Acts and resolves passed by the General Court

ACTS AND RESOLVES

OF

MASSACHUSETTS

1955

The General Court, which was chosen November 2, 1954,
assembled on Wednesday, the fifth day of January, 1955, for its
first annual session.

The oaths of office were taken and subscribed by His Excellency
Christian A. Herter and His Honor Sumner G. Whittier on
Thursday, the sixth day of January, in the presence of the two
Houses assembled in convention.

ACTS.

An Act relative to the use of ways in the city of Chav. 1

BOSTON FOR PLAYGROUND PURPOSES.

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

Chapter 45 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 17A, as amended by chapter 80 of the j^i7\feic
acts of 1953, and inserting in place thereof the following amended. "
section: — Section 17 A. For the purpose of promoting use of certain
recreation, play or sport, the city of Boston, by written J^r^piiyg^oun""
order of the chairman of its traffic commission promulgated purposes,
upon written request of its commissioner of parks and p*""°"*^*® •
recreation and written approval of such request by its police
commissioner, any other city by ordinance and any town
by by-law may provide for the closing to vehicular traffic,
during periods of time specified in such order, ordinance or
by-law, of any public way or part thereof within the Umits of
such city or town, except a state highway or a parkway or
boulevard, having due regard in every instance to the rights
of abutting owners and the general public in the use of such
way or part thereof. Approved January 19, 1955.

An Act authorizing the state treasurer to issue a Chap. 2

NEW check to JAMES J. LEAHY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
thirty-two of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws, the
state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to issue
a new check in lieu of check number 383182, dated May
twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, payable to
the order of James J. Leahy, in the amount of one hundred
and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.

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

Approved January 19, 1955.

An Act authorizing the state treasurer to issue a Chap. 3

new check to JOHN D. DAHNER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
thirty-two of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws,
the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to
issue a new check in lieu of check number 753932, dated
January nineteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, said

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new check to be payable to John D. Dahner, Agent for
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Association of Hampden
County, in the amount of twenty-five dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 19, 1955.

Chap.

Chap.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 91,
§11, etc.,
amended.

Powers of
department of
public works,
extended.

4 An Act relative to the term of certain licenses for

gasfitters in the city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 121 of chapter 479 of the acts of
1938 is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (d) and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: —

(d) Every original license issued under this section shall
take effect upon its issuance and shall expire on such date,
not later than one year after its effective date, as said board
shall determine. Upon the expiration of any license issued
under this section, the commissioner shall, upon payment of
the required fee, renew the same except that, unless other-
wise ordered by said board, he shall not renew the license of
any person whose registration has been cancelled or whose
license has been revoked or suspended. Every renewal li-
cense issued under this section shall take effect on such date,
not later than one month after its issuance, and expire on
such date, not later than one year after its effective date, as
said board shall from time to time determine. The regis-
tration of any person whose license has not been renewed
within one year after its expiration shall be cancelled.

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

Approved January 20, 1955.

5 An Act extending the authority of the department of

public works to do certain work in tidal waters
along the coast line.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to do certain necessary work
in tidal waters along the coast line without delay, therefore,
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and
convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 11 of chapter 91 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out the first sentence, as amended by
chapter 516 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence: — The department shall undertake
such construction and work for the improvement, develop-
ment, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal
rivers and streams, harbors, tide waters, foreshores and
shores along a public beach as it deems reasonable and
proper, and for this purpose shall have the same powers
conferred upon it by section thirty-one.

Approved January 21, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 6.

An Act establishing in the tow^n of billerica rep-
resentative TOWN government BY LIMITED TOWN

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

Section 1. There is hereby estabHshed in the town of
Billerica the form of representative town government by
limited town meetings hereinafter set forth.

Section 2. Voting Precincts; Establishment; Revision;
Procedure; Meetings of Voters regulated; Certain Laws
applicable. — Upon acceptance of this act by the town of
Billerica, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen shall forth-
with divide the territory thereof into voting precincts, each
of which shall be plainly designated and shall contain not less
than four hundred registered voters.

The precincts shall be so established as to consist of com-
pact and contiguous territory, to be bounded as far as possi-
ble by the center line of known streets and ways or by other
well-defined limits. Their boundaries shall be reviewed, and,
if need be, wholly or partly revised by the selectmen in
December of any year when so directed by a vote of an
annual representative town meeting.

The selectmen shall, within ten days after any estab-
lishment or revision of the precincts, file a report of their
doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and
the assessors, with a map or maps or description of the
precincts and the names and residences of the registered
voters therein. The selectmen shall also cause to be posted
in the town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts
as established or revised from time to time, with the names
and residences of the registered voters therein; and they
shall also cause to be posted in at least one public place in
each precinct a map or description of that precinct, with the
names of the registered voters therein. The division of the
town into voting precincts and any revision of such precincts
shall take effect upon the date of filing of the report thereof
by the selectmen with the town clerk. Whenever the pre-
cincts are established or revised, the town clerk shall forth-
with give written notice thereof to the state secretary, stating
the number and designation of the precincts.

Meetings of the registered voters of the several precincts
for elections, for primaries, and for voting upon any question
to be submitted to all the registered voters of the town, shall
be held on the same day and at the same hour and at such
place or places within the town as the selectmen shall in the
warrant for such meeting direct. The provisions of chapters
fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, of the General Laws, relating to
precinct voting at elections, so far as the same are not in-
consistent with this act, shall apply to all elections and
primaries in the town upon the establishment of voting
precincts as hereinbefore provided.

Section 3. Elected Town Meeting Members. — Other
than the officers designated in section four as town meeting

Chap.

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members at large, the representative town meeting mem-
bership shall in each precinct consist of one elected repre-
sentative for each thirty registered voters or fraction thereof.
When the total membership shall reach two hundred and
forty, the membership shall in each precinct consist of the
largest number divisible by three which will admit of a repre-
sentation thereof in the approximate proportion which the
number of registered voters therein bears to the total number
of registered voters in the town, and which may cause the
total membership to be as nearly two hundred and forty as
may be.

The registered voters in every precinct, at the first annual
town election held after the establishment of such precinct,
and the registered voters of any precinct affected by any
revision of precincts at the first annual town election follow-
ing such revision, conformably to the laws relative to elec-
tions not inconsistent with this act, shall elect by ballot as
town meeting members the number of registered voters in
the precinct, other than the officers designated in this act as
town meeting members at large, provided for in the first
paragraph of this section. The first third, in order of votes
received, of members so elected shall serve three years, the
second third in such order shall serve two years, and the
remaining third in such order shall serve one year, from the
day of the annual town meeting. In case of a tie vote
affecting the division into thirds, as aforesaid, the members
elected from the precinct shall by ballot determine the
same. Thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein,
at each annual town election the registered voters of each
precinct shall in Uke manner elect, for the term of three
years, one third of the number of elected town meeting
members to which such precinct is entitled, and shall at
such election fill for the unexpired term or terms any va-
cancy or vacancies then existing in the number of elected
town meeting members in such precinct.

