Boston, in accordance with the provisions of section five
thereof, this act in amendment of said chapter two hundred
and forty-eight shall take effect upon its passage and with-
out being further submitted to the city council of said city.
Approved January 27, 1931.
10
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 3, 4, 5.
City of Taun-
ton may borrow
money for the
payment of its
share of the
cost of improv-
ing a certain
part of the
Taunton river.
Taunton River
Improvement
Loan, Act of
1931.
Chap. 3 An Act authorizing the city of taunton to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF ITS SHARE OF THE COST OF
improving a CERTAIN PART OF THE TAUNTON RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of enabling the city of
Taunton to contribute its share of the cost of the improve-
ment authorized by chapter four hundred and five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, said city may borrow,
from time to time within a period of five years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, thirty thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Taunton River Improvement Loan,
Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sep-
arate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more
than ten years from their dates, but no issue shall be author-
ized 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 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 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 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 January 27, 1931.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
Chap. 4 An Act authorizing the town of watertown to appro-
priate money for the PURPOSE OF PAYING A PORTION
OF THE COST OF ERECTING A MEMORIAL TO THE FOUNDERS
OF THE TOWN.
Town of Water-
town may
appropriate
money for pur-
pose of paying
a portion of
cost of erecting
a memorial to
founders of
town.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Watertown may appropriate
money in nineteen hundred and thirty-one and in nineteen
hundred and thirty-two for the purpose of pajang a portion of
the cost of erecting a memorial to the founders of the town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.*
Approved January 29, 1931.
Chap. 5 An Act authorizing the town of Plymouth to appro-
priate 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 Plymouth may appropriate a
sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the purpose of
Town of
Plymouth may
aopropriate
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 6, 7, 8. 11
providing proper facilities for public entertainment at the money to pro-
time of the state convention of The American Legion, to be Jot holding in
held in said town during the current year, and of paying gtltVcom-en-
expenses incidental to such entertainment. Money so ap- tion of The
propriated shall be expended under the direction of the tTgton^'^
selectmen of said town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
A'p'proved January 29, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of watertown to erect Chap. 6
AND MAINTAIN AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON SALTON-
STALL PARK IN SAID TOW^N.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The town of Watertown is hereby author- ^J^J"^^ ^rect'
ized to erect and maintain on Saltonstall park in said town etc., an admin-
an administration building and to utilize for uses incidental Ing o*n°saUon-"
thereto so much of the remainder of said park as may be staii park, etc.
necessary.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 2, 1931.
An Act relative to the taking of striped bass from Chap. 7
THE waters op PARKER RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
WITHIN THE TOWNS OF NEWBURY, ROWLEY AND GEORGE-
TOWN, BY MEANS OF BOWED NETS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Between the effective date of this act and ^^l^pelbLs
April first next succeeding, the selectmen of the towns of from waters of
Newbury, Rowley and Georgetown may grant permits au- etc'!, withl"'
thorizing the taking of striped bass from the waters of ^y^^^^^oT'
Parker river and its tributaries within the limits of their bowed nets,
... 1 ri_ij. 1 1- authorized
respective towns, by means oi bowed nets, under such regu- during certain
lations as they may deem advisable; provided, that the p^nod.
mesh of such a net shall not be less than three and one half proviso.
inches. Any person taking striped bass during said period
from said waters by means of bowed nets shall not be subject
to the provisions of section forty-nine of chapter one hundred
and thirty-one of the General Laws if such bass are taken as
authorized hereunder, otherwise he shall be subject to such
provisions.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1931.
An Act placing the office of chief of police of the Chap 8
town of NATICK under the civil service LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L The office of chief of police of the town of of'^oUci of '^^
Natick shall, upon the effective date of this act, become sub- town of Natick
ject to the civil service laws and rules and regulations relat- lervic'eSaws? '
etc.
12
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 9.
Submission to
voters, etc.
ing to the appointment and removal of police officers in
towns, and the tenure of office of any incumbent thereof
shall be unhmited, except that he may be removed in accord-
ance with such laws and rules and regulations; but the
person holding said office on said effective date may con-
tinue to serve as such without taking a civil service ex-
amination.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the 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 nineteen hundred and thirty-one,
entitled 'An Act placing the office of chief of poHce of the
town of Natick under the civil service laws', 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, except that for the purpose of such
submission it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1931.
Chap.
Middlesex
county com-
missioners may
convey to city
of Newton
parcel of land
acquired as
site for court
house in
exchange for
certain parcel,
etc.
May erect
building for
purpose of pro-
viding accom-
modations for
district court
of Newton,
etc.
Certain
provisions
available.
9 An Act authorizing Middlesex county to provide ade-
quate ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF NEW-
TON ON LAND TO BE CONVEYED BY THE CITY OF NEWTON
IN EXCHANGE FOR LAND ALREADY ACQUIRI^) BY SAID
COUNTY FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZING SUCH
EXCHANGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of Middlesex
county, on behalf of said county, are hereb}'^ authorized to
convey to the city of Newton a parcel of land acquired by
said county under authority of section one of chapter one
hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty as a site for a new court house for the district court
of Newton, in exchange for a suitable parcel of land situated
on Washington street in said city, and said city is hereby
authorized to make said exchange.
Section 2. Whon said parcel of land on Washington
street has been acquired by said county as aforesaid, the
said county commissioners may erect thereon a suitable
building for the purpose of providing court house accom-
modations and facilities for said district court and may
equip and furnish the same.
Section 3. The provisions of sections two and three of
said chapter one hundred and twenty-six, in so far as they
shall not have been availed of to meet obligations entered
into under said chapter prior to the effective date of this
act, shall be available for the purposes set forth in section
two of this act to the*same extent as though such building
were to be erected on the parcel of land already acquired
by said county under section one of said chapter one hun-
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 10, 11. 13
dred and twenty-six, but nothing herein shall affect the validity of
validity of bonds or notes issued or to be issued to meet ofnotes^not^^
obligations entered into under said chapter prior to the affected.
effective date of this act.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 6, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of north adams to pay a fhrjjy in
CERTAIN CLAIM 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 North Adams is hereby author- city of North
ized to expend a sum of money, not exceeding five thousand Adams may
1111 1 11 • 1 11- P^y ^ certain
nine hundred and seventy dollars, in the payment and dis- claim legally
charge of a certain claim of the Seagrave Corporation for by'rel^oTo^'^ '
overhauling and repairing a pumping engine of the fire [.om^f^with
department of said city, said claim being legally unenforce- certain pro-
able against said city by reason of its failure to comply with charter."* '^^
the provisions of section fifty-four or fifty-five of its charter,
to wit: chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of
eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
during the current year by vote of the city council of said cHy council,
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved February 6, 1931.
An Act relative to the disposition of charters of rhn^ 1 1
LIQUIDATED TRUST COMPANIES. ^'
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
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 forty-four of chapter one hundred and seventy- o. l. 172, § 44,
two of the General Laws, as amended by chapter two hun- ®*'^' ^^^"'^ed.
dred and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "company" in the eleventh fine the words: — ,
or the affairs of which shall, on or after said date, have
been liquidated, — so as to read as follows: — Section 44- consolidation
No trust company shall be merged in or consolidated with pannes *'°™'
another trust company except with the written approval of ^''suiated.
the commissioner and under the provisions of sections forty-
two and forty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-six,
which are hereby made applicable to the sale or exchange
of all the property and assets, including the good will and
corporate franchise, of a trust company. The charter of a Charter to be
trust company the business of which shall, on or after July ^°jd, except.
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, be consolidated or
14
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 12.
merged with, or absorbed by, another bank or trust com-
pany, or the affairs of which shall, on or after said date, have
been liquidated, shall be void except for the purpose of dis-
charging existing obligations and liabilities.
Approved February 7, 1931.
Chaj) 12 ^^ ■^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENT OF FINAL DIVIDENDS IN
THE LIQUIDATION OF TRUST COMPANIES.
Emergency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
pream e. ^^ defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
G. L. 167, § 31,
etc., amended.
Banks in
liquidation.
Dividends,
objections
to claims,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section thirty-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-
seven of the General Laws, as amended by chapter four hun-
dred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "creditors" in the ninth line the words: — , or
earlier if the supreme judicial court so orders, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 31 . At any time after the expira-
tion of the date fixed for the presentation of claims, the
supreme judicial court, on application of the commissioner,
depositor, creditor, stockholder or any party in interest,
may authorize or direct the commissioner to declare out of
the funds remaining in his hands, after the payment of ex-
penses, one or more dividends, and, after the expiration of
one year from the first publication of notice to creditors,
or earlier if the supreme judicial court so orders, the com-
missioner may declare a final dividend, such dividends to
be paid to such persons, in such amounts, and upon such
notice as may be directed by the supreme judicial court
for the county where the principal ofiice of such bank was
located, or as may be directed by a justice of said court.
Objections to any claim not rejected by the commissioner
may be made by any person interested by filing a copy of
the objections with the commissioner, who shall present the
same to the supreme judicial court at the time of the next
application for leave to declare a dividend. The court to
which such application is made shall thereupon dispose of
said objections, or may refer them to a master, and should
the objections to any claim be sustained by the court or
by the master no dividend thereon shall be paid by the
commissioner until the claimant shall have established his
claim by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The court may make proper provision for unproved or
unclaimed deposits. Approved February 7, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 13, 14. 15
An Act relative to the performance of certain du- nhaj. i o
TIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL DISEASES DURING ^'
HIS ABSENCE OR DISABILITY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
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 enticted, etc., as follows:
Section four of chapter nineteen of the General Laws is g. l. i9, § 4,
hereby amended by inserting after the word "prescribe" amended.
in the sixth and seventh lines the following : — , except that
the commissioner, with like approval, may designate another
person or persons in the department to perform, during
such absence or disability, such specific duties as the com-
missioner may prescribe, and may revoke such designation,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 4- The commissioner commissioner
shall be the executive and administrative head of the de- of mental
J , , • ii • 1 T • • 1 diseases, duties.
partment and may organize therein such divisions as he
may determine. He may, with the approval of the governor Assistant
and council, appoint and fix the compensation of an assistant commissioner,
commissioner, who shall discharge the duties of the commis- pgrforman
sioner during his absence or disability and perform such ot certain
other duties as the commissioner may prescribe, except that commissioner
the commissioner, with like approval, may designate another f^sence'^etc
person or persons in the department to perform, during
such absence or disability, such specific duties as the com-
missioner may prescribe, and may revoke such designation.
The commissioner shall appoint and may remove such agents Agents, etc.
and subordinate officers as the department may deem neces-
sary, and shall fix their compensation. Physicians, patholo- physicians, etc.,
gists and psychiatrists shall be exempt from chapter thirty- exempUrom
one. Approved February 7, 1931,
An Act making further appropriations for the em- fii,^^ 14
PLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS AS A MEASURE OF ^'
RELIEF DURING THE PRESENT UNEMPLOYMENT EMERGENCY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide further for the employment of Further appro-
additional labor and other personal services as a measure of thlfempioy-
relief during the present emergency caused by unemploy- ^^i^JIti"^,.^!
ment, the sums set forth in section two for the several pur- persons as a
poses and subject to the conditions therein specified, are J^uef'dur'ing
hereby appropriated from the general fund or revenue of unempfoyment
the commonwealth unless some other source of revenue is emergency.
expressed, subject to the provisions of law regulating the
disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof.
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 14.
Section 2.
Service of the Deparlvienl of Labor and Industries.
Department of
Labor and
Industries.
Statistical
service.
Item
L-1
L-2
For personal services for the statistical service, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand five hundred and
ninety dollars $10,590 00
For traveling and other expenses of the statistical
service, a sum not exceeding seventy-one hundred
and fifty dollars 7,150 GO
Department
of Mental
Diseases.
Danvers state
hospital.
Foxborough
state hospital.
Taunton state
hospital.
Worcester
state hospital.
Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
M-1 For services of workmen necessary to complete an
officer's cottage at the Danvers state hospital, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 3,000 00
M-2 For services of workmen necessary to replace stairs
and install grilles at the Foxborough state hospi-
tal, a sum not exceeding forty-seven hundred
dollars 4,700 00
M-3 For services of workmen necessary to complete an
officer's cottage at the Taunton state hospital, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 3,000 00
M-4 For the purchase of equipment for the dairy and
cow barn at the Worcester state hospital, and for
services of workmen necessary to install the same,
a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars . 20,000 00
Metropolitan
District
Commission.
Service of the 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-
politan District Commission:
X For cutting brush, clearing and other work in con-
nection with the maintenance of park reserva-
tions, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose
X-1 For services of certain workmen for maintenance
and operation of a system of sewage disposal for
the north metropolitan sewerage district, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars .
X-2 For services of certain workmen for maintenance
and operation of a system of sewage disposal for
the south metropolitan sewerage district, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars
Y For cutting trees and other work upon land held
for the protection of the water supply of the
Metropolitan Water system, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose .......
50,000 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
5,000 00
$106,440 00
General fund
Metropolitan District funds
$48,440 00
58,000 00
$106,440 00
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 15, 16. 17
Section 3. Persons employed hereunder shall not be Not subject to
subject to civil service laws or the rules and regulations laws.^ete.'''^
made thereunder.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 10, 1931.
An Act relative to the acquisition by eminent domain Qfidj) 15
OR otherwise by the city of boston of land for
PARKS AND other OPEN SPACES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter two hundred and i^2^^9^3, § 3,
ninety-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
two is hereby amended by striking out, in the fifth, sixth
and seventh hues, the words "of a total assessed value not
exceeding two thirds of the amount so authorized", — so
as to read as follows: — Section 3. Whenever said city shall f^^l^l'°'^ ^^
have authorized the city treasurer to issue bonds or certifi- domain or
cates of indebtedness, as provided in the preceding sec- ^hedTy^of^^
tions, the street commissioners of said city, with the approval ^r^*°rk°8^an^'^
of the mayor, may take in fee, by purchase or otherwise, other open
such lands as shall be determined by said city, and may ^p^"®^-
agree with the persons owning such lands as to the dam-
ages to be paid by the city therefor, and said city, by such
agency as it may determine, shall expend the balance of
the proceeds of the bonds or certificates of indebtedness re-
maining after such lands have been paid for, in construct-
ing or preparing such lands for use.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1931.
An Act relative to certain fees to be paid under the Chap. 16
ZONING law of the CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section nineteen of chapter four hundred and e?r'amended
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, as amended by section eleven of chapter two hundred
and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
five and by section one of chapter three hundred and fifty
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the fifth line of the
second paragraph, the word "ten" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — fifteen, — so that said paragraph will
read as follows: —
Any applicant for a permit under this act whose applica- Board of
tion has been refused may appeal therefrom within ninety BostoizSnrng
days. Any applicant to the building commissioner for a '^^•
permit who appeals to the said board shall pay to him a a^^i-^iln^/for
fee of fifteen dollars before such permit shall be considered permits.
by the board. Such fees shall be deposited by the building Fee.
commissioner with the city collector at least once a week.
18
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 16.
1924. 488, § 20.
etc., amended.
Board of
zoning
adjustment.
May change
boundaries
of districts, etc.
Requirements
for such
changes.
Public hearing,
notice, etc.
Members
personally
interested not
to act.
Majority of
board to
constitute
quorum for
public hc;irings
and for all acts
of board,
except, etc.
Adjournment
by less than
majority.
Section 2. Section twenty of said chapter four hundred
and eighty-eight, as amended by section twelve of said
chapter two hundred and nineteen, by section two of said
chapter three hundred and fifty and by section six of chap-
ter two hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out, in the twenty-eighth hne of the second paragraph,
the word "ten" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
twenty-five, — so that said paragraph will read as follows: —
Either upon petition or otherwise, the board may, subject
to the following conditions, change the boundaries of dis-
tricts by changing the zoning map, on file at the state sec-
retary's office, to meet altered needs of a locality, to avoid
undue concentration of population, to provide adequate
light and air, to lessen congestion in streets, to secure safety
from fire, panic and other dangers, to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage and other pub-
lic requirements and to promote the health, safety, conven-
ience and welfare of the inhabitants of the city of Boston.
Such changes shall be made with reasonable consideration,
among other things, of the character of the district and its
peculiar suitabihty for particular uses, and with a view to
conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most
appropriate use of land. No such change shall be made ex-
cept by the decision of not less than four fifths of the mem-
bers of the board, excepting only any member or members
not qualified to act, rendered after a public hearing thereon,
of which notice shall be mailed to the petitioner, if any, to
the building commissioner, the chairman of the Assessing
department, the chairman of the street laying-out depart-
ment, the commissioner of public works, the fire commis-
sioner and the health commissioner of the city of Boston,
and to the owners of all property deemed by the board to
be affected thereby as they appear in the most recent local
tax list and also advertised in a daily newspaper published
in the city of Boston. Any petition for changing the zon-
ing map shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars
before being considered by the board. Such fees shall be
deposited by the board with the city collector within one
month after receipt thereof. No member shall act in any
case in which he is personally interested either directly or
indirectly. A majority of the board shall constitute a quo-
rum for all pubhc hearings and for all acts of the board,
except that decisions changing the boundaries of districts
on the zoning map or confirming a decision of the board of
appeal shall be deemed to comply with this section only if
the written record of such decision is signed, in case of any
change of boundaries as aforesaid, by not less than four
fifths, or, in case of any confirmation of a decision of the
board of appeal, by not less than two thirds, of the mem-
bers of the board quahfied to act. If less than a majority
of the board is present at any public hearing or at any ex-
ecutive session, the members actually present may adjourn
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 17, 18. 19
the same by proclamation to such time and place as they
deem advisable, and further notice thereof shall not be nec-
essary. The board may adopt rules, not inconsistent with May adopt
the provisions of this act, governing notice and procedure.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 11, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of uxbridge to borrow Qfidj) yj
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for a Town of Ux-
school building and/or constructing and originally equip- borrot m^ey
ping and furnishing such a building, the town of Uxbridge p°[j.po^g°f
may borrow, from time to time within a period of five
years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Uxbridge School Loan, Act of gJh'Jjjfffoan
1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate Act of 1931. '
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 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 February 11, 1931.
An Act authorizing the county of Bristol to borrow Chap. 18
money for the purpose of constructing, equipping
AND furnishing A BUILDING AT THE BRISTOL COUNTY
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of Bristol county
Bristol, acting as trustees of the Bristol county tuberculosis m"y expeTcf a^
hospital, may expend a sum not exceeding forty thousand const mcti"n!°'^
dollars for the purpose of constructing and originally equip- ftc., of building
ping and furnishing a building at said hospital, in accord- county tubercu-
ance with plans approved by the state department of public ^°*'^ hospital.
health.
Section 2. For the purpose aforesaid, the said county May borrow
commissioners may borrow money on the credit of the Sotesfetc^"^
county and issue notes of the county therefor to an amount
not exceeding forty thousand dollars. Said notes shall be
20 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 19.
payable by such annual payments beginning not more than
one year from the date thereof as will extinguish each loan
within five years from its date. The amount of such annual
pajonent in any year shall not be less than the amount of the
principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The
notes shall be signed by the county treasurer and counter-
signed by a majority of the county commissioners. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. All sums
necessary to meet interest payments on said notes and pay-
ments on account of principal as the same mature shall be
assessed upon the cities and towns of said county constitut-
ing the hospital district, in accordance with section eighty-
five of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.
Submission to Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
oristol countv . ...
commissioners, duriug the currcut year by the county commissioners of said
®*''' county, but not otherwise. Approved February 12, 1931.
Chap. 19 An Act authorizing the selectmen of the town of
BEDFORD TO ACT AS A BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS EXER-
CISING THE POWERS OF CERTAIN OTHER BOARDS AND
TOWN OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Board of Section 1. The board of selectmen of the town of Bed-
town of Bed- ford as constituted from time to time, from and after the
b°oMd°of pubUc annual meeting at which this act becomes fully effective, as
works exercising provided in SBctiou four, shall also be a board of public
ceftairTothe" works, and iu said capacity shall have and exercise, under
t'own'^officers, the designation of selectmen, all the powers and duties now
etc. or from time to time vested by general law in the following
boards and officers in said town, to wit: — the road com-
missioners, board of public welfare, water commissioners,
park commissioners, board of health, board of survey and
tree warden; and such boards and officers shall thereupon
be abolished. 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 officers so abolished.
ofTubUc^"'^""* Section 2. The selectmen shall appoint, and fix the
r°'^oi*Atment Compensation of, a superintendent of public works, who
duti°es" etc." ' shall administer, under the supervision and direction of the
selectmen, such departments of the town under their con-
trol as they may designate. He shall be responsible for the
efficient 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
other elective or appointive office, nor shall he be engaged
Bond. in any other business or occupation. He shall give bond to
the town for the faithful performance of his duties with a
surety company authorized to transact business in the com-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 20. 21
monwealth, as surety, in such sum and upon such condi-
tions as the selectmen may require, and shall, subject to Appointment
the approval of the selectmen, appoint such assistants, °f assistants,
agents and employees as the performance of the duties of
such departments may require and may with like approval
remove them. He shall keep full and complete records of domgs!etc.
the doings of his 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 publication. He Toniake
shall keep the selectmen fully advised as to the needs of es^ti^ateof
the town within the scope of his duties, and shall furnish to rl^quh-edretc"^
the selectmen, on or before January fifteenth 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 Town may
twenty-three of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, the action'^aken
said town, at any time after three years following the annual ^Pfo^P^rthis
town meeting at which this act becomes fully effective, act, etc.
may rescind, in whole or in part, all action taken under its
provisions.
Section 4. For the purpose of its submission to the when
voters of said town at an annual or special town meeting, 6^^'=*'^®-
this act shall take effect upon its passage; but it shall not
take further effect unless accepted by a majority of the
voters of said town, present and voting thereon at such a
meeting held not later than one year following its passage,
and in the event of such acceptance shall become fully
effective beginning with, and for the purposes of, the next
annual town meeting held after the expiration of twenty
days following its acceptance.
Approved February 12, 1931.
An Act providing for the merging of the first con- QJidj) 20
GREGATIONAL CHURCH AND THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
SOCIETY IN THE TOWN OF WEBSTER INTO THE FIRST CON-
GREGATIONAL CHURCH, OF WEBSTER, MASS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The First Congregational Church and the First Congre-
First Congregational Society, in the town of Webster, are |nd°theFir^*'
hereby merged into the First Congregational Church, of soc"|[v^tn the'
Webster, Mass., a corporation organized under general law town of Webster,
March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty. rmTcongre-
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance |fh|j°"f/ ^f
by vote of the members of each of said churches and of said Webster, Mass.
society, at meetings duly notified and called for the purpose; Effective upon
provided, that such acceptances occur within six months ^°^®p*"'"*=^'
from the passage of this act. Proviso.
Approved February 12, 1931.
22
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 21, 22, 23.
G. L. 111. new
section after
§ 174.
Prevention of
the defilement
by gulls or
terns of waters
used for
domestic
water supply.
Chap. 21 An Act to prevent the defilement by gulls or terns
OF waters used for domestic water supply.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section one
hundred and seventy-four the following new section: — Sec-
tion I74A. In order to preserve the purity and prevent the
pollution of the waters of any reservoir, pond, stream or
standpipe used for domestic water supply by the metropoli-
tan water district or by a town, water supply or fire and
water district, pubHc institution or water company, the pub-
lic board or commission, or the governing board in case of a
water company, having control of such waters may authorize
one or more of its employees, so far as permissible under fed-
eral law, to take such reasonable means and use such appli-
ances and weapons as, in the judgment of such public board
or commission, or governing board, as the case may be, will
prevent the defilement of said waters by gulls or terns, any
provision of chapter one hundred and thirty-one to the con-
trary notwithstanding. Every such public board or com-
mission and governing board shall keep an accurate account
of all birds killed by its employees under authority of this
section and submit such account to the director of the divi-
sion of fisheries and game of the department of conservation
at such times and covering such periods as he may prescribe.
Section 2. Chapter two hundred and forty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four is hereby repealed.
A'p'proved February 12, 1931.
1924, 240,
repealed.
Chap. 22 An Act relative to the lease of a court room and
offices for the use of the trial justice's court in
THE town of LUDLOW.
Hampden
county com-
missioners may
lease a court
room, etc., for
use of trial
justice's court
in town of
Ludlow.
Effective upon
acceptance,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of Hampden
county are hereby authorized to lease, for periods not ex-
ceeding three years each, a court room and offices for the
use of the trial justice's court in the town of Ludlow in said
county, at an aggregate rental not exceeding fifty dollars a
month, notwithstanding the provisions of section five of
chapter two hundred and nineteen of the General Laws.
Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by the county commissioners of said
county, but not otherwise. Approved February 12, 1931.
Chap. 23 An Act reviving Northampton street stables, incorpo-
rated.
^r^ambfe''^ ^Vhercas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 24, 25. 23
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the pubHc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Northampton Street Stables, Incorporated, a corporation Northampton
dissolved by chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the inco^orated!'
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby revived revived.
with the same powers, duties and obligations as if said
chapter had not been passed.
Approved February 13, 1931.
An Act authorizing the reliance co-operative bank (Jj^jj) 24
IN THE city of CAMBRIDGE TO INVEST A PORTION OF ITS
FUNDS IN THE ALTERATION OR REMODELING OF ITS BANK
BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Reliance Co-operative Bank in the city Reliance Co-
of Cambridge, incorporated under the laws of this common- fn dty of
wealth, may, subject to the approval of the commissioner mt'y'inve^st a
of banks, invest in the alteration or remodeling of the P°^^'°?j^°!j|*^
building, now owned by said bank in said city and used in alteration, etc..
whole or in part for the convenient transaction of its busi- building"^
ness, a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars in
addition to any sums heretofore authorized by law to be
invested in said building.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 13, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of marblehead to use QJkit). 25
certain park land as a site for a fire station.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Marblehead may, notwith- Town of
. ,. f -J ±- _L • 1 • 1 J. rj.r! r Marblehead
standmg any limitation contained in chapter lorty-nve oi may use certain
the General Laws, use as a site for a fire station, under the ^te'^for "Arl*
exclusive management and control of its fire department, a station.
parcel of land included within the limits of Seaside park in
said town, bounded and described as follows: — Beginning
at a point on the northeasterly side of Ocean street in said
town at the dividing line between the parcel here described
and land shown as Gilbert Heights on the plan hereinafter
referred to; thence along said dividing line in a general
northeasterly direction by an irregular line, fifty-two and
thirty-two one hundredths feet, sixty-four and one one
hundredths feet, and approximately sixteen feet; thence
turning and running southeasterly along other park land
of said town shown on said plan, about ninety-throe feet;
thence turning and running southwesterly along such park
land, approximately ninety-eight feet to said Ocean street;
thence turning and running northwesterly along said Ocean
street approximately one hundred and eighty feet to the
24
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 26,27.
Submission
to voters, etc.
point of beginning; containing by approximation thirteen
thousand square feet; all as shown on a plan entitled,
"Town of Marblehead Site Plan for Proposed Fire Station
Jan 20, 1931 H B Breare, Town Eng", and filed in the office
of the town clerk of said town.
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 February 13, 1931.
Chap. 26 An Act to change the membership of the board of
TRUSTEES OF MILTON ACADEMY.
Act establishing
Milton Acad-
emy amended.
Trustees,
quoruni.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of an act approved March third, seventeen
hundred and ninety-eight and entitled "An Act for establish-
ing an academy in the Town of Milton, by the name of
Milton Academy", as amended by section two of chapter
two hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the third line,
the word "fifteen" and inserting in place thereof the word:
— eighteen, — so as to read as follows: — Section 5. Be it
further enacted, That the number of the said trustees shall
not, at one time, be more than eighteen nor less than nine;
five of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business.
Approved February 13, 1931.
Chap. 27 An Act relative to hunting hares and rabbits in
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
G. L. 131, § 94,
amended.
Close season
for hares or
rabbits.
Exception.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
ninety-four, inserted by section two of chapter three hun-
dred and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 94. No person, otherwise than as provided in sec-
tion ninety-six, shall hunt a hare or rabbit, except between
October twentieth and the last day of February, both
inclusive, in Nantucket county or between October twen-
tieth and February fifteenth, both inclusive, in any other
county, or during such open seasons kill more than two
northern varying hares, otherwise known as Canada hares,
snow-shoe rabbits or white rabbits, or more than five rab-
bits in any one day. This section shall not apply to Euro-
pean hares in the county of Berkshire, which may be taken
or killed at any time.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 28, 29, 30. 25
An Act providing for the holding in the city of pitts- (Jfidj) 28
FIELD OF ALL SESSIONS OF THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred g. l. 215, § 62,
and fifteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended ^*° ' ^""^^
by section one of chapter one hundred and twelve of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby further
amended by striking out the third paragraph, as appearing
in chapter four hundred and eighty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and inserting in place
thereof the following : —
Berkshire; at Pittsfield, on each Tuesday of each month sittings of
except August and November, and on the third Tuesday FoTB^erksHre
of August, on the Wednesday next after the first Monday orpfttsfidd.*^
in November and on each Tuesday in November after said
Wednesday.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1931.
An Act relative to appropriations by the city of (JJiaf). 29
boston for municipal purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston may by vote of the city Appropriations
council, with the approval of the mayor, in the manner Boston fo^r
specified in section three of chapter four hundred and eighty- municipal
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, make ap-
propriations for municipal purposes to be raised by tax-
ation for the financial year ending December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-one, 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 February 17, 1931.
An Act providing that the city of boston may use (JhaT). 30
FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES CERTAIN LANDS AND
INTERESTS THEREIN ACQUIRED BUT NOT NEEDED FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR TUNNEL BETWEEN BOSTON
PROPER AND EAST BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to city of Boston
use for the erection of a printing plant and police station, othor^nTuilidpai
or either of them, any lands or easements therein in Boston ^"rta-'n^i^inds
proper acquired under the provisions of chapter two hundred and interests
and ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and aoquTred but
twenty-nine, which shall, in the opinion of the transit de- "onstructlon^o'^f
partment of the city of Boston, cease to be needed for the certain vehicu-
•^ ' lar tunnel.
26 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 31.
purposes of said chapter two hundred and ninety-seven;
Proviso. provided, that said city shall pay into the sinking fund
provided for in section eight of said chapter two hundred
and ninety-seven such sum of money as may be agreed upon
between the transit department and the mayor of said city
as the reasonable value of the land and easements so used,
or such sum annually as may be agreed upon between said
transit department and said mayor as a reasonable rental
value for said land and easements.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1931.
Chap. 31 An Act further extending the time during which
THE CITIES OF LYNN, PEABODY, SALEM AND BEVERLY
AND THE TOWN OF DANVERS MAY TAKE WATER FROM THE
IPSWICH RIVER FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1919 (S), 115, §1, Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and
etc., amenaed. cirs -i* r • i ^ ^ i-
niteen oi the Special Acts ot nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, as amended by section one of chapter sixtj^-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, by section one
of chapter nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five and by section one of chapter sixty-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the twelfth and thirteenth lines,
the words "twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine and nineteen hundred and thirty" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — thirty-one, nineteen hundred
and thirty-two and nineteen hundred and thirty-three, —
Lynn, Peabody. SO as to read as f ollows : — Section 1 . The cities of Lynn,
and^DanvIrs^ Pcabody, Salciii and Beverly and the town of Danvers,
i^ed'to'^teke^"'^' authorized to take water from the Ipswich river or its
water from tributaries during the months from December to May,
f(?remergency inclusivc, Under the provisions of chapter five hundred and
purposes. eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and one and chapters
six hundred and ninety-eight, six hundred and ninety-nine
and seven hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, are hereby further authorized, in case of emergency,
to take water from said river or its tributaries during the
months from June to November, inclusive, in the years
nineteen hundred and thirty-one, nineteen hundred and
thirty-two and nineteen hundred and thirty-three, or any
of said years, in quantities not exceeding those which may
be taken from December to May, inclusive, as set forth in
said acts, whenever, in the opinion of the department of
public health, the taking of water during the months afore-
said in the years mentioned, or any of them, is necessary to
provide an adequate water supply for the cities and town
herein mentioned, subject otherwise to the remaining pro-
visions of said acts.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 32, 33. 27
An Act authorizing the boston five cents savings bank (Jjiq^jj 32
to make further investments in land and buildings
for the convenient transaction of its business.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, in- Boston Five
corporated under chapter two hundred and thirty-two of Blnkmty'"^^
the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, approved April ^"^fn'^erlctfdn.
seventh of said year, may, subject to the approval of the etc ofasuit-
commissioner of banks, invest in the erection and preparation forthe"con^^
of a suitable building or in the alteration and renovation of ^on ont^''^'^'''
any building now owned or to be acquired by it, including business.
the cost of such acquisition, to be used in whole or in part
for the convenient transaction of its business and to be
located on School street, in the city of Boston, a sum not
exceeding five hundred thousand dollars in addition to any
sums heretofore and hereinafter authorized to be invested in
land or buildings for said use.
Section 2. Said bank may, subject to like approval, in- May invest a
vest a sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, fand Tnd^'^ '
in addition to any sums heretofore and hereinbefore au- bralfjh office or
thorized, in the acquisition of land and buildings in the city offices, etc.
of Boston, and in the alteration and preparation of such
buildings, to be used in whole or in part for the conduct of
a branch office or offices of said bank.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1931.
An Act to permit the planning board of the town of (7/^^r). 33
AMESBURY TO ACT AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY IN SAID
TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The planning board of the town of Ames- The planning
1 !• 1 !• ji • J.111J. board oi town
bury from and after the acceptance 01 this act snail act as of Amesbury
the board of survey therein, and shall have all the powers b'oa^d oUurvey
and duties imposed upon boards of survey by the provisions Unsaid town.
of sections seventy-three to eighty-one, inclusive, of chapter
forty-one of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ^^j^^^j^J"'' *°
acceptance by a majority of the registered voters of the "^ ^'^ '
town, present and voting thereon at any annual or special
town meeting called for the purpose within two years from
the passage of this act; but for the purpose of such accept-
ance, it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1931.
28
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 34, 35, 36.
Chap. 34 An Act to prohibit and provide for the abatement of
CERTAIN nuisances ON THE SEASHORE IN PLYMOUTH
COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter two hundred and forty-three of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "Barnstable" in the
sixth line the word: — , Plymouth, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 1 . It shall be unlawful for any person
to deposit, or wilfully or negligently cause or permit to be
deposited or to dispose of in such manner as to cause the
same to be deposited by the action of the tide or otherwise
upon the seashore within the limits of the counties of Dukes
County, Barnstable, Plymouth or Nantucket, any mam-
mals, alive or dead, constituting or likely to constitute a
nuisance or a detriment to the health of the community.
Any person \'iolating any provision of this section shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
five hundred dollars. Approved February 17, 1931.
1918(G),243,§1.
amended.
Abatement of
certain nui-
sances on the
seashore in the
counties of
Dukes County,
Barnstable,
Plymouth or
Nantucket.
Penalty.
Chap. 35 An Act to enable the endowment committee of the
FIRST congregational CHURCH OF HOLLISTON TO HOLD
additional PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Endowment Committee of the First Congregational
Church of Holliston, incorporated by an act approved
February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-
nine, under the name of the Trustees of the Eames Minis-
terial Fund in Holliston, and whose name was changed to
its present one by section one of chapter two hundred and
sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby
authorized to receive, hold, manage and invest all funds and
property, real and personal, which have been or may be
assigned, conve^^ed, bequeathed or devised to it for the
purposes, use or benefit of the First Congregational Church
of Holliston, in accordance with the terms of any such assign-
ment, conveyance, bequest or devise to the amount limited
by general law. Approved February 17, 1931.
EndowTnent
Committee of
the First Con-
gregational
Church of
Holliston may
hold addi-
tional property.
Chap. 36 An Act relative to the furnishing by county tubercu-
losis HOSPITAL DISTRICTS OF DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TO COM-
BAT THE SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
eighty-five B, inserted therein by section one of chapter
seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
G. L. Ill, new
section after
§85B.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 36. 29
seven, the following new section: — Section 85C. The County com-
county commissioners of each county, in making adequate ™rovide*^out^^^
hospital provision for tubercular patients, as required by Pfents^tolffM^d
sections seventy-eight to ninety-one, inclusive, may provide to persons en-
such adequate out-patient departments as they deem diagnostfr °
proper to afford to persons entitled thereto diagnostic ^ggp^^t 't" tu-
service in respect to tuberculosis and to furnish advice as bercuiosis, etc.
to their care and treatment, and the county commissioners
of any county may, on request of the board of health of a
town in their tuberculosis hospital district, supplement
local facihties in such town in furnishing such diagnostic
service.
Section 2. Section eighty-five of said chapter one hun- g.l. iii.sss,
dred and eleven, as most recently amended by section two ^^^'^^^"^ ®
of chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "appropriations" in the ninth
line the following : — , and shall for said purposes include the
establishment and maintenance of out-patient departments
and the furnishing of supplementary diagnostic service under
section eighty-five C, — so as to read as follows : — Section Apportionment
85. The county shall provide for the care, maintenance tubercuio's'i^'^*^
and repair of said hospital, which shall, for the purposes of p^gP^n^ortr,^
this section and section eighty-five A, include the care, and the estab-
maintenance and repair of any preventorium erected by said maiXnance of
county in accordance with section eighty-five B and also jgp;Ptmen*ts
the cost of its construction and original equipment except and the fur-
when the cost of its construction, original equipment, care, plementary"^'
maintenance or repair is provided under said section eighty- gervi"?under
five B to be paid from appropriations, and shall for said § ssc.
purposes include the establishment and maintenance of out-
patient departments and the furnishing of supplementary
diagnostic service under section eighty-five C. The county
commissioners shall annually in January apportion the cost
thereof, including interest paid or due on temporary notes
issued therefor, for the previous year to the towns liable, in
the same proportion in which the cost of the construction
was assessed, and shall issue their warrant against the towns
for the amount or percentage for which they are severally
assessed to pay for the maintenance, care and repair of said
hospital. The county may, thirty days after a written de-
mand for payment, recover in contract against any town
liable to pay any part of the cost of construction, mainte-
nance or repair of said hospital the amount for which it
may be liable. Countj^ commissioners of counties whose county com-
patients are cared for by contract under section seventy-nine j"o'rri^"mo^y^
may raise and expend the sums necessary to carry out the f"r payment of
. . , rt ., I ,1 ,-» |., care 01 patients
provisions thereof, and may borrow the same on the credit by contract.
of the county, and issue therefor notes of the county, pay- ®**^'
able, in not more than eighteen months from their respective
dates of issue, from the reimbursements received from the
said towns. They shall annually in January determine the
total amount already expended by or due from the county
30
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 37, 3S.
under such contracts during the previous year, and shall
apportion the same to and may collect the same from the
several towns liable, in like manner as the cost of construc-
tion and equipment of hospitals is apportioned under section
eighty-three, and the same shall be applied to the payment
of the temporary debt incurred by said counties.
Approved February 17, 1931.
Chap. 37 Ax Act to authorize the children's hospital in the
CITY OF BOSTON TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL
ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Children's Hospital, incorporated by chapter forty-
four of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, is
hereby authorized to hold, for the purposes for which it is
incorporated, real and personal estate to an amount not
exceeding eight milHon dollars in value, including the
amount which it is already authorized by law to hold.
Approved February 17, 1931.
The Children's
Hospital in the
city of Boston
may hold
additional real
and personal
estate.
Chap.
Hampshire
county com-
missioners may
expend a cer-
tain sum for
the construc-
tion, etc., of
a nurses' home
at the Hamp-
shire county
sanatorium at
Leeds in the
city of
Northampton.
Appwrtiomnent
of expense, etc.
Hampshire
county treas-
urer may bor-
row money, etc.
38 An Act to provide for the construction, original
equipment and furnishing of a nurses* home at the
hampshire county sanatorium at leeds in the city
of northampton.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing, originall}^
equipping and furnishing a nurses' home at the Hampshire
county sanatorium at Leeds in the city of Northampton, the
county commissioners of Hampshire county may expend a
sum not exceeding twenty* thousand dollars, the same to be
ultimately paid by the cities and towns of Hampshire,
Frankhn and Berkshire counties and of the Hampden
county tuberculosis hospital district in the same propor-
tions set forth for the pajTiient of maintenance expenses of
said sanatorium in existing contracts, entered into under
section seventy-nine of chapter one hundred and eleven of
the General Laws, for the use of said sanatorium for the
purpose of guaranteeing adequate hospital provision for
tubercular patients residing in said cities and towns: to wit,
the cities and towns of Hampshire county, fifteen per cent;
of Franklin county, twentj'-five per cent; of Berkshire
county, twenty per cent; and of the Hampden county
tuberculosis hospital district, fort}- per cent. No work on
said nurses' home shall be commenced unless and until plans
thereof are approved by the state department of pubhc
health.
Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the initial ex-
penditure as aforesaid, the county treasurer of the county
of Hampshire, with the approval of the county commis-
sioners, may borrow on the credit of the county such sums
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 39. 31
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, twenty
thousand dollars, and may issue notes of the county there-
for, which shall bear on their face the words, Hampshire Hampshire
County Sanatorium Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized g,X^^,^X
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall Act of 1931.
be payable in not more than one year from their dates.
The notes shall be signed by the county treasurer and
countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners.
To meet payments of principal and interest on account of
said notes, each of the counties of Frankhn, Berkshire and
Hampden shall, upon the certification to it by the county
treasurer of Hampshire county of the sum due on account
of the cities and towns therein ultimately liable under section
one, pay the same into the treasury of Hampshire county;
and, for the purposes hereof, the sum so required to be paid
by each such county shall be treated as tuberculosis hospital
maintenance, and the provisions of section eighty-five of
said chapter one hundred and eleven shall apply to the rais-
ing, apportioning and collection thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
during the current year by the county commissioners of mis3i*o^ners°°o'f
Hampshire, Franklin, Berkshire and Hampden counties, but prankfin'^^'
not otherwise. Approved February 17, 1931. Berkshire and
Hampden
counties.
An Act increasing the powers of the moth superin- (Jhnjf 39
TENDENT AND OF THE TREE W'ARDEN IN THE TOW^N OF ^
MILTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The local superintendent in the town of d^ma ''e b° tree
Milton, appointed under the provisions of section thirteen or shrub de-
of chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the General on°p^rivlte^*^
Laws, may, upon the request of an owner of private land Jff'yi-iJon°''"°
in said town, enter thereon and, by creosoting, spraying,
or other method, destroy or prevent damage by the tent
caterpillar, leopard moth, elm beetle, and gypsy and brown
tail moth, or any other tree or shrub destroying pest, and f^^^^^^^^^^
the expense thereof shall be a lien upon such land and shall land, etc.
be assessed and collected as provided in section eighteen of
said chapter one hundred and thirty-two, but the limitation
as to the amount assessable upon land under said section
eighteen shall not apply to assessments for work done
hereunder.
Section 2. The tree warden in said town may, upon Cutting down
request of an owner of private land therein, enter upon such tre^'™S.',"u^^n
private land and cut down or trim trees, bushes and shrubs, private lands,
and the expense of such work shall be a lien upon such ^gPy^^^n^^and
land and shall be assessed and collected in the manner etc.
provided by said section eighteen in respect to work in sup-
pression of gypsy and brown tail moths.
Approved February 17, 1931.
32
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 40,41,
Chap. 40 An Act authorizing the city of boston to transfer to
ITS PARK DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC PARK PURPOSES CER-
TAIN LAND ON PARKER HILL IN SAID CITY NOW HELD FOR
HOSPITAL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The land now owned by the city of Boston
on Parker hill in the Roxbury district of said city, consist-
ing of about five hundred and two thousand nine hundred
and thirty-nine square feet, together with any buildings or
structures thereon, taken by said city and now held for
hospital purposes but no longer needed for such purposes,
shall hereafter be devoted to the purposes of a public park,
and the board of park commissioners of said city shall have
charge and control of said park to the same extent as if
said land had been acquired under chapter forty-five of the
General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter. Approved February 17, 1931.
City of Boston
may transfer
to its park
department for
public park
purposes cer-
tain land on
Parker hill in
said city now
held for hospi-
tal purposes.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
Chap. 41 An Act permitting policemen to parade with music
ON policemen's memorial day and authorizing ap-
propriations BY cities and towns FOR THE CARE AND
decoration of policemen's graves and memorials.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
eleven and inserting in place thereof the following : — Sec-
tion 11. Any company or association of policemen or
firemen, whether in active service or former members of a
poUce or fire department, may parade with music, in the
case of policemen, on policemen's memorial day, the first
Sunday of June in each year, and, in the case of firemen, on
firemen's memorial day, the second Sunday of June in each
year, for the special purpose of decorating the graves of
deceased policemen or firemen, as the case may be; pro-
vided, that the music shall be suspended while passing
within two hundred feet of any place of public worship
where services are being held.
Section 2. Clause (12) of section five of chapter forty
of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter
one hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "firemen" in the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth
lines the words: — and poHcemen, — by inserting after the
word "fire" in the thirtieth line the words: — or police, —
and by inserting after the word "firemen" in the thirty-
first line the words: — and policemen, — so as to read as
towns may follows: — (12) For crcctiug headstones or other monuments
appropriate at the gravcs of pcrsous who served in the war of the revolu-
money for
G. L. 136, § 11,
amended.
Policemen may
parade with
music on
policemen's
memorial day,
and firemen on
firemen's me-
morial day.
Proviso.
G. L. 40, § 5,
cl. (12), etc.,
amended.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 42. 33
tion, the war of ei^teen hundred and twelve, the Seminole (1^^?'^*'°°°^
war, the Mexican war or the war of the rebellion or who and for obser-
served in the military or naval service of the United States JX^ai°Da5r
in the Spanish American war or in the World war ; for and other patri-
■ ■ ^ J ^ 1 1 • J. 1 • J otic holidays,
acqun-mg land by purchase or by emment domain under etc.. and for
chapter seventy-nine, purchasing, erecting, equipping or dMora'tton"of
dedicating buildings, or constructing or dedicating other firemen's and
suitable memorials, for the purpose of properly commemo- graves, etc.
rating the services and sacrifices of persons who served as
aforesaid; for the decoration of the graves, monuments or
other memorials of soldiers, sailors and marines who served
in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in
time of war or insurrection and the proper observance of
Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays under the
auspices of the local posts of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, United Spanish War Veterans, The American Legion
and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and
under the auspices of the Kearsarge Association of Naval
Veterans, Inc. and of local garrisons of the Army and Navy
Union of the United States of America and of local chapters
of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution and of a local camp of the Sons of Union Vet-
erans of the Civil War in the case of a town in which there
is no post of the Grand Army of the Republic; or for keep-
ing in repair graves, monuments or other memorials erected
to the memory of such persons or of its firemen and police-
men who died from injuries received in the performance of
their duties in the fire or police service or for decorating the
graves of such firemen and policemen or for other memorial
observances in their honor. Money appropriated in honor
of such firemen may be paid over to, and expended for such
purposes by, any veteran firemen's association or similar
organization. Approved February 17, 1931.
An Act requiring certain incorporated trustees of Chap. 42
CHARITABLE TRUSTS TO FILE ANNUAL REPORTS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifteen of chapter sixty-eight of the General Laws, g. l. 68, § is,
added by chapter two hundred and nine of the acts of nine- '""^"
teen hundred and thirty, is hereby amended by striking out,
in the second line, the word "unincorporated" and by
inserting after the word "trustee" in the same line the
words: — , incorporated or unincorporated, except a char-
itable corporation subject to section twelve or twelve A of
chapter one hundred and eighty or expressly exempted in
said section twelve A from the provisions thereof, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 15. Every trustee, incorpo- Certain incor-
rated or unincorporated, except a charitable corporation ulcm-porated"'
subject to section twelve or twelve A of chapter one hundred ci,"rHabre^
and eighty or expressly exempted in said section twelve A trusts to file
I ./ i annual reports
34
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 43.
with depart-
ment of public
welfare.
Proviso.
Action by
attorney gen-
eral in case of
failure to file
report, etc.
from the provisions thereof, who holds in trust within the
commonwealth property given, devised or bequeathed for
benevolent, charitable, humane or philanthropic purposes
and administers, or is under a duty to administer, the same
in whole or in part for said purposes within the common-
wealth 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 expendi-
tures 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 February 18, 1931.
Chap. 43 An Act establishing the financial year of the
city of cambridge and regulating appropriations
therein.
Financial year
in city of Cam-
bridge in years
1931 and in
1932, and in
each year
thereafter.
Appropriation
for certain
purposes for
financial year
in 1931.
Appropriations
by school
committee for
certain pur-
poses for
financial year
in 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The financial year of the city of Cambridge
in nineteen hundred and thirty-one shall begin April first
and end December thirty-first. In nineteen hundred and
thirty-two and in each year thereafter, the financial year of
said city shall begin January first and end December thirty-
first.
Section 2. For the financial year in nineteen hundred
and thirty-one as estabHshed in section one, there shall be
raised in the tax levy of said city not less than the sum of
one milHon five hundred thousand dollars to be appropri-
ated for the construction of school buildings, streets, pubHc
buildings, and other construction projects, for which loans
might otherwise be issued for terms of ten or more years,
said sum being the approximate difference between the
requirements for current expenses in said city for a financial
period of twelve months and for one of nine months.
Section 3. For the financial year in nineteen hundred
and thirty-one as established in section one, there shall be
raised in the tax levy and appropriated by the school com-
mittee of said city for the purposes enumerated in section
one of chapter one hundred and eighty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, a sum not in excess of
six dollars and fifty cents on each one thousand dollars of
taxable property of the city, to be estimated by taking the
average amount of taxable property during the three pre-
ceding years.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 44. 35
For the financial year beginning January first, nineteen Appropriations
hundred and thirty-two and for each financial year there- co^mmittee for
after, the school committee of said city shall make appropri- be^nnfng^jan-
ations to be raised in the tax levy, in accordance with the "^^y i- 1932,
provisions of said section one of said chapter one hundred enandaf y'ear
and eighty-four. thereafter.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 19, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of fall river to fund Chap. 44
CERTAIN indebtedness AND ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF
finance for said city.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Fall River for the purposes city of Fail
specified in section four of this act may issue from time to usue'fr'Sm^
time bonds or notes to an amount, not exceeding three b^ds^or ^tes
million five hundred thousand dollars, which shall bear on for specified
their face the words, City of Fall River Funding Loan, Act p^^p°«^«-
City of Fall
ng
of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate Riv^er°Fundi
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten lo^j"- ^<=t of
years from their dates, but not in any event later than
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-one.
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 of said chapter, as revised by chapter three hundred
and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight. The said city may issue temporary notes of the city
payable in not more than one year from their dates, in
anticipation of the issue of serial bonds or notes authorized
by this 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 this section. All notes issued in anticipation of
the issue of said serial bonds or notes shall be paid from the
proceeds thereof. Income and corporation taxes otherwise
distributable in any year to said city by the commonwealth
shall be set aside by the state treasurer to the extent of the
principal and interest upon the loans authorized under this
section due in said year, and shall be expended by him, to
such extent only, for the payment thereof unless previously
such principal and interest have been paid or payment
thereof has been adequately provided 'for; and the amount
of such taxes so set aside which is not required to be so
expended shall be distributed as provided by law. Nothing Powers of
herein contained shall be construed to abridge the power not^abridTed.
of the general court to amend, alter or repeal the laws
authorizing the imposition or distribution of said taxes.
Section 2. The said city may also refund or extend from city may
time to time for a period not extending beyond July first, tind" for "certain
36
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 44.
period, certain
revenue loans.
Receipts from
collection of
certain taxes to
be appropriated
for specific
purposes.
Fall River
Board of
Finance
established.
Bonds or notes,
issue, etc.
City may bor-
row in anticipa-
tion of revenue
etc.
Sums raised by
authority of
§} 1 and 2, to
be used
for specific
nineteen hundred and thirty-three, revenue loans issued on
account of the revenue of the year nineteen hundred and
thirty and now outstanding, to an amount not exceeding
one million dollars, the same to be outside the statutory
hmit of indebtedness. None of the receipts from the col-
lection of taxes assessed by said city for the year nineteen
hundred and thirty and prior years shall be appropriated
for any purpose other than for the payment of liabilities of
said city outstanding on January first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-one, or for the purposes specified in clause (e) of
section four of this act, or for the payment of the loans
authorized under this and the preceding sections, or either
of them, and such payment shall be made only upon order
of the Fall River Board of Finance, which is hereby estab-
lished and hereinafter called the board. The board shall
have entire and exclusive charge and authority, within the
limitations prescribed in this act, in respect to the issuance
of bonds or notes authorized under this and the preceding
sections, or either of them, including the form, maturities,
interest rate or discount, and the time of sale thereof, and
shall take all action necessary for the complete carrying
out of the provisions of this act relative to the issuance of
such bonds or notes. Bonds or notes issued under authority
of this and the preceding sections, or either of them, shall
be issued at such times and in such amounts as may be
determined by the board, and shall be signed by the treas-
urer and collector of said city and countersigned by the
board, notwithstanding any provision of chapter forty-four
of the General Laws or of the charter of said city to the
contrary. Bonds and notes issued under authority of this
act shall, in favor of bona fide holders, be conclusively pre-
sumed to have been duly and regularly authorized and
issued in accordance with the provisions contained in this
act, and no holder thereof shall be obliged to see to the
existence of the purpose of the issue or to the regularity of
any of the proceedings or to the application of the proceeds.
Section 3. The said city may borrow in anticipation of
revenue during the period in which the board remains in
existence, in the manner and to the amount authorized by
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, except as herein
otherwise provided, but the amount of any loan issued in
anticipation of the revenue of any year, which remains
outstanding and unpaid on August first of the following
year, shall be included in the amount to be assessed by the
assessors of said city in the tax levy of said following year;
or, if the tax rate has* already been fixed, a special tax levy
for a sum sufficient to pay the amount of such loan remain-
ing unpaid as aforesaid shall be assessed, committed and
collected in the same manner as taxes for general municipal
purposes.
Section 4. The sums raised by authority of sections
one and two of this act, or either of them, shall be used for
the following purposes and only upon order of the board : —
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 44. 37
(a) for the payment of any or all of the outstanding tempo- purposes and
rary loans of the city authorized prior to January first, of'boar^°.°°'^
nineteen hundred and thirty-one, in anticipation of revenue
under section four of chapter forty-four of the General
Laws; (6) for satisfaction of all amounts appropriated,
granted or lawfully expended by said city prior to January
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, for which no pro-
vision has been made in the last preceding annual assess-
ment; (c) for the satisfaction of abatements on account of
the tax assessments of the year nineteen hundred and thirty
and of any year prior thereto heretofore or hereafter granted
prior to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty-
one, in excess of the overlay of such years; (d) for the
payment of final judgment loans authorized prior to the
passage of this act under the provisions of clause eleven of
section seven of chapter forty-four of the General Laws;
and (e) for the payment to the individuals, partnerships
and corporations entitled thereto of refunds on account of
taxes, assessed upon their respective property in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty and in any year prior thereto,
paid and abated on account of said years. No repayment No repayment
of taxes shall be made or abatement granted except in of taxes!*"^"
cases in which the provisions of law with respect to the except, etc.
abatement of taxes have been complied with by the tax-
payer; provided, however, that it shall not constitute a Proviso,
bar to judgment in any proceeding for abatement that the
petitioner has not paid his tax or that his property has
been sold or taken for non-payment of taxes. In cases in pending
which applications, complaints or appeals are or may be app®^*^*' ®**'-
pending before the assessors of said city, the superior court,
the county commissioners, or the board of tax appeals of
the commonwealth, payment may be made under this
act only upon a proper determination, judgment, order or
finding; provided, that after the passage of this act no Proviso,
consent to or agreement for the entry of any such deter-
mination, judgment, order or finding shall be binding upon
said city unless bearing the written approval of the board.
The assessors of said city shall not be required by the pro-
visions of section twenty-three of chapter fifty-nine of the
General Laws to assess taxes for the purposes specified
therein to the extent that the same shall have been provided
for under the provisions of this act.
Section 5. That part of the aggregate net earnings in Aggregate net
any year of the sinking funds established by said city for ^nkinrfunds
other than water supply purposes prior to the passage of p^or'to^passage
this act which, as determined by the board, shall be in of act, excess,
excess of so much thereof as will, together with the aggre- °'^ "** ' ^ '^'
gate amount of said funds and their accumulations, be
sufficient to extinguish at maturity the debts for which
said funds were estabhshed, shall upon order of the board
be used by the city to pay the interest due in said year upon
said debts, but only to the extent that such use does not
violate existing contract rights; and to the extent the
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 44.
Fall River
Board of
Finance,
appointment,
terms, etc.
Chairman.
Vacancy.
What shall con-
stitute action
of board.
Annual report.
Board may
employ experts,
counsel, etc.
May incur
expenses in
anticipation of
appropriation.
Board to have
supervision
over financial
affairs of
city, etc.
No city depart-
ment to expend
money, except,
etc.
aggregate net earnings are so used, said city shall not be
required to raise from taxation the amount of interest due
on said debts.
Section 6. The governor, with the advice and consent
of the executive council, shall appoint a board of three
persons, citizens of this commonwealth, at least one of whom
shall be a resident of the city of Fall River, to be known as
the Fall River Board of Finance. Of the members of the
board first appointed, one shall be appointed to serve until
the first Monday in January in the year nineteen hundred
and thirty-three, one until the first Monday in January in
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five, and one until
the first Monday in January in the year nineteen hundred
and thirty-seven, and thereafter as the term of a member
expires, the governor, with hke advice and consent, shall
appoint his successor, to serve for six years from the ex-
piration of such term. Each such member shall hold office
until the qualification of his successor. The governor, with
hke advice and consent, shall, from time to time, designate
one of the members as chairman, shall fix the compensa-
tion of the members, may remove any member and shall
fill any vacancy in the board for the unexpired term. The
action of any two of the members shall constitute the
action of the board; and whenever any action by the board
is required by this act to be in writing, such writing shall
be sufficient when signed by any two of the members. The
board shall make an annual report in January of each year
to the general court.
Section 7. The board may employ such experts, counsel
and other assistants, and incur such other expenses as it
may deem necessary. A sum sufficient to cover the com-
pensation of the members of the board and such further
sum as the board shall certify as necessary for its expenses
as aforesaid shall be appropriated each year by said city
and shall be paid by said city upon the requisition of the
board. The board shall have the same right to incur ex-
penses in anticipation of its appropriation as if it were a
regular department of said city; and in the event that no
such appropriation shall be made, the board may expend in
any one year a sum not exceeding in the aggregate the
compensation of its members and its necessary expenses as
certified by it as aforesaid. The city shall provide ap-
propriate offices and quarters for the use of the board and
of such of its assistants as it shall designate.
Section 8. The board shall have supervision over the
financial affairs of said city, and no appropriations shall be
made, and no debt incurred, except with the approval or
upon the recommendation or requisition of the board,
which approval, recommendation or requisition shall be in
writing. No department of said city, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the school and
poUce departments, shall expend any money or incur any
liabihty except with the written approval of the board;
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 44. 39
provided that the board may at any time and from time to Proviso,
time authorize in writing any department of said city to
make expenditures or incur habiHties without such ap-
proval until further notice from the board. The board may Board may
make recommendations in writing to the city council, the menda'tlonTln
school committee, the police commission, the reservoir com- writing to city
,,'" .. ' . council, etc.
mission, and all other commissions, boards, committees,
and officers having charge of any of the city's affairs. Sec-
tions thirty-seven to forty-four inclusive of chapter forty-
three of the General Laws shall not apply to acts of the
city council in adopting recommendations of the board.
Section thirty-one of chapter forty-four of the General
Laws shall apply to all departments of said city, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, its police
and school departments; and further said section shall be
construed to prohibit the incurring of liabilities by its
police department or by its school department for salaries
or compensation of any persons serving in the department,
in excess of the appropriation or item appropriating money
for such purpose, notwithstanding the common law or any
provision of statutory law to the contrary.
Section 9. The board shall, from time to time, appoint Board to ap-
from the registered voters of said city an auditor, a treas- fr°ifsurer a*nd'
urer and collector and three assessors of said city, who shall ?u"f?*°/' i'i'J^
,,. . •^' three assessors,
hold their respective oifaces, and be subject to removal, at etc.
the pleasure of the board. It shall, from time to time, fix
the compensation of such officers, which shall be appro-
priated each year and paid by said city upon the requisi-
tion of the board. The persons now lawfully holding such
offices shall continue to hold the same until their successors
are appointed as herein provided and shall have qualified
as required by law.
Section 10. Notwithstanding any provision in the Abatement of
statutes to the contrary, no abatement of a tax shall be ^^^^^' ^^^'
granted by the assessors of said city in excess of five hun-
dred dollars, except with the approval in writing of the board
of finance. The board may rebate any and all taxes and
charges upon property purchased or taken by the city for
non-payment of taxes and may order the release to any
person, firm or corporation having an interest in such prop-
erty, or their heirs or assigns, of all its right, title and in-
terest in any such property, upon such terms and condi-
tions as it may deem advisable, which release when signed
by the chairman of the board shall discharge the lien or
interest so acquired. The board may order the assessors
to abate taxes to such extent as it may determine them to
be excessive or uncollectible, but nothing herein contained
shall abridge the rights of taxpayers to seek abatements as
provided by law.
Section 1L For the purpose of enabling the board to May require
perform its duties hereunder, it shall have power to require tesUmonTo""*^
the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the pro- witnesses, etc.
duction of all books, papers, contracts and documents re-
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 44.
Fees.
Oaths.
Rules and regu-
lations for con-
duct of hearings.
Court order
upon refusal to
attend, etc.
Penalty.
Issue of com-
mission for
examination of
person without
common-
wealth, etc.
Incriminating
testimony,
etc., not
compelled.
When powers
and duties of
board shall
cease and its
existence
terminate.
lating to the affairs of said city, or which may be material
in the opinion of the board to the performance of its duties.
Such witnesses shall be summoned in the same manner and
be paid the same fees as witnesses in civil cases before the
courts. Witnesses may be represented by counsel, who may
offer additional testimony by consent of the board. The
chairman or any other member of the board may administer
oaths to or take the affirmation of witnesses appearing before
it, and the board may prescribe reasonable rules and regu-
lations for the conduct of hearings and the giving of testi-
mony.
Section 12. If any person so summoned and paid shall
refuse to attend, or to be sworn, or to affirm, or to answer
any question, or to produce any book, paper, contract or
document pertinent to the matter of inquiry in considera-
tion before the board, a justice of the supreme judicial court
or of the superior court, in his discretion, upon application
by the board or any member thereof, authorized thereto by
vote of the board, may issue an order requiring such person
to appear before the board, and to produce such books,
papers, contracts and documents and to give evidence
touching the matter in question. Any failure to obey such
order of the court may be punished by such court as a
contempt thereof.
Section 13. Any person so summoned and paid who
shall refuse to attend, or to be sworn, or to affirm, or to
answer any question, or to produce any book, paper, con-
tract or document pertinent to the matter of inquiry in
consideration before the board, and any person who wilfully
interrupts or disturbs, or is disorderly at, any hearing of the
board shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars,
or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by*
both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 14. Upon apphcation by the board to any
justice of the supreme judicial court or of the superior
court, the said justice may issue a commission to one or
more competent persons in another state for the examination
of a person without this commonwealth relative to any
matter within the scope of the said investigation or of this
act. The testimony of such person may be taken by open
commission, or otherwise under the procedure, so far as the
same may be applicable, provided by section forty-two of
chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the General Laws,
and the said justice may issue letters rogatory in support
of said commission.
Section 15. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
compel any person to give any testimony or to produce any
evidence, documentary or otherwise, which may tend to
incriminate him.
Section 16. On the thirty-first day of December next
succeeding the date on which the last outstanding bond or
note issued under section one or two hereof shall have been
paid and discharged, or a sum sufficient to pay and dis-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 45. 41
charge such bond or note shall have been set aside and
deposited in trust therefor, the powers and duties of the
board shall cease and its existence shall terminate. The Operation of
operation of such part of any statute as is inconsistent with statuteflus-
the provisions of this act, in so far and to the extent that it p®^?^^^ I^^'^of
applies to the city of Fall River or to any of its interests or board continue
affairs, shall be suspended so long as the powers and duties effMt.'etc.
of the board continue to be in effect hereunder. Every
reference in this act to any statute shall be construed to
include all amendments thereto in force at the time of the
passage hereof.
Section 17. The provisions of this act shall be incorpo- Provisions of
rated by reference in the terms and conditions of the bonds corporafed°by
and notes issued under authority hereof, and shall con- temreti'^of
stitute an essential part of the contract or agreement of the bonds', etc'
city with the holders thereof; and until all of said bonds and
notes, together with interest thereon, shall have been paid
in full, or a sum sufficient for such payment shall have been
set aside and deposited in trust therefor, the powers and
duties of the board as herein specified shall not be diminished
or abrogated except upon petition of or with the approval
of the board. The bonds and notes issued under authority
of this act, if otherwise negotiable, shall not be rendered
non-negotiable by anything in this act contained.
Section 18. If any part, clause, subdivision or section unconstitution-
of this act shall be declared unconstitutional the validity of part o/aJt^t
its remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby. [° ''o^^remalnfn
Section 19. This act shall take effect upon its passage, provisions.
Approved February 19, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of Greenfield to use (Jji^j) 45
AS A PUBLIC PARK AND AS PARKWAYS A CERTAIN PARCEL ^'
OF LAND KNOWN AS "tHE COMMON " IN SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Greenfield is hereby authorized Town of oreen-
to use as a public park and as parkways the land known as as a p^bHc'^^
"The Common", substantially quadrangular in shape and parkways a^
bounded by Main street, by various parcels of land abutting '^ft^'^ p^^rcei
•1 -w-^ t T-» 11 1 ^* l3.ncl known
upon a way known as Bank Row, and by a way known as as "The ^
Clay Hill, and by various parcels of land abutting on a way ^"^^wn" "*
known as Court Square; all as shown on plan entitled,
"Plan showing Greenfield Common", filed February twenty-
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, in the office of
the town clerk of said town; and such land and the structures
thereon shall be under the same care and control as land
taken by the town for park purposes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1931.
42
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 46,47.
Town of
Belmont may
revoke its
acceptance of
the tenement
house law,
so-called.
Chap. 46 An Act authorizing the town of belmont to revoke
ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENEMENT HOUSE LAW, SO-
CALLED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There may be submitted at any town meet-
ing in the town of Belmont, held within two years after the
passage of this act, the question of the revocation of its
acceptance of chapter six hundred and thirty-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 hun-
dred 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 revocation of its acceptance
thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1931.
Chap. 47 An Act removing certain heavy slow moving motor
PROPELLED vehicles FROM THE OPERATION OF THE MOTOR
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. 90, § 1,
etc., amended.
VEHICLE LAWS.
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 one of chapter ninety of the General
Laws, as most recently amended by section one of chapter
three hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, is hereby further amended by striking out the
paragraph defining ''Motor vehicles", as appearing in said
section one of said chapter three hundred and thirty-two,
and inserting in place thereof the following : —
"Motor vehicles", automobiles, semi-trailer units, motor
cycles and all other vehicles propelled by power other^than
muscular power, except railroad and railway cars and
motor vehicles running only upon rails or tracks, road
rollers, street sprinklers, snow loaders, power excavators,
power graders and concrete mixers.
Section 2. Said chapter ninety is hereby further
amended by striking out section one A, inserted by section
one of chapter three hundred and forty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five and as most recently
amended by section two of said chapter three hundred and
thirty-two, and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section lA. No motor vehicle or trailer, except one owned
oTcertain motor by a pcfson, firm or corporation, for the operation of which
" Motor
vehicles",
definition.
G. L. 90, § lA,
etc., amended.
Applications
for registration
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 47. 43
security is required to be furnished under section forty-six trailers to be
of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, or one owned by any certi™c^^e*L to
other corporation subject to the supervision and control of {faMitrpoiicy.
the department of pubHc utiKties or by a street railway bond or deposit,
company under pubhc control, or by the commonwealth or ® '^'
any pohtical subdivision thereof, shall be registered under
sections two to five, inclusive, unless the application therefor
is accompanied by a certificate as defined in section thirty-
four A. Ambulances, fire engines and apparatus, police Certain motor
patrol wagons and other vehicles used by the police de- JubjMMo^
partment of any city or town or park board solely for the of'^secu^^'^*^^
official business of such department or board (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 c. l. 9o, § 2,
recently amended by section three of said chapter three ^ °' ^"^^^
hundred and thirty-two, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the seventh paragraph and inserting in place thereof
the following : —
The registrar shall furnish at his office, without charge, to Number plates
every person whose vehicle is registered under this chapter, v°ehkfesTfur-
two number plates of suitable design, each number plate to ^^^^^^s, etc.
have displayed upon it the register number assigned to that
vehicle; provided, that number plates assigned to ambu- Proviso,
lances, fire engines and apparatus, pohce 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 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 g. l. 90, 1 10.
recently amended by section four of said chapter three ^^''■' ^^^nded.
hundred and thirty-two, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the last sentence.
Section 5. Section thirty-three of said chapter ninety, g.l. 90, §33.
as most recently amended by chapter three hundred and etc- amended,
ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is
hereby further amended by striking out the paragraph, in-
serted by section five of said chapter three hundred and
thirty-two, and inserting in place thereof the following : —
For the registration of every ambulance, fire engine Nofeef9r
or apparatus, pohce patrol wagon or other vehicle used by clftafn ambC-
the police department of any city or town or park board lances, fire
solely for the official business of such department or board, ®°^"^^^'
no fee shall be collected hereunder.
Approved February 20, 1931.
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Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 48,49.
Town of Wal-
pole may erect
a memorial
building on
certain land of
said town used
for park
purposes.
Chap. 48 An Act authorizing the town of walpole to erect a
MEMORIAL BUILDING ON CERTAIN LAND OF SAID TOWN
USED FOR PARK PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Walpole is hereby authorized
to use as a site for a memorial building and its appurtenances
SO much of certain land on Stone street in said town, owned
by said town and used for park purposes, as the committee
for the erection of the said building, appointed under au-
thority of a vote taken at a meeting of said town held
September twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and thirty, may,
subject to the approval of the voters of said town as spec-
ified in said vote, determine; and may erect such a building
thereon, to which the limitation as to ground area con-
tained in section seven of chapter forty-five of the General
Laws shall not apply.
Section 2. The action taken and votes passed by said
town at said meeting in relation to said building, in so. far
as the same may have been invalid by reason of the pro-
visions of said chapter forty-five, are hereby validated and
confirmed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1931. ,
Action taken
and votes
passed at cer-
tain town meet-
ing validated
and confirnied.
Chav 49 ^^ ^^'^ relative to glass bottles or jars intended to
BE USED IN THE SALE OF LUBRICATING OILS.
G. L. 98, new
section after
§ 14.
Manufacture of
glass bottles or
jars intended
to be used in
the sale of
lubricating oils,
regulated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-eight of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section fourteen the following
new section: — Section I4A. Glass bottles or jars intended
to be used in the sale of lubricating oil shall be made of
clear, uncolored glass and shall be manufactured only in the
following capacities: two quarts, one quart, or one pint,
Massachusetts standard liquid measure. Each bottle or jar
shall have its capacity clearly blown in the glass and shall
be sealed by the manufacturer thereof, as hereinafter pro-
vided, or by a sealer of the town where the user resides or
has a usual place of business. The director shall prescribe
regulations, including specifications and tolerances, govern-
ing the seahng of such bottles or jars by the manufacturer
and may authorize such seahng by any manufacturer upon
his written agreement to comply with such regulations. The
director may at any time, for cause, revoke the authority
so given by him to any manufacturer. When sealed by the
manufacturer, such bottles or jars shall have clearly blown
therein his name, initials or trade mark, and any other
designating marks which the director may authorize or
require. The sealing of such bottles or jars by the manu-
facturer shall not exempt the user from the laws relating to
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 50,51. 45
the giving of false or insufficient measure, the using of a
false measure, or having in his possession a false measure
with intent to use. Sealers of the town where the user inspection,
resides or has a usual place of business shall at least an-
nually inspect bottles or jars marked and sealed in accord-
ance with this section and shall make a record of such in-
spections. When once sealed as herein required, such
bottles and jars need not again be sealed while in the same
condition as when first sealed.
Approved February 20, 1931.
An Act authorizing the trustees of the public library Qhd^ 5Q
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON TO TAKE AND HOLD ADDITIONAL ^'
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two of chapter one hundred and fourteen of the i878, ii4, § 2,
acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, as amended by ^ ''" ^™^"
chapter one hundred and sixteen of the Special Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the third line, the word "ten" and in-
serting in place thereof the word : — twenty, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 2. Said corporation shall have Trustees of the
authority to take and hold real and personal estate to an oAhe'city^oF
amount not exceeding twenty milhon dollars, which may be fa°ke an™hoid
given, granted, bequeathed or devised to it, and accepted additional real
by the trustees for the benefit of the public library of the p?opefty°°'^
city of Boston or any branch library, or any purpose con-
nected therewith. Money received by it shall be invested
by the treasurer of the city of Boston under the direction
of said corporation; and all securities belonging to said
corporation shall be placed in the custody of said treasurer:
provided, always, that both the principal and income thereof Proviso,
shall be invested and appropriated according to the terms
of the donation, devise or bequest.
Approved February 20, 1931.
An Act authorizing the county commissioners of (Jfidj) 51
WORCESTER COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT A COUNTY HIGHWAY
IN THE TOWNS OF BOYLSTON AND WEST BOYLSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of vvorcester
Worcester are hereby authorized to lay out and construct sCniers ma^™'^"
a county highway in the towns of Boylston and West Boylston cons^trucTif
in said county, from a point in the so-called Worcester- county high-
Chnton road in that part of Boylston known as Morning- ^faoyiston^and
dale to a point in Brier lane at or near the so-called Hunting g^®^* Boylston,
place in said town of West Boylston; and for such purpose
said commissioners may exercise all the powers conferred
by general law relative to the laying out and construction
of highways to the same extent as if they had adjudicated
46
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 52.
Expenditure.
Submission to
Worcester
county com-
missioners, etc.
that common convenience and necessity required the same
upon proceedings instituted under chapter eighty-two of
the General Laws and the provisions of said chapter shall
apply to such laying out and construction except as herein
otherwise provided.
Section 2. For the purposes of section one, the said
commissioners, on behalf of the county of Worcester, may
expend from the county appropriations for highways au-
thorized in the years nineteen hundred and thirty-one and
nineteen hundred and thirty-two, or either of said years,
sums not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars;
or they may borrow for said purposes, on the credit of the
county, sums not exceeding said aggregate amount, and
may issue notes of the county therefor, payable in not more
than one year from their respective dates of issue, subject
to the provisions of chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.
Said notes shall be signed by the treasurer of said county
and countersigned by the said commissioners. Any sum
or sums heretofore or hereafter expended by said com-
missioners in their capacity as trustees for the Worcester
county tuberculosis hospital district on account of any work
heretofore or hereafter done in the laying out or construction
of such way shall be repaid to said district by said com-
missioners from the funds appropriated or raised as afore-
said; and all sums so repaid shall be applied to the costs
of construction of said hospital or to the payment of loans
issued to meet such costs.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners
of the county of Worcester, but not otherwise.
Approved February 20, 1931.
Museum of Fine
Arts may hold
additional real
and personal
estate.
Chap. 52 ^N ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS TO HOLD
ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the land from time to time
owned and occupied by the Museum of Fine Arts and the
buildings erected or which may be erected thereon and the
works of art from time to time contained therein, said cor-
poration may receive by gift, devise, bequest or otherwise,
and may hold and use for the purposes for which it was
incorporated, real and personal estate to an amount not
exceeding twenty million dollars.
Section 2. So far as inconsistent with the provisions of
section one of this act, section one of chapter five hundred
and forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve,
chapter one hundred and seven of the Special Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen and chapter sixty-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five are hereby repealed.
Approved February 20, 1931,
Certain incon-
sistent provi-
sions repealed.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 53,54. 47
An Act relative to the salary of the mayor of the QJidj) 53
CITY of PEABODY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, Section eight of chapter three hundred of 'mendld "''' ^ ^'
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby
amended by striking out, in the third hne, the words ''two
thousand" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
thirty-five hundred, — so as to read as follows: — Section 8. Mayor, salary.
The mayor shall receive for his services such salary as the
city council by ordinance shall determine, not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars a year, and he shall receive no
other compensation from the city. His salary shall not be
increased or diminished during the term for which he is
elected. The council may, by a two thirds vote of all its Council, salary,
members, taken by call of the yeas and nays, establish a
salary for its members not exceeding two hundred and
fifty dollars each a year. Such salary may be reduced, but
no increase therein shall be made to take effect during the
year in which the increase is voted.
Section 2. The city of Peabody may, by ordinance salary of
duly passed and adopted during the current year, increase Tnc^^^sSYy ^
the salary of the mayor of said city to a sum not in excess ordinance, etc.
of the maximum salary set forth in section eight of chapter
three hundred of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen, as amended by section one of this act, and the
salary as so increased shall become effective on the first
Monday of January, nineteen hundred and thirty-two,
notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in said
section eight, as so amended.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance ^0^^^^'^^^.°° *°
to the registered voters of the city of Peabody at its next
regular city election in the form of the following question
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at
said election: "Shall an act passed by the general court in
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one, entitled 'An Act
relative to the salary of the mayor of the city of Peabody',
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 20, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of stoughton to borrow QJiap, 54
money for sewerage purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a system Town of
of sewers, the town of Stoughton may from time to time, borrow mo^y^
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, p^^o'^lg^^^
borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
48
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 55,56.
Stoughton
SeweraRe Loan,
Act of 1931.
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Stoughton Sewerage Loan, Act of 1931.
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, including the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by chap-
ter 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 February 21, 1931.
Chap. 55 An Act authorizing the town of braintree to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Town of
Braintree may
borrow money
for school
purposes.
Braintree
School Loan,
Act of 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing new school
buildings and/or additions to school buildings where such
additions increase the floor space, and of originally equip-
ping and furnishing said buildings and/or additions, the
town of Braintree 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,
six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Braintree School Loan, Act of 1931. Each author-
ized 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 February 21, 1931.
Chap. 56 An Act authorizing the county of Worcester to pro-
vide adequate accommodations for the central
DISTRICT court OF WORCESTER, THE WORCESTER DIS-
TRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTY
ACTIVITIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Worcester SECTION 1. For the purpose of providing accommoda-
countv com- .... .
missioners may tions and facilities in the city of Worcester for the central
quTte^Tccom- district court of Worcester and additional accommodations
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 57. 49
and facilities for the Worcester district registry of deeds and ^°'|fJ;JtS^°'^
other county departments now housed in the court house district court
at said Worcester, the county commissioners of Worcester etc. °'"''®®*'''"
county may erect on land owned by said county in said
Worcester and westerly of the present court house therein,
a suitable building for the purposes aforesaid, and may
equip and furnish the same.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the treasurer of u°e"r may"^^^^"
said county, with the approval of the county commissioners, borrow money.
may borrow from time to time on the credit of the county,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, four hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Worcester County Court House Loan, Act Sun?y court
of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate House Loan,
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 commissioners may
deem proper, but not for less than their par value. In- '
debtedness incurred under this act shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General
Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
during the current year by the county commissioners of cIuntTcom-
said county, but not otherwise. missioners, etc.
Approved February 21, 1931.
An Act requiring reports by trial justices to the Qfiap, 57
BOARD OF probation.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section ninety-nine of chapter two hundred ^„, J,ded.' ^ ^^'
and seventy-six of the General Laws, as appearing in section
one of chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "officers" in the second line the words:
— and of reports from trial justices, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 99. The board of probation shall pre- Board of pro-
scribe the form of all records and of all reports from proba- andXtfeT"^
tion officers and of reports from trial justices, and shall
make rules for the registration of reports and for the ex-
change of information between the courts, ^t shall provide
for such organization and co-operation* of the probation
officers in the several courts as may seem advisable. To
promote co-ordination in the probation work of the courts,
the board may call a conference of any or all of the justices
of the district courts and the Boston juvenile court, or a '
conference of any or all of the probation officers and as-
sistant probation officers, and a member of the board shall
50
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 58.
G. L. 276, § 100
amended.
Probation
officers, trial
justices, and
certain other
public officers
to transmit to
board detailed
reports of pro-
bation work,
cases coming
before them,
paroles, per-
mits to be at
liberty, etc.
Record of
certain cases
to be kept, etc.
Police officials
to co-operate.
Accessibility
of information.
Information by
commissioner
of correction
and department
of public
welfare.
preside. With the approval of the board, the commissioner
of correction or the department of pubhc welfare may hold
a conference with any or all of the probation officers to se-
cure their co-operation in keeping trace of the whereabouts
of persons who are at liberty from the prisons of the com-
monwealth. The traveling expenses of said justices or
officers in attending any conference herein named shall be
paid as the other expenses of the respective courts are paid.
Section 2. Section one hundred of said chapter two
hundred and seventy-six, as appearing in said section one
of said chapter one hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "court" in the fifth
line the words: — , and trial justices shall transmit to the
board reports of cases coming before them in such form and
at such times as the board may require, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 100. Every probation officer, or the
chief or senior probation officer of a court having more than
one probation officer, shall transmit to the board of proba-
tion, in such form and at such times as it shall require,
detailed reports regarding the work of probation in the
court, and trial justices shall transmit to the board reports
of cases coming before them in such form and at such times
as the board may require, and the commissioner of correc-
tion, the penal institutions commissioner of Boston and the
county commissioners of counties other than Suffolk shall
transmit to the board, as aforesaid, detailed and complete
records relative to all paroles and permits to be at liberty
granted or issued by them, respectively, to the revoking of
the same and to the length of time served on each sentence
to imprisonment by each prisoner so released specifying the
institution where each such sentence was served; and
under the direction of the board a record shall be kept
of all such cases as the board may require for the informa-
tion of the justices and probation officers. Police officials
shall co-operate with the board and the probation officers in
obtaining and reporting information concerning persons on
probation. The information so obtained and recorded
shall be accessible at all times to the justices and officers of
the courts, to the police commissioner of Boston, and to all
chiefs of police and city marshals. The commissioner of
correction and the department of public welfare shall at all
times give to the board and the probation officers such in-
formation as may be obtained from the records concerning
prisoners under sentence or who have been released.
Approved February 21, 1931.
Chap. 58 -^N -^CT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD TO BORROW
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Town of
Wakefield may
borrow money
for school
purposes.
Be it enacted, etc, as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a school
building and originally equipping and furnishing the same,
the town of Wakefield may borrow from time to time, within
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 59. 51
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, Wakefield g^j^oo^ Loan
School Loan, Act of 1931, Each authorized issue shall con- Actof i93i. '
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 February 24, 1931.
An Act authorizing the borrowing of additional (JJiav. 59
MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW HOUSE OF
CORRECTION FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two of chapter three hundred and i929, ssi §2.
., », !■• iiiij J • amended.
eighty-one of the acts of mneteen hundred and twenty-nine
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "million" in
the fifth line the words: — two hundred and fifty thousand,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 2. For the purpose County
aforesaid, the county treasurer of said county, with the boTrmrad'df-^
approval of the county commissioners, may borrow from tionai money.
. '^ . iTc-ii 1 issue bonds,
time to tune, on the credit of said county, such sums as etc., for con-
may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one new'^hoTse of
milHon two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may M[ddiel°ex ^""^
issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear county.
on their face the words, Middlesex County House of Cor- Middlesex
rection Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall S°corTec"k.n'^
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable Y^^^' '^"^ °^
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, ex-
cept as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five
of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
1 ■ ,1 , 1 J.1 i • • P Middlesex
during the current year by the county commissioners 01 county com-
Middlesex county, but not otherwise. missioners. etc
Approved February 24, 1931.
52
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 60, G1.
Chap. 60 An Act further extending the time during which
CERTAIN persons SUFFERING FROM PULMONARY TUBERCU-
LOSIS MAY RECEIVE TEMPORARY CARE AND TREATMENT AT
CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, 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 health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter three hundred and eighty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, as amended by
chapter fifty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in the fourth
line, the word "thirty-one" and inserting in place thereof
Temporary care ^]^g ^Qj.fj . — thirty-two, — SO as to read as follows: — Sec-
tio7i 1. The department of public health may arrange for
the admission, care and treatment, for periods not extend-
ing beyond June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two,
at any institution within the commonwealth approved by the
department, of persons suffering from pulmonary tubercu-
losis who are residents of any of the cities or towns com-
prising the territory of the Worcester county or Middlesex
county tuberculosis hospital district or of the tuberculosis
hospital district comprising Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop,
and such arrangements 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 requiring adequate hospital care for such
persons. Approved February 26, 1931.
1928, 385, § 1,
etc., amended
and treatment
of residents
of certain
counties suffer-
ing from
pulmonary
tuberculosis.
Chap. 61 An Act authorizing the city of chicopee to borrow
MONEY FOR BRIDGE PURPOSES.
City of Chico-
pee may borrow
money for
bridge
purposes.
Chicopee
Bridge Loan,
Act of 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a bridge of
stone or concrete or of iron superstructure to replace the
present wooden bridge over the Chicopee river and for street
construction necessary for proper approaches to the bridge,
the city of Chicopee 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,
Chicopee Bridge Loan, Act of 193 L 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
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 62. 53
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 twent3^-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1931.