The terms of office of all elected town meeting members
from every precinct revised as aforesaid shall cease upon the
election as hereinbefore provided of their successors. The
town clerk shall, after every election of town meeting mem-
bers, forthwith notify each such member by mail of his
election.

Section 4. Representative Town Meetings; Procedure;
Resignation of Members. — Any representative town meeting
held under the provisions of this act, except as otherwise
provided herein, shall be Umited to the town meeting mem-
bers elected under section three, together with the following,
to be designated town meeting members at large: — the
chairman of each board or committee of the town, elected or
appointed, the head of each department, and the town
accountant. It shall be the duty of all town meeting mem-
bers at large to attend that part of each town meeting at
which matters other than those to be acted upon and de-
termined otherwise than by ballot are to be considered.

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The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members
of the time and place at which representative town meetings
are to be held, the notices to be sent by mail at least seven
days before the meeting. The town meeting members, as
aforesaid, shall be the judges of the election and quali-
fications of their members. A majority of the town meeting
members shall constitute a quorum for doing business; but
a less number may organize temporarily and may adjourn
from time to time, but no town meeting shall adjourn over
the date of an election of town meeting members. All town
meetings shall be public. The town meeting members as
such shall receive no compensation. Subject to such condi-
tions as may be determined from time to time by the mem-
bers of the representative town meeting, any registered voter
of the town who is not a town meeting member may speak at
any representative town meeting, but shall not vote.

A town meeting member who removes from the town
shall cease to be a town meeting member, and a town meet-
ing member who removes from the precinct from which he
was elected to another precinct may serve only until the next
annual town meeting.

Section 5. Abominations. — Nomination of candidates
for towTi meeting members, to be elected under this act,
shall be from among the registered voters of the precinct.
Nomination papers shall bear no political designation, shall
be signed by not less than ten registered voters of the precinct
in which the candidate resides, and shall be filed with the
town clerk not later than the last day that nomination papers
of candidates for other town offices must be filed. Any town
meeting member may become a candidate for re-election by
giving written notice thereof to the town clerk at least
fourteen days prior to the last day for fihng nomination
papers. The words "Candidate for Re-election" must be
printed on the ballot opposite the names of such candidates.
No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any
candidate unless his written acceptance is endorsed thereon
or attached thereto when filed.

Section 6. Action on Articles in Warrant. — The articles
in the warrant for every town meeting, so far as they relate
to the election of the moderator, town officers and town
meeting members, and as herein provided, to referenda, and
all matters to be acted upon and determined by ballot, shall
be acted upon and determined by the registered voters of the
town in their respective precincts. All other articles in the
warrant for any town meeting shall be acted upon and de-
termined exclusively by town meeting members at a meeting
to be held at such time and place as set forth by the select-
men in the warrant for the meeting, subject to the referendum
provided for by section nine.

Section 7. Moderator; Moderator pro tempore. — A
moderator shall be elected by ballot at each town election,
and shall serve as moderator of all town meetings, except as
otherwise provided by law, until a successor is elected and

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qualified. Nominations for and election of a moderator shall
be as in the case of other elective town officers, and any
vacancy in the office may be filled by the town meeting mem-
bers at a meeting held for that purpose. If a moderator is
absent, a moderator pro tempore may be elected by the town
meeting members.

Section 8. Vacancies in Membership, how filled. — • Any
vacancy in the full number of town meeting members from
any precinct, whether arising from a failure of the registered
voters thereof to elect, or from any other cause, may be filled
until the next annual election by the remaining members of
the precinct from the voters thereof.

Notice of any vacancy shall promptly be given by the
town clerk to the remaining members from the precinct in
which the vacancy or vacancies exist, and he shall call a
special meeting of such members for the purpose of filling
such vacancy or vacancies. He shall cause to be mailed to
every such member, not less than five days before the time
set for the meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and
place of the meeting.

At the said meeting a majority of the members from such
precinct shall constitute a quorum and they shall elect from
their own number a chairman and a clerk. The choice to
fill any vacancy shall be by ballot, and a majority of the
votes cast shall be required for a choice. The chairman and
clerk shall count the ballots and shall make a certificate of
the choice and forthwith file the same with the town clerk,
together with a written acceptance by the member or mem-
bers so chosen, who shall thereupon be deemed elected and
qualified as a town meeting member or members, subject to
the right of all the town meeting members to judge of the
election and qualifications of the members as set forth in
section four.

Section 9. Certain Votes subject to Referendum; Pro-
cedure. — No vote, except a vote to adjourn or authorizing
the borrowing of money in anticipation of the receipt of
taxes, passed at any representative town meeting shall be
operative until after the expiration of five days, exclusive
of Sundays and holidays, from the dissolution of the meet-
ing.

If within the said five days, a petition signed by not less
than five per cent of the registered voters of the town, con-
taining their names and addresses as they appear on the list
of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen asking that
the question or questions involved in such a vote be sub-
mitted to the registered voters of the town at large, then the
selectmen, after the expiration of five days, shall forthwith
call a special meeting for the sole purpose of presenting to
the registered voters at large the question or questions so
involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the
afternoon and shall be closed not earlier than eight o'clock
in the evening, and all votes upon any questions so submitted
shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 6.

the several precinct meetings in the same manner as in the
election of town officers.

The questions so submitted shall be determined by a vote
of the same proportion of the registered voters at large voting
thereon as would have been required by law had the question
or questions been finally determined at a representative
town meeting, but no action shall be reversed unless at least
twenty per cent of the registered voters shall so vote. Each
question so submitted shall be in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot: —
"Shall the town vote to approve the action of the repre-
sentative town meeting whereby it was voted (brief descrip-
tion of the substance of the vote)?"

If such petition is not filed within said period of five days,
the vote of the representative town meeting shall become
operative and effective upon the expiration of said period.

Section 10. Authority to continue to act by Representative
Town Meetings; Effect of Such Aclio7i. — The town, after
acceptance of this act, shall continue to have the capacity to
act through and to be bound by its town meeting members,
who shall, when convened from time to time as herein pro-
vided, constitute representative town meetings; and the
representative town meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far
as will conform to the provisions of this act, all powers vested
in the municipal corporation. Action in conformity with all
provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to the trans-
action of town affairs in to^vn meeting shall, when taken by
any representative town meeting in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act, have the same force and effect as if such
action had been taken in a town meeting open to all the voters
of the town as organized and conducted before the establish-
ment in said town of representative town meeting govern-
ment.

Section 11. Right to hold General Meetings not abridged;
Limitation upon Powers of Representative Town Meetings. — •
This act shall not abridge the right of the inhabitants of the
town to hold general meetings as secured to them by the
constitution of this commonwealth ; nor shall this act confer
upon any representative town meeting the power finally to
commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal
existence or substantially changing its form of government
without action thereon by the voters of the town at large,
using the ballot and the check hst therefor.

Section 12. Submission of Act to the Town. — This act
shall be submitted to the registered voters of the town of
Billerica for acceptance at its next annual town election.
The vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the
provisions of the General Laws, so far as the same shall be
applicable, in answer to the question which shall be placed
upon the official ballot to be used in said town at said election:
— "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five, entitled 'An Act establishing in
the town of Billerica representative town government by

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limited town meetings' be accepted?" If a majority of the
votes cast in answer to said question are in the afl&rmative,
this act shall take effect.

Section 13. Resubmission. — If this act is not accepted
by the registered voters of the town of Billerica when sub-
mitted for acceptance under section twelve, it shall again be
submitted in Uke manner from time to time to such voters at
any annual town election in said town within five years
thereafter, upon a petition signed by at least ten registered
voters of the town. Approved January 27, 1955.

Chap. 7 An Act increasing the membership of the board of

PUBLIC WORKS IN THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of public works authorized to be
established in the town of Wakefield under the provisions of
section one of chapter forty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty is hereby increased from three members
to five members. At the next annual town meeting follow-
ing the effective date of this act there shall be elected two
additional members, one for two years and one for three
years, and thereafter when the term of any member expires
his successor shall be elected to serve for three years.

Section 2. Any action taken by the town of Wakefield
pursuant to authority contained in section one shall be valid
and effective for all purposes as though this act were in effect
at the time of nomination for the office of member of the
board of public works and for the posting of the warrant for
said annual town meeting.

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

Approved January 27, 1955.

Chap. 8 An Act designating a certain building at the monson

state hospital as the BEATRICE V. BUCKLEY BUILDING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The proposed new building for disturbed
females to be erected at the Monson state hospital shall be
known and designated as the Beatrice V. Buckley Building
in honor of Beatrice V. Buckley, who has been a trustee at
Monson state hospital since nineteen hundred and forty.

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

Approved January 31, 1955.

Chap. 9 An Act authorizing the town of falmouth to use
certain park land at falmouth heights for 'parking
purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Falmouth, by vote at an annual
or special town meeting, is hereby authorized to use the

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whole or a portion of certain park land located in that part
of said town known as Falmouth Heights, said land being
situate between land of William J. McCann, Grand avenue,
land now or formerly of Edgar Bristol, and the Falmouth
Heights bathing beach, for the purposes of parking auto-
mobiles and as a parking area, and to transfer the jurisdiction
of said land or such portion thereof to the town of Falmouth
beach committee.

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

Approved January 31, 1955.

An Act to ascertain the will of the voters of the Chav 10

TOWN OF UPTON WITH REFERENCE TO THE QUESTION OF
DEMOLISHING THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE GRAND ARMY
HALL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of ascertaining the will of
the voters of the town of Upton with reference to the ques-
tion of demoUshing the building known as the Grand Army
Hall in said town, there shall be placed upon the official
ballot to be used at the annual town election in said town in
the current year the following question: — "Shall the build-
ing known as the Grand Army Hall in the town of Upton be
demolished?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said
question is in the affirmative, it shall be deemed and taken
to be the will of the voters of said town that the building
known as the Grand Army Hall be demolished, and if a ma-
jority of said votes is in the negative, it shall be deemed and
taken to be the will of said voters that the building known as
the Grand Army Hall shall not be demolished.

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

Approved January 31, 1955.

An Act repealing an act authorizing the selectmen Chav 11

OF the town of BARNSTABLE TO ACT AS A BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS, EXERCISING ALL THE POWERS OF CERTAIN
BOARDS, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS OF SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four is hereby repealed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 31, 1955.

An Act authorizing the town of dover to use certain Qhav 12

PARK land for school PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Dover is hereby authorized,
with respect to the so-called "Chickering Park" land, lo-
cated between Dedham, Cross, and Center streets in said

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town, and left to said town under the wills of George E.
Chickering (Norfolk County probate Ko. 58641) and Samuel
G. Chickering (Norfolk County probate No. 61116), to use
all or part of said land for the erection of a public school
building or buildings and for other school purposes, and for
all purposes incidental thereto in such manner and upon such
terms and conditions as may be authorized by a decree of the
probate court for Norfolk county interpreting the rights and
duties of the town under said wills to be entered in a pro-
ceeding in equity now pending or to be instituted by said
town, and, subject to said decree and the provisions of this
act, in accordance with any vote of the town passed at any
annual or special town meeting within five years after the
passage of this act; and after such vote said land, or such
part thereof as may be designated by said decree and vote,
shall be under the care and control of the school committee
of said town in the same manner and to the same extent as
other school property in said town.

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

Approved January 31, 1956.

Chap. 13 An Act authorizing the town of sharon to use certain

PARK LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Sharon is hereby authorized
to use for school purposes, or school uses and for all pur-
poses incidental thereto, the whole or such portion of cer-
tain park land located in said town known as Veterans'
Memorial Park and shown on "Plan of Memorial Park and
Memorial Parkway as Laid Out for Park Purposes by the
Planning Board of the Town of Sharon, Norfolk Co., Mass.
(acting as Park Commissioners), dated April 16, 1946, Sur-
veyed and Drawn March 30, 1946 by The Schuyler Clapp
Company, Civil Engineers & Surveyors Sharon, Mass. by
Schuyler L. Clapp, Registered Land Surveyor, Scale:
1" = 100'", which plan was received May 1, 1946, with
taking by town of Sharon and is filed as number 372 for the
year 1946 in plan book 137 in the Norfolk County Registry
of Deeds, as the to^vn, by vote of a majority of those present
and voting at an annual or special town meeting taken within
three years after the passage of this act, shall determine;
and after such vote, such land shall be under the same care
and control as other school property of the town.

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

Approved January 31, 1955.

Chap. 14 An Act increasing the amount of money the town of

YARMOUTH MAY APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 225 of the acts of 1946
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "one"

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and inserting in place thereof the word : — two, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 1. The town of Yarmouth may,
by a majority vote, appropriate each year a sum not exceed-
ing two thousand dollars for providing amusements or enter-
tainments of a public character. The money so appropriated
by the town shall be expended under the direction of the
board of selectmen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 31, 1955.

A^ Act authorizing the transfer of the braintree Qjkit) 15

CEMETERY ASSOCIATION PROPERTY AND FUNDS TO THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Braintree Cemetery Association, a corpora-
tion established under the provisions of chapter seventy-one
of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty, and located in
the town of Braintree, hereinafter called the corporation,
may, by deed duly executed, convey and transfer to said
town, and said town is hereby authorized and empowered to
receive, and thereafter to hold and maintain, but for ceme-
tery purposes only, and subject to all rights heretofore exist-
ing in any burial lots, the real and personal property of the
corporation not subject to any trust, and thereupon, and
upon the transfer of the trust funds as hereinafter 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 a decree of a court
of competent jurisdiction, and in compUance with the terms
and conditions of such decree, said town may receive from
the corporation a conveyance and transfer of, and administer,
all funds or other property held by the corporation in trust
for the perpetual care of the lots in the cemetery and for
other purposes, and also any property devised or bequeathed
to the corporation under the will of any person living at the
time of said transfer or conveyance or under the will of any
deceased person not then probated. Interest and dividends
accruing on funds deposited in trust with any savings bank
under authority of section thirty-seven or section 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 the cemetery, may, after
such conveyance, be paid by such bank or institution to the
treasurer of said town; and upon such payment said treas-
urer shall use the same for the purposes of said trusts.