An Act relative to the classification of certain manu- QJidy g2
FACTURING OR STORAGE RISKS OF MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eighty of chapter one hundred and seventy-five of G- l. iv5. § so,
etc 3>ni6ncl6cl
the General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and
sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, by
chapter one hundred and fifteen of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six and by section one of chapter thirty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "risks" in the
fourteenth line the words: — , or manufacturing or storage
risks confined to lumber and woodworking only, — so that
the first paragraph of said section eighty will read as follows :
— Section 80. From time to time the directors of a mutual Mutual fire
fire company may by vote fix and determine the percentages companies,
of dividend or expiration return of premium to be paid on of^k!lfds^of°°
expiring or cancelled policies which may, in their discretion, business written
and with the written approval of the commissioner, and upon apportioning
such conditions, if any, as he may prescribe, be different for dividends, etc.
policies insuring for the same term against the different kinds
of risks mentioned in the several provisions of the clause or
clauses of section forty-seven under which such a company
may transact business; and the percentage aforesaid for fire
policies insuring farm risks, fireproof risks, including risks
equipped with automatic sprinkler and fire alarm systems,
or manufacturing or storage risks, or manufacturing or stor-
age risks confined to lumber and woodworking only, may
in like manner be different from that for policies insuring
other risks against fire for the same term. Policies insuring
risks in this commonwealth in the same classification shall
have an equal rate of dividend or return of premium. If
an assessment is levied under section eighty-three the rate
thereof may be different for policies insuring risks in any
classification from that for policies insuring other classifica-
tions of risks for the same term; but poHcies insuring risks
in the same classification shall have the same rate of assess-
ment, and all funds of the company, actual and contingent,
shall be available for the payment of any claim against it.
Every policy placed in any classification made under this
section shall, when issued, bear an endorsement, satisfactory
to the commissioner, to the effect that it is so classified.
Approved February 26, 1931.
54
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 63.
G. L. 33, I 60,
etc., amended.
Unauthorized
drilling with
firearms, etc.,
forbidden,
except, etc.
Proviso.
Chap. 63 An Act to grant to the marine corps league certain
PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO OTHER WAR VETERANS' ORGANI-
ZATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. 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 most recently amended by chapter seventy-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "States" in the thirty-
third line the words : — and regularly organized detachments
of the Marine Corps League, — 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 return-
ing 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 where
military science is a prescribed part of the course of instruc-
tion may, with the consent of the governor, drill and parade
with firearms in public, under the superintendence of their
teachers; that members of schools for military instruction
conducted with the approval of the governor, may drill and
parade with firearms in public, under the supervision of their
instructors; that foreign troops whose admission to the
United States has been consented to by the United States
government may, with the consent of the governor, drill and
parade with firearms in pubHc; and any body of men may,
with the consent of the governor, drill and parade in public
with any harmless imitation of firearms approved by the
adjutant general; that regularly organized posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and of The American Legion,
and regularly organized camps of the United Spanish War
Veterans and regularly organized posts of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States and regularly organized
detachments of the Marine Corps League may drill and
parade with firearms in pubhc, under the supervision of their
duly authorized ofiicers; that the Kearsarge Association of
Naval Veterans, Inc., may at any time parade in public their
color guards of not more than twelve men armed with fire-
arms, that the Society of Colonial Wars in the Common-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 63. 55
wealth 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 Massa-
chusetts, and regularly organized branches of any of said
societies may at any time parade in public their uniformed
color guards of ten men with firearms; that regularly or-
ganized camps of the Sons of Veterans may at any time
parade in public their color guards of ten men with firearms ;
and that any organization heretofore authorized by law may
parade with side-arms; and any veteran association com-
posed wholly of past members of the militia of the common-
wealth may maintain an armory for the use of the organiza-
tions of the militia to which its members belonged; provided, Proviso,
that such drill or parade is not in contravention of the laws of
the United States.
Section 2. Section five of chapter forty of the General ^- nafVc^'
Laws, as most recently amended in clause (12) by section two amended,
of chapter forty-one of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out said clause (12) and inserting
in place thereof the following: — (12) For erecting head- cities and
stones or other monuments at the graves of persons who appropHate
served in the war of the revolution, the war of eighteen hun- money for
dred and twelve, the Seminole war, the Mexican war or the of soldiers'
war of the rebellion or who served in the military or naval oSIrva^ncloT
service of the United States in the Spanish American war or fn®™o°^,j'''|. °^^
in the World war; for acquiring land by purchase or by triotic holidays
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, purchasing, of^ce^takf^'"^^
erecting, equipping or dedicating buildings, or constructing ^r^anfzatkm^
or dedicating other suitable memorials, for the purpose of etc.
properly commemorating the services and sacrifices of persons
who served as aforesaid; for the decoration of the graves,
monuments or other memorials of soldiers, sailors and marines
who served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United
States in time of war or insurrection and the proper observ-
ance of Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays under
the auspices of the local posts of the Grand Army of the
Repubhc, United Spanish War Veterans, The American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States and under the auspices of the Kearsarge Association
of Naval Veterans, Inc. and of local garrisons of the Army
and Navy Union of the United States of America and of local
chapters of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution and of local detachments of the Marine
Corps League and of a local camp of the Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War in the case of a town in which there
is no post of the Grand Army of the Republic; or for keeping
in repair graves, monuments or other memorials erected to
the memory of such persons or of its firemen and policemen
who died from injuries received in the performance of their '
duties in the fire or police service or for decorating the graves
of such firemen and policemen or for other memorial observ-
56
Acts, 1931.— Chaps. 64,65.
ances in their honor. Money appropriated in honor of such
firemen may be paid over to, and expended for such purposes
by, any veteran firemen's association or similar organization.
Approved February 26, 1931.
G. L. 175,
§ 119A,
amended.
Proceeds of
life insurance
and annuity
Chap. 64 An Act to protect persons entitled to the proceeds of
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY POLICIES AND THE INCOME
therefrom when RETAINED BY FOREIGN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred and nineteen A of chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five of the General Laws, inserted by
chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, is hereby amended by striking
out, in the fourth hne, the word "domestic", — so as to
read as follows: — Section 119 A. If, under the terms of any
annuity contract or policy of life insurance, or under any
mconfeaHsing^ Written agreement supplemental thereto, issued by any life
p'lrsons entitled company, the proceeds are retained by such company at
to, protected, maturity or otherwise, no person entitled to any part of such
proceeds, or any instalment of interest due or to become due
thereon, shall be permitted to commute, anticipate, encum-
ber, alienate or assign the same, or any part thereof, if such
permission is expressly withheld by the terms of such con-
tract, policy or supplemental agreement; and if such con-
tract, pohcy or supplemental agreement so provides, no
payments of interest or of principal shall be in any way sub-
ject to such person's debts, contracts or engagements, nor
to any judicial processes to levy upon or attach the same for
payment thereof. No such company shall be required to
segregate such funds but may hold them as a part of its
general corporate funds. Approved February 26, 1931.
Chap. 65 An Act authorizing the town of Rutland to borrow
MONEY FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES.
Town of
Rutland may
borrow money
for water sup-
ply purposes.
Rutland
Water Loan,
Act of 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of extending its water
mains and improving and enlarging its water distributing
facilities, the town of Rutland 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 aggregate,
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Rutland Water
Loan, Act of 1931. 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
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 3, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 66, 67, 68. 57
An Act prohibiting, during certain months of the year, (JJiqt) QQ
the use of beam or otter trawls in taking fish from
certain waters of nantucket sound.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful during the months of Use of beam
.. iTc 1 °'' '^tter trawls
April, May and June for any person to use beam or otter in taking fish
trawls to drag for fish in that part of the waters of Nantucket waterror"^
Sound bounded as follows: Beginning at Great Point in scfu"nd'^''rohib-
the town of Nantucket, thence by an imaginary line to Ited during
Monomoy Point in the town of Chatham, thence following ofyX."""
shore line around and to Succonnesset Point in the town of
Mashpee, thence by an imaginary line to Cape Pogue in
the town of Edgartown, thence by an imaginary line to Eel
Point in the town of Nantucket, thence by shore line to the
said Great Point.
Section 2. Violation of this act shall be punished by a Penalty,
fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 3, 1931.
An Act relative to the taking of smelts from the (JJkij) 67
waters of weweantic river within the town of ' ^'
wareham by means of nets.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Wareham may Taking of
grant permits to inhabitants of the towns of Wareham, waters oT™
Rochester, Marion and Mattapoisett authorizing the taking )Juhi^"he "''^''
of smelts, between March first and April first, both dates town of ware-
inclusive, from the waters of Weweantic river within the of'nets^ means
limits of said town of Wareham, by means of nets, under authorized.
such regulations as the said selectmen may deem advisable;
provided, that such a net shall not contain more than five Proviso,
square feet of net surface. Any person taking smelts during
said period from said waters by means of nets shall not be
subject to the provisions of section sixty-seven or sixty-
nine of chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws
if such smelts are taken as authorized hereunder, otherwise
he shall be subject to such provisions.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 3, 1931.
An Act relative to the borrowing of money for the Chap. 68
construction of a sewerage system in the town of
falmouth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighty-eight of the |^28^288, § 6.
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby amended *'"^"
by striking out section six and inserting in place thereof the
58
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 69.
Town of
Falmouth
may borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.,
for construction
of a sewerage
system.
Falmouth
Sewer Loan,
Act of 1928.
following : — Section 6. For the purpose of paying the
necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred by
said town under this act, it may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years after this act is accepted, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Falmouth Sewer Loan, Act of 1928. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
paid in not more than thirty years from their dates. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be sub-
ject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, including 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 March 3, 1931.
Chap. 69 An Act authorizing the city op Worcester to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION, PER-
MANENT PAVING AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IN SAID
CITY.
City of
Worcester may
borrow money
for purpose of
street construc-
tion and
permanent
paving, etc.
Worcester
Street
Improvement
Loan, Act of
1931.
May borrow
money for pur-
pose of side-
walk con-
struction, etc.
Worcester
Sidewalk
Construction
Loan, Act of
1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes of street construction and
permanent paving in the city of Worcester, said city may
borrow, from time to time within a period of two years from
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, one million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Worcester Street
Improvement Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue for
the purposes aforesaid shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from
their dates. For the purpose of sidewalk construction of
brick, stone, or concrete in the said city, said city may
borrow, from time to time within a period of two 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, Worcester Sidewalk Construc-
tion Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue for such side-
walk construction shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be payable in not more than five years from their
dates. 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 incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the amount authorized by chapter two hundred and
eleven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen,
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 70. 59
as amended by chapter 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 March 3, 1931.
An Act providing for a finance committee in the town (Jhny 70
OF MANSFIELD. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter five hundred and amended ^ ^'
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twentj-- is
hereby amended by striking out, in the fifteenth line, the
words "overseers of the poor" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — the board of public welfare, — by striking out,
in the eighteenth line, the words "overseers of the poor"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — boards of public
welfare, — and by striking out the last sentence, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 3. Upon the election and quali- ^j^^vL
fication of the selectmen as provided in section two, all the selectmen' to
powers, rights, duties and liabihties conferred or imposed sudfe^OTsof
by law upon the offices of water commissioners, municipal certain officers,
light board, board of fire engineers, board of health, sinking
fund commissioners, auditors and tree warden shall be
transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the select-
men, and the said offices shall be abolished. The aforesaid
transfer of rights, powers, duties and liabilities shall not
affect any liability incurred, contract made, fine, special
assessment, rate, penalty, forfeiture or tax imposed before
such transfer, nor any suit or other proceeding pending;
and the selectmen elected hereunder shall in all respects
and for all purposes whatsoever be the lawful successors of
the said officers. The selectmen so elected and qualified
shall also be the board of public welfare and surveyors of
highways of the town, with all the powers and subject to
all the duties conferred or imposed by law upon boards of
public welfare and surveyors of highways.
Section 2. Said chapter five hundred and eighty-six is 1920, 586, new
hereby further amended by inserting after section three, §^3*'°'^ ^ *®''
under the caption. Finance Committee, the following new
section: — Section 3 A. The selectmen shall appoint an Finance
unpaid finance committee, consisting of five suitably quali- appointment.
fied citizens of the town, who shall be designated in their *'""'"^' ^^'^■
initial appointments to serve as follows: — one for the term
of one year, two for the term of two years, and two for the
term of three years, from the date of their respective ap-
pointments and until the qualification of their respective
successors. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a
member of said committee, his successor shall be appointed ■
by the selectmen for a term of three years. The selectmen
may remove, for cause, any member of said committee.
60
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 70.
Vacancy.
To be sworn.
Chairman.
1920, 586, § 4,
amended.
Town manager
to submit to
finance com-
mittee estimate
of expenditures,
etc.
1920, 586, § 5,
and its caption,
amended.
Any vacancy occurring in the membership of said com-
mittee shall be forthwith filled by the selectmen for the
remainder of the unexpired term. The members of said
committee shall, during their respective terms of office, be
ineligible, either by appointment or by election, to any
other town office. Said members shall be sworn to the
faithful performance of their duties by the chairman of the
selectmen or by any person authorized to administer oaths.
The chairman of said committee shall, from time to time,
be designated by the selectmen.
Section 3. Section four of said chapter five hundred
and eighty-six is hereby amended by striking out, in the
second line, the word "selectmen" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — finance committee, — - so as to read as
follows: — Section 4. On or before the thirty-first day of
December of each year, the town manager shall submit to
the finance committee a careful, detailed estimate in writing
of the probable expenditures of the town government for the
ensuing fiscal year, stating the amount required to meet the
interest and maturing bonds and notes or other outstand-
ing indebtedness of the town, and showing specifically the
amount necessarj^ to be provided for each fund and depart-
ment. He shall also submit at the same time an estimate
in writing of the amount of income from all sources of
revenue, exclusive of taxes upon property, and of the prob-
able amount required to be levied and raised by taxation
to defray all expenses and liabilities of the town. For the
purpose of enabling the town manager to make up the
annual estimate of expenditures, all boards, officers, and
committees of the town shall, upon his written request,
furnish all information in their possession and submit to
him in writing a detailed estimate of the appropriations re-
quired for the efficient and proper conduct of their respective
departments during the next fiscal year.
Section 4. Said chapter five hundred and eighty-six is
hereby further amended by striking out section five and its
caption, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Finance
committee to
make annual
report, etc.
Annual Report of the Finance Committee.
Section 5. All articles in the warrants for the annual and
special town meetings requiring the appropriation of money
shall be considered by the finance committee, who shall re-
port thereon in writing to the town in said meetings, with
their recommendations. The finance committee shall make
a report in writing to the annual town meeting, which shall
be published as a part of the annual town report, making
such recommendations regarding the finances of the town
and action thereon as they deem proper. Said committee
shall also have and perform such powers and duties as may
from time to time be conferred or imposed by by-law of
the town under section sixteen of chapter thirty-nine of the
General Laws.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 71,72. 61
Section 5. The initial appointments to said finance when initial
1 • 1 1 i j_ 1 J. appointments
committee shall be made by the said selectmen not later to finance
than thirty days following the acceptance of this act as "beT^^a"!'^'^'*"
provided in section six.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to"v!rter8°etc
by vote of said town at any town meeting in the current
year; but, for the purposes of such acceptance, this act shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved March 3, 1931.
An Act permitting fishing with hook and line for Chap. 71
OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL PURPOSES ON THE LORD's DAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter one hundred and thirty-six ^^jj^e^^.' ^ '^'
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
the third line, the words "hook, line," — and by inserting
after the word "spear" in said line the following: — , or
attempts to take or catch any fish for commercial purposes
by using a hook and line, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 17. Whoever on the Lord's day discharges any fire- Penalty for
arm for sport or in the pursuit of game, or attempts to take fir^^rmfletc,
or catch any fish by using any net or spear, or attempts to °° Lord's day.
take or catch any fish for commercial purposes by using a
hook and line, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
ten dollars. Prosecutions hereunder shall be commenced
within thirty days after the offence was committed.
Approved March 3, 1931.
An Act relative to the removal or placing under- Chap. 72
GROUND OF CERTAIN WIRES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two of chapter four hundred and ^mendld.^ ^'
twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two
is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph
the following: — ; until April first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-three, for Binney street; First street; until June first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-four, for Bridge street; Otis
street; until August first, nineteen hundred and thirty-five,
for the remainder of Putnam avenue; Green street, from
Central square to Landsdowne street; until July first, nine-
teen hundred and thirty-six, for the remainder of River street;
Inman street; until August first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-seven, for Austin street; Oxford street; until August
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, for Concord avenue;
until August first, nineteen hundred and forty, for Huron
avenue from Garden street to Aberdeen avenue; until
January first, nineteen hundred and forty-two, for Rindge
avenue from Massachusetts avenue to Clifton street; Har-
vey street; Appian way; Linnaean street, — so_that said
62
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 72.
Orders specify-
ing streets
from which
wires, etc.,
shall be
removed in
city of
Cambridge.
Plan to be
followed.
1922. 428, § 6.
amended.
first paragraph will read as follows : — Section 2. Within
thirty days after this act becomes effective, and on or before
January fifteenth in each year thereafter while this act shall
remain in force, the city electrician, with the approval of the
mayor, shall issue an order in writing to each person, firm
or corporation affected by such order, specifying the streets
or parts of streets from which all wires, cables and conduc-
tors, except those expressly exempted, shall be removed
during the ensuing year. Except as hereinafter provided, in
making such orders the city electrician shall proceed accord-
ing to the following described plan, taking the streets in the
order fixed and giving the said persons, firms and corporations
until the respective dates specified for completing their work
of removal from the said streets: Until January first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, for Massachusetts avenue;
until January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, for
Cambridge street; until January first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, for Main street; Western avenue; until January
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, for Magazine
street, from Central square, about one thousand feet;
River street, from Central square, about one thousand feet;
Brattle street, from Eliot square to James street; Mount
Auburn street, from Eliot square to Hawthorne street; Boyl-
ston street; Garden street from Massachusetts avenue to
Chauncy street ; Peabody street ; Prospect street, from Cam-
bridge street to Central square; until October first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, for Kirkland street; Mount
Auburn street, from Putnam square to Eliot square; Putnam
avenue, from Western avenue to Putnam square; Broadway;
until January first, nineteen hundred and thirty, for Har-
vard street; Portland street; until January first, nineteen
hundred and thirty-two, for Hampshire street; Beach street;
Mount Auburn street, from Hawthorne street to Belmont
line; Brattle street, from James street to Mount Auburn
street; Magazine street; until April first, nineteen hundred
and thirty-three, for Binney street; First street; until June
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, for Bridge street;
Otis street; until August first, nineteen hundred and thirty-
five, for the remainder of Putnam avenue ; Green street, from
Central square to Landsdowne street; until July first, nine-
teen hundred and thirty-six, for the remainder of River
street; Inman street; until August first, nineteen hundred
and thirty-seven, for Austin street; Oxford street; until
August first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, for Concord
avenue; until August first, nineteen hundred and forty, for
Huron avenue from Garden street to Aberdeen avenue ; until
January first, nineteen hundred and forty-two, for Rindge
avenue from Massachusetts avenue to Clifton street; Har-
vey street; Appian way; Linnaean street.
Section 2. Section six of said chapter four hundred and
twenty-eight is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"to" the first time it occurs in the second fine the words: —
trackless trolley or, — and by inserting after the word "of"
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 73,74. 63
in the fifth hne the words : — trackless trolley or, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 6. This act shall not apply to Not to apply to
long distance telephone wires, or to trackless trolley or rail- appUan^s?^'
way trolley, guard or span wires, or to posts for the support ®*''-
of lamps exclusively, or to poles used exclusively for local
distribution from underground wires, cables or conductors,
or for the support of trackless trolley or railway trolley, guard
or span wires, nor shall it revoke any rights already granted
to any person, firm or corporation to place or maintain any
conduits, pipes, wires, cables or conductors underground, but
any such conduits, pipes, wires, cables or conductors laid
hereafter in pursuance of any such grant shall be laid subject
to such provisions of this act as are not inconsistent with said
grant. For the purpose of this act, no wire, which is not
connected with some central telephone office and does not
extend twenty-five miles at least in a direct line from said
central office, shall be deemed a long distance telephone wire.
This act shall not apply to wires on a railroad right of way
or to poles supporting the same outside the highway.
Approved March 3, 1931.
An Act to provide additional funds for the purpose (7/^^2) 73
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 1928, 369, §i.
sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, ^^''' '^'"®"^^'^-
as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "mil-
lion" in the sixth line the words: — two hundred, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 1. For the purpose of pro- Middlesex
viding a tuberculosis hospital for the Middlesex county rai"e*ifnd '^^
tuberculosis hospital district under the provisions of sections ^''p^'?'^ ^
seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, of chapter one hundred to provide for
and eleven of the General Laws, the county commissioners ho*Jl!ltIf"o°^'^
of said county may raise and expend a sum not exceeding ^j^^'A^'^l'^u®®''
two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars subject losis hospital
to the provisions of said sections. district.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
during the current year by the county commissioners of coif,fty^com-
Middlesex county, but not otherwise. missioners, etc.
Approved March 3, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to use as a nhr.^ 74
SITE FOR A MEMORIAL BUILDING TO SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND ^'
marines a CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND BOUNDED BY CAM-
BRIDGE STREET, MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND PEABODY
STREET IN SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The city of Cambridge is hereby authorized to use as a site city of Cam-
for a memorial building to soldiers, sailors and marines, to be use^^^ a^tfe
for a memorial
64
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 75,76.
building to
soldiers, sailors
and marines
a certain parcel
of land
hounded by
Cambridge
street,
Massachusetts
avenue and
Peabody street
in said city,
etc.
constructed in accordance with such plans as shall be ap-
proved by the department of public utihties, a certain parcel
of land in said city bounded by Cambridge street, Massa-
chusetts avenue and Peabody street, free from all public
rights and uses; except, however, that the use of said parcel
shall be subject to the rights of the commonwealth acquired
under chapter three hundred and fifty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, subject to the rights of
the Boston Elevated Railway Company, its successors and
assigns, under chapter five hundred and twenty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and six, subject to an easement owned by
the commonwealth for the construction, maintenance and
operation of a subway, incline, approaches and connections
for street railway purposes to and through said parcel to a
connection with surface railway tracks all as now constructed
or hereafter altered under the authority of said chapter five
hundred and twenty, and subject to a contract for the use
thereof by the Boston Elevated Railway Company as de-
scribed in an instrument recorded with Middlesex south
district deeds, book forty-eight hundred and forty, page
seventy-two. Approved March 3, 1931.
Char). 75 -^^ Act relative to the exemption from local taxation
OF CERTAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY.
G. L. 59, § 5,
el. twentieth,
etc., amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as
most recently amended by sections nine and ten of chapter
four hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, is hereby further amended by striking out clause
twentieth and inserting in place thereof the following: —
f^onUocrr Twentieth, The wearing apparel, farming utensils and cash
taxation of qu hand of every person and the tools of his trade if a me-
certain personal i-, j ij j_ j_ j-
property. chauic, to any amount; and to an amount not exceeding a
total value of one thousand dollars in respect to all the
articles hereinafter specified in this clause, his household
furniture and effects, including jewelry, plate, works of art,
musical instruments, radios and garage or stable accessories,
used or commonly kept in or about the dwelling which is
the place of his domicile, and boats, fishing gear and nets
owned and actually used by him in the prosecution of his
business if engaged exclusively in commercial fishing.
Approved March 3, 1931.
Chap. 76 ^^ Act AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF LEOMINSTER TO BORROW
MONEY FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of enlarging and improving
its water supply, including the improvement of its present
reservoirs, the city of Leominster may borrow, from time
to time within five years from the passage of this act, such
City of
Leominster
may borrow
money for
water supply
purposes.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 77, 78, 79. 65
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,
Leominster Water Loan, Act of 193 L Each authorized {(eo"iinster
111 • 1 111 111 "''•'-cr Loan,
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall Act of i93i.
be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates.
Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall be outside the statu-
tory limit of indebtedness but shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subject to the provisions of chapter forty-four of
the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 4, 1931.
An Act repealing certain provisions of law author- Qhav. 77
IZING THE AMERICAN WOOLEN COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS
TO ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF AN ELECTRIC COMPANY
IN THE TOWNS OF ACTON AND MAYNARD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the Special Acts i9i6 (S), 354,
of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby repealed. repeae .
Approved March 4, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of medford to use the Qhav 78
BALANCE OF THE PROCEEDS OF A CERTAIN SCHOOL LOAN
FOR OTHER SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The city of Medford may use the balance of the proceeds city of
of the school loan authorized by chapter two hundred and use'Vhe'^™*^
thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty for the "^roceeds^of^a^
purpose of acquiring land for and/or constructing ele- certain school
mentary school buildings in any section of said city and schoirpurposes.
originally equipping and furnishing said buildings.
Approved March 4, 1931.
An Act relative to the sale of lands of low value Chav 79
HELD BY A CITY OR TOWN UNDER TAX TITLES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section seventy-nine of chapter sixty of the g.l. eo, §79,
General Laws, as amended by section six of chapter two ^tc, amended,
hundred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the fourth, eleventh, seventeenth, twentieth and twenty-
fourth lines respectively, the word "collector" and insert-
ing in place thereof in each instance the word: — treasurer,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 79. After two years inquiry into
from the taking or purchase by a town of any lands for token°itc''"for
non-payment of taxes, the commissioner may, and on "f'^^^gf b ®a*
written application of its treasurer shall, inquire into the city or town.
66
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 79.
Sale of such
lands by
treasurer.
Deed by
treasurer.
Title, when to
be absolute.
Disposition of
surplus pro-
ceeds from
such sales.
G. L. 60. § 80,
etc., amended.
Proceedings
upon lack of
bids, etc., at
sale of low
valued lands
taken, etc., for
non-payment
of taxes.
value of such lands. If the commissioner is of opinion that
such lands are of insufficient value to meet the taxes, interest
and charges, and all subsequent taxes and assessments
thereon, together with the expenses of a foreclosure under
section sixty-nine, he shall make affidavit of such finding,
which shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the dis-
trict where the town is situated.
Upon the recording thereof the treasurer may sell all the
parcels included therein, severally or together, at public
auction to the highest bidder, first giving notice of the time
and place of sale by posting a notice of the sale in some
convenient and public place in the town fourteen days at
least before the sale. If the sale under this section shall not
be made within four years from said taking or purchase, it
shall be made by the treasurer for the time being when he
deems best, or at once upon service on him of a written
demand by any person interested therein. The treasurer
shall execute and deliver to the highest bidder a deed,
without covenant except that the sale has in all particulars
been conducted according to law. Title taken pursuant to a
sale under this section shall be absolute upon the recording
of the deed of the treasurer in the proper registry of deeds
within thirty days of its date.
If the amount received from the sale is more than the
taxes, interest and charges, and subsequent taxes and assess-
ments, on all lands included in the sale, together with the
expenses thereof, the balance shall be deposited with the
town treasurer to be paid to the person entitled thereto, if
demanded within five years, otherwise it shall enure to the
town. If such surplus results from the sale of several
parcels for a lump sum, it shall be held as aforesaid for
the several owners in proportion to the prices at which the
several parcels were originally taken or purchased by the
town.
Section 2. Section eighty of said chapter sixty, as
amended by section seven of said chapter two hundred and
forty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
second, third, seventh, ninth and thirteenth lines respec-
tively, the word "collector" and inserting in place thereof
in each instance the word : — treasurer, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 80. If no person bids at such a sale
and if the sale has been adjourned one or more times, the
treasurer shall then and there make public declaration of the
fact, and if no bid is then made he shall give public notice
that he purchases for the town by which the tax is assessed ;
or if the person to whom the land is sold does not within
ten days pay to the treasurer the sum bid by him the sale
shall be void and the town shall be deemed to be the pur-
chaser of the land. If the town becomes the purchaser
hereunder, the treasurer shall execute to it a deed which shall
set forth the fact that no bid was made at the sale or that
the purchaser failed to pay the amount bid, as the case may
be. The title of the town to land conveyed by deed of the
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 80,81. 67
treasurer under this section shall be absolute upon the re-
cording of said deed in the proper registry of deeds within
thirty days of its date. Approved March 4, 1931.
An Act relative to the recording and registering of QJiqj) §q
CERTIFIED copies OF CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING
LAND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter thirty-six of the General Laws, as most recently g. l. 36, § i3.
amended in section thirteen by chapter two hundred and e^<= • ^"^^n^^ed.
sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section and
inserting in place thereof the following; — Section 13. If a Recording and
deed or other writing affecting land has been recorded in a ceftified'ropies
registry of deeds or registered in a registry district of the land fnJtm'ments
court, a copy thereof, duly certified by a proper official, may affecting land,
be recorded or registered in any county or registry district
wherein the original might properly have been recorded or
registered, and when so recorded or registered shall have the
same effect as a record or registration of the original instru-
ment; provided, however, that no such certified copy of such Proviso.
a record or registration, except of a declaration of trust as
provided for in section seventy-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 for the purpose by a judge of the land court.
Approved March 4, 1931.
An Act requiring written notice upon entry of a phnj) ci
NON-SUIT IN AN ACTION AT 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 fifty-eight of chapter two hundred and thirty-one g. l. 231, § 58,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after ^•'"ended.
the word "default" in the first line the words: — or non-
suit, — by inserting after the word "default" in the fifth
line the following: — , non-suit, — and by inserting after the
word "and" in the sixth line the following: — if, in case of
the entry of a default or (interlocutory) decree as aforesaid,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 58. Upon entry of a cierk of court
default or non-suit in an action at law or of an interlocutory of d'efau'it or^
decree in equity taking a bill pro confesso, the clerk of the "°t'ion"at'iaw'^
court shall forthwith give written notice thereof, in such or decree pro
manner as the court by rule shall direct, to the attorney of ''""^''^^°-
record, if any, of each party against whom such default,
non-suit or decree is entered. If a party has no attorney
of record, and if, in case of the entry of a default or (inter-
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 82.
locutory) decree as aforesaid, the officer's return does not
show that personal service of the writ, bill, petition, or com-
plaint, or order therein, as the case may be, has been made
upon him, the notice shall be given to the party.
Approved March 5, 1931.
ChaV. 82 ^^ ^^'^ ENLARGING THE TERRITORY OF FIRE DISTRICT NUM-
BER TWO IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH HADLEY.
1909, 239, § 1,
amended.
Fire District
Number Two
in the Town
of South
Hadley estab-
lished.
Boundary
lines of district
enlarged.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by
striking out section one of said chapter and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 1. The inhabitants of
South Hadley liable to taxation in that town and residing
within the territory enclosed by the following boundary
lines, to wit : — Beginning at the intersection of Batchelors
brook by the boundary line between South Hadley and
Granby, and running northerly along said boundary line
to a stone at the northwest corner of the town of Granby,
on the northerly side of Amherst street at Moody Corners,
so-called; thence running easterly on the northerly side of
Amherst street, along the boundary line of said towns of
Granby and South Hadley to a stone monument at the
junction of the old Amherst road and the present highway;
thence northwest to Elmer brook; thence westerly, follow-
ing the course of Elmer brook, to Pearl street; thence
westerly on Pearl street to Hadley street; thence north-
westerly on Hadley street as laid out recently by the Massa-
chusetts highway commission to the Hadley and South
Hadley line; thence westerly on the boundary line between
South Hadley and Hadley to the Connecticut river; thence
southerly along the easterly bank of the Connecticut river
to the mouth of Stony brook; thence southerly and easterly
along the course of said Stony brook to a small stream known
as Leapingwell brook; thence easterly along said Leaping-
well brook to the culvert at the junction of College, Newton
and Brainerd streets; thence running easterly to a point
in Mosher street in front of the Mosher house, so-called;
thence easterly along said Mosher street to a culvert crossing
said street, which culvert is northeast of Calvin Preston's
house; thence easterly from said culvert to a stone monu-
ment on the Granby line at the point where said line is
crossed by Morgan street; thence northerly along said
Granby line to the point of beginning, shall constitute a
fire district, and are hereby made a body corporate, by the
name of Fire District Number Two in the Town of South
Hadley; and said corporation shall have the powers and
privileges and shall be subject to the duties and liabihties
set forth in all general laws now or hereafter in force relating
to fire districts.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 83. 69
An Act relative to the manner of giving notice when QJidj) §3
CALLING UPON ANOTHER PARTY TO ADMIT MATERIAL FACTS
AND PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS IN ACTIONS AT LAW OR SUITS
IN EQUITY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^^^f^^
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 sixty-nine of chapter two hundred and thirty-one g- l. 23i^§ en,
of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter "^ °' ™^
three hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the word "notice" wherever it occurs and inserting
in place thereof in each instance the word: — demand, —
by striking out, in the second and third lines, the words
"served by copy on" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — notice given by copy thereof to, — and by strik-
ing out, in the twentieth line, the word "served" and insert-
ing in place thereof the word: — made, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 69. In any action at law or suit in Manner of
equity a party by written demand filed in the clerk's office when^camng^
and notice given by copy thereof to the other party or his "^^T to^admit
attorney, not less than ten days before the trial of the action niateriai facts
or suit, may call upon the other party to admit, for the and documents
purposes of the case only, any material fact or facts or the }" actions at
^^. .•'!•' , ji-ii- '''•^^' *"" suits in
execution of any material paper or document which he in- equity,
tends to use at the trial. The court may delay the trial Court may
until such demand is answered and on motion before trial untif demand
may strike out of such demand or any answer filed in re- answered and
•^ , . , . . "^ , , . J. • ^ "^fi'V strike out
sponse thereto any matter which is irrelevant, immaterial irrelevant, etc.,
or improperly included therein. If no answer is filed in the "''*"®''-
clerk's office within ten days after the filing therein of said fifswerVed,
demand or within such further time as the court may on ^tc
motion allow, the truth of the fact or facts or the execution
of the paper or document shall, for the purposes of the case,
be held to be admitted. Such demand, in so far as it relates Demand and
to a material fact or document, and any answer filed in evid'en'ce^
response thereto shall, if offered by the party who filed such
demand, be admitted in evidence. If the party upon whom Party unreason-
such demand is made refuses to admit any fact or the execu- admitSs"^ *°
tion of any paper or document mentioned in the demand, the e^'^^^se'S^
reasonable expense of proving such fact or the execution of proving such
such paper or document, as determined after summary ^'"^°^®' ''^^'
hearing by the justice presiding at the trial, shall, unless
the justice certifies that the refusal to admit was reasonable,
be paid by said party to the other party and the amount
thereof shall be added to the taxable costs of the party in
whose favor such amount is awarded or deducted from the
amount of any judgment or decree against him.
Approved March 5, 1931.
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Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 84, 85.
1
Middlesex
county com-
missioners
may provide
necessary
accommoda-
tions for the
third district
court of
Eastern
Middlesex.
County
treasurer
may borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.
Middlesex
County —
Third District
Court of
Eastern
Middlesex
Court House
Loan, Act of
1931.
Chap. 84 An Act authorizing the county of Middlesex to pro-
vide NECESSARY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE THIRD DIS-
TRICT COURT OF EASTERN MIDDLESEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing court house
accommodations in the city of Cambridge for the third
district court of Eastern Middlesex, the county commis-
sioners 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 thereon a suitable building for the purpose
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 aggre-
gate four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, INIiddlesex County — Third
District Court of Eastern Middlesex Court House Loan,
Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sep-
arate 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 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 countj^,
payable in not more than one year from their dates, in antici-
pation 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 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 5, 1931.
Chap. 85 An Act relative to the determination of annual
CHARGES FOR THE USE OF THE SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE
ESTABLISHED IN THE TOWN OF READING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
imendlV^' SECTION 1. Chapter three hundred and fourteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by
striking out section nine and inserting in place thereof the
May issue
temporary
notes, etc.
Submission to
Middlesex
county com-
missioners.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 86,87. 71
ioUowing: — Section 9. Thirty per cent of the estimated °«^tf3^*^°'^
cost of the whole system shall be paid by the owners of the ^{j^""^!! ^^ '"^j^^
abutting estates in the following manner: — The board of system of
pubHc works, successor to the sewer commissioners by IXbilfhed in
virtue of section two of chapter one hundred and eighteen ^|^^9^"°^
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, shall de-
termine the value of the special benefit to each of said
estates, respectively, from the said system of sewers, taking
into account all the circumstances of the case, and the
proportionate part to be paid by the owners of said estates,
respectively, shall be based upon the amount of the special
benefit to each estate determined as aforesaid. In addition
to the above assessment there shall be an annual charge for
the use of the sewers as follows: — Every owner of an
estate; who enters his particular sewer into a common sewer,
shall pay for the use of such sewer an annual charge to be
fixed and determined from time to time by the said board
based upon the water service; and said board shall have
power to abate such charge in whole or in part at discretion.
Such charge as may be fixed shall be collected semi-annually
and shall constitute a lien upon the real estate using the
sewer, to be collected in the same manner as taxes upon real
estate, or in an action of contract in the name of the town of
Reading.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission
by vote of the inhabitants of the town of Reading at a town ° ^° ^'^^' ^
meeting held within two years after its passage, but for the
purpose of such acceptance, shall take effect upon its pas-
sage. Approved March 6, 1931.
An Act prohibiting the use of beam or otter trawls Chap. 86
IN TAKING FISH FROM CERTAIN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to use Use of beam
beam or otter trawls to drag for fish in that part of the ter- fn taklng'^ssh^
ritorial waters of Massachusetts lying between the New [e^HtoHaf'"*
Hampshire line and a line extending from the water tower waters of
on Winthrop Head through the Graves Lighted, near the JrohTbHeT"''
entrance of Boston harbor, to the marine boundary of the
commonwealth.
Section 2. Violation of this act shall be punished by a Penalty,
fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of marlborough to incur Chaj). 87
indebtedness for elementary SCHOOL purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing an ele- city of Mari-
mentary school building and originally equipping and furnish- b3^ m™ney.
72
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 88,89.
issue bonds,
etc., for
elementary
school purposes.
Marlborough
Elementary
School Loan,
Act of 1931.
ing the same, the city of Marlborough 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 forty-four thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Marlborough Elementary School
Loan, Act of 1931. 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 March 6, 1931.
Chap. 88
1895, 304, § 9,
amended.
Sewer assess-
ments in town
of Milton.
Application.
Proviso.
An Act relative to sewer assessments in the town
of milton.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section nine of chapter three hundred and
four of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby
amended by striking out, in the twentieth line, the words
"three equal parts" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — not more than ten equal parts, no one of which
shall be less than five dollars.
Section 2. This act shall apply to all sewer assessments
in the town of Milton unpaid in whole or in part on the
effective date of this act; provided, that application for the
apportionment of such an assessment or of the unpaid bal-
ance thereof is made within three months of said date.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1931.
Chap. 89 -^N Act authorizing the town of south hadley to
BORROW MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Town of South
Hadley may
borrow money
for school
purposes.
South Hadley
School Loan,
Act of 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a school
building and originally equipping and furnishing the same,
the town of South Hadley 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 ag-
gregate, eighty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words.
South Hadley School Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 90,91. 73
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 author-
ized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the
tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness in-
curred 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 March 6, 1931.
An Act authorizing the trustees of amherst college nhnjj gn
TO accept and carry out the purposes of the gift ^*
UNDER the will OF HENRY C. FOLGER AND TO HOLD ADDI-
TIONAL PROPERTY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in Emergency
part, defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to ^"^^^^
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Trustees of Amherst College are hereby Trustees of
authorized to accept the gift to the said Trustees of Amherst cSiege^may
College under the will of Henry C. Folger, late of Glen IZty^lf
Cove, New York, deceased, allowed by the surrogate's purposes of gift
court, Nassau county, New York, on the twenty-fifth day Wenry c.
of June, nineteen hundred and thirty, and to carry out ^°'ser.
the provisions of said will relating thereto.
Section 2. The Trustees of Amherst College, for the May acquire
purposes set forth in the act establishing said college, being ^^i^or*pwsonai
chapter eighty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and estate.
twenty-four, and in the several acts in addition thereto,
including this act, are hereby authorized to acquire by gift,
grant, bequest, devise or otherwise, lands, tenements or
other estate, real or personal, and to hold, manage, and
from time to time to invest and re-invest the same, or the
proceeds of any sale thereof, for the purposes aforesaid;
provided, that the net annual income of all the property Proviso,
so held shall not exceed the sum of two milhon dollars.
Approved March 6, 1931.
An Act permitting insurance companies to insure (JJidy gi
AGAINST LOSS CAUSED BY THE TERMINATION OF A CON- ^'
DITIONAL vendee's OR MORTGAGEE'S INTEREST IN MOTOR
VEHICLES OR AIRCRAFT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause Second of section forty-seven of g. l. its, § 47,
chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, Smf^°ed^'
as appearing in section one of chapter one hundred and six
74
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 92.
Purposes of
incorponition
of insurance
companies.
Kinds of
business.
Loss caused by
termination of
a conditional
vendee's or
mortgagee's
interest in
motor vehicles
or aircraft.
G. L. 175, § 47,
cl. Third,
amended.
Same subject.
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
amended by striking out subdivision (e) and inserting in
place thereof the following: —
(e) against loss or damage to, and loss of use of, motor
vehicles, airplanes, seaplanes, dirigibles or other aircraft,
their fittings and contents, whether such motor vehicles or
aircraft are being operated or not, and wherever the same
may be, resulting from accident, collision, fire, lightning, any
larceny, pilferage, theft, malicious mischief or vandalism,
any of the perils usually insured against by marine insurance
or risks of inland navigation and transportation, against
loss or damage caused by the concealment, removal or un-
lawful disposition or conversion of such vehicles or aircraft
by a conditional vendee or mortgagor or bailee in possession,
and against loss or damage sustained by a conditional
vendor or mortgagee of such vehicles or aircraft arising from
any default in the payment of the vendee's or mortgagor's
indebtedness to the insured in case of the termination of
the vendee's or mortgagor's interest in such vehicles or
aircraft;
Section 2. Said section forty-seven is hereby amended
by striking out clause Third, as appearing in said section
one of said chapter one hundred and six, and inserting in
place thereof the following: —
Third, To insure against loss or damage to, and loss of
use of, airplanes, seaplanes, dirigibles or other aircraft,
motor vehicles other than motor boats, their fittings and
contents, whether such vehicles or aircraft are being operated
or not, and wherever the same may be, resulting from acci-
dent, collision, fire, lightning, any larceny, pilferage, theft,
malicious mischief or vandaHsm, any of the perils usually
insured against by marine insurance or risks of inland navi-
gation and transportation, against loss or damage caused
by the concealment, removal or unlawful disposition or
conversion of such vehicles or aircraft by a conditional
vendee or mortgagor or bailee in possession thereof, and
against loss or damage sustained by a conditional vendor or
mortgagee of such vehicles or aircraft arising from any
default in the payment of the vendee's or mortgagor's in-
debtedness to the insured in case of the termination of the
vendee's or mortgagor's interest in such vehicles or aircraft.
Approved March 6, 1931.
Chap. 92 An Act establishing a board of election commissioners
IN the city of LYNN.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Lynn board of SECTION 1. The boai'd of registrars of voters of the city
voters abolished of Lynn shall be abolished on November thirtieth of the
current year or as soon thereafter as the members of the
board of election commissioners, which is hereby established,
shall qualify for office. Thereupon all the powers, rights,
liabilities and duties of said board of registrars, either under
and board of
election com-
missioners
established, etc.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 92. 75
general or special law, except as otherwise provided, shall be
transferred to and shall thereafter be exercised by the said
board of election commissioners, hereinafter called the
board, which shall be the lawful successor of said registrars.
Immediately upon the qualification of the members of the
board, the said registrars shall deliver to the board all books,
papers, records, and other equipment, furniture and para-
phernalia in their possession.
Section 2. The board, except as otherwise provided in Number of
section five, shall consist of four registered voters of said comprfse"
city, two appointed, as provided in section three, from each board,
of the two leading political parties, as defined in section one
of chapter fifty of the General Laws, one of whom shall be
designated by the mayor of said city as the chairman. The Compensation.
chairman and the other appointive members shall receive
such salaries as the mayor and city council may by ordi-
nance prescribe. The city council shall provide the board
with suitable office room and equipment.
Section 3. The mayor of said city, subject to the ap- Appointment
proval of its city council, shall, prior to December first of mayo^tlrms^
the current year or as soon as may be thereafter, appoint °^ °^°^' ®*'"-
the four members of the board to hold office, respectively,
until the expiration of one, two, three and four years from
said December first,- and thereafter in November of each
year, the mayor, subject to like approval, shall appoint a
member of the board to hold office for a term of four years
from the December first following. The mayor, subject to vacancy.
like approval, shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term.
All appointments hereunder shall be so made that the mem-
bers of the board shall equally represent the two leading
political parties as defined as aforesaid. All appointees to
the board shall continue to serve thereon until the qualifica-
tion of their respective successors.
Section 4. The members of the board shall choose choice of
from their own number a secretary; and in case they fail ^^'^'^^^^''y-
to agree upon a secretary within thirty days after the initial
organization of the board or after a vacancy in said office
occurs, by expiration of term or otherwise, such official shall
be designated by the mayor. The secretary and the chair- secretary and
man shall not represent the same political party. The sec- to^'repres^nt"^
retary shall keep a full and accurate record of the proceed- same political
ings of the board, and shall cause to be properly served or ^'"^ ^' ^ '^'
posted such notices as the board may require.
Section 5. The board shall in all matters relating to Board to have
objections and questions arising in the case of nominations of ce"rtafn'chy" °^
candidates for city offices have the powers and perform the officials, etc.
duties of the board of registrars, the city clerk and the city
solicitor under sections twelve and one hundred and four of
chapter fifty-three of the General Laws; and when the board when justice
is sitting to consider such matters, the justice of the district court .'^
court of southern Essex, or in case of his disability, a special shaii'be^nfenf-"
justice of said court in the order of seniority, shall be a ^or of board,
member of the said board and shall preside, but shall not
76
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 93.
Certain powers,
etc., of mayor
and city
council, etc.,
to be
vested in
board, etc.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.
vote unless the other members of the board are equally
divided.
Section 6. All the powers, rights, privileges, liabilities
and duties relating to primaries, caucuses or elections by
law vested in and imposed upon the mayor and city council
or either of them, the city clerk, the city solicitor or the board
of registrars of voters in cities, except the power and duty
of giving notice of elections and fixing the days and hours
of holding the same, shall in the city of Lynn be vested in
and performed by the board, who shall be subject to all the
penalties prescribed by general laws for failure to perform
the said duties.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Lynn, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December first in the current year; but for the
purposes of such acceptance, it shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved March 6, 1931.
Chap. 93 An Act defining sherbet and regulating its manu-
facture AND SALE.
G. L. 94, cap-
tion before § 6-t,
amended.
G. L. 94, new
section after
§ 64.
Sherbet
defined.
G. L. 94, § 65A,
amended.
Manufacture
and sale of ice
cream and
sherbet
regulated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out the caption before section
sixty-four and inserting in place thereof the following: —
ICE CREAM AND SHERBET.
Section 2. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further
amended by inserting after said section sixtj^-four the fol-
lowing new section: — Section 64 A. For the purposes of
sections sixty-five A to sixty-five F, inclusive, sherbet is
hereby defined to be all frozen water, milk or custard ices,
with or without sugar or flavoring, which do not come
within the definition of ice cream contained in the preceding
section.
Section 3. Section sixty-five A of said chapter ninety-
four, inserted by section one of chapter two hundred and
seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line,
the words "the two preceding sections" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — section sixty-four, — by striking
out, in the seventh line, the words "the preceding section"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — section sixty-
five, — by inserting before the word "in" in the nineteenth
line the words: — or sherbet, — and by inserting after i
the word "cream" in the twenty-fifth line the words: —
or sherbet, — so as to read as follows: — Section 65 A. No
person, himself or by his servant or agent, shall
(a) manufacture, sell or offer or expose for sale, or havel
in possession with intent to sell or offer or expose for sale,
under the name of "ice cream" any substance not conform-
ing to the provisions of section sixty-four or adulterated
within the meaning of section sixty-five;
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 94. 77
(6) sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in possession
with intent to sell or offer or expose for sale, ice cream in a
container which is falsely labelled or branded as to the name
or address of the manufacturer of such ice cream, or an imita-
tion of or substitute for ice cream under a coined or trade
name which does not identify its true character;
(c) sell ice cream from a container or a compartment of
a cabinet or fountain, which contains any article of food,
other than ice cream or an imitation or substitute for ice
cream offered for sale under a coined or trade name which
plainly identifies its true character;
(d) handle ice cream or coated ice cream or sherbet in
unclean, unsanitary or unhealthful premises or in an un-
clean, unsanitary or unhealthful manner;
(e) use or lend, borrow, hire or lease for use any ice cream
can, tub, jacket or other container for any other purpose
than the handling, storing or shipping therein of ice cream;
(/) engage in the business of manufacturing ice cream or
sherbet without a license so to do from the board of health
of the town where such business is or is to be located.
Section 4. Section sixty-five B of said chapter ninety- G- l- m, § ess,
four, as so inserted, is hereby amended by inserting after '^™'"^
the word "cream" in the third line the words: — and sherbet
or either of them, — so as to read as follows: — Section 65B. a'^^lfcat^ns
Local boards of health may grant to suitable applicants forms, etc.
therefor licenses to manufacture ice cream and sherbet
or either of them. Applications for such licenses shall be
made upon forms prescribed by the department of public
health. No license shall be granted hereunder until after inspection by
inspection and approval by such local board of the premises premi^es!^etc°^
wherein the business so licensed is to be carried on. Each Expiration of
license so granted shall, unless sooner revoked, expire on ''cense, fee, etc.
April thirtieth following its issue, and the fee therefor shall
be one dollar. Any such license may be revoked at any Revocation.
time, for cause and after a hearing, by the local board which
granted it. Approved March 6, 1931.
An Act requirinq town clerks to furnish fidelity qJiqjj 94
bonds annually. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended ^- ^j^j. § i^-
by striking out section thirteen and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 13. Every town clerk shall, within Town clerks to
ten days after his qualification and thereafter, at intervals bondfinnu.aiiy.
of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold
said office, give bond to the town for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties, in such sum as the selectmen shall ap-
prove. If he does not give bond as herein required the
selectmen may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy
in the manner prescribed in the following section.
Approved March 6, 1931.
78
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 95.
G.L.90,§9,etc..
amended.
ChaV 95 -^^ ^^'^ PERMITTING UNREGISTERED TRACTORS AND TRAILERS
USED FOR CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES TO BE OPERATED
UPON WAYS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section nine of chapter ninety of the General Laws, as
most recently amended by chapter one hundred and eighty
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the fifteenth and six-
teenth lines, the words "used exclusively for agricultural
purposes" and also by inserting after the word "mile" in
the seventeenth Hne the following: — , if said tractor or
trailer is used exclusively for agricultural purposes, or for
a distance not exceeding three hundred yards, if such tractor
or trailer is used for industrial purposes other than agricul-
tural purposes, — so as to read as follows: — Section 9.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle or draw any
trailer, and the owner or custodian of such a vehicle shall
not permit the same to be operated upon or to remain upon
any way except as authorized by section three, unless such
vehicle is registered in accordance with this chapter and
carries its register number displayed as provided in section
six, and, in the case of a motor vehicle, is equipped as pro-
vided in section seven, except that any motor vehicle or
trailer may, if duly registered, be operated or remain upon
any way between the hours of twelve o'clock noon on
December thirty-first of one year and twelve o'clock noon
on January first of the following year if it carries its register
number of either year displayed as provided in section
six, and except that a tractor or trailer may be operated
without such registration upon any way for a distance not
exceeding one half mile, if said tractor or trailer is used ex-
clusively for agricultural purposes, or for a distance not
exceeding three hundred yards, if such tractor or trailer is
used for industrial purposes other than agricultural pur-
poses, for the purpose of going from property owned or
occupied by the owner of such tractor or trailer to other
property so owned or occupied ; but violation of this section
shall not constitute a defence to actions of tort for injuries
suffered by a person, or for the death of a person, or for
injury to property, unless it is shown that the person in-
jured in his person or property or killed was the owner or
operator of the motor vehicle the operation of which was in
violation of this section, or unless it is shown that the person
so injured or killed, or the owner of the property so injured,
knew or had reasonable cause to know that this section
was being violated. A motor vehicle or trailer shall be
deemed to be registered in accordance with this chapter
notwithstanding any mistake in so much of the description
thereof contained in the appHcation for registration or in the
certificate required to be filed under section thirty-four B as
relates to the engine, serial or maker's number thereof.
Approved March 6, 1931.
Unregistered
and improperly
equipped
motor vehicles
not to be
operated, etc.
Use of number
plates between
twelve o'clock
noon on
December
thirty-first and
twelve o'clock
noon on
January first
following.
Unregistered
tractors and
trailers used
exclusively for
agricultural
purposes, or
for certain
industrial
Purposes, may
e operated
upon ways in
certain cases.
Violation of
section not to
constitute a
defence, etc.
Certain mis-
statements in
applications
not to affect
registration,
etc.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 96,97. 79
An Act authorizing the town of hanover to sell QJiQfj og
WATER TO THE TOWNS OF NORWELL, PEMBROKE, ROCK-
LAND AND HANSON AND TO ANY INHABITANT THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . Chapter thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen 1930, 39, new
hundred and thirty is hereby amended by inserting after section after
section nine the following new section: — Section 9 A. The ^o^^^f
said town may furnish and sell water to the towns of Nor- Hanover may
well, Pembroke, Rockland and Hanson, or any of them, towM^or*°
or to any inhabitant of any such town; and said towns, or pg°^^fj|j^
any of them, may purchase such water. Water so furnished Rockland and
and sold shall be at a rate or rates to be mutually agreed toTnylnhifbit-
upon between the town of Hanover and any such town, or ant thereof,
inhabitant thereof, purchasing as aforesaid. In case of sale
to any such town, the town of Hanover shall deliver the
water at the boundary line between it and such town, or at
a point as conveniently near as may be agreed upon, and
may, at its own expense, make such extension of its water
mains and such installation of other facilities and equip-
ment as may be necessary for said purposes; provided, that Proviso,
such extension and installation as may be necessary within
the limits of any such other town shall be subject in all
respects to the approval of the selectmen of such town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 10, 1931.
An Act relative to certain lines, poles and other nj^r,^ 07
equipment of the RANDOLPH & HOLBROOK POWER & P- if*
electric company, of the WEYMOUTH LIGHT AND POWER
COMPANY AND OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE TOWNS
OF HOLBROOK, RANDOLPH AND WEYMOUTH,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All lines for the transmission of electricity certain lines,
for light, heat or power heretofore acquired or constructed e°uT ml'nt'o'f^'^
by the Randolph & Holbrook Power & Electric Company the Randolph
in the towns of Randolph and Holbrook, and by the Wey- power &°°
mouth Light and Power Company in the town of Weymouth, ^l^y^of^h^'
and all lines for the transmission of intelligence by electricity weymouth
heretofore acquired or constructed by The New England pmver^com-
Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts in xhl^New"^
any of the said towns, upon, along, over or under the public England Teie-
ways and places of said towns, or any of them, and the poles. Telegraph
piers, abutments, conduits and other fixtures necessary to Massachusetts
sustain or protect the wires of said lines, and in actual use in towns of
on the effective date of this act, are hereby made lawful Ra!!doip^h and
notwithstanding the lack of any valid locations therefor or ^a1id"t^*'^'
any informality in the proceedings relative to their location
and erection; provided, that the validation aforesaid shall Proviso.
80
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 98,99.
not be effective as to the lines, structures or fixtures afore-
said of any such company in any such town unless such
company shall, not later than the first day of December in
the current year, file with the clerk of such town a map or
maps showing in detail the location and nature of the said
fines, structures and fixtures in such town; such map or
maps to be recorded and kept with the records of original
locations for poles and wires in said towns.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 10, 1931.
Town of
Wakefield may
lease certain
property held
by it for park
purposes.
Chap. 98 An Act authorizing the town of wakefield to lease
CERTAIN PROPERTY HELD BY IT FOR PARK PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Wakefield is hereby authorized,
by and with the consent of its park commission, to lease
from time to time at a nominal rental a portion within
limits hereinafter set forth of certain land located on Church
street in said town and held by it for park purposes, in-
cluding therein the building known as the Hartshorne
house, to an association or corporation to be organized and
maintained by Wakefield citizens for the purpose of preserv-
ing and maintaining said property and devoting it to such
uses as may be of benefit or accommodation to the public,
for which uses reasonable charges may be made. The land
so to be leased shall be within the limits of a strip one
hundred and fifty feet in width extending from said Church
street to the shore line of Lake Quannapowitt in said town.
All profits accruing to said association or corporation from
the use of said property shall be used for the improvement
thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by vote of the inhabitants of
the town of Wakefield at a town meeting; but for the pur-
poses of such acceptance it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 10, 193L
Submission
to voters, etc.
Chap. 99 An Act reviving roy e. litchfield, inc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Roy E. Litch-
field, Inc.,
revived.
Roy E. Litchfield, Inc., a corporation dissolved by chapter
three hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine 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 March 10, 1931,
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 100,101. 81
An Act authorizing the school committee of the city rjhn'Y) i nn
OF boston to receive and hold for certain additional ^'
PURPOSES real or PERSONAL ESTATE GIVEN, GRANTED,
bequeathed or DEVISED TO IT IN TRUST.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two of chapter fifty-three of the i877. 53, § 2.
acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven is hereby ^'"^'^ded.
amended by striking out, in the fourth Hne, the word
I 'money" and also by inserting after the word "assistance"
in the ninth and tenth hnes the following: — or for the pur-
pose of purchasing books, pictures or other educational ma-
terial for the various classes in such schools and clothing for
any needy pupil or pupils attending any class in any school
district or districts, — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. The school
Said corporation shall have authority to receive and hold ofX'dtyof
all sums of money, and real and personal estate not ex- feclivernT
ceeding in the aggregate the value of two hundred thousand ^o'd /or
dollars, which may be given, granted, bequeathed or de- Uon^pu'^Joses
vised to it for the benefit of the teachers in the public schools e^titTg^itenr^
of the city of Boston, or their families, requiring charitable granted, be-'
assistance, or for the benefit of any persons or the families devfsedioTt
of any persons who have formerly been such teachers, re- ''' *''''^*-
quiring charitable assistance, or for the purpose of pur-
chasing _ books, pictures or other educational material for
the various classes in such schools and clothing for any
needy pupil or pupils attending any class in any school
district or districts. It shall have power to manage and dis-
pose of the same according to its best discretion and to
execute any and all trusts according to the tenor thereof
which may be created for the purposes aforesaid.
Section 2. The powers granted in this act shall be in Powers to be
addition to any powers granted in chapter two hundred and additional.
thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred, or in any act
in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, and not in
hmitation thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1931.
An Act to provide for removing or placing under- f/,^^ ini
GROUND certain WIRES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES IN ^'''^P'^^^
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In the month of January in the year nine- Removing or
teen hundred and thirty-two, and in said month in each year lll'^^^i e'^e^tain
I thereafter, to and including the year nineteen hundred and wres^anl"^ '""
I thirty-six, the fire commissioner of the city of Boston shall ances"S'the''"'
I prescribe and give public notice thereof in at least two daily '''^^ °^ Boston,
newspapers in said city, by advertisement therein, twice
I a week for two weeks in succession, of not more than four
82
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 102.
Powers con-
ferred upon
certain officer
to be extended,
and to be
exercised, etc.,
by fire com-
missioner.
This act and
certain other
provisions of
law not appli-
cable to certain
wires, etc.
miles of streets in said city in any one year, from which
poles shall be removed and the wires buried underground,
except such poles and wires as are excepted in chapter three
hundred and sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
eleven.
Section 2. The powers conferred and the duties im-
posed upon the officer mentioned in said chapter three
hundred and sixty-four, and other acts mentioned in said
chapter, are hereby extended and said powers shall be
exercised and said duties performed by said fire commis-
sioner in each of the years nineteen hundred and thirty-
two to nineteen hundred and thirty-six, inclusive.
Section 3. This act, and chapter four hundred and
fifty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-four,
chapter two hundred and fortj^-nine of the acts of eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, chapter three hundred and forty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, chapter
three hundred and sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eleven, chapter one hundred and ninety-six of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sLxteen, chapter one
hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and chapter two hundred and forty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six shall not apply to
trackless trolley or railway trolley, guard or span wires or
to poles for the support of the same.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1931.
Chap. 102 An Act authorizing the town of falmouth to erect a
BATH HOUSE AND TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC
BATHING FACILITIES ON PARK LAND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Falmouth may erect a bath
house, exceeding six hundred square feet in area on the
ground, upon certain property, commonly known as Old
Silver Beach park, owned by said town and used for park
purposes. Said town may also establish and maintain at
said park a public bathing place, and for said purpose may
make such changes in said property, and install and main-
tain such equipment and appliances, as may be necessary.
The board of park commissioners of said town may make
such rules and regulations for the conduct of said bathing
place, and may estabhsh such charges for the use of said
bath house, as it may consider necessary.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1931.
Town of
Falmouth
may erect a
bath house
and establish
and maintain
public bathing
facilities on
park land.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 103,104. 83
An Act relative to the solicitation of business on Qhav 103
PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-three of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 93. § 40,
amended by striking out section forty and inserting in place ^™^'^^^<i-
thereof the following : — Section 40. Whoever makes a prac- Solicitation of
tice of accosting persons, other than acquaintances, upon pubUc sld"-
any public sidewalk and induces or tries to induce such 2ibi'tld'^°"
persons to purchase merchandise shall be punished by a fine
of not more than one hundred dollars. This section shall to^cert'am'^'^^'^
not apply to Hcensed pedlers, or to persons holding per- persons,
mits or licenses to expose for sale or sell merchandise upon
public streets or sidewalks, acting within the scope of their
permits or licenses, or to persons when seeking to sell news-
papers. Approved March 11^, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of lynn to borrow an (JJidj) 104
ADDITIONAL SUM OF MONEY FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing an eastern city of Lynn
senior high school building and of originally equipping and Tn'^addiUonai
furnishing the same, the city of Lynn may borrow from for^'se^niSwgh
time to time, within a period of five years from the passage school
of this act, such sums as maj' be necessary, not exceeding, p^'"p°®^^-
in the aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars, in addition
to the sums authorized by chapter one hundred and eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and chapter
two hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Lvnn Eastern Lynn Eastern
Senior High School Loan, Act of 193L Each authorized 13 S,
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall Act of 1931.
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 author-
ized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the
tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness in-
curred under 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, exclusive of the limi-
tation 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 March 13, 1931.
84
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 105,106.
C hap. lOo ^^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE TO BORROW
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and/or
constructing an elementary school building and originally
equipping and furnishing the same, the city of Somerville
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 dol-
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Somerville Elementary School Loan,
Act of 1931. 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 author-
ized 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 13, 1931.
City of
Somerville
may borrow
money for
school
purposes.
Somerville
Elementary
School Loan,
Act of 1931.
(7/ia2?.106 An Act authorizing the city of somerville to borrow
MONEY FOR POLICE STATION PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for a
police station with garage attached and/or constructing
and originally equipping and furnishing the same, the city
of Somerville 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 twenty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Somerville Police Station Loan, Act of 1931. Each author-
ized 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 au-
thorized 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
City of
Somerville
may borrow
money for
police station
purposes.
Somerville
Police Station
Loan, Act
of 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 107. ! 85
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 March 13, 1931.
An Act relative to the time when the polls shall be (Jji^^ \{yj
OPEN IN the city OF BOSTON FOR ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section sixty-four of chapter fifty-four of ^c^am4i!dtd
the General Laws, as amended by chapters one hundred and
seventy-one and four hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended
b}^ striking out, in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth
lines, the sentence "In the city of Boston, the polls shall be
opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open
at least ten hours continuously.", — and by striking out,
in the fourteenth line, the word ''other", — so as to read
as follows: — Section 64- Notices or warrants for state and ^°rrants'for
city elections and for the election of town officers in towns state and city
where official ballots are used shall specify by name all the foreiectlo^n of
offices to be voted for, and state, in the form in which it will i^'^gj.^n®"
appear upon the ballot, any question submitted to the voters, towns, what
They shall specify the time when the polls will be opened, *° ^P^'^'fy-
and in cities and in towns when voting by precincts, when
the polls will be closed, and in towns when not voting by
precincts, when they may be closed.
The polls shall in no case be kept open after eight o'clock ^t^f elght^®''
in the evening. o'clock in
In cities, the polls may be opened as early as fifteen ^^^'^'^s-
minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be of o^eningTnd
opened as early as ten o'clock in the forenoon and shall be dosing polls,
kept open at least six hours.
In towns, at the election of state and town officers, the in towns, time
polls may be opened as early as fifteen minutes before six ciosmTpolis."
o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be opened as early as
twelve o'clock, noon, and shall be kept open at least four
hours, and until the time specified in the warrant when they
may or will be closed ; and in towns not voting by precincts
they may be kept open for such longer time as the meeting
shall direct. At annual town meetings they shall be kept
open at least one hour for the reception of votes upon the
question of licensing the sale of certain non-intoxicating
beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred
and thirty-eight. After an announcement has been made
by the presiding officer of a time so fixed for closing the
polls they shall not be closed at an earlier hour.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- l^ston ch° *°
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of council, etc.
the city of Boston, subject to the provisions of its charter,
but not otherwise. Approved March 13, 1031.
86
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 108.
G. L. 231,
§ HOC, etc.,
amended.
Chap.lOS -^^ ^^"^ RELATIVE TO ALLOWANCES FOR CLERICAL ASSISTANCE
AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF THE APPELLATE
DIVISIONS OF DISTRICT COURTS, OTHER THAN THE MUNICI-
PAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred and ten C 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, and as amended by chap-
ter two hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "county" in the seventeenth hue the follow-
ing : — , which shall be known as the northern appellate
division district, — by inserting after the word "county"
in the twenty-second line the following : — , which shall be
known as the southern appellate division district, — by in-
serting after the word "counties" in the twenty-sixth line
the following : — , which shall be known as the western
appellate division district, — by inserting after the word
"expenses" in the fifth line of the last paragraph as printed
in said chapter two hundred and forty the following : — , in-
cidental expenses, — by striking out, in the ninth and tenth
lines of said paragraph as printed as aforesaid, the words
"clerical assistance in any appellate division shall not ex-
ceed three hundred dollars in any year" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — incidental expenses and clerical
assistance shall not exceed in any year the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars in the northern appellate division district
or the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars in either
of the other two appellate division districts, — so as to
read as follows; — Section HOC. Such appellate division
shall be holden by justices of district courts, not exceeding
three in number out of five justices assigned to the perform-
ance of such duty by the chief justice of the supreme judicial
court, but no justice shall sit upon the review of his own
rulings. Such assignment may be made for such period of
time as such chief justice may deem advisable. Such chief
justice shall assign five justices of courts within the counties
of Essex and Middlesex and that part of Suffolk included
in the jurisdiction of the East Boston district court, the
district court of Chelsea, the municipal court of the Charles-
town district, the municipal court of the Brighton district,
the municipal court of the Dorchester district, the municipal
court of the Roxbury district, and the municipal court of
the South Boston district, to act in the appellate divisions
of courts within those counties and that part of Suffolk
county, which shall be known as the northern appellate
division district; shall assign five justices of courts within
the counties of Norfolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Bristol,
Dukes and Nantucket and that part of Suffolk included in
the jurisdiction of the municipal court of the West Roxbury
district, to act in the appellate divisions of courts within
Assignment
of justices
to appellate
divisions of
district courts.
Northern
appellate divi-
sion district.
Southern
appellate divi-
sion district.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 109. 87
those counties and that part of Suffolk county, which shall
be known as the southern appellate division district; and ^pX^e divi-
shall assign five justices of courts within the counties of sion district.
Worcester, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden and Berkshire to
act in the appellate divisions of courts within those counties,
which shall be known as the western appellate division dis-
trict. In each of the foregoing three districts one of the Presiding
justices so assigned shall be designated by the chief justice ^^ '°®"
of the supreme judicial court as presiding justice, who shall
from time to time designate those of the appellate justices
who shall act on appeals in any court and direct the times
and places of sittings. Two justices shall constitute a Quorum,
quorum to decide all matters in an appellate division.
A justice acting in the appellate division of a court other Additional
than the court of which he is a justice shall be allowed in fnddentla '°°'
addition to his compensation as such justice the sum of cfi'rfcaTIs^-"^
fifteen dollars for each day he so acts, and his necessary sistancefor
, T • • 1 J. 1 1 1*1 justices acting
travelmg expenses, mcidental expenses and necessary clerical in appellate
assistance while so acting, to be paid by the county in which certain"dis-
he so acts, upon his certificate approved by the county com- trict courts,
missioners; provided, that the total sum expended for such Proviso.
incidental expenses and clerical assistance shall not exceed
in any year the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in the north-
ern appellate division district or the sum of seven hundred
and fifty dollars in either of the other two appellate division
districts; and no deduction shall be made from the com-
pensation of such justice under section six of chapter two
hundred and eighteen on account of compensation paid to a
special justice of his court for service at any session which
such justice is unable to hold by reason of so acting.
Approved March 13, 1931.
An Act permitting certain insurance companies to (7/jai).109
INSURE certain PERSONAL PROPERTY AGAINST ALL RISKS
OR HAZARDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Clause Second of section forty-seven of chapter one gl- i75. §47.
hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, as appear- subdh-ision
ing in section one of chapter one hundred and six of the acts amended.
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby amended
by striking out subdivision (d) and inserting in place thereof
the following: —
(d) a person engaged in the business or trade of manu- Purposes of
/..., -ii- IT • • i incorporation
lacturing, buymg, selling or deahng in precious stones, of insurance
jewels, jewelry, gold, silver or other precious metals, silver- companies.
ware, musical instruments, furs, fur garments or fine arts, ^n'^fproperty.
or of cutting or setting precious stones or jewels, whether
as principal, agent, broker, factor or otherwise, against any
and all risks of loss or damage in respect to said articles
wherever the same may be, including deterioration and loss
of use, arising out of or in connection with such business or
88
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 110, 111, 112.
trade, and against legal liability on account of any such
loss or damage, including deterioration or loss of use, or a
person not so engaged who owns any of the foregoing named
articles or wedding presents, against any and all risks of
loss or damage in respect to said articles or presents wherever
the same may be, including deterioration and loss of use;
Approved March 13, 1931.
Chap.no
G. L. 205, § 29.
amended.
Actions upon
bonds of
guardians,
conservators,
trustees, etc.
Effective date.
An Act relative to suits on the bonds of certain '
fiduciaries. ■
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and five of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-nine
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 29.
Except as otherwise provided, a bond given by a guardian,
conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner or other fiduciary
officer may be put in suit by order of the probate court for
the benefit of any person interested, and the proceedings in
such action shall be conducted in hke manner as is provided
relative to actions on bonds given by executors or adminis-
trators.
Section 2. This act shall take effect September first in
the current year. Approved March 13, 1931.
Chaj).\W An Act authorizing the school committee of the city
OF BOSTON TO EXPEND MONEY FOR ATHLETIC WEARING
APPAREL AND CLOTHING AND FOR REPAIRING AND MAIN-
TAINING THE SAME FOR USE BY PUPILS OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF SAID CITY AND FOR OTHER INCIDENTAL EX-
PENSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The net receipts accruing from all athletic
contests and games engaged in by the pupils of the public
schools of the city of Boston and sanctioned by the school
committee of said city shall be deposited in the city treasury
and held for expenditure for purchasing athletic wearing
apparel and clothing, and repairing, altering and cleaning
the same, for use by the pupils of said schools in connection
with such athletic contests and games, and for other inci-
dental expenses connected therewith, and shall be expended
as aforesaid on order of the school committee of said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 16, 1931.
The school
committee of
the city of
Boston may
expend money
for athletic
wearing
apparel, etc.,
for use by
pupils of pub-
lic schools of
said city, etc.
Char). \12 An Act making a further appropriation for the employ-
ment of additional persons as a measure of relief
Emergency
preamble.
DURING the present UNEMPLOYMENT EMERGENCY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its primary purpose, which is to provide at once a measure
of rehef in the present unemployment emergency by granting
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 112. 89
state aid in abating mosquito nuisances contrary to the
established poHcy of the commonwealth, 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. To provide for the employment of additional Further appro-
,, 1,1 1 • i-' C1-C1 priation to be
labor and other personal services as a measure oi reliei dur- expended in
ing the present emergency caused by unemployment, there mosq'uito^TOn-
is hereby appropriated from the general fund or revenue of *''°i projects
to DroviciG tor
the commonwealth, subject to the provisions of law regu- employment
lating the disbursement of public funds and the approval fibOTfetc"'*'
thereof, the sum of two hundred and seventy thousand
dollars, to be expended in carrying out mosquito control
projects as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. The state reclamation board is hereby state reciama-
authorized and directed from time to time to constitute constitute and
and reconstitute, upon its own initiative, mosquito control mosquito"*^
projects comprising such municipality or municipalities as, control proj-
in the opinion of said board, contain mosquito breeding areas
of an extent likely to constitute a nuisance, and, except
as otherwise provided in this act, the provisions of section
five A of chapter two hundred and fifty-two of the Gen-
eral Laws, inserted therein by section three of chapter two
hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, as from time to time amended, shall apply
to the construction and maintenance of said projects.
Section 3. So much of the funds hereby appropriated f^p^ndedby
and assigned to any particular project initiated hereunder, commissioners
together with any appropriations by municipalities and con- under"**^
tributions from any other source received by said board and §^5^ and^'
deposited with the state treasurer for the use of said project, under direction,
shall be expended therefor by the commissioners appointed ^**'" °
under said section five A and under the direction and super-
vision of said board in accordance with such known methods
as in the opinion of said board will effect the greatest measure
of relief from the mosquito nuisance.
Section 4. On or before December fifteenth in each ^gga'ttorby
y(>ar, the sums of money necessary to properly maintain board to city
during the ensuing year the mosquito control works originally neceslary to"™
constructed in any city or town hereunder shall be estimated maintain mos-
1 •,, 1 , ''.„.,. ,. _-, quito control
by said board and certmed by it to such city or town, i he works,
amounts so certified shall be raised and appropriated by such Payment into
city or town during said ensuing year and shall be paid s'-^'*^" treasury,
into the state treasury and disbursed therefrom on warrants
I drawn by said board.
Section 5. Persons employed hereunder shall not be Persons em-
subject to civil service laws or the rules and regulations subject "o
iiiiide thereunder. Approved March 16, 1931. fl^^^.X'"^
90
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 113,114.
Charter of
the Wakefield
Real Estate
and Building
Association
extended.
Chap. lis An Act extending the charter of the wakefield real
ESTATE AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The Wakefield Real Estate and Building
Association, incorporated by chapter one hundred and
twenty of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
shall be and remain a corporation for a further term of
fifteen years from the twenty-second day of March, nine-
teen hundred and thirty-one, and shall during such further
term have the powers and privileges and be subject to the
duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in its charter and
in the general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such
corporations.
Section 2. This act shall be operative from and after
the twenty-second day of March, nineteen hundred and
thirty-one. Approved March 16, 1931.
When
operative.
Chaj). 114c An Act relative to second assistant assessors in the
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
1918 (S), 93.
new section
after § 4.
.Second
assistant
assessors in
the assessing
department
of the city
of Boston,
appointment,
compensation,
etc.
Certain per-
sons eligible
for appoint-
ment without
civil service
examination,
etc.
Submission
to Boston
city council,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter ninety-three of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby amended by in-
serting after section four the following new section : —
Section J^A. The board of assessors may, subject to like
approval, appoint and fix the compensation of, such second
assistant assessors as the work of the department requires,
not exceeding twenty-three in number. They shall, except
as provided in section two, be subject to the civil service
laws, rules and regulations, and their tenure of office shall
be unlimited, except that any person so appointed may be
removed in accordance with such laws, rules and regulations,
and shall be subject to retirement, if eligible therefor, or
removal, in accordance with the retirement laws applicable
to employees of the city of Boston.
Section 2. All persons who on January first in the cur-
rent year were employed in the assessing department of
said city by said board of assessors, with the approval of the
mayor, under the designation of second assistant assessors,
shall be eligible for appointment under section one without
civil service examination or certification.
Section 3. 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; but for the purposes of such acceptance, it shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved March 16, 1931.
Acts, 1931. —Chaps. 115,116. 91
An Act relative to certificates of probate decrees Chap. 115
CHANGING THE NAMES OF PERSONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and ten of the General ?{l'-^ll°'
Laws, as amended in section thirteen by section one of amended,
chapter one hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirty, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section thirteen and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section IS. The court shall, before decreeing Public notice
a change of name, require public notice of the petition to be °ir^c1^ange
given and any person may be heard thereon, and, upon °^ ^^^^ °f
entry of a decree, the name as established thereby shall be
the legal name of the petitioner, and the register may issue Certificate.
a certificate, under the seal of the court, of the name as so
established.
Section 2. This act shall take effect September first in Effective date.
the current year. Approved March 16, 1931.
amended.
An Act relative to the widening and construction of (Jhnqy i jg
L street in the south boston district of the city of
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and sixty- i93o, 264^ § i,
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty is hereby
amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the word "Broad-
way" and inserting in place thereof the words: — Emerson
street, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The board Board of street
of street commissioners of the city of Boston may, with the of city of
approval of the mayor of said city, widen and order con- widen"aSd^
structed Summer street from a point in the vicinity of the °[^ucted"sum-
army base, so called, to its junction with L street, and L merandL
street from such junction to its intersection with Emerson sJutL^Boston
street in the South Boston district of said city. All of the district, etc.
aforesaid work shall be carried out upon plans to be prepared
by said board of street commissioners.
Section 2. All sums of money which, prior to the passage Expenditure,
of this act, have been voted to be provided from taxes or
other sources of revenue and the proceeds of any securities
which, prior to such passage, have been authorized under the
provisions of section three of said chapter two hundred and
sixty-four, may be expended for the work authorized by
section one of said chapter, as amended by this act, and the
provisions of said section three shall be available for the
purposes of said section one, as so amended.
Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and sixty-four Effective upon
[having been submitted to and accepted by the city council p^'ssage. etc.
iof the city of Boston, in accordance with the provisions of
[section four thereof, this act in amendment of said chapter
shall take effect upon its passage and without being further
submitted to the city council of said city.
Approved March 16, 1931.
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Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 117,118.
Chap.nr
Emergency
preamble.
R. H. Long
Company
revived.
An Act reviving r. h. long company.
Whereas, 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:
R. H. Long Company, a corporation, dissolved by chapter
two hundred and seventy-three of the acts 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.
Approved March 19, 1931.
Chav.118 ^^ ^^^ relative to the improvement of brooks, streams
AND water courses IN THE TOWN OF SAUGUS.
Town of
Saugus may
improve, for
drainage pur-
poses, etc.,
brooks, streams
and water
courses within
limits of
town, etc.
May take
lands, rights
of way, etc.
May enter
into and
upoh lands
or ways, etc.
Property
damages,
recovery.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Saugus, for drainage purposes
and for the purpose of protecting the public health, or either
of said purposes, may, by its selectmen, from time to time
improve brooks, streams and water courses, or any part
thereof, within the limits of the town, by widening the same,
removing obstructions in or over them, diverting the water,
altering the courses or deepening the channels thereof, and
may conduct any surface or ground water into the same,
and may cover or pave any such channel or water course,
or any part thereof, and may build retaining walls to sup-
port the banks of any such stream or water course, or any
part thereof, within said town.
Section 2. For either or both of the purposes aforesaid,
said town may take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase
or otherwise, lands, easements, rights of way, water rights
and other property, on one or both sides of any such brook,
stream or water course, or may in like manner take or
otherwise acquire lands, easements, rights of way, water
rights and other property to form new channels into which
said water or any surface or ground water may be diverted,
within the limits of said town, and ma}^ enter into and upon
any land or way, and may do thereon work necessary for
any such improvement, and may construct upon any land
taken or otherwise acquired under authority of this act such
walks or ways as the town may determine that the public
convenience and necessity require; and any person who is
injured in his property by any act of said town under the
provisions of this act may recover from said town damages
therefor under said chapter seventy-nine.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 119. 93
Section 3. If any limited and determinable area within Assessment of
said town receives benefit other than the general advantage ^j^p"®™^'^*^'
to the community from any improvement made under au-
thority of this act, under an order declaring the same to be
done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment
of betterments, the selectmen shall, within two years after
the completion of such improvement, determine the value
of such benefit or advantage to the lands within such area,
and assess upon each parcel thereof a proportionate share of
the cost of such improvement, including therein all costs
for the purchase and all damages for the taking of lands,
easements, rights of way, water rights and other property
in order to carry out such improvement, and all other sums
expended under authority of this act, but not exceeding
one half of such adjudged benefit or advantage. The pro- g. l. so, ap-
visions of chapter eighty of the General Laws shall apply ass^smen°ts
to such assessments and the collection thereof, except as ^^'i collection,
otherwise herein provided.
Section 4. No person shall destroy or injure any drain- Destruction.
age or sewerage work of said town, or without lawful au- drainage or
thority pollute any natural water course in said town, or forblddeV"'^''
put or maintayi any obstruction therein. Whoever violates pg^^^
any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than three months, or both.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 19, 1931.
An Act providing for the construction by the depart- Q]iar).\\^
ment of public w^orks of a state highw^ay in the
TOWNS OF hull AND HINGHAM.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in part, ^^'^^^f^,"''^
defeat its purpose to relieve the existing unemployment con-
ditions, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the conditions herein imposed, the ^^p^^*,-^®"*^
department of public works is hereby authorized and directed works nmy
to lay out and construct a state highway, under the provisions ^me 'ilighway
of chapter eighty-one of the General Laws, except as herein ^^^*,"^^;j^°^
provided, substantially in the following location: — Begin- iiingimm.
ning at a point in Nantasket avenue at or near its intersection
with Bay street in the town of Hull, thence over public and
private lands and public and private ways in a general
southerly and westerly direction in the towns of Hull and
Hingham, crossing Weir river by a bridge without a draw,
to a point in Rockland street easterly of the intersection of
Summer street with Rockland street in the said town of
Hingham.
94
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 120.
Town of Hull
to pay certain
sum into state
treasury, etc.
Expenditure
by department.
Cost to town
of Hull not to
exceed one
third of total
cost of whole
highway.
Certain appro-
priations by
town of Hull
validated, and
available for
payment re-
quired by § 1.
Said town of Hull shall pay into the treasury of the com-
monwealth immediately upon the passage of this act the sum
of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and upon written
order of said department the additional sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, all of which shall be available for expendi-
ture by the said department for the purposes of this act with-
out appropriation by the general court; and in addition
thereto, the said department may expend for said purposes,
from the amount appropriated for the construction of state
highways in the current year, sums not exceeding, in the
aggregate, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Section 2. Money expended by said department from
the amount paid into the state treasury by said town of Hull
as aforesaid shall be applied only toward the pajTnent of the
cost of that portion of said highway lying within the limits
of said town, and shall not exceed one third of the total cost
of the whole of said highway. If said one third of the total
cost is less in amount than one hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars, the difference between said amounts shall
be repaid to said town.
Section 3. Any appropriation or appropriations hereto-
fore made by said town of Hull for the purpose of paying part
of the cost of a state highway to be laid out and constructed
in the same or substantially the same location as that specified
hereunder are hereby validated and, without further vote of
said town, are made available for making the payment re-
quired of it by section one. Approved March 19, 1931.
Chap. 120 An Act relative to costs and expenses in certain
PROBATE proceedings.
G. L. 215, § 45,
amended.
Costs and
expenses in
certain probate
proceedings.
Effective date.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifteen of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
forty-five and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section JfS. In contested cases before a probate court or
before the supreme judicial court on appeal, costs and ex-
penses in the discretion of the court may be awarded to
either party, to be paid by the other, or may be awarded to
either or both parties to be paid out of the estate which is
the subject of the controversy, as justice and equity may re-
quire. In any case wherein costs and expenses, or either,
may be awarded hereunder to a party, they may be awarded
to his counsel or may be apportioned between them. Exe-
cution may issue for costs awarded hereunder.
Section 2. This act shall take effect September first
in the current year. Approved March 19, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 121. 95
An Act to authorize insurance companies to insure (JJiny ]^21
AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY CAUSED BY ROLL- ^'
ING STOCK OF RAILWAYS AND AGAINST LIABILITY FOR SUCH
LOSS OR DAMAGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, Clause Second of section forty-seven of g.l. i75§47
chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, divislonV)!"
as most recently amended by chapter ninety-one of the acts ®*''- ^""ended.
of the current year, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the third line of subdivision (/), as appearing in sec-
tion one of chapter one hundred and six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, the words "except rolhng
stock of railways", so that said subdivision will read as
follows : — (/) against loss or damage to any property caused i^co?°oration
by teams, airplanes, seaplanes, dirigibles or other aircraft, of insurance
motor vehicles or other vehicles, and against legal liability •'°™p^'^'^^-
for loss or damage caused thereby to the property of another,
but not including legal liabihty for bodily injury or death
caused thereby.