Section 3. All real and personal property and property
rights, acquired by said town from the corporation under
authority of this act, 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 cemetery

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purposes; provided, that all rights which any persons have
acquired in the cemetery of the corporation, or any lots
therein, shall remain 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.

Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority vote of a town meeting of the town of
Braintree. Any action taken by the town at its annual
meeting during the current year or by its officers shall be as
valid and effective as though this act was in effect at the time
of the posting of the warrant of said meeting.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January SI, 1955.

Chap. 16 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to use a

PORTION OF THE HOPE CEMETERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
widening HOPE AVENUE IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of widening Hope avenue in
the city of Worcester, at the corner of Hope avenue and
Webster street, said city is hereby authorized, in accordance
with the provisions of section forty-one of chapter one hun-
dred and fourteen of the General Laws, to use a portion
of Hope Cemetery, in said city, consisting of a strip of land
containing about fifty-seven hundred square feet bounded
and described as follows: — Beginning at a drill hole in a
stone monument marked W. H. on the northerly line of
Hope avenue as located July twentieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four; thence south seventy-nine degrees thirty-
one minutes forty-seven seconds west by the said northerly
line of Hope avenue one hundred thirty and twelve hun-
dredths feet to a point; thence westerly by a curve to the
right, the radius of which is two hundred forty-seven and
ninety-four hundredths feet by the said northerly line of
Hope avenue one hundred twenty-eight and fifty-eight hun-
dredths feet to a point; thence westerly by a curve to the
left, the radius of which is three hundred twenty-seven and
ninety-four hundredths feet by the said northerly line of
Hope avenue one hundred six and twenty-six hundredths
feet to a drill hole in a stone monument marked W. H.;
thence south eighty-nine degrees seven minutes four seconds
east by land of city of Worcester, Hope Cemetery Trustees,
three hundred fifty-eight and eighty-four hundredths feet to
the point of beginning.

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

Approved January 31, 1955.

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 17, 18. 15

An Act to authorize the county of franklin to use (Jjiqi) jy

FUNDS IN the post-war REHABILITATION FUND FOR RE-
PAIR OR CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOG PLAIN ROAD BRIDGE
IN THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county of Franklin is hereby author-
ized to expend a sura of money, not in excess of six thousand
dollars, from the post-war rehabilitation fund, for the repair
or construction of the Log Plain Road bridge over the tracks
of the Boston and Maine Railroad in the town of Greenfield.
The amount hereby authorized may be used in conjunction
with funds provided by the department of public works and
the town of Greenfield plus any other funds appropriated by
the general court in the manner provided by chapter ninety
of the General Laws.

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

Approved January SI, 1955.

An Act authorizing cities and towns to borrow on Chap. 18
account of public welfare and veterans' benefits.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which in part is to make immediately '''^*™
operative, in view of the existing financial emergency in
certain cities and towns, the provisions of this act authoriz-
ing cities and towns to borrow certain sums during the cur-
rent year and the next succeeding year on account of expenses
for public welfare and for aid to veterans, therefore this act
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section I. Subject to the provisions of this act, any
city or town, by a two-thirds vote as defined in section
one of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, and with
the approval of the mayor or selectmen and of the emergency
finance board established under section one of chapter forty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, may
borrow in each of the years nineteen hundred and fifty-five
and nineteen hundred and fifty -six, inside its hmit of in-
debtedness as prescribed by section ten of said chapter
forty-four, for use only for meeting appropriations made or
to be made for public welfare, including in such term old age
assistance, aid to dependent children, and disability assist-
ance, and for veterans' benefits to an amount not more than
one half of one per cent of the average of the assessors' valu-
ation of its taxable property for the three preceding years,
such valuation to be reduced and otherwise determined as
provided in said section ten of said chapter forty-four, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words (name of city or town) Municipal Relief
Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall constitute a

16 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 18.

separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
five years from their dates, as said board shall fix, and,
except as herein provided, shall be subject to said chapter
forty-four, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first
paragraph of section seven thereof.

Loans may be issued hereunder in the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-five or nineteen hundred and fifty-six, as
the case may be, only by a city or town which in such year
has appropriated to be raised by taxation, or appropriated
from available funds for the purposes enumerated in the
preceding paragraph, an amount not less than ninety per
cent of the aggregate of its expenditures made in the year
preceding the year of issue for old age assistance and aid to
dependent children to be met otherwise than from the pro-
ceeds of federal grants, and of its expenditures made in said
preceding year for veterans' benefits, together with an
amount equal to not less than seventy-five per cent of its
expenditures made in said preceding year for all public
welfare purposes including disability assistance to be met
otherwise than from the proceeds of federal grants, other
than old age assistance, aid to dependent children and
veterans' benefits, all as determined by the board.

If a loan under authority of this act has been approved by
said board during the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five
or nineteen hundred and fifty-six for a city or town, the
amount of any appropriation voted by such city or town for
said year for pubhc welfare, including in such term old age
assistance, aid to dependent children, disability assistance,
and veterans' benefits, shall not be reduced during the said
year by appropriation, transfer or otherwise, except with
the written approval of the board. Whenever used in this
act, the words "veterans' benefits" shall include the forms of
aid to veterans now or formerly known as state aid, military
aid, soldiers' relief, and soldiers' burials, or any words or
phrases connoting the same.

Section 2. I'he members of the board aforesaid, when
acting under this act, shall receive from the commonwealth
compensation to the same extent as provided for services
under chapter three hundred and sixty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty-three, as amended, including
chapter seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-five.

Section 3. A loan order voted in any city under authority
of this act shall be deemed to be an emergency order and as
such may be passed in such manner as is provided for emer-
gency orders or ordinances in its charter, and shall be in full
force and efi'ect immediately upon final favorable action
thereon by its city council or chief executive, as the case may
be, or upon expiration of any period specified by such
charter for the approval or disapproval of such orders by its
chief executive in any case where he fails to approve or dis-
approve such an order within such period, notwithstanding
any provision of general or special law or ordinance to the

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 19, 20. 17

contrary; provided, that in the city of Boston such loan
orders may be passed in the manner provided in its charter
for loan orders for temporary loans in anticipation of taxes.

Section 4. In any city a loan order under authority of
this act may be passed by vote of two thirds of all the mem-
bers of the city council, or of each branch thereof where there
are two branches, notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary. Approved January SI, 1955.

An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to borrow Chap. 19

MONEY FOR ELECTRIC PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. For the purposes of providing funds for ex-
tending or enlarging its electric plant, the town of Hudson
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 thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the town
therefor which shall bear on their face the words, Hudson
Electric Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness in-
curred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limits
prescribed by clause eight of section eight of chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to the applicable provisions of said chap-
ter forty-four.

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

Approved January SI, 1955.

An Act ratifying and confirming certain acts of the Chap. 20
town of agawam.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any and all matters, documents, instruments,
bonds and other financial obligations, and any and all
papers and things to which the town of Agawam is a party,
and to which there has been affixed, attached or imprinted
thereon the seal of the town of Agawam bearing the date of
incorporation as of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-five, are hereby ratified and confirmed and are declared
binding, legal and valid as of the date when said seal was
affixed, attached or imprinted.

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

Approved January SI, 1955.

18 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 21, 22, 23.

Chap. 21 An Act providing for the transfer of park commis-
sioner POWERS FROM THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN IN THE
TOWN OF NEEDHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 189 of the acts of 1932
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 10, the words
"park commissioners,".

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the quahfied
voters of the town of Needham for acceptance at the annual
town election in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, 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 fifty-five, entitled 'An Act providing for the
transfer of Park Commissioner Powers from the Board of
Selectmen in the town of Needham', be accepted?" If a
majority of the votes cast in answer to said question are in
the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full effect, but
not otherwise.

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

Approved January 31, 1955.

Chap. 22 An Act authorizing the town of Dartmouth to borrow

money for water PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of extending water mains
and improving water distribution facilities, the town of
Dartmouth may borrow from time to time such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor which shall bear on their face the words, Dartmouth
Water Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall con-
stitute a separate loan, and such loan shall be payable in not
more than thirty years. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be within the limits of the amount prescribed by
the last paragraph of section eight of chapter forty-four of
the General Laws and shall, except as otherwise provided by
this act, be subject to the provisions of said chapter.

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

Approved January 31, 1955,

Chap. 23 An Act authorizing the town of Pembroke to receive

AND administer THE PROPERTY OF THE SACHEM LODGE
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, IN SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The Sachem Lodge Cemetery Association,
organized in eighteen hundred and eighty-five in the town
of Pembroke, hereinafter called the association, may, by
deed duly executed, convey and transfer to said town, and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 23. 19

said town, upon its acceptance of an offer of such con-
veyance and transfer by vote of the board of selectmen
within six months of the effective date of this act, is hereby
authorized and empowered 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 association not subject to any
trust, and thereupon, and upon the transfer of the trust funds
as hereinafter provided, the association shall be dissolved;
and the cemetery of the association shall be and become a
pubhc burial place, ground or cemetery, and shall be under
the jurisdiction and control of the said town under all
applicable provisions of general law.

Section 2. In so far as authorized by a decree of a court
of competent jurisdiction, and in compliance with the terms
and conditions of such decree, said town, upon its acceptance
of an offer of conveyance and transfer as provided in section
one, may receive from the association a conveyance and
transfer of, and administer, all funds or other property held
by the association in trust for the perpetual care of the lots
in its cemetery and for other purposes, and also any property
devised or bequeathed to the company under the will of any
person Hving at the time of said transfer or conveyance or
under the will of any deceased person not then probated.
Interest and dividends accruing on funds deposited in trust
with any savings bank under authority of section thirty-
seven or section thirty-eight of chapter one hundred and
sixty-eight of the General Laws, or with any other banking
institution, for the benefit of the association, or of any lots
in its cemetery, may, after such conveyance, be paid by such
bank or institution to the treasurer of said town; and upon
such payment said treasurer shall use the same for the
purposes of said trusts.

Section 3. All real and personal property and property
rights, acquired by said town from the association under
authority of this act, 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 cemetery purposes:
provided, that all rights which any persons have acquired in
the cemetery of the association 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 association shall be delivered to the clerk of said town
and such clerk may certify copies thereof.

Section 4. The action of the town of Pembroke in the
year nineteen hundred and fifty-five in voting to accept a
transfer of the Sachem Lodge Cemetery Association and any
funds invested for the care of the same is hereby ratified and
confirmed and shall have the same effect and vaUdity as if
section one had been in effect prior to the posting of the
warrant for said town meeting.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 31, 1965.

20 Acts. 1955. — Chaps. 24. 25, 26.

Chap. 24 An Act to authorize cities and towns to require owners
OF certain excavated land to erect barriers or take

OTHER SAFETY MEASURES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^io"' Paragraph (19) of section 21 of chapter 40 of the General

§21,' etc., Laws, inserted by chapter 402 of the acts of 1953, is hereby
amended. amended by inserting after the word "clay", in line 2, the

words : — , sandstone or limestone, — so as to read as

follows : —
blnierau! (^^) ^^^ requiring owners of land which has been ex-

certain exca- cavated by the removal of clay, sandstone or limestone, to
req^red"'^' crect barriers, or to take other suitable measures to protect

persons from damages incident thereto. The penalty for

violation of any ordinance or by-law made hereunder shall
Penalty. be as foUows: — for the first offence, fifty dollars; for the

second offence, one hundred dollars; and for each subsequent

offence, two hundred dollars.

Approved January 31, 1955.

Chap. 25 An Act relative to certain reports required to be

FILED in connection WITH EXPENDITURES MADE IN PUR-
SUANCE OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 15B of chapter 639 of the acts of 1950, as most
recently amended by chapter 532 of the acts of 1953, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in line 6, the word
"semi-annually" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
annually, — so as to read as follows: — Section 15 B. The
city auditor, town accountant, or, if there is no such officer,
the town treasurer, district treasurer and county treasurer,
of every city, town, district and county making expendi-
tures under authority of section fifteen or section fifteen A of
this act shall file annually with the director of accounts of
the department of corporations and taxation of the common-
wealth a report of liabilities incurred and expenditures made
under authority of sections fifteen and fifteen A in such form
and detail as said director may require.

Approved January 81, 1955.

Chap. 26 An Act providing that the employees of the essex

COUNTY industrial FARM BE PAID WEEKLY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

All employees of the Essex County Industrial Farm shall
be paid weekly, commencing with the effective date of this
act. Approved February 1, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 27, 28, 29, 30. 21

An Act authorizing the north shore children's friend Q^iav, 27

SOCIETY to hold ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The North Shore Children's Friend Society,
originally incorporated by chapter eighty-one of the acts of
eighteen hundred and forty-one, may hold real and personal
estate to an amount not exceeding three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.

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

Approved February 2, 1955.

Kti Act relative to the leasing by the city of new Qfidj) 28
bedford of suitable headquarters for veterans'
organizations.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of New Bedford may, for the pur-
pose of providing suitable headquarters for veterans' or-
ganizations under the provisions of section nine of chapter
forty of the General Laws, annuallj'' appropriate not more
than ten thousand five hundred dollars, notwithstanding the
provisions of said section nine which limit the amount of
money that may be appropriated for such purpose.

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

Approved February 2, 1955.

An Act making a corrective change in the law rela- Q}jqj) 29

TIVE to the enforcement OF THE SUPPORT OF DEPEND-
ENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The third paragraph of section 8 of chapter 556 of the
acts of 1954 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8,
the word "one" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
five, — so as to read as follows: —

All petitions and matters incidental thereto in cases pend-
ing in a probate court upon the effective date of this act, and
thereafter transferred to a district court, as provided by
this section shall be received and entered upon the docket of
said district court without the payment of the entry fee re-
quired by section two of chapter two hundred and sixty-two
of the General Laws, as amended by section five of this act.