Section 2. Clause Sixth of said section forty-seven, as g. l. 175, § 47,
so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in amfnd'id.^**^"
the fifth line, the words ", except when caused by the roll-
ing stock of railways", so as to read as follows: — Sixth, To Same subject.
insure, (a) any person against bodily injury or death by acci-
dent, or (b) any person against legal liability for loss or
damage on account of the bodily injury or death of any
person or on account of any damage to property of another,
or (c) against loss or damage to, or loss of use of, motor
vehicles except motor boats, airplanes, seaplanes, dirigibles
or other aircraft, their fittings and contents, whether such
vehicles or aircraft are being operated or not, and wherever
the same may be, resulting from collision or accident,
except loss or damage by fire or lightning or while being
transported in any conveyance by land or water; (d) to
make insurance upon the health of individuals; or (e) to
insure the payment of workmen's compensation benefits
under chapter one hundred and fifty-two.
Section 3. Clause Ninth of said section forty-seven, as g. l. n5, uj.
so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, amended.'
in the third and fourth lines, the words "and rolling stock
of railways," so as to read as follows: — Ninth, To insure same subject,
against loss or damage to any property caused by elcvator.s,
airplanes, seaplanes, dirigibles or other aircraft, motor or
other vehicles, except motor boats, and against loss of use
and occupancy caused thereby.
Approved March 19, 1931.
96
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 122.
Chap.122 An Act providing a program for the acceleration of
STATE HIGHWAY AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, IN ORDER
TO ALLEVIATE THE PRESENT UNEMPLOYMENT EMERGENCY,
AND FOR FURNISHING CERTAIN TEMPORARY FINANCIAL
RELIEF TO CITIES AND TOWNS, TO BE FINANCED BY THE
ISSUE OF SHORT TERM NOTES AND FROM THE PROCEEDS
OF AN INCREASE IN THE GASOLINE TAX.
Emergency
preamble.
Department
of public
works may
expend an
additional
sum for con-
struction of
state highways.
May acquire
land in city
of Boston
for office pur-
poses and con-
struct building
thereon, etc.
Proviso.
May take
necessary
land, etc.
Expenditure.
State treas-
urer may
borrow on
credit of com-
monwealth,
issue and re-
new notes, etc.
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 department of pubHc works is hereby
authorized to expend for the construction of state highways
the sum of seven milhon dollars, the same to be in addition
to and in anticipation of any sum to be appropriated for the
same purpose in the general appropriation act of the current
year.
Section 2. The department of public works, with the
approval of the governor, is hereby authorized, on behalf of
the commonwealth, to acquire land in the city of Boston for
a building for general office and headquarters purposes of
the department, and, after plans therefor have been ap-
proved by the governor, to construct a building for these
purposes on said land or, after approval of plans as afore-
said, to construct such a building on land already owned by
the commonwealth; provided, that in lieu of acquiring land
and constructing a building thereon or constructing a build-
ing on land already owned by the commonwealth, the de-
partment, if it so desires and the governor approves, may
purchase, on behalf of the commonwealth, land and an
existing building in said city suitable for the purpose and
alter the same for its use. For the purpose of acquiring land
for the construction of a new building as aforesaid, the de-
partment, on behalf of the commonwealth, may take in fee
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or eighty A
of the General Laws such land as may be necessary. For the
purposes of this section, the department may expend a
sum not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars.
Section 3. For the purposes of this act, the state
treasurer, upon the request of the department of public
works, shall borrow on the credit of the commonwealth such
sums, not exceeding, in the aggregate, eight million five
hundred thousand dollars, as may from time to time be
required, and may issue and renew notes of the common-
wealth, carrying such rates of interest as the state treasurer
may fix, with the approval of the governor and council,
such notes, whether original or renewal, to be payable not
later than April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-five.
Such notes shall be signed by the state treasurer, approved
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 122. 97
by the governor and countersigned by the comptroller. All Principal and
sums necessary to meet payments oi prmcipal and interest account of
on account of said notes or renewals thereof shall be paid "ewaisto be
from the Highway Fund; but said notes and renewals g'/']i^°°'pujjd
thereof shall nevertheless be general obligations of the
commonwealth.
Section 4. There is hereby imposed an additional excise Additional
tax of one cent on each gallon of fuel, as defined in section gasoline^ *"*
one of chapter sixty-four A of the General Laws, sold in '^"r''>,"| °®/*^'''"
the commonwealth during the period beginning with the
first day of May of the current year and ending with the
thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-three,
the same to be levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof
disposed of, as provided in said chapter SLxt3^-four A, and
the provisions of said chapter shall apply to said additional
excise to the same extent as to the normal excise levied
thereunder.
Section 5. No assessments for or on account of any work during certain
done during the two fiscal years ending November thirtieth, as'^Jessments
nineteen hundred and thirty-one shall be made upon the upondtl^,
several cities and towns of the commonwealth under section towns or
sixteen or nineteen of chapter eighty-one of the General work done
Laws or upon any countj^ under section nine of said chapter prolTsioM^oT
eightj^-one, and during the two fiscal years ending November ia«'. etc.
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, no assessments
shall be made under sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive,
of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws upon any city
or town of the metropohtan parks district to meet one half
the cost of the ordinary annual maintenance of boulevards
but in each of said years the entire cost of such ordinary
maintenance shall be appropriated from the Highway Fund.
All amounts, including interest, that have been paid in ad-
vance by any county on account of assessments for or on
account of work done in nineteen hundred and thirty shall
be repaid forthwith to such county by the state treasurer
without appropriation.
Section 6. All the space suitable for office purposes office space
and not used for the activities of the department of public department of
works in any building constructed or acquired hereunder for fo'^'j'iiggfgnlj
its use shall be assigned for the use of other state depart- for use of"
ments. There shall annually be paid from the general depa'i-tmeuts.
revenue into the Highway Fund a sum equal to the amount sum to be
which would have been received if the space so assigned f;,'"e,',u°vaient
to other state departments had been leased at fair market spaces in^pri-
rates for equivalent spaces in privately owned buildings; ^^ifd: "''"*'
provided, that the sum so to be paid shall be at least suf- Pr^vi
ficient to cover the same ratio of the costs of inaintenance
and upkeep of the building and of a fair rate for interest and.
depreciation on the investment in said building as the space
therein assigned to such other state departments bears to all
the space suitable for office purposes in the said building.
Section 7. There shall be paid from the Highway Fund ,;\!;j;;',J|,'?|;i'^^^"^
on June first in each of the years nineteen hundred and and towns of
nga.
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 123.
commonwealth,
except towns
entitled to
state aid for
repair, etc., of
public ways,
of certain sum
to be paid
from Highway
Fund on
June first
in each of years
1931 and 1932,
and to be
expended only
for construc-
tion, etc., of
highways, etc.
Temporary
increase in limi-
tation of
amount that
may be
expended by
state for repair,
etc., of public
ways other
than state
highways, in
towns entitled
to said benefits.
thirty-one and nineteen hundred and thirty-two to the
cities and towns of the commonwealth, except the towns
entitled to state aid for repair and improvement of pubhc
ways under section twenty-six of chapter eighty-one of the
General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter one
hundred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, the sum of two million five hundred thousand
dollars, the same to be apportioned among such cities and
towns in proportion to the amounts for which they were
respectively assessed for the state tax of the year nineteen
hundred and thirty, and any sum received by such a city or
town hereunder, and any additional sum, not exceeding
twenty-five dollars, received, as hereinafter provided, by a
town entitled to state aid under said section twenty-six,
shall be expended only for the construction, reconstruction
or maintenance of highways, and shall, in the year of receipt,
be included by the assessors thereof as an estimated receipt
and deducted from the amount required to be raised by
taxation to meet appropriations made in that year for
highway purposes. For each of said years nineteen hundred
and thirty-one and nineteen hundred and thirty-two the
limitation of one hundred dollars per mile imposed by said
section twenty-six upon the sums of money that may be
expended by the commonwealth for the repair and improve-
ment of pubhc ways other than state highways in towns
entitled to the benefits of said section is hereby increased to
one hundred and twenty-five dollars per mile.
Approved March 24, 1931.
Chap. 12^ An Act authorizing the city of haverhill to establish
AND maintain PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND TO ACQUIRE THE
hale HOSPITAL PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Haverhill may establish and
maintain one or more public hospitals for the use of the in-
habitants of said city, and others admitted thereto, who
may require medical or surgical treatment, and may appro-
priate money for the estabhshment, equipment and main-
tenance of said hospital or hospitals.
Section 2. Said city is hereby authorized to accept the
transfer and conveyance of all the property, real and per-
sonal, not charged with any trust, of The Hale Hospital
from the trustees thereof, including all the accounts receiv-
able, free funds and securities of said hospital, in considera-
tion of the assumption and payment by said city of all the
indebtedness of said hospital outstanding on the date of
transfer. Said city is hereby further authorized, in con-
sideration of the aforesaid, to receive from said trustees and
to administer through the board of trustees provided under
section three the trust funds and other property of said
hospital in accordance with the terms and conditions govern-
City of
Haverhill may
establish and
maintain pub-
lic hospitals,
etc.
May accept
transfer and
conveyance of
rejil and per-
sonal property
of The Hale
Hospital.
Trust funds.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 124. 99
ing the administration thereof, on the condition that such
transfer and management are authorized by a decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction and in accordance with the
conditions and terms of said decree. The management and etc^o^f^'"^"*'
control of all property received under this section shall be in property,
said city through the trustees designated in section three.
All employees of said hospital at the time the said city Hospital
acquires the same shall continue to perform their usual become^per-"
duties as temporary employees of said city upon the same manent em-
terms and conditions as existing at the time of said acquisi- city. etc.
tion and unless removed for cause or appointed to permanent
positions, prior to the expiration of six months from the date
of such acquisition, shall become permanent employees of
said city and shall thereafter hold office under civil service.
Prior to the expiration of such period they may be appointed
to permanent positions without civil service examinations.
Section 3. The members of the municipal council of Membersof
said city shall be the trustees of all municipal hospitals of council to be
the said city, including the General Stephen Henry Gale ^uni^tpa/ ''^
Hospital, and the said Hale Hospital if acquired as provided hospitals.
under section two.
Section 4. For the purpose of providing adequate hospi- u^*J!o^*j^on
tals for the use specified in section one, with buildings neces- issue bonds,
sary therefor, and of providing funds for meeting any obliga- ^*°'
tions assumed by said city under section two, said city may
borrow from time to time within a period of five years from
the passage of this act, such sums of money as may be neces-
sary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Haverhill Hospital Loan, Act ^''^^'^''^Vl
of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate Act of 1931.
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 author-
ized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be outside
the statutory limit, and shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to the provisions of 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 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 24, 1931.
An Act authorizing the Portuguese association of the Chap.124:
HOLY ghost, incorporated, TO HOLD REAL ESTATE AND
confirming TITLE TO ITS PRESENT HOLDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The corporation known as Portuguese Asso- Portuguese
ciation of the Holy Ghost, Incorporated, incorporated under the iToiv
general law and located in the town of Dighton, is hereby porated, may'
100
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 125, 126.
hold real
estate.
Title to
present real
estate hold-
ings
confirmed.
authorized to hold real estate in said town to an amount not
exceeding five 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 or in any amendment thereof.
Section 2. The title of said corporation to all real estate
in said town 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 March £4, 1931.
Chap. 125 An Act extending existing provisions of law giving
CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH A PREFERENCE IN PUBLIC
service AND WORK.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. 31, § 19,
amended.
Citizens to
have preference
in public
service and
work.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in part,
defeat its purpose to help relieve against the existing unem-
ployment emergency, 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 thirty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out section nineteen and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 19. Except as otherwise provided
by law, in all positions, employments and work in any branch
of the service of the commonwealth, or of any county, city,
town or district therein, citizens of the commonwealth shall
be given preference. Approved March 24, 1931.
Chap. 126 An Act relative to state forests and lands acquired
BY THE commonwealth FOR REFORESTATION AND EXPERI-
MENT in forest MANAGEMENT.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. 1.32, § 2,
etc., amended.
Commissioner
of con.servation
may accept
gifts of land
for reforestation
and experi-
ment in forest
management,
etc.
Whereas, 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:
Section 1. Section two of chapter one hundred and
thirty-two of the General Laws, as amended by section one
of chapter two hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by
striking out the last two sentences and inserting in place
thereof the following: — The commissioner may, subject to
the approval of the deed and title by the attorney general,
accept on behalf of the commonwealth gifts of land to be held
and managed for experiment and illustration in forest manage-
ment and for reforestation in accordance with such rules and
regulations as the commissioner, with the approval of the
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 126. ' 101
governor and council, may prescribe. A donor of such land ^J^'^'^l^^^
may reserve the right to buy back the land in accordance land,
with such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by
and between such donor and the commissioner; but in the
absence of such reservation in his deed of gift he shall not have
such right.
Section 2. Section thirty-one of said chapter one hun- g. l. 132, § 31,
dred and thirty-two is hereby amended by striking out, in the '^'"^"'^^^■
first line, the words "the preceding section" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — section thirty or thirty-three, —
and by inserting after the word "forester" in the third line
the following sentence : — Lands acquired by purchase for
experiment and illustration in forest management and for
reforestation under the provisions of chapter four hundred
and seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight
and amendments thereof, or of the corresponding provisions
of later laws, as to which the period limited for repurchase
by their original ow^ners, or their heirs or assigns, in accord-
ance with said provisions shall have expired without such
repurchase, shall also be known as state forests and shall be
under the control and management of the forester to the
same extent as if acquired under section thirty, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 31 . Lands acquired under section Management
thirty or thirty-three shall be known as state forests, and shall °^ ®*'^*® orests.
be under the control and management of the forester. Lands Lands acquired
acquired by purchase for experiment and illustration in forest f'o^ experi-^^
management and for reforestation under the provisions of ™ana^emenT*
chapter four hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of nine- and for
teen hundred and eight and amendments thereof, or of the undeTrTrovf-
corresponding provisions of later laws, as to which the period f°°^°^ ^Hh^
,..,» 1 1 1 • ••! I'l- 478, etc., as to
hmited lor repurchase by their origmal owners, or their heirs which period
or assigns, in accordance with said provisions shall have th^ir'repur-
expired without such repurchase, shall also be known as state or^^inlFowners,
forests and shall be under the control and management of the etc°, s'haii
forester to the same extent as if acquired under section thirty, to belcnown'as
He shall reforest and develop such lands, and may, subject state forests,
to the approval of the commissioner and advisory council of
the department of conservation, make all reasonable regu-
lations which in his opinion will tend to increase the public
enjoyment and benefit therefrom and to protect and conserve
the water supplies of the commonwealth.
Section 3. Section thirty-four A of said chapter one g l- 132.
hundred and thirty-two, inserted by section three of chapter amended,
two hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, is hereby amended by striking out the first
paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following : —
The commissioner, with the approval of the governor and ^ay "eit'etc^y
council, and after a public hearing, may sell or exchange any certain land,
land acquired by the commonwealth under section thirty or ** °'
thirty-three, chapter three hundred and forty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, or chapter four
hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and eight and amendments thereof or corresponding provi-
' 102
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 127.
May grant
rights of way
for public
highways, etc.
May grant
locations for
certain public
utilities, etc.
Proviso.
G. L. 132, § 10,
as amended,
repealed.
Lands acquired
under pro-
visions of
1908, 478, etc.,
to become part
of state forests
as period
limited for
their repurchase
by original
owners, etc.,
expires.
sions of later laws, and niaj- in like manner grant rights of
way for public highways over any such land, if in his judg-
ment such sale, exchange or grant is advantageous to the
commonwealth, and may execute such deeds of conveyance
or other papers as may be necessary; and the commissioner
may also grant over or across any such lands such locations
as shall be found by order of the department of public utilities
after public hearing to be required by public necessity or
convenience for telephone, telegraph or electric light or power
transmission lines, and as in his judgment are necessary and
will serve the public interest, and may execute such papers as
may be necessary; provided, that no sale or exchange of any
land or interest therein acquired by the commonwealth under
said chapter four hundred and seventy-eight and its amend-
ments or corresponding provisions of later laws, which is
subject to an option of repurchase, and that no grant either
of right of way or location over or across the same, shall be
made unless the holder of such option joins in the sale,
exchange or grant.
Section 4. Section ten of said chapter one hundred and
thirty-two, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred
and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby repealed.
Section 5. All lands acquired by the commissioner of
conservation under the provisions of said chapter four hun-
dred and seventy-eight and its amendments or of the cor-
responding provisions of later laws, as to which the period
limited for their repurchase by their original owners, or their
heirs or assigns, in accordance with said provisions has not
expired, shall continue to be held and managed, subject to
repurchase and reconveyance, as therein provided, but as the
said period shall from time to time expire in respect to any
parcel of land so acquired without repurchase and reconvey-
ance, said parcel shall become part of the state forests and
shall be subject to section thirty-one of said chapter one
hundred and thirty-two, as amended by section two of this
act. Approved March 24, 1931.
Chap. 127 An Act authorizing the city of lawtience to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
City of
Lawrence
may borrow
money for
school
purposes.
Lawrence
School Loan,
Act of 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing school build-
ings, and/or additions to existing school buildings where such
additions increase the floor space of said buildings, and orig-
inally equipping and furnishing such new buildings and/or
additions, and/or for acquiring land for school purposes,
the city of Lawrence may borrow from time to time, within a
period of three 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, Lawrence
School Loan, Act of 193 L Each authorized issue shall con-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 128. 103
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 pro-
vided herein, 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 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 24, 1931.
An Act to authorize the town of Manchester to main- Chav 128
TAIN A tide gate AND TO FILL THE FLATS AND TIDAL
AREA IN SAID TOWN NORTHEAST OF BEACH STREET.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the benefit of the public health, the Town of
town of Manchester is hereby authorized, subject to the may°ma1ntain
provisions hereinafter set forth, to install and maintain a fiiffhe^flats^"*^
proper tide gate at some convenient point in Beach street, ?nd tidal area
and, in accordance with plans therefor approved by the de- northeast^"
partment of public works under the provisions of chapter Beach street,
ninety-one of the General Laws, to fill solid the flats and
tidal area in said town lying northeast of Beach street and
bounded northwesterly and northeasterly by property of
Boston and Maine railroad, southeasterly by properties
supposed to be now or formerly owned by Gustave Nahates,
Rebekah Sandberg, Herman C. Swett, Margaret Swanson,
Dominick Flatley, Mary F. Keneally, John J. Henry,
Susan E. Hooper, John J. Connors, Annie M. Sinnicks,
Margaret M. Sheehan and D. B. Hodgkins Company, and
southwesterly by Beach street. The above area shall be'
filled to at least the level of one foot above mean high water,
and the town in connection therewith, shall make proper
provision for drainage of the filled area and of the surrounding
territory naturally draining into or through the same.
Section 2. Said town may take by eminent domain in May take
accordance with the provisions of chapter seventy-nine of natsreTd! '''"^^'
the General Laws, and amendments thereof, or upon vote
of the town at any time to that effect, in accordance with
chapters seventy-nine and eighty of the General Laws, as
amended, such lands, flats or easements as may be necessary
to carry out the purposes hereof. Any person sustaining Property
damages in his property by any such taking shall be entitled recwIiT'
to recover the same from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine, as amended. Provided, however, that in Proviso,
the event the several owners of the various parcels to be
filled in accordance with the provisions of this act shall
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 129.
Powers may
be exercised
by committee,
etc.
Town may
make appro-
priations to be
included in
tax levy, or
may borrow
money, issue
notes, etc.
Manchester
Upper Harbor
Filling Loan,
Act of 1931.
Effective upon
acceptance, etc.
either release the town from all claims for damages by reason
of any action of the town taken or to be taken under this
act, or shall grant to the town the right to make such filling
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act,
no betterments shall be assessed under the provisions of said
chapter eighty or under any other provisions of law.
Section 3. The powers granted said town by sections
one and two of this act may be exercised by a committee to
be designated or appointed for that purpose by the town or
if no such committee be designated or appointed, then by
the selectmen.
Section 4. Said town may from time to time provide
for the payment of the expense of carrjdng out the under-
taking authorized by this act, including damages recover-
able in accordance with the provisions of section two, by
appropriations to be included in the tax levy or may, within
five years from the passage of this act, borrow inside the
statutory limit a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars,
and may issue notes for any moneys so borrowed, each of
which notes shall bear on its face the words, Manchester
Upper Harbor Filling Loan, Act of 1931, and shall be pay-
able within five years from its date and otherwise in accord-
ance with chapter forty-four of the General Laws; provided,
that no money shall be borrowed and no notes shall be
issued hereunder unless the sum of at least five thousand
dollars toward paj^ment of expense as aforesaid has been
raised, or has been appropriated to be raised, by taxation
in the year in which the loan is authorized.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by the town of Manchester; but, for the purpose of
such acceptance, it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 24, 1931.
\
Chap.129 -^^ Act relative to the retirement of officers of the
national guard and militia service.
G. L, 33, §
amended.
Retirement of
officers of the
national guard
and militia
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 ninety-eight and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 98. Any commissioned officer in
the militia service of the age of sixty-four shall be dis-
charged, or placed upon the retired list, with the grade held
by him at the time of making application therefor, provided
that he complies with this chapter. Any commissioned
officer in the militia service who has served as such in the
active militia of the commonwealth for the period of ten
years may, upon his own apphcation, be placed upon the
retired list with the rank held by him in the active militia;
but an officer of the active militia who, at the time of making
such apphcation, has remained in the same grade for the
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 130. 105
period of ten years, or has served as a commissioned officer
for the period of fifteen years, or, having served in the army
or navy of the United States in time of war and, having been
honorably discharged therefrom, has also served as a com-
missioned officer in the active militia of the commonwealth
for a period of five years, may be retired with the rank next
in grade above that held by him during the six months pre-
ceding the time of making such application. Any com-
missioned officer who has served in the active mihtia of the
commonwealth for the period of fifteen years, at least six
of which have been as a commissioned officer, may be placed
upon the retired list with the rank held by him in the active
militia. Any commissioned officer in the active militia
after the completion of twenty-five years or more of com-
missioned service may be placed upon the retired Hst with
such increase in rank as the commander-in-chief may direct.
A commissioned officer upon the retired list accepting a Retired officers
., .• -Vi* J. J.* I," on active list
commission m the active mihtia may at any time, upon his may be re-
own application, be placed again upon the retired hst with tired agam.
the rank with which he was formerly retired; provided, that, Proviso,
if his latest service on the active list has entitled him to a
grade on the retired list higher than that previously held by
him, he shall be given such higher grade. At his own request,
an officer of the active militia applying for retirement, or a
retired officer, may be given any rank of the same grade then
held by him or of a lower grade. All officers who held a Certain officers
commission in the Massachusetts volunteer militia prior to J^fu-ement. °'^
May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, who
would have been entitled to retirement as hereinbefore pro-
vided had the same been in effect, shall be entitled to apply
for retirement under the provisions of this section. Service
in the state guard shall be considered as service in the active
militia. Ajjproved March 24, 1931.
An Act relative to the time of filing annual state- (7/iaT).130
MENTS OF condition BY SAVINGS AND INSURANCE BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and seventy- ^^,^jjjj|' ^ ^^'
eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out,
in the first line, the word "twenty" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — fifty, — and by striking out the sec-
ond sentence, — so as to read as follows: — Section 29. The ;^^"""g''|,f ^''o^
treasurer shall annually, within fifty days after the last ditionby
business day in October, file with the commissioner of insur- fnsunfnce"
ance and the commissioner of banks a statement showing banks,
the financial condition of the insurance department on the
last business day of October. Such annual statement shall
be in the form required by the commissioners, who shall
embody therein so much of the forms now prescribed for life
insurance companies and for savings banks as may seem to
them appropriate, with any additional inquiries they may
106 Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 131,132.
require for the purpose of eliciting a complete and accurate
exhibit of the condition and transactions of the banks. The
assets and liabilities shall be computed and allowed in such
statement in accordance with the rules governing insurance
companies, except as herein otherwise provided. The presi-
dent or vice president of the savings and insurance bank and
five or more of its trustees shall make oath that the report is
correct according to the best of their knowledge and belief.
The commissioner of insurance and the commissioner of
banks may also at any time require the treasurer to make
such other statement of condition or furnish such other
information concerning the insurance department as they
deem necessary. Approved March 2]^., 1931.
Chap. ISl An Act repealing certain special provisions of law
RELATIVE TO THE SALARY OF THE PRESENT PHYSICIAN AND
SURGEON AT THE STATE PRISON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
ll^llud' ^'*' Chapter two hundred and fourteen of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby repealed.
Approved March 21^, 1931.
Chap.lS2 An Act relative to the transmission by city and town
CLERKS TO THE STATE SECRETARY OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF
records of certain BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
amended ^ '^' Scctiou twclve of cliaptcr forty-six of the General Laws is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words : —
and transmit to the state secretary a certified copy of the
^ordso^f record thereof, — so as to read as follows: — Section 12.
certain births, Each towu clerk shall forthwith make a certified copy of
^ifd d'^ths. the record of each birth and death recorded during the previ-
ous month, if the parents of the child born or the deceased
were residents of any other town in the commonwealth or
in any other state at the time of said birth or death, and
transmit it to the clerk of the town where such parents or
deceased person were so resident, and in case of a birth, also
to the town where the birth occurred, stating the name of
the street and number of the house, if any, where such
Transmission parcuts or dcccascd pcrsou so resided; and the clerk of a
secre^ry. towu in the commonwcalth receiving such certified copy, or
certified copies of births, marriages or deaths, from the clerk
of a town without the commonwealth, shall record the same
and transmit to the state secretary a certified copy of the
record thereof. Approved March 24, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 133,134. 107
An Act relative to the abatement of uncollected Phny 133
LOCAL TAXES ON AUTHORIZATION BY THE COMMISSIONER ^'
OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter fifty-eight of the General Laws, as most recently g. l. 58, § 8,
amended in section eight by chapter two hundred and ''*° ' '^™«"'^«'^-
eighty-three 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 8. f """fngf j.eft\in
Whenever it appears to the commissioner that at the end of delinquent
two years from the commitment of any warrant to a col- ^^"^ collectors.
lector any taxes upon such warrant remain uncollected, or if
collected have not been turned over to the town treasurer,
the commissioner shall within three months, bring the
matter to the attention of the attorney general, who may
bring or cause to be brought an action of contract in the
name of the town against the collector and upon his bond,
in the superior court for the county where the town lies.
Any amount recovered under this section shall be paid into
the treasury of the town in whose name the action is prose-
cuted; but all reasonable expenses incurred by the attorney
general in any such action shall be borne by the town, and
may be recovered from it by the commonwealth in contract.
If, at any time after the expiration of one year from the ^''^^^^'i^"^
commitment of any w^arrant to a collector, the commissioner lected taxes,
is of the opinion that any taxes thereon remaining uncol-
lected should be abated, he may authorize the assessors, in
writing, to abate any part or the whole of such taxes, either
by items or by abatement of a sum total, stated in such
written authorization. The assessors may thereupon make
the abatement authorized and enter the same in their
record of abatements, making reference in said record to such
authorization as the cause or reason for the abatement.
Approved March 24, 1931.
An Act reviving combo manufacturing company. C/iap. 134
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Combo Manufacturing Company, a corpora- ComboManu-
tion dissolved by chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of company
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby revived.
revi\ed with the same powers, duties and obligations as if
said chapter had not been passed.
Section 2. This act shall be operative as of March when
„ . 1 11 II- operative.
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
Approved March 24, 1931.
108
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 135,136.
G. L. 160, § 232,
amended.
Liability for
damages in
case of col-
lision at grade
crossings, etc.
Chap. 135 An Act relative to the liability of railroad corpora-
tions FOR DAMAGES IN CASE OF COLLISIONS AT GRADE
INVOLVING THEIR RAIL-BORNE MOTOR CARS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two hundred and thirty-two of chap-
ter one hundred and sixty of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "cars" in the second
Hne the words : — or rail-borne motor cars, — and by insert-
ing after the word ''section" in the fourth line the words: —
or to give signals by such means or in such manner as may be
prescribed by orders of the department, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 232. If a person is injured in his person
or property by collision with the engines or cars or rail-borne
motor cars of a railroad corporation at a crossing such as is
described in section one hundred and thirty-eight, and it
appears that the corporation neglected to give the signals
required by said section or to give signals by such means or
in such manner as may be prescribed by orders of the depart-
ment, and that such neglect contributed to the injury, the
corporation shall be hable for all damages caused by the
collision, or to a fine recoverable by indictment as provided in
section three of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine, or,
if the life of a person so injured is lost, to damages recoverable
in tort, as provided in said section three, unless it is shown
that, in addition to a mere want of ordinary care, the person
injured or the person who had charge of his person or property
was, at the time of the collision, guilty of gross or wilful negli-
gence, or was acting in violation of the law, and that such
gross or wilful negligence or unlawful act contributed to the
injury.
Section 2. The department of public utilities is hereby
directed to proceed, as soon as may be after the effective date
of this act, under section sixteen of chapter one hundred and
fifty-nine of the General Laws, to consider as to the regula-
tions and practices observed by railroad corporations with
respect to their rail-borne motor cars, and the equipment and
appliances provided by said corporations to be used on such
motor cars, in giving signals at or near places where the rail-
road crosses upon the same level any public way or traveled
place and, after a hearing, to fix and prescribe by order the
regulations, practices, appliances and equipment thereafter
to be observed and used by railroad corporations with respect
to the giving of signals by rail-borne motor cars as aforesaid.
Approved March 24, 1931.
Department of
public utilities,
after a hearing,
to fix and pre-
scribe by order,
regulations,
practices, appli-
ances and
equipment to
be observed
and used by
railroad cor-
porations with
respect to giv-
ing of signals
by rail-borne
motor cars.
C/iap.l36 An Act establishing the compensation of special jus-
tices OF the municipal court of the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Si^ndl^d' ^ ^^' Section L Section fifty-two of chapter two hundred and
eighteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 137. 109
out, in the fifteenth and sixteenth Hnes, the word ''twenty-
five" and inserting in place thereof the word: — thirty, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 52. The chief justice may Municipal
from time to time make assignments for the attendan<5e of a city oFfioston
justice at the several times and places appointed for holding Assignment
court. The chief justice, or, in case of his death, illness, of justices,
1 . -x ii • • X • J- •(••!• additional
absence or mcapacity, the senior associate justice, if m his sessions.
opinion the public business so requires, may provide for
additional sessions of the court. A special justice may hold Special
any such additional session at the request of the chief justice assignment,
or senior associate as aforesaid, or a regular session at the duTies!^'^'^
request of the justice whose duty it may be to hold it, or, in
case of the illness or absence of any justice, or a vacancy, at
the request of any justice. During the continuance of such
requests, or during such illness, absence or vacancy, a special
justice shall have and exercise all the powers and duties of a
justice. The fact of holding court and the fact which gave
him jurisdiction shall be entered upon the general records of
the court, but need not be stated in the record of any case
heard by him. His compensation shall be thirty dollars for Compensation.
each day's service; and, except when holding an additional
session as above provided, the compensation for service in
excess of thirty days in any one year which may be rendered
to or for any one justice shall be deducted by the treasurer
of Suffolk county from the salary of such justice.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Effective upon
during the current year by the mayor and city council of the ^'"^^^^^'^''^' «^'=-
city of Boston, in accordance with the provisions of its
charter. Approved March 24, 1931.
An Act relative to the jurisdiction of district courts Chav. 1^7
IN supplementary and other proceedings in civil
actions against debtors.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section six of chapter two hundred and ^tc '"amended
twenty-four of the General Laws, as appearing in section
two of chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the eighth, ninth, tenth and
eleventh hnes the following " ; or if the defendant or debtor
was arrested or lives or has a usual place of business or em-
ployment in the county of Suffolk, such proceedings may
also be had in the municipal court of the city of Boston", —
so that the first paragraph will read as follows: — Except P'^'fe of j^^'^^-
as provided in section five, all proceedings for the examina- for examina-
tion, commitment or discharge of a defendant arrested on J,'en't*or™'""'
mesne process or on execution, and all supplementary pro- j'f ''j'j'ifQ."^ "
ceedings under this chapter as to a judgment debtor, shall anested
be had in the district court within whose judicial district procws°ltc.
the defendant or debtor was arrested or lives or has a usual
place of business or employment; or, if the defendant or
no
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 138.
Time allowed
to procure
bail, etc.
Recogni-
zance, etc.
Defendant
not giving
bail or recog-
nizing may be
imprisoned.
When
operative.
debtor does not live or have a usual place of business or
employment within the commonwealth, such proceedings
ma}^ also be had in the district court within whose judicial
district the record of the original action is kept. When
arrested on mesne process, the defendant shall be allowed
a reasonable time to procure bail or sureties for his recog-
nizance, and when arrested on execution the debtor shall
be allowed reasonable time to procure sureties for his recog-
nizance. If not released, he shall be taken before a proper
court, as provided in this chapter; or if he wishes to recog-
nize he may be taken at his request before a master in
chancery. A master in chancery or the court may accept
his recognizance to the plaintiff or creditor with surety
or sureties in a sum not less than the ad damnum of the
writ, unless the court shall expressly fix a smaller sum, con-
ditioned that he will have a time and place appointed for
his examination before some court having jurisdiction,
which time shall be within thirty days after the time of
his arrest and, in case of an arrest on mesne process, before
judgment, giving notice of the time and place thereof as
provided in this chapter, and appear at the time and place
appointed for his examination, and from time to time until
the proceedings are concluded, and not depart without
leave of the court, making no default at any time fixed for
his examination, and abide the final order of the court
thereon. If the arrest is made when the court is not sit-
ting and the defendant or debtor does not recognize or give
bail, the officer making the arrest may deliver him to the
keeper of the jail, to be detained therein until the next
sitting of the court, when he shall be delivered to said officer
to be taken before the court. If the defendant, when taken
before the court, does not give bail or recognize to its satis-
faction, the court shall cause a certificate thereof to be
attached to the writ, and the defendant shall be committed
to jail until he gives bail or recognizes or until the time
appointed for his examination, or, if no such time be ap-
pointed, then until the further order of the court, when
he shall be delivered by the jailer to the officer who made
the arrest, or, in his absence or disability, to any other officer,
to be by him taken before the court.
Section 2. This act shall become operative on July
first of the current year and shall be applicable only in case
of supplementary proceedings commenced on or after said
date. Approved March 24, 19S1.
C hap. 1S8 An Act relative to the operation of semi-trailer units
ON the ways of the commonwealth.
G. L. 85, § 30,
etc., amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirty of chapter eighty-five of the
General Laws, as most recently amended by section one of
chapter three hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 138. Ill
hundred and thirty, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "fifteen", in the eighth hne, the words: —
, or, in case of a semi-trailer unit, whether or not so equipped,
more than twenty, — by striking out, in the twelfth and
thirteenth Hues, the words "semi-trailer unit or any other
type of vehicle provided with three axles" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — vehicle having three axles, of a
type other than a semi-trailer unit, — and also by inserting
after the word "of" in the fifteenth line the word: — such,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 30. No vehicle shall Use of public
travel or object be moved, on any pubhc way, which has any veiucieLn^''^
device attached to or made a part of its wheels or the rollers objects^^''^
or other supports on which it rests, which will injure the regulated,
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, or, in case of a semi-trailer unit, Semi-traiier
whether or not so equipped, more than twenty, 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 vehicle having three axles, of a type Proviso,
other than a semi-trailer unit, when operated on such through
routes, may weigh more than fourteen, or, in case of such
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 ^ays outside
travel or object be moved on any public way, outside of the of metropoii-
metropolitan parks or sewerage districts, the weight of which sewerage^du-
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 Permits,
within which it shall be in force and the ways which may be dit^onsTetc""'
used and may contain any provisions or conditions necessary
for the protection of such ways from injury. If, in the opin- Regulations
ion of the board or officer having charge of any public way, ?„ certafn "^^
the travel or moving thereon at any season of the year of ^®^!f°"g°^f
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 pass-
ing over such way during such season without a permit
therefor. All such regulations shall, when affecting ways Approval by
which are determined by the department of public works to of pubiilf"*'
be through routes, be subject to the approval of such depart- works, when,
ment. Such regulations shall be published and shall take Publication
effect as provided in case of rules and orders under section effect!' '"^
twenty-two of chapter forty and shall be posted in a con-
spicuous place at both ends of the part of said way from
which traffic is prohibited thereby. Any person driving, Liability for
operating or moving a vehicle or object in violation of this ^'°" '°°*'
section or of any regulation adopted hereunder, or the owner
112
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 139.
G. L. 90, § 19,
etc., amended.
Restrictions
as to dimen-
sions of motor
vehicles and
trailers.
Proviso.
Dimensions
to include load.
Operation of
semi-trailer
■ units regulated.
Drawing of
trailers and
other veliicles
by motor
vehicles
regulated.
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. Chapter ninety of the General Laws, as most
recently amended in section nineteen by chapter two hun-
dred and ninety-seven 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 : — Sec-
tion 19. No motor vehicle or trailer, the outside width of
which is more than ninety-six inches or the extreme over-all
length of which is more than twenty-eight feet, shall be
operated on any way without a special permit so to operate
from the board or officer having charge of such way or, in
case of a state highway or a way determined by the depart-
ment of public works to be a through route, from said
department; provided, that such width may be exceeded by
the lateral projection of pneumatic tires beyond the rims of
the wheels for such distance on either side of the vehicle
or trailer as will not increase its outside width above one
hundred and two inches; and provided, further, that the
extreme over-all length of a semi-trailer unit, wherever used,
may exceed twenty-eight feet but not forty feet, and such
length of any other motor vehicle, or any trailer, when used
in localities or on ways designated by the said department
may exceed twenty-eight feet but not thirty-three feet,
except in either case as authorized by a special permit
granted as aforesaid, and that, when used for the transporta-
tion of poles or single units of lumber or metal, such length
may exceed twenty-eight feet but not sixty feet, except as
authorized by a special permit granted as aforesaid. The
aforesaid dimensions of width and length shall be inclusive
of the load. No semi-trailer unit shall be operated on dmy
way to draw any trailer or other vehicle except as authorized
by a special permit granted as aforesaid or except in localities
or on ways designated by said department, and in such
localities or on such ways not more than one trailer or other
vehicle shall be so drawn except as authorized by a special
permit granted as aforesaid; and no other motor vehicle
shall be operated on any way to draw more than one trailer
or other vehicle. Approved March 24, 1931.
Chap.XZ^ An Act authorizing the city of boston to construct
AND MAINTAIN A SEWER ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LAND IN
THE TOWN OF DEDHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
may construct SECTION 1. The city of Boston is hereby authorized to
and maintain coustruct and maintain a sanitary sewer in the town of
tatTand public Dcdham from a point at or near Edgemere road at the
pToidhlm." boundary line between said town and the West Roxbury
district of the city of Boston, thence over private land in
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 140. 113
said town to a point at or near the junction of Ware and
Whiting streets, thence under Whiting and Colburn streets
to the present location of the metropohtan sewer at or near
said Colburn street in said town; provided, that the loca- Proviso,
tion of such sewer in any public way in said town shall be
as designated by the selectmen of said town.
Section 2. The board of street commissioners of said ^o°^mi°^-^*'"^®*
city, on behalf of said city, may take by eminent domain may take, etc.,
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire ilTdsletc.
by purchase or otherwise, private lands, together with any
rights or easements in private lands necessary for carrying
out the work authorized by section one and for the storage
of materials or otherwise in connection therewith. Any Property
person injured in his property by reason of any act done fe^yery.
under authority of this act may recover damages from said
city therefor under said chapter seventy-nine.
Section 3. Upon the completion of the sewer author- city of Boston
ized by section one, or of any repairs thereon, said city shall p^ubltc^vty m
restore, to the satisfaction of said selectmen, any public t^rbed^un^dlr
way in said town disturbed under authoritj^ of this act, and authority of
shall thereafter indemnify and hold harmless said town for fnd'emnify said
and because of any loss, damage or expense which may [osriaLageor
result to it by reason of the construction and maintenance, expense, etc.
or either of them, of such sewer. Any such loss, damage or
expense so suffered by said town may be recovered by it
from said city in an action of contract.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 25, 1931.
An Act relative to sewer assessments in the town of C/zofp.l40
ARLINGTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of pubhc works of the town of ^^^^tlorreai
Arhngton may determine the value of the benefit or ad- estate in town
vantage to every parcel of real estate in the town beyond ° '' '"^ ""■
the general advantage to all real estate therein from the
construction hereafter of any sewer or extension of any
existing sewer or from the doing of any other work in con-
nection therewith, except particular sewers from common
sewers to the Hnes of ways, and may assess on every such
parcel a proportionate share of such part, not exceeding
two thirds, of the expenses incurred by the town for the
improvements aforesaid, as said board shall deem just;
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 town of Arlington may, at any town noUMn.inatH.n
meeting, determine by vote or provide by by-law that not ily-ia'wVimt'not
exceeding two thirds of the cost of the construction there- [iVi.X' ofVost"
after of any sewer or extension of any existing sewer or the <.f const^r.uUon
doing of any other work in connection therewith, except 'Jtc'."8hfdrbo'
particular sewers from common sewers to the lines of ways, assessed upon
114
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 140.
estates bene-
fited, etc.
Apportionment
of cost, etc.
Proviso.
Certain pro-
visions of law
applicable to
assessments
made underact.
Assessments to
be a lien, etc.
Certain powers
of town, etc.,
not affected.
shall be assessed upon the estates specially benefited thereby,
and that such cost shall be the actual expense incurred for
any such construction or extension and other work in con-
nection therewith, or the average cost, to be determined by
the board of public works of said town in each year, of such
construction and extension and other work in connection
therewith in a period of not less than three years next pre-
ceding and excluding or including the year in which such
average cost is to be determined, and in all such cases the
board of public works shall apportion the proportionate part
of the cost thereof prescribed by such vote or by-law upon
the estates that they shall determine to be specially benefited
by such improvement according to the frontage of estates
upon any street or way in which a sewer is constructed, or
according to the area of the estates within a specified dis-
tance from such street or way, or according to both front-
age and area; provided, that no assessment on any parcel
of real estate shall exceed the value of the special benefit
to that parcel.
Section 3. The provisions of chapter eighty-three of the
General Laws so far as applicable and not inconsistent here-
with, and also the provisions of chapter eighty of the Gen-
eral Laws relative to the apportionment, division, reassess-
ment, abatement and collection of assessments, and to in-
terest, shall apply to assessments made under this act.
Assessments made upon any estate under section one or
two of this act shall be a lien upon the entire estate as
assessed by the assessors of said town, notwithstanding that
such assessments may have been determined with reference
to only a portion thereof.
Section 4. Nothing contained in this act or in chapter
two hundred and eighty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety-six shall prevent the town of Arlington or the
said board of public works from assessing the cost of the
construction and extension of its sewer system, or the cost
of the construction hereafter of any sewer or extension of
any existing sewer, from estabhshing charges for the use
of common sewers, from requiring payment by the user of
a common sewer for the permanent privilege of his estate,
or from requiring payment for the use of common sewers
or for particular sewers and/or the entrance thereof into
common sewers, and the doing of any other work or thing
in connection with any of the foregoing, in accordance with
any method authorized by law.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 25, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 141,142. 115
An Act authorizing the construction and maintenance Qjiq/q 141
OF a footbridge over certain tide water in the town
OF WESTPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Adelard Giason, and his heirs and assigns, Construction
may erect and maintain a bridge, without a draw, con- nancTTa^oot-
necting Goat or Great Island in the Westport river with the bridge oyer
main land in the town of Westport, subject to the provisions waterln'town
of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws. °^ Westport.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1931.
An Act relative to the operation within the common- nhf.^ 140
WEALTH of motor VEHICLES OR TRAILERS OWNED BY ^'
non-residents.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter ninety of the General f^c ^amended
Laws, as most recently amended in the paragraph defining
"Non-resident" by chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby
further amended by striking out said paragraph and insert-
ing in place thereof the following : —
"Non-resident", any person whose legal residence is not j.g^j"'j..
within the commonwealth. definition'.
Section 2. Said chapter ninety, as amended in section g. l, 90, § 3,
three by section one of chapter four hundred and thirty-one ^^'^" *™'^'''^®'^-
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section three and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — Section 3. Sub- Rights of non-
ject to the provisions of section three A and except as other- opera'tion"^ *°
wise provided in section ten, a motor vehicle or trailer within the
. , '^ , . , , . , ' . , , , commonwealth
registered m any other state or country and owned by a of motor
non-resident who has complied with the laws relative to by^thlm"''^"^'^
motor vehicles and trailers, and the operation thereof, of
the state or country of registration may be operated on the
ways of this commonwealth without registration under this
chapter, to the extent, as to length of time of operation and
otherwise, that, as finally determined by the registrar, the
state or country of registration grants substantially similar
privileges in the case of motor vehicles and trailers duly
registered under the laws and owned by residents of this
commonwealth; provided, that no motor vehicle or trailer Proviso.
owned by a non-resident shall be so operated beyond the
expiration of a period of thirty days except during such time
as the owner thereof maintains in full force a policy of liabil-
ity insurance providing indemnity for or protection to him,
and to any person responsible for the operation of such
motor vehicle or trailer 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-
116
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 142.
Conditions
as to issue
of permit.
Suspension
or revocation
of rights.
Number
plates.
G. L. 90, § 4,
repealed.
G. L. 90, § 6,
etc., amended.
Number plates
on motor
vehicles, etc.
No other num-
ber plates
to be dis-
played, etc.
Proviso.
suiting therefrom, caused by such motor vehicle or trailer,
at least to the amount or limits required in a motor vehicle
liability policy as defined in section thirty-four A, nor un-
less the owner or operator of such motor vehicle or trailer,
while operating the same during such additional time, has
on his person or in the vehicle in some easily accessible place
a permit issued by the registrar which then authorizes the
operation of such vehicle without registration under this
chapter. The registrar or his authorized agents may, upon
application, issue to any non-resident owner a permit as
aforesaid in such form and subject to such conditions and
regulations as the registrar may establish, if such owner
satisfies him, by furnishing such evidence as he may re-
quire, that such owner is the holder of a policy of liabihty
insurance providing indemnity or protection as aforesaid
and will continue to maintain the same in full force during
the life of the permit. The registrar may suspend or revoke
the right of any non-resident operator to operate in this
commonwealth, and may suspend or revoke the right of
any non-resident owner to operate or have operated in this
commonwealth any motor vehicle or trailer for the same
causes and under the same conditions that he can take such
action regarding resident owners, operators, motor vehicles
and trailers owned in this commonwealth. Every such
vehicle so operated shall have displayed upon it two number
plates, substantially as provided in section six, bearing the
distinguishing number or mark of the state or country in
which such vehicle is registered, and none other except as
authorized by this chapter.
Section 3. Section four of said chapter ninety is hereby
repealed.
Section 4. Said chapter ninety, as amended in section
six by section one of chapter three hundred and forty-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section six and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — Section 6. Every
motor vehicle or trailer registered under this chapter when
operated in or on any way in this commonwealth shall have
its register number displayed conspicuously thereon on the
two number plates furnished by the registrar in accordance
with section two or five or on temporary number plates
authorized by the registrar as hereinafter provided, one
number plate to be attached at the front and the other at
the rear of said vehicle, so that the said number plates and
the register number thereon shall be always plainly visible.
The said number plates shall be kept clean and the numbers
legible, and during the period when the vehicle is required
to display hghts the rear register number shall be illuminated
so as to be plainly visible at a distance of sixty feet. No
number plates other than such as are procured from the
registrar or such as may be authorized by him for tempo-
rary use, except as provided in section three, shall be dis-
played on any motor vehicle or trailer so operated; provided,
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 142. 117
that a motor vehicle or trailer which by reason of its inter-
state operation is registered in this commonwealth and else-
where may display the register number plates of this and
any other state or country in which it is registered, if, while
being operated on the ways of this commonwealth, the
number plates furnished by the registrar, or temporary
number plates authorized by him as hereinafter provided,
are displayed as required hereby. If any number plate issue of num-
supplied by the registrar is lost or mutilated or if the register re*""i^ce\^^o*s°e
number thereon becomes illegible, the owner or person in lost or
control of the vehicle for which said number plate was "'"*'''**'^'^-
furnished shall make application for a new number plate,
and thereupon the registrar shall issue to such applicant
a permit allowing him to place a temporary number plate
bearing his register number on said vehicle until a number
plate of the regular design is made and delivered to said
applicant; provided, that all such temporary number plates Proviso,
and the register numbers thereon shall conform to the regular
number plates and be displayed as nearly as may be as
herein provided for said regular number plates.
Section 5. Said chapter ninety, as most recently g. l. 9o, §io,
,,. ,• , , ,• !• e 1 ij*i etc., amended.
amended m section ten by section tour oi chapter lorty-seven
of the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section ten and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 10. No person shall operate a unlicensed
motor vehicle upon any way unless licensed under this chap- temperate*
ter, except as is otherwise herein provided; but this section motor vehicles,
shall not prevent the operation of motor vehicles by un- ^"""^^ ' * *^'
licensed persons if riding with or accompanied by a licensed
operator, excepting only persons who have been licensed and
whose licenses are not in force because of revocation or sus-
pension, persons whose right to operate is suspended by the
registrar, and persons less than sixteen years of age; but
such licensed operator shall be liable for the violation of any
provision of this chapter, or of any regulation made in ac-
cordance herewith, committed by such unlicensed operator;
provided, that the examiners of operators, in the employ of Proviso,
the registrar, when engaged in their official duty, shall not
be liable for the acts of any person who is being examined.
The motor vehicle of a non-resident may be operated on the Operators
ways of the commonwealth in accordance with section three vlwcies'^of
by its owner or by his chauffeur or employee without a non-residents,
license from the registrar if the operator is duly licensed
under the laws of the state or country where such vehicle is
registered, or has complied fully with its laws respecting the
licensing of operators of motor vehicles and has such license
or evidence of such comphance on his person or in the vehicle
in some easily accessible place ; and a non-resident who holds
a license to operate motor vehicles under the laws of the state
or country in which he resides, and has the license on his
person or in the vehicle in some easily accessible place, may
at any time operate, without a license from the registrar,
any type of motor vehicle which he is Hcensed to operate
118
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 143.
Proviso.
G. L. 90, § 33,
etc., amended.
Fee for regis-
tration of
motor vehicles
or trailers
during cer-
tain period.
Registration of
motor vehicles
or trailers
registered by
non-residents
for operation
in current
year, prior to
effective date
of act, to con-
tinue valid
and effec-
tual, etc.
under said license, irrespective of the ownership of such
vehicle; provided, that the laws relative to registration are
complied with and that, as finally determined by the regis-
trar, his state or country grants substantially similar privi-
leges to residents of this commonwealth and prescribes and
enforces standards of fitness for operators of motor vehicles
substantially as high as those prescribed and enforced by this
commonwealth; but if any such non-resident or his chauffeur
or employee be convicted by any court or trial justice of
violating any provision of the laws of the commonwealth
relating to motor vehicles or to the operation thereof,
whether or not he appeals, he shall be thereafter subject to
and required to comply with all the provisions of this chapter
relating to the registration of motor vehicles owned by
residents of the commonwealth and the licensing of the
operators thereof. A record of the trial shall be sent forth-
with by the court or trial justice to the registrar.
Section 6. Section thirty-three of said chapter ninety,
as most recently amended by section five of said chapter
forty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out the
thirteenth and fourteenth paragraphs, as appearing in sec-
tion five of chapter three hundred and sixteen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and inserting in place
thereof the following : —
For the registration of every motor vehicle or trailer by
an owner who applies therefor under section two during the
period beginning with the first day of October and ending
with the thirty-first day of December in any year, one half
of the fee for a full year's registration of said vehicle.
Section 7. The registration of a motor vehicle or a
trailer registered by a non-resident for operation in the
current year, prior to the effective date of this act under
provisions of law repealed thereby shall nevertheless con-
tinue valid and effectual for the remainder of the period of
registration, and all rights, privileges and obligations per-
taining to such registration shall continue in full force and
effect for said period to the same extent as if said provisions
had not been repealed. Approved March 26, 1931.
Chap.l4:S An Act providing for the payment of compensation
UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW IN CERTAIN
CASES IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SETTLEMENT OF A CON-
TROVERSY AS TO WHICH OF TWO OR MORE INSURERS IS
LIABLE TO PAY THE SAME.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section fifteen the
following new section: — Section 15 A. If one or more claims
are filed for an injury and two or more insurers, any one of
which may be held to be liable to pay compensation there-
for, agree that the injured employee would be entitled to
G. L. 152, new
section after
§ 15.
Payment of
compensation
under work-
men's compen-
sation law in
certain cases in
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 144. 119
receive such compensation but for the existence of a con- anticipation of
troversy as to which of said insurers is Hable to pay the same, contrwe^sy'L
such one of said insurers as they may mutually agree upon *° '^^^'ch of
. %/ CD r^ two Or rnor©
or as may be selected by a smgle member of the board shall insurers is
pay to the injured employee the compensation aforesaid, pay^Lme.
pending a final decision of the board as to the matter in
controversy, and such decision shall require that the amount
of compensation so paid shall be deducted from the award
if made against another insurer and be paid by said other
insurer to the insurer agreed upon or selected by the single
member as aforesaid. Approved March 26, 1931.
An Act changing the name of Massachusetts agricul- (Jhnjj 144
TURAL college TO MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE. ^
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The name of Massachusetts agricultural col- ^^ff ?f
lege, located at Amherst, Massachusetts, is hereby changed agricultural
to Massachusetts state college. ^o'lfilssthif-"'^
Section 2. Section one of chapter seventy-five of the setts state
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the first q t 75 5 ,
line, the word "agricultural" and inserting in place thereof amended,
the word : — state, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . Massachusetts
The ]\lassachusetts state college shall continue to be a state l^stlte'fi-^^
institution. stitution.
Section 3. Section four of chapter fifteen of the General g. l^^^- j*-.
Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and twenty-two '"^ '
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the thirteenth line, the
words "Agricultural College" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — state college, — so as to read as follows : —
Section A. The commissioner shall be the executive and Ce""*"'" *?"*^'®^
1 • • • 1 1 c 1 1 TT 1111 °' commis-
admmistrative head of the department. He shall have sionerof
charge of the administration and enforcement of all laws, ^ "<=''*"''^-
rules and regulations which it is the duty of the department
to administer and enforce, and shall be chairman of the
board. He shall organize in the department a division of j^/jifj^"^
public libraries, a division of immigration and Americani- partment.
zation, a division of the blind and such other divisions as he
may determine. Each division shall be in charge of a
director and shall be under the general supervision of the
commissioner. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed Certain
CD ^ I powers, etc.,
as affecting the powers and duties of the trustees of the of trustees of
Massachusetts state college as set forth in chapter seventy- state'co'ibR'e"^
fiyp not affected.
Section 4. Section nineteen of said chapter fifteen, as g. l. is.^s^io,
amended by section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the second line,
the word "agricultural" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — state, — so as to read as follows: — Section -?5- ^ts!^*'.'^"*'
The trustees of the Massachusetts state college, the board of serving in the
120
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 144.
department
of education.
G.L. 15, §20
and its head-
ing, amended.
Trustees of
Massachusetts
state college.
G. L. 132, § 1,
amended.
Duties of
state forester.
1925, 253, § 1,
amended.
Acceptance of
provisions of
act of congress
providing for
more complete
endowment of
agricultural
experiment
stations.
1928, 393, § 1,
amended.
commissioners of the Massachusetts nautical school, the
trustees of the Bradford Durfee textile school of Fall River,
the trustees of the Lowell textile institute and the trustees
of the New Bedford textile school shall serve in the depart-
ment.
Section 5. Said chapter fifteen is hereby amended by
striking out section twenty and its heading and inserting
in place thereof under the heading "MASSACHUSETTS
STATE COLLEGE" the ioWowin^: — Section 20. There
shall be a board of trustees of the Massachusetts state col-
lege, consisting of the governor, the commissioner of edu-
cation, the commissioner of agriculture and the president
of the college, ex officiis, and not more than fourteen ap-
pointive members. Upon the expiration of the term of office
of any appointive member, his successor shall be appointed
for seven years by the governor, with the advice and consent
of the council. The appointive members shall serve with-
out compensation, but their personal and incidental ex-
penses shall be paid as are those of trustees of other public
institutions.
Section 6. Section one of chapter one hundred and
thirty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in the sixth fine, the words "Agricultural College"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — state college, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . The state forester, in
this chapter called the forester, shall act for the common-
wealth in suppressing the gypsy and brown tail moths; shall
promote the perpetuation, extension and proper management
of the public and private forest lands of the commonwealth;
shall give such a course of instruction to the students of the
Massachusetts state college on the art and science of forestry
as may be arranged by the trustees of the college and the
forester; and shall perform such other duties as may be
imposed upon him by the governor and council.
Section 7. Section one of chapter two hundred and
fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five
is hereby amended by striking out, in the eighth line, the
word "Agricultural" and inserting in place thereof the word:
— State, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The com-
monwealth of Massachusetts hereby signifies its assent to
and acceptance of the provisions of the act of congress
entitled, " An Act To authorize the more complete endow-
ment of agricultural experiment stations, and for other
purposes", approved February twenty-fourth, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, and its acceptance of the grants of
funds therein provided for, and the trustees of the Massa-
chusetts State College, in charge of the Massachusetts agri-
cultural experiment station, are hereby authorized to receive
the funds granted by said act and to use and expend the
same in accordance with the provisions thereof and in
furtherance of the purposes and objects therein set forth.
Section 8. Section one of chapter three hundred and
ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 144. 121
eight is hereby amended by striking out, in the thirteenth
and fourteenth Hues, the word "Agricultural" and inserting
in place thereof the word: — State, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 1. The commonwealth of Massachusetts Acceptance of
hereby signifies its assent to and acceptance of the pro- actoTcMgress
visions of the act of congress entitled, "An Act to provide f^rt^'erd^e-^"'^
for the further development of agricultural extension work veiopmentof
between the agricultural colleges in the several States re- tlnLlon work'''
ceiving the benefits of the Act entitled 'An Act donating |^®Ji^^f°y*^f
public lands to the several States and Territories which may colleges in
provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the me- and'the^*''*^^
chanic arts,' approved July 2, 1862, and all Acts supple- De'lrtm^r
mentary thereto, and the United States Department of of Agriculture.
Agriculture," approved May twenty-second, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight, and its acceptance of the grants of
funds therein provided for, and the trustees of the Massa-
chusetts State College, in charge of the Massachusetts
agricultural experiment station, are hereby authorized to
receive the funds granted by the act hereby assented to and
to use and expend the same in accordance with the pro-
visions thereof and in furtherance of the purposes and objects
therein set forth. Approved March 26, 1931.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department,
State House, Boston, April 14, 1931.
Honorable Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Common-
wealth, State House, Boston.
Sir: — I, Joseph B. Ely, by virtue of and in accordance Governor's
with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to mfklng'^kw an
the Constitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency Meas- emergency law.
ures", do declare that in my opinion the immediate pres-
ervation of the public peace, health, safety and convenience
requires that the law passed on the twenty-sixth day of
March, in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one, entitled
"An Act Changing the Name of Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College to Massachusetts State College", 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
representative young men from all sections of the Com-
monwealth who are entitled to receive certain benefits that
the law provides.
Yours very truly,
JOSEPH B. ELY.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, April 15, 1931.
I hereby certify that the accompanying statement was Secretary of
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the eatlas^r "
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at nine o'clock, a.m., on ['j^^l^nor^s^
the above date, and in accordance with Article Forty-eight declaration.
122
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 145,146.
of the Amendments to the Constitution said chapter takes
effect forthwith, being chapter one hundred and forty-four,
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
F. W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
G. L. 276,
amended.
Recognizance
out of county,
if a misde-
meanor.
Chap. 145 An Act relative to furnishing surety in criminal
CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section twenty-nine of chapter two hundred
and seventy-six of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "sufficient" in the sixth fine the
words: — surety or, — so as to read as follows: — Section 29.
If the crime charged in a warrant is not a felony, and the
defendant requests to be taken before a magistrate of the
county where he was arrested, for the purpose of entering
into a recognizance without a trial or examination, the
officer who arrested him shall take him before a magistrate
of that county, who may require from him a recognizance,
with sufficient surety or sureties, for his appearance at the
court which has jurisdiction of the crime and next to be
held in the county or judicial district in which it is alleged
to have been committed, and upon entering into such re-
cognizance the defendant shall be released.
Section 2. Section thirty-five of said chapter two hun-
dred and seventy-six is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "with" in the seventh line the words: — surety or,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 35. Except in pro-
ceedings under sections eleven to nineteen, inclusive, of
chapter two hundred and seventy-three, the court or justice
may adjourn an examination or trial from time to time, not
exceeding ten days at any one time against the objection of
the defendant, and to the same or a different place in the
county. In the meantime, if the defendant is charged with a
crime not bailable, he shall be committed; otherwise, he may
recognize in a sum and with surety or sureties to the satis-
faction of the court or justice, or without surety, for his
appearance for such further examination, and for want of
such recognizance he shall be committed.
Approved March 26, 1981.
G. L. 276, § 35,
amended.
Adjournment
of trial or
examination.
C/iap.l46 An Act requiring co-operative banks to maintain
RESERVES, AND REGULATING SUCH RESERVES.
G. L. 170, new
section after
$40.
Co-operative
banks to
establish and
maintain
reserves.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
forty the following new section: — Section 40 A. Every
such corporation shall estabhsh and at all times maintain,
as a reserve to meet withdrawals of shares and applications
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 147. 123
for share loans, an amount equal to not less than three per
cent of its total resources. Such reserve shall consist of any Regulation,
or all of the following: — (a) cash on hand; (b) balances
payable on demand due from any trust company incorpo-
rated in this commonwealth or national banking association
having its principal place of business within this com-
monwealth; (c) bonds of the United States; (d) bonds and
notes of this commonwealth. If at any time subsequent to
October first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, the reserve
of any such corporation falls below the amount herein re-
quired, such corporation shall not make any real estate loans,
except additional loans and reloans upon property already
mortgaged to such corporation, until such reserve shall have
been fully restored.
Section 2. The reserve required under section one of ^^^■"T^J^^
this act to be maintained by co-operative banks existing §i,howaccu-
on the eifective date of this act shall be accumulated and ^rabifsted.'*
established as follows : — fifty per cent on or before October
first in the current year, an additional twenty-five per cent
on or before April first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two,
and the balance on or before October first, nineteen hundred
and thirty-two. Approved March 26, 1931.
An Act establishing the furnace village water dis- (JJkij) X47
TRICT OF EASTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Easton Furnace vu-
liable to taxation in that town and residing within the ter- ofs^Hct*^"^
ritory comprised within the following boundary lines, to °stfbUsh°d.
wit : — Beginning at a stone monument marking the line
between the town of Mansfield and the town of Easton in
the westerly line of Chestnut street, and running thence
south eighty-one degrees fifty-one minutes east, six thousand
five hundred thirt}^ and forty-four hundredths feet to a
point in line of Poquanticut avenue about two hundred fifty
feet north of its intersection with Chestnut street; thence
south eighty degrees fifty-four minutes east four thousand
two hundred seventy-four and seventy hundredths feet to a
corner two hundred feet east of Bay street; thence south
nineteen degrees thirty-eight minutes east four thousand
six hundred eighty-five and eighty-seven hundredths feet to
a stone bound in the easterly line of Depot street opposite
Cross street; thence south twenty-one degrees sixteen
minutes west one thousand one hundred six and ninety-
seven hundredths feet to a corner of the wall; thence south
ten degrees fourteen minutes west by a wall one thousand
ninety-two and three tenths feet; thence south forty-three
degrees thirty-five minutes west by a wall five hundred sixty-
five and four tenths feet to Foundry street; thence south
twenty-five degrees forty-six minutes west three thousand
one hundred twenty and forty hundredths feet to a corner
124
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 147.
May contract
with town of
Mansfield, etc.
May take
waters of any
pond, etc.,
in town of
Easton, may
take lands,
rights of
way, etc.
Proviso.
May construct
dams, stand-
pipes, etc.,
make exca-
vations, etc.
May construct
wells, etc., lay
aqueducts,
conduits, etc.
one hundred feet east of Bay street; thence north seventy-
two degrees thirty-three minutes west ten thousand eight
hundred forty-two and seventy-eight hundredths feet to a
point in the southerly hne of Highland street and in the line
between the town of Easton and the town of Mansfield;
thence northerly by said line eight thousand one hundred
one and forty-six hundredths feet to said point of beginning,
— shall constitute a water district, and are hereby made a
body corporate by the name of the Furnace Village Water
District of Easton, hereinafter called the district, for the
purpose of supplying themselves with water for the extin-
guishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes, with
power to establish fountains 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 Gen-
eral Laws, or acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise, and
to hold for the purposes mentioned 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 Mansfield,
or any other town or city, acting through its water depart-
ment, or with any water company, or with any water dis-
trict, for whatever water may be required, authority to
furnish the same being hereby granted, 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 Easton, 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 col-
lecting, storing, holding, purifying and preserving the purity
of the water and for conveying the same to any part of 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 and approval
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,
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 estab-
lishment and maintenance of complete and effective water
works; and for that purpose may construct wells and reser-
voirs and establish pumping works, and may construct, lay
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 147. 125
and maintain 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 unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and anYembank
for the purposes of constructing, laying, maintaining, op- lands, high-
erating and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, "'^^^' ^^'^'
and for all proper purposes of this act, said district 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 upon any Proviso.
such way shall be subject to the direction of the selectmen
of the town of Easton. Said district shall not enter upon, Requirements
construct or lay any conduit, pipe or other works within the u°pon°raii-
location of any railroad corporation except at such time and ^°^'^ locations.
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 utihties.
Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his prop- Property
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done re'^TOVMy! 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 District
expenses and liabilities incurred for the sj^stem of water sup- Soney°'issue
ply under the provisions of this act, other than expenses of bonds, etc.
maintenance and operation, the said district may borrow
from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, seventy-five thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words. Furnace Village Water District Loan, Act of 1931. f,^', water"'
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and District Loan,
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. The town
of Easton may, at its annual town meeting or at a legal meet-
ing called for the purpose, guarantee the payment of such
bonds or notes.
Section 5. Said district shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accord-
ance with section four of this act; and when a vote to that
effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived
from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense
of operating 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 the provisions of this act, shall without further vote
be assessed upon said district by the assessors of said town of
Easton annually thereafter until the debt incurred by said
loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act [;:'l',^;,',<;,i:;;p'^;l.
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the conunis- etc.. by board
126
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 147.
of water com-
missioners.
Assessment
of taxes.
Proviso.
Certified list
of estates
exempt from
taxation.
Collection
of taxes.
Meeting,
how called.
Board of
water com-
missioners,
election,
powers, etc.
sioners 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 district
for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a 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; provided, that no estate
shall be subject to any tax assessed on account of the system
of water supply under this act if, in the judgment of the board
of water commissioners hereinafter provided for, after a
hearing, such estate is so situated that it can receive no aid
in the extinguishment of fire from the said system of water
supply, or if such estate is so situated that the buildings
thereon, or the buildings that might be constructed thereon,
in any ordinary or reasonable manner could not be supplied
with water from the said system ; but all other estates in said
district shall be deemed to be benefited and shall be subject
to the tax. A certified list of the estates exempt from taxation
under the provisions of this section shall annually be sent by
the board of water commissioners to the assessors, at the same
time at which the clerk shall send a certified copy of the vote
as aforesaid. 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
overdue 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 two thirds of the voters present
and voting thereon it shall take effect, and the meeting may
then proceed to act on the other articles 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 thereafter
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
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 147. 127
district by this act, 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 com- Treasurer of
missioners shall appoint a treasurer of said district, who may '^'s'^"*'*-
be one of their number, who shall give bond to said district ^ond.
in such an amount as may be approved by the commissioners.
A 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 treasury
of said district 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- foTx'^rter^^'^^
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 shall
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of this
act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after provid-
ing 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 annually, and as often as said dis- Annual, etc.,
trict may require, render a report upon the condition of the ■'^p^''*-
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 con- cauj^ig of
ducted ; and, upon the application of ten or more legal voters "leetings, etc.
in said district meetings may also be called by warrant 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,'efc.
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, standpipe,
aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used by said dis-
trict for any of the purposes of this act, 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 con-
viction of any of the above acts shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail
for not more than 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 district, etc.
effect upon its acceptance by a two thirds 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,
128
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 148,149.
Referendum
to voters on
question of
including
certain real
estate within
district, etc.
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 accep ance as aforesaid.
Section 14. Upon a petition in writing addressed to said
commissioners by any owner of real estate in said town, abut-
ting on said district, setting forth that the petitioner 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 affirmative, the district
clerk shall within ten days file with the town clerk of said
town 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.
Approved March 30, 1931.
Chap. 14:8 An Act relative to allowances for traveling expenses
OF justices, special justices, clerks and assistant
CLERKS OF CERTAIN DISTRICT COURTS.
G. L. 218, §81,
etc., amended.
Allowances for
traveling ex-
penses of j us-
tices, special
justices, clerks
and assistant
clerks of cer-
tain district
courts.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General Laws,
as amended in section eighty-one by chapter thirty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 81 . If sessions of a
district court are held in more than one town in its district,
the county commissioners of the county in which such dis-
trict lies shall designate in which town the clerk's main
office shall be established, and the justice, special justices,
clerk and assistant clerks of such court shall each be allowed
by the county his traveling expenses necessarily incurred in
connection with holding sessions of said court at any town
in the county other than the town of his residence. All
expenses allowed under this section shall be subject to the
approval of said county commissioners.
Approved March 30, 1931.
Chap. 14:9 An Act authorizing the town of norwell to supply
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.
Town of
Norwell may
supply itself
and its in-
habitants
with water.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Norwell may supply itself and
its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires
and for domestic and other purposes; may establish foun-
tains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, and
may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect rates
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 149. 129
to be paid for the use of the same. The said town for the May purchase
purposes aforesaid may purchase water from the towns of certlinTowns
Marshfield and Hanover and from the Hingham Water ^nd from cer-
Company and the Scituate Water Company, or any of companies, etc.
them, and may store the same, and may convey or distribute
the same to the inhabitants of Norwell; and said towns and
said companies are hereby, respectively, authorized to sell
water to the town of Norwell. The price to be paid for water
sold by 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 utilities.
Section 2. The town of Norwell, for the purposes afore- May acquire
said, may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter waters, etc.
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or
otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of
any pond, brook, spring 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 May acquire
eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire ffna^J^etc.
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 convey-
ing the same to any part of said town of Norwell; pro- Proviso,
vided, that no source of water supply and no lands neces-
sary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water
shall be taken without first obtaining the advice and ap-
proval of the department of public 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 erect on May erect
the lands taken or held under the provisions of this act proper structures, etc.
dams, reservoirs, pumping and filtration plants, 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
may construct wells and reservoirs, establish pumping works, jujlg, e^tc."""
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 Mavd'gup
the purpose of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating ra"ndrhigi"-
and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and for «">'»■ '^^'^•
all other proper purposes of this act, said town may dig up
or raise and embank any such lands, highways or other
ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to
public travel thereon. Said town shall not enter upon, Restrictions as
construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within l'^ii"oa^ "''°"
locations.
130
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 149.
Land acquired
to be managed,
etc., by board
of water com-
missioners.
Property
damages,
recovery, etc.
Proviso.
Town
may issue
bonds, etc.
Town of
Norwell
Water Loan,
Act of 1931.
Payment of
loan, etc.
Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.
the location of any railroad corporation except at such time
and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corpora-
tion or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved
by the department of public utilities.
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
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 in-
curred under the provisions 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 ten thousand dollars, which shall bear on their
face the words, Town of Norwell Water Loan, Act of 1931.
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 pro-
vided 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 payments on
the principal as may be required under the provisions of this
act, shall without further vote be assessed by the assessors
of the town annually thereafter in the same manner as other
taxes, until the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is
extinguished.
Section 7. 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
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 149. 131
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
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted or missioners,
at a meeting thereafter called for the purpose, elect by ballot tim's°'l'tc.
three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three
years, one until the expiration of two years, and one until the
expiration of one year, from the next succeeding annual town
meeting, to constitute a board of water 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 Authority, etc.
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 commissioners shall Quorum,
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any Vacancy.
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- commissioners
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe rates, It^c.*'^
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 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 construction 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 subject to the provisions
of section eight. Said commissioners shall annually, and as Annual, etc.,
often as the town may require, render a report upon the ^^p°^^-
condition of the works under their charge and an account of •
their doings, including an account of receipts and expendi-
tures.
Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission
by a majority of the voters of the town of Norwell present and
voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose within
three years after its passage ; but the number of meetings so
called in any year shall not exceed three; and, for the purpose
only of being submitted to the voters of said town as afore-
said, this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 30, 1931.
132
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 150.
Chap. 150 An Act with respect to returns of personal and real
PROPERTY AND TO ABATEMENTS OF TAXES UPON SUCH
PROPERTY,
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. 59, § 29,
amended.
Assessors to
issue notices
requiring
lists, etc.
May require
lists of real
and personal
property from
persons claim-
ing certain
exemption
from taxation.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause
substantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section twenty-nine of chapter fifty-nine of
the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new sentence : — The assessors may
require from any person claiming under the seventeenth,
eighteenth, twenty-second or twenty-third clause of section
five an exemption from taxation, a full list of all such per-
son's taxable property, both real and personal, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 29. Assessors before making an
assessment shall give seasonable notice thereof to all persons
subject to taxation in their respective towns. Such notice
shall be posted in one or more public places in each town, or
shall be given in some other sufficient manner, and shall re-
quire the said persons to bring in to the assessors, before a
date therein specified, in case of residents a true list, con-
taining the items required by the commissioner in the form
prescribed by him under section five of chapter fifty-eight of
all their polls and personal estate not exempt from taxation,
except intangible property the income of which is included
in a return filed the same year in accordance with sections
twenty-two to twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter sixty-two,
and in case of non-residents and foreign corporations such a
true list of all their personal estate in that town not exempt
from taxation, and may or may not require such list to in-
clude their real estate subject to taxation in that town. It
shall also require all persons, except corporations making
returns to the commissioner of insurance as required by sec-
tion thirty-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-six,
to bring in to the assessors before a date therein specified,
which shall not be later than June first following, unless the
assessors for cause shown extend the time to July first, true
lists, similarly itemized, of all real and personal estate held
by them respectively for literary, temperance, benevolent,
charitable or scientific purposes on April first preceding, or
at the election of any such corporation on the last day of
its fiscal year last preceding said April first, and to state the
amount of receipts and expenditures for said purposes during
the year last preceding said days. The notice shall contain
the provisions of section thirty-four. The assessors may
require from any person claiming under the seventeenth,
eighteenth, twenty-second or twenty-third clause of section
five an exemption from taxation, a full list of all such per-
son's taxable property, both real and personal.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 150. 133
Section 2. Said chapter fifty-nine is hereby further g. l. 59, § ei,
amended by striking out section sixty-one and inserting in ^''"ended.
place thereof the following : — Section 61 . A person shall Conditions of
not have an abatement of a tax imposed upon his personal oUaxM^"*^
property subject to taxation, except as otherwise provided,
unless he has brought in to the assessors a list of his personal
estate as required by section twenty-nine. If such a list of
his personal estate is not filed within the time specified in
the notice required by said section twenty-nine, no part of the
tax assessed on the personal estate shall be abated unless
the applicant shows to the assessors a reasonable excuse for
the delay, or unless such tax exceeds by fifty per cent the
amount which would have been assessed on such estate, if
the list had been seasonably brought in, and in such case
only the excess over such fifty per cent shall be abated.
An owner of real estate or a tenant of real estate paying rent
and under obligation to pay more than one half of the taxes
thereon may have an abatement of any assessment or tax
upon real estate although no list of the owner's estate was
brought in as required by the said notice; provided, that in Proviso.
any application for an abatement of such an assessment or
tax the applicant shall include a sufficient description of the
particular real estate as to which an abatement is requested.
Section 3. Said chapter fifty-nine is hereby further g. l. 59, h4,
amended by striking out section sixty-four, as amended ®*°' '^'"®"^^'^-
by section thirteen of chapter four hundred and sixteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 64- A per- Appeal to
son aggrieved by the refusal of assessors to abate a tax mi^skfners!^'
may, within thirty days after receiving the notice provided
in the preceding section, appeal therefrom by filing a com-
plaint with the clerk of the county commissioners, or of the
board authorized to hear and determine such complaints, for
the county where the property taxed lies, and if on hearing
the board finds that the property has been overrated, it shall
make a reasonable abatement and an order as to costs. If the
list of personal property required to be brought in to the
assessors was not brought in within the time specified in the
notice required by section twenty-nine, no tax upon personal
property shall be abated unless the appellate board finds good
cause for this delay or unless the assessors have so found as
provided in section sixty-one. A tax or assessment upon Abatement of
real estate may be abated whether or not a list of property menTupon*^
was brought in within the time specified by the notice real estate,
required by section twenty-nine; provided, that the appli- Proviso,
cation for an abatement of such a tax or assessment included
a sufficient description of the particular real estate as to
which an abatement is requested.
Upon the filing of a complaint under this section the Certified copy
clerk of the county commissioners or of the board author- to iHTtrans-
ized to hear and determine the same shall forthwith transmit "g3^e^8or8%tc.
a certified copy of such complaint to the assessors and the
assessors or the city solicitor or town counsel may within
134
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 151.
Hearing and
determination
by board of
tax appeals.
Board may
grant abate-
ment, if, etc.
Costs.
thirty days after receipt of said copy give written notice to
said clerk and to the complainant that the town elects to
have the same heard and determined by the board of tax
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 or
other such board to the clerk of the board of tax appeals
and proceedings with respect to such complaint shall thence-
forth be continued as provided in chapter fifty-eight A.
If upon hearing the board of tax appeals finds that the com-
plainant is duly entitled to an abatement, it may grant him
such reasonable abatement as justice may require, and shall
enter an order directing 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 make such order with respect to the payment of
costs as justice may require. Approved March 31, 1931.
Chap. 151 An Act providing for the improvement of lynn harbor
FOR navigation AND COMMERCE.
City of Lynn
may improve
Lynn harbor
for navigation
and commerce.
May borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.
Lynn Harbor
Improvement
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of further improving Lynn
harbor for navigation and commerce, the city of Lynn may
dredge and maintain a suitable channel, at a point in said
harbor, outside the harbor line established for said harbor
by chapter three hundred and thirteen of the acts of eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, as shall be approved by the de-
partment of public works. Said channel shall be one
hundred and fifty feet in width, twenty-two feet in depth
and shall extend a distance of forty-eight hundred feet
westerly from the inner end of the channel of the proposed
federal improvement in Lynn harbor. Said city may con-
struct and maintain a berth or berths with piers or other
approaches adjacent thereto and do the necessary dredging
therefor. The location of such proposed channel and the
construction and maintenance of berths, piers or berth ap-
proaches shall be subject to the provisions of chapter ninety-
one of the General Laws. The said city is further author-
ized and directed to deposit behind the bulkhead constructed
under the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, the
material dredged under the provisions of this act, and the
said city shall cover said material with gravel or other
suitable material.
Section 2. For the purposes of this act the city of Lynn
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, Lynn Harbor Improvement
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 152,153. 135
Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute Loan, Act
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than °^ ^^^^'
ten years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this 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 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 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept- fo^'cu'^ciun-
ance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the cii, etc.
provisions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance Proviso,
occurs prior to September thirtieth in the current year.
For the purposes of its acceptance this act shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved March 31, 1931.
An Act establishing the salary op the clerk of the (Jfid'jj 152
DISTRICT court OF DUKES COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General Laws, g.l. 2i8,§77,
as most recently amended in section seventy-seven by sec- '^ '"' '^'"®"
tion two of chapter two hundred and twenty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section seventy-seven and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 77. The salaries of
salaries of the justice of the district court of Dukes county de^rks^of'^dis-
and of Nantucket shall be fifteen hundred dollars each. ^i^'^^eTand °^
The salary of the clerk of the district court of Dukes county Nantucket
shall be equal to seventy-five per cent of the salary of the '^""^
justice of said court and the salary of the clerk of the dis-
trict court of Nantucket shall be five hundred dollars.
Approved March 81, 1931.
An Act requiring registration with the state secre- (7/iap.l53
TARY IN CASE OF THE CHANGE OF NAME OF WOMEN HOLD-
ING CERTAIN STATE OFFICES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter thirty of the General Laws is hereby amended s^tbn aft"e7
by inserting after section seven A, inserted by section three § 7A.
of chapter four hundred and forty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one, as amended by section one
of chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, the following new sec-
tion :— *Sechon 7B. Upon the change of name of any Registration
woman holding an executive, administrative or legislative stute secretary
office in the state government, she shall register her new [.;;','e'„7ehange
name with the state secretary. wVm "1^110 wing
Approved March 31, 1931. certain suie
^^ offiooe.
136
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 154, 155.
Chap.154: An Act consolidating the high street congregational
CHURCH OF LOWELL, THE FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY IN
LOWELL AND THE ALL SOULS CONGREGATIONAL-UNITARIAN
SOCIETY IN LOWELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The High Street Congregational Church of
Lowell, the First Unitarian Society in Lowell and the All
Souls Congregational-Unitarian Society in Lowell, corpora-
tions established under the laws of the commonwealth, are
hereby authorized to consolidate into one corporation, with
all the privileges, powers and immunities to which other
religious societies in the commonwealth are by law entitled,
under the name of the All Souls Congregational-Unitarian
Society in Lowell, which shall in all respects be a continu-
ation of, and the lawful successor to, said existing corporations.
Section 2. Upon such consolidation, said consolidated
corporation may receive from any of said existing corpora-
tions, however described, and may administer, all bequests,
devises, conveyances and gifts heretofore or hereafter made
to any such corporation and shall have and exercise in re-
spect thereto the same powers, rights and privileges as if
made to said consolidated corporation, on condition that no
trust funds shall so be received and administered unless
authorized by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
and in accordance with the conditions and terms thereof.
Section 3. Upon such consolidation, the treasurers of
said existing corporations are hereby respectively author-
ized to execute and deliver, subject to section two, all papers
and documents that may be deemed necessary or proper for
the purpose of vesting in the consolidated corporation the
property belonging respectively to the said existing corpora-
tions.
Section 4. Upon the acceptance of this act by each of
the said existing corporations at a meeting duly called for
the purpose, duly certified copies of the respective votes of
acceptance shall be filed in the registry of deeds for the
northern district of Middlesex county and the consolidation
of said corporations shall thereupon be complete.
Section 5. For the purpose of its acceptance, this act
shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31, 1931.
High Street
Congregational
Church of
Lowell, the
First Unitarian
Society in
Lowell and
the All Souls
Congrega-
tional-Unita-
rian Society
in Lowell,
may consoli-
date into
one corpora-
tion, etc.
Consolidated
corporation
may receive
and administer
bequests, etc.
Trust funds
to be author-
ized by court
decree, etc.
Delivery of
papers, etc.
Consolidation
complete upon
filing of cer-
tified copie.s of
acceptance, etc.
Effective upon
passage for
purpose of
acceptance.
Chap. 155 An Act relative to appropriations for the payment of
PENSIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING AND SUPERVISING
STAFF OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (g) of section one of chapter two
hundred and six of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, as amended by section one of chapter three hundred
and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
1919 (S), 206,
§ 1, par. ig),
etc., amended.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 156. 137
eight, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
thereof the following: — ; provided, that so much only of
said sum of five cents shall be appropriated under this
paragraph in any year as, in the determination of the school
committee, will, together with the amount of other sums
available during that year for payment of such pensions,
produce sufficient funds to make full payment on account of
said pensions required in that year, — so as to read as
follows: — (g) For the payment of pensions to members Appropriation
of the teaching or supervising staff of the public schools of c(^mittee
said city, and to persons who were annuitants of the Boston Bo"to^n°fo^
Teachers' Retirement Fund at the time when chapter five payment of
hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred tSers^and
and eight took effect, and other teachers who had retired g^Pf^""''®'"^
prior to said time, in accordance with the provisions of said
chapter five hundred and eighty-nine, chapter five hundred
and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine,
chapter six hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and ten, and chapter five hundred and sixty-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and acts in
amendment thereof, and of this act: for the financial year
ending on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight, and for each financial year there-
after, five cents; provided, that so much only of said sum Proviso.
of five cents shall be appropriated under this paragraph in
any year as, in the determination of the school committee,
will, together with the amount of other sums available
during that year for payment of such pensions, produce
sufficient funds to make full payment on account of said
pensions required in that year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 1, 1931.
An Act to authorize and empower the board of trus- C}iap.l5Q
TEES FOR MELROSE CEMETERY TO CARE FOR AND PRO-
TECT CERTAIN BURIAL AND BURYING GROUNDS IN THE CITY
OF BROCKTON,
Board of
trustees for
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The board of trustees for Melrose cemetery in the city of _
Brockton, estabhshed by chapter ninety-four of the Special Meiroseceme
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, are hereby author- forand "protect
ized and empowered to care for, keep in good order, and l^^X''^^^,"^^
protect, in said city of Brockton, the burial and burying K.roundsin
grounds described in sections sixteen and eighteen of chap- Brockton,
ter one hundred and fourteen of the General Laws, if spe-
cifically authorized so to do by the city council of the city
of Brockton, to the extent of, and in accordance with, such
authorization. Approved April 1, 1931.
138
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 157.
City of
Chicopee
may convey
two parcels of
park land to
Chicopee Man-
ufacturing
Corporation.
Description
and boundary.
First parcel.