Approved February 2, 1955.

An Act authorizing trinity church in the city of
boston to hold additional real and personal estate.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Trinity Church in the city of Boston, incorporated by
chapter eighty-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and
thirty, is hereby authorized to take, hold and manage real

Chap. 30

22 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 31, 32, 33.

and personal estate to an amount not exceeding ten million
dollars in value, which estate, or its income, shall be devoted
to the purposes for which said church was incorporated.

Approved February 2, 1965.

Chap. 31 An Act validating a regional school district for the

TOWNS OF GROVELAND, WEST NEWBURY AND MERRIMAC.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The organization of a regional school district
by the towns of Groveland and West Newbury, including
the agreement under which such district was established;
the admission to such district of the town of Merrimac, in-
cluding the amendment of said agreement in connection
therewith; and all acts or proceedings heretofore done or
taken by the said towns or the said district or the officers or
agents of any of them in connection with said district are
hereby validated, and said district is hereby declared to be,
and at all times since its organization to have been, a valid
district with all the rights, powers and duties of districts
duly organized under section fifteen of chapter seventy-one
of the General Laws.

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

Approved February 3, 1955.

Chap. 32 An Act placing the office of veterans' agent and

DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES IN THE TOWN OF MIL-
FORD under THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The office of veterans' agent and director of
veterans' services in the town of IMilford shall, upon the
effective date of this act, become subject to the civil service
laws and rules, and the tenure of office of any incumbent
thereof shall be unlimited, subject, however, to said laws.
The incumbent of said office on said effective date shall be
subjected by the division of civil service to a qualifying
examination, and if he passes said examination he shall be
certified for said office and shall be deemed to be permanently
appointed thereto without being required to serve any pro-
bationary period.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the town meeting members
of the town of Milford at the annual town meeting held in
the current year, but not otherwise.

Approved February 3, 1955.

Chap. 33 An Act relative to the term of office of constables

IN towns.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
g.l. (Ter. Sectiou 1 of chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby

amended. ' amended by striking out the paragraph contained in fines

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 34. 23

26 and 27, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

One or more constables for the term of one or three years, constables.
unless the town by vote provides that they shall be appointed.

Approved February 3, 1955.

An Act authorizing the city of lawrence to borrow (Jjidj) 34

MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING PUBLIC PARK-
ING PLACES INCLUDING DRAINAGE AND INSTALLATION OF
LIGHTING FACILITIES, AND AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLA-
TION OF PARKING METERS ON SUCH PARKING PLACES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing pubhc park-
ing spaces the city of Lawrence may, for such purpose,
acquire by purchase or otherwise, or take by eminent domain
under the provisions of chapter seventy-nine or eighty A of
the General Laws, land and buildings located on Common
street or any other streets in said city as the city council may
determine. Said city may for the purposes of this act bor-
row, 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 five hundred thousand dollars
and may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on
their face the words, City of Lawrence, Public Parking Loan,
Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sep-
arate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be within the statutory limit, but shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof.

Section 2. The city may install parking meters m said
off-street parking areas and the receipts thereof shall be
applied annually, first, to reimbursing the city for its annual
payments on account of the above-mentioned loan, and
secondly, for any of the purposes for which parking meter
receipts may be used under sections twenty-two B and
twenty-two C of chapter forty of the General Laws, includ-
ing the taking by eminent domain under chapters seventy-
nine and eighty A of the General Laws of additional parking
lots and the care and maintenance of the same.

Section 3. Upon liquidation of the loan authorized by
section one, receipts from said parking meters may be used
for the purposes prescribed by sections twenty-two B and
twenty-two C of chapter forty of the General Laws, or for
the purposes of acquiring such other off-street parking spaces
in said city by purchase, or otherwise, or by eminent domain,
as the city council shall determine.

Section 4. Said city may acquire said meters in the
manner provided by section twenty-two A of chapter forty
of the General Laws.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 4, 1955.

24 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 35, 36, 37.

Chap. 35 An Act providing for a fifty-six hour week for per-
manent MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN
OF MILFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The hours of duty of the permanent mem-
bers of the uniformed fire fighting force in the town of Milford
shall be so established by the chief of the fire department
that the average weekly hours of duty in any year, other
than hours during which such members may be summoned
and kept on duty because of conflagrations, shall not exceed
fifty-six in number. Sections fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-
eight A and B, and fifty-nine of chapter forty-eight of the
General Laws shall not apply to the permanent members of
the uniformed fire fighting force in said town.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
by said town at its next annual town meeting in the form of
the following question, which shall be placed on 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 current year, entitled 'An act providing for a fifty-six
hour week for permanent members of the Fire Department
in the town of Milford' be accepted?" If a majority of
votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative, this
act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.

Approved February 4, 1955.

Chap. 36 An Act authorizing the city of boston to sell certain

PARK LAND THEREIN TO THE HEBREW HOME FOR AGED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of park commissioners of the city
of Boston, with the approval of the mayor, is hereby author-
ized to sell and convey to the Hebrew Home for Aged, a
charitable corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the commonwealth, a certain parcel of land containing
nine acres, more or less, bounded by Centre street and
Walter street in the West Roxbury section of said city, and
known as Joyce Kilmer Park, held by said city for public
park purposes.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the
provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved February 4, 1955.

Chap. 37 An Act 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 located or which may be erected thereon and the

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 38, 39. 26

works of art from time to time contained therein, said
Museum of Fine Arts may receive by gift, devise, bequest or
otherwise, and may hold, in trust or otherwise, real and per-
sonal estate to an amount not exceeding fifty million dollars,
which estate or its income shall be devoted to the purposes
for which said Museum of Fine Arts was incorporated.

Section 2. Section one of chapter one hundred and fifty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-seven is
hereby repealed. Approved February 4, 1955.

An Act relative to information concerning jurors Qfiajj 38

IMPANELLED TO SIT IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter 234 g. l. (Ter.
of the General Laws, as amended by section 3 of chapter §'4, etc.. '
347 of the acts of 1949, is hereby further amended by striking amended.
out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the two
following sentences: — To the name of each juror on said ^^'^Pr'^'Hl'ts
fist shall be appended his place of residence, an exact de- regulated.
scription of his business or occupation, and the name and
address of his employer or of his business. In the event that
the person listed is a married woman, there shall be ap-
pended in addition an exact description of the business or
occupation of her husband, and the name and address of his
employer or of his business; and in the event that the person
Usted is unemployed or retired, there shall be appended an
exact description of his last business or occupation, and the
name and address of his last employer or of his last business.

Section 2. Section 5 of said chapter 234, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking f,^end^e^d*.' * ^'
out, in fines 2 and 3, the words "address and occupation of
each juror," and inserting in place thereof the words: —
name of each juror together with the information provided Sume subject.
for in section four.

Section 3. Section 25 of said chapter 234, as amended EdVJJl'^'
by section 1 of chapter 428 of the acts of 1945, is herebj'' §"25.' etc'
further amended by striking out, in line 4, the words "place "™''°^'"^-
of abode and occupation", and inserting in place thereof Sforma*t1o*n'"
the words : — together with the information provided for in !° respect to
sections four and five,. Approved February 4, 1955.

An Act relative to the investment of money received
by the boston city hospital.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 2 of chapter 174 of the acts of 1880 is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Money received by it shall be
invested by the collector-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

Chap. 39

26 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 40, 41, 42.

of said collector-treasurer; provided, always, that both the
principal and income thereof shall be appropriated according
to the terms of the donation, devise or bequest, under the
direction of said corporation.

Approved February 4, 1956.

Chap. 40 An Act further regulating the computation of sen-
iority DATES OF EMPLOYEES CLASSIFIED UNDER CIVIL
SERVICE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

mYii^'' Paragraph 1 of section 15D of chapter 31 of the General

§ ihb, etc., Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 447 of the acts of
amende . 1952, is hereby further amended by striking out the second

sentence. Approved February 4, 1955.

Chap. 41 An Act providing for the annexation of adjacent

TERRITORY BY FIRE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OF THE TOWN
OF SOUTH HADLEY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
seventy-nine of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws,
Fire district number one of the town of South Hadley shall
be enlarged by moving the northerly boundary thereof to
coincide with the existing southerly boundary of Fire Dis-
trict Number Two in the Town of South Hadley; provided
that any camp or summer home situated on a strip of land
five hundred feet in width extending along the easterly shore
of the Connecticut river from a point one thousand feet
southerly of the mouth of Stony brook a distance of approxi-
mately two miles measured along said easterly shore of said
river to the area commonly known as "The Pines", may
upon written notice of the owner thereof filed with the clerk
of said Fire district number one of the town of South Hadley
be excluded from said district.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters voting upon the written ballot at
the next annual meeting of Fire district number one of the
town of South Hadley. Approved February 4, 1955.

Chap. 42 An Act relative to sewer assessments in the town of

dan VERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section 2 of chapter 492 of the acts of 1945
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 16, the words
"five years" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
one year.

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

Approved February 7, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 43, 44, 45. 27

An Act relative to the powers of the American orien- Qfidrt 43
TAL society.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 28 of the acts of 1843
is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the
words ", the clear annual income of which shall not exceed
the sum of three thousand dollars" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — to the amount permitted by the General
Laws, — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. The said
corporation is authorized to hold real or personal estate to
the amount permitted by the General Laws.

Section 2. Section 1 of chapter 335 of the acts of 1891,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 68 of the Special Acts
of 1918, is hereby further amended by striking out, in Hues 4
and 5, the words "state or territory of the United States and
in the District of Columbia" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — place or places which may be designated by its
governing body, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1.
The American Oriental Society, a corporation organized
under the laws of this commonwealth, is hereby authorized
to hold its meetings in any place or places which may be
designated by its governing body.

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

Approved February 7, 1955.

An Act repealing the provision of law requiring niidy 44

SPECIAL LICENSES FOR OPERATORS OF MOTION PICTURE ^'

MACHINES IN CHURCHES, SCHOOLHOUSES AND PUBLIC IN-
STITUTIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BEAR THE WRITTEN
APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING COMMISSIONER OF SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 143 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 85, as most recently amended by section 7 f ts,' itt''
of chapter 553 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place amended,
thereof the following section: — Section 85. Notwithstand- certa^'^Hwnses
ing any provision of sections seventy-two to eighty-four, in- for motion
elusive, the commissioner of public safety, upon apphcation oper^ore.
accompanied by a fee of three dollars, may grant special regulated.
Hcenses for operators of motion picture machines in churches,
schoolhouses or public institutions which in his opinion are
in safe condition for said exhibitions, and he may prescribe
regulations for the proper conduct of the same.

Approved February 7, 1955.

An Act placing certain police officers of the town Chav. 45

OF acton under THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. David Scribner and Warren Birch, police
officers of the police department of the town of Acton, shall,
upon the effective date of this act, become subject to the

28 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 46.

civil service laws and rules relating to police oflBcers in
towns, and their tenure of office shall be unlimited, subject,
however, to said laws; provided, that they pass a qualifying
examination to which they shall be subjected by the division
of civil service.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 9, 1965.

Chap. 46 An Act relative to the alleviation of certain finan-
cial BURDENS IMPOSED BY THE HURRICANES OF AUGUST
THIRTY-FIRST AND SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, NINETEEN HUN-
DRED AND FIFTY-FOUR.

Emergency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

pream e. ^^ defeat its purpose, which is to provide immediately for
the relief of the disasters caused by the hurricanes of August
thirty-first and September eleventh, nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, 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 1 of chapter 689 of the acts of 1954 is
hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words
"area stricken by the hurricane of August thirty-first of the
current year" and insertins in place thereof the words: —
areas stricken by the hurricanes of August thirty-first and
September eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

Section 2. Said chapter 689 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 4- The commonwealth shall
reimburse, subject to the approval of a board consisting of
the director of civil defense, the director of accounts of the
department of corporations and taxation and the com-
missioner of administration, the political subdivisions of the
commonwealth affected by the hurricanes of August thirty-
first and September eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifty-
four, annually an amount equal to their obligations of repay-
ment of any indebtedness incurred under the provisions of
chapter six hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty, as amended, or incurred under the pro-
visions of section thirty-six A of chapter thirty-five or of
clause (9) of section eight of chapter forty-four of the General
Laws as a result of an emergency created by said hurricanes,
and shall reimburse them for any expenditures from available
funds and from sums raised by taxation for the purposes
authorized under said chapter six hundred and thirty-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty, as amended, or
authorized under the provisions of section thirty-one of
chapter forty-four of the General Laws as a result of an
emergency created by said hurricanes; provided, that the
total amount to be paid by the commonwealth for such
purposes shall not exceed twelve milUon dollars.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 47. 29

Section 3. Said chapter 689 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 6 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 6. The board of assessors in
each city or town affected by the hurricanes which occurred
on August thirty-first and September eleventh, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four may, on application for abatement
in respect to the tax on real estate for the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-four filed in compliance with the pro-
visions of section fifty-nine of chapter fifty-nine of the
General Laws, grant an abatement in such amount as in the
opinion of the assessors provides an equitable adjustment of
taxes on property wholly or partially destroyed by said
hurricanes; provided, that such abatement shall not exceed
that portion of the tax which relates to the assessment on
buildings destroyed on said real estate; or the assessors may
request the state tax commission under the provisions of
section eight of chapter fifty-eight of the General Laws to
give authority to abate in whole or in part that portion of
the tax on property wholly or partially so destroyed which
relates to the tax on buildings on said real estate and which
tax may be or has been levied against those who were the
owners of record of property on January first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, or subsequent owners who have
assumed a part of the tax, as in their opinion provides an
equitable adjustment. Notwithstanding any other pro-
visions of law, application for abatement under this act shall
be filed before October first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved February 9, 1955.