Chan. 157 ^^ -^^t authorizing the city of chicopee to exchange
CERTAIN LAND WITH THE CHICOPEE MANUFACTURING COR-
PORATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Chicopee may, in exchange for
a certain parcel of land described in section two, convey
to the Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation two parcels of
park land located in said city and described and bounded
as follows : —
First Parcel — Beginning at a stone bound in the westerly
line of lot number twenty-eight as shown on plan of Hearth-
stone terrace, drawn by Cobb, Beesley and Miles, dated
May, 1926, and to be recorded in Hampden County registry
of deeds, and thence running northerly by lots numbered
seventeen to twenty-eight, inclusive, as shown on said plan
eight hundred eleven and ninety one-hundredths feet to
the northerly line of land conveyed to Samuel Wiener by
John P. Kirby, executor, by deed dated February twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and recorded in
said registry; thence westerly by said northerly line four
hundred thirty feet more or less to land of the Turners
Falls Power and Electric Company; thence southerly on
land of said Turners Falls Power and Electric Company
eight hundred eighteen feet more or less to other land of
said Turners Falls Power and Electric Company; thence
easterly on said last mentioned land and land of the Chicopee
Manufacturing Corporation four hundred sixty feet more
or less to a point; and thence northeasterly on said land of
the Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation one hundred sixty
feet to the point of beginning;
Second Parcel — Beginning on the westerly side of Hearth-
stone terrace as shown on the before mentioned plan, at the
northeasterly corner of lot number twenty-four as shown
on said plan, and thence running northerly on said Hearth-
stone terrace sixty feet to lot number twenty-two as shown
on said plan; thence westerly by said lot number twenty-
two, one hundred sixty feet to the first parcel as described
above; thence southerly by said first parcel in a straight
line sixty-three and twenty-three one-hundredths feet to
the northwesterly corner of lot number twenty-four as shown
on said plan ; and thence easterly by said lot number twenty-
four, one hundred eighty feet to the point of beginning; being
lot number twenty-three as shown on said plan; said par-
cels being the same premises conveyed to the city of Chicopee
by deed of Samuel Wiener, Charles W. Bray and Ethel M.
Knight, dated September twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-six, and recorded in Hampden County registry
of deeds, book 1340, page 455.
Section 2. Said city of Chicopee may accept in ex-
change for the two parcels of park land described in the
preceding section a certain parcel of land located in said
Second parcel.
May accept a
certain parcel
of land in
exchange for
land described
in § 1.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 158. 139
city and described and bounded as follows : — Beginning on Description
Broadway at the northeasterly corner of land known as ^"^^ boundary.
Lincoln grove, formerly of the Chicopee Manufacturing
Company, and running thence northerly by said Broad-
way thirty-four and eighty-five one-hundredths feet; thence
continuing northerly by said Broadway, at an angle of
no degrees nine minutes to the right of the last course
produced, one hundred and eleven and fifty-two one-hun-
dredths feet to Pine street; thence northwesterly by said
Pine street sixty-five and seventy one-hundredths feet to
land now or formerly of Frank O. Cook et als.; thence
southwesterly by said land now or formerly of Frank 0.
Cook et als., by a line at right angles to said Pine street, one
hundred and twenty-five and ninety-eight one-hundredths
feet to said land formerly of the Chicopee Manufacturing
Company, and thence southeasterly by said last mentioned
land one hundred sixty-three and forty-seven one-hundredths
feet to the point of beginning; being the same premises
conveyed to the Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation by
deed of Irving H. Page dated October twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six, recorded in Hampden County
registry of deeds, book 1194, page 561. After conveyance to
said city the land described in this section shall be held for
park purposes. Approved April 1, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of chicopee to exchange (Jhny 15c
CERTAIN property WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP ^'
OF SPRINGFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Chicopee may, in exchange for city of
a certain parcel of land described in section two, convey to ^ay °?n^vey
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield a certain parcel of H^^°7?"^- .
land located in said city and held by it for park purposes, of'springfieid"'^
and bounded and described as follows : — ceroftand.'"^'
Beginning at the northeasterly corner of Atwater park at Description
land of Roman Cathohc Bishop of Springfield, said point -^d boundary,
being about one hundred and ten and three tenths feet
westerly from the westerly line of Hampden street; thence
north eighty-five degrees twenty minutes west, six hun-
dred fifty-six and seventy-one one-hundredths feet; thence
north eighty-five degrees fifty-six minutes west, eight
hundred forty-six and twenty-five hundredths feet; thence
south two degrees fifty-eight minutes east, one hundred and
seven and thirteen hundredths feet; thence south eighty-
nine degrees forty-four minutes thirty seconds east, one
thousand four hundred ninety-three and twenty-one one-
hundredths feet to point of beginning, containing approxi-
mately eighty-two thousand seven hundred and eleven
square feet.
Section 2. Said city of Chicopee may accept in ex- May accept
change for the parcel of land described in the preceding of'iaud fn""*
140
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 159.
exchange for
land deacribed
in § 1.
Description
and boundary.
section a certain parcel of land to be conveyed to it by the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield located in said city
and bounded and described as follows: —
Beginning in the easterly line of land sold to Roman
Catholic Bishop of Springfield by Mrs. Charles C. Abbey at
a point one hundred and seven and thirteen one-hundredths
feet in the easterly line thereof southerly from land of the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield; thence south two
degrees fifty-eight minutes east in said easterly line, one
hundred sixty-five and twenty-seven hundredths feet to the
southeasterly corner thereof, thence northerly eighty-five
degrees ten minutes west, three hundred and seven and
forty one-hundredths feet; thence north seventy-nine de-
grees twenty-four minutes west, one hundred and twenty-
five and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet; thence north
eighty-seven degrees twelve minutes west, one hundred
and ninety-four and twenty-one one-hundredths feet to an
oak tree in the southwesterly corner thereof; thence north
twelve degrees fifty-nine minutes east, one hundred and
twelve and forty-seven one-hundredths feet; thence south
eighty-nine degrees forty-four minutes thirty seconds east,
five hundred and eighty-nine and forty-two one-hundredths
feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately
eighty-two thousand seven hundred and eleven square feet.
After conveyance to said city the land described in this
section shall be held for park purposes.
Approved April 1, 1931.
Chap. 159 An Act authorizing cities and towns to regulate the
USE, OCCUPATION AND MAINTENANCE BY CLUBS OR AS-
SOCIATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSES OCCUPIED BY THEIR
MEMBERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-one of chapter forty of the General Laws,
as amended by chapter three hundred and nineteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
paragraph : —
(15) For regulating the use, occupation and maintenance,
by clubs or associations, whether or not incorporated, of
dwelling houses used in common by any or all of their
members. In addition to any other remedy provided by
law for violation of any ordinance or by-law made under
authority of this paragraph, the superior court shall have
jurisdiction in equity to restrain any such violation.
Approved April 1, 1931.
G. L.40, § 21,
etc., amended.
Cities and
towns may
regulate the
use, occupa-
tion and
maintenance
by clubs or
associations
of dwelling
houses occu-
pied by their
members.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 160,161. 141
An Act changing the location of a public bath house Qhnqj i«q
AUTHORIZED TO BE BUILT BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ^'
COMMISSION IN THE TOWN OF WINCHESTER TO A SITE IN
THE CITY OF MEDFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nine- 1930,254,
teen hundred and thirty is hereby amended by striking out, '""•'"^ed.
in the second, third and fourth Hnes, the words "on the
southerly shore of the upper Mystic lake, in the town of
Winchester" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
below the Cradock bridge over the Mystic river in the city
of Medford, — and by striking out, in the sixth, seventh
and eighth lines, the words ", out of the metropolitan parks
expense fund, such sum, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars,
as may hereafter be appropriated" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — the amount appropriated by item
seven hundred and fifty-four b of chapter four hundred and
twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, —
so as to read as follows : — The metropolitan district com- Metropolitan
mission is hereby authorized and directed to construct, and mission may
thereafter to maintain, below the Cradock bridge over the ^"'u*r''"u\u
Mystic river in the city of Medford, a public bath house, hous'J'be'iow
with dressing rooms and lockers and proper toilet facilities. brfdgeo'l°e'r''
Said commission may expend for this purpose the amount *^^®^i^®*'i^
appropriated by item seven hundred and fifty-four b of of Medford.
chapter four hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen Expendi-
hundred and thirty. 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 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 1, 1931.
An Act relative to the computation of length of C}iapA(S\
SERVICE OF POLICE OFFICERS IN CERTAIN TOWNS FOR
PURPOSES OF RETIREMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended Jnl'ndld.^ ^^'
by striking out section eighty-five and inserting in place
thereof the Mlowing: — Section 85. The selectmen of P^d^^"^!,!""-
eveiy town which accepts this section or has accepted cor- and firemen
responding provisions of earlier laws by a two thirds vote '
at an annual town meeting shall retire from active service
and place upon the pension roll any permanent member of
the police department and any permanent member of the
142 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 162.
fire department of such town found by them to be per-
manently incapacitated, mentally or physically, for useful
service in the department to which he belongs, by injuries
received through no fault of his own in the actual per-
formance of his duty. They may also retire and place upon
the pension roll any permanent member of either of said
departments who has performed faithful service in the de-
partment for not less than twenty-five years continuously,
and is not less than sixty. If a permanent member of the
police department of such a town was, prior to the estab-
lishment of a police department therein, employed in said
town as a police officer by appointment under section ninety-
six of chapter forty-one, the period of such appointment
shall be counted as a part of his continuous service as a
permanent member of its police department. Every person
so retired shall annually receive from the town as a pension
a sum equal to one half of the annual compensation received
by him at his retirement. The selectmen may in an emer-
gency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary
service in the department from which he was retired as
they may deem him fitted to perform, and during such
service he shall be entitled to full pay.
Approved April 1, 1931.
Chap. 1Q2 An Act relative to the enforcement of certain rules,
REGULATIONS AND ORDERS PERTAINING TO FIRE PREVEN-
TION.
pr'^aTifbiT^ Whereas, 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 preser-
vation of the public safety.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L 148, § 30, Chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section thirty, as
appearing in section one of chapter three hundred and
ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, and
Penalty for inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 30.
certain°ruies, Violation of any lawful rule, order or regulation of the de-
pl'i^'tmlnrof partment or of any lawful rule or order of the marshal or
public safety, of the head of a fire department, punishment whereof is
?uie, et"^, of not otherwise provided for, shall be punished by a fine of
marsifal* etc. ^^^t morc than ten dollars for each day during which such
Notice. violation continues after notice to the offender. Such
notice may be given by personal service or by posting the
same in a conspicuous place on the premises affected thereby.
The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to en-
force any lawful rule, order or regulation of the department,
or any lawful rule or order of the marshal or of the head of
a fire department, upon application respectively of the
commissioner, the marshal or the head of the fire department.
Approved April 2, 1931.
Court en-
lorcement.
Acts, 1931.— Chaps. 163,164. 143
An Act authorizing the town of burlington to borrow CJiqt) 1 fiQ
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land and B"rUn°ton
constructing a senior-junior high school building, and may borrow
originally equipping and furnishing the same, the town of "chod ^°^
Burlington may borrow from time to time, within a period p^i^poses.
of five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate sixty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Burlington School Loan, Act i^urHngton
of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate Acrof lyai. '
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 pur-
pose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when author-
ized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as 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 hun-
dred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 2, 1931.
An Act relative to the incurring of indebtedness by ChapA64i
cities and towns prior to the fixing of their tax
RATES IN the CURRENT YEAR.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
• ir ••1111 liU preamble.
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:
A city or town incurring debt under the provisions of [".^ebtcXeL
section seven of chapter forty-four of the General Laws by cities and
after the effective date of this act and before its tax rate to the fixing
for the current year has been fixed may, at its option, raise "^t^^^n the
by taxation in said year for the purposes set forth in said current year,
authorization a sum equal to ten per cent of the loan author-
ized in lieu of raising for said purposes a sum equal to twenty-
five cents on each one thousand dollars of its assessed
valuation for the preceding year as required by said section
seven. Approved April 2, 1931.
144
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 165, 166.
Chap. 165 An Act relative to the ascertainment by city and
TOWN CLERKS OF CERTAIN FACTS FOR BIRTH RECORDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of chapter forty-six of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out, in the first line, the word
"shall" and inserting in place thereof the word: — may, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 5. The clerk of each town
may annually in January ascertain the facts required for
record by section one relative to all children born during the
preceding year and resident therein. When necessary to
supply deficiencies in the birth records, he may enter therein
any written information obtained by him but he shall not
change facts already recorded except as provided in section
thirteen or except to correct errors in copying from notices,
reports or certificates on file in his office. If such an error
is so corrected, a statement to that effect, signed by him,
shall be entered upon the record.
Approved April 2, 1931.
G. L. 46. I 5,
amended.
City and town
clerks may
ascertain facts
for record of
births, and
may correct
deficiencies
and clerical
errors therein.
C/iaw.l66 An Act relative to the disposition of certain insane
PRISONERS.
G. L. 123,
§ 10.3, etc.,
amended.
Insane pris-
oners, removi
to state
hospital.
G. L. 123,
§ 104, etc.,
amended.
Insane pris-
oners, removj
from jails,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one hundred and three of chapter
one hundred and twenty-three of the General Laws, as
amended by section two of chapter two hundred and thir-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the tenth and
eleventh lines, the words "there to be kept until returned
to prison as provided in" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — subject to the provisions of, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 103. The superior court upon a report
under the preceding section, if it considers the prisoner to be
insane or in such mental condition that his commitment to
an institution for the insane is necessary for his proper
care or observation pending the determination of his in-
sanity, and his removal expedient, shall issue a warrant,
directed to the warden or superintendent, authorizing him to
cause the prisoner, if a male, to be removed to the Bridge-
water state hospital, and, if a female, to be removed to one
of the state hospitals for the insane, subject to the provisions
of section one hundred and five.
Section 2. Section one hundred and four of said chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-three, as amended by section
three of said chapter two hundred and thirteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the seventeenth and
eighteenth lines, the words "there to be kept until returned
as provided in" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
subject to the provisions of, — so as to read as follows: —
Section IO4. If a prisoner under sentence in a jail, house of
correction, or prison other than one named in section one
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 166. 145
hundred and two, appears to be insane or in such mental cor"eftion etc
condition that his commitment to an institution for the
insane is necessary for his proper care or observation pend-
ing the determination of his insanity, the physician in at-
tendance shall make a report thereof to the jailer or master
who shall transmit the same to one of the judges mentioned
in section fifty. If the judge finds in accordance with
sections fifty and fifty-one that the prisoner is insane, or
if he finds that the mental condition of the prisoner is such
that his commitment to an institution for the insane is
necessary for his proper care or observation pending the
determination of his insanity, and that his removal is ex-
pedient, he shall order the removal of such prisoner, if a
male to Bridgewater state hospital, if a female to one of the
state hospitals for the insane, subject to the provisions of
section one hundred and five; provided, that if a male Proviso,
prisoner has not been criminal and vicious in his life the
judge may order him removed to one of the state hospitals.
A physician, other than the physician in attendance at the
place of detention, making the certificate, shall be entitled
to the compensation provided by section seventy-three.
Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-three, g. l. 123,
as most recently amended in section one hundred and five Amended.'
by section four of said chapter two hundred and thirteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section one
hundred and five and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — Section 105. When in the opinion of the trustees and folTCltcT^
superintendent of the state hospital to which a prisoner has of prisoners
been committed or removed under section one hundred, to^anlty.
one hundred and three or one hundred and four, or of the
commissioner of correction and the superintendent of the
state farm in case of commitment or removal to the Bridge-
water state hospital, the mental condition of the prisoner
is such that he should be returned to custody or to the penal
institution from which he was taken, they shall so certify
upon the warrant or commitment, and notice, accompanied
by a written statement regarding the mental condition of
the prisoner, shall be given to the proper custodian or to the
warden, superintendent, keeper or master of such penal
institution, as the case may be, who shall thereupon cause
the prisoner to be reconveyed to such custodian, or to such
penal institution, there to remain pursuant to the original
sentence if committed or removed under section one hun-
dred and three or one hundred and four, computing the time
of his detention or confinement in the said hospital as part
of the term of his imprisonment under such sentence; pro- Proviso,
vided, that a prisoner committed or removed to a state hos-
pital under section one hundred, one hundred and three or
one hundred and four for his proper care or observation
pending the determination of his insanity shall, unless found
to be insane as hereinafter provided, be returned in the
manner hereinbefore provided to the pefnal institution or
custody whence so taken, not later than thirty-five days
146
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 167.
Discharge or
temporary
release of
certain
prisoners.
Report to
court, etc.,
of mental
condition of
prisoners com-
mitted or re-
moved under
§§ 100, 103 or
104, and found
to be insane.
Commitment.
Certain pro-
visions appli-
cable to
prisoners com-
mitted, etc.
thereafter, but such prisoner shall in all other respects be
subject to the provisions of this section. If a prisoner com-
mitted as insane under section one hundred, who has not
been restored to sanity, is returned as aforesaid because
in the opinion of the trustees and superintendent, or of
the commissioner of correction and superintendent, as the
case may be, neither the public interest nor the welfare of
the prisoner will be promoted by his further retention in the
hospital, they shall so certify upon the warrant or commit-
ment and shall append thereto a report relative to the
prisoner's mental condition as affecting his criminal re-
sponsibility and the advisability of his discharge or tem-
porary release from the penal institution or custody to which
he is returned. If a prisoner, committed or removed under
section one hundred, one hundred and three or one hundred
and four for his proper care or observation as aforesaid, is
found by the trustees and superintendent or by the commis-
sioner of correction and superintendent, as the case may be,
to be insane, the finding shall be certified upon the warrant
or commitment, and the superintendent of the institution
shall report the prisoner's mental condition to the court or
judge issuing the warrant or commitment, or in case of the
death, resignation or removal of the judge, to his successor
in office, or in case of the absence or disability of the judge,
to any judge or special justice of the same court, with the
recommendation that the prisoner be committed as an
insane person. The court, judge or justice maj^ thereupon
commit the prisoner to an institution for the insane, if, in
the opinion of the court, judge or justice, such commitment
is necessary. The provisions of this section relative to the
return to custody or to a penal institution of a prisoner
taken therefrom under section one hundred, one hundred
and three or one hundred and four, shall apply, so far as apt,
to a prisoner committed under this section.
Approved April 2, 1931.
Chap. 1^1 An Act providing for hearings by duly appointed
COMMITTEES OF CITY COUNCILS IN CERTAIN PROCEED-
INGS FOR THE LAYING OUT, REPAIRING, ALTERING, RE-
LOCATING AND DISCONTINUING OF CERTAIN HIGHWAYS.
G. L. 82, § 1
amended.
Jurisdiction
of county
commissioners
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter eight^^-two of the General Laws is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
— , and any hearing under any provision of said sections re-
quired to be held before a city council or board of aldermen
so authorized may be held before a duly authorized com-
mittee thereof, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1.
County commissioners within their respective counties may
as to highways, j^^y q^^^ alter, rclocatc and discontinue highways and order
specific repairs thereon in the manner herein provided, un-
less other provision is made by law. Sections one to thirteen,
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 168,169. I47
inclusive, shall apply to city councils or aldermen when Hearings by
authorized by city charters to lay out, alter, relocate and iielfcommittees
discontinue highways and to order specific repairs thereon, "f city coun-
so far as applicable, and any hearing under any provision proce"edfngs'"
of said sections required to be held before a city council or etc.!'*(ff'cfrtain
board of aldermen so authorized may "he held before a duly highways.
authorized committee thereof. Approved April 2, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of holyoke to use certain Phn^ 1 ao
PARK LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Holyoke is hereby authorized to city of
use for school and school-yard purposes that portion of city ^se'cer'tain'**^
park property adjoining the Morgan school in said city and park land
bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the inter- p°urposes*
section of the easterly line of South Bridge street with the Boundaries
northerly line of Adams street ; thence running northeasterly ''^^^ ^^^^
along the easterly line of South Bridge street forty-seven
feet to a point; thence running southeasterly, and at a
right angle to the easterly line of South Bridge street, one
hundred twenty-six feet to a point; thence running north-
easterly, and parallel to South Bridge street, one hundred
thirty-three feet to a point; thence southeasterly, at a right
angle to the last described line, one hundred twenty-six feet
to the westerly line of South Summer street; thence south-
westerly, along the westerly line of South Summer street,
one hundred feet to a point; thence northwesterly, at a
right angle to the westerly line of South Summer street,
forty-three feet to a point; thence at a right angle to the
last described line eighty feet to the northerly line of Adams
street; thence northwesterly along the northerly line of
Adams street two hundred nine feet to its intersection with
the easterly line of South Bridge street and the place of
beginning; containing twenty-five thousand, one hundred
sixty-two square 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 April 6, 1931.
An Act authorizing the removal or alteration of cer- nh...^ 1 aq
TAIN STRUCTURES ON OR UNDER WASHINGTON STREET AT ^'
ADAMS SQUARE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and 1025, 333,5 1,
thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five '^^^'^
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: — The transit department of the city of Boston with Transit de-
the written consent of the Boston Elevated Railway Com- my o'n/oston
pany is hereby authorized to make alterations in accordance ^rYite^er-"
148
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 170.
tain structures
on or under
Washington
street at
Adams square
in the city
of Boston.
Cost, how
paid, etc.
with plans approved by the said company in the existing
structures now located on and under the surface of Washing-
ton street at Adams square and used in connection with the
Tremont street subway so called, and the treasurer of said
city may pay one half of the expenses incurred in making
said alterations, but not in any event exceeding seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars, from bonds issued under the
authority of, and subject to the provisions of, chapter five
hundred and forty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-four and amendments thereof and additions thereto,
and the balance of the cost of said alterations shall be paid
out of the proceeds of the bonds authorized to be issued under
the provisions of section three of this act, and under the pro-
visions of section one of chapter three hundred and fifty-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine notwith-
standing the limitation on the use of the proceeds of bonds
issued under said section one of said chapter three hundred
and fifty-two, contained in the proviso at the end of section
two of said chapter. The treasurer of the city of Boston
shall from time to time at the request of the transit depart-
ment of said city issue and sell at public or private sale
bonds of the said city to meet that part of the cost provided
for herein to be met by the issuance of bonds under the pro-
visions of said chapter five hundred and forty-eight and its
amendments and additions.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 6, 1931.
G. L. 152, § 26,
etc., amended.
Chap.170 An Act relative to the payment of compensation under
THE workmen's COMPENSATION LAW FOR INJURIES RE-
CEIVED BY CERTAIN PERSONS WHILE PERFORMING CERTAIN
WORK UNDER ORDERS OF AN INSURED EMPLOYER OR HIS
REPRESENTATIVE.
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 and by chapter two hundred and five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "commonwealth", in
the seventh line of the sentence • added by said chapter two
hundred and five, the following : — , and any person who,
while engaged in the usual course of his trade, business, pro-
fession or occupation, is ordered by an insured person, or by
a person exercising superintendence on behalf of such in-
sured person, to perform work which is not in the usual
course of such trade, business, profession or occupation, and,
while so performing such work, receives a personal injury,
Payment of — gQ ^j^g^^ g^ifj senteucc will read as follows : — For the pur-
coinpensation p , , • . • , •, , • •
underwork- poscs of this scctiou, any person while operating or using a
sation kws'^fo" motor or other vehicle, whether or not belonging to his em-
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 171, 172. 149
ployer, with his employer's general authorization or approval, ceived by%m-
in the performance of work in connection with the business pioyees while
affairs or undertakings of his employer, and whether within usfngmoto?
or without the commonwealth, and any person who, while hides.^IiTcTfor
engaged in the usual course of his trade, business, profession injuries re-
" " , • • 111 • 1 1 ceived by cer-
or occupation, is ordered by an msured person, or by a per- tam persons
son exercising superintendence on behalf of such insured per- ^g'|fertoin°™"
son, to perform work which is not in the usual course of such work under
. 1 1 • r • J • 1 1 M orders of an
trade, business, profession or occupation, and, while so per- insured em-
forming such work, receives a personal injury, shall be con- fipresMtitive.
clusively presumed to be an employee.
Approved April 6, 1931.
An Act requiring the installation of certain equip- Qhn^ 171
MENT IN connection WITH GAS METERS TO PREVENT ^'
OR RETARD THE ESCAPE OF GAS IN CASE OF FIRE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws g.l. 1 64, new
is hereby amended by inserting after section seventy-five f^f°'^ ^^^^^'
the following new section : — Section 75 A . No gas company installation
or municipality distributing gas shall, after January first, ^^^f^^'J^^^
nineteen hundred and thirty-two, install or replace a meter reqmrTdin
for the purpose of measuring gas supplied to premises for with g^i^r"
illuminating or other purposes unless there shall have been '"'^*^^''^.^°
attached to the intake pipe leading to the meter, in accord- retard the
ance with regulations to be prescribed and enforced by the ga^m c°a'^ge
department, an automatic device designed to prevent or re- of fire.
tard the escape of gas in case of fire, and approved as to
design and construction by the department.
Approved April 6, 1931.
An Act to authorize the town of burlington to supply Chav. 172
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER, AND TO SELL
WATER TO THE CITY OF WOBURN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Burlington may supply itself BuXngton
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of may supply
c t e ^ J.- ij.1 j.-ui"u itself and Its
fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish inhabitants
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. The said town, for the purposes aforesaid, takei^ac-
may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- quire, certain
• e j^T r-\ IT -1 1 J.T- waters within
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or other- umitsof
wise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of any ^°'^^-
pond, brook, spring or stream or of any ground water sources
by means of driven or other wells or filter galleries, within the
limits of said town, and the water rights and water sources
connected therewith; provided, that the amount of water Proviso.
which may be taken shall from time to time be determined
150
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 172.
Proviso
May erect
proper dams,
buildings, etc.
May construct
wells, lay
conduits,
pipes, etc.
Restrictions
as to entry
upon railroad
locations.
Control, etc.
of property
by board of
water com-
missioners.
Property
damages,
recovery.
Proviso.
Town may
issue
bonds, etc.
by vote of the town; 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
necessary for collecting and storing such water and protect-
ing and preserving the purity thereof and for conveying such
water to any part of said town; provided, that no source of
water supply and no lands necessary for protecting and pre-
serving 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,
pumping and filtration plants, wells and filter galleries to be
used as sources of water supply under this act shall be sub-
ject 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, 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, railways,
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, 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.
Said town shall not enter upon, construct or lay any con-
duits, 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 interests 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, other than expenses
of maintenance and operation, issue from time to time bonds
or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 172. 151
hundred thousand dollars, which shall bear on their face the
words, Town of Burlington Water Loan, Act of 1931. Each X"",""!
,'.,. Ill • 1 11 Duriington
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such Water Loan,
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 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,
and interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as
aforesaid, and to make such payments on the principal as
may be required under the provisions of this act, shall with-
out further vote be assessed by the assessors of the town
annually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes, until
the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol- poiiuUng"'^
lutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this water, etc.
act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
held or used by said tow^n 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 imprison-
ment for not more than one year.
Section 8. The said town shall, after its acceptance of Board of
. wa.t6r com-
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted missioners,
or at a meeting thereafter called for the purpose, elect by terms°'e'tc.
ballot three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of
three years, one until the expiration of two years, and one
until the expiration of one year, from the next succeeding
annual town meeting, to constitute a board of water com-
missioners; and at the annual town meeting held on the day
on which the shortest of such terms expires, and at each
annual town meeting thereafter, 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 except as otherwise specifically provided, 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 Q"""""™-
commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any Vacancy,
cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term ^°^ ^""'^
by said town at any annual town meeting called for the pur-
pose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily in the
manner provided by section eleven of chapter forty-one of
the General Laws, and the person so appointed shall per
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To fix water
rates, etc.
Net surplus,
how to be used.
Annual, etc.
reports.
Town may
furnish and
sell water
to city of
Woburn.
Rate, etc.
City of
Woburn
may pur-
chase water
from town of
Burlington.
Effective upon
acceptance, etc
form the duties of the office until the next annual meeting of
said town or until another person is qualified.
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 under authority of this act.
If there should be a net surplus remaining after providing for
the aforesaid charges it shall be appropriated for such new
constiTiction 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 construction 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 subject to the pro-
visions of section eight. Said commissioners shall annually,
and as often as the town may require, render a report upon
the condition of the works under their charge and an account
of their doings, including an account of receipts and expendi-
tures.
Section 10. The town of Burlington may furnish and
sell by meter water to the city of Woburn, or to the inhabit-
ants of said city for such periods of time, in such manner
and in such amounts as said town may from time to time
by vote determine, and for the purpose aforesaid the said
town by its water commissioners may make a contract or
contracts for a term or terms not to exceed fifteen years
from the date thereof. Such water shall be furnished and
sold, at a rate to be mutually agreed upon, at the boundary
line between said town of Burlington and said city; and said
town of Burlington may, at its own expense, extend within its
limits its water mains and install other fixtures necessary to
supply water to said city, or to the inhabitants thereof.
Section 11. The city of Woburn may purchase water
from the town of Burlington and may extend their water
mains and install other fixtures necessary or proper to re-
ceive and distribute such water.
Section 12. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority of the voters of the town of Burlington
present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the
purpose within three years after its passage ; but the number
of meetings so called in any year shall not exceed three; and
for the purpose only of being submitted to the voters of said
town as aforesaid this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 6, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 173,174,175. 153
An Act repealing certain provisions of law relative Chav. 173
TO the holding of religious meetings and political
MEETINGS or RALLIES IN PUBLIC WAYS AND PLACES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifty A of chapter one hundred and forty of the g. l. ho.
General Laws, inserted by chapter one hundred and eighty- repealed.
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is
hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1931.
An Act relative to the time during which certain QJiqj) 174
SPORTS AND GAMES MAY BE CONDUCTED ON THE LORD's
DAY.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:
Section twenty-one of chapter one hundred and thirty-six g.l. i36, §21,
of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter etc., amended.
four hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the sixth line, the words "two and six" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — one thirty and six thirty, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 21. In any city which accepts Certain sports
sections twenty-one to twenty-five, inclusive, by vote of its pemn^^d^on
city council and in any town which accepts said sections by lord's day.
vote of its inhabitants, it shall be lawful to take part in or
witness any athletic outdoor sport or game on the Lord's day
between the hours of one thirty and six thirty in the afternoon
as hereinafter provided. Approved April 6, 1931.
An Act relative to the use of official grade design a- Chav.\75
TIONS IN connection WITH THE SALE OF CERTAIN FARM
PRODUCTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby amended Fji^c^^'
by striking out section one hundred and seventeen C, inserted amended,
by chapter two hundred and seventy of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 117C. After notice of the establish- un^^^^fui use
ment of grades and standards and the determination of brands labels in Con-
or labels as provided in the two preceding sections, it shall be saie*o7crrtl^in
unlawful to use an official grade designation in connection f^^"" products,
with the sale of such farm products without using the brand
or label determined as aforesaid for such grade and standard,
or to use such a brand or label unless the farm product bear-
ing the brand or label is in fact of the grade or standard so
established, or to use such a brand or label before the author-
ization of the use of, or after the revocation or during suspen-
sion of the right to use, such brand or label, by the commis-
sioner. Any violation of this section shall be punished for a Penalty for
first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars and for a v'"'^*'°"-
154
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 176,177.
Penalty for
obstruction.
subsequent offence by a fine of not more than two hundred
dollars. Whoever obstructs or hinders the commissioner or
any of his assistants in the performance of his duties under
sections one hundred and seventeen A to one hundred and
seventeen F, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Approved April 6, 1931.
Chap. 17 Q An Act to permit civic and fraternal organizations
TO parade with music on the lord's day.
G. L. 136, 5 10,
etc., amended.
War veterans'
organizations
and civic and
fraternal or-
ganizations
may parade
with music on
the Lord's day.
Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section ten of chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and nine-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by
chapter ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "en-
gaged" in the third line the words: — , or any incorporated
civic or fraternal organization, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 10. Any post or camp of an incorporated organi-
zation of veterans of any war in which the United States has
engaged, or any incorporated civic or fraternal organization,
may 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
suspended while passing within two hundred feet of any place
of public worship where services are being held.
Approved April 6, 1931.
Chap. Ill An Act authorizing the city of quincy to borrow
money for grade crossing abolition purposes.
City of
Quincy may
borrow money
for grade
crossing
abolition
purposes.
Quincy-
Water Street
Grade Cross-
ing Loan,
Act of 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of meeting its portion of the
cost of the work of abolishing the Water street grade crossing
in the city of Quincy under the provisions of chapter one
hundred and fifty-nine of the General Laws, said city may
borrow, outside its limit of indebtedness as fixed by law,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, one hundred and forty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on their face the
words, Quincy- Water Street Grade Crossing Loan, Act of
193 L Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan
and such loans shall be paid in not more than five years from
their dates. Such indebtedness shall, except as herein pro-
vided, 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 hun-
dred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 178, 179. 155
An Act authorizing the town of medfield to borrow Qhnr) 178
MONEY for water SUPPLY PURPOSES. '
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of enlarging and improving Town of
its water supply, the town of Medfield may borrow, from bwrow m^ney
time to time within five years from the passage of this act, {^J'^i^^^
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre- purposes.
gate, two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Medfield Water Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue Medfield
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid AcfcTfVg^i!'
in not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebted-
ness 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 Gen-
eral Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1931.
An Act relative to the improvement of the charles (Jfiaj) 179
RIVER BASIN FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER PURPOSES.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend pr"ambfe^^
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. Chapter three hundred and seventy-one of [^^^^^^^ ^ 2,
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine is hereby
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place
thereof the ioWow'mg: — Section 2. Subject to the condi- 5^^^^*j:°p°^ij^tan
tion imposed in the second paragraph of section nine, the mission may
commission may (a) widen the Charlesbank park and play- cha!-?esbank
ground between the dam and Longfellow bridge by extend- fhe dam and"
ing the present river boundary westerly by fill to include an Longfellow
additional area which shall have a width not exceeding at ^^^^^^' ^^'^■
any point three hundred feet beyond the present river
boundary of said park and playground, so laying out and
establishing the new river boundary as not to interfere with
the use of said dam or its locks or other appurtenances; (6) ff^-V't^"
widen the Boston embankment between the Longfellow embankment
bridge and Otter street including the area under the Long- Lon'Ifeiiow^
fellow bridge by adding thereto, by fill, an area not more '""'^ff^
than the equivalent of a strip of land two hundred and street, etc.
twenty-five feet wide, laid out in such manner as to connect
by a suitably curved shore line with the Charlesbank park
and playground as widened under authority of clause (a) of
this section, and with the Boston embankment between
Otter street and Charlesgate West as widened under au-
156
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 179.
May widen
the Boston
embankment
between Otter
street and
Charlesgate
West.
May extend
shore line, by
fill, into basin,
within cer-
tain pre-
scribed limits.
May give
priority and
preference
in making
widenings and
fills as will
best promote
the usefulness
of Charles
river basin
for aquatic
sports, etc.
Expenditure.
State depart-
ment of public
works may
acquire on
behalf of com-
monwealth
certain lands
owned by
Boston and
Maine Rail-
road, etc.
Conveyance
to city of
Boston, etc.
Agreement as
to price, etc.
thority of clause (c) of this section; (c) widen the Boston
embankment between Otter street and Charlesgate West by-
adding thereto, by fill, an area not more than the equivalent
of a strip of land three hundred feet wide; (d) extend the
shore line, by fill, into the basin along Back street and Bay
State road between Charlesgate West and Granby street
by adding thereto an area not more than the equivalent of a
strip of land two hundred feet wide, and from Granby street
to Cottage Farm bridge by adding thereto an area not more
than the equivalent of a strip of land one hundred and
fifty feet wide. In making such widenings and fills the
commission may vary the distance of the new shore line
from the present walls or shore lines, within the limits herein
prescribed, may omit all widening or fill and the sloping
bank between Charlesgate East and West and at and near
points of discharge into the basin of overflows from sewers
and from the Boston marginal conduit, and may give such
priority and preference in making the widenings and fills
authorized in clauses (6), (c) and (d), or any portions or
sections of them, as it shall deem will best promote the
usefulness and safety of the Charles river basin for rowing,
sailing and other forms of aquatic sports and recreation, and
the usefulness of the esplanade and any extension thereof
toward the Cottage Farm bridge as a promenade and park,
and may expend for the purposes of this section and section
seven, from the amount of two million two hundred and
eighty thousand dollars specified in the first paragraph of
said section nine, as herein amended, an aggregate amount
of one million four hundred thousand dollars, which shall
include the gift of one million dollars mentioned in the second
paragraph of said section nine, paid to the commonwealth
in July, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, and may also
expend for such purposes any interest received or accrued
on said one million dollars, or any part thereof, up to the
date of the full expenditure thereof.
The state department of public works is hereby authorized
to acquire on behalf of the commonwealth from the Boston
and Maine Eailroad, by an agreement with the said railroad
satisfactory to said department, the lands owned by said
railroad fronting on the Charles river and the Nashua street
extension and lying between Leverett street and the new
electric substation used by said railroad, and also the land of
the said railroad located in the block bounded by Leverett,
Brighton and Lowell streets and the said Nashua street ex-
tension, in exchange for lands or flats under or above tide-
water owned by the commonwealth in the city of Boston or in
the city of Cambridge, or both, and to make the necessary
conveyances. When the said department has acquired here-
under the said lands owned by the said railroad, said depart-
ment may on said behalf, sell and convey the same to the city
of Boston for playground, bathing or similar purposes, at a
price to be mutually agreed upon by said city and the said
department. The terms and conditions of any exchange or
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 179. 157
sale of land authorized by this section shall be subject to the
approval of the governor and council.
Section 2. Chapter three hundred and seventy-one of ^^^gn^glj ^ ^'
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out section eight and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 8. The commission is Commission
hereby further authorized to lay out and construct the follow- rrT/ionswt
ing described parkways and boulevards or any of them, or certain park-
. • . * J* ways and
portions thereof : boulevards.
(a) A section of parkway or boulevard from a point at or
near the intersection of Arsenal street and Market street in
the Brighton district of the city of Boston, thence over public
or private lands and public or private ways to a point on
North Beacon street in said Brighton district west of the
crossing thereof by the Boston and Albany Railroad with the
right to make any necessary fill in the Charles river.
(6) An underpass in Memorial drive in the city of Cam-
bridge carrying that parkway under Massachusetts avenue.
(c) A section of parkway or boulevard beginning at a point
in Nonantum road in the city of Newton at or near Hyde
brook, thence over public or private lands and public or
private ways in said city of Newton and in the town of Water-
town to a point on Galen street in said town at or near its
intersection with California street. Authority to make the
necessary fill in the Charles river is hereby granted ; but said
parkway or boulevard shall, so far as feasible, be constructed
on existing land and no substantial fill shall be made in the
Charles river which would result in materially reducing its
width below its present average width along said parkway
or boulevard.
Section 3. Chapter three hundred and seventy-one of ^mendld ^^ ^'
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out section nine and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section 9. For the purpose of ^x"lnditure°^
carrying out the work authorized by this act, the commission
may expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, two milhon two hundred and eighty thou-
sand dollars, and in addition, any interest received or accrued
on the gift of one million dollars hereinafter mentioned, or any
part thereof, up to the date of the full expenditure thereof.
One million dollars of said sum shall be met from a gift of one One million
million dollars to be made to the commonwealth of Massa- met'Yrom gilt
chusetts for the purpose of beautifying and improving the ^^"g^f"^™"""
Charles river basin. The commission is hereby authorized to pq^^j.^.^ ^^
accept said gift in behalf of said commonwealth and to permit permitted to
the donor thereof to erect a suitable memorial on the shore memorid.'ltc'^
of the basin at such location and in such form as the commis-
sion may approve. Said gift shall be received on behalf of ^pende'^foniy
the commonwealth and shall be held and disbursed in the for purposes
1 /. i r xi_ authorized
same manner as revenue received tor or on account or the by §§ 2 and 7.
metropolitan parks district; but shall be expended only on
account of the cost of the improvements authorized by section
two, and of the cost of providing additional facilities for
158
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 179.
Work not to
be commenced
until receipt
of gift, etc.
Amount to be
paid by city of
Boston, etc.
Amount to be
paid by city of
Cambridge, etc
Amount to be
paid by city of
Newton, etc.
Amount to be
paid bv town
of Water-
town, etc.
Assessment
and collection
by state
treasurer, etc.
Amount to be
paid from
Highway
Fund.
Balance to be
assessed upon
cities and
towns of met-
ropolitan parks
district, etc.
1929, 371, § 15,
amended.
aquatic and athletic sports and recreation as authorized by
section seven. The authority conferred upon the commission
by this act to perform the work authorized in section two is
conditional upon the making of said gift and said work shall
not be commenced until such gift has been received by the
commonwealth.
Four hundred thousand dollars of the cost of the work here-
inbefore authorized shall be paid by the city of Boston and
shall be used only on account of the cost of the improvements
authorized by section two, of which one hundred thousand
dollars shall be paid in nineteen hundred and thirty, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in nineteen hundred and
thirty-one, and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
nineteen hundred and thirty-two.
One hundred and ten thousand dollars of the cost of the
work hereinbefore authorized shall be paid by the city of Cam-
bridge, of which sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars shall
be paid in nineteen hundred and thirty and forty-two thou-
sand five hundred dollars in nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
Twenty-five thousand dollars of the cost of the work herein-
before authorized shall be paid by the city of Newton, of
which twelve thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid in
nineteen hundred and thirty and twelve thousand five hun-
dred dollars in nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
Twenty-five thousand dollars of the cost of the work here-
inbefore authorized shall be paid by the town of Watertown,
of which twelve thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid
in nineteen hundred and thirty and twelve thousand five
hundred dollars in nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
The several amounts to be paid as aforesaid by the cities of
Boston, Cambridge and Newton and by the town of Water-
town shall be assessed and collected by the state treasurer in
addition to the respective quotas of the state tax payable by
said cities and by said town in the years when said amounts
become due.
Three hundred and sixty thousand dollars of the cost of
the work hereinbefore authorized shall be paid from the High-
way Fund, fifty thousand dollars being charged to the said
fund of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and
fifty-five thousand dollars to the said fund of nineteen hun-
dred and thirty, and the balance to the said fund of nineteen
hundred and thirty-one.
The balance, amounting to three hundred and sixty thou-
sand dollars, shall be assessed upon the cities and towns of the
metropolitan parks district in proportion to their respective
taxable valuations, as defined in section fifty-nine of chapter
ninety-two of the General Laws, fifty thousand dollars being
assessed upon and collected from said cities and towns in
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and fifty-
five thousand dollars in nineteen hundred and thirty, and
the balance in nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
Section 4. Section fifteen of said chapter three hundred
and seventy-one is hereby amended by striking out, in the
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 180. 159
fifth line, the word "thirty-five" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — ten, — so as to read as follows: — Section 15. To meet cost
For the purpose of meeting (a) the cost of the work authorized thorUedln'
in section fourteen, to an amount, however, not exceeding spetiafassess-
two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and (b) the "lent provided
special assessment of one hundred and ten thousand dollars o7cambridge^
provided for in section nine, the city of Cambridge may from money?Ts°ue
time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary, and may bonds, 'etc.
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words. City of Cambridge, Street Widening and Exten- city of Cam-
sion Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall consti- widlninl'^a^nd
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more Lo*n° a""!
than fifteen years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred of 1929.
under this section shall be in excess of the statutory limit of
indebtedness of said city, but shall, except as herein provided,
be subject to the provisions of 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 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1931.
An Act relative to side yard and set-back require- CfiavA'&O
MENTS UNDER THE BOSTON ZONING LAW, SO CALLED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Section eleven of chapter four hundred and pa'r* 'fourth/^'
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, etc., amended,
as amended by sections two and three of chapter two hun-
dred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven and by section four of chapter three hundred and
forty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is
hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence of
the fourth paragraph, entitled "Side Yards", and inserting
in place thereof the following: — There shall be a side yard ^ot'^d^gfrkts.
on each side of every building in a single residence district g^^^ yards
and on each side of every building or pair of semi-detached
buildings in a general residence district.
Section 2. Said section eleven, as so amended, is hereby 1924, 488, § 11.
further amended by striking out the sixth paragraph, en- amended"' ^^'^ "
titled ''Set-hack" , and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:—
Set-back: In a single or general residence district no build- ^et-back.
ing shall hereafter be erected or altered to be within thirty
feet of the center of any street or within ten feet of any street
line, provided, that on a lot abutting on two or more streets, Provisos,
one of which is more than twenty-four feet wide and one
twenty-four feet wide or less, no set-back is hereby required
on the street or streets twenty-four feet wide or less; pro-
vided, further, that on a lot between two buildings not more
than sixty feet apart the set-back need not exceed the greater
of the set-backs on such buildings; and provided, further,
160
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 181.
1924, 488, § 12,
par. sixth, etc.
amended.
Forty foot
districts.
Set-back.
1924, 488, § 13,
par. fourth,
amended.
Sixty-five foot
districts.
Set-back.
1924, 488, § 16,
etc., amended.
Set-back of
buildings not
fronting on
a street.
that on a lot in a separate and distinct single or joint owner-
ship of record at the time it is placed in a thirty-five foot
district and less than one hundred feet deep, any set-back
hereby established may be reduced one per cent for each
foot that the depth of the lot is less than one hundred feet.
Section 3. Section twelve of said chapter four hundred
and eighty-eight, as amended by section four of said chapter
two hundred and twenty, is hereby further amended by
striking out the sixth paragraph, entitled "Set-hack" , and
inserting in place thereof the following : —
Set-back: In a single or general residence district no build-
ing shall hereafter be erected or altered to be within twenty-
five feet of the center of any street or within ten feet of any
street line, provided, that in a lot abutting upon two or more
streets, one of which is more than twenty-four feet wide and
one twenty-four feet wide or less, no set-back is hereby re-
quired on the street or streets twenty-four feet wide or less;
provided, further, that on a lot between two buildings not
more than sixty feet apart, the set-back need not exceed
the greater of the set-backs of such buildings; and provided,
further, that on a lot in a separate and distinct single or
joint ownership of record at the time it is placed in a forty
foot district and less than one hundred feet deep, any set-
back hereby established may be reduced one per cent for
each foot that the depth of the lot is less than one hundred
feet.
Section 4. The fourth paragraph of section thirteen of
said chapter four hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "Set-
hack", is hereby amended by striking out, in the third line,
the word "fronting" and inserting in place thereof the word:
— abutting.
Section 5. Section sixteen of said chapter four hundred
and eighty-eight, as amended by section nine of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, by section five of said chapter two hundred and
twenty, by section one of chapter eighty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and by section three of
chapter three hundred and forty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirty, is hereby further amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new paragraph : —
(14) There shall be in front of every building not fronting
on a street a yard not less in depth than the depth required
for the rear yard of the same building.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1931.
Chap.lSl An Act providing for the abatement of certain mos-
quito NUISANCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section five A, inserted
by section three of chapter two hundred and eighty-eight of
G. L. 2.52,
new section
after § 5A.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 182. 161
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, the following
new section: — Section 5B. The board of health of a city or Determination
town, not then included in an area designated by an iden- breedi^n^ar°eas
tifying name for the purposes of section five A, or the com- as public nui-
missioners appomted to make miprovements on behali oi a boards of
mosquito control project under such a name as provided in ^^^^'^^ ^"=-
said section, may determine any mosquito breeding area
within the limits of such city or town or of such a project,
to be a public nuisance, and the board of health or the com-
missioners, as the case may be, may abate such nuisance, in
such manner as may be approved by the board, and may
maintain such works as may be necessary to prevent its
recurrence. Before proceeding with such abatement, the Notification
board of health or the said commissioners shall notify the offnlended
owners of such breeding area of the intended abatement, by abatement.
publication in a newspaper published in the town wherein
such area is situated, and shall appoint in the notice a time Hearing.
and place for hearing, and shall at such time and place hear
all interested parties. In case an owner of any such area Appeal.
whereon it is proposed to undertake such an abatement ob-
jects thereto, he may appeal, not later than fourteen days
after the date of said hearing, to the county commissioners,
who shall, not later than fourteen days after receipt of notice
of such appeal, hear the party or parties aggrieved, the board
of health or the said commissioners, and the board or its
agent. If the county commissioners shall, within two weeks when abate-
thereafter, determine that the proposed abatement is required ^rocL?.^^
for the promotion of the public health, safety or convenience,
the abatement may proceed, but not otherwise. A person Property
damaged in his property by any work undertaken under this re^Jovlry!
section may recover his damages in the manner provided in
chapter seventy-nine from the city or town whose board of
health undertakes such work, or from the county or counties
wherein any city or town included in the mosquito control
project is situated, in case such work is undertaken by the
commissioners under section five A; provided, that the pe- Proviso,
tition to recover said damages shall be filed within thirty
days after the right to the same has vested. All damages Assessment.
paid as aforesaid by the county commissioners shall be as-
sessed upon the cities and towns included in the project on
the basis of their taxable valuations as an addition to their
respective quotas of the county tax.
Approved April 7, 1931.
An Act relative to the powers and duties of local Chap.1^2
COLLECTORS OF TAXES IN RELATION TO THE COLLECTION OF
SUMS ASSESSED ON LANDS IN RECLAMATION DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws g.l. 252,511,
is hereby amended by striking out section eleven as appear- ^ °" '*™^" *
ing in section one of chapter four hundred and fifty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and as
162
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 183.
Assessment
upon pro-
prietors of
lands in
reclamation
districts.
Powers and
duties of local
collectors of
taxes as to
collection of
assessments.
Assessment to
be lien, etc.
amended by section nine of chapter three hundred and
ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section
11. The clerk of the district shall certify to the assessors
of the town or towns in which the land of the district lies all
sums of money voted to be raised and all sums payable
annually on account of the principal and interest due on
bonds or notes issued under the provisions of section nine or
ten, together with the amount to be paid by each proprietor
according to the determination made under section seven,
and said clerk shall also file an attested copy of such certi-
fication with the board. The amounts so certified shall be
assessed upon the lands of the several proprietors within the
area, and be committed to the collector of taxes of the town
wherein the land assessed is situated, who shall have and
exercise the same powers and duties in relation to the col-
lection of such assessments as he has and exercises relative
to the collection of town taxes. The collector shall remit
weekly to the district treasurer all sums collected by him on
account of such assessments. An assessment made hereunder
shall be a lien upon the land assessed therefor, and such lien
shall take effect upon the recording of the description, plan
and estimate under section seven, and shall continue for a
period of two years from July first of the year of assessment.
Approved April 7, 1931.
Chap. 183 An Act granting the consent of the commonwealth
OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE ACQUISITION OF MIGRATORY
GAME REFUGES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws,
as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and
ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is
hereby amended by inserting after section one hundred and
twenty the following new section: — Section 120A. Con-
sent of the commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby given
to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift,
devise or lease, of such areas of land or water, or of land and
water, in Massachusetts, as the United States may deem
necessary for the establishment of migratory bird reserva-
tions in accordance with the act of congress approved Feb-
ruary eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, known
as the migratory bird conservation act, reserving, however,
to the commonwealth of Massachusetts full and complete
jurisdiction and authority over all such areas not incom-
patible with the administration, maintenance, protection and
control thereof by the United States under the terms of said
act of congress. Approved April 7, 1931.
G. L. 131, new
section after
I 120.
Consent of the
commonwealth
of Massachu-
setts granted
to the acquisi-
tion of migra-
tory game
refuges by
the federal
government.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 184,185. 163
An Act to prevent double taxation of registered phnjy 104
MOTOR vehicles. ^'
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in part, Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an ^^^^^ ^'
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause Thirty-fifth of section five of chapter g. l. 59, § 5,
fifty-nine of the General Laws, inserted by section four of amJn'decL^^^^'
chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following: — , irrespective of the date
of registration thereof under chapter ninety, — so as to
read as follows: — Thirty-fifth, Motor vehicles subject to Motor vehicles
taxation under the provisions of chapter sixty A, irrespective g^l^'boa!'^'"^
of the date of registration thereof under chapter ninety. tSL'tfoV'^"'^
Section 2. This act shall take effect as of March thirty- g^g^^j^^g ^^^^
first of the current year. Approved April 8, 1931.
An Act relative to party enrolment of voters. Chap. 185
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section thirty-seven of chapter fifty-three of g. l. 53. § 37.
1 1 /-^ IT 111 J • CI, etc., amended.
the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter
eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"clerk" in the ninth line the words: — to be retained in his
custody as long as he retains the ballots cast whereupon such
voting list shall be transmitted to the registrars of voters, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 37. When, in a primary, party enroi-
a voter seeks to pass the guard rail, he shall be asked by one ™o'ters°lt
of the ballot clerks with which political party he desires to primaries.
be enrolled, and the ballot clerk upon reply shall distinctly
announce the name of such political party and give him
such political party ballot. The voter's selection shall be Preservation
checked on the voting list used by the ballot clerk, and such by^regi^trars^
list shall be returned to the city or town clerk to be retained of voters.
in his custody as long as he retains the ballots cast where-
upon such voting list shall be transmitted to the registrars of
voters for preservation for five years after the expiration of
which it may be destroyed. Said officers shall, upon receiv- certified copies
ing a written request therefor, signed by the chairman of °^°bT^ ''**^
any ward, town or city committee, or by at least ten voters furnished.
in the ward, town or precinct for which the list is desired,
furnish a certified copy of said list to any ward, town or city
committee. The party enrolment of voters on such voting Use of party
lists, and all subsequent party enrolment of voters, shall subsequent''*
be transferred each year to the voting lists used at subse- primaries,
quent primaries, if the names of such voters have been
entered in the annual register prepared by the registrars.
Section 2. Section thirty-eight of said chapter fifty- g. l. 53, § 38,
three, as amended by chapter one hundred and ten of the «*^'= •^'^^^"'^e'^-
164
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 186, 187.
Voters en-
rolled in one
political party
not to receive
ballot of an-
other political
party, ex-
cept, etc.
Personal ap-
pearance to
establish,
change or
cancel party
enrolment.
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the first line, the words "at a
primary" and inserting in place thereof the words: — under
this or the preceding section, — by striking out, in the third
line, the word "he", where it occurs therein the second time,
and inserting in place thereof the words: — a voter, — by
striking out, in the fifth line, the words "the citj' or town
clerk" and inserting in place thereof the words: — a member
of the board of registrars of voters, — by inserting after the
word "enrolment" in the sixth line, the words: — established
with a party, — and by inserting after the word "such"
in the seventh line, the word : — enrolment, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 38. No voter enrolled under this or
the preceding section shall be allowed to receive the ballot of
any political party except that with which he is so enrolled;
but a voter may establish, change or cancel his enrolment by
appearing in person before a member of the board of regis-
trars of voters and requesting in writing to have his enrol-
ment established with a party, changed to another party, or
cancelled, and such enrolment, change or cancellation shall
take effect at the expiration of thirty days thereafter. No
voter enrolled as a member of one political party shall be
allowed to receive the ballot of any other pohtical part}',
upon a claim by him of erroneous enrolment, except upon a
certificate of such error from the registrars, which shall be
presented to the presiding officer of the primary and pre-
served as part of the records of such primary; but the po-
litical party enrolment of a voter shall not preclude him
from receiving at a city or town primary the ballot of any
municipal party, though in no one primary shall he receive
more than one party ballot. Approved April 8, 1931.
Chap.lSQ ^N Act relative to the taking of clams and other
SHELLFISH AT REVERE BEACH IN THE CITY OF REVERE.
Permit not
required for
the taking of
clams, etc.,
at Revere
beach in city
of Revere
during cer-
tain months.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
No permit or other authorization from the metropolitan
district commission shall be required for taking clams or
other shellfish during the months of November, December,
January, February and March from any part of the flats
lying between Point of Pines and Eliot circle in the city of
Revere which is not then declared by the department of
public health to be a contaminated area.
Approved April 8, 1931.
Chap. 187 An Act to clarify previous acts as to the purchase by
THE commonwealth OF COPIES OF THE HOUSE JOURNALS
FROM 1715-1780 AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION BY THE SECRE-
TARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter four hundred and thirteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty, as amended by chapter
1920,413, § 1,
etc., amended.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 188. 165
one hundred and sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out
the words "covering three years, more or less" in the fourth
Hne thereof and substituting therefor the words : — - each
covering one year or more, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 1. Whenever the journals of the house of repre- purchase of
sentatives of Massachusetts Bay from seventeen hundred [XsTof ?ep-
and fifteen to seventeen hundred and eighty, inclusive, in resentatives
1 1 • 1,111 'J.! of Massachu-
volumes each covermg one year or more, shall be reprmted setts Bay from
accurately by the Massachusetts Historical Society, in the ^'''^ *° ^^^'^■
manner and form of volume one, seventeen hundred and
fifteen to seventeen hundred and seventeen, inclusive, now
in the press, and approved by the secretary of the common-
wealth, the secretary shall purchase from the society three
hundred copies of the said journals at a price not exceeding
two dollars and fifty cents a volume, but in no year shall
there be expended more than seven hundred and fifty dollars;
provided that if the copies are plated, the plates shall be Proviso,
subject to use by the commonwealth.
Approved April 9, 1931.
An Act relative to the execution of certain cer- QJidj) ]^§§
TIFICATES AND RETURNS OF GAS AND ELECTRIC AND CER-
TAIN OTHER COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirty-seven of chapter one hundred ^p^^mmdeY'
and fifty-eight of the General Laws, as amended by chapter
twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twentj^-six,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in the seventh
line, the word ", treasurer" and inserting in place thereof
the following: — or vice president, and treasurer or assist-
ant treasurer, — so as to read as follows: — Section 57. Annual certm-
T-i • 111 iir'i-i rr- ri cates of condi-
iiivery corporation shall annually file m the oihce 01 the state tion of certain
secretary, within thirty days after the date fixed in its mmg.'^etc""^'
by-laws for its annual meeting, or within thirty days after
the final adjournment thereof, but not more than three
months after the date so fixed for said meeting, a certificate
signed and sworn to by its president or vice president, and
treasurer or assistant treasurer, and at least a majority of
its directors, stating the date of holding such meeting, the contents.
amount of capital stock as it then stands fixed by the corpo-
ration, the amount then paid in, and the assets and liabilities
of the corporation, in such form, with such detail and of such
date as the commissioner shall require or approve. Such f„',\'"i|g°g^as
certificates shall, by the act of filing, be considered as re- recording, etc.
corded and shall be preserved by the state secretary in book
form convenient for reference. Such certificate of a corpo- Verification
ration having a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars wL'*".*^'*"'^'
or more .shall be verified by an auditor as provided in section
forty-nine of chapter one hundred and fiftj^-six.
Section 2. Section thirty-nine of said chapter one hun- g. l. iss.jm.
dred and fifty-eight, as amended by chapter ninety-seven ^^'^" '"^^"
166
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 188.
Certificate of
increase of
capital stock.
G. L. 164, § 83,
amended.
Form of an-
nual returns
of gas and
electric
companies
prescribed.
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby-
further amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the
word ", treasurer" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— or vice president, and treasurer or assistant treasurer, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 39. A corporation shall,
upon an increase of its capital stock, within thirty days after
the payment or collection of the last instalment thereof, file
a certificate of the amount of such increase and the fact of
such payment, signed and sworn to by its president or vice
president, and treasurer or assistant treasurer, and a ma-
jority of its directors, in the office of the state secretary and
also, if the corporation is subject to chapter one hundred
and sixty-four or one hundred and sixty-five, in the office of
the department of public utilities. If such a certificate is
not filed as aforesaid within said period of thirty days, it
may thereafter be received by the commissioner for exami-
nation in accordance with section forty-one upon payment
to him of such sum, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, as he
may determine, and be filed as hereinbefore provided, subject
to the provisions of sections forty-one and forty-three to the
same extent as if such certificate had been filed as aforesaid
within said period.
Section 3. Section eighty-three of chapter one hundred
and sixty-four of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out, in the sixth and seventh lines, the words "and
treasurer" and inserting in place thereof the words: — or
vice president, and treasurer or assistant treasurer, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 83. Gas and electric companies
and manufacturing companies and persons engaged in the
manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of gas or
electricity shall annually, on or before such date as the
department fixes, make to the department, in a form pre-
scribed by it, a return for the year ending on such date as
the department may from time to time require, signed and
sworn to by the president or vice president, and treasurer
or assistant treasurer, and a majority of the directors, of
the amount of their authorized capital, their indebtedness
and financial condition, on the said date, their income and
expenses during the preceding year, their dividends paid
and declared, a list of the names of all their salaried officers
and the amount of the salary paid to each, and the balance
sheet of their accounts as of said date. Such companies
and persons shall at all times, upon request, furnish anj^ in-
formation required by the department or its duly authorized
employees relative to their condition, management and
operation, and shall comply with all lawful orders of the
department; but manufacturing companies in which the
manufacture and sale of gas or electricity is a minor portion
of their business shall be required to include in their annual
returns the income and expenses and other data relative to
their gas and electric business only.
Approved April 9, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 189, 190. 167
An Act making appropriations to repair damages to QJiar), 189
SHORE WALLS, ROADWAYS AND OTHER PROPERTY OF CER-
TAIN METROPOLITAN PARKS RESERVATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For expenses of repairing damage occasioned ^P^''°fij^^*a^m^
by the severe storm and high tides of March fourth and fifth ages to shore
of the current year to shore walls, roadways and other ways'a'i^d'^'
property of the metropolitan parks reservations in the cities °f''gerta^n^mef-
of Revere and Lynn and the towns of Nahant and Winthrop, ropoiitan
there is hereby appropriated a sum not exceeding one hun- tions\'^i!d''ce?-
dred eighty-five thousand dollars, to be assessed upon cities tain metro-
, (.1 T ] !••,• 1 politan parks
and towns oi the metropolitan parks district in accordance boulevards.
with the methods fixed by law, and to be expended under the
direction and with the approval of the metropolitan district
commission.
For expenses of repairing damage occasioned as aforesaid
to certain metropolitan parks boulevards, there is hereby
appropriated from the Highway Fund a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction
and with the approval of the metropolitan district com-
mission.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 11, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of wellesley to borrow QJmj) 19Q
MONEY FOR THE ERECTION OF A MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILD-
ING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a municipal ^,°ygg°g^
office building and of originally equipping and furnishing the may borrow
same, the town of Wellesley may borrow from time to time, Section's I ^
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, "^^e'li^tiding
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Wellesley Municipal Building Loan, Act of ^^'^l^j^^i
193 L Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, Building Loan,
and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years -^ctofiosi.
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 14, 1931.
168
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 191, 192.
Chap. 191 An Act authorizing the town of oak bluffs to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and
constructing a new junior-senior high school building,
together with an auditorium and gj'mnasium, and originally-
equipping and furnishing the same, the town of Oak Bluffs
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and sixty thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Oak Bluffs Junior-Senior
High School Loan, Act of 1931. 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 oi 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 14, 1931.
Town of Oak
Bluffs may
borrow money
for school
purposes.
Oak Bluffs
Junior-Senior
High School
Loan, Act
of 1931.
Chap. 192 An Act establishing the chelsea traffic commission
AND defining ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
Chelsea traffic
commission
established.
Chairman to
be known as
traffic commis-
sioner.
No
compensation.
Certain stat-
utes, etc.,
applicable.
Powers and
duties.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the city of
Chelsea, hereinafter referred to as the city, a commission to
consist of the chief of the police department, the city engi-
neer, tlie city electrician, and two other persons to be ap-
pointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the board
of aldermen, for terms of three years each, hereinafter re-
ferred to as the commission.
Section 2. The commission shall elect its own chairman,
who shall be known as the traffic commissioner. The mem-
bers of the commission shall receive no compensation for
their services as commissioners, but all expenses incurred
for the purposes of this act shall be paid by the city. All
statutes and ordinances applicable generally to the depart-
ments of the city shall apply to the commission.
Section 3. The commission shall have exclusive au-
thority, except as otherwise herein provided, to adopt,
amend, alter and repeal rules and regulations, not inconsis-
tent with general law as modified by this act, relative to
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 192. 169
vehicular street traffic in the city, and to the movement,
stopping or standing of vehicles on, and their exclusion from,
all or an3^ streets, ways, highways, roads and parkways,
under the control of the city, including rules and regulations Rules and
designating any way or part thereof under said control as a regulations.
through way under and subject to the provisions of section
nine of chapter eighty-nine of the General Laws, as amended,
and may prescribe penalties not exceeding fifty dollars for
the violation of any rule or regulation adopted hereunder.
No such rule or regulation, except such special rules and ^n*if^^*^^®
regulations as are declared by vote of the commission to be Hshed, ex-
urgently required by considerations of public safety or con- '^^^*' ®*^'
venience or such as are of a temporary nature and are to be
effective for a period of not more than two weeks, shall take
effect until published for two successive weeks in one or more
newspapers published in the city. Upon petition of twenty- Public hear-
etc.
five registered voters of the city relative to any rule or regu- p"etiUon
lation adopted or proposed to be adopted under this section,
the commission shall hold a public hearing thereon within
ten days after the filing with the commission of such peti-
tion, and final action thereon shall be determined only by
vote of a majority of the entire membership of the commis-
sion. The commission shall have power to erect, make and Jgnfis ^etc^'
maintain, or cause to be erected, made and maintained,
traffic signs, signals, markings and other devices for the
control of such traffic in the city and for informing and
warning the public as to rules and regulations adopted here-
under, subject, however, to section two of chapter eighty-
five, and to sections eight and nine of said chapter eighty-nine,
of the General Laws, as amended. Nothing in this act shall ^''nstrued
be construed to authorize the conunission to adopt any rule
or regulation excluding the cars of a street railway company
from any way or part thereof in which it has a location, or to
modify or limit any power or authority of the metropolitan
district commission, of the state department of public works
or of the state department of public utilities, or any power
now vested in the mayor, board of aldermen or heads of
departments with reference to the issuance of licenses or
permits for the opening, using or occupying of streets and
sidewalks.
Section 4. All existing ordinances, relating to the con- Certain ordi-
trol of vehicular traffic, shall remain in full force and effect "emafn ^in force
until superseded by rules and regulations adopted by the until, etc.
commission under this act, and the adoption thereof by the
commission shall not affect any act done, any right accrued,
any penalty incurred, or any suit, prosecution or proceeding
pending, at the time of said adoption.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance, Submission
during the current year, by vote of the board of aldei-men bo^d'^of ^
of the city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not ^Wermen.
otherwise; provided, that for the purposes of such accept- Proviso.
ance only, this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 14, 1931.
170
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 193, 194.
Chap.l9S An Act further providing for the deferred renewal
OF plumbers' licenses.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section six of chapter one hundred and forty-two of the
General Laws, as most recently amended b}" section one of
chapter three hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirty, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the sentence added by said section one and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence : — 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, receive a deferred re-
newal thereof which shall expire on the ensuing first day of
Ma}^; provided, that such renewed license shall not con-
stitute its holder a licensee for any period preceding its issue.
Approved April 14, 1931.
G. L. 142, § 6,
etc., amended.
Deferred
renewal of
plumbers'
licenses.
Proviso.
C/iap.l94 An Act relative to the packing, grading, inspection,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF APPLES.
G. L.94, §§ 101
to 10.5, inc ,
107 and 109
to 114, inc.,
etc., amended.
Commissioner
of agriculture
to establish
and promul-
gate olTifial
grades of
apples, etc.
To be identical
in name and
requirements
with United
States grades.
Certain infor-
mation to be
marked or
branded on
closed pack-
ages of apples
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out sections one hundred and one to one hundred
and five, inclusive, one hundred and seven and one hundred
and nine to one hundred and fourteen, inclusive, as amended,
and inserting in place thereof the following nine sections: —
Section 101. The commissioner of agriculture shall establish
and promulgate official grades of apples packed or repacked
within the commonwealth, and may from time to time
amend or modify such grades. Before establishing, amend-
ing or modifying any such grades, the commissioner shall
consult with growers and shippers of apples relative to pro-
posed grades, or, upon written petition of fifty or more
growers producing annually an aggregate of not less than one
hundred thousand bushels of apples, the commissioner shall,
after reasonable notice, specifying the date, place and pur-
pose of the proposed hearing, hold a public hearing for the
purpose of obtaining information with a view to establishing,
or amending or modifying, as the case may be, such official
grades. The grades so established and promulgated shall
include grades identical in name and requirements with all
grades or standards of apples as promulgated, from time to
time, by the secretary of agriculture of the United States
and commonly known as the United States grades.
Section 102. Each closed package of apples packed or
repacked within the commonwealth and intended for sale
within or without the commonwealth, shall be marked or
branded at the time of packing, repacking or closing with
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 194. 171
a statement of the name and legal address of the person by packed or re-
whose authority the apples were packed, the true name of sta^e^'andlt-"
the variety, and the minimum size or numerical count of the tended for sale
•ii- TCI /•! • witnin or
apples contamed therem. It the true name oi the variety without state.
is not known to the packer or other person by whose author-
ity the apples are packedj the statement shall include the
words "variety unknown". Each closed package of apples For sale in
packed or repacked within the commonwealth and intended co'untries.
for sale in foreign countries shall also be marked or branded
with a statement of such official grade designation applicable
thereto as may be established and promulgated under section
one hundred and one.
Section 103. Each closed package of apples packed or Certain infor-
repacked within the commonwealth and intended for sale inark'edM*^ ^^
within the United States may be marked or branded with a ckTsed'^'^ack-
statement of an official grade designation established and ages of apples
promulgated under section one hundred and one. Closed packed wit'hin
packages of apples not marked or branded with an official tended°for sale
grade designation at the time of packing, repacking or clos- within United
ing, may be so marked or branded at any subsequent time ^*^*^*' ^^'^■
if there is submitted by the owner of said packages to the
commissioner of agriculture at least three days prior to the
sale of such packages a notice in writing stating the location
and approximate number of such packages and the official
grade designation marked or branded thereupon.
Section IO4. No open package of apples shall be marked ^f^appfes^nof^
or branded or have affixed thereto any brand, label, mark or to be marked
stencil which purports to state or describe the grade or except? etc'
quahty of the apples contained therein, except that any such
package may be marked or branded with an official grade
designation if all provisions of section one hundred and two
are complied with.
Section 105. For the purposes of sections one hundred to when apples
one hundred and nine, inclusive, apples packed in closed or ciosed'^or^open
open packages shall be deemed to be misbranded: packages shaii
First. If any closed package is packed or repacked in the be misbrlnded.
commonwealth and fails to bear all statements required by
section one hundred and two, or if any open package is
marked or branded and fails to bear all statements required
under section one hundred and four.
Second. If any package, whether packed or repacked
within or without the commonwealth, is falsely branded or
bears any statement, design or device regarding the apples
contained therein which is false or misleading, or if any pack-
age bears any statement, design or device indicating that
the apples contained therein are of a specified grade estab-
lished and promulgated under section one hundred and one,
and said apples, when packed or repacked, do not conform
to the requirements prescribed for such grade, or if any
package bears any statement, design or device, other than
an official grade designation, describing the grade or quality
of the apples therein.
Section 106. The commissioner of agriculture shall make Rules and
regulations.
172
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 194.
Enforcement
of §§ 100 to
105, inclusive,
and § 108, and
prosecutions
of violations
thereof.
Hearings,
notice, etc.
Penalty for
misbranding,
etc., apples.
Penalty for
obstructing
commissioner,
etc., in per-
formance
of duty.
When a person
who sells, etc.,
misbranded
apples shall
not be deemed
to have vio-
lated pro-
visions of
§§ 101 to 108,
inclusive, etc.
and may modify rules and regulations for enforcing sections
one hundred to one hundred and nine, inclusive, and shall,
either in person or by his assistant, have free access at all
reasonable hours to each building or other place where
apples are packed, stored, sold, or offered or exposed for sale.
He may also, in person or by his assistant, open each box,
barrel or other container, and upon tendering the market
price, may take as a sample such container, with or without
its contents, or any apples therefrom.
Section 107. The commissioner of agriculture and his
duly authorized assistants shall have authority to enforce
sections one hundred to one hundred and five, inclusive, and
one hundred and eiglit, and to prosecute all violations thereof.
Before any prosecution is begun by the commissioner of
agriculture or any of his duly authorized assistants the
parties concerned shall be given an opportunity to be heard
before the said commissioner or a person designated by him
for such purpose. The parties concerned shall be given
reasonable notice of the hearing, specifying the day, hour
and place thereof and accompanied by a description of the
alleged violation. Such iiearings shall be governed by rules
and regulations prescribed by said commissioner.
Section 108. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent,
misbrands apples within the meaning of section one hundred
and five, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes or offers or
exposes for sale or distribution apples which are misbranded,
or packs, repacks, sells, distributes or offers for sale or dis-
tribution apples in closed or open packages so packed or
repacked that the faced or shown surface gives a false
representation of the color, size or qualitj^ of the other apples
in the package, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes, offers
or exposes for sale or distribution apples otherwise in vio-
lation of any provision of sections one hundred and one to
one hundred and eight, inclusive, or wilfully alters, effaces
or removes, or causes to be altered, effaced or removed,
wholly or partly, any brands or marks put upon any pack-
age of apples under authority of said sections, shall be
punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty
dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more
than two hundred dollars. Whoever obstructs or hinders
the commissioner of agriculture or any of his assistants in the
performance of his duties under sections one hundred and one
to one hundred and seven, inclusive, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Section 109. No person who sells or distributes or offers
or exposes for sale or distribution apples misbranded within
the meaning of section one hundred and five, or apples in
closed or open packages so packed or repacked that the
faced or shown surface gives a false representation of the
contents of the package, shall be deemed to have violated the
provisions of sections one hundred and one to one hundred
and eight, inclusive, relative thereto, if it appears that he
acted in good faith solely as a distrilDutor and that he was
Acts, 1931. —Chap. 195. 173
not a party to the packing and grading of the apples in
question, or if he furnishes a guaranty signed by the person
from whom he received the apples, together with the address
of such person, that the apples are not misbranded within
the meaning of said section one hundred and five and that
they are not so packed or repacked that the faced or shown
surface gives a false I'epresentation of the contents of the
package. In such case, the person from whom the distribu-
tor received the apples shall be liable for the acts of the
distributor, if he relied upon the guaranty, to the same extent
that the distributor would have been liable under said
sections one hundred and one to one hundred and nine,
inclusive. Approved April I4, 1931.
An Act correcting certain terminology in the laws (JJiq^t) 195
relating to the care and custody of indigent and ^*
neglected children, and repealing certain obsolete
provisions therein.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eleven of chapter one hundred and ^^^^id' ^ ^^'
nineteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the second line, the words "overseers of the poor"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — board of public
welfare, — and by striking out, in the same line, the words
"trustees for children" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — institutions department, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 11. The two preceding sections shall not apply Application of
to the department, the board of public welfare of a town, ^^^^ ^ ^"'^ ^°-
the institutions department of Boston, any incorporated
charitable institution, or the officers or agents thereof.
Section 2. Section twenty-two of said chapter one hun- g. l. 119, § 22,
dred and nineteen is hereby amended by striking out, in amended,
the first line, the words "overseers of the poor" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — board of public welfare, —
by striking out, in the fifth line, the words "in St. Mary's
Infant Asylum and Lying-in Hospital or", — and by striking
out, in the fourth line, the word "them" and inserting in
place thereof the word: — him, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 22. The board of public welfare of a town and the Custody of
superintendent and board of trustees of the state infirmary i^lfants*^
shall commit any indigent or neglected infant having no
known settlement in the commonwealth to the custody of
the department, which shall provide for him in a family or
other suitable place, as it deems expedient for the interests
of the child.
Section 3. Section twenty-eight of said chapter one g. l. 119, § 28.
hundred and nineteen is hereby amended bj^ striking out, in *'"^" ®
the fifth, sixth and seventh fines, the words "make report to
the director of the division of child guardianship or other
designated officer of the department, and such officer", —
and by striking out, in the twelfth line, the words " of record ",
174
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 195.
Duties of
agents of de-
partment of
public welfare
as to infants
under seven.
G. L. 119, § 38,
amended.
Support by
department
of certain
children under
twenty-one
years of age.
G. L. 119, § 41,
amended.
Children not
to be trans-
ported in
patrol wagon.
Penalty.
G. L. 119, §§
23 to 27, in-
clusive, and
31 to 36, in-
clusive,
repealed.
— SO as to read as follows: — Section 28. An agent of the
department specially authorized thereto may enter without
actual force anj'- building or room when such agent has reason
to believe that a child under seven is sheltered or maintained
apart from his parents and is not receiving proper care. The
agent shall investigate the case and may, if he considers such
removal necessary for the protection of the child from neglect
or abuse, cause such child, if he is not under the personal care
of a parent or guardian, to be removed to the custody of the
department. An agent who is refused such entry or who is
hindered in the removal of such child may make complaint,
on oath, to a justice of a court, who may thereupon issue a
warrant authorizing him to obtain sufficient aid and at any
reasonable time to enter the building designated, and every
part thereof, to investigate the treatment and condition of
the children found there, and to remove such children as
herein provided.
Section 4. Section thirty-eight of said chapter one hun-
dred and nineteen is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fourth line, the words "overseers of the poor" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — board of public welfare, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 38. The department may
provide for the maintenance of a child under the age of
twenty-one, dependent on public charity, upon written appli-
cation of the parent or guardian or, if there is no parent or
guardian, of a friend, or of the board of public welfare of the
town where such child is found.
Section 5. Section forty-one of said chapter one hundred
and nineteen is hereby amended bj^ striking out, in the fifth
and sixth fines, the words "children's institutions department
in Boston or by the overseers of the poor" and insei'ting in
place thereof the words : — institutions commissioner in Bos-
ton or by the board of pubfic welfare, — so as to read as
follows : — Section J^l . No person shall convey or cause to
be conveyed a neglected or destitute child not convicted or
accused of any offence in a patrol wagon from its home or
from any other place to any court or institution, but, if a
conveyance is necessary, shall convey him in such other suit-
able vehicle as shall be provided or designated by the institu-
tions commissioner in Boston or by the board of public wel-
fare in any other town. Violation of this section shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than
fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three
months.
Section 6. Sections nineteen, twenty-three to twenty-
seven, inclusive, and thirty-one to thirty-six, inclusive, of
said chapter one hundred and nineteen, are hereby repealed.
Approved April I4, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 196, 197. 175
An Act authorizing the grand lodge of Massachusetts (JJiQ^y \qq
ORDER sons of ITALY IN AMERICA TO GRANT CERTAIN ^'
DEATH BENEFITS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Order Grand Lodge
Sons of Italy in America, as now or hereafter constituted and setts^Ordw''"
estabhshed under the charter, constitution and by-laws of f^"j^^^ \^'^^y
the Supreme Lodge Order Sons of Italy in America, a corpo- may pay cer-
ration established under the laws of the state of New Jersey, benefits*''
is hereby authorized to transact business in the common-
wealth and to pay a death benefit to families or dependents
of deceased members as fixed b}^ its by-laws, not exceeding
five hundred dollars.
Section 2. The said grand lodge shall, except as other- subject to
wise provided in this act, be subject to the provisions of ^s[oMof°'
section forty-six, except the third paragraph thereof, of '^j^'^?^^'^^ ^^^'^
chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the General Laws, additional
relative to limited fraternal benefit societies, and, in addition, pf'^isions.
to the following provisions: — The said grand lodge shall,
before paying or agreeing to pay a death benefit as aforesaid
exceeding two hundred dollars, file a written notice of its
intention to pay such a benefit with the commissioner of in-
surance in such form and containing such information as the
said commissioner may require and it shall, during such time
as it pays or agrees to pay a death benefit exceeding said sum,
file with the said commissioner annually on or before March
first a financial statement, in such form and containing such
information as the commissioner may require, executed on
oath by two or more of its principal officers, directors or
trustees, showing its financial condition as of December
thirty-first of the preceding year.
Approved April I4, 1931.
An Act to provide for the funding by the city ^'^ QJiavA^l
WALTHAM OF CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS OF TAXES ASSESSED
TO THE WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L The city of Waltham, for the purposes set fil^^^^^*''
forth in section two of this act, may issue from time to time issue bonds
bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, pu"poses*set
two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, which shall ^°'^^^ ^^ § 2.
bear on their face the words, City of Waltham Tax Funding fjj^j;,°j^I'*'"
Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute FiindingLoan.
a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more ^^^°^ ^^^^'
than five years from their dates. 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 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.
176
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 198.
To be used for
purpose of pay-
ing to Waltliain
Watch Com-
pany certain
overpayments
of taxes.
Payment of
cases pending
in superior
court or ap-
pealed, etc ,
to board of
tax appeals.
Proviso.
Payment of
pending cases
of abatement.
Submission to
Waltham city
council, etc.
Section 2. The sums raised by authority of this act shall
be used only for the purpose of paying to the Waltham
Watch Company, a Massachusetts corporation, so much of
the taxes assessed upon real estate and machinery used in
the conduct of its business in the years nineteen hundred and
twentj'-five, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-seven, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and nineteen hundred and
thirty as was based upon a valuation by the assessors of said
cit}^ purporting to be in excess of the fair cash value thereof,
and interest, costs and other charges thereon in accordance
with law, and of paying the expenses lawfully incurred by
said city in proceedings arising out of said purported over-
assessments. In cases in which complaints are pending in
the superior court, or in cases appealed to or transferred to
the board of tax appeals, paj-ment ma}' be made hereunder
only upon a judgment of the court or on an order of the
board of tax appeals; provided, that no judgment shall be
paid hereunder if entered by consent without the written
agreement of counsel for said city in said cases, and the
approval of the mayor. In cases in which an application for
abatement is pending before the board of assessors, payment
hereunder may be made only upon a certificate of abatement
by said board, bearing on its face the approval of said counsel
and of the mayor. Other payments for the purposes. herein
specified shall be made hereunder upon the order of the
mayor.
Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the city council of the city of Waltham by a majority
vote of the members thereof present and voting thereon; but
for the purpose of being submitted to the city council as
aforesaid it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1931.
Chap. 19S An Act to provide funds for the city of Cambridge
WITH WHICH TO MEET CERTAIN REVENUE DEFICITS.
City of Cam-
bridge may
appropriate
certain amount
to meet certain
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the purposes for which ap-
propriations are to be made of the sum of one million five
hundred thousand dollars to be raised in the tax levy of
revenue deficits, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, as provided for in section
two of chapter forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty-one, the city of Cambridge is hereby authorized
to appropriate from said one million five hundred thousand
dollars such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, three hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose
of meeting revenue deficits found by the division of accounts
of the department of corporations and taxation in a report
dated February seventh, nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 199, 200. 177
An Act authorizing the city of woemiN to borrow Qfiar) 199
AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF MONEY FOR PUBLIC BUILDING
PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of erecting a building for cityofwobum
city hall and police station purposes, with accommodations M^^additfonai
therein for the fourth district court of Eastern Middlesex, for^ubSlid-
including the cost of original equipment and furnishing of ing purposes.
such building, the city of Woburn ma}^ 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, twenty-five thousand dollars in addition to the
amount authorized by chapter two hundred and seventy-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Woburn Municipal Building Loan, Act of 1931. ^"I'^/i^Bui'^j
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Tng Loan,"'
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 hmit, 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 15, 1931.
An Act relative to the erection and maintenance of Chap. 200
ONE and two car GARAGES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloius:
Section two of chapter five hundred and seventy-seven of amended. ^ ^'
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof the following : — In the case of
applications for permits to erect garages for the storage or
keeping of not more than two cars, such notice shall be
mailed as aforesaid not less than seven daj^s prior to the
hearing thereon and need be pubhshed but once, such publi-
cation to be prior to said hearing, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 2. The notice required by the preceding section Erection and
shall include a copy of the application and an order of said "rgaragesTn
board specifying the time and place of the public hearing, nofic°Jo^°^*°°'
and shall be given by publication once in each week for three hearing, etc.
successive weeks in some one newspaper regularly published
in said city, and by mailing by prepaid registered mail a
178
Acts, 193L — Chaps. 201, 202.
copy to every owner of record of each parcel of land abutting
on the parcel of land on which the building proposed to be
erected for, or maintained as a garage is to be, or is situated,
and the cost of such notice and proceedings shall be borne
by the apphcant. In the case of applications for permits to
erect garages for the storage or keeping of not more than
two cars, such notice shall be mailed as aforesaid not less
than seven days prior to the hearing thereon and need be
published but once, such publication to be prior to said
hearing. Approved April 16, 1931.
Chap. 201 An Act relative to the speed of motor vehicles.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 90, § 17,
amended.
Speed limit of
motor vehicles.
Section seventeen of chapter ninety of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the
word "twenty" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
thirty, — by striking out, in the eighth line, the word
"fifteen" and inserting in place thereof the word: — twenty,
— by striking out, in the tenth line, the words "or chauf-
feur's", and by striking out, in the thirteenth line, the word
"eight" and inserting in place thereof the word: — fifteen, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 1 7. No person operating
a motor vehicle on any way shall run it at a rate of speed
greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to
traffic and the use of the way and the safety of the public.
It shall be prima facie evidence of a rate of speed greater
than is reasonable and proper as aforesaid if a motor vehicle
is operated on any way outside of a thickly settled or busi-
ness district at a rate of speed exceeding thirty miles per hour
for the distance of a quarter of a mile, or inside a thickly
settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding
twenty miles per hour for the distance of one eighth of a mile,
or in any place where the operator's view of the road traffic
is obstructed either upon approaching an intersecting way,
or in traversing a crossing or intersection of ways, or in
going around a corner or a curve in a way, at a rate of speed
exceeding fifteen miles per hour.
Approved April 15, 1931.
Chap. 202 An Act relative to the registration of embalmers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 112, § 82,
etc., amended.
Examination
and registra-
tion of em-
Ibalmers, etc.
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twelve of the
General Laws, as amended in section eighty-two by chapter
four hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by strikiqg out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 82. Applications for registration as embalmers,
signed and sworn to by the applicant, shall be made upon
blanks furnished by the board of registration in embalming,
herein and in the five following sections called the board.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 203, 204. 179
Each applicant, who shall furnish the board with satisfactory
proof that he is twenty-one years of age or over and of good
moral character, that he possesses the educational qualifica-
tions required for graduation from a public grammar school,
that he has attended an embalming school approved by the
board which gives a course of instruction of not less than
twelve weeks, and that he has served a term of apprentice-
ship of not less than two years with a registered embalmer,
during which term he has embalmed not less than fifteen
human dead bodies, shall, upon payment of five dollars, be Fee.
entitled to be examined, and, if found qualified by the board,
shall be registered as an embalmer, and shall receive a
certificate thereof signed by the chairman and secretary of
the board. Any such applicant may be re-examined at any Re-exami-
meeting of the board upon payment of three dollars. Every '*'**^'°"-
registered embalmer shall annually, on such date as the board Renewal fee.
may determine, pay to the secretary thereof two dollars for
the renewal of his registration. In case of failure to make Reinstate-
the payment for the renewal of registration upon the date ™®°*'
designated by the board, reinstatement may be obtained
upon application within ten days after said date by the
payment of ten dollars in addition to the regular fee of two
dollars for renewal. In case a registered embalmer fails to Notification in
renew his registration on the -date so designated, the board, to^r^enlw^''"'^^
not later than two days thereafter shall so notify him. registration.
Section 2. This act shall take effect January first, nine- Effective date.
teen hundred and thirty-two. Approved April 15, 1931.
An Act relative to the use by the baldwinville water (JJidj) 203
DISTRICT OF WATER FROM A CERTAIN POND OR LAKE AND
ITS WATERSHED IN THE TOWN OF PHILLIPSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section fourteen of chapter sixty of the acts of nineteen 1925, eo, § 14,
hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended by inserting '^™'^"
after the word "passage" in the seventh line the words: — , Authorization
but so much of this act as authorizes the use of the water, Baidwinviiie
or any portion thereof, of Philhpston pond, sometimes known olf^w?ae??ro'^^*
as Queen lake, and the water of any streams tributary Phiiiipston
thereto within the hmits of the town of Phiiiipston, shall be- come void?
come void notwithstanding the acceptance hereof unless said "°'ess, etc.
district shall divert said waters and begin to distribute the
same to consumers in said district prior to January first, nine-
teen hundred and thirty-four. Approved April 15, 1931.
An Act relative to removals of certain prisoners to Chav.204:
THE state prison COLONY BY THE COMMISSIOxVER OF COR-
RECTION AND THE GRANTING OF PERMITS TO BE AT LIBERTY
TO PRISONERS SO REMOVED.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p'^^^^^^.
180
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 205, 206.
G. L. 127,
new section
after § 109.
Commissioner
of correction
may remove
certain pris-
oners to the
state prison
colony.
G. L. 127,
new section
after § 137.
Board of
parole may
grant permits
to be at liberty
to prisoners so
removed.
Transfer of
certain pris-
oners not
authorized.
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the pubhc safety.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-seven of
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after sec-
tion one hundred and nine the following new section : —
Section 109 A. He may remove prisoners from the Massa-
chusetts reformatory, the state farm, and the jails and
houses of correction to the state prison colony, and may at
any time return them to the place of imprisonment from
which they were removed.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-seven
is hereby further amended by inserting after section one
hundred and thirty-seven the following new section: — Sec-
tion 137 A. The board of parole in its discretion may grant
any prisoner removed to the state prison colony under section
one hundred and nine A a permit to be at liberty upon such
terms and conditions as it shall prescribe.
Section 3. This act shall not authorize the transfer of a
prisoner serving sentence for a misdemeanor committed be-
fore its passage. Approved April 16, 1931.
Chap. 205 An Act to protect female witnesses involved in ille-
gitimacy proceedings and in crimes involving sex.
G. L. 278,
§ 16A,
amended.
Protection of
witnesses
under age of
eighteen at
trials for cer-
tain crimes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section sixteen A,
inserted by chapter two hundred and fifty-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 16 A. At the trial of a
complaint or indictment for rape, incest, carnal abuse or
other crime involving sex, where a minor under eighteen
years of age is the person upon, with or against whom the
crime is alleged to have been committed, or at the trial of
a complaint or indictment for getting a woman with child
out of wedlock, or for the non-support of an illegitimate
child, the presiding justice shall exclude the general public
from the court room, admitting only such persons as may
have a direct interest in the case.
Approved April 16, 1931.
Chap. 20Q An Act providing for biennial municipal elections in
the city of holyoke.
Biennial mu-
nicipal elec-
tions in city
of Holyoke
for choice of
certain ofKcers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Beginning with the year nineteen hundred
and thirty-one, municipal elections in the city of Holyoke
for the choice of mayor, aldermen, members of the school
committee, city clerk and city treasurer shall be held bien-
nially on the first Tuesday in December in each odd-numbered
year.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 206. 181
Section 2. At the biennial municipal election to be held ^iiy°^ ^nd
. a Id Grill Gn Glee-
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one and at every tion in 1931
biennial municipal election thereafter, the mayor, and the trrms^oroffice!
aldermen to be elected thereat, shall be elected for terms of
two years from the first Monday in January following their
election and until their successors are qualified. The aldermen Aldermen at
at large elected in the year nineteen hundred and thirty |n''f93o 10**^^
shall continue to hold office until the qualification of their tinue in office
successors who shall be elected at the biennial municipal ^^^^^' ®*°'
election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-three. The inauguration
inauguration meeting of the city government shall be held meeting.
on the first Monday of January following each biennial
municipal election, or on the following day whenever said
first Mondaj^ falls on a holiday.
Section 3. At the biennial municipal election to be held ^^^/^^J®'''^
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one and at every treasurer,
second biennial municipal election thereafter, the city clerk igf/and"^
and the city treasurer shall be elected for terms of four years thereaft^,
> . . » terDis 01
from the first Monday in January following their election office.
and until their successors are qualified.
Section 4. At the biennial municipal election to be held School com-
, , . , , , , 1 J 1 ■ y 1 J mittee, election
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one and at every in 1931 and
biennial municipal election thereafter, each member of the temTofoffice.
school committee to be elected thereat at large shall be
elected for a term of four years, and all members of said
committee to be elected thereat by wards shall be elected
for terms of two years, from the first Monday in January
following their election and until their successors are quali-
fied. The members of said committee elected in the year Members
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine shall continue to hold t!fconti'iml\^o
office until the qualification of their successors who shall be '^^A'Ji""?'^®
elected at the biennial municipal election in the yesiv nineteen
hundred and thirty-three.
Section 5. If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor vacancy in
before the last three months of the term of office, the board mayor*.
of aldermen shall order an election to fill the same for the
unexpired term. If a vacancy occurs in the board of alder- ^^'^'''V^^r ^'^
men before the last six months of the term of office, the aldermen.
remaining members of the board of aldermen shall fill the
same for the unexpired term. If a vacancy occurs in the vacancy in
office of city clerk or city treasurer, the aldermen shall fill ci'erk or city
the same until the first Monday in January following the treasurer.
next regular municipal election, and if there would be a
vacancy on said first Monday, it shall be filled at such regu-
lar municipal election for the unexpired term.
Section 6. So much of chapter four hundred and thirty- Certain incon-
eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and sionTrepealed.
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as is
inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.
Section 7. This iact shall be submitted for acceptance Submission
to the qualified voters of said city at the annual city election
in the current year in the form of the following question,
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at
182
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 207, 208.
said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court
in the current year, entitled 'An Act providing for biennial
municipal elections in the city of Holyoke', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the
affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full effect; other-
wise it shall be of no effect and the officers elected at said
election shall respectively hold office for the terms now
provided by law. Approved April 16, 1931.
Chap. 207 An Act relating to the summoning of the parents or
GUARDIAN OF A CHILD COMPLAINED OF AS A WAYWARD OR
DELINQUENT CHILD, AS AFFECTED BY THEIR PLACE OF
RESIDENCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifty-five of chapter one hundred and nineteen of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fourth line, the words "town where such child was found"
and inserting in place thereof the word: — commonwealth,
— so that the first paragraph will read as follows : — Sec-
tion 55. If a child has been summoned to appear or is
brought before such court upon a warrant, as provided in
the preceding section, a summons shall be issued to at least
mooned, etc. oue of its parents, if either of them is known to reside within
the commonwealth, and, if there is no such parent, then to
its lawful guardian, if there is one known to be so resident,
and if not, then to the person with whom such child resides,
if known. Said summons shall require the person served to
appear at a time and place stated therein, and show cause
why such child should not be adjudged a wayward child or
delinquent child, as the case may be. If there is no such
parent, guardian or person who can be summoned as afore-
said, the court may appoint a suitable person to act for such
child. Approved April 16, 1931.
G. L. 119, § 55
amended.
Parents or
guardian of a
child com-
plained of as
a wayward or
delinquent
child to be
sum
C/iap. 208 An Act correcting certain terminology in the law
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHILDREN.
G. L. 119, § 83,
amended.
Commitments
in superior
court.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eighty-three of chapter one hundred and nineteen
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
the third line, the word "sentenced" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — committed, — so as to read as follows:
— Section S3. A boy between seven and eighteen convicted
in the superior court of an offence punishable by imprison-
ment other than imprisonment for life may be committed
to the Lyman school if under fifteen years of age, to the
industrial school for boys if between fifteen and eighteen
years of age, or to such punishment as is otherwise provided
by law. Upon a commitment under this section, the state-
ment and certificate required by sections seventy-seven and
seventy-eight shall be made and transmitted as therein
provided. Approved April 16, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 209. 183
An Act correcting the terminology in certain provi- (J]iqt) 209
SIGNS of law relating TO NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and nineteen of the o. l. 119, § 45,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section amended,
forty-five and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section i5. If such child has a settlement, and if the board Commitment
of pviblic welfare of the place of his settlement so requests, children to
the commitment may be to its custody. The department pXifc welfare
may transfer its custody of any such child who has a settle- of places of
ment to the board of public welfare of the place of settlement,
upon the request of said board, and such transfer shall
thereafter relieve the commonwealth from further liability
for his maintenance.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and nineteen is g. l. 119, § 46,
hereby further amended by striking out section forty-six amended.
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 4^. P°^'^'',®°/
Boards of public welfare shall have the same powers as to iic^weffare!'etc.
children committed or transferred to their custody as are
given to the department as to children in its custody; but
in Boston the institutions department shall have the powers
and duties conferred upon boards of public welfare by this
and the preceding section.
Section 3. Section fortj^-nine of said chapter one hun- o. l. 119, §49.
dred and nineteen is hereby amended by striking out, in the amended,
first and second hues, the words "Attendance officers in
cities and overseers of the poor in towns" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — Supervisors of attendance and
members of boards of public welfare, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Sectioned. Supervisors of attendance and mem- Duties of
bers of boards of public welfare shall, as often as they deem of attendance
necessary, make diligent search throughout .their respective and members
towns for children under sixteen suffering want through pubiic'^wd°fare.
poverty, privation or the neglect of their parents or guardians
or other persons having them in charge, or from any cause
whatsoever.
Section 4. Section fifty of said chapter one hundred f;„Jnf/gd' ^ ^^'
and nineteen is hereby amended by striking out, in the sec-
ond and third lines, the words "or overseers", — so as to
read as follows: — Section 60. Where such children are same subject.
found without parents or guardians, or in charge of such
parents or guardians as such officers deem unfit to care for
children by reason of mental incapacity, dissolute habits or
poverty, they shall provide for the temporary care of such
children until proceedings may be had against them, if
necessary, under sections forty-two to forty-seven, inclusive.
Section 5. Section fifty-one of said chapter one hundred '"■ ^ ,"?• ^ ^^'
and nineteen is hereby amended by striking out, in the first
and second fines, the words "and overseers", — so as to
read as follows : — Section 51 . Reasonable expenses incurred J|',^5g"t^^®o
by such officers in furnishing aid under the two preceding preceding
184
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 210.
sections shall be paid by the town wherein the persons have
legal settlements, or, if they have none, by the common-
wealth, after approval by the department; and written
notice shall be sent to the place of settlement or, if such
persons have no settlement, to the department as otherwise
provided by law. Approved April 16, 1931.
G. L. 218, § 53,
etc., amended.
C/iap.210 An Act providing for additional assistant clerks of
THE municipal COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR CIVIL
BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section fifty-three of chapter two hundred
and eighteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended
by section two 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 word
"ten" and inserting in place thereof the word: — twelve, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 53. There shall be a clerk
and eight assistant clerks of said court for criminal business,
and a clerk and twelve assistant clerks of said court for civil
business. The assistant clerks shall be appointed by the
clerks, respectively, subject to the approval of the justices or
a majority of them, and the clerks shall be responsible for the
doings of their assistants, and may remove them at pleasure.
The salaries of said assistant clerks shall be payable by the
county.
The clerk of said court for civil business may designate
such employees in his office, as in his judgment may be neces-
sary for the convenience of the public, as deputy assistant
clerks of said court, who shall have the same authority to
administer oaths as the assistant clerks of said court.
Section 2. Until the date whereon the compensation of
the assistant clerks authorized to be appointed hereunder is
established and payable under the provisions of sections
forty-nine to fifty-six, inclusive, of chapter thirty-five of the
General Laws, they shall receive from the county of Suffolk
the same rate of compensation as is payable to the ninth and
tenth assistant clerks for civil business in said court under the
provisions of section seventy-five of chapter two hundred
and eighteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended
by section one of chapter four hundred and fifteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance 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 April 16, 1931.
Municipal
court of the
city of Boston,
clerks and
assistant clerks
for criminal
and for civil
business.
Deputy assist-
ant clerks for
civil business.
Rate of com-
pensation until
date when
compensation
of assistant
clerks author-
ized to be
appointed
hereunder is
established, etc.
Submission to
Boston city
council, etc.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 211, 212. 185
An Act providing for the payment of additional items (Jhav 211
OF EXPENSE BY DEFENDANTS IN ILLEGITIMACY PROCEED-
INGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the General p ^' f'^?' ^ ^^'
Laws IS hereby amended by striking out section thirteen and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 13. No Adjournments
law limiting adjournments or continuances shall apply to proceldin'^l'.''^
any proceedings under sections eleven to nineteen, inclusive.
If the child has not been born at the time of the adjudication,
the court shall continue the case from time to time until the
child is born. At any time after adjudication, after inquiring Court order
into the respective means of the defendant and the mother, o'f'^confinement
the court having jurisdiction of the case may make an order expenses, etc.
for the pa3T:nent to the mother or to a probation officer of a
sum of money determined by the court for the expenses of
the pregnancy and of the confinement of the mother, whether
the child is born dead or alive. If the child has died, or
subsequently if the child dies, the court may make an order
for the payment of its funeral expenses, whether or not other
relief is sought. For failure to comply with any such order Commitment
the court may order the defendant committed to jail, as for a faii^ur'e to^
contempt of court, for a term not exceeding two months, comply.
unless he shall sooner comply therewith.
Approved April 16, 1931.
An Act relative to the consent of parents and guard- Chap. 212
lANS to the marriage OF CERTAIN MINORS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seven of the General Laws, as g.l. 207, § 25,
. ji 11- j_- !_ i/^1 J- etc., amended.
most recently amended m section twenty-nve by section one
of chapter three hundred and five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section twenty-five and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section 25. The probate court for Marriage 9f
the county where, or a district court within the judicial dis- how^aut'hori'zed,
trict of which, a minor under the age specified in the preced- parents, °e^tc.
ing section resides may, after hearing, make an order allow-
ing the marriage of such minor, if the parents or surviving
parent of such minor, or, if only one such parent resides in
the commonwealth, that parent, or, if neither such parent is
alive and a resident thereof, or if the parent or parents quali-
fied as aforesaid to consent are disqualified as hereinafter
provided, a legal guardian with custody of the person of such
minor has consented to such order. If a parent has deserted
his family, or if found to be insane and incapable of consent,
or if found unfit under the provisions of section five of chap-
ter two hundred and one to have custody of such minor, it
shall not be necessary to obtain his consent to such order.
186
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 213.
If a parent whose consent would be required if living in the
commonwealth lives outside thereof and the address of such
parent is known, such notice of the proceedings shall be given
him as the probate or district court may order. Said court
may also after hearing make such order in the case of a person
whose age is alleged to exceed that specified in the preceding
section, but who is unable to produce an official record of
birth, whereby the reasonable doubt of the clerk or registrar,
as exercised under section thirty-five, may be removed.
Upon receipt of a certified copy of such order by the clerk or
registrar of the town where such minor resides, he shall
receive the notice required by law and issue a certificate as
in other cases. Approved April 16, 1931.
G. L. Ill,
amended.
Licensing 6i
maternity
hospitals.
Chaj).2\^ An Act changing the designation of lying-in hospitals
TO maternity hospitals and relative to the pur-
poses FOR which such HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED TO BE
LICENSED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section seventy-one of chapter one hundred
and eleven of the General Laws is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in the third line, the word "lying-in" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — maternity, — and by striking
out, in the fifth line, the words "in labor" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — during pregnancy, delivery, or
while recovering from delivery, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 71 . The department of public welfare may issue
a license, subject to revocation by it, to any person whom it
deems suitable and responsible to establish or keep for two
years a maternity hospital, hospital ward or other place for
the reception, care and treatment of women during preg-
nancy, delivery, or while recovering from delivery, if the local
board of health shall first certify to said department that,
from its inspection and examination of such hospital, hos-
pital ward or other place aforesaid, the same is suitable
therefor.
Section 2. Section seventy-three of said chapter one
hundred and eleven is hereby amended by striking out, in
the second line, the word "lying-in" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — maternity, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 73. Whoever establishes or keeps or is concerned
in establishing or keeping a maternity hospital, hospital ward
or other place for the purpose mentioned in section seventy-
one or is engaged in any such business without such license,
shall for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by
imprisonment for not more than two years.
Section 3. Section seven of said chapter one hundred
and eleven is hereby amended by striking out, in the ninth
line, the word "lying-in" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — maternity, — so as to read as follows : — Section 7.
If smallpox or any other contagious or infectious disease
G. L. Ill,
amended.
No person to
keep a mater-
nity hospital
without a
license.
G. L. Ill, § 7,
amended.
Investigation
of contagious
or infectious
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 214, 215. 187
declared by the department to be dangerous to the pubhc
health exists or is likely to exist in any place within the com-
monwealth, the department shall make an investigation
thereof and of the means of preventing the spread of the dis-
ease, and shall consult thereon with the local authorities.
It shall have co-ordinate powers as a board of health, in
ever}" town, with the board of health thereof. It may re- Notice.
quire the officers in charge of any city or state institution,
charitable institution, public or private hospital, dispensary
or maternity hospital, or any board of health, or the phy-
sicians in any town to give notice of cases of any disease de-
clared by the said department to be dangerous to the public
health. Such notice shall be given in such manner as the
department may deem advisable. If any such officer, board
or physician refuses or neglects to give such notice, he or they
shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than two hundred
dollars. Approved April 16, 1931 .
An Act rendering certain feeble-minded persons in- Qhar) 214
CAPABLE OF CONTRACTING MARRIAGE. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seven of the General Laws is o. l. 207, § 5.
hereby amended by striking out section five and inserting amended.
in place thereof the following : — Section 5. An insane per- insane persons
son, an idiot, or a feeble-minded person under commitment feebl^mhided
to an institution for the feeble-minded, to the custody or persons in-
supervision of the department of mental diseases, or to an mMrying.
institution for mental defectives, shall be incapable of con-
tracting marriage. The validity of a marriage shall not be
questioned by reason of the insanity, idiocy or of the feeble- .
mindedness aforesaid of either party in the trial of a col-
lateral issue, but shall be raised only in a process instituted
in the lifetime of both parties to test such validity.
Approved April 16, 1931.
An Act requiring mental and physical examinations of QJid^j 215
CHILDREN BEFORE BEING COMMITTED AS DELINQUENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and nineteen of the General Laws g. l, 119,
is hereby amended by inserting after section fifty-eight the afterTss""
following new section: — Section 58 A. Prior to the commit- Mental and
ment, by way of final disposition to any public institution or '^^^^^'^?-^ ^^~
to the department, of a child adjudged to be a delinquent of children
child, the court shall cause such child to receive thorough committed^
physical and mental examinations, under rules and regulations '^^ delinquents.
prescribed by the commissioner of mental diseases. The Reports of
court shall cause copies of the reports showing the results of '"'^s"'*^-
such examinations and of the investigation made by the pro-
bation officer to be forwarded to the superintendent of the
institution to which such child is committed or to the de-
partment, as the case may be, with the warrant of commit-
ment. Approved April 16, 1931,
188
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 216, 217, 218.
G. L. 119, § 67,
etc., amended.
Chap. 21Q An Act further to reduce jail detention care of
CERTAIN JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sixty-seven of chapter one hundred and nineteen of
the General Laws, as amended by chapter two hundred and
twent3^-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "to" in the second Hne of the second paragraph the
words : — the department with its consent or to, — so that
said paragraph will read as follows : — A child fourteen years
of age or over so held, if unable to furnish bail shall be so
committed to the department with its consent or to a proba-
tion officer unless the court on immediate inquiry shall be
of opinion that, if so committed, such child will not appear
at such examination or trial, in which case said child may be
committed to jail. Approved April 16, 1931.
Commitment
of children
held for ex-
amination
or trial.
May be com-
mitted to
jail in cer-
tain cases.
Chap. 217 An Act insuring privacy of hearings in juvenile court
SESSIONS.
G. L. 119, § 65,
amended.
Privacy of
hearings in
juvenile court
sessions.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and nineteen of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section sixty-five and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — Section 65. Courts
shall designate suitable times for the hearing of cases of
children under seventeen years of age, which shall be called
the juvenile session, for which a separate docket and record
shall be kept. Said session shall be separate from that for
the trial of criminal cases, shall not, except as otherwise
expressly provided, be held in conjunction with other busi-
ness of the court, and shall be held in rooms not used for
criminal trials; and in places where no separate juvenile
court room is provided, hearings, so far as possible, shall be
held in chambers. No minor shall be allowed to be present
at any such hearing unless his presence is necessary, either as
a party or as a witness; and the court shall exclude the gen-
eral public from the room, admitting only such persons as
may have a direct interest in the case.
Approved April 16, 1931.
C hap. 21S An Act regulating appeals to the supreme judicial
COURT FROM DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF TAX APPEALS.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. 58A,
§ 13, amended.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would pre-
vent its application to pending cases, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter fifty-eight A of the General Laws,
inserted by section one of chapter four hundred and sLxteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby amended
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 218. 189
by striking out section thirteen and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 13. The board shall make Board of tax
findings of fact and a decision in each case before it, and ^fke'^port
report thereon, in writing, except that the findings of fact "fctat'd^^^^
and report thereon may be omitted in case of a decision decision.
dismissing any proceeding upon motion of the appellant.
Such report may, in the discretion of the board, contain an
opinion in writing, in addition to the findings of fact and
decision. All reports, findings and opinions of the board ^° '^^b^^®'^
and all evidence received by the board, including a transcript inspection.
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 may in its discretion pre-
scribe. The decision of the board shall be final as to findings Decision
final as to
of fact. From any decision of the board upon an appeal findings
from a decision or determination of the commissioner, or of offset.
a board of assessors, except decisions of the board under Appeal as to
sections twentj^-five and twenty-six of chapter sixty-five, maybltiker
an appeal as to matters of law may be taken to the supreme ^"licfaTwurt
judicial court by either party to the proceedings before the
board. A claim of appeal shall be filed with the clerk of the claim of
board within twenty days after the date of the decision of gfe'd within^
the board; and within twenty days thereafter, or within certain
such further time as the board may allow, the appealing "°^'
party shall enter the appeal in said court, in the county
where either party lives or has his usual place of business,
or in Suffolk county, and shall file with the clerk of said
court a copy of the record before the board, shall serve by
registered mail upon the adverse party a copy of the claim
of appeal and a notice that he has entered said appeal and
shall file an affidavit of such service with said clerk. The what record
record in such an appeal shall include copies of the follow- sh^iunciude.
ing : — the tax returns and lists, if any, filed by the tax-
payer, so far as material to the controversy, the original
assessment or other original determination in issue, so far
as material, the request for abatement or other petition
filed with the commissioner or with the board of assessors
and the decision or determination thereon, the petition upon
appeal to the board, the answer to the petition and other
pleadings, if any, filed with .the board, the report and find-
ings of the board including any opinions filed, all requests
for rulings of law and findings of fact and the disposition of
each by the board, the claim of appeal to the supreme judi-
cial court and such portion of the stenographic transcript of
the evidence before the board as may be necessary for the
consideration 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 particu- Each error
larly each error of law asserted to have been made by the sIt'out*^°epa-
board, with precise references to the portions and particu- rateiy, etc.
190
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 218.
Hearing and
determination
by full court.
Record to
be printed.
Expense to be
paid by ap-
pealing party.
Court
order, etc.
Abatement
of tax, etc.
Appeal to
supreme
judicial
court to be
exclusive
method of
reviewing
action of
board,
except, etc.
Dismissal
of appeal.
Applicable to
pending cases.
Taxpayers not
to be deprived
of a previously
vested right
to relief.
lars of the proceedings before the board in which it is alleged
that error of law occurred. Upon the entry of the appeal
it shall be heard and determined by the full court. Within
ten days from the entry of the appeal in the supreme judi-
cial court the appealing party shall give the clerk of said
court an order in writing to print the record filed with him
and the affidavit of service for transmission to the full court,
and, thereupon, in the manner provided in the second para-
graph of section one hundred and thirt5^-five of chapter two
hundred and thirty-one for carrying questions of law to the
full court, the expense shall be estimated, notified to and
paid by the appealing party, said record shall be printed
and, together with any original papers, transmitted to the
full court, and said appeal shall be entered on the docket of
the full court. The court shall not consider any issue of
law which does not appear to have been raised in the pro-
ceedings before the board. The court upon determination
of the appeal may make such order as such determination
may require including an order for costs. Upon the entry
of such order, with or without an order for costs, a copy
thereof shall be transmitted by the clerk of said court to
the clerk of said board. If the order grants an abatement of a
tax assessed by the commissioner or by the board of assessors
of a town and the tax has been paid, the amount abated
with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the
time when the tax was paid, and, if costs are ordered against
the commissioner or against a board of assessors, the amount
thereof, shall be paid to the taxpayer by the state treasurer
or by the town treasurer, as the case may be, and, if unpaid
in the latter case, execution therefor may issue against the
town as in actions at law. If costs are ordered against a
taxpayer execution shall issue therefor. The appeal to the
supreme judicial court under this section shall be the exclu-
sive method of reviewing any action of the board, except
action under sections twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter
sixty-five. For want of prosecution of an appeal in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section the board, or, if the
appeal has been entered in the supreme judicial court a
justice of that court, may dismiss the appeal.. Upon dis-
missal of an appeal the decision of the board shall thereupon
have full force and effect.
Section 2. This act shall apply to all pending cases
before the board of tax appeals. It shall not however be
construed to deprive any taxpayer of a previously vested
right to relief but shall be deemed only to alter the remedy
for excessive or illegal taxation heretofore existing.
Approved April 17, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 219. 191
An Act relative to the preparation and transmission QJi^j) 219
TO THE FULL COURT OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF
NECESSARY PAPERS IN APPELLATE CIVIL PROCEEDINGS AND
THE ENTRY OF SUCH PROCEEDINGS IN SAID COURT.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend pp'^ambfe'^^
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 second paragraph of section one hundred and thirty- g.l. 231 §135,
five of chapter two hundred and thirtj^-one of the General ete.,lm°end'ed.
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred
and sixtj^-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
ninth, tenth and eleventh lines, the words "appeal or allow-
ance of the bill of exceptions or the determination by the
court in which the questions arose of the form of the trans-
mitting order" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
case becomes ripe for final preparation and printing of the
record for the full court, — by striking out, in the sixteenth
and seventeenth lines, the words "the necessary transcripts
of stenographic notes and of", — by inserting after the
word "estimate" in the twenty-second line the words: —
and such further amount bej^ond such estimate as the clerk
or other official may find to be then due for such prepara-
tion, • — by inserting after the word "shall" in the twent}'--
seventh line the words : — pay to the clerk or other official
any balance then due therefor and shall, — and by adding
at the end thereof the following two new sentences : — The
court in which the case is pending, or any justice or judge
thereof, may, for cause shown after hearing, extend the time
for doing any of the acts required by this paragraph. The
entry of the case shall not, except as otherwise provided by
law, transfer the case, but only the question to be deter-
mined, - — so as to read as follows: — In order to carry any when order in
question of law from the supreme judicial court when held prepTritiM
by a single justice or from any other court to the full court g^ntoTuiT'^'
of the supreme judicial court upon appeal, exception, reser- court of
vation, report or otherwise as authorized by law, the party ^udfclaUourt
having the obligation to cause the necessary papers herein- pl^persTnZ
before specified to be prepared shall give to the clerk, re- copies in ap-
corder, register or other appropriate official of the court in proc^ee^dtngs,
which the case is pending, within ten days after the case t^derk.^r"^^"
becomes ripe for final preparation and printing of the record corder, etc.,
for the full court, an order in writing for the preparation of which case
such papers and copies of papers for transmission to the full ^^ pending.
court of the supreme judicial court. As soon as may be Estimate
after receiving such written order, the clerk or other official ° ^^p®"^^-
shall make an estimate of the expense of the preparation
and transmission of the necessary papers and copies of papers
aforesaid and shall give such party notice in writing of the
192
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 220.
Payment.
Entry
of case.
Extension of
time for
cause shown.
Entry of case
not to trans-
fer case, etc.
amount of such estimate. Such party, within twenty days
after the date of such notice from the clerk or other official,
shall pay to him the amount of such estimate and such further
amount beyond such estimate as the clerk or other official
may find to be then due for such preparation. The clerk or
other official then without delay shall prepare the papers
and copies of papers aforesaid for transmission and when
they are ready shall give notice in writing of such fact to the
party ordering them, who, within five days after the date of
such notice, shall pay to the clerk or other official any bal-
ance then due therefor and shall enter the case in the supreme
judicial court for the commonwealth, or for the proper
county. The court in which the case is pending, or any
justice or judge thereof, may, for cause shown after hearing,
extend the time for doing any of the acts required by this
paragraph. The entry of the case shall not, except as other-
wise provided by law, transfer the case, but only the question
to be determined. Approved April 17, 1931.
Part of
boundary
line between
towns of
Bridgewater
and East
Bridgewater
changed and
established.
Chap. 22^ An Act changing and establishing a part of the bound-
ary LINE between THE TOWNS OP BRIDGEWATER AND
EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The following described hne shall hereafter
be a part of the boundary line between the towns of Bridge-
water and East Bridgewater: — Beginning at a point which
is located in the boundary line between the towns of Bridge-
water and Hahfax, a distance of about eighteen feet south-
erly from the existing corner bound of the towns of Bridge-
water, East Bridgewater and Hahfax, thence extending along
the southerly and westerly side line of a new location of
Plymouth street as most recently laid out by the county
commissioners of Plymouth county a distance of about three
thousand feet to a point in the existing southerly line of said
Plymouth street; thence along the present boundary line in
the southerly and westerly side line of Plymouth street to a
point on the westerly side line of said street near the inter-
section of Washington street with said Plymouth street;
thence along the westerly side line of a new location of
Plymouth street as most recently laid out by said county
commissioners to a point in the existing westerly side line of
said Plymouth street near Pond street; thence along the
present boundary line in the southerly side lines of said
Plymouth and Pond streets to the bound monument located
on the southerly side of Pond street.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 221, 222. 193
An Act enabling the city of Gloucester to contract Cfiav.221
WITH the boston AND MAINE RAILROAD RELATIVE TO THE
WATER SUPPLY OF SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . The city of Gloucester is hereby authorized city of
and empowered to enter into a contract with the Boston may contract
and Maine Railroad for the purpose of flowing a portion of and^f^ne"
the right-of-way of said Boston and Maine Railroad and ^^""^^^^^^^^
making certain changes and alterations in said right-of-way facilitate
considered necessary in order to facilitate the extension and etc!"of°water
improvement of the water supply system of said city, such supply system.
contract to be upon such terms and conditions as may be
agreed upon by said city and said railroad and subject to the
provisions of this act.
Section 2. Said contract shall be signed on behalf of ^^om^si'gn^ed.
the city of Gloucester by its board of water commissioners
and its mayor, authorized by its municipal council, and on
behalf of the Boston and Maine Railroad by its president
or a vice president, authorized by its board of directors, and Specifications.
shall specify the manner and limits within which said changes
and alterations shall be made, by which party the work
shall be done, the general method of construction, how the
total cost of the work shall be paid, how the future expenses
of maintenance and repairs shall be borne, and shall provide fuIi indeni-
full indemnity for the railroad against all loss or damage roadl°gainst
caused by the construction, maintenance and use of said loss or dam-
water supply system, including loss or damage resulting from
flood or freshet.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1931.
An Act providing for an additional associate medical Chav. 222
EXAMINER IN AND FOR DISTRICT TWO IN BARNSTABLE
COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter thirty-eight of the o. l.38, § i.
General Laws, as amended by chapter twelve of the acts of ^^'^ • ^'"s"'^^'^-
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "districts" in the ninth line, as
printed in the General Laws, the following: — , except in
district two in Barnstable county in and for which one
examiner and two associate examiners shall be so appointed,
— so that the second paragraph will read as follows: — Appointment
Two examiners and two associate examiners in Suffolk °f medical
, . . . . examiners and
county, and one exammer and one associate examiner m associate ex-
Nantucket county and in each of the following districts, ^he'sevM^i
except in district two in Barnstable county in and for which counties.
one examiner and two associate examiners shall be so ap- fajo^i^'te'''
pointed : examiner in
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. ?r"ict uvo'^ln
Approved April 21, 1931. ^^^'^tl''^^^
194
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 223, 224, 225.
Chap. 223 An Act authorizing the county of Plymouth to lease
TO THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH CERTAIN COUNTY PROPERTY
FOR USE AS A POLICE STATION AND VALIDATING CERTAIN
ACTION TAKEN RELATIVE TO SUCH PROPERTY.
Plymouth
county may
lease to town
of Plymouth
certain county
property for
use as a police
station.
Certain action
taken relative
to property
validated and
confirmed.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of
Plymouth, acting in the name and on behalf of the said
county, may lease to the town of Plymouth, for a period of
twenty years, a portion of the old jail building in the rear of
the court house in said town, for use as a police station.
Section 2. All action taken by said county commis-
sioners and by said town and its officials during the year
nineteen hundred and thirty and the current year prior to
the passage of this act, relative to the remodeling of said
building with a view to said use, is hereby validated and
confirmed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Chap. 224: An Act authorizing the town of rockport to use cer-
tain PARK LAND FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES.
Town of
Rockport
may use cer-
tain park land
for water sup-
ply purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Rockport is hereby authorized
to use so much of Land Mark Field, so called, located at the
top of Pigeon Hill in said town and held by it for public
park purposes, as may be necessary for the construction and
maintenance thereon of a water storage standpipe and such
water mains, connections and appliances as may be needed
for the full utilization of said standpipe.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Chap. 22b An Act relative to the borrowing capacity of the
city of boston within the statutory limit of in-
debtedness.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby
amended in section five by striking out all after the word
"repealed" in the fourth line so that said section as amended
shall read as follows: — Section 5. Chapter four hundred
and fifty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven,
and section four of chapter three hundred and thirty-one of
the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen are hereby
repealed.
Section 2. The commissioners of sinking funds of the
city of Boston, together with the treasurer and auditor of
said city, are hereby authorized to certify to the city council
their estimate of any additional amount, beyond the amount
1916 (S), 267,
§ 5, amended.
1907, 450, and
1914, 331, § 4,
repealed.
Borrowing
capacity of
city of Boston
within statu-
tory limit of
indebtedness.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 226. 195
already certified as herein provided, which said city will be
able to borrow during the year nineteen hundred and thirty-
one within the debt limit estabhshed by section ten of chap-
ter forty-four of the General Laws which governs the estab-
lishment of such limit in said city; and said city is hereby
authorized to borrow such additional amount, or any por-
tion thereof, at any time or times during said year.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Chap.226
An Act eliminating certain ambiguities in the law
defining the offences of desertion, non-support and
abandonment of wives and minor children.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the General g. l. 273, § 1.
T J ,1 T ^ • ±- 1 J- etc., amended.
Laws, as most recently amended m section one by section
one of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section one of said chapter two hundred
and seventy-three and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — Section 1. Any husband or father who without just Penalty for
1 i 1 • T • i_'i 1 1 xi 1- • -J. desertion, non-
cause deserts his wiie or minor child, whether by going into support and
another town in the commonwealth or into another state, of'w"ive8™nd*
and leaves them or any or either of them without making minor children.
reasonable provision for their support, and any husband or
father who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for
the support and maintenance of his wife or minor child,
and any husband or father who abandons or leaves his wife
or minor child in danger of becoming a burden upon the
public, and any mother who deserts or wilfully neglects or
refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of her
child under the age of sixteen, and any parent whose minor
child by reason of the neglect, cruelty, drunkenness, habits
of crime or other vice of such parent is growing up without
education, or without salutary control, or without proper
physical care, or in circumstances exposing such child to
lead an idle and dissolute life, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than one year, or both. No civil proceeding in civii proceed-
any court shall be held to be a bar to a prosecution hereunder prosecutio^n^'"^
for desertion or non-support. In a prosecution hereunder for desertion or
for desertion or non-support against a husband, a decree or "°"'*"pp°'''^-
1 j_ e ij^ J. • !•• i-ij^i Prima facie
judgment of a probate court m a proceeding m which the evidence of
husband appeared or was personally served with process, tJfllveipart
establishing the right of the wife to live apart, or her freedom from hus-
to convey and deal with her property, or the right to the ^"^ ' ^ °'
custody of the children, shall be admissible and shall be
prima facie evidence of such right.
Approved April 21, 1931. "
196
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 227, 228.
Chap. 227 An Act authorizing the town of foxborough to take
OVER THE PROPERTIES AND ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS OF
THE FOXBOROUGH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Foxborough is hereby authorized
to take over all the properties, rights, powers and privileges
of The Foxborough Water Supply District, as established by
chapter one hundred and ninety-six of the acts of eighteen
hundred and seventy-nine, as amended, and to assume all
the duties and obhgations of said district, and shall thereby
become in all respects the lawful successor to said district.
Section 2. The provisions of this act shall not affect any
act done, ratified or confirmed by the said district or 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 obligations of
the said district outstanding on said date.
Section 3. The commissioners of the water district shall
continue to have charge of the water district until such time
as their successors are appointed in accordance with general
law. All receipts of the departments of the district taken
over by the town shall be paid to the town treasurer, and all
disbursements on account of said departments shall be made
by the treasurer in the same manner as bills of other de-
partments of the town.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority vote of the voters of The Foxborough
Water Supply District present and voting at a meeting called
for the purpose, and by a majority vote of the voters of the
town of Foxborough present and voting at any town meeting
held prior to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-two; but, for the purpose of such acceptance only,
it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Town of
Foxborough
may take over
properties and
assume obliga-
tions of The
Foxborough
Water Sup-
ply District.
Certain acts,
suits or pro-
ceedings, etc.,
not affected.
Commissinnere
of water dis-
trict to con-
tinue to have
charge un-
til, etc.
Receipts to be
paid to town
treasurer, etc.
Submission to
voters of The
Foxborough
Water Supply
District and
to voters of
town of
Foxborough.
Chap. 22S An Act giving preference, in purchases for certain
STATE departments AND INSTITUTIONS, TO SUPPLIES
AND MATERIALS MANUFACTURED AND SOLD WITHIN THE
COMMONWEALTH .
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-two of chapter seven of the General Laws,
as appearing in section one of chapter three hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three
and as amended by chapter four hundred and forty-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby
further amended by inserting after clause (16) the following
additional clause: —
(17) A preference in the purchase of supplies and materials,
other considerations being equal, in favor of supplies and
materials manufactured and sold within the commonwealth.
Approved April 21, 1931.
G. L. 7, § 22,
etc., amended.
In purchases
for certain
state depart-
ments and
institutions,
preference to
be given to
supplies and
materials
manufactured
and sold
within state.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 229, 230. 197
An Act authorizing the transfer of certain land in QJiar) 229
THE DORCHESTER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM
THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF
SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee of the city of Boston The school
is hereby authorized to transfer to the board of park com- th™dt"of°^
missioners of said city, control and charge of a certain parcel ^an's°fer'ce^
of land or such portion thereof as is determined by the school tain land in
committee and park commissioners in the vicinity of Dunbar distSn of sai^'^
avenue in the Dorchester district of said city, originally ac- bo^rdV/'^ark
quired by said city of Boston, for school and other purposes commissioners.
in connection with the Dorchester high school for boys; and
said board of park commissioners shall assume control of the
said land for the purpose of developing and maintaining a
public park and recreation center in accordance with the
terms of chapter fortj^-five of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by the city of Boston by vote of the city council subject to and to Boston
the provisions of its charter and to vote of the school com- ^Ittei"""""
mittee of the cit}^ of Boston. Approved April SI, 1931.
An Act relative to the transmission of the birth C/iai>. 230
record of a child born out of wedlock.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty-six of the General Laws, as amended in g. l. 46, § 12,
section twelve by chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the ^ "" ^^^^ ^
acts of the current year, is hei'eby further amended by strik-
ing out said section twelve and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 12. Except as hereinafter provided, ^°PJ.fg°Jf ^.g^.
each town clerk shall forthwith make a certified copy of the tain births,
record of each birth and death recorded during the previous rnd^deltL.
month, if the parents of the child born or the deceased were
residents of any other town in the commonwealth or in any
other state at the time of said birth or death, and transmit
it to the clerk of the town where such parents or deceased
person were so resident, stating the name of the street and
number of the house, if any, where such parents or deceased
person so resided; and the clerk of a town in the common- Transmission
wealth receiving such certified copy, or certified copies of secretary.
births, marriages or deaths, from the clerk of a town without
the commonwealth, shall record the same and ti'ansmit to
the state secretary a certified copy of the record thereof. Birth record
No birth record of a child born out of wedlock shall so be Cut of wedlwk
transmitted to any other city or town. n°t to be
i 1 1 .T ^j ^^^-, transmitted.
Approved April 21, 1931.
198
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 231,
Charlemont
Fire District
established.
Chap. 231 An Act to establish the charlemont fire district and
TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLYING THE SAME WITH WATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Charlemont,
liable to taxation in said town and residing within the ter-
ritory enclosed by the following boundary lines, to wit: —
Beginning at a point on the Deerfield river at the southeasterly
corner of William L. Warner's land ; thence northerly to the
northwest corner of land of Homer Sherman; thence easterly
on said Sherman's land to his northeast corner; thence
easterly in a straight line to the southwest corner of land of
the Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society; thence easterly
along the southern boundary of said society's land to its
southeast corner; thence easterly to the northwest corner of
land of Olive Adella Cooley; thence southerly by land of
said Coole}^ across the Mohawk Trail in a straight line to the
Deerfield river; and thence westerly on said river to the
place of beginning, — shall constitute a fire district, and are
hereby made a body corporate, by the name of the Charle-
mont Fire District, hereinafter called the district, for the
purpose of supplying themselves with water for the extin-
guishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes, with
power to establish fountains and hydrants and to relocate and
discontinue the same, for assessing and raising taxes as pro-
vided herein for payment for such services, and for defray-
ing 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 otherwise provided herein.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said district, act-
ing by and through its board of water commissioners herein-
after provided for, may purchase and hold the water, or any
portion thereof, of any well, pond, brook or stream within
the limits of the town of Charlemont and the water rights
connected therewith; and for said purposes may take, under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, 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 convey-
ing the same to any part of said district; provided, that no
source of water supply or lands necessary for preserving the
quality of the water shall be so acquired 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 act
shall be subject to the approval of said department. Said
district may construct on the lands acquired and held under
this act 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
May purchase
and hold
water of any
well, pond,
etc., within
limits of town
of Charlemont,
and may take
necessary
lands, rights
of way, etc.
Proviso.
May construct
dams, stand-
pipes, etc.,
make exca-
vations, etc.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 231. 199
effective water works; and for that purpose may construct May construct
wells and reservoirs and establish pumping works, and may aqueducts', ^^
construct, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and ^o"'^"'*^' etc.
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 unnecessarily to obstruct
the same; and for the purposes of constructing, laying, main-
taining, operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and other
works, and for all proper purposes of this act, said district ^^y ^'g up
d» 1 11 1111*1 Slim ©inocirili
ig up or raise and embank any such lands, highways or i.inds, high-
other ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to '^*^®' ^^°-
public travel on such wa3^s; provided, that all things done Proviso.
upon any such way shall be subject to the direction of the
selectmen of the town of Gharlemont. Said district shall not Requirements
enter upon, construct or lay any conduit, pipe or other works u^JonVaU-
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 so to 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 act or any other thing done ^eco'vlry,' etc.
under authority thereof may recover such damages from said
district under said chapter seventy-nine.
Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex- District may
penses and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this fssue "^ ™oney,
act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, the bonds, etc.
said district may borrow from time to time such sums as
may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate thirty thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Gharlemont Fire District chariemont
Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a Eoan°\ct"'*'
separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more °f i^si.
than thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws.
Section 5. The said district shall, at the time of author- Payment of
izing the 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
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 Chariemont annually there-
after until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extin-
guished.
Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act L-^nd acquired
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of aged! etc.'!
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner of ^^ °tYr''
as they shall deem for the best interest of the district. All commissioners.
authority vested in said board by this section shall be subject
to the provisions of section nine.
200
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 231,
Assessment
and collection
of taxes.
Meeting,
how called.
District clerk
and a district
treasurer, elec-
tion, terms.
Board of water
commissioners,
election,
powers, etc.
Vacancy,
bow filled.
Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by said district
for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a certified
copy of the vote to the assessors of the town of Charlemont,
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 pro\'ided
for the collection of town taxes, and shall deposit the pro-
ceeds with the district treasurer for the use and benefit of
the district. The district may collect interest on overdue
taxes in the same maimer in which interest is authorized to
be collected on town taxes.
Section 8. A meeting of the voters of the territor}- 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 Charlemont, or
from a justice of the peace, directed to one of the petitioners,
requu'ing him to give notice of the meeting by posting copies
of the warrant in two or more pubUc places in the district
seven da^'s 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
maj' then proceed to act upon the other articles contained in
the warrant.
Section 9. 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 the expiration of one
year from the next succeeding armual 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 armual 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 quahfied. All the authority granted to said district
by this act, except sections four and five and except as
otherwise specially provided, shall be vested in the said
board of water commissioners, who shall be subject, how-
ever, to such instructions, rules and regulations as the dis-
trict may impose by its vote. Any vacancy occurring in
said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder
of the unexpired term bj' the district at any legal meeting
called for the purpose. Xo monej' shaU be drawn from the
district treasury- except upon the written order of a majority
of the said board.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 231. 201
Section 10. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi- '^^gf^f'""®"
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe rates, etc."
the time and manner of pa\Tnent. The income of the water income,
works shall be appropriated to defray all operating expenses, ^""^ '^^■
interest charges and pa>Tiients on the principal as they ac-
crue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of this
act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after pro- Xet surplus,
viding for the aforesaid charges, it maj' be appropriated for
such new construction as said commissioners may recom-
mend, and in case a surplus should remain after paATuent for
such new construction the water rates shall be reduced pro-
portionateh'. Said commissioners shall annually, and as Annual, etc.,
often as said district may require, render a report upon the ""^p""-
condition of the works under their charge, and an account
of their doings, including an account of receipts and expendi-
tures.
Section 11. Said district may adopt by-laws prescribing Adoption of
by whom and how meetings may be called, notified and con- ^ulng of
ducted and upon the appHcation of ten or more legal voters meetings, etc.
of said district, meetings ma}' also be called by warrant from
a justice of the peace as pro\'ided in section eight; said dis-
trict may establish rules and regulations for the management
of its water works not inconsistent with this act or with law
and 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 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol- ^^n^*--^ ^"^
lutes or diverts anj^ water obtained or supplied under this water, etc.
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, standpipe,
aqueduct, pipe or other property, owned or used b}' said dis-
trict 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 convic-
tion of any of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by
imprisomnent for not more than sLx months.
Section 13. Said district with the ad\ice and approval ^Jut^'p^y^
of the department of pubhc health may sell at public or ©r private
private sale or may exchange any real property* or any ease- ^pi^ai of
ments, whether taken b}- eminent domain or otherwise, no ofpu'bik^"'^
longer needed for works under its charge, or may from time health, any
to time lease any property not then so needed, and may at et?.. n'^Tongei-
its discretion by lease, license or other agreement permit the ^^^^' etc
construction and maintenance on any land under its control
of towers, poles, wires and other structures for the purpose of
transmitting electric power over lands and water of said
district held for water supph' purposes under this act ; pro- Pro\-isos.
vided, that in the opinion of the said department such lease,
license or agreement will not affect or interfere with the water
supply; and provided, further, that said district may revoke
said lease, license or agreement for cause to be determined
by it with the approval of said department.
202
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 232.
Submission
to voters of
district, etc.
Section 14. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority of the voters of the district described in
section one, present and voting thereon at a meeting called
for the purpose within three years after its passage; but the
number of meetings so called in 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 April 21, 1931.
Chap. 2S2 ^^ ^CT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF RAYNHAM TO SUPPLY
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH W^ATER.
Town of
Raynham
may supply
itself and its
inhabitants
with water.
May contract
to purchase
water from
city of Taun-
ton, from the
South Easton
and Easton-
dale fire and
water district
in town of
Easton and
from towns of
West Bridge-
water, Bridge-
water and
Middle-
borough, etc.
May acquire
certain
waters, etc.
May acquire
certain
lands, etc.
Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Raynham may supply itself and
its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires
and for domestic and other purposes; may establish foun-
tains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, and
may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect rates
to be paid for the use of the same.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the said town,
acting by and through its board of water commissioners
hereinafter provided for, may contract to purchase water
from the city of Taunton, from the South Easton and Easton-
dale fire and water district in the town of Easton and from
the towns of West Bridgewater, Bridgewater and Middle-
borough, or any of them, for such periods of time, in such
manner, on such terms and conditions and in such amounts
as said town of Raynham may from time to time by vote
determine, and for the purpose aforesaid the said cown of
Raynham, by its board of water commissioners hereinafter
provided for, may from time to time make a contract or con-
tracts for a termx or terms not to exceed fifteen years from the
date thereof and said city, said district and said other towns,
or any of them, may sell to the town of Raynham as afore-
said. The said town of Raynham, for the purposes afore-
said, 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, spring 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
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 and storing such water
and protecting and preserving the purity thereof and for
conveying the same to any part of said town of Raynham;
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-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 232. 203
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 May erect
the lands taken or held under the provisions of this act proper structures, etc.
dams, reservoirs, pumping and filtration plants, 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
may construct wells and reservoirs, establish pumping works, dults, etc.*^""'
and lay down and maintain conduits, pipes and other works,
under or over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways
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, main- May dig up
taining, operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and il^n1is,"high^
other works, and for all other proper purposes of this act, ways, etc.
said town may dig up or raise and embank any such lands,
highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel thereon. Said town shall not Restrictions
enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other upon railroad
works within the location of any railroad corporation except locations.
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 etc.,\'y'boS-d '
and other structures erected or constructed thereunder, shall "f.^^.^J^f^^i
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 Property
its property by any action of said town or board under this recovery, etc.
act 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 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. The town of Raynham may furnish and sell b°7jfg[^f^ ®®"
by meter water to the commonwealth, acting through its water to
appropriate department, for the use of any institution. ^^^*'^' ^^°'
Section 6. The commonwealth, acting through its ap- state m.ay
propriate department, may purchase water from said town water'from
of Raynham for the use of any state institution and may lay t"^"' etc.
all necessary pipes and mains.
Section 7. Said town may, for the purpose of paying Town may
the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be in- bonds, etc.
curred under the provisions of this act, other than expenses
of maintenance and operation, issue from time to time bonds
or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall bear on their
commissioners.
204
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 232.
Town of
Raynhani
Water Loan,
Act of 1931.
Payment of
loan, etc.
Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.
Board of water
commissioners,
election,
terms, etc.
Authority, etc.
Quorum.
Vacancy.
face the words, Town of Raynham Water Loan, Act of 1931.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be pa3^able in not more than thirty 3^ears
from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as pro-
vided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws.
Section 8. 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 seven; and when a
vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the
income derived from the water rates, will be sufficient to pay
the annual expense of operating the water works or the
purchasing of water and the maintenance of its pipe lines,
as the case may be, and the interest as it accrues on the bonds
or notes issued as aforesaid, and to make such payments on
the principal as may be required under the provisions of this
act, shall 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 9. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this
act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned,"
held or used by said town under the authority and for the
purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said town three
times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be re-
covered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any one
of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine
of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for not more than one year.
Section 10. The said town shall, after its acceptance of
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted or
at a meeting thereafter called for the purpose, elect by ballot
three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three
years, one until the expiration of two years, and one until
the expiration of one year, from the next succeeding annual
town meeting, to constitute a board of water commissioners;
and at the annual town meeting held on the day on which
the shortest of such terms expires, and at each annual town
meeting thereafter, one such commissioner shall be elected
by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority
granted to the town by this act, except sections seven and
eight, and except as otherwise specifically provided, 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 annual town meeting called for the pur-
pose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily in the
manner provided by section eleven of chapter forty-one of the
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 233. 205
General Laws, and the person so appointed shall perform
the duties of the office until the next annual meeting of said
town or until another person is qualified.
Sect'ion 11. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi- fo°frx wrtM"*""
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 ac-
crue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of this
act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after pro- Net surplus.,
viding 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 construc-
tion the water rates shall be reduced proportionately. All
authority vested in said commissioners by the foregoing pro-
visions of this section and by section three shall be subject to
the provisions of section ten. Said commissioners shall an- Annual,
nually, and as often as the town 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 12. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
by a majority of the voters of the town of Raynham present ^'°*^*''^' ^*''-
and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose
within three years after its passage; provided that section Proviso,
six thereof shall in no event take effect until the expiration of
ninety days after said passage. The number of meetings so
called in any year shall not exceed three; and, for the pur-
pose only of being submitted to the voters of said town as
aforesaid, this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1931.
C/iap.233
An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to pay
sum of money to the widow of allen macpherson.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral City of Cam-
obligation, the city of Cambridge may pay to Margaret pay rsum^of
MacPherson of Cambridge a sum not exceeding five thousand ^'iXw of'AUen
dollars, on account of the death of her husband, Allen Mac- MacPherson.
Pherson, who died in consequence of injuries received while
aiding a police officer of said city in the discharge of his duty
by the order of said officer. Said sum shall be paid in monthly
payments, not exceeding five hundred dollars for the first
payment and not exceeding seventy-five dollars for each
succeeding payment, and if said Margaret MacPherson dies
prior to full payment hereunder, such amounts as would
have been payable to her hereunder had she lived shall be
paid monthly in equal shares to such children of said Allen
MacPherson and said Margaret MacPherson as then survive.
206
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 234, 235.
Submission
to city coun-
cil, etc.
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 otherwise.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Chap. 234: An Act relative to the fees of fence viewers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 49, § 20,
amended.
Fees of fence
viewers.
Section twenty of chapter forty-nine of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out, in the first line, the word
"two" and inserting in place thereof the word: — five, —
and by inserting after the word "employed" in the second
line the words : — , but his fee for services in any one case
shall not be less than one dollar, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 20. Each fence viewer shall be paid at the rate of
five dollars a day for the time during which he is employed,
but his fee for services in any one case shall not be less than
one dollar. Such payment shall be made by all or by such
of the parties in dispute, and in such proportions, as shall be
determined by a certificate in writing under the hands of the
fence viewers acting in each case. If any person required
to pay the whole or any portion of said fees neglects to pay
the fence viewers within thirty days after the certificate has
been delivered, they may recover in tort double the amount
of the fees due from such delinquent person.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Chav.235 An Act relative to emergency water supply.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 40, § 40,
etc., amended.
Emergency
water supply.
Approval by
department of
public health.
Chapter forty of the General Laws, as amended in section
forty by chapter three hundred and eighteen of 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 Jfi. The metropolitan district com-
mission in cities or towns using the metropolitan water sup-
ply, the city council in other cities, the selectmen or water
commissioners in other towns, water commissioners of water
supply and fire and water districts, officers having control of
county institutions having water works, and water companies
supplying any communities in the commonwealth may, in
cases of emergency, take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine the right to draw water from any stream, pond
or reservoir or from ground sources of supply by means of
driven, artesian or other wells not already appropriated to
uses of a municipal or other public water supply, or may
purchase water from any city, town or water company, or
county institution having water works, for a period of not
more than six months in any year in quantities necessary to
relieve the emergency; but no such taking or purchase shall
be made until after the department of public health has ap-
proved the water as a proper source of water supply and
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 236. 207
unless and until, in the case of towns and water supply and Authorization
„ T ■ , , • • by vote, etc.
fare and water districts, the selectmen or water commissioners
have first been authorized so to take or purchase by a vote
of the voters at a town meeting or a district meeting, as the
case may be, or, in the case of water companies, said com- Orders to
panics have first been so ordered in writing by said depart- ^omp^anies.
ment. They may also take by eminent domain under said Taking of
chapter seventy-nine the right to use any land for the time certain rights.
necessary to use such water; provided, that, in the case of Proviso.
such a taking by a water company, said department shall first
prescribe the limits within which such rights shall be taken.
The vote of a city council or of the voters of a town or of a Evidence of
water supply or water and fire district or the action of emergency!
county officers as aforesaid or of the metropolitan district
commission or the written order of said department of public
health to a water company to make or authorize such taking
or purchase as aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the
existence of the emergency. Any city, town or water com- saie of water
pany or the officers having control of any county institution tan"dfs'trfcV'
having water works may, for a period of not more than six commission,
1 . , , , , . ... to any city,
months m any year, sell to the metropolitan district com- town, etc.
mission, to any city, town, water supply or fire and water dis-
trict or water company or to any county institution having
water works such quantities of water as may be available at
the time and the approval of said department of public Evidence that
health shall be conclusive evidence that such quantities are Tbie^Vtc^^^'^"
safely available for sale. In such emergencies the said par- installation
ties interested may agree to install for the purpose temporary °\ ^l"^l^^^'^^
pipes and other works in any city or town; provided, that pj.^^'^^^
the installation or repair of such pipes or other works in or
along any highway shall be done with the least possible hin-
drance to public travel, and shall be subject to the direction
and approval of the officers or departments having charge of
the maintenance of said highways.
Approved April 21, 1931.
An Act providing for continuing and accelerating (7/iap.236
THE development OF THE STATE PRISON COLONY, AND
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE OF NOTES THEREFOR.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat pr'^^^bi"*;^
its purpose, therefore it is declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of correction is hereby commissioner
authorized and directed to proceed with the further de- pTOc°eeTw°th *°
velopment of the state prison colony by the construction of further devei-
buildings, purchase of land, grading, and other necessary state prison
expenditures, to a total expenditure not exceeding one mil- '="'"">'• **"=•
lion five hundred thousand dollars, the same to be expended E.xpenditure.
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
208
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 237.
State treasurer
to borrow
money, issue
notes, etc.
Notes, when
payable.
No payment
to be made,
etc., until
approval of
plans, etc.
purpose from ordinary revenue, and subject to the provisions
of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the
approval thereof.
Section 2. For the purposes of this act, the state
treasurer, upon the request of the commissioner of correction,
shall borrow on the credit of the commonwealth such sums,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, one million five hundred
thousand dollars, as may from time to time be required,
and may issue notes of the commonwealth, carrying such
rates of interest as the state treasurer may fix, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council. Such notes shall be
payable not earlier than one year after the effective date of
this act nor later than November thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and thirty-six, and their maturities shall be so arranged
that the payments of principal on account of such notes in
each of the five fiscal years ending November thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and thirty-six will be equal, as nearly as
may be. Such notes shall be signed by the state treasurer,
approved by the governor and countersigned by the comp-
troller. All sums necessary to meet payments of principal
and interest on account of said notes shall be paid from the
general fund or ordinary revenue of the commonwealth.
Section 3. No payment shall be made or obligation
incurred under authority of this act for construction of public
buildings or other improvements until plans and specifications
have been approved by the governor, unless otherwise pro-
vided by such rules and regulations as the governor may
make.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 23, 1931.
G. L. 207, 5 20,
amended.
Notice of
intention of
marriage to
be in writing
under oath.
Chap. 2S7 An Act relative to the notice of intention of marriage.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seven of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twenty and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 20. The clerk
or registrar shall require written notice of intention of mar-
riage, on blanks furnished by him, containing such informa-
tion as is required by law and also a statement of absence of
any legal impediment to the marriage, to be given him under
oath, by both of the parties to such intended marriage if
both dwell in his town, or, if the parties dwell in different
towns within the state, or if one dwells outside the state,
by the party dwelling in his town, or, if both dwell outside
the state, by both such parties; provided, that if a regis-
tered physician makes affidavit to the satisfaction of the
clerk or registrar that a party so required is unable, by reason
of illness, to appear, such notice may be given on behalf of
such party, by his or her parent or legal guardian, or, in
case there is no parent or legal guardian competent to act,
by the physician certifying to the illness, or by the other
Proviso.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 238, 239. 209
party irrespective of such other party's residence. The oath
to such notice shall be to the truth of all the statements con-
tained therein whereof the party subscribing the same could
have knowledge, and may be given before the clerk or regis-
trar or before a regularly employed clerk in his office desig-
nated by him in writing and made a matter of record in the
office. No fee shall be charged for administering such oath. ^*^^fnif°er-
In towns having an assistant clerk or registrar, he may ad- ingoath.
minister the oath. Approved April 24, 1931.
An Act changing the date of the biennial municipal Qhav 238
ELECTION in THE CITY OF CHELBEA. ^
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter three hundred and seventy-five o^ '^gnd^^ ^ ''
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby
amended by striking out section one and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section 1 . Municipal elections in Biennial
the city of Chelsea shall take place biennially on the Tuesday ^^tiSM**^
following the second Monday in November beginning with ^j^^^*^^' °'
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-three.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission
to the registered voters of the city of Chelsea at its biennial *° '^°*®"' ^**'-
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 changing
the Date of the Biennial Municipal Election in the City of
Chelsea', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast
on said question are in the affirmative, this act shall there-
upon take effect, but not otherwise.
Approved April S4, 1931.
An Act to eliminate duplication in the law relative QfiQr) 239
TO NON-SUPPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifty-three of chapter two hundred and seventy- o. l. 272, § 53.
two of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, ^™^°ded.
in the eighth and ninth lines, the words "or for the support
of their families", — and by striking out, in the fifteenth to
eighteenth fines, inclusive, the words "or workhouse in the
town where the offender is convicted, or in the workhouse,
if any, in the town where the offender has a legal settlement,
if such town is in the county where the conviction was ob-
tained", — so as to read as follows: — Section 63. Rogues Rogues, vaga-
and vagabonds, persons who use any juggfing or unlawful ^°°'^*'«*<=-
games or plays, common pipers and fiddlers, stubborn chil-
dren, runaways, common drunkards, common nightwalkers,
both male and female, persons who with offensive or dis-
orderly act or language accost or annoy in public places
210
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 240.
Penalty.
persons of the opposite sex, pilferers, lewd, wanton and
lascivious persons in speech or behavior, common railers
and brawlers, persons who neglect their calling or employ-
ment or who misspend what they earn and do not provide
for themselves, and all other idle and disorderly persons
including therein those persons who neglect all lawful busi-
ness and habitually misspend their time by frequenting
houses of ill fame, gaming houses or tippling shops, may be
punished by imprisonment in the Massachusetts reformatory
or at the state farm in the case of a male offender, or in the
reformatory for women or at the state farm in the case of a
female offender, or, for not more than six months, in the
house of correction, or by a fine not exceeding two hundred
dollars, either with or without a condition that, if it is not
paid within a time specified, the person convicted shall be
punished by imprisonment under this section; and such
conditional sentence shall be executed according to section
ten of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine.
Approved April 24, 1931.
Chap. 24:0 An Act authorizing the manufacture and distribution
OF certain gases on the lord's day.
G. L. 136, § 6,
etc., amended.
Certain busi-
ness not pro-
hibited on
Lord's day.
Same
subject.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the General Laws,
as most recently amended in section six by chapter one
hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, is hereby further amended by striking out said
section and inserting in place thereof the following : — Sec-
tion 6. The preceding section shall not prohibit the manu-
facture and distribution of steam, gas or electricity for illu-
minating purposes, heat or motive power; the distribution
of water for fire or domestic purposes; the use of the
telegraph or the telephone; the manufacture and distribu-
tion of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, acetylene and carbon
dioxide; the retail sale of drugs and medicines, or articles
ordered by the prescription of a physician, or mechanical
appliances used by physicians or surgeons.
Nor shall it prohibit 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 every 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 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 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 b}'^ 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
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 240. 211
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.
Nor shall it prohibit work lawfully done by persons work- f^^l^.^
ing 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 con-
nection with the operation of motor vehicles, motor boats
and aircraft; 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 steam-
boats, if authorized under section nineteen.
Nor shall it prohibit the preparation, printing and pub- Same
lication of newspapers, or the sale and delivery thereof; the ®^^J®<^*-
wholesale or retail sale and delivery of milk, or the trans-
portation thereof, or the delivery of ice cream; the making
of butter and cheese; the keeping open of public bath houses;
the making or selling by bakers or their employees, 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 Saturdaj^ 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.
Nor shall it prohibit the performing of secular business and f^^jlct
labor on the Lord's day by any person who conscientiously
believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be ob-
served as the Sabbath and actually refrains from secular
business and labor on that day, if he disturbs no other per-
son 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 agri-
cultural products during the existence of war between 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, ad-
jacent to a dwelHng house, as shall not cause unreasonable
noise, having regard to the locality where such work is
performed.
212
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 241.
Same
subject.
Nor shall it prohibit 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 24, 1931.
ChaV 241 ^^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PEABODY TO ESTABLISH
AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL.
City of
Peabody may
establish
and maintain
a public
hospital.
City may
borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.
Josiah B.
Thomas
Hospital
Loan, 1931.
Present board
of trustees of
Josiah B.
Thomas hos-
pital to con-
tinue in
office, etc.
Vacancies, etc.
G.L. 41, § 45,
not applicable
to funds left
to Josiah B.
Thomas
hospital, etc.
City treasurer
to be custodian
of funds, etc.
Bond.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Peabody may establish and
maintain a public hospital.
Section 2. For the purpose aforesaid and to erect and
equip new buildings and renovate, repair and equip present
buildings of the Josiah B. Thomas hospital in said city, es-
tablished by the inhabitants of the town of Peabody from
funds bequeathed to them under the will of the late Josiah
B. Thomas, the city may borrow from time to time, within a
period of three years from the passage of this act, such sums
of money as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggre-
gate one hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear upon their face the words
Josiah B. Thomas Hospital Loan, 1931. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates. Indebt-
edness incurred under this act shall be inside the statutory
limit and shall, except as herein provided, be subject to the
provisions of chapter fortj^-four of the General Laws.
Section 3. The present board of trustees of said hos-
pital shall continue in office for the terms for which they
have been elected and shall have the entire management and
control of the said hospital and of the staff, personnel and em-
ployees thereof. As vacancies occur in said board, trustees
to fill the same shall be elected to serve for terms of five years,
or, in case of unfinished terms, for the remainder of such
terms, by the five members of the city council elected at large,
or by their successors in any other form of city government
hereafter to be adopted, and by the remaining trustees,
sitting in joint convention.
Section 4. Section forty-five of chapter forty-one of the
General Laws shall not apply to funds heretofore left, by
bequests or otherwise, to the Josiah B. Thomas hospital, nor
to funds hereafter left to the said hospital, or the trustees
thereof, or to the city of Peabody when left expressly for
hospital purposes, but the city treasurer shall be the cus-
todian of all such funds unless the terms of the gift or be-
quest otherwise provide, and shall invest and reinvest them,
and expend moneys there^-om as directed by the board of
trustees of the hospital. The city treasurer shall furnish a
bond satisfactory to said trustees for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 242. 213
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission
by vote of the city council of the city of Peabody. For the councu, etc.
purpose of such acceptance only, it shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved April S4, 1931.
Chap.242
An Act authorizing certain domestic mutual insurance
COMPANIES to create A GUARANTY FUND FROM THEIR
net cash assets, in LIEU OF ESTABLISHING A GUARANTY
CAPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of g.l. 175,
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after sec- afte/rsofi!
tion ninety B, inserted by section seven of chapter two
hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, the following new section: — Section 90C. Certain domes-
Any mutual company empowered by subdivision (e) of insurance
section fifty-four to transact the kinds of business set forth companies
1C11 !• • c 1-11 niay create
m the fourth clause of section forty-seven, which has not a guaranty
established a guaranty capital under section ninety B as theiV n^t"
required by said subdivision (e) and which has net cash fn^i-g^^of '■
assets, computed on the basis fixed by sections ten to twelve, establishing
inclusive, of not less than two million dollars may, in lieu capitaL^*^
of establishing a guaranty capital as aforesaid, if previously
authorized by a vote of its policy holders at any meeting
and with the written approval of the commissioner, segregate
a portion of its net cash assets to an amount of not less th^n
two hundred thousand nor more than five hundred thousand
dollars and constitute said amount a guaranty fund.
Any such fund shall be maintained so long as the company How fund
transacts business under said clause fourth, shall be invested fnyeit'ed.
as provided by this chapter for the investment of the capital
stock of domestic stock companies, and shall not be reduced Not to be
or dissolved except with the wi'itten approval of the com- dissolved,
missioner. except, etc.
The said fund shall be applied solely to the payment of To be applied
claims under policies or contracts issued or executed under payinentof
said clause fourth, but only in case the company has ex- ^aims, etc.
hausted its assets, exclusive of uncollected premiums.
No company with such a guaranty fund which ceases to No division
transact business shall divide among its policy holders any h^idefs ofany
of its assets or guaranty fund, until it shall have performed assets or
or cancelled all obligations under its policies and contracts, until, etc.
Any company whose guaranty fund aforesaid is less than increase of
five hundred thousand dollars may, subject to the provisions fund!"^^
of this section, from time to time increase it to an amount
not exceeding said sum; provided, that no such increase shall proviso.
be made unless the net cash assets of the company, com-
puted as aforesaid, inclusive of the amount of such fund,
amount to at least two milUon dollars at the time the increase
is made.
Section 2. Section one of said chapter one hundred and ^Jc.^amended.
seventy-five, as amended by section one of chapter one
214
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 242.
Definition,
" Net assets".
G. L. 175, § 11,
etc., amended.
Computation
of assets and
liabilities of
insurance
G. L. 175,
§ 23.\, etc.
amended.
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
of the eleventh paragraph the words : — , guaranty capital or
guaranty fund, if any, — so that said paragraph will read as
follows: — "Net assets", the funds of a company available
for the payment of its obligations in the commonwealth,
including, in the case of a mutual fire company, its deposit
notes or other contingent funds, and, in the case of a mutual
marine company its subscription fund and premium notes
absolutely due, and also including uncollected and deferred
premiums not more than three months due, or in the case
of business originating outside the North American con-
tinent, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Cuba and the West Indies not
more than six months due, on policies actually in force, after
deducting from such funds all unpaid losses and claims, and
claims for losses, and all other debts and liabilities inclu-
sive of net value of policies and exclusive of capital, guaranty
capital or guaranty fund, if any.
Section 3. Section eleven of said chapter one hundred
and seventy-five, as amended by section four of chapter
two hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out, in the seventh line, the words ", such guaranty
capital" and inserting in place thereof the words: — or
guaranty fund, such guaranty capital or guaranty fund, —
so that the first paragraph will read as follows : — Beside
the reserve provided for in the two preceding sections he
shall, except as provided in the following section, charge to
each company as a liability all unpaid losses and claims for
losses, and all other debts and liabilities, including in the
case of a stock company its capital stock and including, in
the case of a mutual company with a guaranty capital or
guaranty fund, such guaranty capital or guaranty fund.
He shall allow to the credit of a company in the account of
its financial condition only such assets as are available
for the payment of losses in this commonwealth, including
all assets deposited with officers of other states or countries
for the security of the policy holders of such company; but
no holding or parcel of real estate shall be given a higher
value than would be adequate to yield at three per cent
annual interest the average amount of its net rental for three
years next preceding, except that if a company shows to his
satisfaction that the actual value of any of its real estate is
greater than the value so ascertained, then the actual value
of the said real estate as determined by the commissioner
shall be allowed.
Section 4. Section twenty-three A of said chapter one
hundred and seventy-five, inserted by section two of chapter
one hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, and as most recently amended by section
one of chapter one hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "capital" in the third
Acts, 1931.— Chap. 242. 215
line the words: — or guaranty fund, — and by inserting after
the word "capital" the second time it occurs in the sixth
line the words: — or guaranty fund, — so that the first
paragraph will read as follows: — Every stock company, certain insur-
every foreign company described in section one hundred to'ifotifv com-^
and fifty-five and every mutual company having a guar- missionerof
anty capital or guaranty fund, other than a life company, impafrmentof
shall forthwith notify the commissioner in writing in such o'r'deposit or
form and detail as he may require of any impairment of its guaranty
capital stock or deposit or guaranty capital or guaranty guaranty'^fund,
fund, respectively, on the basis fixed by sections ten to etc^^ofikTense
twelve, inclusive. Every company whose license or au- institution of '
thority to transact business in any other state or country is pToMedTngs,
suspended or revoked or otherwise terminated, every foreign asset^^bJiow
company against which receivership or hquidation proceed- required
ings are instituted in the state or country under whose laws ficien"y o"^" '
it is organized, everj'- foreign mutual company, other than ^"'^'^^' ®*''-
life, whose net cash assets or contingent assets become less
than the amount required of said company by section one
hundred and fifty-one, every domestic mutual company
whose amount of insurance or premiums in force or number
of risks on its books become less than the amount or number
required of said company by section seventy-four, ninety A,
ninety-two, ninety-three, ninetj^-three A or ninety-three B,
every mutual company which levies an assessment on its
members, and every life company whose actual funds, ex-
clusive of its capital, if any, are not of a net cash value equal
to its liabilities, including the net value of its policies, com-
puted by the rules of valuation established by sections nine
to twelve, inclusive, shall forthwith notify the commissioner
in writing as aforesaid to that effect.
Section 5. Section fifty-four of said chapter one hundred ^- l- i75, § 54,
, , f, ,•' ,, II- 1 1- ■ • etc., amended.
and seventy-five, as most recently amended m subdivision
(e) by section eight of chapter two hundred and eighty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the words "ninety B" in
the thirteenth line, the words: — or a guaranty fund as
provided in section ninety C, — and by inserting after the
word "capital" in the fourteenth line, the words: — or fund,
— so that said subdivision (e) will read as follows: — (e) Any Kinds of
one or more of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, whTXmay
tenth, twelfth and thirteenth clauses, if authorized to trans- [^e combmed
act business under any one of said clauses, provided that be- mutual
fore transacting business under any such additional clause, companies,
other than the fourth, it shall have net cash assets over all Provisos,
its liabilities, computed on the basis fixed by sections ten to
twelve, inclusive, of not less than one hundred thousand
dollars for each additional clause, which net cash assets shall
be maintained as long as it transacts business under such
additional clause; and provided further, that before trans-
acting business under the fourth clause, it shall have a fully
paid-up guarant}^ capital as provided in section ninety B or a
guaranty fund as provided in section ninety C, and net cash
216
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 242.
G. L. 175,
§ 93D, etc.,
amended.
Certain domes-
tic mutual
companies
not to make
any further
insurance
until, etc.
Provisions of
192,5, 267, § 16,
not affected.
assets, so computed, exclusive of said capital or fund, of not
less than one hundred thousand dollars. Any mutual com-
pany transacting business under this clause may accumulate
and maintain the net cash assets required hereunder in ad-
dition to the amount permitted by section eighty. The pro-
vision of section twenty-one that a mutual boiler company
may insure in a single risk an amount not exceeding one
fourth of its net assets shall not apply to any mutual com-
pany transacting business under this clause.
Section 6. Section ninety-three D of said chapter one
hundred and seventy-five, inserted by section ten of chapter
two hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, and as most recently amended by section
twelve of chapter two hundred and eighty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the words "ninety B" in the
twelfth line, the words: — or whose guaranty fund estab-
lished under section ninety C, — by inserting after the word
"capital", in the eighteenth line, the words: — or guaranty
fund, — and by inserting after the words "ninety B" in the
nineteenth line, the words: — or ninety C, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 93D. No domestic mutual company
transacting business under clause three, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, twelve or thirteen of section forty-seven, or
under clause (6), (c) or {d) of section forty-eight A, whose
amount of insurance in force or premiums or number of
risks on its books become at any time from any cause less
than the amounts or number required by section ninety A,
ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-three A or ninety-three B,
and no mutual company transacting business under the
fourth clause of said section forty-seven whose guaranty
capital required by section ninety B or whose guaranty fund
established under section ninety C is impaired on the basis
fixed by sections ten to twelve, inclusive, shall make any
further insurance until it has secured applications for policies
which shall restore the amount of insurance or premiums or
number of risks to the amounts and number required by
said section ninety A, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-three
A and ninety-three B, nor until such guaranty capital or
guaranty fund is restored, to the amount required by said
section ninety B or ninety C, nor until such company in
any case has obtained a certificate as provided in section
seventy-four.
Section 7. Nothing in this act shall affect the provisions
of section sixteen of chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Approved April 24, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 243, 244. 217
An Act relative to the conveyance of certain rights QJkij) 243
AND interests OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN BENSON's
POND, SO CALLED, IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Subject to the written approval of the governor and council, ^{^^^^^1^®'^'
and to such terms, conditions, restrictions and reservations works may
as the department of public works may, with such approval, hg^hiraScT*^''*
impose, the said department may convey, in the name and commonwLith
on behalf of the commonwealth, all the right, title and in- in Benson's
terest which the commonwealth has the power to convey in onMlddie-"^"
and to Benson's Pond, so called, including the waters and borough.
the land under the same, situated in the southerly part of
the town of Middleborough and containing approximately
twenty-five acres. Said conveyance shall be subject to any
private rights in the property conveyed and shall be in a
form approved by the attorney general.
Approved April 34, 1931.
An Act establishing the fees for the registration of nhr.^ oaa
GLIDERS and FOR PILOTS' LICENSES LIMITED TO THE OPERA- ^'
tion of gliders.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section forty of chapter ninety of the Gen- g.l. 9o, §4o,
eral Laws, inserted by section one of chapter five hundred amended.
and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "dollars"
in the sixth line the words: — , except that the fee for a hcense
limited to the operation of gliders shall be three dollars, and
for a renewal thereof, two dollars, — and by inserting after
the word "license" in said sixth line the words: — , except a
license limited to the operation of gliders, — so as to read
as follows: — Section Ifi. A pilot's license shall expire one pilot's license,
year from the date of its issue. Apphcations for renewal expiration.
may be made before the date of expiration in such manner as f^r^enewaf.
the registrar directs.
The fee for a license or for a renewal thereof shall be five Fees.
dollars, except that the fee for a license limited to the opera-
tion of gliders shall be three dollars, and for a renewal
thereof, two dollars. Each initial application for a license,
except a license limited to the operation of gliders, shall also
be accompanied by a fee of five dollars for examination. If
the applicant is not licensed the license fee, but not the
examination fee, shall be refunded.
Section 2. Section forty-six of said chapter ninety, as o l. oo. § 46.
so inserted, is hereby amended by inserting after the word '"^"''^"'^^'^
"dollars" in the sixth line the words: — , except that the
fee for the registration of a glider, or for the renewal thereof,
shall be three dollars, — so as to read as follows: — Section E.xpiration of
46. All registrations shall expire upon the last day of each an^appUca-
calendar year unless previously revoked by the registrar, tionsfor
218
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Applications for renewal may be made before the date of
Fees. expiration in such manner as the registrar directs. The fee
for each registration or renewal shall be fifteen dollars, ex-
cept that the fee for the registration of a glider, or for the
renewal thereof, shall be three dollars.
Approved April 24, 1931.
Chap
Appropriations
for maintenance
of departments,
etc., for inter-
est, sinking
fund and bond
requirements,
and for certain
improvements.
245 An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of
departments, boards, commissions, institutions and
certain activities of the commonwealth, for inter-
est, 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 improve-
ments, 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 appropriated
from the general fund or revenue of the commonwealth unless
some other source of revenue is expressed, subject to the
provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds
and the approval thereof, for the fiscal 3^ear ending Novem-
ber thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, or for such
other period as may be specified.
Section 2.
Legislative
Department.
Item
1
Service of the Legislative Department.
For the compensation of- senators, the sum of eighty-
two thousand dollars . ' . . . . $82,000 00
For the compensation for travel of senators, a sum
not exceeding fifty-nine hundred dollars . . 5,900 00
For the compensation of representatives, the sum of
four hundred eighty-two thousand dollars . . 482,000 00
For the compensation for travel of representatives,
a sum not exceecUng thirty-six thousand six hun-
dred dollars 30,600 00
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 dol-
lars . _ 10,000 00
For the salaries of Irving N. Hay den, 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
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 j^roper
despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars . . . . . 4,000 00
For such additional clerical assistance to, and with
the approval of, the clerk of the senate, as may
be necessary for the proper despatch of public
business, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars 1,500 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245. 219
Item
9 For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not Legislative
exceeding four thousand dollars . . . $4,000 00 Department.
10 For clerical assistance, office of the sergeant-at-
arms, a sum not exceeding fifty-two hundred and
sixty dollars 5,260 00
1 1 For the compensation for travel of doorkeepers, as-
sistant doorkeepers, general court officers, pages
and other employees of the sergeant-at-arms, au-
thorized b.y law to receive the same, a sum not
exceeding sixty-one hundred and fifty-five dollars 6,155 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 eight thousand dollars . . 8,000 00
13 For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers to the sen-
ate and house of representatives and of general
court officers, with the approval of the sergeant-
at-arms, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand six
hundred dollars 50,600 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 ninety-
one hundred dollars . ._ . . _ . 9,100 00
15 For the salaries of clerks employed in the legislative
document room, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven
hundred dollars 5,700 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
thirty-one hundred and fifty dollars . . . 3,150 00
17 For the salaries of the chaplains of the senate and
house of representatives, the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars 1,500 00
18 For personal services of the counsel to the senate and
assistants, a sum not exceeding 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 dol-
lars 15,950 00
20 For clerical and other assistance of the senate com-
mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thou-
sand dollars . 4,000 00
21 For clerical and other assistance of the house com-
mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars . . . ' 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 eight thousand
dollars . . 8,000 00
23 For expenses of advertising hearings 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 sixty thousand dollars . . 60,000 00
25 For printing the manual of the general court, with
the approval of the chirks of the two branches, a
sum not exceeding fifty-three hundred dollars . 5,300 00
220
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Legislative
Department.
Item
26 For expenses in connection with the pubhcation 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 eighteen thousand five
hundred dollars ......
27 For stationery for the senate, purchased by and with
the approval of the clerk, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred dollars .....
28 For office and other expenses of the committee on
rules on the part of the senate, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars
29 For office expenses of the counsel to the senate, a
sum not exceeding two hundred dollars
30 For stationery for the house of representatives, pur-
chased by and with the approval of the clerk, a
sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars
30a For office and other expenses of the committee on
rules on the part of the house, a sum not exceeding
two hundred dollars .....
31 For office expenses of the counsel to the house of
representatives, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars .......
32 For contingent expenses of the senate and house of
representatives, and necessary expenses in and
about the state house, with the approval of the
sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand dollars ......
33 For the purchase of outline sketches of members of
the senate and house of representatives, a sum not
exceeding sixteen hundred dollars
34 For reprinting the latest edition of the state house
guide book, a sum not exceeding five hundred and
fifty dollars .......
35 For the payment of witness fees to persons sum-
moned to appear before committees of the gen-
eral court, and for expenses incidental to sum-
moning them, with the approval of the sergeant-
at-arms, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars
36 For expenses of the revision and rearrangement of
the general statutes of the commonwealth, as
authorized by chapter fifty-eight of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and thirtj', a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......
Total
$18,.500 00
700 00
750
00
200 00
900
00
200
00
200
00
16,000 00
1,600 00
550 00
200 00
24,000 00
$899,415 00
Judicial
Department.
Supreme Ju-
dicial Court.
Service of the Judicial Department.
Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:
37 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the six
associate justices, a sum not exceeding ninety-
nine thousand dollars $99,000 00
38 For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars . . . 4,500 00
39 For the salary of the clerk for the commonwealth,
a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars 6,500 00
,40 For clerical assistance to the clerk, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars . . 2,000 00
41 For law clerks, stenographers and other clerical
assistance for the justices, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand dollars .... 24,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
221
Item
42
43
44
For office supplies, 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 ....
Judicial
Department.
$4,500 00 Supreme Ju-
dicial Court.
3,040 00
1,500 00
Reporter of Decisions:
45 For the salary of the reporter of decisions, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00
46 For clerk hire and office supplies, services and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand nine
hundred dollars . 12,900 00
Reporter of
Decisions.
Pensions :
47 For the pensions of retired court officers, a sum not
exceeding two hundred dollars ....
Total
Superior Court, as follows :
48 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the thirty-
one associate justices a sum not exceeding three
hundred eighty-five thousand dollars
49 For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not
exceeding nineteen thousand five hundred dollars
50 For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk county,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .
51 For clerical work, inspection of records and doings
of persons authorized to admit to bail, for an
executive clerk to the chief justice, and for cer-
tain other expenses incident to the work of the
court, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand
dollars ........
52 For pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceeding
twenty-eight thousand dollars ....
Total
Pensions.
200 00
$164,140 00
Superior
Court.
$385,000 00
19,500 00
1,000 00
14,000 00
28,000 00
$447,500 00
Justices of District Courts :
53 For compensation of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars .
54 For expenses of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, a sum not exceeding
thirty-four hundred and fifty dollars .
55 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 ....
Total
Justices of
District Courts
$22,500 00 Superior Court.
3,450 00
6,000 00
$31,950 00
Judicial Council:
56 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,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars
Judicial
Council.
$3,000 00
222
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Judicial
Council.
Item
57
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 Gen-
eral 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 ....
Total
Administrative Committee of District Courts:
Committ'^^of'^ ^^ ^'~*^ compensation and expenses of the administra-
District Courts. ^i'^® Committee of district courts, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars ....
Probate and
Insolvency
Courts.
Clerical assist-
ance to Regis-
ters of Probate
and Insolvency.
$3,500 00
$6,500 00
$3,000 00
$111,500 00
10,500 00
8,500 00
Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows:
59 For the salaries of judges of probate of the several
counties, a sum not exceeding one hundred eleven
thousand five hundred dollars ....
60 For pensions of retired judges, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand five hundred dollars
61 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 .......
62 For expenses of judges of probate when acting out-
side their own counties for other judges of pro-
bate, 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, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars 300 00
63 For the salaries of registers of the several counties,
a sum not exceeding sixty-one thousand four
hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty cents . . 61,462 50
64 For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not
exceeding seventy-two thousand two hundred
eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents . . . 72,287 50
Total $264,550 00
For clerical assistance to Registers of the several
counties, as follows :
65 Barnstable, a sum not exceeding twenty-six hun-
dred dollars $2,600 00
66 Berkshire, a sum not exceeding forty-nine hundred
and twenty dollars 4,920 00
67 Bristol, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
two hundred dollars 13,200 00
68 Dukes county, a sum not exceeding nine hundred
and sixty dollars ...... 960 00
69 Essex, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand one
hundred dollars 16,100 00
70 Franklin, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dol-
lars 1,200 00
71 Hampden, a sum not exceeding ninety-seven hun-
dred and fifty dollars 9,750 00
72 Hampshire, a sum not exceeding sixteen hundred
and fifty dollars 1,650 00
73 Middlesex, a sum not exceeding forty-seven thou-
sand four hundred dollars .... 47,400 00
74 Norfolk, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand eight
hundred and five dollars . . . '. . 11,805 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
223
Item
75 Plj^mouth, a sum not exceeding fortj'-five hundred
dollars ........
76 Suffolk, a sum not exceeding sixty-two thousand
five hundred and twenty dollars
77 Worcester, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars ........
Total
District Attorneys, as follows :
78 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the Suffolk district, a sum not exceeding
sixty thousand dollars .....
79 For the salaries of the district attorney and as-
sistants for the northern district, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-four thousand dollars
80 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the eastern district, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars .....
81 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 ......
82 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the southern district, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand four hundred dollars
83 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the middle district, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars .....
84 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the western district, a sum not exceeding
eighty-four himdred dollars ....
85 For the salary of the district attorney for the north-
western district, a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars .......
86 For traveling expenses necessarilj' 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
$4,500 00
62,520 00
Clerical assist-
ance to Regis-
ters of Probate
and Insolvency
15,000 00
$191,605 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
Service of the Land Court.
87 For the salaries of the judge, associate judges, the Land Court.
recorder and court officer, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-
four dollars $38,984 00
88 For engineering, clerical and other personal services,
a sum not exceeding forty-four thousand five
hundred dollars 44,500 00
89 For personal services in the examination of titles,
for publishing and serving citations and other
services, traveling expenses, supplies and office
equipment, and for the preparation of sectional
plans showing registered land, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-five thousand dollars . . . 25,000 00
Total $108,484 00
Service of the Board of Probation.
90 For personal services of the commissioner, clerks
and stenographers, a sum not exceeding fifty-six
thousand seven hundred dollars
Board of
Probation.
$56,700 00
224
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Board of
Probation.
Item
91
Board of Bar
Examiners.
92
93
Executive
Department.
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
Adjutant
General.
107
108
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, rent, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand three 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 eighty-two
hundred dollars ......
Total .
Service of the Executive Department.
For the salary of the governor, the sum of ten
thousand 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-four thou-
sand dollars .......
For certain personal services for the lieutenant gov-
ernor and council, a sum not exceeding sixty-
eight hundred and seventy 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 thirteen 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 dol-
lars ........
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
For the purchase of an automobile for the governor,
a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars .
For certain maintenance expenses of the governor's
automobile, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars ........
For the purchase of a portrait of a former gov-
ernor, as authorized by section nineteen of chap-
ter eight of the General Laws, a sum not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars ....
Total
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 JNIassa-
chusetts soldiers and sailors who served in the
civil war, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand
eight hundred dollars .....
$18,300 00
$75,000 00
$11,000 00
8,200 00
$19,200 00
$10,000 00
4,000 00
8,000 00
34,000 00
6,870 00
1,000 00
13,000 00
3,000 00
1,000 00
100,000 00
4,000 00
1,000 00
3,000 00
$188,870 00
$4,100 00
36,800 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
225
Item
109
110
For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, and for necessary office supplies and ex- ,
penses, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred
dollars ........
For expenses of the national guard convention and
for expenses not otherwise provided for in con-
nection with military matters and accounts, a
sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars
Total
Adjutant
General.
$7,500 00
7,500 00
$55,900 00
Service of the Militia.
111 For allowances to companies and other adminis- Militia.
trative units, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-seven thousand dollars .... $157,000 00
112 For certain allowances for national guard officers,
as authorized by paragraph (d) of section one
hundred and forty-five of chapter thirty-three of
the General Laws, as amended, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-three thousand dollars . . 23,000 00
113 For pay and transportation of certain boards, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars . . . 2,000 00
114 For i3ay and expenses of certain camps of instruc-
tion, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hundred dol-
lars 5,500 00
115 For pay and transportation in making inspections
and surveys, and for escort duty, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty-five hundred dollars . . . 4,500 00
116 For transportation of officers and non-commissioned
officers for attendance at military meetings, a
sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars . 6,500 00
117 For transportation to and from regimental and
battalion drills, a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars 3,000 00
118 For transportation when appearing for examination,
a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars . . 200 00
119 For expenses of rifle practice, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars .... 18,000 00
120 For compensation, transportation and expenses in
the preparation for camp duty maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars . . 30,000 00
121 For maintenance of horses, a sum not exceeding
twenty-eight thousand dollars .... 28,000 00
122 For compensation for special and miscellaneous
duty, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dol-
lars 13,000 00
123 For compensation for accidents and injuries sus-
tained in the performance of military duty, a sum
not exceeding eight thousand dollars . . . 8,000 00
124 To cover certain small claims for damages to
private property arising from military maneuvers,
a sum not exceeding tTiree hundred dollars . 300 00
125 For expenses of maintaining an aero squadron, a
sum not exceeding forty-two hundred dollars . 4,200 00
126 For premiums on bonds for officers, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen hundred dollars .... 1,500 00
127 For instruction in military authority, organization
and administration, and in the elements of mili-
tary art, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars 10,000 00
Total $314,700 00
226
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Special
Military
Expenses.
Item
128
129
State Quar-
termaster.
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
Service of Special Mililary Expenses.
For the expense of furnishing certificates of honor for
service on the Mexican border, as authorized by
law, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars . $100 00
For expense of testimonials to soldiers and sailors
of the world war, to be expended under the direc-
tion of the adjutant general, a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars ..... 300 00
Total $400 00
Service of the State Quartermaster.
For personal services of the state quartermaster,
superintendent of armories, superintendent of ar-
senal and certain other employees of the state
quartermaster, a sum not exceeding twenty-two
thousand dollars $22,000 00
For expert assistance, the employment of which
may be exempt from civil service rules, in the
disbursement of certain monej' to the officers and
enlisted men of the militia for compensation and
allowances, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars 1,200 00
For the salaries of armorers and assistant armorers of
first class armories, and acting superintendent of
armories, a sum not exceeding one hundred forty
thousand five hundred dollars .... 140,500 00
For clerical and other expenses for the office of the
property and disbursing officer, a sum not ex-
ceeding eleven thousand four hundred dollars 11,400 00
For certain incidental military expenses of the
quartermaster's department, a sum not exceed-
ing eight hundred and fifty dollars . . . 850 00
For office and general supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars . 12,000 00
For the care and maintenance of the camp ground
and buildings at Framingham, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars ..... 1,000 00
For the maintenance of armories of the first class,
including the purchase of certain furniture, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thirty thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 130,000 00
For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of
armories of the second and third classes, a sum
not exceeding sixty-eight hundred and twenty-
five dollars 6,825 00
For allowances for a mechanic for each battery
of field artillery, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand six hundred dollars .... 17,600 00
For the rental of stables, including water and certain
other incidental services, for the housing of horses
and mules, a sum not exceeding fourteen thou-
sand three hundred dollars .... 14,300 00
For expense of maintaining and operating certain
trucks, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars . . . . . . 2,500 00
For expense of maintaining and operating the Camp
Curtis Guild rifle range, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand five hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 18,500 00
Total $378,675 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
227
Item
143
144
145
Service of the State Surgeon.
For personal services of the state surgeon and regu- State Surgeon.
lar assistants, a sum not exceeding seven thou-
sand and twentj^ dollars $7,020 00
For services other than personal, and for necessary
medical and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars . . 3,000 00
For the examination of recruits, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand dollars ..... 10,000 00
Total
. $20,020 00
Service of the State Judge Advocate.
146 For compensation of the state judge advocate, as
provided by law, a sum not exceeding fifteen hun-
dred dollars ........
State Judge
Advocate.
$1,500 00
147
148
149
150
151
Service of the Commission on Administration and Finance
For personal services of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding twenty-six thousand five hundred
dollars ........
For personal services of assistants and employees,
a sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-nine
thousand five hundred and seventy dollars
For other expenses incidental to the duties of the
commission, a sum not exceeding twenty-six
thousand three hundred dollars
Total
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
fifty-three thousand dollars ....
Service of the Armory Commissioners.
$26,500 00
Commission on
Administration
and Finance.
179,570 00
26,300 00
$232,370 00
Purchase
of paper.
$53,000 00
$2,300 00
Armory
Commissioners.
For compensation of members, a sum not exceeding
twenty-three hundred dollars ....
152 For office and traveling expenses, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred dollars ..... 200 00
153 For the completion of the new armory in the city
of North Adams, a sum not exceeding seventy
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose . . 70,000 00
153c For the expense of a suitable memorial tablet to
commemorate the service to the commonwealth
of Brigadier-General Embury P. Clark, former
commander of the Second Massachusetts Regi-
ment during the Spanish-American war, to be
placed in the state armory at Springfield under
the direction of the armory commission, a sum
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars . . 1,200 00
Total $73,700 00
228
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Commissioner
of State Aid
and Pensions.
Item
154
155
156
Service of the Commissioner of State Aid and Pensions.
For personal services of the commissioner and
deputy, a sum not exceeding eightj^-two hundred
and forty dollars $8,240 00
For personal services of agents, clerks, stenographers
and other assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars 28,520 00
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
fifty-nine hundred dollars .... 5,900 00
Total
. $42,660 00
Expenses on
Account of
Wars.
Reimbursement
of cities and
towns for state
and military
aid.
Care of
veterans of
civil war, etc.
Records of
Massachusetts
soldiers in
civil war.
Mount Grey-
lock War
Memorial
Commission.
For Expenses on Account of Wars.
157 For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid on
account of state and military aid to Massachusetts
soldiers and their families, tlie sum of two hundred
forty-three thousand dollars, the same to be paid
on or before the fifteenth day of November in the
current year, in accordance with the provisions of
existing laws relative to state and military aid $243,000 00
158 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
fifty-five thousand dollars .... 55,000 00
159 For expenses of printing certain volumes of the
records of Massachusetts soldiers in the civil war,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 10,000 00
160 For expenses of the Mount Grejdock War Memorial
Commission, as authorized by chapter four hun-
dred and eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose .......
Total
100,000 00
$408,000 00
Soldiers' Home
in Massa-
chusetts.
Service of the Massachusetts Soldiers' Home.
161 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. Payments from the state treasury under
this item shall be made only upon vouchers filed
with the comptroller in accordance with the pro-
cedure prescribed under section eighteen of chap-
ter twenty-nine of the General Laws .
$230,000 00
Art Com-
mission.
Service of the Art Commission.
162 For expenses of the commission, a sum not exceed-
ing four hundred dollars .....
$400 00
Comm issioners
on Uniform
State Laws.
Service of tlie Commissioners on Uniform State Latcs.
163 For expenses of the commissioners, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars . . $750 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
229
Item
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
Service of the State Library.
For personal services of the librarian, a sum not
exceeding fiftj'-eight hundred and fifty dollars . $5,850 00
For personal services of the regular library assist-
ants, temporary clerical assistance, and for serv-
ices for cataloguing, a sum not exceeding forty-one
thousand one hundred dollars .... 41,100 00
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, office supplies and equipment,
and incidental traveling expenses, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . . 2,500 00
For books and other publications and things needed
for the library, and the necessary binding and
rebinding incidental thereto, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand five hundred dollars . . 13,500 00
Total $62,950 00
Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.
For personal services of the superintendent and
office assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
four hundred and seventy dollars . . . $10,470 00
For personal services of engineers, assistant engi-
neers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's de-
partment, a sum not exceeding fifty-nine thousand
eight hundred dollars 59,800 00
For personal services of state house guards and
assistant state house guards, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-five thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars 45,180 00
For personal services of porters, a sum not exceeding
twenty-six thousand one hundred dollars . . 26,100 00
For other personal services incidental to the care and
maintenance of the state house, a sum not exceed-
ing sixty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty
dollars . 65,850 00
For personal services of the central mailing room,
a sum not exceeding forty-eight hundred dollars 4,800 00
Total $212,200 00
Other Annual Expenses :
For contingent, office and other expenses of the
superintendent, a sum not exceeding three hun-
dred dollars $300 00
For telephone service in the building and expenses
in connection therewith, a sum not exceeding
thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars . . 39,500 00
For services, supplies and equipment necessary to
furnish heat, light and power, a sum not exceed-
ing forty thousand five hundred dollars . . 40,500 00
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 thirty-eight
thousand dollars 38,000 00
For office and other expenses of the central mailing
room, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . 600 00
Total $118,900 00
For the Maintenance of Old Stale Honse.
For the contribution of the commonwealth toward
the maintenance of the old provincial state house,
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars . . . $1,500 00
State Library.
Superintendent
of Buildings.
Other Annual
Expenses.
Old State House
Maintenance.
230
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
Item
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
For the salary of the secretary, the sum of seven
thousand dollars $7,000 00
For the salaries of officers and employees holding
positions established by law, and other personal
services, a sum not exceeding one hundred thirteen
thousand two hundred dollars .... 113,200 00
For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
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
nineteen thousand dollars .... 19,000 00
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 . . 3,500 00
For printing registration books and blanks and in-
dexing returns, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars 1,000 00
For the purchase of copies of certain town records
prior to eighteen hundred and fifty, a sum not
exceeding seven thousand dollars . . . 7,000 00
For the purchase of certain supplies and equipment,
and for other things necessary in connection with
the reproduction of the manuscript collection des-
ignated "Massachusetts Archives", a sum not
exceeding twentj'-five hundred dollars . . 2,500 00
For the purchase and distribution of copies of cer-
tain journals of the house of representatives of
Massachusetts Bay from seventeen hundred and
fifteen to seventeen hundred and eighty, inclusive,
as authorized by chapter four hundred and thir-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty,
a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty
dollars 750 00
For the purcha.se of ink for public records of the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars 1,000 00
For traveling expenses of the supervisor of public
records, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars 1,000 00
For expenses of the census division of the depart-
ment of the secretary of the commonwealth, a sum
not exceeding two hundred dollars . . . 200 00
Total $156,150 00
Indexing
vital statistics.
Printing
laws, etc.
Indexing vital statistics:
191 For the preparation of certain indexes of births,
marriages and deaths, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in the preceding year $10,000 00
For printing laws, etc. :
192 For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
forty-two hundred dollars .... $4,200 00
193 For printing and binding the blue book edition of
• the acts and resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding six thousand dollars . . . 6,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
231
Item
194 For the printing of reports of decisions of the su-
preme judicial court, a sum not exceeding thirty-
nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose
J 95 For printing and binding public documents, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars .
196 For printing the new edition of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars
Total
For matters relating to elections:
197 For personal and other services in preparing for
primary elections, and for the expenses of pre-
paring, printing and distributing ballots for
primary and other elections, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars .....
198 For the printing of blanks for town officers, election
laws and blanks and instructions on all matters re-
lating to elections, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars .......
199 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
certain registration facilities, a sum not exceed-
ing two thousand dollars .....
Total "
Medical Examiners' Fees:
200 For medical examiners' fees, as provided by law, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
201 For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-general,
the sum of six thousand dollars
202 For salaries of officers and employees holding posi-
tions established by law and additional clerical
and other assistance, a sum not exceeding fifty-
seven thousand dollars .....
203 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing twelve thousand eight hundred dollars
Total '
Commissioners on Firemen's Relief:
204 For relief disbursed, with the apj^roval of the com-
missioners on firemen's relief, subject to the pro-
visions of law, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars ....
205 For expenses of administration by the commissioners
on firemen's relief, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars .......
Total ........
Payments to Soldiers:
206 For expenses of administering certain laws relating
to payments in recognition of military service in
the world war, a sum not exceeding eighteen hun-
dred dollars, to be paid from the r(>ccipts 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 .......
Printing
laws, etc.
$39,750 00
3,500 00
13,000 00
$66,450 00
Election
matters.
$2,000 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
$5,000 00
Medical
$1,000 00 fggg"""®'"^'
Treasurer and
5,000 00 g-tair
57,000 00
12,800 00
$75,800 00
$17,500 00
500 00
$18,000 00
Commissioners
on Firemen's
Relief.
Payments
to Soldiers.
$1,800 00
232
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Payments
to Soldiers.
Item
207
208
State Board 209
of Retirement.
210
211
Board of
Tax Appeals.
212
213
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 six .... $7,000 00
For payments 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 . . $9,000 00
State Board of Retirement:
For personal services in the administrative office of
the state board of retirement, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand four hundred dollars . . . $10,400 00
For services other than personal, printing the an-
nual report, and for office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding fifty-four hundred and eighty
dollars 5,480 00
For reciuirements of annuity funds and pensions for
employees retired from the state service under au-
thority of law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
eighty thousand dollars 180,000 00
Total $195,880 00
Board of Tax Appeals:
For personal services of the members of the board
and employees, a sum not exceeding thirty-six
thousand dollars $36,000 00
For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, and rent, a sum not
exceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . . 18,000 00
Total $54,000 00
Requirements 214
for Extinguish-
ing State Debt.
Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt.
For sinking fund requirements and for certain serial
bonds maturing during the present year, the sum
of seven hundred fifteen thousand five hundred
sixty-six dollars and fifty cents, payable from the
following accounts and funds in the following
amounts: — from the balance of the receipts of
the sale of the Boston dry dock, two hundred
sixteen thousand seven hundred ninety dollars
and thirty-five cents; from the Highway Fund,
the sum of two hundred seventy-three thousand
five hundred sixty-six dollars and fifty cents; and
the remainder from the General Fund . . $715,566 50
Interest on
Public Debt.
Interest on the Public Debt.
215 For the payment of interest on the direct debt of
the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred forty-four thousand one hundred forty
dollars and seventj'-five cents, of which sum two
hundred eighty-three thousand four hundred
fifty-six dollars and twenty-five cents shall be
paid from the Highway Fund ....
$844,140 75
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
233
Item
216
217
218
Service of the Auditor of the Cominonivealth.
For the salary of the auditor, the sum of six thou-
sand dollars .......
For personal services of deputies and other assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding fifty-four thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars
For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing seventy-seven hundred dollars
Total
Auditor of the
),000 00 Common-
wealth.
54,750 00
7,700 00
$68,450 00
Service of the Attorney General's Department.
219 For the salary of the attorney general, the sum of
eight thousand dollars .....
220 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-five
thousand dollars . . ...
221 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars ....
222 For the settlement of certain small claims, as au-
thorized by section three A of chapter twelve of
the General Laws, inserted by chapter three hun-
dred and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ......
Total
Attorney
^ nnn on General's
>,UUU UU Department,
85,000 00
10,000 00
5,000 00
$108,000 00
Service of the Department of Agriculture.
223 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
224 For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a
sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand doUars .
225 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars
226 For services other than personal, printing the an-
nual report, office supplies and equipment, and
printing and furnishing trespass posters, a sum
not exceeding eighty-eight hundred dollars
227 For compensation and expenses of members of the
advisory board, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars .......
228 For services and expenses of apiary inspection, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars .
Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry:
229 For personal services, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand six hundred dollars ....
230 For other expenses, including the enforcement of
the dairy laws of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding ninety-two hmidred dollars
Division of Plant Pest Control:
231 For personal services, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand five himdred dollars .
232 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-three
hvmdred dollars ......
Division of Ornithology:
233 For personal services, a sum not exceeding thirty-
five hundred dollars .....
Department
$6,000 00 of Agriculture.
22,000 00
1,200 00
8,800 00
2,000 00
3,000 00
Division of
14,600 00 Dairying and
, ^ v^« Animal
Husbandry.
9,200 00
Division of
11,500 00 Plant Pest
Control.
6,300 00
Division of
3,500 00 Ornithology.
234
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Division of
Ornithology.
Division of
Marliets.
Division of
Reclamation,
Soil Survey
and Fairs.
Item
234
235
236
237
238
239
Specials.
240
241
242
243
State Recla-
mation Board.
Department of
Conservation.
244
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding eight hun-
dred dollars ......
Division of Markets:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand seven hundred dollars
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fifty-one
himdred doUars ......
Division of Reclamation, Soil Survej^ and Fairs:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand five hundred dollars ....
For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars ....
For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to anj' amount heretofore ap-
propriated for this purpo.se, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year .
Specials :
For work in protecting the pine trees of the com-
monwealth from white pine blister rust, and for
payments 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 . . .
For quarantine and other expenses in connection
with the work of suppression of the European corn-
borer, so-called, a sum not exceeding sixt.y-five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose . . . . . • ■ -
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 .......
For the cost of work of inspecting certain orchards
of the commonwealth to provide for effective
apple pest control, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ......
Total
Service of Stale Reclamation Board.
For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding
seventeen thousand dollars ....
$800 00
20,700 00
5,100 00
12,500 00
7,500 00
35,000 00
Division
of FQT^str.y,
Service oj the De-parlment of Conservation.
Administration :
245 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
24G For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars
246a For telephone service and certain other office charges
of the department, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars ......
247 For personal services of a telephone operator and
office boy, a sum not exceeding sixteen hundred
dollars ........
Total
Division of Forestry:
247} For personal services of office assistants, a sum not
exceeding fourteen thousand five hundred dollars
19,000 00
6,500 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
$205,200 00
$17,000 00
$6,000 00
250 00
4,000 00
1,600 00
$11,850 00
$14,500 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245. 235
Item
247^ For services other than personal, including printing Division
the annual report, and for traveling expenses, of Forestry.
necessary office supplies and equipment, and rent,
a sum not exceeding nine thousand and thirtj'-
five dollars $9,035 00
247f 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
248 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
249 For aiding towns in the purchase of equipment for
extinguishing forest fires and for making protec-
tive 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
250 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 equipment
and materials used in new construction in the
forest fire prevention service, a sum not exceeding
sixty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in ad- '
dition to any funds allotted to Massachusetts by
the federal authorities 65,000 00
251 For the suppression of the §ypsy and brown tail
moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, a sum
not exceeding sixty 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 . . 60,000 00
252 For the planting and maintenance of state forests,
a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars 22,000 00
253 For the purchase and development of state forests,
and for the maintenance of nurseries for the
growing of seedlings for the planting of state
forests, as authorized by sections thirty to thirty-
six, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-
two of the General Laws, as amended, a sum not
exceeding one hundred fifty 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 150,000 00
254 For the maintenance of the Standish monument
reservation, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars 2,000 00
255 For the maintenance of Mount Grace state forest,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00
256 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 ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars .... 2,000 00
257 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 twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars 3,000 00
258 (This item omitted.)
Total $346,535 00
236
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Division of
Fisheries
and Game.
Enforcement
of laws.
Biological
work.
Propagation
of game
birds, etc.
Damages by
wild deer and
wild moose.
Special.
Protection of
wild life.
Marine
fisheries.
State Super-
visor of
Marine
Fisheries.
Item
Division of Fi.sheries and Game:
259 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars $5,000 00
260 For per-sonal services of office assistants, a sum not
exceeding eleven thousand five himdred and fifty
dollars ........ 11,550 00
261 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and neces-
sary office supplies and equipment, and rent, a
sum not exceeding thirteen thousand five hun-
dred dollars 13,500 00
262 For expenses of exhibitions and other measures to
increase the interest of the public in the protection
and propagation of fish and game, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars .... 1,000 00
Enforcement of laws:
263 For personal services of fish and game wardens, a
sum not exceeding seventy-one thousand and
sixty dollars 71,060 00
264 For traveling expenses of fish and game wardens,
and for other expenses necessary for the enforce-
ment of the laws, a sum not exceeding forty-four
thousand dollars 44,000 00
Biological work:
265 For personal services to carry on biological work, a
sum not exceeding eighty-three hundred and
twenty dollars 8,320 00
266 For traveling and other expen.ses of the biologist and
his assistants, a sum not exceeding thirty-four
hundred and twenty dollars .... 3,420 00
Propagation of game birds, etc.:
267 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 twenty-two thousand dollars . . 122,000 00
Damages by wild deer and wild moose:
268 For the payment of damages caused by wild deer
and wild moose, for the present year and previous
years, as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars 6,000 00
Special :
269 For improvements and additions at fish hatcheries
and game farms, a sum not exceeding twenty-four
thou.sand four hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ...... 24,400 00
Protection of wild life:
270 For expenses incurred in the protection of certain
wild life, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred
dollars 4,500 00
Marine fisheries:
271 For personal services and expenses for regulating
the sale and cold storage of fresh food fish, a sum
not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . 18,000 00
State Supervisor of Marine Fisheries:
272 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
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
237
Item
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
For office and other expenses of the state super-
visor of marhie fisheries, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars ......
Enforcement of shellfish laws:
For personal services for the enforcement of laws
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding seven-
teen thousand seven hundred dollars
For other expenses for the enforcement of laws
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand five huiidred 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:
For bounties on seals, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars ......
Division of Animal Industry:
For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars .....
For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a
sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses of the direc-
tor, office supplies and equipment, and rent, a
sum not exceeding fourteen thousand and thirty-
five dollars .......
For personal services of veterinarians and agents en-
gaged in the work of extermination of contagious
diseases among domestic animals, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-three thousand dollars
For traveling expenses of veterinarians and agents,
including the cost of any motor vehicles pur-
chased for their use, a sum not exceeding thirty-
seven thousand five hundred dollars .
For reimbursement of owners of horses killed during
the present and previous years, travel, when al-
lowed, of inspectors of animals, incidental ex-
penses of killing and burial, quarantine and emer-
gency services, and for laboratory and veterinary
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
eight thousand dollars .....
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 au-
thority of section thirty-three of said chapter one
hundred and twenty-nine, as amended, during the
present and previous year, a sum not exceeding
eight 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
State Super-
visor of
$6,000 00 f.^rm^
' r ishenes.
17,700 00
Enforcement
of shell-
fish laws.
11,500 00
10,000 00
$386,950 00
Bounty on
QQ seals.
Division of
$4,000 00 Animal
' Industry.
21,000 00
14,035 00
73,000 00
37,500 00
8,000 00
800,000 00
$957,535 00
238
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Item
Reimbursement 285
of towns for
inspectors of
animals.
Reimbursement of towns for inspectors of ani~
mals:
For the reimbursement of certain towns for com-
pensation paid to inspectors of animals, a sum
not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars
$5,500 00
Department of 286
Banking and
Insurance.
„. . . , 287
Division of
Banks.
288
Service of the Department of Banking and Instirance.
Division of Banks:
For the salary of the commissioner, the sum of six
thousand dollars S6,000 00
For services of deputy, directors, examiners and
assistants, clerks, stenographers and experts, a
sum not exceeding two hundred seventy-eight
thousand nine hundred dollars .... 278,900 00
For services other than personal, printing the an-
nual report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-four thou-
sand five hundred dollars .... 64,500 00
Total
$349,400 00
Supervisor
of Loan
Agencies.
Supervisor of Loan Agencies :
289 For personal services of supervisor and assistants,
a sum not exceeding eleven thousand seven hun-
dred dollars $11,700 00
290 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars . 1,800 00
Total $13,500 00
Division of
Insurance.
Division of Insurance:
291 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00
292 For other personal services of the division, including
expenses of the board of appeal and certain other
costs of supervising motor vehicle liability insur-
ance, a sum not exceeding one hundred ninety
thousand dollars, of which sum not more than
twenty-eight thousand dollars may be charged to
the Highway Fund . . . . . . 190,000 00
293 For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-seven thousand dollars ....
Total .
37,000 00
. $233,000 00
Board of
Appeal on
Fire Insur-
ance Rates.
Division of
Savings Bank
Life Insurance.
Board of Appeal on Fire Insurance Rates:
294 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars $200 00
Division of Savings Bank Life Insurance:
295 For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding twenty-eight thousand three
hundred dollars $28,300 00
296 For publicity, including traveling expenses of one
person, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars 2,000 00
297 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, rent, office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding ninety-one
hundred dollars 9,100 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
239
Item
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
For encouraging and promoting old age annuities
and the organization of mutual benefit associations
among the employees of industrial plants in the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding thirty-two
hundred dollars ......
Total
Division nf
Savings Bank
Life Insurance.
,200 00
$42,600 00
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 .
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
twenty-two thousand dollars, of which sum not
more than twenty thousand dollars may be
charged to the Highway Fund to cover the esti-
mated cost of collection of the gasoline tax, so-
called ........
For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars ......
For other services and for necessary office supplies
and equipment, and for printing the annual report,
other publications and valuation books, a sum
not exceeding forty-one thousand dollars .
$7,500 00 Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.
Corporation
and Tax
Divisions.
222,000 00
10,000 00
Total
41,000 00
$280,500 00
Income Tax Division (the three following ap-
propriations are to be made from the receipts
from the income tax) :
For personal services of the deputy, assistants,
assessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenographers
and other necessarj^ assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing four hundred thirty-seven thousand dollars $437,000 00
For traveling expenses of members of the division,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00
For services other than personal, and for office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thirty-six thousand dollars .
Income Tax
Division.
Total
Division of Accounts :
For personal services, a sum not exceeding eighty-
three thousand five hundred dollars .
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand five hundred dollars ....
For the administrative expenses required under the
provisions of chapter four hundred of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirtj^, a sum not exceed-
ing twelve thousand five hundred dollars .
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 seventy-eight thousand dollars .
For the expenses of certain Ijooks, 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 .......
136,000 00
$583,000 00
Division
583,500 00 of Accounts.
14,500 00
12,500 00
178,000 00
Total
18,000 00
. $306,500 00
240
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Reimburse-
ment for loss
of taxes.
Item
311
Department
of Education.
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
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
thirty-one, a sum not exceeding one hundred
nineteen thousand dollars .... $119,00000
Service of the Department of Education.
For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding nine thousand dollars .... $9,000 00
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 one hmidred one thou-
sand eight hundred dollars .... 101,800 00
For traveling expenses of members of the advisory
board and of agents and employees when required
to travel in discharge of their duties, a sum not
exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars. . . 9,500 00
For services other than personal, necessary office
supplies, and for printing the annual report and
bulletins as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand five hundred dollars . . 11,500 00
For printing and distributing certain bulletins, a
sum not exceeding fifty-three hundred and twentj^-
five dollars 5,325 00
For expenses incidental to furnishing school com-
mittees with rules for testing the sight and hearing
of pupils, a sum not exceeding five hundred doUars 500 00
For printing school registers and other school blanks
for cities and towns, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars 3,000 00
For assisting small to^\Tis in providing themselves
with school superintendents, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding one hundred one thousand
doUars 101,000 00
For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
payment of tuition of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided bv law, a sum not exceeding two hundred
fifteen thousand dollars 215,000 00
For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
ninety-five thousand dollars .... 195,000 00
For the reimbursement of certain cities and towns
for a part of the expense of maintaining agricul-
tural and industrial vocational schools, as pro-
vided by law, a sum not exceeding one million
five hundred seventy-two thousand six hundred
twenty-seven dollars and forty cents . . . 1,572,627 40
For the expense of promotion of vocational rehabili-
tation in co-operation with the federal govern-
ment, including rent, with the approval of the
department of education, a sum not exceeding
seventeen thousand three hundred dollars . . 17,300 00
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 four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
241
Item
325
326
327
328
329
Department of
Education.
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
339
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 four hundred thousand dollars $400,000 00
For expenses of holding teachers' institutes, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars . . 3,000 00
For aid to certain pupils in normal schools, under
the direction of the department of education, a
sum not exceeding four thousand dollars . . 4,000 00
For the training of teachers for vocational schools,
to comply with the requirements of federal au-
thorities under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes
act, so-called, a sum not exceeding thirty-three
thousand five himdred dollars .... 33,500 00
For assistance to the children of certain soldiers, as
authorized by chapter two hundred and sixtj'-
three of the acts of nineteen hmidred and thirty,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars . 3,000 00
Total . $2,689,052 40
English-speaking Classes for Adults:
For personal services of administration, a sum not English-
exceeding eleven thousand five hundred dollars $11,500 00 speaking
Por other expenses of admmistration, a sum not Adults,
exceeding four thousand dollars . . 4,000 00
For reimbursement of certain cities and towns, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fiftv thousand
dollars " . . 150,000 00
Total $165,500 00
University Extension Courses:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding one University
hundred forty-two thousand eight hundred dollars $142,800 00 Extension
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fortj'-two Courses.
thousand dollars 42,000 00
Total $184,800 00
Division of Immigration and Americanization:
For personal services, a suni not exceeding forty-
four thousand one hundred dollars
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand seven hundred dollars ....
Total . .
DivLsion of Public Libraries:
For personal services of regular agents and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand
two hundred dollars .....
For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, necessary office sup-
plies and expenses incidental to the aiding of
public libraries, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand three hundred dollars
Total $28,500 00
Division of the Blind:
For general administration, furnishing information. Division of
industrial and educational aid, and for carrying the Blind,
out certain provi.sions of the laws establishing said
division, a sum not exceeding forty-five thoasand
five hundred dollars . . ' . . . $45,500 00
Division of
$44,100 00 Immigration
and Ameri-
10,700 00
$54,800 00
Division of
Public
$14,200 00 Libraries.
14,300 00
242
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Division of
the Blind.
Item
340
341
342
343
344
345
Teachers'
Retirement
Board.
346
347
348
349
350
Massachusetts
Nautical
School.
351
352
353
Maintenance
and improve-
ment of state
normal schools.
Bridgewater
normal sobQo],
For the maintenance of local shops, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-two thousand five himdred dol-
lars $72,500 00
For maintenance of Woolson House industries, so-
called, to be expended under the authority of said
division, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand five
hundred dollars 30,500 00
For the maintenance of certain industries for men, to
be expended imder the authority of said division,
a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-nine
thousand dollars 159,000 00
For instruction of the adult blind in their homes, a
sum not exceeding seventeen thousand three him-
dred dollars 17,300 00
For expenses of providing sight-saving classes, with
the approval of the division of the blind, a sum
not exceeding seventeen thousand five hundred
dollars 17,500 00
For aiding the adult blind, subject to the condi-
tions provided by law^, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty thousand dollars .... 150,000 00
Total $492,300 00
Teachers' Retirement Board:
For personal services of employees, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve thousand dollars . . . $12,000 00
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, and rent, a sum not exceed-
ing four thousand fifty dollars .... 4,050 00
For payment of pensions to retired teachers, a sum
not exceeding seven hundred fifty thousand
dollars 750,000 00
For reimbursement of certain cities and towns for
pensions to retired teachers, a sum not exceeding
one hundred ninety-three thousand three hundred
sixty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents . . 193,367 39
For paj'ment into the annuity fund for the period
of the year nineteen hundred and thirty, in ac-
cordance with certain actuarial figures, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand nine hundred sixty-three
dollars and fifty-three cents .... 10,963 53
Total $970,380 92
Massachusetts Nautical School:
For personal services of the secretary and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding forty-seven hun-
dred dollars $4,700 00
For services other than regular clerical services, in-
cluding printing the annual report, rent, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-three hundred dollars .... 2,300 00
For the maintenance of the school and ship, a sum
not exceeding eighty-nine thousand one hundred
dollars 89,100 00
354
Total $96,100 00
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the state normal schools, and the
boarding halls attached thereto, with the ap-
proval of the commissioner of education, as
follows :
Bridgewater normal school, a sum not exceeding
one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars . . $158,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
243
Item
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
Bridgewater normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding seventy-eight thousand dollars .
For expenses of a new roadway to the power plant
at the Bridgewater normal school, a sum not
exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
Fitchburg normal school, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seventy-three thousand four hundred
dollars ........
Fitchburg normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars
For the cost of rewiring the normal school building
at the Fitchljurg normal school, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars . . . .
For re-arrangement of electric service connections
between buildings and re-location of transformers
at the Fitchburg normal school, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five hundred dollars
Framingham normal school, a sum not exceeding
one hundred sixty-nine thousand one hundred
dollars ........
Framingham normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding eighty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars ........
For improvements in the boiler room and in the
heating system at the Framingham normal school,
a sum not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars
Hyannis normal school, a sum not exceeding fifty
nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars
Hyannis normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars
Lowell normal school, a sum not exceeding eighty
six thousand four hundred dollars
North Adams normal school, a sum not exceed-
ing eighty-eight thousand dollars . .
North Adams normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding twenty-four thousand dollars
Salem normal school, a sum not exceeding one hun
dred thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars
Westfield normal school, a sum not exceeding sev-
enty-eight thousand one hundred and fiftj^ dollars
Westfield normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand six hundred dollars
Worcester normal school, a sum not exceeding
ninety-nine thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars ........
Worcester normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars
For completing and furnishing the new normal
school building in the city of Worcester, a sum
not exceeding two hundred fifteen thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose
Massachusetts School of Art, a sum not exceeding
one hundred twenty-nine thousand five hundred
and fifty dollars ......
Bridgew ater
$78,000 00 normal school.
1,500 00
173,400 00
37,000 00
3,000 00
2,500 00
169,100 00
87,500 00
Fitchburg
normal school.
Framingham
normal school.
5,500
59,750
25,000
86,400
88,000
24,000
113,700
78,150
10,600
99,350
8,500
00
Hyannis
QQ normal school.
00
Lowell
QQ normal school.
North Adams
QQ normal school.
00
Salem nor-
QQ mal school.
Westfield
QQ normal school.
00
00
00
Worcester
normal school.
215,000 00
Massachusetts
School of Art.
Total .
129,550 00
$1,653,500 00
Textile Schools:
376 For the maintenance of the Bradford Durfee textile
school of Fall River, a sum not exceeding seventy-
three thousand three hundred 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 ....
Bradford Dur-
fee textile
school of
Fall River.
$73,300 00
244
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Lowell textile
institute.
New Bedford
textile school.
Item
377
378
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College.
379
380
381
382
For the maintenance of the Lowell textile institute,
a sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-four
thousand seven hundred dollars, of which sum
ten thousand dollars 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 $174,700 00
For the maintenance of the New Bedford textile
school, a sum not exceeding seventy-two thousand
seven hundred dollars, of which sum ten thou-
sand 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 .... 72,700 00
Total $320,700 00
Massachusetts Agricultural College:
For maintenance and current expenses, a sum not
exceeding one million forty-five thousand four
hundred and sixty dollars
$1,045,460 00
For an emergency fund to meet the needs of har-
vesting big crops or other unforeseen conditions,
which clearly indicate that additional revenue will
be produced to equal the expenditure, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars, provided, how-
ever, that this appropriation be available only
after approval of particular projects covered by
it has been obtained from the governor and
council . . . . . . . . 5,000 00
For expense of making certain chang;es and im-
provements in the drill hall, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars ..... 4,000 00
For the purchase and installation of an automatic
stoker, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars 3,000 00
Item 380 of chapter 115 of the acts of 1930 —
for the expense of remodeling North College
dormitory — is hereby made available for the
purchase of furnishings and equipment.
Total $1,057,460 00
\
Department of 383
Civil Service
and Regis-
tration.
Division of
Civil Service.
384
385
386
Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Administration :
For personal services of telephone operator for the
department, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
and sixty dollars $1,260 00
Division of Civil Service:
For the salaries of the commissioner and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding nine thou-
sand dollars . . . • . .■ . ■ ■ $9,000 00
For other personal services of the division, a sum
not exceeding one hundred twenty thousand six
hundred dollars 120,000 00
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 fifty thousand dollars . 50,000 00
Total .
. $179,600 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
245
Item
387
388
389
Division of Registration :
For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
eighteen hundred dollars .....
For clerical and certain other personal services of
the division, a sum not exceeding thirty-six
thousand dollars ......
For services of the division other than personal,
printing the annual reports, office supplies and
equipment, except as otherwise provided, a sum
not exceeding eleven thousand five hundred dol-
lars ........
Total
Division of
$1,800 00 Registration.
36,000 00
11,500 00
$49,300 00
Board of Registration in Medicine:
390 For personal services of the members of the board,
a sum not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars
391 For personal services of members of the board and
examiners for the registration of chiropodists, a
sum not exceeding six hundred dollars
392 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred and fifty dollars .....
Total
Board of Dental Examiners:
393 For personal services of the members of the board
and clerical assistance, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight hundred dollars ....
394 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars ......
395 For travel and other expenses necessarj^ in providing
for the enforcement of law relative to the regis-
tration of dentists, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars ......
Total
Board of Regii
t,300 00 tration in
Medicine.
600 00
750 00
$5,650 00
Board of
Dental
^3,800 00 Examiners.
1,000 00
1,000 00
$5,800 00
Board of Registration in Pharmacy:
396 For personal services of members of the board, a sum
not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars .
397 For personal services of agent, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four hundred and ninety dollars
398 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars .....
Total
Board of Registration of Nurses:
399 For personal services of members of the board, a sum
not exceeding twenty-one hundred dollars .
400 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding six
hundred dollars ......
Total
Board of Registration in Embalming:
401 For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding three hundred dollars .
402 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding two
hundred and fifty dollars .....
Board of
54,300 00 Registration
in Pharmacy-.
2,490 00
4,500 00
$11,290 00
Board of
,100 00 Registration
of Nurses.
600 00
$2,700 00
Board of
$300 00 Registration
in Embalming.
250 00
Total
$550 00
246
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Board of
Registration
in Optometry.
Board of
Registration in
Veterinary
Medicine.
State Ex-
aminers of
Electricians.
Board of
Registration
of Public
Accountants.
State Ex-
aminers of
Plumbers.
Item
Board of Registration in Optometry:
403 For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding nineteen hundred dollars . $1,900 00
404 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding six
hundred dollars 600 00
Total $2,500 00
Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine:
405 For personal services of the members of the board,
a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . . $600 00
406 For other services, printing the annual report,
traveling expenses, office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars . 300 00
Total $900 00
State Examiners of Electricians:
407 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars $4,000 00
Board of Registration of Public Accountants:
408 For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding six hundred and seventy-five
dollars . :.•.•.• • • ^675 00
409 For expenses of examinations, including the prep-
aration and marking of papers, and for other
expenses, a sum not exceeding twenty-three hun-
dred dollars 2,300 00
Total . . $2,975 00
State Examiners of Plumbers:
410 For personal services of the members of the board,
a sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars . $1,100 00
411 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars 2,000 00
Total $3,100 00
Department
of Industrial
Accidents.
Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.
412 For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding forty-two thousand five hun-
dred dollars $42,500 00
413 For personal services of secretaries, medical adviser,
inspectors, clerks and officQ assistants, a sum not
exceeding one hundred thirty thousand five hun-
dred dollars 130,500 00
414 For expenses of impartial examinations, a sum not
exceeding thirty thousand dollars . . . 30,000 00
415 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand five hundred dollars . . . 10,500 00
416 For other services, printing the annur^l report,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand three hundred
dollars 12,300 00
Total
$225,800 00
Department of
Labor and
Industries.
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
417 For the salaries of the commissioner, assistant and
associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand five hundred dollars . . $20,500 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245. 247
Item
418 For clerical and other assistance to the commis- Department of
sioner, a sum not exceeding fifty-two hundred Labor ai)d
dollars . . . . . . . . $5,200 00 ^''^""*'■'^^•
419 For personal services for the inspectional service, a
sum not exceeding one hundred thirty-four thou-
sand eight hundred dollars . . . . 134,800 00
420 For personal services for the statistical service, a
sum not exceeding forty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 47,500 00
421 For clerical and other personal services for the
operation of free employment offices, a sum not
exceeding fifty-nine thousand three hundred dol-
lars . • . . : • . • 59,300 00
422 For personal services for the division on necessaries
of life, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
dollars 12,000 00
423 For clerical and other assistance for the board of
conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars 13,000 00
424 For personal services of investigators, clerks and
stenographers for the minimum wage service, a
sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . 15,000 00
425 For compensation and expenses of wage boards, a
sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . . 1,500 00
426 For personal services for the division of standards,
a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars . . . . 32,880 00
427 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, as-
sistant commissioner, associate commissioners
, and inspectors of labor, and for services other
than personal, printing the annual report, rent
of district offices, and office supplies and equip-
ment for the inspectional service, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-four thousand dollars . . . 34,000 00
428 For services other than personal, printing report
and publications, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment for the statistical service,
a sum not exceeding eleven thousand two hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 11,200 00
429 For rent, necessary office supplies and equipment
for the free emploj^ment offices, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00
430 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment for the division on
necessaries of life, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars 2,500 00
431 For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the board of
conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars ..... 3,000 00
432 For services other than personal, printing, traveling
expenses and office supplies and equipment for
minimum wage service, a sum not exceeding fifty-
three hundred dollars ..... 5,300 00
433 For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the division of
standards, a sum not exceeding eighty-eight hun-
dred dollars 8,800 00
Total $421,480 00
248
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Massachusetts
Industrial
Commission.
Item
434
435
Department
of Mental
Diseases.
436
437
438
439
440
441
Division
of Mental
Hygiene.
442
Psychiatric
examinations.
443
Institutions
under control
of Department
of Mental
Diseases. 444
Metropolitan
state hospital.
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, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand dollars . . . . . . $17,000 00
For other services and expenses, including office sup-
plies and travel, a sum not exceeding nine thou-
sand dollars 9,000 00
Total $26,000 00
Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars .... $10,000 00
For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding one hundred seventeen thou-
sand five hundred dollars .... 117,500 00
For transportation and medical examination of state
charges under its charge for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand five hundred dollars .... 15,500 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 forty-five hundred dollars . 4,500 00
For the support of state charges in the Hospital
Cottages for Children, a sum not exceeding
seventeen thousand dollars .... 17,000 00
For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-four
thousand five hundred dollars .... 24,500 00
Total $189,000 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
mentai diseases or defects; and for makir.g a sur-
vey 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-four
thousand eight hundred and eightj^-five dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . $84,885 00
Psychiatric examinations :
For services and expenses of psychiatric examina-
tions of prisoners, a sum not exceeding sixty-five
thousand dollars $65,000 00
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Mental Diseases:
Metropolitan state hospital, a sum n&t exceeding
four hundred twenty-eight thousand four hundred
and twenty dollars $428,420 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
249
Item
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
Boston psychopathic hospital, a sum not exceeding
two hundred fifty-three thousand one hundred
dollars $253,100 00
Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred forty-one thousand four hundred and
eighty dollars 841,480 00
For the purchase and erection of fencing for the
Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars 15,000 00
Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred thirty-seven thousand four hundred and
ninety dollars . 737,490 00
For renovating and furnishing what is known as
the rear center of the Danvers state hospital, in-
cluding improvements for kitchen, dining-room,
chapel and other facilities, a sum not exceeding
one hundred twenty-two thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 122,000 00
For the purchase and installation of X-ray equip-
ment at the Danvers state hospital, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00
(This item included in chapter 14, acts of 1931.)
Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
four hundred twelve thousand dollars
Item 448 of chapter 386 of the acts of 1929 — for
the purchase of certain power equipment for
the Foxborough state hospital — is hereby re-
appropriated.
For grading at the Foxborough state hospital, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars .
(This item included in chapter 14, acts of 1931.)
For furnishings for the nurses' home at the Fox-
borough state hospital, a sum not exceeding forty-
six hundred dollars ......
Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding four
hundred seventy-five thousand eight hundred
dollars ........
For furnishings for the hospital building at the
Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding ninety-
three hundred dollars .....
Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred sixty-eight thousand four hundred dollars
For the cost of building sun porches on the building
known as Pines D at the Grafton state hospital,
a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 8,000 00
Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
hundred thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and
eighty dollars 637,880 00
Item 456 of chapter 146 of the acts of 1929 — for
the cost of providing additional water supply
for the Medfield state hospital — is hereby re-
appropriated.
For furnishing two officers' cottages at the Medfield
state hospital, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars 3,000 00
Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
five hundred twenty-four thousand nine hundred
dollars . . . . . . . . 524,900 00
For the purchase and installation of X-ray and dark
room equipment at the Northampton state hos-
pital, a sum not exceeding fifty-one hundred
dollars 5,100 00
Boston psycho-
pathic hospital.
Boston state
hospital.
Danvers state
hospital.
Foxborough
412,000 00 state hospital.
3,000 00
4,600 00
Gardner
state colony.
475,800 00
9,300 00
Grafton
568,400 00 state hospital.
Medfield
state hospital.
Northampton
state hospital.
250
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Northampton
state hospital.
Taunton
state hospital.
Westborough
state hospital.
Worcester
state hospital.
Monson
state hospital.
Belchertown
state school.
Walter E.
Fernald
state school.
Wrentham
state school.
Department
of Correction.
Item
464 For furnishings for Ward C at the Northampton
state hospital, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars .... $17,500 00
465 Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred seventy-four thousand nine hundred and
twenty dollars 574,920 00
466 For the purchase and installation of sprinklers at
the Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
eight thousand dollars 8,000 00
467 (This item included in chapter 14, acts of 1931.)
468 For furnishings for cottage at the Taunton state hos-
pital, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . 1,500 00
469 Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
five hundred thirty-five thousand one hundred
and forty dollars 535,140 00
470 For the purchase of a flat-work ironer for the West-
borough state hospital, a sum not exceeding sev-
enty-eight hundred dollars .... 7,800 00
471 For the cost of making improvements in the power
house at the Westborough state hospital, a sum
not exceeding forty-seven hundred dollars . 4,700 00
472 Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred and
twenty dollars 826,120 00
473 For the cost of renovating the heating system at the
Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars 12,000 00
474 For furnishings for officers' cottages at the Worcester
state hospital, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars 3,000 00
475 Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred ten thousand one hundred and fifty dollars . 510,150 00
476 For furnishings for the reception building and nurses'
home at the Monson state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventeen thousand five hundred dollars 17,500 00
477 Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding four
hundred forty-seven thousand two hundred and
thirty dollars 447,230 00
478 For the construction of walks and certain grading at
the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars . . . . . 5,000 00
479 Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding
six hundred forty-six thousand nine hundred and
forty dollars 646,940 00
480 For extending the hot water lines at the Walter E.
Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars . . . . . . 5,000 00
481 For the purchase and installation of sprinklers at the
Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-eight hundred dollars . . . 2,800 00
482 Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding five
hundred forty-eight thousand dollars . . 548,000 00
Item 494a of chapter 386 of the acts of 1929 — for
the purchase of certain power ecjuipment for the
Wrentham state school — is hereby reappropriated
Total
Service of the Department of Correction.
483 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
484 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 ninety-four thousand eight hundred and
fifteen dollars 94,815 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
251
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding ninety-eight hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars ....
For traveling expenses of officers and employees of
the department when required to travel in the
discharge of their duties, a sum not exceeding six-
teen thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars
For the removal of prisoners, to and from state insti-
tutions, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars
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 thousand
dollars ........
Depai tment
of Correction.
Total
S9,875 00
16,125 00
9,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
. $137,815 00
Division of Research for the Prevention of Crime:
For expenses of the division hereby established, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ; provided,
that the persons employed hereunder shall not be
subject to civil service laws or the rules and regu-
lations made thereunder ..... $10,000 00
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-
three thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars
For the purchase and installation of ovens and bak-
ery equipment at the state farm, a sum not ex-
ceeding nine thousand dollars .... 9,000 00
State prison, a sum not exceeding four hundred
thirty-four thousand four hundred and fifty dol-
lars, including four hundred ninety-seven dollars
and fifteen cents to reimburse John J. Jordan, an
employee at the prison, for medical attendance
after an injury received at the foundry, five dollars
for medical attendance to Raoul A. Guimond, and
twelve dollars for the loss of clothing belonging to
Louis J. Bolyea 434,4.50 00
Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding
four hundred fifty-one thousand nine hundred
dollars . 451,900 00
For the purchase of what is known as Peirce Farm
for the Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not
exceeding twenty thousand five hundred" dollars 20,500 00
For the purchase and installation of certain electrical
equipment at the Massachusetts reformatory, a
sum not exceeding six thousand dollars . . 6,000 00
Prison camp and hospital, a sum not exceeding sev-
enty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty
dollars . 72,780 00
Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seventv-three thousand six hundred and
twenty dollars " . . . . . . 173,620 00
For the town of Framingham, according to a con-
tract for sewage disposal at the reformatory' for
women, the sum of six hundred dollars . . 000 00
For the installation of certain equipment for refrig-
eration and for the construction of a pump house
and greenhouse at the reformatory for women, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand five himdred
dollars 12,500 00
Division of
Research for
Prevention
of Crime.
Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.
,790 00 State farm.
State prison.
Massachusetts
reformatory.
Prison camp
and hospital.
Reformatory
for women.
252
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
State prison
colony.
Item
501
502
State prison colony, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred thousand nine hundred and twenty-five
dollars, including reimbursement for clothing and
other property lost in a recent fire
(This item omitted.)
$200,925 00
Total
$2,076,065 00
Department of 5Q3
Public Welfare.
Administration. 504
505
Division of egg
Aid and Relief.
507
Reimbursement 508
of cities and
towns for pay-
ment of certain
aid, etc. 509
510
511
512
Old age
assistance.
513
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
Administration :
For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven thousand dollars .... $7,000 00
For personal services of officers and employees and
supervision of homesteads and planning boards,
a sum not exceeding forty-seven thousand seven
hundred dollars . . . . . . 47,700 00
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 eighty-four hundred dollars . . . 8,400 00
Total $63,100 00
Division of Aid and Relief :
For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding one hundred twenty-seven
thousand dollars $127,000 00
For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars . 22,000 00
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 eighty thousand dollars . . . 880,000 00
For the burial by cities and towns of indigent per-
sons 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 one hundred seven thousand dollars . 107,000 00
For the support of sick indigent persons who have no
legal settlement and for cases of wife settlement,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars 100,000 00
For temporary aid given to indigent persons with no
legal settlement, and to shipwrecked seamen by
cities and towns, and for the transportation of
indigent persons under the charge of the depart-
ment, a sum not exceeding one million three hun-
dred thousand dollars 1,300,000 00
Old age assistance:
For personal services required for the administration
of old age assistance provided by chapter one
hundred and eighteen A of the General Laws,
inserted by section one of chapter four hundred
and two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty, a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand
dollars 45,000 00
, Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
253
For other expenses, including rent, travel, office sup-
plies and other necessary expenses, required for
the administration of old age assistance provided
by chapter one hundred and eighteen A of the
General Laws, inserted by section one of chapter
four hundred and two of the acts of nineteenjiun-
dred and thirty, a sum not exceeding eighteen
thousand dollars ......
Total
Old age
assistance.
S18,000 00
S2,606,000 00
Division of Child Guardianship :
For personal services of officers and employees, a sum
not exceeding one hundred ninety-nine thousand
five hundred dollars $199,500 00
For services other than personal, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-two hun-
dred dollars ....... 4,200 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 two hundred ten
thousand dollars . . . . . . 210,000 00
For the care and maintenance of children, for the
present and previous years, a sum not exceeding
one million three hundred ten thousand dollars 1,310,000 00
Division of
Child Guard-
ianship.
Total
$1,723,700 00
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 eight hundred dollars
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling and other expenses of
the members of the board and employees, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-seven hundred dollars ....
Division of
Juvenile Train-
$14,800 00 of Massachu-
setts Training
Schools.
3,700 00
Boys' Parole:
For personal services of agents in the division for boys Boys' Parole,
paroled and boarded in families, a sum not exceed-
ing forty thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars 40,320 00
For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses of the agents and boys, and necessary
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-two thousand four himdred dollars . 22,400 00
For board, clothing, medical and other expenses
incidental to the care of boys, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars .... 25,000 00
Girls' Parole:
For personal services of agents in the division for Girls' Parole,
girls paroled from the industrial school for girls,
a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand two
hundred dollars 32,200 00
For traveling expenses of said agents for girls
paroled, for board, medical and other care of girls,
and for services other than personal, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars . . 16,750 00
254
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Item
Tuition of
children.
Institutions
under control
of Massachu-
setts training
schools.
Industrial
school for boys.
Industrial
school for girls.
Lyman school
for boys.
526
527
528
529
530
531
Massachusetts
Hospital
School.
State In-
firmary.
532
533
534
535
536
Tuition of children :
For reimbursement of cities and towns for tuition
of children attending the public schools, a sum
not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . $7,500 00
Total $162,670 00
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the institutions under the control
of the trustees of the Massachusetts training
schools, with the approval of said trustees, as
follows :
Industrial school for boys, a sum not exceeding one
hundred sixty thousand one hundred dollars . $160,100 00
Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty thousand seven hundred dollars . 150,700 00
Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding two
hundred forty-one thousand dollars . . . 241,000 00
For completing and furnishing the assembly and
chapel building at the Lyman school for boys, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 10,000 00
For completing and furnishing a brick cottage at
the Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding
seven thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 7,000 00
Total $568,800 00
Massachusetts Hospital School :
For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hospital
school, to be expended with the approval of the
trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding one hundred
ninety-eight thousand five hundred and sixty
dollars $198,560 00
State Infirmary:
For the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be
expended with the approval of the trustees thereof,
a sum not exceeding one million ninetj'-three
thousand nine hundred dollars . . . $1,093,900 00
For the purchase of certain land to protect the source
of water supply, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose
For the expense of improving walks and driveways,
a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....
For the cost of building a new roof on the boiler
house, a sum not exceeding sixty-two hundred
and fifty dollars ......
Item 589 of chapter 115 of the acts of 1930 — for
completing the building to be used as a maternity
ward — is hereby made available for the purchase
of equipment and furnishings.
Item 590 of chapter 115 of the acts of 1930 — for
the construction of an addition to the men's
hospital — is hereby made available for the pur-
chase of equipment and furnishings.
Item 592 of chapter 115 of the acts of 1930 — for
the construction of a building for industries — is
hereby made available for the purchase of equip-
ment.
2.000 00
4,000 00
6,250 00
Total
$1,106,150 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
255
Service of the Dcparitnenl of Public Health.
Item
Administration :
537 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars .
538 For personal services of the health council and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
one hundred dollars .....
539 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand eight hundred dollars .
Service of Adult Hygiene (cancer) :
540 For personal services of the division, including can-
cer clinics, a sum not exceeding forty-three thou-
sand seven hundred dollars ....
541 For other expenses of the division, including cancer
clinics, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars
Service of Child Hygiene:
542 For personal services of the director and assistants,
a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars .....
543 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-one thousand dollars
Service of Maternal and Child Hygiene:
544 For personal services for extending the activities of
the division in the protection of mothers and con-
servation of the welfare of children, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one thousand eight hundred
dollars ........
545 For other expenses for extending the activities of
the division in the protection of mothers and
conservation of the welfare of children, a sum not
exceeding fourteen thousand nine hundred dol-
lars ........
Division of Communicable Diseases:
546 For personal services of the director, district health
officers and their assistants, epidemiologists, bac-
teriologist and assistants in the diagnostic labo-
ratory, a sum not exceeding seventy-four thou-
sand five hundred dollars ....
547 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 thousand five hundred dollars
Venereal Diseases :
548 For personal services for the control of venereal
diseases, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
eight hundred dollars .....
549 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars .....
Wassermann Laboratory:
550 For personal services of the Wassermann la]:)oratory,
a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand six hundred
dollars ........
551 For expenses of the Wassermann laboratorj^ a sum
not exceeding fifty-two hundred dollars
Department of
$7,500 00 Public Health.
Administration.
20,100 00
14,800 00
Service of
Adult Hy-
43,700 00 ^'"°" ^"^"'="'^-
40,000 00
38,750 00
21,000 00
21,800 00
14,900 00
74,500 00
Service of
Child Hygiene.
Service of
Maternal and
Child Hygiene.
Division of
Communicable
20,500 00
Venereal
Diseases.
13,800 00
30,000 00
Wassermann
Laboratory.
16,600 00
5,200 00
256
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Antitoxin and
Vaccine
Laboratories.
Iten
552
553
Antitoxin and Vaccine Laboratories:
For personal services in the investigation and pro-
duction of antitoxin and vaccine lyniii) i and other
specific material for protective inoculation and
diagnosis of treatment, a surn not exceeding
seventy-one thousand dollars .... $71,000 00
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-two thousand five hundred
dollars 42,500 00
Inspection of
Food and
Drugs.
554
555
Inspection of Food and Drugs:
For personal services of the director, analysts, in-
spectors and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
fifty-four thousand two hundred dollars . . 54,200 00
For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding fourteen thousand dollars . . . 14,000 00
Shellfish En-
forcement
Law.
556
557
Shellfish Enforcement Law:
For personal services for administering the law
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding twenty-
two hundred and eighty dollars . . . 2,280 00
For other expenses for administering the law rela-
tive to shellfish, a sum not exceeding twelve
hundred dollars 1,200 00
Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage, En-
gineering
Division.
558
559
Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Engineer-
ing Division:
For personal services of the director, engineers,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
seventy-one thousand dollars ....
For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars
71,000 00
22,000 00
Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage,
Division of
Laboratories.
Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Division
of Laboratories:
560 For personal services of laboratory director, chem-
ists, clerks and other assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty-four thousand dollars . ... 44,000 00
561 For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding eight thousand dollars . . . 8,000 00
Total $713,330 00
Division of
Tuberculosis.
Division of Tuberculosis :
562 For personal services of the director, stenographers,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
forty-one thousand dollars .... $41,000 00
563 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
ninety-two hundred dollars .... 9,200 00
564 To cover the payment of certain subsidies for the
maintenance of hospitals for tubercular patients,
a sum not exceeding two hundred eightj^ thousand
dollars 280,000 00
565 For personal services for certain children's clinics
for tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding sixty thou-
sand dollars 60,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
257
Item
566 For other services for certain children's clinics for
tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding thirty-five
thousand six hundred dollars ....
Total
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the sanatoria, as follows:
567 Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
two hundred ninety-five thousand eight hundred
and fifty dollars ......
568 North Reading state sanatorium, a sum not ex-
ceeding two hundred fifty thousand nine hundred
dollars ........
569 For improvements in the water supply and for
additional fire protection at the North Reading
state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose
570 (This item omitted.)
Item 590 of chapter 146 of the acts of 1929 — for
the construction and furnishing of an admission
and isolation building at the North Reading
state sanatorium — is hereby reappropriated.
571 Rutland state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding three
hundred thirty-six thousand six hundred dollars .
572 (This item omitted.)
573 For the purchase and installation of electrical ec}uip-
ment for the Rutland state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding seven thousand dollars
Item 594 of chapter 146 of the acts of 1929 — for
improving the water supply system and installing
additional sprinkler heads at the Rutland state
sanatorium — is hereby reappropriated.
574 Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
two hundred sixty-five thousand four hundred
and ninety dollars ......
575 For improving the water supply and for additional
fire protection at the Westfield state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....
576 For the purchase and installation of X-ray and other
equipment at the Westfield state sanatorium, a
sum not exceeding six thousand dollars
Item 649 of chapter 115 of the acts of 1930 —
for alterations to administration building at the
Westfield state sanatorium — is hereby made
available for the purchase of equipment and
furnishings.
Total $
Pondville Cancer Hospital :
577 For maintenance of the Pondville cancer hospital,
a sum not exceeding two hundred forty-five
thousand and fifty dollars ....
$35,600 00
$425,800 00
Division of
Tuberculosis.
Lakeville state
sanatorium.
$295,850 00
North Reading
state sana-
250,900 00 torium.
5,700 GO
Rutland state
336,600 00 sanatorium.
7,000 00
265,490 00
5,000 00
6,000 00
1,172,540 00
$245,050 00
Westfield state
sanatorium.
Pondville Can-
cer Hospital.
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Administration :
578 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
579 For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a
sum not exceeding seventy-six thousand five hun-
dred and ten dollars .....
Department of
$6,000 00 Public Safety.
Administration.
76,510 00
258
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Department of
Public Safety.
Administration.
Item
580
Division of
State Police.
581
582
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 adminis-
tering the law regulating the sale and resale of
tickets to theatres and other places of public
amusement by the department of public safety, a
sum not exceeding sixty-seven thousand six hun-
dred and fifty dollars $67,650 00
For the purchase and installation of electrical equip-
ment for broadcasting and receiving purposes, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars 25,000 00
Division of State Police :
For the salaries of officers, including detectives, a
sum not exceeding four hundred ten thousand
dollars, of which sum not more than one hundred
forty-nine thousand dollars may be charged to
the Highway Fund 410,000 00
583 For personal services of civilian emploj'ces, a sum
not exceeding sixty-two thousand seven hundred
dollars 62,700 00
584 For other necessary expenses of the uniformed di-
vision, a sum not exceeding three hundred sev-
enty-two thousand dollars, of which sum not
more than one hundred forty-eight thousand seven
hundred and thirty dollars may be charged to the
Highway Fund 372,000 00
585 For expenses of what is known as teletype service,
a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars . 6,500 00
586 For traveling exj^enses of detectives, a sum not
exceeding nineteen thousand dollars . . . 19,000 00
587 For maintenance and operation of the police steamer,
a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars . 14,000 00
588 For personal services, rent, supplies and equipment
necessary in the enforcement of provisions of law
relative to explosives and inflammable fluids and
compounds, a sxim not exceeding fifteen thousand
five hundred dollars 15,500 00
Division of
Inspections.
Board of
Elevator
Regulations.
Division of Inspections:
589 For the salary of the chief of inspections, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,0C0 00
590 For the salaries of officers for the l)uilding inspection
servi(!e, a sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand
and seventy-five dollars ..... 55,075 00
591 For traveling expenses of officers for the building
inspection service, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand and twenty dollars .... 10,020 00
592 For the salaries of officers for the boiler inspection
service, a sum not exceeding sixty-seven thousand
and twenty dollars . . . ... 67,020 00
593 For traveling expenses of officers for the boiler in-
spection service, a sum not exceeding twenty-three
thousand dollars 23,000 00
594 For services, supplies and equipment necessary for
investigations and insj^ections by the division, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars . . 1,000 00
Board of Elevator Regulations:
595 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding one
hundred and fifty dollars ..... 150 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
259
Item
596
597
Board of Boiler Rules :
For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding 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 ........
Board of
$1,000 00 Boiler Rules.
500 00
Total
$1,242,625 00
Fire Prevention District Service :
598 For the salary of the state fire marshal, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars
599 For personal services of fire inspectors and others,
a sum not exceeding forty-three thousand seven
hundred dollars ......
600 For traveling expenses of fire inspectors, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars
601 For other services, office rent and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
seven thousand dollars .....
Total
State Boxing Commission:
602 For compensation and clerical assistance for the
state boxing commission, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars . .
603 For other expenses of the commission, a sum not
exceeding fourteen thousand dollars .
Total
Fire Preven-
$4,000 00 tion District
Service.
43,700 00
21,000 00
7,000 00
$75,700 00
State Boxing
Commission.
$13,900 00
14,000 00
$27,900 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:
604 For the salaries of the commissioner and the asso-
ciate commissioners, a sum not exceeding nineteen
thousand five hundred dollars ....
605 For personal services of clerks and assistants to the
commissioner, a sum not exceeding ninety-one
hundred and forty dollars ....
606 For traveling expenses of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars .
Total
Functions of the department relating to highways
(the following appropriations, except as other-
wise provided, are made from the Highway
Fund) :
607 For the personal services of the chief engineer, engi-
neers and office assistants, including certain clerks
and stenographers, a sum not exceeding eighty-
nine thousand dollars .....
608 For services other than personal, including printing
pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding eleven thousand dollars
609 For the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths
on state highways, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand dollars ......
Department
of Public
$19,500 00 ^°''^^-
9,140 00
3,000 00
$31,640 00
Highways.
$89,000 00
11,000 00
13,000 00
260 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Item
Highways. 610 For the construction and repair of town and county
ways, a sum not exceeding two million five hun-
dred thousand dollars $2,500,000 00
611 For aiding towns in the repair and improvement of
public ways, a sum not exceeding one million one
hundred seventy-five thousand dollars . . 1,175,000 00
611a For payments to the cities and certain towns of the
commonwealth, as authorized bj' section seven
of chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the
acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding two
million five hundred thousand dollars . 2,500,000 00
612 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, a sum not
exceeding five million two hundred thousand
dollars 5,200,000 00
613 For the purpose of enabling the department of pub-
lic works to secure federal aid for the construction
of highways, a sum not exceeding two million four
hundred eighty thousand dollars . . 2,480,000 00
614 For administering the law relative to advertising
signs near highways, a sum not exceeding seven-
teen thousand dollars, to be paid from the General
Fund 17,000 00
615 For expenses of studies and for necessary payments
during this fiscal year on account of any of the first
twenty-one projects for the abolition of grade
crossings contained in the program approved by
the department of public utilities, as authorized
by sections sixty-five to eighty, inclusive, of
chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the General
Laws, as amended, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred thousand dollars; and in addition
thereto the sum of three hundred nineteen thou-
sand one hundred thirteen dollars and thirty-four
cents now in the treasury from the proceeds of the
last issue of bonds by the commonwealth for the
abolition of grade crossings is hereby made avail-
able for expenditures authorized by said sections
with the approval of the department of public
works; and anj' unexpended balance remaining
at the end of the current fiscal year may be used
in the succeeding year ..... 700,000 00
Total $14,685,000 00
Registration of Motor Vehicles:
Registration of 616 For personal services, a sum not exceeding nine
Motor Vehicles. hundred fifty thousand dollars, of which sum ten
thousand dollars may be charged to the General
Fund, and the remainder shall be paid from the
Highway Fund . . . . . . $950,000 00
617 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 ve-
hicles, a sum not exceeding six huntlred twentj'-
nine thousand dollars, to be paid from the
Highway Fund 629,000 00
618 For printing and other expenses necessary in con-
nection with pu])licity for certain safety work, a
sum not exceeding twentj'-five hundred dollars,
to be paid from the Highway Fund . , . 2^500 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
261
Item
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
For expenses of an investigation to provide measures
for safety on the highways and for the reduction
of accidents, a sum not exceeding twenty thou-
sand dollars, to be paid from the Highway Fund $20,000 00
Total . . ... . . $1,601,500 00
Special :
For expenditures by the department of public works,
as authorized by chapter four hundred and twenty
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, a sum
not exceeding one million two hundred and sev-
enty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose and to be paid from the Highway
Fund $1,275,000 00
Functions of the department relating to water-
ways and public lands:
For personal services of the chief engineer and as-
sistants, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand
dollars ........
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 hun-
dred dollars .......
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
For the maintenance of structures, and for repairing
damages along the coast line 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 thirty thousand dollars
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 seventy-five thousand dollars, and
any unexpended balance of the appropriation
remaining at the end of the current fiscal year
for the same purposes; provided, that all expendi-
tures made for the protection of shores shall be
upon condition that at least fifty per cent of the
cost is covered by contributions from municipal-
ities or other organizations 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 .....
For re-establishing and permanently marking cer-
tain 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 thousand dollars .....
For expenses of surveying certain town boundaries,
by the department of public works, a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars ....
For the supervision and operation of common-
wealth pier five, including the salaries or other
compensation of employees, and for the repair and
replacement of equipment and other property, a
sum not exceeding one hundred twelve thousand
dollars, to be paid from the Port of Boston receipts
Registration of
Motor Vehicles.
Special.
Department
relating to
©CO nnn nn waterways and
$52,000 00 publiclands.
2,500 00
5,000 00
30,000 00
175,000 60
1,000 00
500 00
112.000 00
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Department
relating to
waterways and
public lands.
Item
629
630
631
632
633
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
one hundred thousand dollars, to be paid from the
Port of Boston receipts 100,000 00
For the operation and maintenance of the New
Bedford state pier, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars 4,000 00
For the compensation of dumping inspectors, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars . . . 3,000 00
For continuing the work in gauging the flow of
water in the streams of the commonwealth, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars . . . 5,000 00
Total $498,000 00
Specials:
Specials. 634 For dredging channels and filling flats, a sum not
exceeding one hundred ten thousand dollars, to be
paid from the Port of Boston receipts and to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose $110,000 00
635 For the maintenance and repair of certain property
in the town of Plymouth, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars ..... 4,000 00
636 For the construction of railroads and piers and for
the development of land at South Boston and
East Boston, a sum not exceeding twenty thou-
sand dollars, to be paid from the Port of Boston
receipts and to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose . . . 20,000 00
637 For the purchase of certain land formerly owned by
the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars, to be paid from the Port of
Boston receipts 20,000 00
638 For the expense of work authorized by chapter four
hundred and five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, a sum not exceeding seventy thousand
dollars 70,000 00
Total $224,000 00
Department
of Public
Utilities.
Service of the Department of Public Utilities.
639 For personal services of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding thirty-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
640 For personal services of secretaries, employees of the
accounting department, engineering department
and rate and tariff department, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-one thousand seven hundred dollars, of
which sum thirteen thousand two hundred and
seventy dollars shall be assessed upon the gas and
electric companies in accordance with existing
provisions of law . , . . . . . 31,700 00
641 For personal services of the inspection department,
a sum not exceeding forty-two thousand two hun-
dred and fifty dollars 42,250 00
Acts, 1931.— Chap. 245.
263
Item
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
For personal services of clerks, messengers and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
six hundred and thirty dollars, of which sum one
half shall be assessed upon the gas and electric com-
panies in accordance with existing provisions of law $12,630 00
For personal services of the telephone and telegraph
division, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
nine hundred dollars 13,900 00
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
available for expenses in the service of gas and
electric companies ...... 10,000 00
For stenographic reports of hearings, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars . . . 3,500 00
For traveling expenses of the commissioners and
employees, a sum not exceeding seventy-three
hundred dollars . . . . . . 7,300 00
For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars . . . 5,000 00
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 $164,780 00
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-
four thousand four hundred dollars . . . $24,400 00
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 . . 7,400 00
For services and expenses of expert assistants, as
authorized by law, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars 500 00
For other services, printing the annual report, for
rent of offices and for necessary office supplies
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 utilities
incurred in the performance of its functions
relative to gas, electric and water companies and
municipal lighting plants, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars .... 25,000 00
Department
of Public
Utilities.
Items to be
assessed upon
gas and electric
Total $68,400 00
Division of Smoke Inspection:
The following items are to be assessed upon the
cities and towns comprising the district de-
fined by chapter 651 of the acts of 1910, and
acts in amendment thereof or in addition
thereto:
For personal services of the division, a sum not
exceeding forty-one thousand dollars
For other services, printing the annual report, rent
of offices, travel, and necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-one
thousand dollars ......
Total $62,000 00
Smoke
$41,000 00 Inspection.
21,000 00
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Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Sale of
Securities.
Item
657
658
Bunker Hill
monument,
etc., main-
tenance.
659
660
Boulevards
and parkways.
661
662
663
664
Sale of Securities :
For personal services in administering the law
relative to the sale of securities, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and
fifty-five dollars ......
For expenses other than personal in administering
the law relative to the sale of securities, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred
dollars ........
Total
Miscellaneous.
For the maintenance of Bunker Hill monument
and the property adjacent, to be expended by the
metropohtan district commission, a sum not
exceeding thirteen thousand dollars .
For rebuilding steps and walks and for grading at the
Bunker Hill monument, to be expended by the
metropolitan district commis.sion, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars ....
Total
The following four items are to be paid from the
Highway Fund, with the approval of the Met-
ropolitan District Commission:
For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, a
sum not exceeding six hundred eight thousand
dollars ........
For resurfacing of boulevards and parkways, a sum
not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars
For certain improvements in the Charles River
basin, as authorized by chapter three hundred
and seventj^-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred 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 ......
For maintenance of Wellington bridge, with the
approval of the metropolitan district commission,
a sum not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars .
$39,755 00
12,500 00
$52,255 00
$13,000 00
10,000 00
$23,000 00
$608,000 00
300,000 00
155,000 00
5,500 00
Total
$1,068,500 00
Unclassified
Accounts and
Claims.
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
665 For the compensation of veterans of the civil war
formerly in the service of the commonwealth,
now retired, a sum not exceeding twent}' thousand
dollars . $20,000 00
666 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 ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00
667 For the compensation of veterans of the civil war
formerly employed at the Soldiers' Home in
Massachusetts, now retired, a sum not exceeding
one hundred and fifty dollars .... 150 00
668 For the compensation of certain prison officers
and instructors formerly in the service of the
commonwealth, now retired, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars . 38,500 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
265
Item
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
For the compensation of state police officers formerly
in the service of the commonwealth, and now
retired, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars
For the compensation of certain women formerly
employed in cleaning the state house, and now
retired, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars
Total . . . . • .
For certain other aid :
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-
eight thousand dollars .....
For the payment of certain annuities and pensions
of soldiers and others under the provisions of cer-
tain acts and resolves, a simi not exceeding fifty-
two hundred and twenty-six dollars .
Total
For reimbursing officials for premiums paid for pro-
curing sureties on their bonds, as provided by
existing laws, a sum hot exceeding one hundred
fifty dollars .......
For payment of any claims, as authorized by section
eighty-seven of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws, as amended, for allowances to the families
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 ....
For small items of expenditure for w^hich no appro-
priations have been made, and for cases in which
appropriations have been exhausted or have re-
verted to the treasury in previous years, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars
For reimbursement of persons for funds previously
deposited in the treasury of the commonwealth on
account of unclaimed savings bank deposits, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars
Total
Unclassified
Accounts and
5,000 00 Claims.
900 00
S75,550 00
Certain
other aid.
$38,000 00
5,226 00
$43,226 00
Reimbursing
officials for
premiums, etc
$150 00
2,500 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
$4,650 00
Sundry Permanent Improvements.
Service of the Departmeni of Education.
380b For the renewal of certain steam lines at the Massa-
chusetts agricultural college, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars .....
Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
456b For the construction of a coal trestle, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ....
456d For the construction of an employees' cottage, a
sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars
456e For the construction of additional sewage disposal,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand two hun-
dred and fifty dollars .....
Grafton State Hospital :
458a For renewing certain steam lines, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-three thousand dollars
Sundry Per-
manent Im-
provements.
Department of
$15,000 00 Education.
Massachusetts
agricultural
college.
10,000 00 Department of
Mental
14,000 00 Diseases.
12,250 00
Grafton State
53,000 00 Hospital.
266
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Medfield State
Hospital.
Taunton State
Hospital.
Westborough
State Hospital.
Belchertown
State School.
Walter E.
Fernald
State School.
Wrentham
State School.
Item
Medfield State Hospital:
460a For the purchase and installation of new boilers, a
sum not exceeding forty' thousand dollars . . $40,000 00
Taunton State Hospital:
465a For the purchase and installation of new boilers and
providing for certain other improvements in the
boiler plant, a sum not exceeding forty-five thou-
sand dollars 45,000 00
Westborough State Hospital :
469a For enlarging and renovating what is known as the
Childs building, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven
thousand dollars 27,000 00
Belchertown State School :
477d For alterations to the present boiler house and for a
boiler and other equipment, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars, to be in addition to
an appropriation made in nineteen hundred and
thirty of thirteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00
47Sd For additional service by the construction of wells,
standpipe, and sludge beds, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars ..... 5,000 00
478f For the construction of the second and third units
of the schoolhouse gymnasium and assemblj' hall,
a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty-three
thousand dollars 163,000 00
Walter E. Fernald State School:
479a For the reconstruction of a building, including
equipment, to be used as a contagious hospital, a
sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . 15,000 00
479b For furnishing and equipping certain new buildings,
a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars . 20,000 00
479d For certain equipment for the heating plant and the
extension of steam, water and electrical service
lines, a sum not exceeding sixty thousand dollars 60,000 00
479e For furnishings and equipment for the new service
building, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thou-
sand dollars 38,000 00
479f For the construction of new walks and roads, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars . . . 5,000 00
480a For the purchase of additional land, a sum not
exceeding twenty-six thousand dollars . . 26,000 00
Wrentham State School:
482e For furnishings and equipment for the addition to
the service building, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand dollars 13,000 00
482f For furnishings for a nursery building, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00
482g For the cost of additional wells, a sum not exceeding
fifty-five hundred dollars 5,500 00
Department of
Public Welfare.
Industrial
School for Boys.
Massachusetts
Hospital
School.
Service of the Deparbnerit of Public Welfare.
Industrial School for Boys:
527a For the construction, equipment and furnishing of
a cottage for boys, a sum not exceeding eighty
thousand dollars 80,000 00
Massachusetts Hospital School:
532a For the construction and furnishing of a house for
the superintendent, a sum not exceeding twenty-
two thousand dollars 22,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
267
Item
State Infirmary:
535b For the construction and furnishing of an assistant State In-
superintendent's house, a sum not exceeding firmary.
twelve thousand dollars $12,000 00
Service of the Department of Public Health.
Westfield State Sanatorium:
575a For the construction and furnishing of a dormitory
for employees, a sum not exceeding seventy-nine
thousand five hundred dollars ....
576a For the cost of additional sewage and waste disposal,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars .
Pondville Cancer Hospital:
577a For the construction of new filter beds and the Pondville Can-
installation of additional sewage disposal works, cer Hospital.
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00
Total $796,250 00
Department of
Public Health.
79,500 00 Westfield State
Sanatorium.
5,000 00
Deficiencies.
For deficiencies in certain appropriations of previous
years, in certain items, as follows:
Deficiencies.
Legislative Department.
For expenses in connection with the publication of Legislative
the bulletin of committee hearings and of the Department,
daily list, and for the expense of printing a cumu-
lative index to the acts and resolves of the cur-
rent year, with the approval of the joint com-
mittee on rules, the sum of twenty-nine hundred
sixty-seven dollars and seventy-six cents . . $2,967 76
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,
the sum of twenty-one hundred seventy-one dol-
lars and eighty-one cents ..... 2,171 81
For expenses relative to the observance of the ter-
centenary of the first general court in Massa-
chusetts, as authorized by an order of the gen-
eral court, the sum of fourteen hundred sixty-
nine dollars and forty-five cents . . . 1,469 45
Judicial Department.
Justices of District Courts:
For expenses of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, the sum of one hun-
dred twenty-five dollars and eighty-one cents
Probate and Insoh^ency Courts:
For expenses of judges of probate when acting out-
side their own counties for other judges of pro-
bate, as authorized by section forty of chapter two
hundred and seventeen of the General Laws, as
amended, the sum of one hundred twenty-nine
dollars and seventy cents ....
District Attorneys:
For traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the
district attorneys, except in the Suffolk district,
for the present and previous j'ears, the sum of one
hundred seventy-one dollars and forty cents
Judicial
Department.
125 81 Justices of Dis-
trict Courts.
Probate and
Insolvency
Courts.
129 70
District
Attorneys.
171 40
268
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Commission
on Adminis-
tration and
Finance.
Art Com-
mission.
State Quar-
termaster.
Item
Commission on Administration and Finance.
For other expenses incidental to the duties of the
commission, the sum of one hundred four dollars
and six cents ....... $104 06
Art Commission.
For expenses of the commission, the sum of eighty-
eight dollars and ninety-five cents ... 88 95
State Quartermaster.
For the care and maintenance of the camp ground
and buildings at Framingham, the sum of one
hundred seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents 117 87
For expense of maintaining and operating the Camp
Curtis Guild rifle range, the sura of forty-one
hundred eight dollars and eighty-seven cents . 4,108 87
Secretary of
the Com-
monwealth.
Secretary of the Commonivealth.
For matters relating to elections:
For expenses of puljlication of lists of candidates and
forms of questions before state elections, the sum
of twelve hundred twelve dollars and fifty-seven
cents 1,212 57
For personal and other services in preparing for
primary elections, and for the expenses of pre-
paring, printing and distributing ballots for
primary and other elections, the sum of ninety-
four hundred seventy-five dollars and ninety-
three cents 9,475 93
For printing laws, etc. :
For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and
resolves of nineteen hundred and thirty, the sum
of two hundred forty-one dollars and forty-seven
cents . . . . . ... 241 47
For printing and binding the blue book edition of
the acts and resolves of the present year, the sum
of sixty-two dollars and seventy-one cents . . 62 71
Department of
Conservation.
Department of Conservation.
Enforcement of shellfish laws:
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, the sum of four hundred twenty
dollars and twenty-five cents ....
420 25
Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.
Department
of Education.
Department of Corporations and Taxation.
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 thirty, the sum of eighty-three hundred
ninety-nine dollars and four cents
Department of Education.
For services other than personal, necessary office
supplies, and for printing the annual report and
bulletins as provided by law, the sum of two
hundred sixteen dollars and sixty-one cents
8,399 04
216 61
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
269
Item
For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
payment of tuition of pupils attending high
schools outside the towns in which they reside,
as provided by law, the sum of fifty-four hundred
eighty-nine dollars and forty-eight cents . . $5,4S9 48
For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, the sum of eleven thousand seven
hundred twenty-five dollars and fifty-five cents . 11,725 55
Framingham normal school boarding hall, the sum
of five thousand thirty-seven dollars and ninety-
nine cents ....... 5,037 99
Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Division of Registration:
For services of the division other than personal,
printing the annual reports, office supplies and
equipment, except as otherwise provided, the sum
of ninety-four dollars and thirty-nine cents . 94 39
Department of Labor and Industries.
Massachusetts Industrial Commission:
For other services and expenses, including office
supplies and travel, the sum of eleven hundred
seven dollars and sixty-seven cents
Department of Industrial Accidents.
For expenses of impartial examinations, the sum of
twenty-six hundred seventy-nine dollars and
fifty-nine cents ...... 2,679 59
Department of Public Welfare.
Trustees of Massachusetts Training Schools.
Boys' Parole:
For board, clothing, medical and other expenses
incidental to the care of boys, the sum of two
hundred seventy-six dollars and seventy-eight
cents ........
Tuition of children :
For reimbursement of cities and towns for tuition
of children attending the public schools, the sum of
five hundred thirty-nine dollars and eleven cents .
Lyman School for Boys:
For furnishings and equipment for a brick cottage at
the Lyman school for boys, the sum of seventeen
hundred thirteen dollars and ten cents . . 1,713 10
Department of Public Safety.
Division of Inspection:
For traveling expenses of officers for the building
inspection service, the sum of four hundred
seventy-one dollars and twenty-four cents .
Fire Prevention District Service:
For traveling expenses of fire inspectors, the sum of
two hundred ninety-eight dollars and seventy-nine
cents ........
Department of Public Works.
For administering the law relative to advertising
signs near highways, the sum of seventeen hun-
dred eighty-two dollars and seventy-one cents,
to be paid "from the General Fund . . . 1,782 71
Department
of Education.
Department of
Civil Service
and Regis-
tration.
Division of
Registration.
Department of
Labor and
Industries.
1,107 67 Massachusetts
Industrial
Comiuission.
Department of
Industrial
Accidents.
Department of
Public Welfare.
Trustees of
276 78 Massachusetts
Training
Schools.
Boys' Parole.
Tuition of
539 11 children.
Lyman School
for Boys.
Department of
Public Safety.
471 24 Division of
Inspection.
Fire Prevention
District
298 79 Service.
Department of
Public Works.
270
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
Department of
Public Works.
Item
Metropolitan
District
Commission.
680
681
Mosquito
control.
6S2
Revere Beach
reservation.
683
Division of
Metropolitan
Planning.
684
Nantasket
Beach
reservation.
685
Wellington
bridge.
686
Improvements
in Charles
River basin.
687
688
689
North metro-
politan sower-
age district.
For the maintenance and repair of state highways,
including care of snow on highways, expenses of
traffic signs and Ughts, 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, the sum of
eighty-five dollars, to be paid from the Highway
Fund $85 00
Total $62,785 66
Metropolitan District Co7mnission.
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-
politan district commission:
678 For maintenance of the Charles River basin, a sum
not exceeding two hundred sixteen thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars $216,750 00
679 For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not
exceeding nine hundred nineteen thousand seven
hundred and seventy-four dollars, including a de-
ficiency amounting to one hundred and seventy-
four dollars 919,774 00
For the expense of holding band concerts, a sum not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars . . . 20,000 00
For the expense of stream gauging, as a part of the
maintenance of park reservations, a sum not
exceeding thirteen hundred and fifty dollars . 1,350 00
For the expense of work to provide better mosquito
control, as a part of the maintenance of park
reservations, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars . . . . . . 10,000 00
For the expense of constructing an addition to the
police station at the Revere Beach reservation, as
a part of the maintenance of park reservations, a
sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars . . 40,000 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
twenty thousand dollars 20,000 00
For maintenance of the Nantasket Beach reservation,
a sum not exceeding ninety thousand five hun-
dred dollars . . . . . . . 90,500 00
For maintenance of Wellington bridge, a sum not
exceeding sixteen thousand five hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to the amount ap-
propriated in item six hundred and sixty-four . 16,500 00
(This item appropriated under Item 661.)
(This item appropriated under Item 662.)
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, to be assessed upon the
cities and towns in the metropolitan parks dis-
trict in accordance with their taxable valuations,
and to be in addition to the amount appropriated
in item six hundred and sixty-three and to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose 155,000 00
690 For the maintenance and operation of a sj'stcm of
sewage disposal for the north metropolitan sew-
erage district, a sum not exceeding three hundred
seventy-five thousand three hundred dollars . 375,300 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 245.
271
Item
691
692
693
694
695
For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the south metropohtan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding two hundred
thirty-six thousand one hundred dollars
For the maintenance and operation of the metro-
politan water system, a sum not exceeding nine
hundred fortj^-one thousand six hundred dollars
For the construction of additions and improvements
to certain supply and distribution mains, as a part
of the cost of maintenance of the metropolitan
water system, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
thousand dollars, of which amount four hundred
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in an-
ticipation of a further appropriation of four hun-
dred thousand dollars to be made in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty-two
For the purchase and installation of certain boilers,
as a part of the cost of maintenance of the metro-
politan water system, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars ......
For the purchase and installation of additional
pumping equipment, as a part of the cost of
maintenance of the metropolitan water system, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand
dollars, of which amount fifty thousand dollars
is hereby appropriated in anticipation of further
appropriations of fifty thousand dollars in each
of the years nineteen hundred and thirty-two
and nineteen hundred and thirty-three
Total 3
South metro-
politan sewer-
age district.
$236,100 00
941,600 00
Metropolitan
water system.
400,000 00
30,000 00
50,000 00
5,522,874 00
General and Highway Funds
Metropolitan District Commission
$62,469,241 23
3,522,874 00
Section 3. No expenditures in excess of appropriations
provided for under this act shall be incurred by any depart-
ment 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-two, 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
incurred 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 otherwise
provided by such rules and regulations as the governor may
make.
Section 6. 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 immediately
following the passage of this act.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 24, 1931.
Written ap-
proval of
governor and
council required
for certain
e.xpenditures.
Certain allow-
ances included
in appropria-
tions for main-
tenance of
certain in-
stitutions.
No payment to
be made for
construction of
public build-
ings, etc., until
plans have
been approved
by governor.
Budget com-
missioner to
send copies of
sections three
and five to
heads of de-
partments, etc.
272
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 246, 247.
G. L., 185, § 6,
etc., amended.
C/ia».246 -^^ ^^^ RELATIVE TO THE STATUS OF CERTAIN CLERKS IN
THE LAND COURT,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section six of chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the
General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter four
hundred and eighteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
thereof the following: — The recorder may, with the ap-
proval of the judge, appoint two assistant clerks of court
who shall, under his direction, perform the duties of clerk of
court, — so as to read as follows: — Section 6. The gov-
ernor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall ap-
point a recorder, who shall be clerk of the court and hold
office for five years. He shall attend the sessions of the court,
keep a docket of all causes, and affix the seal of the court to
all processes or papers requiring it. 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. The recorder may, with the approval of
the judge, appoint two assistant clerks of court who shall,
under his direction, perform the duties of clerk of court.
Approved April ^4, 1931.
Recorder of
land court,
term, duties.
Deputy
recorders.
Assistant clerks
of court.
ChaV.247 ^^ -^^'^ authorizing the borrowing of money by THE
CITY OF BOSTON FOR HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND
CERTAIN OTHER PURPOSES.
Theschool com-
mittee of the
city of Boston
may make ap-
propriations for
construction,
etc., of two new
high school
buildings, etc.
City of Boston
may borrow
outside statu-
tory limit of in-
debtedness,
issue bonds, etc.
City of Boston
High School
Loan, Act of
1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
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 construc-
tion and furnishing of two new high school buildings, in-
cluding 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 hun-
dred and thirty-one, of not more than two million dollars,
in addition to the amount authorized by item (6) of section
one of chapter two hundred and six of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, as most recently amended
by section one of chapter three hundred and fourteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six.
Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the appropriation
of two million dollars authorized by section one of this act
the city of Boston may borrow, outside the statutory limit
of indebtedness, from time to time within a period of two
years from the effective date 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. City of Boston High School
Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 248. 273
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates. Except as herein pro-
vided, indebtedness incurred under this act shall be sub-
ject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by said city.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 28, 1931.
An Act extending the benefits of state and military (Jhnji 248
AID AND soldiers' RELIEF TO VETERANS OF THE INDIAN ^'
WARS OR CAMPAIGNS, THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS AND DE-
PENDENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section six of chapter one hundred and g. l. ns, § e.
fifteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended by ^ ^"
chapter two hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and tvv^enty-seven, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "therein" in the forty-fourth line,
as printed in chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twent3'-four, the following
new paragraph: — Invalid pensioners of the United States state and miii-
who served under the authority or b}^ the approval of the thoL^who°
United States or any state or territory in any Indian war or served in in-
,• •,! ..1 f. .■ dian wars or
campaign, or m connection with or in the zone oi any active campaigns, etc.
Indian hostilities in any of the states or territories of the
United States prior to January first, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight, having enlisted in said service while an inhabit-
ant of a town in this commonwealth and actually residing
therein;
Section 2. Said section six of said chapter one hundred ^. ^^ns, § e,
and fifteen, as so amended, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "therefrom" in the ninetieth line,
as so printed, the following new paragraph: — The wives of Payment of aid
" 1*1 * 1 I'iiTi* ^^ Wives and
invalid pensioners who served m the Indian wars or cam- widows of yeter-
paigns, and the v/idows of soldiers dying in such service, or ^'^rs^or'"^'^"
after honorable discharge therefrom and while in receipt of a campaigns.
pension from the United States;
Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and fifteen, as g. l. iis, § 7,
most recently amended in section seven by section one of ®*°' ^"^ended.
chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirty, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section seven and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 7. The wife of a discharged soldier Restrictions as
or sailor shall not be held to belong to any of the fore- of stlrteaidTo
going classes, nor shall she receive state aid unless, if the wives and
service of the soldier or sailor was in the war with Spain, tain°ve\eranT
the Philippine Insurrection or the China Relief Expedition,
she was married to him before his final discharge from such
service, and, if his widow, before September 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
274
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 248.
G. L. 115, § 10,
par. second,
etc., amended.
M'litary
aid, etc.
First class
qu;ilifications.
G. L. 115, § 17,
etc., amended.
Soldiers' relief
for certain per-
sons in military
or naval serv-
ice, etc., and
for their de-
pendents.
to June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, and
if the service of the soldier was in any Indian war or campaign
unless she was, if his wife, married to him prior to his final
discharge from such service, and, if his widow, prior to March
fourth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, 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 lelease from active
duty therein, and, if his widow, prior to January first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 4. The second paragraph of section ten of said
chapter one hundred and fifteen, as most recently amended
by section four of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "wars" in the thirteenth
line the words : — , Indian wars or campaigns, — so as to
read as follows: — First Class, Each person of the first class
shall have his settlement in the town aiding him; shall have
served as a soldier, sailor or nurse in the manner and under
the limitations prescribed in the first class of section six;
shall have been honorably discharged or released from active
duty in such United States service and from all appointments
and enlistments therein; shall be poor and indigent and, by
reason of sickness or other physical disability, in such need
as would entitle him to relief under chapter one hundred and
seventeen; shall not be, directlj^ or indirectly, in receipt of
any other state or military aid, or of any pension for services
rendered or disabilities incurred either in the civil or Spanish
wars, Indian wars or campaigns, the Phihppine Insurrection,
the Cliina Relief Expedition, Mexican border service or world
war service as defined in section six. The disability must
have arisen from causes independent of his military or naval
service aforesaid.
Section 5. Section seventeen of said chapter one hun-
dred and fifteen, as most recentlj^ amended by chapter one
hundred and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"war" in the seventh line the following: — , or a pensioner
of the United States who served under the authority or by
the approval of the United States or any state or territory in
any Indian war or campaign, or in connection with or in the
zone of any active Indian hostilities in any of the states or
territories of the United States prior to January first, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, — so as to read as follows: —
Secdon 17. If a person who served in the army or navy of
the United States in the war of the rebellion, in the army,
nav}' or marine corps 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, or in the army, navy or marine corps in the world war,
or a pensioner of the United States who served under the
authority or by the approval of the United States or any state
or territory in an}^ Indian war or campaign, or in connection
Acts, 193L — Chap. 248. 275
with or in the zone of any active- Indian hostilities in any of Soldiers' relief
. . ,. , TT • 1 n V • T f'^'' certain per-
the states or territories oi the United btates prior to January sons in military
first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and received an i',^eret'c''! InT
honorable discharge from all enlistments therein, and who has ^°Q^'g^j[/^
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 dependent father or mother, unless such condi-
tion 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 life-
time; 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 settle-
ment 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
honorable discharge from all enhstments therein, if such
child is receiving a pension from the United States and is
not otherwise 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 com-
pelled to receive the same at an infirmary or public institu-
tion 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 Notice to cer-
settlement outside of the town where the application is appiic'Ition^for
276
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 249.
military aid or
soldiers' relief.
Procedure in
case of unrea-
sonable delay
in aiding
applicant.
Penalty.
Applicable to
certain army
nurses, etc.
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 commissioner who re-
fuses and neglects to comply 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 army
nurses and their dependents as specified herein who served
in the army, navy or marine corps during the war with
Spain or during the Philippine insurrection between April
twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and July
fourth, nineteen hundred and two, or during the world war.
Approved April 28, 1931.
Chap. 2^^ An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow money
FOR THE reconstruction OF STREETS.
City of Boston
may borrow
money for the
reconstruction
of streets.
Boston Street
Loan, Act of
1931.
May levy taxes
outside tax
limit, etc.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of reconstructing accepted
streets, the city of Boston may borrow, outside the statutory
limit of indebtedness, from time to time within a period of
two years from the passage of this act, 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, Boston Street Loan,
Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa-
rate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten
years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under
this act unless a sum equal to each such authorized issue is
voted for the same purpose, to be raised from taxes or other
sources of revenue or from the proceeds of indebtedness
incurred within the statutory limit of indebtedness. Except
as herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.
Section 2. The said city, for the purpose of raising any
sum voted to be raised by taxation as authorized by section
one, may levy taxes outside the tax limit for general mu-
nicipal purposes to an amount not exceeding the amount so
voted.
Section 3. 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 28, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 250. 277
An Act relative to the construction, alteration and /^z,^^ ocn
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. ^*
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts 1907, 550, § lo,
of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended in section ten by ^^'^- ^^mended.
section two of chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, by section
one of chapter sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and by section five of chapter four hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
is hereby further amended by striking out said section ten
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 10. Boston buiid-
The provisions of this act shall not apply to public highway to^aifi^y to
and railway bridges, quays or wharves, nor to buildings structures
belonging to and occupied by the United States, or the com-
monwealth, nor to railroad stations used exclusively for rail-
road purposes, nor to voting booths erected and maintained
by the board of election commissioners.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of fe°taYn boards
this act shall not be held to deprive the board of health, the ^pd commis-
police commissioner, the board of street commissioners, the beabridged.
board of examiners of gas fitters, the commissioner of wires
or the fire commissioner of the city of Boston, of any power
or authority, except as to the construction of buildings,
which they have at the date of the passage of this act or of
the remedies for the enforcement of the orders of said boards
or officers, unless such powers, authorities or remedies are
inconsistent with the provisions of this act; nor to repeal any
existing law not herein expressly repealed, except so far as it
may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Section 2. Section five of said chapter five hundred and gtc^'amende'd
fifty, as amended by section two of chapter two hundred and
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by section
two of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, by section one of
chapter ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty, and by section three of chapter four hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
is hereby further amended by striking out the second para-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Before beginning the removal of any building or other Notice as to
structure, the building commissioner shall give notice, by ^^ma'^temis*
mail, to the owner of his right to the material, upon request, °[(^'^^o''be^^'
if he is known and can be found; otherwise by posting an removed,
attested copy of such notice in a conspicuous place upon the
external walls of such building. If the owner claims the
material, he shall at once so notify the commissioner in writ-
ing and shall remove the same within ten days after the
building or structure is taken down, and if he fails to do so
the building commissioner may dispose of the material.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 1931.
278
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 251, 252.
Chap. 251 An Act relative to the care and maintenance of a
BRIDGE OVER THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BETWEEN THE
CITY OF NORTHAMPTON AND THE TOWN OF HADLEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter seven hundred and nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by
striking out section four and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 4- The expense of the care and main-
tenance of said bridge shall be apportioned and paid as
follows : — The county of Hampshire shall pay fifty-seven
per cent; the city of Northampton shall pa}' twenty-eight
per cent; the town of Hadley shall pay three per cent and
the town of Amherst shall pay twelve per cent.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 1931.
1914, 709, § 4,
amended.
Apportionment
of expense of
care and main-
tenance of
bridge over
Connecticut
river between
Northampton
and Hadley.
Board of pub-
lic safety in
city of Holyoke,
establish-
ment, powers.
Chap. 252 An Act establishing a board of public safety in the
CITY OF holyoke AND REGULATING THE POWERS AND
DUTIES OF SAID BOARD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In the city of Holyoke the city engineer, the
city marshal and the chief of the fire department shall con-
stitute an unpaid board to be known as the board of public
safety. Said board shall constitute in said city the local
licensing authority for the purposes of chapter one hundred
and forty-eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section
one of chapter three hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty, and its amendments. In said
city the endorsement of the head of the fire department
upon the apphcation for any license under section thirteen
of said chapter one hundred and forty-eight shall not be a
prerequisite to the granting of such license, nor shall any
action by the head of the fire department be required to
validate any action of said board under section fifty-six of
said chapter one hundred and fortj-eight.
Section 2. Said board shall designate and may for
cause remove as its clerk either the clerk of the fire com-
mission or the clerk of the police department. Said clerk
shall keep full and accurate records of the doings of said
board, which records shall at all times be open to public
inspection. All provisions of said section thirteen relative
to the city clerk shall, in said city, relate to the clerk of said
board.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 1931.
Clerli, duties.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 253, 254. 279
An Act relative to interest on damages awarded in QJidj) 253
ACTIONS FOR DEATH TRIED WITHOUT JURY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an ^''®^™ ®"
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eleven of chapter two hundred and ^^nj^nde'd' ^ *^'
twenty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- '
serting after the word "given" in the first hne the words: —
or a finding made, — by inserting after the word "rendered"
in the fourth line the words: — or finding made, — and by
inserting after the word "verdict" in the sixth line the
words: — or finding, — so as to read as follows: — Section 11. interest on
In any civil action in which a verdict is given or a finding awarded in
made for pecuniary damages for the death, with or without death tr^ed
conscious suffering, of any person, whether or not such without jury.
person was in the employment of the defendant against whom
the verdict is rendered or finding made, there shall be added
to the amount of the damages interest thereon from the date
of the writ, even though such interest brings the amount of
the verdict or finding bej^ond the maximum liability imposed
by law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 1931.
An Act subjecting the offices of clerks and assistant (JJidjj 254
CLERKS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
TO CLASSIFICATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section forty-nine of chapter thirty-five of ^^njed^*^'
the General Laws, as inserted by section five of chapter four
hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby
amended by striking out, in the fifth and sixth lines, the
words "justices, special justices, clerks and assistant clerks
of the district courts" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — justices and special justices of the district courts,
clerks and assistant clerks of the district courts other than
the municipal court of the city of Boston, — and by insert-
ing after the word "justices," in the sixth line the word: —
other, — so as to read as follows : — Section 49- Every offices and
office and position whereof the salary is wholly payable from u^fereof^saia-
the treasury of one or more counties, or from funds admin- ^'i^f/from^trea
istered by and through county officials, except the offices of my of one or
county commissioners and associate county commissioners, Sc.%xcepf*'^'
justices and special justices of the district courts, clerks to'be'cia^i^fi^ld
and assistant clerks of the district courts other than the by board,
municipal court of the city of Boston, trial justices, other
offices and positions filled by appointment of the governor
280 Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 255, 256.
with the advice and consent of the council, and probation
officers, shall be classified by the board in the manner pro-
vided by sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, and every
such office and position, now existing or hereafter estab-
lished, shall be allocated by the board to its proper place
Offices and in sucli classification. Offices and positions in the service
L7vice"oV"er- of any department, board, school or hospital principally
mintt'^schoois supportcd by the funds of the county or counties, or in
or hosj)itais the scrvicc of a hospital district established under sections
smcaUon? '^ ^^ seventy-eight to ninety-one, inclusive, of chapter one hun-
dred and eleven, shall likewise be subject to classification as
aforesaid.
Muo'be°di'-'''^^'^ Section 2. The salary of no clerk or assistant clerk in
minished, etc. office ou the effcctivc date of his classification under author-
ity hereof shall be diminished by reason of such classification.
Approved April 29, 1931.
Chap. 255 An Act relative to the American academy of arts and
SCIENCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1779, 46, § 4, Section four of chapter forty-six of the acts of seventeen
hundred and seventy-nine, as amended by section one of
chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and ten and by section one of chapter forty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the twelfth line, the word "four"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — six, — so as to
American read as f ollows : — Section 4- That the fellows of the said
Arts''a™d °^ academy may from time to time elect such persons to be
mimborshi fcllows thcrcof as they shall judge proper; and that they
shall have full power and authority from time to time to
suspend, expel or disfranchise any fellow of the said academy
who shall by his conduct render himself unworthy of a place
in that body, in the judgment of the academy; and also to
settle and establish the rules, forms and conditions of elec-
Proviso. tion, suspension, expulsion and disfranchisement: provided,
that the number of the said academy, who are inhabitants
of this state, shall not at any one time be more than six
hundred nor less than forty. Approved April 29, 1931.
Chap. 256 An Act reforming the terminology in illegitimacy
CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sc^ameAded Section 1. Scctiou eight of chapter one hundred and
twenty-one of the General Laws, as amended by section
thirty-five of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the word "bas-
tardy" and inserting in place thereof the word: — illegiti-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 256. . 281
macy, — so as to read as follows: — Section 8. It shall as- Duties of
certain whether any inmates of state institutions under its department
. . -^ , . , 1111°' public wel-
supei'vision have settlements m the commonwealth, and shall fare relative
cause laws relative to the support by towns of sane state state'^cha^ges.
charges to be enforced, and may prosecute cases of illegiti-
macy if the mother has no settlement in the commonwealth.
It shall also prepare, and annually mail, on or before April
first, to the clerk of the board of public welfare of each
town, a form for returns to be made by such boards under
sections thirty-three and thirty-four of chapter one hundred
and seventeen, and from said returns it shall prepare tables
of persons supported by towns.
Section 2. Section twenty-two of chapter two hundred ^^j^- ?^|' § 2^'
and seventy-two of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out, in the second line, the words "a bastard" and
inserting in place thereof the word: — illegitimate, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 22. A woman who conceals the Concealment
death of issue of her body, which if born alive would be |ieatii°of"''^ °^
illegitimate, so that it cannot be ascertained whether it was illegitimate
born alive or, if born alive, whether it was murdered, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or
by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Section 3. Section twenty-three of said chapter two g. l. 272, § 23,
hundred and seventy-two is hereby amended by striking out, ^^ended.
in the first line, the word "bastard" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — illegitimate, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 23. A woman indicted for the murder of her in- joinder of
fant illegitimate child may also be charged in the same in- "onceaLient.
dictment with the crime described in the preceding section;
and if she is acquitted of murder, she may be convicted of the
concealment.
Section 4. Chapter two hundred and seventy-three of ^^^ndl'd' *'*'^
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the
title of said chapter and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — Desertion, Non-Support and Illegitimacy, — and ^^onTn^°^*
by striking out the heading above sections eleven to nine- to 19, inclusive,
teen, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the word: — ^^^^
Illegitimacy.
Section 5. Section nineteen of said chapter two hun- g. l. 273, § 19.
dred and seventy-three is hereby amended by striking out, ''™«"'^^'i-
in the second line, the word "bastardy" and inserting in
place thereof the word : — illegitimacy, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 19. No proceedings shall be maintained afterTiieghi"-*'^^
under any of the eight preceding sections in any case where inacy proceed-
illegitimacy proceedings were begun before July first, nine- fSnner"iaw.
teen hundred and thirteen.
Section 6. The schedule of forms and pleadings ap- schedule of
pended at the end of chapter two hundred and seventy-seven i°wings ap-
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the en"i'|,'fG*L
word "bastardy" wherever appearing therein and inserting 277 amended.
in place thereof the word: — illegitimacy.
Approved April 29, 1931.
282
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 257.
Town of West
Boylston au-
thorized to
receive the real
and pcrsonul
property of the
Mount Vernon
Cemetery
Association.
C/ia7).257 An Act authorizing the town of west boylston to
RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER THE PROPERTY OF THE MOUNT
VERNON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION IN SAID TOWN, SUBJECT
TO JUDICIAL DECREE AS AFFECTING TRUST PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Mount Vernon Cemetery Association, a
corporation duly organized on March thirty-first, eighteen
hundred and fifty-two, under chapter eighty-one of the acts
of eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and situated in the town
of West Boylston, may, by deed executed by the president
and treasurer of the coi'poration thereunto duly authorized,
convey and transfer to said town, and said town is hereby
authorized to receive, and thereafter to hold and maintain,
but for cemetery purposes only, and subject to all rights
heretofore existing in any burial lots, the real and personal
property of the corporation not subject to any trust, and
thereupon, and upon the transfer of trust funds as herein-
after provided, the corporation shall be dissolved; and the
cemetery of the corporation shall be and become a public
burial place, ground or cemetery.
Section 2. In so far as authorized by the decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction and in compliance with the
terms and conditions of such decree, said town may receive
from said corporation a conveyance and transfer of, and
administer, all funds or other property held by it in trust
for the perpetual care of the lots in its cemetery and for other
purposes, and also any property devised or bequeathed to
said corporation under the will of any person living at the
time of said transfer or conveyance or under the ^'dll of any
deceased person not then probated. Interest and dividends
accruing on funds deposited in trust with anj^ savings bank,
under authority of section thirtj^-seven or thirty-eight of
chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws, or
with any other banking institution, for the benefit of the
corporation, or of any lots in its cemetery, may, after such
convej^ance and transfer are authorized by such decree, be
paid by such bank to the treasurer of said town; and upon
such payment said treasurer, under the direction of the
cemetery commissioners of said town, shall use the same for
the purposes specified in such decree.
Section 3. All real and personal property, and property
rights, acquired by said town from the corporation under
authority of section one shall be held and managed by said
town in the same manner in which cities and towns are
authorized by law to hold and manage property for ceme-
tery purposes; provided, that all rights which any persons
have acquired in its cemetery or any lots therein shall re-
main in force to the same extent as if this act had not been
passed and such transfer had not occurred. The records of
the corporation shall be delivered to the clerk of said town,
and such clerk may certify copies thereof.
Upon transfer
of trust funds
corporation to
he dissolved.
Town may re-
ceive from said
corporation a
conveyance and
transfer of, and
administer, all
trust funds
held by it, etc.
Interest and
dividends ac-
cruing on trust
funds to be
paid to town
treasurer, etc.
How real and
personal prop-
erty, and
property rights,
acquired from
corporation,
shall be held
and managed.
Proviso.
Records to be
delivered to
town clerk.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 258. 283
Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its ac- submission to
ceptance by a majority of the registered voters of the town of°West'^*°''°
of West Boylston present and voting thereon at the annual Boyiston, etc.
town meeting of said town to be held in the year nineteen
hundred and thirty-two, or at a special town meeting called
for the purpose to be held prior to December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-one; but for the purpose only
of such acceptance it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 1931.
An Act relative to the correcting, amending and (Jfiqr) 258
SUPPLEMENTING OF BIRTH RECORDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section thirteen of chapter forty-six of the General Laws, g. l. 46, § is,
as most recently amended by chapter one hundred and ete.', l°men^ded.
sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is
hereby further amended by striking out the fourth para-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following: —
He shall file any affidavit, certified copy of such decree or Birth records.
copy of record submitted under this section and record it in Filing and
a separate book kept therefor, with the name and residence a^fidaviti"^
of 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, including, in case of a decree of adoption,
the same facts relative to the adopting parents as are required
in a record of birth by the provisions of section one relative
to natural parents, and forthwith, if a copy of the record
has been sent to the state secretary, shall forward to the state secretary
state secretary a certified copy of the corrected, amended o" record*^ ''"'^^
or supplemented record upon blanks to be provided by him, corrected, etc.
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 Certification
copy of such a record, he shall certify to the facts contained cor?ec'ted! etc.,
therein as corrected, amended or supplemented, and shall j," co'""es'^'°^
state that the certificate is issued under this section; except thereof.
that the clerk shall, upon proper judicial order, or when re-
quested by a person seeking his own birth record, or by a
person whose official duties, in the opinion of the clerk,
entitle him to the information contained in the original
record, furnish a copy of such original record. Such affi- as^bls^'foV^*"'
davit, or a certified copy of the record of any other town or records, etc.
of a written statement made at the time by any person since
deceased required by law to furnish evidence thereof, may,
in the discretion of the clerk, be made the basis for the record
of a birth, marriage or death not previously recorded, and
284
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 259, 260.
such copy of record may also be made the basis for com-
pleting the record of a birth, marriage or death not contain-
ing all the required facts. Approved April 29, 1931.
Chap. 2^^ An Act relative to service of process and confession
OF judgment in actions brought on certain instru-
ments.
G. L. 231. new
section after
§ 13.
Service of
process and
confession of
judgment in
actions brought
on certain
instruments.
When operative.
AppHcation.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
thirteen the following new section: — Section ISA. Any
judgment entered in an action upon a contract, promissory
note or other instrument in which or in a memorandum or
writing relating to which is contained a stipulation whereby
the defendant in such action waived or agreed to waive or
authorized another person to waive or to agree to waive the
issue or service of process in such an action shall be set aside
and annulled on motion of the defendant, unless it appears
that service in the usual manner was had upon him or that
the plaintiff sent to him by registered mail at least seven
days befoi'e the day of entry of such action a notice of his
intention to enter the same on said day and at the time of
entry filed an affidavit of giving notice as aforesaid, which
affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the giving thereof.
Any stipulation in a contract, promissory note or other in-
strument, or in any memorandum or writing relating thereto,
whereby a party thereto agrees to confess judgment in any
action which may be brought thereon or authorizes or agrees
to authorize another person to confess judgment as aforesaid
shall be void, and any judgment by confession taken in
pursuance of such a stipulation shall be set aside and an-
nulled on motion of the defendant. Upon the setting aside
and annulling of any judgment under authority hereof, all
outstanding executions issued thereon shall be staj^ed or
superseded without security.
Section 2. This act shall become operative on Septem-
ber first of the current year, and shall apply to actions
brought in the superior court or in a district court on con-
tracts, promissory notes or other instruments executed
after but not on or before said date.
Approved April 29, 1931.
Chap. 2Q0 An Act regulating the collection of funds for chari-
table PURPOSES ON WAYS AND IN OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
AND THEIR DISBURSEMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^ctkin i'ftlr"' Chapter sixty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended
§ 15. by adding after section fifteen, inserted by chapter two hun-
dred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty,
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 261, 262. 285
the following new section: — Section 16. Every person, Collection of
association or corporation, domestic or foreign, soliciting or [abilf purposes'"
collecting by agents or solicitors, upon ways or in any other "^J^^^^**"*^
public places within the commonwealth to which the public public places
have a I'ight of access, contributions of money for charitable bursemen^'^'
purposes or represented to be for such purposes, or receiving regulated.
any money so collected, shall keep a full and true record of
the names and addresses of all such solicitors and collectors
and of the amounts so collected by each, and also such a
record of all expenditures and disbursements of said money,
and the names and addresses of all persons to whom expended
or disbursed. Said records shall include money received
from any other source and expended for the purposes of such
solicitation or collection. All records required hereunder
shall be open to inspection at all times by the attorney gen-
eral, and upon demand shall be presented to him for in-
spection. Upon an information in equity brought by the
attorney general the supreme judicial or superior court may
enforce the provisions of this section and may restrain the
soliciting of contributions by or on behalf of a person, as-
sociation or corporation violating its provisions.
Approved April 29, 1931.
An Act authorizing the award of custody of the minor (7/i,a??.261
CHILDREN OF DIVORCED PARENTS TO THIRD PERSONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twentj^-eight of chapter two hundred and eight of ^niMde^d' * ^^'
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "remain" in the sixth line the words: — , or may award
their custody to some third person if it seems expedient or
for the benefit of the children, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 28. Upon decree of divorce, or petition of either Care and main-
parent, or of a next friend in behalf of the children, after mfnOT children
notice to both parents, after such decree, the court may make p^fentT^'^
such decree as it considers expedient relative to the care,
custody and maintenance of the minor children of the parties,
and may determine with which of the parents the children
or any of them shall remain, or may award their custody to Award of
some third person if it seems expedient or for the benefit of thfrd person.
the children; and afterward may from time to time, upon
the petition of either parent, or of a next friend, revise and
alter such decree or make a new decree, as the circumstances
of the parents and the benefit of the children may require.
Approved April 29, 1931.
An Act relative to the composition of the staff of Chap. 2Q2
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-two of chapter thirty-three of the General Sc.^'kmeJd^ed.
Laws, inserted by chapter four hundred and sixty-five of the
286
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 263.
Commander-in-
chief's staff,
composition.
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and amended by
chapter nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, is hereby further amended by striking out the third
paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Three aides de camp, one with the rank of lieutenant
colonel and two with the rank of major;
Approved April 29, 1931.
C hap. 26S ''^N Act relative to sporting licenses authorizing
CERTAIN MINORS TO FISH.
G. L. 131. § 6,
amended.
Sporting or
trapping li-
cense, form,
contents.
Proviso.
Duration of
license.
Not transfer-
able, etc.
Holder to
produce license
upon demand,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section six of chapter one hundred and
thirty-one of the General Laws, inserted by section two of
chapter three hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirty, is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "laws" in the tenth line the words: — ; pro-
vided, that a sporting license to fish only issued to a minor
between the age of fifteen and eighteen shall authorize the
hcensee to fish only, — so as to read as follows: — Section 6.
Upon the application of any person entitled to receive a
sporting or a trapping license and upon payment 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
tov/n shall issue to such person a sporting license or a trap-
ping license, as the case may be, in the form prescribed upon
a blank furnished by the division. A sporting license shall
authorize the hcensee to hunt birds and mammals and to
fish, subject to existing laws; provided, that a sporting
license to fish only issued to a minor between the age of
fifteen and eighteen shall authorize the licensee to fish only.
A trapping license shall authorize the licensee to trap mam-
mals, 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
hcensee, 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 valid for use to and
including the following December thirty-fiist. No person
holding a sporting or trapping license shall transfer or loan
such license, and every holder thereof shall, while fishing,
hunting or trapping, carry upon his person his license and
shall produce it for examination upon the demand 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 licensee is fishing, hunting or trap-
ping, or upon the demand of the agents of such owner or
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 263. 287
lessee. Failure or refusal to produce a license issued here- Failure to
under upon such demand shall constitute a violation of this produce license
'^ r- J 1 !• • T *'° constitute
section. Whoever tor the purpose oi procuring a license a viaiation.
falsely makes any representation or statement required by Penalty for
this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten sentlitfon^
nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more
than one month, or both.
Section 2. Section eight of said chapter one hundred <3- ^i^j- § ^•
,,. . ii-i • c-iij amended.
and thirty-one, inserted by said section two of said chapter
three hundred and ninety-three, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "license" in the eighth line the words:
— , or a sporting h cense entitling the holder to fish only, —
and by inserting after the word "license" in the fiftieth line
the words: — , or a sporting license to fish only, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 8. Sporting and trapping licenses Sporting and
shall be issued to the following classes of persons upon pay- cen^es^fssue to
ment of the following fees: whom 'and fees.
(1) A citizen of the United States, resident in this com- Resident
monwealth 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, or a
sporting license entitling the holder to fish only, to a minor
between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and except that
there shall be no fee for a sporting license if such person has
reached age sevent3^
(2) A citizen of the United States, not a resident of this Non-resident
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
commonwealth, 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 resident 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 common- class a.
wealth assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred
dollars. Class B. Member of any club or association in- class b.
corporated 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 Pro^'i^o.
in value to five hundred dollars for each member and that
the membership list of the corporation shall be filed from
time to time upon request, 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 ciass c.
association conducting fox hunts and incorporated under the
laws of this commonwealth 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 Proviso.
membership list of such club or association shall be filed
288
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 264.
Class D.
Unnaturalized
foreign born
residents.
Proviso.
Fee for trap-
ping license
or sporting
license to fish
only, issued
to a minor.
Hunting or
trapping
licensees to
make annual
report, etc.
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 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
commonwealth for at least ten consecutive days, provided
that he is the owner of real estate in the commonwealth
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, or a sporting hcense to fish
only, issued to a minor between the ages of fifteen and
eighteen, if he is a resident of this commonwealth for at least
six months, shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents.
Each person licensed to hunt or trap shall within thirty
days succeeding January first in each year make a written
report to the director at the office of the division, stating
the number of birds or mammals taken by him in the pre-
ceding calendar year, or stating that no such birds or mam-
mals were so taken, as the case may be.
Approved April 29, 1931.
Chap. 264: An Act requiring proof of age in certain cases before
THE ISSUE OF A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE TO MINORS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 207, new
section after
§33.
Proof of age
required in
certain cases
Chapter two hundred and seven of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section thii'ty-three the
following new section: — Section 33 A. If it appears from
the statements made in the written notice of intention of
ofi°mal'rti^r'^ marriage that a party to such intended marriage is under
certificate to twcnty-onc, if a male, or under eighteen if a female, the
minors. clcrk or registrar shall not, except as required under section
twenty-five, issue a certificate under section twenty-eight
before receiving proof of the age of the parties. Such proof
shall be contained in any of the following documents,
graded and taking precedence in the order named: (1) an
original or certified copy of a record of birth; (2) an original
or certified copy of a baptismal record; (3) a passport;
(4) a life insurance policy; (5) an employment certificate;
(6) a school record; (7) an immigration record; (8) a natu-
ralization record; or (9) a court record. Documentary evi-
dence of a lower grade as aforesaid shall not be received by
the clerk or registrar unless he is satisfied that evidence of a
higher grade is not readily procurable. If no such docu-
mentary proof of age is procurable, the consent of the parent
shall be sufficient. If the clerk or registrar has reasonable
cause to believe that a party to an intended marriage rep-
resented to be twenty-one or over, if a male, or eighteen or
over, if a female, is under such age, he shall, before issuing
such certificate, require documentary proof of age as afore-
said. Approved April 29, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 265, 266, 267. 289
An Act reviving milton public market, inc. Chav 26^1
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Milton Public Market, Inc., a corporation dissolved by Miiton Public
section one of chapter three hundred and nineteen of the revived. ^"'^"
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, 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 act-
ing as such which would be legal and valid but for the pas-
sage of said chapter are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Approved April 29, 1931.
An Act relative to the st. jean baptiste society of phn^ 266
MARLBOROUGH. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The St. Jean Baptiste Society of Marlborough, a fraternal Agreement for
benefit society incorporated under the laws of this common- l' Union st.
wealth, may enter into a written agreement with L'Union d\lmemiufof
St. Jean Baptiste d'Amerique, a fraternal benefit society |^'']'embers of
incorporated under the laws of the state of Rhode Island, tiste society of
containing such terms, conditions and restrictions as the particrpating
commissioner of insurance of this commonwealth may im- in its mortuary
pose, providing for the admission to said L'Union St. Jean transfer of said
Baptiste d'Amerique, subject to its constitution and by-laws, L/union^st'^
of all members of said St. Jean Baptiste Society of Marl- ^^^^^^^^iPy^*®
borough participating in its mortuary fund, and for the etc.
transfer of said fund to said L'Union St. Jean Baptiste
d'Amerique. Such agreement shall be executed by the prin-
cipal executive officers of each of said societies under its
corporate seal, if any, and shall be approved by vote of said
St. Jean Baptiste Society of Marlborough at a regular or
special meeting duly called for that purpose and by the
General Board of said L'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Ameri-
que, and shall not be effective until approved in writing
by said commissioner of insurance and a duplicate original
thereof, authenticated and approved in a manner satisfac-
tory to said commissioner is filed in his office.
Approved April 29, 1931.
An Act readjusting the rights and obligations of the Phnj) 267
COMMONWEALTH AND THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX IN RE-
LATION to the use of the metropolitan STATE HOS-
PITAL SEWER BY THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS
HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Section five of chapter three hundred and Jgp^jJJ- ^ ^•
seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The Middlesex county commissioners shall ^,'fil^ationfof
convey to the commonwealth lands acquired for the Middle- statl'and
290
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 268.
coifnt^Tnreia- ^^^ couiity tuberculosis hospital, easterly of Walnut street
tion to use of in the town of Lexington, and the commonwealth shall
"tate°hoip\tai simultaneously convey to the county of Middlesex all ease-
MiYdi'^sex ments or rights in land necessary for the connection of the
county tuber- sewer for the Middlesex county tuberculosis hospital with
r^djust'e'd.^'*'''' the sewer of the metropolitan state hospital sewerage system.
Approved April 29, 1931.
Chap.
268 An Act providing a two year program for the accel-
eration OF building construction, in order to al-
leviate THE present unemployment EMERGENCY, TO
BE FINANCED BY THE ISSUE OF FOUR YEAR NOTES.
Emergency
preamble.
Appropriations
for construction
of public
buildings, and
for permanent
improvements.
Armory com-
mission.
Aviation
hangars.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for the construction of public
buildings and for permanent improvements, the sums set
forth in section two of this act, for the several purposes and
subject to the conditions therein specified, are hereby made
available from the receipts from the sale of notes, as author-
ized by section three, subject to the provisions of law regu-
lating the disbursement of public funds and the approval
thereof.
Section 2.
Service of the Armory Commission.
Item
153b For the construction of aviation hangars and
building for administrative purposes, a sum not
exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars . $250,000 00
Department of 444a
Mental
Diseases.
Metropolitan
State Hospital.
Boston State 446b
Hospital.
Northampton 462a
State Hospital.
Westborough 469a
State Hospital.
Monson 475a
State Hospital.
Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
Metropolitan State Hospital :
For continuing the development of the new Met-
ropolitan state hospital, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to and for the same general purposes
as appropriations previously made from ordinary
revenue 100,000 00
Boston State Hospital :
For the construction and equipment of a reception
building, a sum not exceeding four hundred thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . 400,000 00
Northampton State Hospital:
For the construction of a male nurses' home, a sum
not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars 150,000 00
Westborough State Hospital:
For the construction and equipment of an assembly
building, a sum not exceeding eighty-five thou-
sand dollars 85,000 00
Monson State Hospital:
For the construction of an infirmary building, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand
dollars 150,000 00
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 268.
291
Item
475c
For the construction and equipment of a heating
plant, and for a side-track, cold storage system,
steam mains and piping to buildings,, and elec-
trical service from switchboard at boiler house,
a sum not exceeding three hundred sixteen thou-
sand four hundred dollars ....
Monson
State Hospital.
$316,400 00
Belchertown State School :
477f For the construction of a cottage for employees,
a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand five
hundred dollars 32,500 00
477g For furnishings and equipment for new buildings, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00
477j For equipment for an industrial building, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars . . . 5,000 00
477k For the construction of additional tunnels, a sum
not exceeding forty-two thousand dollars . . 42,000 00
4771 For the construction of a nursery building, a sum
not exceeding fifty-nine thousand dollars . . 59,000 00
478d For additional service by the construction of wells,
standpipe, and sludge beds, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand one hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 15,100 00
Walter E. Fernald State School:
480aa For the construction of an assembly building, a sum
not exceeding eighty thousand dollars
480bb For the construction of an employees' dormitory, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand
dollars . 150,000 00
480c For the construction of a nursery type building, a
sum not exceeding fifty-nine thousand dollars . 59,000 00
4S0d For the necessary furnishings and equipment of
new buildings, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand dollars 16,000 00
480e For the construction of two new school rooms, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars 25,000 00
Belchertown
State School.
Walter E.
80,000 00 Fernald
' State School.
Wrentham State School :
482h For the construction of additional sewer beds, a
sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars
482i For the construction of an infirmary building, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand
dollars ........
482j For the construction of a building for employees, a
sum not exceeding one hundred twelve thousand
five hundred dollars .....
482k For furnishings for new buildings, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty thousand dollars
4821 For enlargement of the heating plant by new con-
struction and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five thousand dollars ....
482m For the construction of tunnels, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars
482n For the construction of an officer's cottage, a sum
not exceeding nine thousand dollars
Wrentham
15,000 00 State School.
150,000 00
112,500 00
20,000 00
35,000 00
15,000 00
9,000 00
Service of the De-parlmenl of Public Welfare.
Industrial School for Girls :
528a For the construction, equipment and furnishing of
a cottage for girls, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five thousand dollars .....
Department of
Public Welfare.
75,000 00 Industrial
School for
Girla.
292
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 268.
Item
Lyman School 531a
for Boys.
Lj'man School for Boys:
For the construction, equipment and furnishing
of a cottage for boys, a sum not exceeding sixty-
two thousand five hundred dollars .
$62,500 00
Department of 571a
Public Health.
Rutland State
Sanatorium.
Soldiers' Home 161a
in Massa-
chusetts.
Service of the Department of Public Health.
Rutland State Sanatorium:
For the construction of a modern cow barn, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars
Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.
For the construction of new buildings at the Sol-
diers' Home in Massachusetts, a sum not ex-
ceeding three hundred thousand dollars. Pay-
ments from the state treasury under this item
shall be made only upon vouchers filed with the
comptroller in accordance with the procedure
prescribed under section eighteen of chapter
twenty-nine of the General Laws
25,000 00
Total
300,000 00
$2,759,000 00
State treasurer
to borrow on
credit of com-
monwealth,
may issue
notes, etc.
No payment to
be made for
construction of
public build-
ings, etc.,
until plans
have been
approved
by governor.
Section 3. For the purposes of this act, the state treas-
urer, upon the request of the department heads having
charge of construction authorized hereby, shall borrow on
the credit of the commonwealth such sums, not exceeding,
for any particular work of construction aforesaid, the amount
authorized hereby to be expended therefor, and not exceeding,
in the aggregate, two million seven hundred fifty-nine thou-
sand dollars, as may from time to time be required, and may
issue notes of the commonwealth, carrying such rates of
interest as the state treasurer may fix, with the approval of
the governor and council. Such notes shall be payable not
earlier than one year after the effective date of this act nor
later than November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
thirty-five, and their maturities shall be so arranged that the
payments of principal on account of such notes in each of
the four fiscal years ending November thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and thirty-five will be equal, as nearly as may be.
Such notes shall be signed by the state treasurer, approved
by the governor and countersigned by the comptroller. All
sums necessary to meet payments of principal and interest
on account of said notes shall be paid from the general fund
or ordinary revenue of the commonwealth.
Section 4. No payment shall be made or obhgation in-
curred under authority of this act for construction of public
buildings or other improvements at state institutions until
plans and specifications have been approved by the gov-
ernor, unless otherwise provided by such rules and regula-
tions as the governor may make.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April SO, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 269, 270. 293
An Act in addition to the general appropriation act (JJmr) 269
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT
CERTAIN STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for the construction of addi- Appropriations
tional buildings at certain state institutions, the sums set construction
forth in section two, for the several purposes and subject fngt^^utjong*^'^®
to the conditions therein specified, are hereby appropriated
from the general fund or revenue of the commonwealth,
subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement
of public funds and the approval thereof.
Section 2.
Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
Item
Gardner State Colonj^ :
456a For the construction and equipment of a new heating Department
plant, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty of Mental
thousand dollars $150,000 00 Diseases.
Gardner State
Belchertown State School: Colony.
477h For the construction of an industrial building, a sum Belchertown
not exceeding fifty-two thousand dollars . . 52,000 00 State School.
Walter E. Fernald State School:
480b For the construction and furnishing of an infirmary Walter E.
building, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty- Fernald
four thousand dollars 154,000 00 ^^ate School.
Service of the Departmc7it of Public Welfare.
State Infirmary:
535c For the construction and furnishing of a men's dor- Department
mitory, a sum not exceeding seventj' thousand ?y P^^hc
dollars . . . . . . . . 70,000 00 '^ ^•
535d For the construction and furnishing of employees' irmarv^"
quarters, a sum not exceeding seventy-four thou-
sand dollars 74,000 00
$500,000 00
Section 3. No payment shall be made or obligation in- No payment
curred under authority of any special appropriation made for'^constmc-
by this act for construction of public buildings at state in- f^°bufiJ\n^;
stitutions until plans and specifications have been approved etc., until
by the governor, unless otherwise provided by such rules Cien^approved
and regulations as the governor may make. ^y governor.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1931.
Chap.270
An Act relative to the holding of field trials for
hunting dogs, so-called.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in Emergency
part, defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to p''*^"'''^^-
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section one hundred and thirty-five of chapter one hun- g. l. i3i, § 135,
dred and thirty-one of the General Laws, inserted by sec- etc., amended.
294
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 271, 272.
Permit for
holding of field
trials for
hunting dogs.
tion two of chapter three hundred and ninety-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
sentences: — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prevent the holding of field trials for such dogs, during any
part of the year, if authorized by a permit from the director
and conducted in accordance with such rules and regulations
as he may prescribe. Authority is hereby granted to the
director to issue such permits and to make such rules and
regulations. Approved April 30, 1931.
Chap.271 An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow
MONEY FOR AIRPORT PURPOSES.
City of Boston
may borrow
money for
airport
purposes.
Boston Airport
Improvement
Loan, Act of
1931.
Work may be
done by day
labor.
G. L. 31 not
applicable.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of improving, extending and
developing the Boston airport, so-called, in the East Boston
district of the city of Boston, said city is hereby author-
ized to borrow, outside the statutory limit of indebtedness,
from time to time within a period of two years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, one million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Boston Airport
Improvement Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than ten years from their dates. Except as
herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.
Section 2. Work provided for hereby may be done by
day labor, and in the employment thereof the provisions of
chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and the rules and
regulations made thereunder shall not apply.
Section 3. 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. Appi^oved April 30, 1931.
G. L. 131, § 83,
amended.
Chap. 272 An Act authorizing the killing of predatory birds and
MAMMALS AND THE POSSESSION OR CARRYING OF SHOTGUNS
AND RIFLES IN CERTAIN CASES ON SUNDAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eighty-three of chapter one hundred and thirty-
one of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of
chapter three hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirty, is hereby amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new paragraph: —
^VidiU^ory '^^^^ section shall not prohibit the killing or attempted
birds and killing of a bird or mammal actually damaging or likely to
pos^Sfonor'^ damage property, subject, however, to the same conditions
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 273, 274. 295
and restrictions as would render such killing or attempted sho?gu'ns°a^nd
killing lawful on a secular day; nor shall it render unlawful nfles authorized
,1 • • r -n i_ i r u 'n certain
the possession or carrying oi a riiie or shotgun tor such pur- cases on
pose or for the purpose of using the same in a sport or game Sunday,
lawfully conducted under the provisions of law authorizing
sports and games on Sunday. Approved April 30, 1931.
An Act relative to the interruption of traffic upon Chap. 273
PUBLIC WAYS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventeen A of chapter eighty-five of the General g.l 85,§i7a,
Laws, inserted by chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of '^™'^
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby amended
by inserting after the word ''merchandise" in the third line
the words: — , except newspapers, — and by striking out, in
the fifth line, the words "state highway" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — pubhc way, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 1 7 A . Whoever, for the purpose of so- Penalty for
liciting any alms, contribution or subscription or of selling o"\7affi^*^°'^
any merchandise, except newspapers, or ticket of admission for certain
to any game, show, exhibition, fair, ball,, entertainment or pubUcTaya.°°
public gathering, signals a moving vehicle on any public
way 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 April 30, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of barnstable to con- Chap. 27 4:
STRUCT AND OPERATE A SYSTEM OF SEWERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Barnstable may lay out, con- Town of
struct, maintain and operate a system or systems of main mt^y cM^tmct
drains and common sewers for a part or the whole of its ''"d operate
. tl SVStGIll Ot
territor}^, with such connections and other works as may be sewers, etc.
required for a system of sewage disposal, and may construct
such sewers or drains over or under land or tide waters in
said town as may be necessary to conduct the sewage to
filter beds and treatment works, 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 May make and
limits, make and maintain sub-drains, and, with the approval sub-dra'ins, etc.
of the department of public health, discharge the water from
such sub-drains into any brook, stream, water course or
tide waters within the town.
Section 2. The town may make and maintain in any May make and
way therein where main drains or common sewers are con- necting'dralns,
structed, such connecting drains, under-drains and sewers etc.
within the limits of such way as may be necessary to connect
any estate which abuts upon the way.
296
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 274.
Board of sewer
commissioners,
election, terms,
etc.
Selectmen may
act as a board
of sewer com-
missioners.
Selectmen to
act as board
of sewer com-
missioners,
until, etc.
" Said board
of sewer com-
missioners"
or "said
board", defi-
nition.
Board may
take lands,
water rights,
etc.
Proviso.
Recovery of
damages.
Town to
determine its
proportion
of cost.
Proviso.
To determine
method of
Section 3. The town may, at any annual meeting, after
its acceptance of this act as hereinafter provided, vote to
elect a board of sewer commissioners, and if it so votes at
such annual meeting, it shall elect by ballot at the next suc-
ceeding annual meeting a board of three sewer commissioners
who shall be citizens of the town, to hold office, 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
meeting at which they are elected, 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.
The town may, at any time thereafter, by any and all the
methods permitted by general law, provide that the select-
men may act as a board of sewer commissioners or that a
board of sewer commissioners be elected.
Section 4. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town,
and until the election and qualifying of a board of sewer
commissioners as hereinbefore provided, the selectmen shall
act as and constitute the board of sewer commissioners.
Whenever the phrase "said board of sewer commissioners"
or "said board" hereinafter occurs it shall mean and include
the board of sewer commissioners or the selectmen acting
as such as the case may be.
Section 5. 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 lajdng
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 corpora-
tion, or, in case of failure to agree, as may be approved by
the department of pubhc utilities.
Section 6. Anj^ person injured in his property by any
action of said board of sewer commissioners under this act
may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine.
Section 7. The town shall, b}- vote, determine what
proportion of the cost of said system or S3^stems of sewerage
and sewage disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it
shall pay not less than one fourth of the whole cost. If the
town votes to pay a proportion less than the whole cost, in
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 274. 297
providing for the payment of the remaining portion of the providing re-
cost of said system or systems, the town may avail itself of tTon"of lost!^'
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 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 ex- May borrow
penses and liabilities incurred under this act, the town may CXfs^'ete.^^
borrow 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, Barnstable Sewerage Loan, Act of 1931. Each au- Barnstable
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. Indebted- f,oaZ Act of
ness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory i93i. '
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
from payments made in lieu thereof shall be appropriated ments. etc.,
for and applied to the payment of charges and expenses inci- ^°^ a^phed.
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 Board may
annually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent and°supe''rfn^
of sewers who shall not be a member of the board. It may g®^'^^"* ^^
remove the clerk or superintendent at its pleasure and shall
define their duties. Said board may, at its discretion, pre- Rentals for
scribe for the users of said sewer system or systems such syltems!"^^'
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 Contracts,
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- Rules and
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates and regulations,
buildings with main drains and sewers, and for the inspec-
tion 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
298
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 275.
Effective upon
publication.
Plans for
system of
sewerage,
approval by
department of
public health.
Effective upon
acceptance by
majority vote
of voters, etc.
dollars, for each violation of any such rule or regulation.
Such rules and regulations shall be published at least once a
week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published
in the town of Barnstable, if any there be, and if not, then in
some newspaper published in the county of Barnstable, 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 of
sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved by the
department of public health. Upon application to said de-
partment for its approval, it shall give a hearing, after due
notice to the public. At such hearing, plans showing in de-
tail all the work to be done in constructing such 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 passage, 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.
Approved April 30, 1931.
Chap. 27b An Act making lawful the playing of golf, other than
MINIATURE GOLF, SO CALLED, ON THE LORd's DAY.
E'^^em=y Whereas, 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 health and convenience.
G. L. 136, § 2,
etc., amended.
Being present
at or taking
part in certain
entertainments
on Lord's day
prohibited.
Penalty.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the
General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter four
hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"square", in the sixth line, the words: — , or except a game
of golf conducted on an open air golf course other than a
miniature golf course, so called, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 2. Whoever on the Lord's day is present at a game,
sport, play or public diversion, except a concert of sacred
music, a public entertainment duly licensed as provided in
section four or a free open air concert given by a town, or
by license of the mayor or the selectmen, upon a common
or public park, street or square, or except a game of golf
conducted on an open air golf course other than a miniature
golf course, so called, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than five dollars. Whoever on the Lord's day takes part in
any game, sport, play or public diversion, except as aforesaid,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
»
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 276, 277. 299
This and the following section shall not apply to sports or Not applicable
games conducted in accordance with sections twenty-one to ganfes'^^on-'^
twenty-five, inclusive, in any city or town which accepts coTd^nciTwfth
said sections or in accordance with sections twenty-one to certain seo-
twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the '°"^'
General Laws, in any city or town which has accepted said
sections. Approved May 4, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of pittsfield to borrow Chap.276
MONEY FOR SEWER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of extending its sewer sys- cityof Pitts-
tem and for the disposal of sewage, the city of Pittsfield may borrow'Yioney
borrow, from time to time within a period of five years from for sewer
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not p^''^"®^^-
exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Pittsfield Sewer Loan, Act of 1931. Pittsfield
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Actongai.'
such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty 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 herein provided, 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 4, 1931.
An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay an an- fhn^ 277
NUITY to the widow OF FRANK L. LYONS, A FORMER CAP- ^'
TAIN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OP SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public city of Boston
good, the city of Boston may pay to Catherine A. Lyons, .^Jf/uity^to'the
widow of Frank L. Lyons, a former captain in the fire de- widow of Frank
partment of said city, who died from injuries received and former captain
illness contracted in the performance of his duty after thirty partme^nTol^
years of service in said department, an annuity of one said city.
thousand dollars payable in monthly instalments, the same
to continue as long as she remains unmarried.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of etc^'*^^ counci ,
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved May 4, 1931.
300
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 278, 279.
Chav.278 An Act relative to the sale of religious publications.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter one hundred and one of the
General Laws, as most recently amended by section three of
chapter three hundred and forty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "newspapers" in the first and second
lines the words: — , religious publications, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 17. Hawkers and pedlers may sell with-
out a license newspapers, rehgious pubhcations, ice, flowering
plants, and such flowers, fruits, nuts and berries as are wild
or uncultivated. The aldermen or selectmen may by regu-
lations, not inconsistent with this chapter, regulate the sale
or barter, and the carrying for sale or barter or exposing
therefor, by hawkers and pedlers, of said articles without
the payment of any fee; may in like manner require hawkers
and pedlers of meats, butter, cheese, fish, and fresh fruit or
vegetables to be licensed except as otherwise provided, and
may make regulations governing the same, provided that the
license fee does not exceed that prescribed by section twenty-
two for a license embracing the same territorial limits; and
may in like manner affix penalties for violations of such
regulations not to exceed the sum of twenty dollars for each
such violation. A hawker and pedler of meats, butter,
cheese, fish, or fresh fruit and vegetables licensed under this
section need not be licensed under section twenty-two.
Approved May 4, 1931.
G. L. 101, § 17,
etc., amended.
Selling of
certain articles
permitted
without a
license, etc.
Licensing of
certain hawkers
and pedlers,
etc.
Proviso.
Penalty.
Chap. 21^ An Act relative to the powers of the Massachusetts
baptist convention.
Massachusetts
Baptist Con-
vention,
powers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Massachusetts Baptist Convention, a corporation
established under the laws of the commonwealth, is hereby
authorized to take and hold in trust for any of the purposes
set forth in its charter any real or personal property, in a
total amount of not exceeding two million dollars, which
may be or may have been given, bequeathed or otherwise
conveyed or transferred to it upon such trusts. Said cor-
poration shall be eligible to appointment as trustee under
any written instrument whereby any trust for any of the
purposes set forth in its charter is created or estabhshed, and
in connection therewith shall continue to have and enjoy all
the privileges and exemptions set forth in chapter seventy of
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen.
Approved May 4, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 280, 281. 301
An Act relative to notice in certain proceedings be- (7/1/771 2R0
FORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AFFECTING HIGHWAYS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter eighty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended <3. l 82 § 3,
by striking out section three and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 3. Fifteen days at least before the Notice in
time appointed for a view or hearing, the commissioners ceedin"grb°efore
shall cause notice of the time and place appointed therefor county com-
and a copy of such petition to be served upon the clerk of ^'ecSn^^
every town within which such new highway, alteration, spe- '^'shways.
cific repair or discontinuance is prayed for. They shall also
cause copies of the petition, or abstracts thereof, and of the
notice, to be posted in two public places in each of said towns
and to be published in such newspaper as they shall order;
the posting and the last publication to be seven days at least
before any view, hearing or adjudication on such petition.
Approved May 4, 193L
An Act relative to the southern artery, so called. QIiqjj 281
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter three hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen 1925, 330, § 7,
hundred and twenty-five, as amended, is hereby further ®^''''*™®"^®^-
amended by striking out section seven and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 7. Title to all lands, and ™\a°keTo?'
all rights therein and easements connected therewith, which acquired for
have been taken or otherwise acquired hereunder for the of wiy'^fto'^
construction of ways shall, on the effective date of this act, ^iy^g^-tigffn"'
vest in the respective cities in which they lie, notwithstanding which they iie,
any confirmatory deeds conveying the same which have been rng,''et^.^*^°'^"
or may be made to the commonwealth, and such title and all
action taken hereunder, in so far as they may be invalid by
reason of the fact that such ways were not constructed to the
full width specified in section one, are hereby made valid.
The full widths of such ways as laid out, except as herein- FuU widths
after expressly provided, shall become public ways of the bl^tnl pub-
cities in which they respectively lie. After title vests as g^igo^^ands
aforesaid, either city in which any of such lands lie may no longer
sell and convey, for value, and with or without restriction, "<^^^®'^' «*^<=-
any portion thereof which in its opinion is no longer needed
for highway purposes and may abandon any interest less than
fee taken or acquired as aforesaid but in its opinion no longer
needed for such purposes; provided, that no such conveyance Proviso.
or abandonment shall be made which will lessen the widths
of the ways as specified in section one. The proceeds of any Proceeds to
such sale shall be paid into the state treasury, and one third ^tafe^trey^u^y,
thereof shall be credited to the highway fund and the balance '^^o-
shall be paid to the cities and towns required by section four
to contribute two thirds of the cost of the work provided for
in section one, in proportion to the amounts respectively con-
tributed by them. The department of public works, being Repairs, etc.,
the lawful successor to the division of highways and public °^""^y^-
302
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 282.
Neglect by
cities to re-
pair, etc.
lands which was merged in said department by chapter two
hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, shall notify the mayor of the city in which
is situated any part of said ways whenever in the opinion of
said department the same is not being maintained in proper
condition by said city as required by law and shall specify
in said notice what repairs or improvements are necessary,
and the officers of the city in charge of streets or ways shall
forthwith make the specified repairs and improvements. If
such officers do not make such repairs or improvements within
sixty days of said notice or within such further time as said
department may allow, said department may make the re-
pairs or improvements which shall be paid for out of the
general revenue of the commonwealth. Said department
shall certify the amount of such expenditures to the state
treasurer and the same shall be assessed, collected and paid
over to the state treasurer in the same manner and at the
same time as state taxes. Approved May 4, 1931.
G. L.254,
three new
sections at
end thereof.
Liens under
contracts for
reclaiming or
raising the level
of land or flats
by the various
forms of
dredging.
Chap. 282 An Act relative to liens under contracts for re-
claiming OR RAISING THE LEVEL OF LAND OR FLATS BY
the VARIOUS FORMS OF DREDGING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, under the
caption, LIENS ON LAND RAISED OR RECLAIMED
BY DREDGING, the following three new sections: —
Section 27 . A person entering into a written contract with
the owner of land or flats for reclaiming or raising the level
thereof by suction, hydraulic or any other form of dredging,
or for furnishing material therefor, shall have a lien upon the
interest of the owner in said land or flats as appears of record
at the date when notice of said contract is filed or recorded
in the registry of deeds for the county or district where such
land or flats lie, to secure the payment of all labor and ma-
terial which shall thereafter be furnished by virtue of said
contract. Said notice shall be in substantially the following
form:
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a written contract
dated , between , owner, and , contrac-
tor, said contractor is to furnish labor and material for
reclaiming or raising the level of land or flats described as
follows: —
Said contract is to be completed on or before
Section 28. Whoever, subsequent to the date of the
original contract, furnishes labor or material, or both labor
and material, under a written contract with a contractor
contracting as provided in section twenty-seven, or with a
sub-contractor of such contractor, maj^ file in the registry of
deeds for the county or district where such land or flats lie
a notice of his contract substantially in the following form:
Form of
notice.
Filing of
notice of
contract for
furnishing
labor or ma-
terial, or both
labor and
material, etc.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 283. 303
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a written contract Form
dated , between , contractor (or sub-contractor),
and , said is to furnish labor or material, or
both labor and material, in the reclaiming or raising the level,
by , contractor, for , owner, of land or flats
described as follows: —
Said contract is to be completed on or before
Upon filing a notice, as hereinbefore provided, and giving upon filing
actual notice to the owner of such fihng, the sub-contractor contractor"^'
shall have a lien to secure the payment of all labor and ma- [^^^^J^^^.^
terial, which he shall thereafter furnish, upon the interest
of the owner, as appears of record at the time of such filing,
in the lot of land or flats reclaimed or improved in the man-
ner described in section twenty-seven.
Section 29. All the provisions of this chapter relative to Certain pro-
liens for the erection, alteration, repair or removal of a chapter°to
building or structure or for furnishing material therefor, apply to liena
attaching under the provisions of section two or four, shall under '§27
apply, so far as apt, to liens attaching under section twenty- °'"^^'
seven or twenty-eight. Approved May 4, 1931.
An Act providing that the guardianship jurisdiction (7/iaiO,283
OF the probate court shall not apply to the custody
OF MINOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY CERTAIN DIVORCE PRO-
CEEDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section five of chapter two hundred and one g.l. 201, s 5,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding thereto ^"^^"'^®'^-
the following new sentence : — This section shall not apply
to the minor children of parents divorced within or without
the commonwealth or between whom divorce proceedings
are pending in a court of the commonwealth, • — so as to read
as follows : — Section 6. The guardian of a minor shall ^^f^gafion ""^
have the custody of his person and the care of his education, of minors,
except that the parents of the minor, jointly, or the surviving
parent shall have such custody and said care unless the
court otherwise orders. The probate court may, upon the
written consent of the parents or surviving parent, order
that the guardian shall have such custody ; and may so order
if, upon a hearing and after such notice to the parents or
surviving parent as it may order, it finds such parents,
jointly, or the surviving parent, unfit to have such custody;
or if it finds one of them unfit therefor and the other files in
court his or her written consent to such order. The mar- Effect of
riage of a female under guardianship as a minor shall de- ™'^""*^®-
prive her guardian of all right to her custody and education,
but not of the care and possession of her property. If a
corporation is appointed guardian of a minor, the court may,
subject to the right of his parents, or of the husband of a
female minor, as provided in this section, award the custody
to some suitable person. This section shall not apply to the Section not
minor children of parents divorced within or without the cultoTyol*°
304
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 284, 285.
minor children commonwcaltli 01' between whom divorce proceedings are
cfrta^n'^di'voree pending in a court of the commonwealth,
proceedings. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect September first in
Effective date, the currcnt year. Appi'oved May 4, 1931.
Chav.2S4: An Act relative to commitment to jail of children
AWAITING examination OR TRIAL.
G.L.119, §67,
etc., amended.
Commitment
to jail of
children await-
ing examination
or trial. Time
limit for dis-
position of case
by court.
Children com-
mitted to be
kept apart
from certain
other persons
committed,
except, etc.
Effective
date.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section sixty-seven of chapter one hundred
and nineteen of the General Laws, as amended by chapter
two hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, and by chapter two hundred and sixteen
of the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended
by striking out the third paragraph, inserted by said chapter
two hundred and twenty-one, and inserting in place thereof
the following : —
A child so committed to jail to await examination or trial
by the court shall be returned thereto within ten days after
each such commitment, and not more than twenty days shall
elapse after the original commitment before disposition of
such case by the court, by adjudication or otherwise. Any
child committed to jail under this section shall, while so
confined, be kept in a place separate and apart from all other
persons committed thereto who are seventeen years of age
or over, and shall not at any time be permitted to associate
or communicate with any other such persons committed as
aforesaid, except when attending religious exercises or re-
ceiving medical attention or treatment.
Section 2. This act shall take effect September first in
the current year. Approved May 4, 1931.
Chav 285 ^^ -^^"^ authorizing the appointment of an additional
court officer for the municipal court of the DOR-
CHESTER DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred and eighteen of
the General Laws, as most recently amended by section one
of chapter two hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by insert-
ing after the word "district", the second time it occurs in the
tenth line, the words: — , of the Dorchester district, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 62. In the municipal court of
the city of Boston the court officers appointed shall not ex-
ceed ten for criminal business and five for civil business and
one of such court officers for criminal business shall be
designated by the chief justice as chief court officer of said
court for criminal business, and one of such court officers for
criminal business shall be designated as an assistant chief
court officer; in the municipal court of the Roxbury district
G. L. 218, § 62,
etc., amended.
Number of
court officers
in district
courts.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 286. 305
four court officers may be appointed; in the municipal court Additional
of the South Boston district, of the Charlestown district, of for the munici-
the Dorchester district and of the West Roxbury district, thlDorchlater
the East Boston district court, the district court of Chelsea, district.
the third district court of eastern Middlesex and the district
court of East Norfolk two court officers for each court may be
appointed; and in each of the other district courts in the
commonwealth one court officer may be appointed.
Approved May 4, 1931.
Chap.2S6
An Act relative to the investment by domestic life
INSURANCE companies IN THE STOCK OF NATIONAL BANKS
AND TRUST COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General g. l. 175, § 66,
Laws, as amended in section sixtj^-six by section three of ^ "'■' ^^^'^
chapter two hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section sixty-six and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 66. Except as otherwise Restrictions
provided, no domestic life company shall invest any of its nfen"s of d^o-
funds in any unincorporated business or enterprise, or in the mestic life
stocks or evidence of indebtedness of any corporation the companies.
owners or holders of which stock or evidence of indebtedness
may in any event be or become liable on account thereof
to any assessment except for taxes, nor shall such life com-
pany invest any of its funds in its own stock or in the stock
of any other insurance company. No such life company
shall invest in, acquire or hold directly or indirectly more
than ten per cent of the capital stock of any corporation,
nor shall more than ten per cent of its capital and surplus
be invested in the stock of any one corporation. No such
life company shall subscribe to or participate in any under-
writing of the purchase or sale of securities or property, or
enter into any transaction for such purchase or sale on ac-
count of said company jointly with any other person, nor
shall any such life company enter into any agreement to
withhold from sale any of its property, but the disposition
of its property shall be at all times within the control of its
board of directors.
Nothing in this section or in section sixty-three shall pre- Certain funds
vent such a life company from investing or loaning any "e^tedVther-
funds, not required to be invested as provided in section wise, etc.
sixty-three, in any manner that the directors may deter-
mine; provided, that no loan of such funds shall be made to Proviso.
an individual or firm unless it is secured by collateral se-
curity and provided further, that such funds shall not be *
invested in the purchase of stock or evidence of indebted-
ness prohibited by the preceding paragraph, except as here-
inafter provided. Any such life company may invest such g^J'ckoTna-'^
funds in the capital stock of a trust company incorporated tionai banks
306 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 286.
and trust in and doing business in the commonwealth or of a national
companiea. banking association incorporated under federal law and lo-
cated in any one of the New England states, if such trust
company or association has paid dividends in cash of not
less than four per cent on its capital stock in each of the five
years next preceding the date of the investment and if the
amount of surplus of such trust company or association is
at least equal to fifty per cent of the amount of its capital
stock; but no such life company shall invest in the aggre-
gate an amount in excess of two and one half per cent of its
reserve in the purchase of stock of such trust companies and
national banking associations, nor shall it invest an amount
in excess of two per cent of its reserve in the purchase of the
stock of any one such trust company or association, except
that if two or more such trust companies or associations
merge or consolidate or one or more such trust companies is
merged or consolidated with one or more such associations,
such a life company may acquire stock of the absorbing or
consolidating trust company or national banking association
to an amount in excess of two per cent but not in excess of
two and one half per cent of the reserve of such life company,
if such stock is received in exchange for stock of the con-
solidating or merging companies or associations owned by the
life company at the time of the merger or consolidation.
^ntTr^iTto ^ ™- ^ Nothing in this section or in section sixty-three shall pre-
tain agree- vcut any such life company from entering into an agreement
ments, etc. £^^ ^-^q purposc of protecting the interests of the company
in securities lawfully held by it, or for the purpose of reor-
ganization of a corporation which issued securities so held,
and from depositing such securities with a committee or
depositaries appointed under such agreement, nor from ac-
cepting corporate stock or bonds or other securities which
may be distributed pursuant to any such agreement, or to
May acquire any plan of reorganization," and nothing in this section or
sLTisfecfion of section sixty-three shall prevent any such life company from
debt, etc. acquiring or holding any property acquired in satisfaction of
any debt previously contracted, or that shall be obtained by
Proviso. sale or foreclosure of any security held by it; provided, that
if the property owned be such as is prohibited for investment
by such company, it shall dispose of such property, if per-
sonal, within one year, and if real estate, within five years,
from the date when it acquired title to the same, unless the
commissioner shall extend the time for such disposition for
the reason that the interests of the company will suffer
materially by a forced sale of such property.
«mrfor°dis- ^ record of such extension shall be made by the commis-
posaiofpro- sioucr, which shall state the time of the extension, and in
ments, etc.^*' ' that cvcnt the sale of said property may be made at any
time before the expiration of the time of such extension.
Approved May 5, 1931.
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 287, 288. 307
An Act relative to the payment over of moneys col- Chap. 2S7
LECTED ON ACCOUNT OF TAXES AND INTEREST, INCLUDING
INTEREST UPON DEPOSITS OF THE SAME.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter sixty of the General Laws, as most recently g. l. 60, § 2.
amended in section two by section three of chapter sixty-five ®*^°' ^™®'^'^®^-
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section two and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — Section 2. Every collection and
collector of taxes, constable, sheriff or deputy sheriff, re- oftaxe"*"^"
ceiving a tax list and warrant from the assessors, shall col-
lect the taxes therein set forth, with interest, and pay over
said taxes and interest to the city or town treasurer accord-
ing to the warrant, and shall make written return thereof Written re-
..... . turn Gtc
with his tax list and of his doings thereon at such times as
the assessors shall in writing require. He shall also give to
the treasurer an account of all charges and fees collected by
him. He shall, once in each week or oftener, pay over to Weekly pay-
the treasurer all money received by him during the pre- moneys^coi-^
ceding week or lesser period on account of taxes and interest, ^'^^'^ed on ac-
, 1 . • 1 • , , • 1 count of taxes
mcludmg any sums received as mterest on moneys received and interest,
by him on account of taxes and interest and deposited in ierest'u'ifon"'
any bank. Ayproved May 5, 1931. deposits.
An Act relative to the commitment of feeble minded ChaV-2SS
PERSONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section sixty-six of chapter one hundred and ^c.^kmended^.'
twenty-three of the General Laws, as most recently amended
by section seven of chapter two hundred and ninety-three of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "certificate"
in the eleventh line the words : — , except that the physician's
examination of the alleged feeble minded person shall have
occurred within ten days of the signing and making oath
to the certificate, which shall bear date not more than twenty
days prior to the commitment of such person, — and by
inserting after the word "committed" in the fourteenth line
the following sentence : — Such order shall be void if such
person shall not be received at the school named therein
within sixty days after the date of such order, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 66. Any judge of probate, within Order of com-
his county, upon written application, if he finds that a person "ortaln^institu-
residing or being within said county is a proper subject for ^"nded'^ ^^®'^'®
the Walter E. Fernald state school, the Belchertown state persons.
school or the Wrentham state school, may commit him
thereto by an order of commitment, directed to the trustees
thereof, made in accordance with section fifty-one, and ac-
companied by a certificate in accordance with section fifty-
three by a physician, qualified as therein provided, that such
308
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 289.
Order void,
when.
G. L. 123, § 70,
amended.
Commitment,
order void,
when.
person is a proper subject for said school, and all provisions
of said section shall apply to such certificate, except that the
physician's examination of the alleged feeble minded person
shall have occurred within ten days of the signing and making
oath to the certificate, which shall bear date not more than
twenty days prior to the commitment of such person. The
order of commitment shall also direct the sheriff, deputy
sheriff, constable, police officer, or other person to apprehend
and convey the said person to the school to which he has
been committed. Such order shall be void if such person
shall not be received at the school named therein within sixty
days after the date of such order. Unless the person sought
to be committed is present at the time of the hearing, or
the application is made by some one legally entitled to his
custody, notice of the apphcation and of the time and place
of hearing shall be given to the person sought to be com-
mitted, and the order of commitment shall state what notice
was given or the finding of facts which made notice un-
necessary, and shall authorize custody of the person until
he shall be discharged by order of a court or otherwise in
accordance with law.
Section 2. Section seventy of said chapter one hundred
and twenty-three is hereby amended by inserting at the
beginning thereof the words : — Except as provided in sec-
tion sixty-six, — so as to read as follows: — Section 70.
Except as provided in section sixty-six, an order of com-
mitment of a person to an institution shall be void if such
person shall not be received at the institution within thirty
days after the date of such order.
Approved May 5, 19S1.
G. L. 94, § 165,
amended.
Marking of
containers used
for the sale
of vinegar.
Chap. 2^^ An Act relative to the marking of containers used
FOR THE SALE OF VINEGAR OTHER THAN UNDILUTED CIDER
VINEGAR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out section one hundred and sixty-five and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 165. No
manufacturer or producer of, or wholesale dealer in, vinegar
shall, by himself or by his servant or agent, use a cask, barrel
or other container for the sale, offering for sale, exchange or
delivery of vinegar, or have such vinegar in possession in
any cask, barrel or other container with intent to sell, offer
for sale, exchange or deliver such vinegar therein, unless
the container is plainly marked with the name and place of
business of such manufacturer, producer or wholesale dealer,
the kind of vinegar contained therein and the substances
from which it is made and unless the following additional
requirements as to the marking and labelling of the container
are complied with : — If the vinegar is cider vinegar diluted
to legal strength, the container shall be distinctly and con-
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 290, 291. 309
spicuously labelled, "Diluted to Legal Strength" or by other
like words indicating such fact. Each compound, mixture
or blend of vinegar shall be marked with the word ''com-
pound" or "mixture", together with a statement of its
constituents and the percentage of each constituent. The
principal label, including the word "compound" or "mix-
ture", if used on vinegar in wooden packages, shall be in
Roman letters not less than one inch high, properly spaced
and in straight parallel lines with no more than two inches
of space between each line. The marking of vinegar in
other containers than wooden packages shall be governed
by vsections one hundred and eighty-six and one hundred and
eighty-seven. Violation of any provision of this section shall Penalty.
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. Not applicable
This section shall not apply to undiluted cider vinegar. dder vi'negar.
Approved May 6, 1931.
Chap.290
An Act relative to pensions payable by domestic in-
surance COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General ^^de'd' ^ ^^'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section thirty-six
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 36. Pensions to
Any domestic company, when authorized so to do by a vote domestic insur-
in each case of not less than a majority of its directors, at a ance companies.
meeting called for the purpose, recorded in the minutes of
the board, may grant a pension to any employee who has
been continuously in the service of the company for ten
years and who has become incapacitated for further service
by reason of physical or mental disability resulting from
sickness or injury, and may grant a pension to any employee
retiring by reason of the infirmities of age who has been
continuously in the service of the company for not less than
fifteen years. No such pension shall exceed three fourths
of the average salary of the employee for three years pre-
ceding the date of retirement, and any such pension shall be
discontinued when any such pensioner substantially recovers
his earning capacity.
Any such company, with the written approval of the Employees'
commissioner, may also establish an employees' savings or^contributory
fund or contributory pension system for the benefit of its fe,"®'ertlb-'
aged or disabled employees, to which fund or system the iishment.
employees shall contribute an amount not less than the
amount contributed by the company.
Approved May 6, 1931.
An Act relative to the sale of deer, moose, caribou or QJiav 291
ELK LAWFULLY TAKEN OUTSIDE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the g.l. i3i, new
General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three afterTi29.
310
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 292.
Sale of deer,
moose, cari-
bou or elk
lawfully taken
outside
of state.
Proviso.
G. L. 131, § 124,
amended.
Sale, etc., of
certain birds
forbidden.
Penalty.
hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, is hereby amended by inserting after section one
hundred and twenty-nine the following new section: —
Section 129 A. Any person may sell to a person licensed
under section one hundred and thirty to deal therein the
whole or any part of a deer, moose, caribou or elk legally
killed by him outside of the commonwealth and legally
transported therein; provided, that there is attached to
some part of the body 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.
Section 2. Section one hundred and twenty-four of said
chapter one hundred and thirty-one, as so appearing, is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "twenty-nine"
in the third line the following : — , one hundred and twenty-
nine A, — so as to read as follows: — Section 124- No
person, except as provided in section one hundred and
twenty-five, one hundred and twenty-six, one hundred and
twenty-seven, one hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred
and twenty-nine A 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 be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Approved May 6, 1931.
Chap.
Doyle field
commission,
establishment
in city of
Leominster,
membership,
terms.
City may
acquire by deed
of gift certain
land of Bernard
W. Doyle, and
said land in-
cluding both
Robbins park
and any addi-
tional land
292 An Act establishing the doyle field commission in
THE city of LEOMINSTER AND AUTHORIZING SAID CITY TO
ACQUIRE LAND TO BE USED WITH AN EXISTING PLAYGROUND
FOR A RECREATION FIELD AND TO IMPROVE, MAINTAIN AND
CONDUCT SUCH FIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the city of
Leominster, hereinafter referred to as the city, a commis-
sion, to be known as the Doyle field commission, hereinafter
referred to as the commission, which shall consist of the
mayor for the time being, ex officio, the superintendent of
schools for the time being, ex officio, and three others to be
appointed from among the citizens at large by the mayor,
subject to confirmation by the city council. Of the three
initial appointees one shall so be appointed for a term of
three years, one for a term of two years and one for a term
of one year, and as their respective terms expire their suc-
cessors shall so be appointed for terms of three years.
Section 2. The city may, by majority vote of the city
council approved by the mayor, acquire by deed of gift
from Bernard W. Doyle or otherwise certain land in said
city situated on both sides of Priest street and shown on a
plan entitled "Land of Bernard W. Dojde" made by Wm.
P. Ray, C.E., dated April sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 292. 311
one, and filed in the Worcester northern district registry of ?cquired, to be
/ o t/ known ss
deeds, which land is adjacent to land known as Robbins park Doyie field,
now owned and held for playground purposes by the city,
subject to such conditions and restrictions affecting the land
acquired and said Robbins park as shall be specified in the
deed of gift and as shall not be inconsistent with the purposes
of this act, and may agree to such conditions and restrictions
either by acceptance of the deed of gift or by joining in it.
The city may acquire from time to time by gift, purchase or
otherwise and subject to such conditions and restrictions as
the commission shall approve, additional land which shall
be subject to the provisions of this act. The said land,
including both said Robbins park and the land so acquired,
and the buildings and structures thereon, shall be known as
Doyle field and the commission shall have the full and
exclusive control and direction of it, notwithstanding any
action the city may take or may have taken under chapter
forty-five of the General Laws. The commission in the May erect
name and behalf of the city and for the public use may erect tTdTequTpmen't
buildings and other structures upon said Dojde field; may therefor,
enclose and keep enclosed the whole or any part of the land, c™etakers,
buildings and structures, provide proper equipment there- '"structors, etc.
for, employ and discharge all necessary caretakers, instruc-
tors, teachers and other employees, who shall not be sub-
ject to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and may May manage,
hold, manage, control, lease and let said property exclusively pr^o^^^y for
for the purposes of enjoyment and encouragement of recre- -ithietic, etc.,
ation, play, sports, physical education, athletics, and for such p^'"p°®'^®-
civic, patriotic and educational celebrations, exhibitions and
entertainments as the commission shall see fit, and for any
use necessary or convenient for said purposes; may make
rules and regulations governing said Doyle field; and may May charge ad-
charge admission thereto or allow charges for admission m'ssion, etc.
thereto to be made.
Section 3. The city may raise and appropriate money city may ap-
to the use of the commission for the following uses and pur- moi'^ei^to use
poses, namely: of coiiimission
For the care and maintenance of said Doyle field, the p^urposes."
acquisition of additional land, and the care and repair of
buildings and structures thereon.
For the equipment and improvement of the grounds and
the construction, alteration and enlargement of buildings
and structures thereon.
For the employment of caretakers, instructors, teachers
and other persons who may in the discretion of the com-
mission be necessary adequately to maintain said field and
conduct the activities thereon.
For the support and encouragement of recreation, play,
sports, physical education, athletics, and civic, patriotic and
educational celebrations, exhibitions and entertainments in
said field pursuant to its general purposes.
Section 4. All revenue received by the commission under Revenue re-
this act shall be paid into the treasury of the city. The nilsslon^toTr'
312
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 293.
paid into city
treasury, etc.
Certain per-
sons eligible
for appoint-
ment as mem-
bers of com-
mission, etc.
Effective upon
acceptance by
vote of city
council, etc.
commission shall annuallj^, or oftener if requested by the
mayor and the city council of the city, file with the mayor
and the city council an itemized and detailed statement
of all revenue received from and all expenditures made
on account of said field and the buildings and structures
thereon.
Section 5. Members of the playground commission of
the city or of any board or department that shall have charge
of parks or playgrounds, shall be eligible for appointment as
members of the commission hereby created; and the city
may hereafter give said last mentioned commission juris-
diction over other playgrounds and recreation centers to
exercise powers conferred on the city by present or future
laws relating to playgrounds.
Section 6. This act shall take full effect immediately
upon its acceptance during the current year by vote of the
city council of said city of Leominster, notwithstanding any
provision of its charter to the contrary, but for the purpose
of such acceptance it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 7, 1931.
City of
Springfield
may accept in
trust a convey-
ance of the
land and build-
ing of E. K.
Wilcox Post
No. 16, De-
partment of
Massachusetts,
Grand Army of
the Republic.
Chav.293 ^^ -^^t authorizing the city of springfield to take over,
MAINTAIN AND MANAGE AS A MEMORIAL CERTAIN PROPERTY
OF E. K. WILCOX POST NO. 10, DEPARTMENT OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In pursuance of a vote of E. K. Wilcox Post
No. 16, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the
Republic, a corporation duly organized by law, passed at a
special meeting held March fourteenth, nineteen hundred
and thirty-one, which vote is recorded on the books of the
said corporation, William H. Waterman, president, Otto F.
Fogelstrand, clerk or secretary, and the board of directors
of said corporation as named in said vote, or a majority of
said persons or of their successors as such officers and di-
rectors, are hereby authorized to convey in trust to the city
of Springfield the land and building owned by said corpora-
tion and located on State street in said city, together with
the personal property of said corporation contained therein,
and said city is hereby authorized to accept the same upon
the terms and conditions herein set forth and upon such
others as may be agreed upon between said corporation and
said city, and subject to all unpaid taxes thereon, which the
assessors of said city are hereby authorized to abate; pro-
vided, that such conveyance and transfer of possession there-
under 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 said building, under
the name of the Grand Army Hall, as a memorial to the men
of Springfield who served in the army or navy of the United
Proviso.
Building to be
maintained as
a memorial to
civil war
veterans, etc.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 293. 313
States in the civil war, and shall keep the building in good
repair and properly equipped, heated and lighted. So long
as the E. K. Wilcox Post No. 16, Department of Massachu-
setts, Grand Army of the Republic, an unincorporated as-
sociation, shall continue in existence, it shall enjoy, free of
rent, the use, occupancy and benefits of said building in its
present condition to the same extent and in the same manner
as it now uses and occupies said building. In the event of ["iifeve^nts"'
the complete or partial destruction of said building by fire city may seii
or other unavoidable casualty, or if, in the opinion of the "' '"^' ^ °'
mayor and city council of said city, said building, after said
unincorporated association has ceased to exist, should be-
come unsuitable by reason of location or otherwise for the
purposes to which it is now devoted, or to which it is to be
devoted, said city may sell said real estate, and the proceeds Proceeds to be
of such sale, and/or of any insurance policies on said property fundTor ere"c-°
shall be converted by said city into a fund to be used for the tjon^of memo-^
purpose of erecting or providing a suitable memorial to per- ate memory
petuate the memory of the men who fought in the civil war, vlt^eraL^^'^
and any surplus remaining after the erection or acquisition Disposition of
of such memorial shall be safely invested and the income ^"°°"Jj|°gtc
therefrom shall be used for the relief of the indigent families
or descendants of persons who served in the military or naval
forces of the United States in time of war and were honorably
discharged from such service or released from active duty
therein, or for other charitable, patriotic or benevolent pur-
poses. Said city may at any time erect on the land referred
to in section one a new building to take the place of the one
now existing, if the same be destroyed by fire or otherwise.
Section 3. There shall be an unpaid board of five Board of
trustees to be appointed by the mayor of said city, with the po"ntmentr
approval of the city council thereof, to serve for terms of terms.
three years each, except that of the initial appointees one
shall serve for one year, two for two years and two for three
years. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies.
the original appointment. A majority of the trustees shall trSstees^to be
always be descendants of men who served in the army or ofn/JiAvho
navy of the United States during the civil war and were served in
honorably discharged therefrom ; provided, that a sufficient "^^' ^^^'''
number of such persons suitable so to serve can be obtained.
Preference in the office of trustee shall next be given to per-
sons who have served in the military or naval forces of the
United States and were honorably discharged from such
service or released from active duty therein. No person, Qualifications
however, shall be appointed as trustee unless he is a native °
born citizen of the United States, is above the age of thirty
years, and has been a resident of said city for at least five
consecutive years preceding his appointment. The mayor chairman and
shall designate one member of the board as chairman, and ofbo^rT.
the board shall elect one of its members as secretary. Any
member or members of said board may be removed by the
mayor for cause. Said board of trustees shall have the Board to have
charge and care of the property referred to in section one of property ,''et'<f.
314
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 294.
and of the maintenance of any building thereon, and, sub-
ject to the approval of the mayor and city council, may at
an}^ time, subject to any existing lease, devote the whole or
any part of said building to the purposes as set forth in this
act; shall make all necessary rules and regulations relative
Custodian, etc. thereto; shall appoint a custodian therefor, who shall be
exempt from the civil service laws and the rules and regula-
tions thereunder, and other necessary officers or emploj^ees
for the care of said building; shall fix their compensation, and
may at any time remove them; shall fix and receive any
rentals to be derived from the use of any part of the present
or of any future building under its control; shall devote the
proceeds of such rentals to the maintenance of such build-
ing; and shall use any surplus for the relief of the indigent
families or descendants of persons who served in the military
or naval forces of the United States in time of war and were
honorably discharged from such service or released from
active duty therein, or for other charitable, patriotic or
benevolent purposes.
Section 4. So much of this act as authorizes the con-
versance of the property described in section one to said city
of Springfield and its acceptance by said city shall take effect
upon its passage, and the remainder thereof shall take effect
upon such acceptance. Approved May 7, 1931.
Rentals, dia-
pasitian of
proceeds, etc
Surplus,
how used
When act
takes e£fect.
Chap. 294 ^^ ^ct providing for the construction of a municipal
BUILDING ON FRANKLIN FIELD IN THE DORCHESTER DIS-
TRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
City of Boston
may borrow
money and
issue bonds for
construction of
a municipal
building on
Franklin field
in Dorchester
district.
Franklin Field
Municipal
Building Loan,
Act of 1931.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a municipal
building on Franklin field in the Dorchester district of the
city of Boston, said city may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the ag-
gregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Franklin Field Municipal Building Loan, Act of 1931.
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 sec-
tion unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per
cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose
to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of
the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to the laws relative to the issuance of debt by the
city of Boston. The proceeds of the loan herein authorized
shall be used only for the purposes herein specified. The
aforesaid municipal building shall be so designed as, in the
judgment of the city, to best serve the community by pro-
viding quarters for municipal departments and for veteran
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 295, 296. 315
and civic organizations that may under the law be supplied
b}' the city, and as a community center.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- fo'g^^^gj,^"^.
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of cii, etc.
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
other^yise. Approved May 7, 1931.
An Act providing for the construction of a municipal Chav.295
BUILDING IN THE FIELDS CORNER SECTION OF THE DOR-
CHESTER district of the city of BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a municipal j^i^*^' ^or^ow °°
building in the Fields Corner section of the Dorchester dis- money and
trict of the city of Boston, said city may borrow from time MMtroc'tfo^n^"'
to time, within a period of five years from the passage of this °f a municipal
', '■ , '' i T • .1 building in the
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceedmg, m the Fields Corner
aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue DordTer/er
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the district,
words, Dorchester Municipal Building Loan, Act of 1931. ^i^p^ff}",^.""
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and ing Loan, Act
such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from °^^93i.
their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this sec-
tion 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 sub-
ject to the laws relative to the issuance of debt by the city
of Boston. The proceeds of the loan herein authorized shall
be used only for the purposes herein specified. The afore-
said municipal building shall be so designed as, in the judg-
ment of the city, to best serve the community by providing
quarters for municipal departments and for veteran and civic
organizations that may under the law be supplied by the
city, and as a community center.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission
during the current year by vote of the city council of said cu^etc.''"""
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved May 7, 1931.
An Act authorizing the town of amherst to use certain Chav.29Q
LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The town of Amherst is hereby authorized l[j','heret may
to alter the use of a parcel of land situated between Main use certain land
for park
purposes.
and Lessey streets in said town and easterly of College avenue °^ "^"^
and commonly called the Gates lot, said parcel having been
taken by said town in nineteen hundred and sixteen by emi-
nent domain as a site for a public library building by an
316
Acts, 1931. — Chaps. 297, 298.
order of taking evidenced by an instrument duly recorded
in the registry of deeds for Hampshire county in book seven
hundred and nineteen at page five hundred and thirty-one;
and said town may hereafter hold and use the same for
pubHc park purposes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 12, 1931.
Chap
The city coun-
cil of the city
of Boston may,
with the ap-
proval of
mayor, fix fees
for certain
licenses and
permits.
May establish
and fix fees
for qualifica-
tion or war-
rant of certain
officers.
Inconsistent
provisions of
law not appli-
cable in city
of Boston.
.297 An Act authorizing the city council of the city of
BOSTON, with the APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR, TO FIX FEES
FOR CERTAIN LICENSES AND PERMITS, AND TO ESTABLISH
AND FIX FEES FOR THE QUALIFICATION OR WARRANT OP
CERTAIN OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In the city of Boston the city council, with
the approval of the mayor, shall have the power to fix the
fees for licenses or permits for which a fee is collected at the
date of the passage of this act under authority of statutes
then existing in all cases where the entire proceeds of such
fees form part of the income of the city, but excepting fees
for marriage licenses or for licenses granted by the mayor
under chapter four hundred and ninety-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and eight and its amendments and ad-
ditions. Until action is taken under this act in respect to
any fee subject to its provisions, the same shall remain as
estabhshed on said date.
Section 2. The city council of said city, with like ap-
proval, may establish and fix fees to be paid to the city clerk
for the use of said city for the qualification or warrant
of any officer, appointed by the mayor and confirmed by
the city council, whose compensation is derived from fees
charged for the exercise of powers conferred by such appoint-
ment.
Section 3. All provisions of law, in so far as inconsistent
with the provisions of this act or with any action authorized
hereunder, shall not apply in the city of Boston.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 12, 1931.
Chap. 2^'^ An Act to authorize the town of sharon to acquire
certain property and water rights of the PLYMOUTH
RUBBER COMPANY, INC.
Be it ejiacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Sharon may acquire by pur-
chase the land and buildings of the Plymouth Rubber
Company, Inc. adjacent to Massapoag pond and Hammer-
shop pond, so called, in said town, including the dam and
flume house at the outlet of said Massapoag pond and the
water rights of said company in said ponds.
Section 2. For said purpose the town of Sharon may
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from
Town of
Sharon may
acquire certain
property and
water rights of
the Plymouth
Rubber Com-
pany, Inc.
May borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 317
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, five thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words. Town of Sharon-Massapoag and Hammershop Town of
Pond Loan, Act of 1931. Each authorized issue shall con- fiTssapoag and
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not Hammershop
n c 1 • 1 J 1 J • I II L Pond Loan,
more than five years from their dates, but no issue shall be Act of 1931.
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 inside the statutory limit but shall, except as pro-
vided herein, 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 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 12, 1931.
An Act dissolving certain corporations. C/iaiO.299
Whereas, It is necessary that certain delinquent and other Emergency
corporations be dissolved in the current year, therefore this pi'eambie.
act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Such of the following named corporations '^^^'"^^j^^ig^g
as are not already legally dissolved are hereby dissolved, disfoTved"''^
subject to the provisions of sections fifty-one, fifty-two and
fifty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the Gen-
eral Laws: —
A. A. Smith Inc., A & R Sales Corporation, A. B. C.
Bakeries Incorporated, A. Brezner Leather Company, Inc.,
A. C. Kennedy Radio Company, A. Di Pietro Co., A. F.
Chamberlain & Co., Incorporated, A. F. Clark Lumber
Company, A. Frazzini Company, Inc., A. G. Thurston Ma-
chine Co., A. J. Grenier Architect and Construction Com-
pany, Incorporated, A. M. Hatch Lumber Company, Inc.,
A-1 Motor Sales Co. Inc., A. R. Robinson Co., Inc., A. S.
Nichols Company, A. T. Bridges Co., Incorporated, A Tiv
Gno Company, Abbott-Connolly Construction Company,
The, Abbott-McKay Corporation, Abbotts, Inc. of Boston,
Abenaki Production Company, Aberdeen Apartments, Inc.,
Abington Mining Company, Abram Gunsenhiser's Sons Inc.,
Acushnet Iron Foundry, Ad-Art Studios, Inc., Adams Glass
Factory, The, Adams Products Incorporated, Adams Sugar
Refinery (1865), Adams Sugar Refinery (1870), Adams
Woolen Mills, Inc., Addette Specialty Shoppe Inc., The,
Advertisers Press, Inc., The, Aerator Company, Aerial Serv-
ices Company, Inc., Aetna Investment Corporation, Agassiz
Realty Corporation, Agawam Manufacturing Company
318 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
?orS?!ations (1810), Agawaoi Manufacturing Company (1846), Aguna
dissolved. Mahogany & Timber Company, Air Service of New England,
Inc., Airport Development Company, Airway Rubber Cor-
poration, Albemarle Sales Company, Albert H. McAuslan,
Inc., Alfred Kimball Shoe Co., Alger Iron and. Steel Com-
pany, Alheit Display Case Co., The, Allen and Howe Com-
pany, Incorporated, Allen B. Farmer, Inc., Allen-Plunkett
Co., Alleyne Pharmacy Inc., Allinmesh Transmission Com-
pany, Allston Amusement Company, Almac Investment
Corporation, Alta California Copper Mining Company,
American Airmobile Corporation, American Automatic
Fastener Co., American Bed Chair Company, American
Cannel Coal Company, American Coat and Apron Supply
Company, American Composite Marble Company, American
Copper Company, American Cordage and Webbing Com-
pany, American Dining Car Company, Inc., American
Factory Products Co., The, American Fire Extinguisher
Company, American Garage, Inc., American Glass Company,
American Hall Company, American Hardware Company,
American Heel Company, American Hotel Company (1856),
American Inventors' Association, American Lasting Machine
Company, American Linen Company, American Manage-
ment Corporation, American Manufacturing Company
(1854), American Marble Statuary Company, American
Metal Specialty Company, Inc., American Metric Bureau,
American Mortising Machine Company, American Motor of
New England, Inc., American Motor Tours Company, Ameri-
can Paper Company, American Paper Folding Company,
American Papeterie Company, American Patent Sail Com-
pany, American Powder Company (1841), American Print
Works, American Publishing Company, American Railroad
Construction and Land Company, American Rubber Heel
Stiffening Company, American Safety Brake Manufacturing
Company, American Salvage Corporation, American Scale
Company, American Sewing Machine Company, American
Stamping Corporation, American Stationers Company,
American Steamship Company, American Television Corpo-
ration, American Underwriters Limited Inc., American Up-
holstering Company, American Water Meter Company,
American Wheat Companj'^, Amesbury Machine Company,
Amesbury Wool and Cotton Manufacturing Company, The,
Amherst Cotton Factory, Amherst Silk Association, Am-
herst Silk Company, Ampola Knitting Mills, Inc., Anchor
Oil Company, Anderson Fog Horn Compan}^, Apartment
Investment Corp., Apollo Lunch Inc., Appleton House
Company, Arcade Manufacturing Company, Archimedian
Company, Ardo Manufacturing Corporation, Argus Manu-
facturing Company, Arkian Clothing Manufacturing Com-
pany, Inc., Arkwright Companv, Arkwright Mills, The,
Arlington Mills (1899), Arnold Glove Grip Boot Shop of
Chicago, Inc., Arnold Glove Grip Boot Shops, Inc., Aronson
Bros. Shoe Co. Inc., Aronson Coat Company, Aroostook
Pulp and Paper Company, Arrow Coach, Inc., Art Craft
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 319
Upholstering Company, Artcraft Sign & Advertising Co., Certain
Inc., Artesian Well Association, Arthur E. Dorr & Co. Inc., d'isfoived°"^
Arthur Maxwell Co., Aselton & Sons, Inc., Ashburnham
Cotton Factory Company, Ashburton Corporation, Ashbur-
ton House Company, Ashby Steam Manufacturing Company,
Ashland Manufacturing Company (1846), Ashley Falls
Company, Ashwell Manufacturing Company, The, Assabet
Manufacturing Company (1849), Associated Auto Owners
Service Inc., Associated Laboratories, Inc., Associated Pro-
prietors of Lumber in Merrimack River, The, Associated
Service Bureaus, Inc., Associated Tailors and Cleansers, Inc.,
Assonet Oil Storage Company, Astor Productions, Inc.,
Atherton Manufacturing Company, The, Athol Amusement
Company, Atlantic and Pacific Airways, Inc., Atlantic
Gelatine Company, Atlantic Kompost Co., Atlantic Realty
Corporation, The, Atlantic Shoe Company, Atlas Hat, Inc.,
Atlas Service Company, Atlas Shoe Company, Atlas Tire
Company, Attleboro Hub Shoe Store, Inc., Attleboro
Specialty Company, Auburn Motors Incorporated, Aunt
Tibbey's Home Made Candies, Incorporated, Automatic
Coal Burner Corporation, Automatic Creamer Company,
Automatic Merchandizer of Connecticut, Inc., The, Auto-
mobile Bourse, Inc., The, Automobile Leasing Corporation,
Automobile Service Bureau Inc., Automotive Used Car
Corporation, Avenue Garage Company.
B. Hochberg & Sons, Inc., B. M. Powell, Inc., Babylonian
Rug Company, Bacheller & Broad, Inc., Back Bay Improve-
ment Company, Baker's Garage Inc., Balco Syndicate, Inc.,
Baldwin Company, Balin Motion Pictures Inc., Ballard
Vale Company, Bancroft Bottling Corporation, Bancroft
Construction Company, Bankers Financial Service, Inc.,
Banner of Light Publishing House, Banner Shoe Co., Inc.,
Barber Tanning Company, Barium Manufacturing Company,
Barnard & Company Incorporated, Barrese, Inc., The,
Barristers' Hall in Court Square, Proprietors of, Barton
Manufacturing Company, Barton Point Association, Bas-
com's, Inc., Bata Shoe & Leather Company, Bathing House
in Boston, The Proprietors of the (1805), Bausch & Lomb
Optical Company of Massachusetts, Bay State Associates,
Inc., Bay State Chemical Company (1872), Bay State
Cotton Corporation, Bay State Luggage Company, Bay
State Mills, Bay State Realty Corporation, Bay State Screw
Company, Bay State Securities Company, Bay State-Segal
Company, Bay State Silver Mining Company, Beacon Gold
Mining Company (1864), Beacon Realty Corporation,
Beacon Storage Warehouse Company, Bearse & Chamberlin,
Inc., Beaudet Iron Foundry, Inc., Beaudette & Graham Com-
pany, Beaver Brook Manufactory, Bee Printing Company,
Bell Brothers Company, Bellevue Hospital, Inc. of Chicopee,
Massachusetts, The, Bellingham Spa & Cafeteria Inc.,
Bellows Falls Electric Company, Bellows Falls Power Com-
pany, Bellows Falls Theatre Operating Company, Bemo-
town Company, Ben Marsh Shoe Company, Benjamin
320 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
TO^-porations Expiess Co., Benjamin F. Tripp, Inc., Benlyn Company, Ben-
dissoived. nett Libraries, Inc., The, Bennett Manufacturing Corpora-
tion, The, Bens & Company, Inc., Berger Dry Goods Com-
pany, Inc., Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company (1834),
Berkshire Ice Cream Co. Inc., Berkshire Iron Works, Berk-
shire Marble Company, Berkshire Mining Company, Berk-
shire Silk Company, Berkshire Trout Hatchery Club, The,
Berkshire Warehouse Company, Berman-Levine Co., Berry
Brothers Inc. of Massachusetts, Betts & Smith Lighterage
Co., Beverly Wood Heel Company, Bickford's Inc., Big
River Mining Company, Bigelow, Reed & Co., Inc., Biggers
Farm Oil Company, Biltmore Cafeteria of Everett, Inc.,
Biltmore Hall, Inc., Bircham Bend Power Company, Bir-
mingham Factory, Bi-tu-mite Coal Company, Black Bros.
Inc., Blackstone Coal Mining Company, Blanchard & Son
Co., Blanchard Machine Company (1895), Blanchard's Gun
Stock Turning Factory, Bliss & Perry Co., Bliss Manufac-
turing Company (1848), Blue Hill, Inc., Blue Hill-Intervale
Realty Corporation, Bob Ott, Incorporated, Bobgert Com-
pany, Boltz Airport Inc., Bon Ton Shoe Manufacturing Co.,
Bond Village Manufacturing Company, Bonnar-Atwood
Studios, Inc., "Booklets" Consolidated, Incorporated, Bos-
ton and Austin Silver Mining Company, Boston and Bangor
Steam Boat Company, Boston and Big Sandy Oil Company,
Boston and Charleston Steamship Company, Boston and
Chelsea Paper Company, Boston and Chicago Adjustable
Car Company, The, Boston and Concord Boating Company,
Boston and Cuba Steamship Company (1866), Boston and
European Steam-ship Company, Boston and Gloucester
Granite Manufacturing Company, Boston and Hingham
Steam Boat Company, Boston and Ipswich Lace Company,
Boston and Kennebec Steam-boat Company (1856),. Boston
and Kennebec Steamboat Company (1867), Boston and
Lackawanna Coal Company, Boston and Lowell Manufac-
turing Company, Boston and Lowell Stage Company, Boston
and Millbury Water Power and Manufacturing Company,
Boston and New Bedford Oil Company, Boston and New
Orleans Steam-ship Company, Boston and New York Coal
Mining Company, Boston and New York Steam-ship Com-
pany (1857), Boston and New York Steamship Company
(1864), Boston and North Cambridge Omnibus Company,
Boston and North Carolina Turpentine Company, Boston
and Norwegian Coal Company, Boston and Portsmouth
Steam Boat Company, Boston and Providence Citizens
Coach Company, Boston and Provincetown Steamboat
Company, Boston & Reading Silver Mining Company,
Boston and St. John Navigation Company, Boston and
Salamanca Lumber and Mining Company, Boston and
Savannah Steamship Company (1867), Boston and Virginia
Steamship Company, Boston Bath and Wash-House Com-
pany, Boston Bay Mortgage Corporation, Boston Bed-Pan
and Hospital Supply Company, Boston Bennyhoff Reserve
Oil Company, Boston Bewick Company, Boston Book and
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 321
Paper Manufacturing Company, Boston Brewery Company, Certain
Boston, Brick Manufacturing Company, Boston Caddo disfoTved^"^
Oil Company, Boston Calico Works, Boston Chemical
Company (1854), Boston Chemical Laboratory, Boston
Chemical Printing Company, The, Boston Civic Theater
Company, The, Boston Commercial Exchange Building
Company, Boston Co-operative Associates, Inc., Boston Co-
operative Shoe Mfg. Co., Boston Copper Company, Boston
Cordage Manufactory, Boston Cotton and Woollen Manu-
facturing Company, Boston Development and Sanitary
Company, Boston Discount Company, Inc., The, Boston .
Dress Shops, Inc., Boston Excavating Company, Boston
Faucet Company, Boston Flint Glass Company, Boston
Fruit & Fish Co., The, Boston Furniture Market, Inc.,
Boston Gas Meter Manufacturing Company, Boston Glass
Bottle Manufacturing Company, Boston Glass Manufactory,
Boston Granite Company, Boston Hand Stamp Company,
Boston Harbor Ice and Tow Boat Company, Boston Hat
Manufactory, The, Boston Hydraulic Company, Boston
Hydraulic Dock Company, Boston India Rubber Factory,
Boston Kansas Company, Boston Market House Company,
Boston Massasoit Waste Co., Boston Mechanical Bakery
Company, Boston Merchants' Exchange, Boston Mill Corpo-
ration, The, Boston Mill Supply Co., Inc., Boston Mining
Company, Boston Minwool Insulating Company, The,
Boston Model Bakery Inc., Boston Motor Tours, Incorpo-
rated, Boston Navigation Company, Boston Neck Turnpike
Corporation, Boston Novelty Shoe Mfg. Co., Boston Oil
Cloth Company, Boston Oil Company (1846), Boston Palm
Gardens, Inc., Boston Pants Company, Boston Paper Collar
Manufacturing Company, Boston Pearl Manufacturing Com-
pany, Boston Porcelain and Glass Company, Boston Porcelain
Company, Boston Pottery Company, Inc., Boston Range
Oil Burner Corporation, Boston Recharging Service Com-
pany, Boston Relief and Submarine Company, Boston Rice
Mill Company, Boston Shoe Machinery Corp., Boston Silk
and Woollen Mills, Boston Silk Manufacturing Company,
The, Boston Soap Stone Manufactory, Boston South Steam
Cotton Mill Company, Boston Specialty ]\Iachinery Com-
pany, Boston Steam Boat Company, Boston Steam Dock
Company, Boston Steam-Engine Company (1852), Boston
Steam Factory, Boston Steam Flour Mill Company, Boston
Steam Supply Company, Boston Steam Tow-Boat Company,
Boston Stone Dressing Company, Boston Stove Foundry
Company (1854), Boston Sugar Warehousing Company,
Boston Tavern Inc., Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry,
Boston Union Manufacturing Company, Boston Warehouse
Company, Boston Wool Company, Boston Wool Sales Com-
pany, Boston Wrought Nail Company, Boston Yarn Com-
pany, Bournehurst Amusement Company, The, Bouve
School, Inc., The, Bowden & Leblanc, Inc., Bowditch Manu-
facturing Company, Bowditch Mills, Bowers & Co., Inc.,
Boyden Malleable Cast Iron and Steel Company, Boys
322 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
Mrporations StorG, Iiic, The, Bozart Rug Company, Bracy-Forbes Com-
dissoived. pany, Bradford Mill Supply Co., Bradford Mortgage Cor-
poration, Bradford Terrace Co., Inc., Bradford's Clothes
Shops, Inc., Bradlee and Chatman Company, The, Bradley
& Prescott Inc., Braintree and Weymouth Coal Company,
Braintree Cotton Manufacturing Company, Braintree Manu-
facturing Company, Brattle Square Amusement Company,
Breck-Robinson Nursery Company, Breezy Acres Inc.,
Brenda Brownie Company, Brenner & Brody Shoe Co.,
Bridge St. Garage, Inc., Bridgewater Inn Garage, Incorpo-
rated, Bristol and Norfolk Mining Company, Bristol Baking
Company Inc., Bristol Cotton Manufacturing Company,
Bristol Print Works, Bristol Printing Company, Bristol
Textile Company, Broad Marsh Dyking Company, Broad
Mountain Coal Company, Broad Street Association in the
Town of Boston, The, Broad Street Garage of Lynn, Inc.,
Broadway Theater Company, Brockton Die Company,
Bromfield Realty Corporation, Brookline Amusement Com-
pan}^, Brookline Hotel Company (1859), Brookline Pharmacy,
Inc., Brown Bros. Piano Co., Brown Woollen Mills, Bryant
Milling Company, The, Bubbins & Co., Inc., Buchanan
Construction Company, Buchanan Park, Inc., Buel Mining
Company, Builders Brick Company, The, Builders Lumber
& Supply Company, Builders Supply Corporation, Building
and Home Specialty Co., Bunker Hill Rubber Company,
Incorporated, Bus Bar, Inc., Buzzard's Bay Cranberry
Corporation, Byron W. Anthonj^ Company.
C. A. Chandler Advertising Company Inc., C. A. Cook
Co., C. A. Donovan Co., C. & D. Shoe Co. Inc., C. & H. Se-
curities Company, C and K Upholstering Company, C. &
M. Metal Products Corporation, C & R Cafe, Incorporated,
C. B. Faith Company, C. B. Oulton Company, C. C. &
F. A. Burns, Inc., C. C. Dodge Co., C. E. Sault Co., The,
C. H. A. Schmitt Co., C. H. Graham Furniture Co., C. L.
Rice Company, The, C. S. Lawler Company, C. T. Bent,
Inc., Cabot Manufacturing Company (1832), CafTe Roma,
Inc., Cahill Hotel Co., Calandrello Brothers Company Inc.,
Caleb's Pond Company, Calico Printing Manufacture, The
Proprietors of the, California Fruit, Inc., Callahan & Wil-
liams, Incorporated, Callahan Company, Inc., Cambridge
Building Finish Company, Cambridge Cattle Market, Cam-
bridge Casino, Cambridge Glass Companj'-, Cambridge Nash
Corporation, Cambridge Novelty Wooden Box Co., The,
Cambridge Port Manufactory, Cambridge Salvage Supply
Co. Inc., Camden Garage Company, Cameo Shoe Company,
Camp Assabet Lodge, Inc., Campbell Drug Co. Inc., Can-
Am Construction Company, Canal Manufacturing Company,
Canal Street Garage, Inc., Canane Motor Company, Canton
Manufacturing Company (1829), Cape Ann Granite Com-
pany (1867), Cape Ann Steam Cotton Manufactory, Cape
Breton Mining and Development Corporation, Cape Cod
Glass Company, Cape Cod Machine Company, Capital
Service Company, Capitol Dress Co., Capitol Holding Cor-
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 323
poration, Capitol Shoe Company, Capitol Shoe Mfg. Co., Certain
Capitol Taxi Company, Capitol Wholesale Grocery, Incor- dbfoTv^d?"^
porated, Capitol Wholesale Millinery Company, Carl
Schindler, Inc., Carleton Realty Co., Carlrobin Company,
Carlton Shoe Company, Inc., Carroll & Richmond Inc.,
Carroll- Richmond-Donovan, Inc., Carter Insurance Agency,
Inc., Carver Cranberry Company, Cashiko Machine Com-
pany, Caustic-Claflin Company, Central Leather Company,
Inc., Central Manufacturing Companj^, The (1813), Central
Mills, Central News and Delicatessen Company, Century
Amusement Company, Chace, Inc., Chalifoux Company,
The, Chalifoux Dry Goods Company, Champion Coating
Company, Chandler-Cleveland Motor Car Company, Chan-
dler Holyoke Company, Inc., Chandler Motors of Allston,
Inc., Channing Realty Corporation, Chappaquiddic Com-
pany, Chappaquiddick Improvement Company, Charles A.
Bohn Company, Chas. A. Nash, Inc., Charles and Company,
Inc., Charles E. Fogg Company, Charles H. Williston Com-
pany, Charles J. Jager Company, Charles-Mann Publishing
Co., Inc., Charles River Ice Company, Charles S. Norris
Incorporated, Charles W. Bahr Company, Charlestown
Lead Company, Charlestown Steam Cotton Factory, Charl-
ton Petroleum Corporation, Chase Motor Sales, Inc.,
Chatham Lock Company, Chebacco Poultry Farms, Inc.,
Cheeryway Food Products Company, Chelmsford Glass
Company, Chelsea Brick Manufacturing Company, Chelsea
City Garage, Inc., The, Chelsea Land Company, Chelsea
Manufacturing Company, Chelsea Marsh, Proprietors of,
Chelsea Square Garage, Inc., Chelsea Steam Cotton Com-
pany, Chelsea Taxi Company, Chemical Dyeing and Printing
Company, Cheney Express Company, Cheney Silk Mills,
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency Company, Cheshire
Crown Glass Company, Cheshire Glass Manufactory, The,
Cheshire Iron Works, Chester Company, Inc., Chester Glass
Compan}^, Chestnut Construction Co., Inc., Chestnut Hill
Garage, Incorporated, The, Chevrolet Dealers Association
of Boston, Inc., Chicago Beef Co., Inc., Chicago Wool Com-
pany of Massachusetts, Chicopee Falls Company, The,
Child-Craft Co., The, Childrens Supplies Inc., Children's
Vehicle Corporation, Chinitna Bay Exploration Company,
Chironis Company, Inc., Chrysanthie Corporation, The,
Churchill Company, Citizens' Building Association, City
Druggists' Service Company, City Flour Mills at Newbury-
port, City Manufacturing Company (1822), City Mills
Company (1835), City Realty Company, Claflin Mills,
Clapp & Tilton Company, Clapp-Eastham Company, Clar-
ence I. Smith, Inc., Clarence Irving Construction Company,
Clarence T. Rocheford, Inc., Clarke & Stevens Co. Inc.,
Clarke's Lunch, Inc., Cleaves and Pine Inc., Cleveland Circle
Realty Corporation, Clifton Shoe Co., Clinton Steam Power
Company, Clintonville Machine Shop, Cloverknoll Dairy
Company, Club Moosilauke, Inc., Coffee Cup Lunch, Inc.,
Coffin Motor Company, Inc., Cofran-Bishop Company,
324 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
S-porations Cogan FumiturG Co. Inc. of Marlboro, Mass., Coggan &
dissolved. Sherman, Inc., Cohen-Barron Inc., Cohen Coill Company,
Inc., Co-investment Finance Corporation, Coiteux Realty
Companj^, Inc., Cold Bay Exploration Company, Cold
Spring Iron Works, Coldak Corporation of New England,
Cole & Mills Inc., Collateral Investment Corporation, Col-
lateral Securities Corporation, Colleary-Purcell Company,
College Inn, Inc., Collins Dress, Inc., Colonial Braiding and
Weaving Company, Colonial Cafeteria, Inc., Colonial
Leather Products Co., Colonial Paper Co., Color Printing
Attachment Company, Columbia Interior Finish Company,
Inc., Columbia Spinning Company, Columbia Wood Works
Inc., Columbian Manufacturing Company, Combined Sound
and Color Films, Inc., Comi Incorporated, Commerce Sight
Seeing Bus Co., Inc., Commercial Cooperative Company,
Commercial Garage Inc., Commonwealth Drug Co., Com-
monwealth Hotel Company of the count}' of Suffolk,
Commonwealth Plumbing & Engineering Co., Inc., Com-
monwealth Stevedoring Company, Inc., Commonwealth
Upholstering Co., Commonwealth Warehouse Company,
Community Fabrics Inc., Community Loan Company,
Commuters, Inc., Conant Manufacturing Company (1846),
Concord Creamery Company, Concord Manufacturing
Company, The, Concord River Company, Concord Steam
Power Company, Concrete Oil Tank Company, Cone Iron
Works, Congress Finance Corporation, Congress Oil & Sup-
ply Co., Inc., Congress Pharmacy, Inc., Congress Securities
Corp., Congress Trading Compan}^, Conley Stain and Black-
ing Co., Inc., Connell and McKone Company, Consolidated
Buyers, Incorporated, Consolidated Films Incorporated,
Consolidated Insurance Brokers, Inc., Consolidated Sales
Corporation, Continental Coal Company, Continental Piano
Companj^, The, Controllit Corporation, Conway Manufac-
turing Company, Conway Mills, Conway Realty Company,
Cooks', Inc., Cooley & Marvin Co., Coolidge Operating Co.,
Coomes Farms Company, The, Co-op Grocery Company,
Cooper & Brush of Memphis, Inc., Copley Tours, Inc., The,
Corbitant Manufacturing Company, Cordillo and Donovan
Inc., Corey Hill Taxi Service, Inc., Cornell Realty Co., Cor-
pora^ao Gon^alves Zarco Inc., Corporation for Inventory
Conversion, The, Cosmetics and Drugs Incorporated, Coto-
Coil Co., Coulton & Co. Inc., Country Club Motor Sales,
Inc., Country Gas Service, Inc., County Mortgage and Loan
Company, Coup Oil Company, The, Covel and Osborn
Company, The, Covert Gear & Manufacturing Corporation,
Craft & MacDonald, Inc., Craftone Mfg. Co., Craig, Reed
& Emerson, Inc., Cram-Nute Realty Corporation, Crane
Baking Company, Crescent Coal Co., Crescent Drug Co.,
Inc., Crescent Live Poultry Company, Inc., Cresse Corpora-
tion, The, Crimson Pharmacy, Inc., Criterion Theatre, Inc.,
Crocker Manufacturing Company (1837), Crocker Mills,
Crocker Paj^er Company, Crocker Rubber Company, The,
Crockersville Manufacturing Company, Crossland Company,
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 325
Incorporated, Crowley Contracting Company Incorporated, Corporations
The, Crystal Ice Company (1851), Crystal, Inc., Crystal dissolved.
Shade & Screen Company, Cuba INlining Company, Cuetara
Hnos, Inc., Cummings Millinery Companj^, Cummington
Cotton Manufacturing Company, The, Cummington Manu-
facturing Company, Cummington Woollen Manufacturing
Company, The, Cunninghams', Inc., Cute-Craft, Incor-
porated.
D & H Motor Co., D and T Auto Repair Co. Inc., D. N.
Raptelis, Inc., D. W. Field Farm Company, Daklor Products
Corporation, Damask Cloth Manufacturing Company,
Damon Battery & Electric Co., Dana's, Inc., Dane Brothers
Companj^, Danforths Inc., Daniel G. Fox Electric Shop Inc.,
Danvers and Beverty Iron- Works Company, The, Danvers
Cotton Factory Corporation, Dapp's, Inc., Davenport-
Evans Co., David E. Adler, Inc., David W. Huntley, Inc.,
Davis Brothers Company, Davis Chemical Company, Davis
Fish Company, Davis Point Factory, Davisville Manufac-
turing Company (1834), Davisville Manufacturing Company
(1844), Day Cordage Company (1853), Day-Craft, Incorpo-
rated, Daj^ton Rubber Co. Inc., DeKalb Brick Company,
Dean Cotton and Machine Company, Dean Cotton Manu-
facturing Company, Deering Corset Company, Deming
Corporation, The, Denby Tailoring Co., Inc., Dennis and
Yarmouth Improvement Company (1882), Dennis and Yar-
mouth Improvement Company (1886), Desmarais Bros. Inc.,
Deuba Corporation of America, Devonshire Manor, Inc.,
Dexter's, Inc., Dindio Construction Co., Inc., Direct Pub-
licity Service Co. Inc., Dixie Popcorn Company, The, Dob-
son Construction Company, Inc., Dorazio Construction
Company Inc., Dorchester Auto Body and Radiator Com-
pany, Inc., Dorchester Cadillac-LaSalle Inc., Dorchester
Coal Company, Dorset Iron Company, Douglas Land Com-
pany, Douglas Manufacturing Company (1828), Dover Iron
Company, Dover Sales Company, Dowae Toys Inc., Down-
ing Lingerie Shoppe, Inc., Dracut Paper Manufacturing
Company, Drury-Merchant Companj^, Dry-Vac Products
Company, Dubuque Mining and Water Power Company,
Duckworth Chain and Manufacturing Corporation, Dudley
Art Shoppe Inc., Duffy-Darhng Company, Duke's Motor
Livery, Inc., Dunbar Contracting Co., Dunbar-Laporte
Motor Company, Duncan Construction Company, Dunnell
Manufacturing Company (1852), Dunnell j\Ianufacturing
Company (1853), Duplex Gas Heating Corporation, Dux-
bury Improvement Company, Dwight Company, The, Dyer
& Everett, Inc., Dyer Pocket Book Manufacturing Company.
E. Arthur Tutein, Incorporated, E. Bizzozero, Incorpo-
rated, E. E. Sullivan Inc., E. E. Taylor Company (1916),
E. H. Robbins Land Co., Inc., E. M. Cremen Company,
E. Maynard Electrical Co., Inc., E. P. Dorgan, Inc., E. P.
Win ward and Son Inc., E. S. Grover Company Inc., E. S.
Mclnnerney Company, Inc., E. T. Keefe Company, Eagle
Cotton Gin Company (1853), Eagle Cotton Gin Manufac-
326 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
Sorations tui'lng Company, Eagle India Rubber Company, Eagle
dissolved. Manufacturing Company (1849), Eagle Rubber Cement
Co., Eagleville Manufacturing Company, Earnsdale Worsted
Company, Inc., East Boston Cotton Mills, East Boston Iron
Company, East Boston Manufacturing Company, East
Boston Timber Company, East Falmouth Herring River
Company, East Florida Serpentine Company, East Harbor
Fertilizer Company, East Woburft Manufacturing Company,
Eastern Absorbent Products Co., Eastern Avenue Corpora-
tion, Eastern Cap Co., Inc., Eastern Coal Company (1849),
Eastern Commission Company, Eastern Electric Corpora-
tion, The, Eastern Exchange Hotel Company, Eastern Ex-
press Company, Eastern Fibre Mills, Inc., Eastern Newspaper
Service, Inc., Eastern Products Corporation, Eastern Se-
curities Corporation, Eastern Stage Company, Eastern Up-
holstering Company, Eastern Wood Products Corp., East-
ham Fishing Company, Easton Construction Company,
Incorporated, Eaton & Balch, Inc., Eco Company, Economy
Construction and Realty Corporation, The, Economy Fur-
niture Co., Economy Hardware Store Inc., Eddy and Joe,
Inc., Edinberg & Golden, Inc., Edith Coburn Noj^es School,
Edlo Laboratories, Inc., Edmunds Inc., Edson and Company,
Inc., Edward B. White Lunch, Inc., Edward S. Quirk Corn-
pan}^, Incorporated, Edwards Motor Sales Company, Edwin
P. Shea, Inc., Edwin V. Mitchell Company, Egan Photo
Service, Inc., Einer A. Knudsen, Incorporated, Electric
Agencies, Inc., Electric Power Company, Electric Service
Company Inc. of Boston, Electric Water Cooler Co., Elec-
trical Contracts Corporation, Electrical Slate Company,
Electro Vapo Stove Company Inc., Electron Corporation,
The, Elgin Hardware Company Inc., Elite Lamp Shade
Shop, Inc., Elk Breeding and Grazing Association, Inc.,
Elliott's Toggery Stores, Inc., Ellis Financial Reporting
System, Inc., The, Ellms Incorporated, Ellsworth Hardwood
Corporation, Elm Amusement Company, Elm Amusement
Company of North Attleboro, Elm Associates, Inc., Elmore
Realty, Inc., Elson Art Publication Company, Emery Furni-
ture Co., Emigrant Express Company, Empire Real Estate
Company, Employers and Executives Exchange Inc., Endi-
cott Parlor Furniture Co., Inc., Enfield Manufacturing Com-
pany (1826), English Village, Incorporated, Eppy Company,
The, Equitable Corporation, The, Erickson Steel Garage
Company, Erie Market, Proprietors of the, Ernest F. Carl-
son Co., Ernest J. Batty, Inc., Essex and Eagle River Cop-
per Company, Essex Hosiery Company (1845), Essex Lease-
hold Company, Essex Manufacturing Company, Essex
Sugar Refinery, Eugene L. Gobeille, Incorporated, Everett
H. Barnard Company Inc., Everett Iron Works Inc., Everett
Motor Mart Inc., Everett Plumbing and Heating Co.,
Evers Needham Co., Excel Shoe Form Company, Excellent
Tea Room Inc., Exchange Finance Corporation, Exel Shoe
Stores Inc., Tlie, Exmoor Trust, Inc., Export Trading
Company.
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 327
F & A Bakery, Inc., F. C. Magranis Co., F. Construction Certain
Co., F. H. Odams Co., Inc., F. L. & H. Hat Company In- S?ved°°'
corporated, F. L. Jewett Inc., F. M. Clark Manufacturing
Company, The, F. M. Harris Company, F. N. Blaser Inc.,
F. S. Bartlett & Son, Inc., F. S. Belden, Incorporated, Fagan
Bros., Inc., Fairbanks Radio Company, Fairhaven Mills,
Falkson Clothing Company, Fall River Amusement Com-
pany, Fall River Cotton Waste Co., Inc., Fall River Steam-
boat Company, Falls Cotton Manufacturing Companj^,
Falls Filling Stations, Incorporated, Falmouth Construction
Real Estate Exchange, Inc., Falmouth Oyster Company,
The, Faneuil Clothing Co., Fanny F. Hickey, Inc., Farmers'
Glass Manufacturing Company, Farmers' Hotel, Farmers
Manufacturing Company, Farnsworth House, Proprietors of
the, Fashion Clothing Stores, Inc., Faulkner Amusement
Co., Favour Construction Co., Inc., Favreau Brothers In-
corporated, Fay Health Motors Co., Fay W. Williams Com-
pany, Federal Aniline & Chemical Co., Federal Discount
Coupon Company, Federal Finance Corporation, The,
Federal Liquidation Company, Federal Neon Light Corpo-
ration, Federal Plumbing and Heating Company, The,
Federal Truck Company of Worcester, Federal Trucking
Company Inc., Fein Manufacturing Corporation, Feldman's
Drug Store, Inc., Fellows Brass & Iron Foundry, Fellsway
Realty Trust, Inc., Felton and Lynch, Incorporated, Fenway
Loan Company, Ferguson, Loud and Ferguson Incorporated,
Ferguson's ]\Iarket Company, Feruxine Co., Inc., The,
Fessenden School, Incorporated, The, Fibre Construction
Company, Fidelity JMortgage Corporation, Fidelity Motor
Sales Co., Field Brothers Shoe Company, The, Film-Eau
Products, Ltd., Finkovitch-Levine Shoe Co., Fire Warn
Sales, Inc., First Consumers' Alliance, Inc., First National
Stores Limited, Fish Wear Company, Fisher, McCurdy Co.,
Fisk Rubber Company (1898), Fitchburg Building Company,
Inc., The, Fitchburg Cadillac Company, Fitchburg Indus-
trial Development Co., Fitchburg Iron Company, Fitchburg
Motor Sales, Inc., Fitchburg Veneer Products Company,
Fitchburg Woolen IMill, Fleming & Company, Inc., Fletchall
& Hemenway, Inc., Fletchall & Kane Motors, Inc., Fletcher
and Scott, Inc., Flex-or-Crete Corporation, Florida Little
Farms Corporation, Fook Hong Company, Football Publi-
cations, Inc., Foreign Exhibition Association, The, Foresman
Electric Company, Inc., The, Fort Hill Corporation, 44
Fairfield Street, Inc., Foster ]\Iills, Foster Oil Burner Com-
pany, The, Four Farm Oil Company, Fourdrinier Paper
Company, 14 Canal Street, Inc., Fox Furniture Company,
Framingham Acceptance Corporation, Framingham India
Rubber Company, Framingham Manufacturing Company
(1813), Framingham Motor Company Inc., Frank Boylan
Contracting Company, Frank D. Stevens, Inc., Frank
Realty Company, Frank W. Smith Company, Franklin
Bagging Company, Franklin Coal Company, Franklin Com-
mercial Corporation, Franklin Costume Company, Franklin
328 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
^cfrporations Field Plumbing Co. Inc., Franklin Glass Factory Company,
dissolved. The, Franklin Investors Corporation, Franklin Manufac-
turing Company (1813), Franklin Mortgage Corporation,
Franklin- Worcester Company, Frank's Radio Shop, Inc.,
Fraser's Shoe Department Company, Fred Gray's Bostonian
Shoe Store, Inc., Fred Holland Chamberlin, Inc., Frederick
H. Andres, Incorporated, Fredericks-Murray Corporation,
The, Freedman Bros. Co. Inc., Freeland & Warren Incorpo-
rated, French & Son, Inc., Front Street Corporation in the
Town of Boston, Fuller Manufacturing Company (1907),
Fuller's, Inc., Fulton Hardware Manufacturing Company,
Fulton Manufacturing Company, Furs, Inc.
G & B Construction Co., Inc., G. & G. Sales Corporation,
G & M Construction Company, G. & R. Fruit Co. Inc.,
G. B. Construction Company, G. H. Polley Co., G. T. M.
Co., Gagnon's Auto and Radio Supply, Incorporated, Gan-
non-McKnight Compan}'-, The, Garden Theatre, Inc.,
Gardenside Homes, Inc., Gardner Fibre Company, Gardner
Table Mfg. Company, Gekco Company of Augusta, The,
General Advertising Agency, Inc., General Bond & Mortgage
Co., General Driving Schools, Inc., General Garment Mfg.
Company, General Industries, Inc., General Laboratories,
Inc., General X-Ray Company of California, George A.
Grounds Co., George A. Stevens Lumber Company, Inc.,
George H. Brown Company, George J. Khouri and Brothers,
Inc., George K. Keller Corporation, George Nelson Jacobs,
Incorporated, George's Clothes Shop, Inc., Georgetown
Boot & Shoe Co., Georgette and MacDonald Inc., Germain
Motor Company, Gerrish Market, Gerry's Inc., Giatas
Furniture Co., Inc., Gibson's Nut Shop, Inc., Gieringer Co.
Inc., Gifford Toy Co., Inc., Gillette Mfg. Co., Gilman
Manufacturing Company, Globe Dress Goods Store, In-
corporated, Globe Investment Company, Globe Manufac-
turing Company, The (1814), Globe Tanning Company,
Globe Undergarment Company, The, Gold River Gold
Company, Gold Seal Shoe Company, Golden Caterer Com-
pany, Inc., The, Golden Rule Bakery Company, Inc., Gold-
man Dress, Inc., Good Housekeeping Shop, Inc., The,
Goodell Manufacturing Company (1822), Gookin-Joyce
Furniture Shop, Inc., Gordan Machine Company, Goulding
Patent Bale Rope IManufacturing Company, Grace Gown
Shoppe, Inc., Gragnano Company Inc., Gramercy Grill,
Inc., Grand Street Corporation, The, Graphic Arts Engrav-
ing Co., Gray Laboratories, Inc., The, Graydon Tours, Inc.,
Greany & Sherry, Inc., Great Barrington Iron Company,
Great Western Gold Company, Greater Boston Loan Com-
pany, Greeley Laboratories, Inc., Green and Green Com-
pany, Green Goose, Inc., Green River Manufacturing Com-
pany (1825), Greenfield Cadillac Company, Greenfield
Manufacturing Company (1829), Greenfield Manufacturing
Company (1832), Greenfield Pubhc Market, Inc., Green's
Tours Incorporated, Greenwood, Berg and Paignon, Inc.,
Greenwood Chair Makers, Inc., Grew Golf Course Inc.,
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 329
Greylock Iron Works, Grieco-Zeeman Company, Griffith- certain
Stillings Press, Groton Hotel Company, Groton Junction STved°"'
Hotel Company, Grove Hall Electrical Supply Company,
Guarantee Roofing and Metal Company, Guardian News-
paper Association, The.
H. A. Lowell, Inc., H. A. Poole Realty Company, H.
Avadanian, Incorporated, H. B. Hickory Handle Co., Inc.,
PI. Blacklow Inc., H. D. Kittinger Company, Inc., H. E.
Watson Co., H. F. Battey Leather Company, H. K. Gardiner
Company, H. L. Stearns Desk Company, H. R. Lowd Land
Co., Inc., H. S. Lawrence Clothing Co., H. W. Covin Com-
pany, Hadley Falls Company (1827), Hale Mining Company,
Hale Patent Washer Company, Hallett Brothers Company,
Haltex Co., The, Hammertex Corporation, Hampden Cotton
Manufacturing Company, The, Hampden Silk Manufactur-
ing Company, Hampshire Consolidated Mining Company,
Hampshire Flax and Hemp Company, Hampshire Lead
Manufacturing Company, Hampshire Leather ]\Ianufactory,
The, Hampshire Manufacturing Company (1829), Hamp-
shire Realty Company, Hard Metal Alloys, Inc., Harder
Coal Company, The, HardAvick Steam Mill Company,
Harney Service Company, Harold J. Power, Inc., Harriman-
Anderson Company, Harry T. Wright & Co., Inc., Hart and
Green, Incorporated, Hartwell's China and Gift Shop, Inc.,
Harvard Products Company, Inc., Harvard Skating Rink
Company, Haseltine-Freedlender Co., Haverhill Foundry
and Machine Shop, Haverhill Steam Mills, Haverhill Strand
Theatre, Inc., Hazen Brown Chemical Co., The, Health
Food Laboratories Inc., The, Healthway Company, The,
Henry & Wright Manufacturing Company, Incorporated,
The, Henry Chanin & Co., Inc., Henry F. Miller Stores
Company of Detroit, Henry F. Miller Stores Company of
Kansas City, Henry-George Realty Company, Henry J.
Fitzgerald, Inc., Henry J. Heinlein Company, Henry S.
Harris' Sons Co., Henry's Incorporated, Herbert M. Willis,
Inc., Herring River Company (1833), Herring River Com-
pany (1845), Heywood Rattan Company, Highland Lunch,
Inc., Highway Signal Compan^^, Hill- Woodward Construction
Co., Hillside Garage, Inc., Hingham Knitting Company,
Hinsdale Manufacturing Company (1836), Hobbs, Taft &
Co. Inc., Hodgdon, Cashman Company, Hodges Company,
Inc., The, Holbrook Center Garage, Inc., Holden Building
Company, Holden Cotton and Wool Manufactorj-, The,
Holden Mill Company, Holdings, Ltd., Holland Electric
Corporation, The, Holland Manufacturing Company, Holmes
Mills, Holyoke Company, Holyoke Mills, Home Beautiful
Furniture Inc., Home Club Real Estate Corporation, Home
Equipment & Silver Company, Homestead Investment
Corporation, Hood Rubhier Company, Hood Rubber Products
Company, Inc., Hood Tire Company, Inc., Hoosac Rail or
McAdamized Road Company, Hoosac River Manufacturing
Company, Hoover's Furniture Company, Hopewell Com-
pany, Hopkins & Thurston, Inc., Hopkinton Springs Com-
330 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
Certain P^^J, Hosmer Advertising Agency, Inc., Hotel Buckminster
Sh^ed""' Co., Hotel Colonial, Inc., Hotel Liquidation Corporation,
Hotel Oxford Company, Housatonuck Manufacturing Com-
pany, The, Howe Drug Company, Hub Chair Company,
The, Hub Cleansers & Dj-ers, Inc., Hub Skiving Knife Co.
Inc., Hubbardston Chair Co., Hubbardston Steam Power
Company, Hubbell Dome Exploration Company, Huckins
& Temple Incorporated, Hudson Cider Co. Inc., Hughes &
Tansey, Inc., Hulan Holding Corporation, Hunt-Luce Ad-
vertising Agency Inc., Hunter & Stratton, Inc., Hunter
Paper Company, Huntington House, The Proprietors of the,
Hyannis Hotel Company, Hydraulic Machine Company.
I. Brown & Son, Inc., I. N. MacRae Co. Inc., I. Washburn
and Moen Wire Works (1867), lafolla & Shields Construction
Co., Ice Utilities, Inc., Ideal Garage, Inc., The, Immuno
Products Corporation, Imperial Amusement Company, In-
corporated Equities, Independent Finance Corporation, In-
dex Stamp Manufacturing Company, India Oil Company,
Industrial Relations Service, Incorporated, Ingall's Phar-
macy Inc., Iniskin Bay Exploration Company, Insurance
Finance Corporation of Lawrence, Inter Colonial Gold Min-
ing Corporation, Inter-Continental Corporation, Inter-
national Medical Aid Association, Inc., International Supply
Corporation, Interstate Publishing Company, The, Inverness
Copper Company, lona Shoe Company, Ipswich Amusement
Co. Inc., Ipswich Manufacturing Company, Iris Lobster
Shoppe, Inc., Isaac Kushner Company, Isle Royal Copper
Company, Isobel M. Moore, Inc., Ixion Black Lead Factory.
J. A. Karnheim, Inc., J. A. MacDonald Inc., J & B Grill
Inc., J. & W. Coal Company, J. D. Miller Company, Inc.,
J. E. French Company, J. E. Kohn Company, Inc., J. G.
Johnston Company, J. G. Riga & Sons Company, J. Gold-
stein, Inc., J. H. Mitchell Insurance Agency, Inc., J. J.
Grover's Sons Company, J. J. Williams Co., The, J. M.
Hager & Son, Inc., J. 0. Wetherbee Company, J. P. Foley
& Sons, Inc., J. R. Ellis & Sons, Inc., J. R. Whipple Company,
J. S. Meacom Company, J. Scudney Publishing Co., J. T.
Kershaw Wood Heel Co., J. W. Sullivan Company, J. Wilson
Co. Inc., Jackson's Incorporated, Jamaica Plain Land Im-
provement Company, James A. ]\Iarr Company, James
Anderson Company, James C. Williams Manufacturing
Company, Jas. Frank Williams, Inc., James Grinding Process
Company, James H. Cotter Shoe Company, James J. H.
Gregory & Son, Inc., James J. Mellen, Incorporated, James
Kent Eaton, Inc., James Realty Corporation, Jane Eaton
Candies, Inc., Jardines', Inc., Jason Incorporated, Jasper
Sugar Refinery (1870), Jefferson Kier Incorporated, Jefts
Furniture Company, Jenness Brothers and Company, In-
corporated, Jersey Radio and Battery Co., Inc., John A.
Dunn Company, John A. Webster & Sons, Incorporated,
John & Arthur-Motor Accessories, Inc., John Buckley Shoe
Corporation, John Crowe Compan}^ (Incorporated), John
E. Palmer Co., Inc., John Evans & Co., Inc., John Groves
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 331
Company, Inc., John T. Connor Company, John T. McTarn- Certain
ahan. Inc., John Tredennick, Inc., Johns-Manville Incorpo- d'tslS^ed""^
rated of Massachusetts, Johnson Felting Mills, Jones &
Brown Company, Jones and Woods Manufacturing Com-
pany, Jones' River Manufacturing Company, Jordan Com-
pany, (Inc.), The, Jordan Shoe Manufacturing Company,
Joseph E. Kimball Company, Joseph M. Shea Tourist Co.,
Inc., Junction Hotel Company.
K & K Garage Company, K. P, Realty Associates, Inc.,
Kamishak Field Exploration Company, Kane Realty Com-
pany, Kantskid Chain Company, Kaplan the Stylist Inc.,
Kaplan's Inc., Karded Products Company, Karlin & Schlos-
berg, Inc., Karnak Company, Kassell Miller Hotel Co.,
Keefe Bros. Company, Keith Car Manufacturing Company,
Kelleher Consolidated Shoe Co., Kendall's Express, Inc.,
Kenmore Shoe Co., Kenoza Riding Park Association, Kent
Brothers Corporation, Kent Motor Sales Co., Kent Shoe Co.,
Kent Sugar Products, Inc., Keswick Candy Company, The,
Kilzo Chemical, Inc., Kimball Poultry Company, Inc., King
& Glass, Inc., King Safety Razor Company, The, Kingsol
Shoe Company, Inc., Kingston Cotton and Woollen Manu-
factory, Kingston Manufacturing Company (1828), Klein's
Drug Store, Inc., Knife and Fork Company, The, Knowlton
Arms, Inc., Kompact Vending Machine Company, Inc.,
Kravitz Beef Co., Kulehed, Incorporated.
L. A. White Inc., L. and S. Theatre Co., L. E. Fosgate
Company, L. E. Freeman Co., L. F. Woodberry Co., Inc.
of Medford, L., H. & D. Realty & Construction Co., Inc.,
L. Kantor, Inc., LaForme Co., Inc., LaGrange Street
Market Company, LaGrange St. Market, Inc., La Mode,
Inc., Ladd & Churchill, Inc., Lafayette Associates of Boston,
Inc., Lafayette Manor, Inc., Lafayette Theatres Inc.,
Lajoie's Son & Perreault Co., Inc., Lakeview Realty Com-
pany, Lancaster Cotton Manufacturing Company, The,
Landfield's Inc., Landry Loom Company, Landscape Engi-
neers, Inc., Lane & Fuller Silver Mining Company, Lang &
Jacobs Company, Langewald Company, The, Lantz Paint
Company, Inc., The, Larrabee Green Company, Larry Dress
Co., Inc., Lawrence & Craft, Inc., Lawrence Carpet Com-
pany, Lawrence Hebrew Co-operative Bakery, Lawrence
House, Lawrence Investment Company, Lawrence Machine
Shop, Lawson-Whitehead Company, Le Chateau, Inc.,
LeDrew, Inc., Leader Manufacturing Company, Leathersteel
Products Corporation, Lechmere Glass Company, Lcchmere
Point Corporation, The, Lee Hotel Company (1867), Lee
Manufacturing Company, Lee Woollen and Cotton Factory,
The, Legion Filling Stations, Inc., Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre
Coal Company (Massachusetts), Leicester Company, Len-
hart- Allen Co. Inc., Lenox, Cotton, Woollen and Linen
Manufactory, Lenox Crystal Glass Company, Lenox Hotel
Company (1869), Lenox Investment Company, Lenox
Manufacturing Company (1839), Leominster Music Store
Inc., Lester V. Bailey, Inc., Leverctt Place Brewing Com-
332 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
Certain pany, Lcwis & Joi'dan Inc., Lewis Phillips Company, The,
disso°w°°^ Lexington Hotel Company, Liberal Loan Corporation, Lib-
erty Commercial Co., Liberty Construction Co., Inc.,
Liberty Theatre Company, Liberty Theatre Operating
Company, The, Lincoln Creameries Co., Lincoln Farms,
Inc., Lincoln Lumber Company, Linden House Company,
Linden Real Estate Co., Lindstrom Heating Company, Inc.,
Linnell Cranberry Co., Linseed Oil Company, Linum and
Duck Manufacturing Company, The, Linum Spinner Com-
pany, Lion Realty Company, Lipson Seam Cementing
Machine Company, Lister Building Incorporated, Litant
Furriers, Inc., Lithuanian New Lincoln Corporation, Little-
field's of Newburyport, Inc., Livingston Company, Lockwood,
Greene & Co. Inc., Logan Johnson Company, Lombard
Carburetor Company, London Cleansing & Dyeing Co. Inc.,
Long Island Company, Long Island Steamboat Company,
Longfellow Realty Corporation, Lord Electric Company
(1895), Lorraine Fashion Shoppe, Inc., Lotta Producing Co.,
Lotus Restaurant Company, Louis Halpern Shoe Co., Inc.,
Louis Harlow & Co., Incorporated, Louis I. Yessin Co., Inc.,
Louis Poultry Company, Lovis' Cove Gift Shop Inc., Lowell
Base Ball Association (1877), Lowell Chemical Company,
Lowell Felting Mills, Lowell Flower Shoppe, Inc., Lowell
Hosiery Company, Lowell Paper Mills, Lowe's Renting
Service, Inc., Lucian & Thomas Co. Inc., Lujenite Corpora-
tion, The, Lumber Manufacturers Graded Cost System, Inc.,
Lustron Company, Inc., Lycoming Coal Company, Lydgate
Realty Company, Lynch Motors Inc., Lyndeboro Glass
Company, Lynn Central Realty Co., Lynn Furniture Ware-
house Company, Lynn M. Ranger, Inc., Lynn Novelty Shoe
Co. Inc., Lynn Woods Garage Co., Lyons Garage Inc.
M & D Construction Company Inc., The, M. & R. Sales
Company, Inc., M. & S. Motor Transportation Co. Inc.,
M B Ice, Coal & Wood Co. Inc., M. Brams Shoe Stores, Inc.,
M. Gross and Sons Company, M. J. Finnigan Company,
M. O'Keeffe, Incorporated, M. Poloian Co. Inc., M. R.
McCandless Co., M. S. Wright Company, Macaluso Phar-
macy, Inc., MacArthur'sInc, MacDonald-Bergeron Co., Inc.,
Mace Moulton, Jr. Inc., MacGown Gown Shop, Inc., Mac-
Gregor Garage, Incorporated, The, Madame Colin Restau-
rant Inc., Made in New England Magazine Inc., Magnesia
Company, The, Magonsett Fishing Company, Majestic
Motor Sales Company, Makado Manufacturing Corporation,
Maiden Dye House, Inc., Manganese Mining Company,
Manhattan Electrical Supply Company, Inc., Manhattan 5
and 10^ Food Stores, Inc., Manomet Hotel Company, Mano-
met Mills, Man's Shop, Inc., The, Mansfield Coal Company,
Mansfield Laboratories, Incorporated, Mansfield Mining
Company, Manufacturers' Outlet Stores, Inc., Maple Ridge
Farm, Inc., Maplchurst Fruit Farm, Inc., Marblehead Manu-
facturing C'ompany, Marblehead Shoes Incorporated, Mar-
coni Sea Grill and Restaurant, Inc., Marcy Coal Company,
Marietta Oil Company of Boston, Maritime Airways, Inc.,
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 333
Mark-Rite Marker Company, Markrow Ribbon and Carbon Certain
Company, Marlborough Steam Mill Company, Marshal aiL^ow""'
Manufacturing Company, Marshall and Moulton- -Smith's
Express Company, Marshfield Cotton and Wool Manufac-
tory, The, Marthas Vineyard Manufacturing Company,
Martindale Farm, Inc., The, Mary J. Bakery, Incorporated,
The, Mary L. McLaughlin Co. Inc., The, Mary Lee Candy
Shops, Inc., Mason Curtain Co., Mason Lumber Co., Mason's
Grill, Inc., Massachusetts Acceptance Corporation, Massa-
chusetts and Maine Brick Company, Massachusetts Coach
Company, Massachusetts Dairy Company, The, Massachu-
setts Glass Company (1849), Massachusetts Insurance
Agency Corporation, Massachusetts Iron Company, Massa-
chusetts Linen Company, Massachusetts Mining Company
(1836), Massachusetts Peat Coal Company, Massachusetts
Provision Company, Inc., Massachusetts Salt Work Com-
pany, The, Massachusetts Silk Company, Massachusetts
Steam Engine Company, Massachusetts Steam Navigation
Company, Massachusetts Thread Mills, Inc., Massachusetts
Woolen Manufacturing Company, Massapoag Spring Hotel
Company, Massasoit Smelting Company, Massic Falls Manu-
facturing Company, Matfield Manufacturing Company
(1814), Mathey Tire Service, Inc., Mattakeesett Company,
Mattapoisett Oyster Company, Maugus Block Sand and
Gravel Co. Inc., Maverick House Realty Company, Inc.,
Maverick Oil Company, Mayflower Ice Cream Company,
Maykel Automobile Company, The, McAuslan & Wakelin
Furniture Co. Inc., The, McCurn Yarn Company, McLaren
Stevedoring Co. Inc., McLaughlin & French Company,
Meadows New England Company, Inc., Means & Thacher,
Incorporated, Mechanical Devices, Incorporated, Mechanics
Brick Manufacturing Company, Mechanics Temple Hall
Association, Medford Air Service, Incorporated, Medford
Real Estate Company, Medford Square Market, Inc., Melan-
son Shoe Company, Melrose Operating Co., Memorial Bridge
Amusement Company, Memphis Corporation, Men's Wear
Shops, Inc., Merchants Cloak and Clothing Company,
Merchants Corporation, Merchants Hall, Proprietors of.
Merchants' Manufacturing Company (1854), Merchants
Marine Co., Merchants Steam Tow Boat Company, Merkins
Fur Shop, Inc., Merrill Company, The, Merrimac Boating
Company, Merrimack Coal Mining Company, Merrimac
Machine Company (1848), Merrimack River Association,
The, Merrimack Steam Mills, Merrimack Utilization Com-
pany, Merrimack Valley Lumber Co., Inc., Mersky Brothers
Shoe Company, Mertin System Inc., Merymaid Candy Co.,
Metal Bobbin & Shuttle Eye Co. Inc., Methuen Bleaching
and Dyeing Company, Metropolitan Hotel Company, Pro-
prietors of the, Metropolitan Oliver Oil Burner Company,
Inc., MetropoHtan Tire and Accessory Co., Inc., Meyer's,
Inc., Miami Zinc Mines Company, Mid-Penn Oil and Equip-
ment Co., Inc., Mid- West General X-Ray Company, Middle-
borough House, Middlefield Free Stone Company, The,
334 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
wT^^o^ations Middlesex and Kentucky Oil Company, Middlesex Braided
dissolved. Thread Company, Middlesex Cordage Company, Middlesex
Development Companj'^, Middlesex Factory Company,
Middlesex Iron Founding Company (1823), Middlesex Iron
Founding Company (1829), Middlesex Lumber Company,
Middlesex INIanufacturing Company (1822), Middlesex Paper
Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Publishing Company,
Middlesex Union Factoiy Company, Milford Creamery
Company, Milford Express Corporation, Millbury Building
Company, Millbury Locomotive Engine Company, Millbury
- Paper Mills, Miller & Katz, Incorporated, Miller Tire Serv-
ice, Inc., Miller's Apparel, Inc., Millet-Staples, Inc., Millis
Building Association, Incorporated, Mills Belt Company,
Mills on Charles River, The Proprietors of. Mills on Manat-
tiquot River, Proprietors of, Mills on Mill-Creek and Nepon-
set River, The Proprietors of, Mills on Queset and Town
Rivers, Proprietors of, Millville Manufacturing Company,
Milo H. Briggs, Inc., Milvier Company, Minute Man Garage
Company, Mitchell, Printer, Inc., Mitchell- Vance, Inc. of
New England, Mode Shoe Co., Model Airplane Mfg. Co.,
Model Delicatessen and Bakery of Salem, Inc., Modern
Bronze Incorporated, Modernizers, Inc., Mohawk Auto
Parts Companj^, Inc., The, Monarch Fuel & Service Co.,
Monarch Soot Remover Company, Inc., Monson Branch
Company, Montampet Company, Monterey Iron Company,
Monument Hotel Company, Moody House Hotel, Proprietors
of the, Moore-Smith Company, Morgan Radio Alanufactur-
ing Corporation, Morin-Savage Inc., IMorris B. Brewster,
Inc., Morris Rubin Co., Inc., Morris Wool Co., The, Morse
Upholstering Co., Morton-Clough Engineering Company,
Morton H. Morganstern Co., Morton Novelty Co., The,
Mosaic Tile and Marble Works Inc., Moseley & Co., Inc.,
Motor Accessory and Service Company, Motormart of
Gardner, Inc., The, Mount Hope Canal and Wharf Com-
pany, Proprietors of the, Mount Hope Manufacturing Com-
pany (1822), Mount Mineral Springs Company, Mount
Pleasant Manufacturing Company, Mount Washington Asso-
ciation, Mount Washington Iron Company, Mountain Home
Corporation, Mumford River Association, Murdock Food
Company, Murry's Men's Shop Inc., Mutual Building Cor-
poration, Mutual Markets, Inc., Mutual Radio Company,
Myles Manor, Inc., Myron M. Navison Shoe Co., Inc.,
Mystic Knight Corporation, Mystic Manufacturing Com-
pany, Mystic Realty Development Co., Inc., Mystic River
Corporation, Mystic River Works.
Nahant House Company, Nantucket Aero Company, The,
Nantucket Cordage Company, Nantucket Fisheries Incorpo-
rated, Nantucket Fishing Company, Nantucket Marine
Camel Company, Nantucket Oyster Company, Nantucket
Propeller Company, Nason, Inc., Natica, Ltd., Nation Pub-
lishing House, National Automobile Association, National
Broom Manufacturing and Supply Company, National
Builders Supply Corp., National Building Materials and
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 335
Equipment Exhibitors Co., National Calfskin Company, Certain
National Car Company, National Fiiel ^Corporation (1929), STved"''"
National Illuminating Company, Inc., National Lunch, Inc.,
National Optical Company, National Press Company,
National Product Sales Corporation, National Service Asso-
ciation Inc., National Supply Companj^ (1899), Nautilus
Life Preserving Company, Needham Hat Factor}^, Nelson's,
Inc., Nepa Investment Company, Inc., Neponset Meadow
Company, The, Neptune Steam Mills, Neptune Submarine
Company, Neptune Woolen Manufacturing Company,
Netoco Colonial Theatre, Inc., Netoco Egj^ptian Theatre,
Inc., Netoco Globe Theatre, Inc., Netoco Oriental Theatre,
Inc., Netoco Warren Theatre, Inc., Nevada Holding Cor-
poration, New Bedford Auto Sales Co., New Bedford Brass
and Iron Foundry, New Bedford Cordage Company (1839),
New Bedford Dairy, Incorporated, New Bedford Grocers'
Baking Company, The, New Bedford Linseed Oil Company,
New Bedford Steam Mill Company, New Bedford Valve
Manufacturing Company, New Cornhill Corporation, in the
town of Boston, New England Allite Corporation, New Eng-
land Burnettizing Companj^, New England Caloric Water
Elevator Company, New England Car Company, New
England Carpet Buffer Company, Inc., New England Con-
tracting Company, New England Department Store, Inc.,
The, New England Despatch Company, New England Dog
Baths, Inc., New England Drug Stores, Inc., New England
Electrical Fixture Company, Incorporated, New England
Electrical Utilities, Inc., New England Fire Safety Company,
New England Gas Regulator Manufacturing Company,
New England Glass Bottle Company, New England Home-
stead Company, New England Hosiery Company, New
England India Rubber Company, New England Iron Works
(1831), New England Knitting Machine Company, The,
New England Lace Company, New England Liquid Fuel
Company, New England Manufacturing Company (1825),
New England Paper Company (1854), New England Parlor
Frame Companj^ New England Quick Transit Steamship
Company, New England Radio Dealers Association Inc.,
New England Sales Company, New England Soap Stone
Company' (1828), New England Southern Mills, New Eng-
land Steam Packet Company, New England Textile Soap
Corporation, New England Verd Antique Marble Company,
New England Wax Thread Sewing Machine Company,
New England Worsted Company, New England Yarn
Singeing Company, Inc., The, New Englander, Inc., The,
New Gregory Gold Mining Company, New Home Sewing
Machine Company, The, New Posilhpo Restaurant Inc.,
New Riviera, Inc., The, New Wilbur Hotel Inc., New York
and Boston Atmospheric Despatch Company, New York
Cafeteria, Inc., New York Cloak & Dress Mfg. Co., Newbury
Spring Bleaching Company, Newburyport Printing Com-
pany, Newburyport Screw Manufacturing Company, New-
buryport Silk Company, Newman Neckwear M'f'g Co.,
336 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
Sf/OTations NewtoD Bowling Alleys Co., Newton House Company,
dissolved. Newton Limch, Inc., Niagara Theatre, Inc., Nichawagg
Manufacturing Company, Nichols-Egan Company, Nielsen
Market Co., Inc., Nightstyle Manufacturing Company,
Nissetisset Manufacturing Company, Nobby Clothes Shop
Inc., The, Nobility Chocolates Company, Noble Cigar Com-
pany, Noble Jackson Company, Nobrak Fibre Products
Corporation, Norfolk County Motors, Corp., Norfolk Granite
Company (1836), Norfolk Hosiery Company, Norfolk Manu-
facturing Company (1824), Norfolk Mills, Norfolk Title
Company, Norfolk Trading Corporation, North Adams
Cotton and Machine Manufacturing Company, North
Adams Marble and Lime Company, North American Steam
Coach Company, North Andover Mills (1837), North At-
lantic Investment and Mortgage Company, North Brookfield
Cooperative Association, North Brookfield Woollen Manu-
facturing Company, North Chelmsford Machine Shop, North
Falmouth Fishing Company, North Market Street Ware-
house Company, North Shore Express Company, Northamp-
ton Airport Company, Northampton Collateral Loan Com-
pany, Northampton Cotton and Woollen Manufacturing
Company, Northampton Garage Company, Northampton
Hotel Company (1856), Northampton Manufacturing Com-
pany (1823), Northampton Manufacturing Company (1835),
Northampton Paper Mills, Northampton Silk Company
(1836), Northampton Sugar Beet Company, Northampton
Woollen Manufacturing Company, Northboro Carding &
Garnetting Co., Northborough Cotton Manufacturing Com-
panj^, Northbridge Provision Corp., Northeastern Aircraft
Corporation, Northeastern Oil Company, Northern Engine
Lubricator Corporation, Northern Investment Company,
Northern Mica Mining and Manufacturing Company,
Northern Stage Company, Norton Tallow Company, Nu-
Idea Company, Inc., The.
Oakdale Community Garage and Bus Line, Incorporated,
Oakham Village Cotton and Woollen Factory Company, The,
Ocean Steam Packet Company, Ocean Steamship Company
of New England, Odiorne Manufacturing Company, Ohio
Automatic Merchandizer Inc., The, O'Keeffe's Inc., Old
Colony Manufacturing Company (1822), Old Colony Ship-
ping Corporation, Old Kent Inc., Old Town Manufacturing
Companj^, Olendrowicz, Rzonca and Co., Inc., Olic, Inc.,
O'Mallcy Advertising & Selling Company Incorporated, One
and Two Dollar Shirt Shops of Fitchburg, Inc., The, O'Neil
Mining and Smelting Company, Ontonagon Copper Com-
psiny, Ordway & Clark, Inc., Original Sam, Inc., Orleans
Fishing Company in Orleans, Oscar Shapar, Inc., Osgood
Bradley Car Company, Ossapee Mining Company, The,
Outdoor Developments, Inc., Owl Cab Company, Oxford
Cotton Manufacturing Company, The, Oxford Hotel Com-
pany.
P. A. Murray Motors, Inc., P. & G. Rubber Company,
P. & K. Co., Inc., P & Q Shop of Haverhill, Mass., Inc.,
Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299. 337
P & Q Shop of Lawrence, IMass. Inc., The, P & R Amuse- Certain
ment Corporation, P. Cartoni Company, P. Creedon Com- d'isro°Wed°°^
pany (1904), P. F. Russo Co. Inc., P. T. Jackson Company,
Pacific Importing Co., Pacific Print Works, Paige Mills,
Palmer Construction Co., Inc., The, Palmer Specialty Shop,
Inc., The, Paper Trucking Company, Par-Lock Appliers of
Boston, Inc., Paragon Palm Garden, Inc., Paramount Collec-
tion Service, Incorporated, Park Furniture Corporation, Park
Theatre Company of Waterbury, Parker & Gaddy, Incor-
porated, Parker-King Company, Inc., Parkman Piano Co.,
Parkway Motor Transportation Co., Pasteurine Chemical
Co., Patent Cork Manufactory, Patent Pin Manufactory,
The, Patent Pump Company, The, Patucket Manufacturing
Company, Paul O'Sullivan, Inc., Pawcatuck Paper Manu-
facturing Company, Pawtucket Calico Manufacturing Com-
pany, Pawtucket Manufacturing Company, The, Peabody
Manufacturing Company (1861), Peabody Tire & Rubber
Co. Inc., Peace River Farmsteads, Inc., Pearce-Springfield
Company, The, Peerless Amusement Theatrical Co., Pelle-
tier Packing Corporation, The, Pelton Knitting Mills, Inc.,
Penobscot Steamship Company (1868), Pentucket Naviga-
tion Company (1848), Pentucket Navigation Company
(1867), Peoples Coal, Wood & Ice Company, Inc., People's
Tire Co. Inc., The, Pepperell Manufacturing Company
(1840), Perfection Sales Inc., Perkins and Willmott, Inc.,
Pero Foundry Company, Perry Co., The, Personal Service,
Incorporated, Pestell Electrical Company, Pfister & Vogel
Company, Phandor Company, Phenix File Company, Philip
Giard Shoe Company, Inc., of Brockton, Massachusetts,
Philip Rosenthal, Inc., Phil's Lunch Inc., Phoenix Truck
Company, Photomovette of N. E. Inc., Pickman Manufac-
turing Company, Picture Shop Inc., The, Piedmont Furni-
ture Company, Inc., Pierce & Chesworth, Inc., Pierce
Brothers Lumber Company, Pilgrim Label Company, Inc.,
Pilgrim Land Trust, Inc., Pioneer Associates of Massachu-
setts, Inc., Pioneer Dress Mfg. Co., Inc., Pittsfield Cotton
Mills, Pittsfield Hotel Company, Pittsfield Woollen and
Cotton Factory, The (1809), Pittsfield Woolen and Cotton
Factory, The (1813), Plummer & Co. Inc., Plymouth Motor
Service Company, Plymouth Yarn Company, Polish Falcons
of Holyoke, Inc., Polish National Home of Haverhill, Inc.,
Pollard Furniture Co., Inc., Pontioak Motors Inc., Pon-
toosuc IMills, Inc., Porter Sq. Electric Supply Co. Inc.,
Portland Realty Corporation, Potter Fuel & Oil Company,
Inc., Potter Products, Inc., Premier Bedding Company,
PresPak Corporation, Presto Manufacturing Company,
Prime Construction Compan}^, Prime Shoe Company, Prin-
cess Shoe Company, Princeton Hotel Company, Prior Haul-
age Company, Prior Transportation Company, Inc., Proctor-
Hughes Company, Progressive Finance Corporation, The,
Province Realty & Investment Co., Prudential Bond &
Mortgage Company, Prudential Building Service Corpora-
tion, Public Realty Co., Pure Food Delicatessen and Buffet
338 Acts, 1931. — Chap. 299.
Sorations Lunch Company (1917), Puritan Food Stores, Inc., Puritan
dissolved. Paint Company, Puritan Stores Company Inc., Puritan
Stores Holding Corporation, Purity Bakeries, Inc., The,
Putnam Shoe Company, Inc., Pynchon Corporation.
Quaker City Morocco Company of Massachusetts, Quaker
Manufacturing Company of New England, Queen Confec-
tionery Co., Queens Run Refractories Company, Incorpo-
rated, Quequechan Corporation, Quincy Market Food Shop,
Incorporated, Quincy Sunnylea Apartments, Inc.
R. & B. Company, R. & W. Realty Co., R. D. Gordon
Company, R. F. Norwood, Inc., R. H. Ducey Co. (1926),
R-N Manufacturing Corporation, R. T. M. Inc., The, R. W.
Morey & Co., Inc., Radio Center, Inc., Radlo-Hermon Co.
Inc., Rainbow Gardens Company, Ramin-New England
Display Service, Inc., Ramshorn Mills Inc., Rantoul Garage
Companj^, Rawcliffe Mfg. Co., The, Rawson Company,
Incorporated, Ray D. Crooker Company, Raymond R. Bill
& Co. Inc., Rayne System of Physical Culture, Inc., The,
Rayner Company, Re-Filit Broom Company, Reading Bar-
low Smith Co., Reconstruction Clinic, Inc., Recreator Foreign
Patents, Inc., Recreator Phonograph Corporation, Red
Robin Inn, Inc., Red Sea Balsam Co., Red Seal Film Ex-
changes, Inc., Red Star Mfg. Co., Reece Coal Co. Inc., Reed
Security Company, Regent, Inc., The, Reliable Realty, Inc.,
Reliance Finance Corporation, Reliance Real Estate Com-
pany, Reo Maiden Inc., Revere Beach Company, Revere
Motor Mart Inc., Revere Sanitary Laundr}-, Inc., Revil
Laboratories, Inc., Rheabat Corporation, Rhodes & Ripley
Clothing Company, Richdale Oil Corporation, Richmond
Fruit Co., Richmond Manufacturing Company (1929),
Ridgely Protective Association, The, Riley-Fitz 
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