An Act relative to the Massachusetts turnpike Chav 47

AUTHORITY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would un- Emergency
necessarily delay the construction and completion of the p""®'^™*^'^-
much needed express highway referred to in chapter three
hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-two, and any additions to or extensions thereof herein
provided for, and thereby postpone unreasonably the
elimination of many of the present handicaps and hazards
on the congested highways in the commonwealth, therefore
this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the public safety and
convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 354 of the acts of 1952 is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "Boston", in line 8,
the words : — or from a point or points within said city.

Approved February 9, 1955.

30 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 48, 49.

Chap. 48 An Act relative to the hours of duty of permanent

MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN OF
COHASSET.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The hours of duty of the permanent mem-
bers of the uniformed fire fighting force in the town of
Cohasset, upon its acceptance of this act as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall be so established by officers having charge of
the fire fighting force that the average weekly hours of duty
in any year, other than hours during which such members
may be summoned and kept on duty because of conflagra-
tions, shall not exceed fifty-six in number. Sections fifty-six,
fifty-seven, fifty-eight A and B, and fifty-nine of chapter
forty-eight of the General Laws shall not apply to the
permanent members of the uniformed fire fighting force in
said town.

Section 2. Upon petition of not less than ten per cent
of the registered voters in said town, duly certified by the
registrars of voters and filed with the town clerk not less than
thirty days before any town election, the town clerk shall
cause to be printed upon the official ballot to be used at such
election the following question: — "Shall an act passed by
the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, providing that the average weekly hours of duty in any
year for the permanent members of the uniformed fire fighting
force in the town of Cohasset, other than hours during which
such members may be summoned and kept on duty because
of conflagrations, shall not exceed fifty-six in number, be
accepted?". If a majority of the votes cast on said question
is in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full effect,
but not otherwise. Approved February 9, 1955.

Chap. 49 An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to use

CERTAIN PARK LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Cambridge is hereby authorized
to use for the erection of a public school building and for
other school purposes, and for all purposes incidental thereto,
the following described premises now owned and held by said
city for park, playground or recreation purposes : —

Beginning at a point on the southerly side of Cambridge
street, said point being the point of curve of eight (8.0) foot
radius at the southeasterly corner of Willow street;

Thence, turning and running in a northeasterly direction
along said southerly line of Cambridge street, five hundred
and twelve and thirty-four one hundredths (512.34) feet to
the point of curve of eight (8.0) foot radius at the south-
westerly corner of Berkshire street;

Thence, continuing along the arc of said eight (8.0) foot
radius fourteen and thirty-eight one hundredths (14.38) feet

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 50. 31

to the point of tangency at the southwest corner of Berkshire
street ;

Thence, running in a southwesterly direction along the
westerly street line of Berkshire street, one hundred and
fifty-eight and tliirty-four one hundredths (158.34) feet to
a point;

Thence, turning and running in a northwesterly direction
one hundred and twenty-six (126.0) feet to a point;

Thence, turning and running in a southwesterly direction
one hundred and forty-two (142.0) feet to a point;

Thence, turning and running in a southeasterly direction
one hundred and twenty-si.x (126.0) feet to a point on the
westerly line of Berkshire street;

Thence, turning and running in a southwesterly direction
along the westerly line of Berkshire street, one hundred and
fifty-one and sixty one hundredths (151.60) feet to a point;

Thence, turning and running in a northwesterly direction
five hundred and thirteen and fifty one hundredths (513.50)
feet to a point in the easterly street line of Willow street;

Thence, turning and running in a northeasterly direction
along said easterly street line of Willow street three hundred
and thirty-four and sixly-three one hundredths (334.63) feet
to the point of tangency of eight (8.0) foot radius at the
southeasterly corner of Cambridge street;

Thence, continuing along the arc of said eight (8.0) foot
radius, ten and seventy-five one hundredths (10.75) feet to
the point of beginning.

The above-described parcel of land, containing one hun-
dred and eighty-eight thousand, seven hundred and nine
(188,709.0) square feet, more or less, is shown upon a plan
entitled, "Description of Part of Donnelly Field", drawn
by Donald J. Reardon, Civil Engineer, dated October 14,
1954, and on file in the office of the city engineer of the city
of Cambridge.

All above dimensions being more or less.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of the said city, but not
otherwise. Approved February 9, 1955.

An Act providing a penalty for violations of rules Chap. 50

AND regulations OF THE FORT MEADOW POND COMMIS-
SION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 487 of the acts of 1953 is hereby amended by
adding at the end the following section: — Section 5. Any
person who violates any rule or regulation established under
the provi.sions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not
less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.

Approved February 9, 1955.

32 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 51, 52.

Chap. 51 An Act authorizing the town of wilbraham to use

CERTAIN PARK LAND FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Wilbraham is hereby authorized
to use for highway purposes the park land or any portion
thereof in Crane park in said town, described as follows: —
Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Main street at the
northwesterly corner of Crane park, said point being located
S 25° 07' W and distant 78.89 feet from a granite highway
bound, and thence running S 87° 31' E along land of Rudolph
L. Shutts a distance of 156.67 feet to a point; thence running
S 87° 33' 50" E along land of Raymond E. Gurney a distance
of 66.08 feet; thence running S 11° 32' 30" W along land of
said Gurney and land of J. Loring Brooks, Jr., a distance of
191.61 feet to a point at the southeasterly corner of said
Crane park; thence running N 73° 46' 30" W along land of
said J. Loring Brooks, Jr., a distance of 0.68 feet to a point
of curve; thence running northerly and westerly through land
of said park by a curve to the left having a radius of 60.76 feet
an arc distance of 112.06 feet to a point of tangent; thence
running N 80° 56' 00" W through land of said park a distance
of 160.57 feet to a point; thence running S 62° 39' 30" W
through land of said park a distance of 33.82 feet to a granite
highway bound in the easterly street line of Main street;
thence running N 26° 15' E along the easterly street line of
Main street a distance of 113.89 feet to the point of begin-
ning.

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

Approved February 10, 1955.

Chap. 52 An Act authorizing the city of newton to appropriate
money for the payment of, and to pay, a certain
unpaid bill.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Newton is hereby authorized to
appropriate money for the payment of, and after such ap-
propriation the treasurer of said city is hereby authorized to
pay, an unpaid bill incurred by said city totalling nine
hundred and fifty dollars and thirty-one cents to Interna-
tional Business Machines Corporation for services and
materials rendered to said city by said International Business
Machines Corporation in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-two, which bill is legally unenforceable against said city
either by reason of its being incurred in excess of available
appropriations, or by reason of the failure of said city to
comply with the provisions of its charter.

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

Approved February 10, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 53, 54, 55. 33

An Act authorizing the city of Gardner to borrow Chap. 53

MONEY for the PURPOSE OF REMODELING AND MAKING
EXTRAORDINARY REPAIRS TO THE CONNORS STREET BUILD-
ING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of remodeling and making
extraordinary repairs to the Connors street building for
public Ubrary purposes and other public offices, the city of
Gardner may borrow a sum, not exceeding thirty-one thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Connors Street Building
Alteration Loan, Act of 1955. Said loan shall be paid in not
more than ten years from its date, but no issue shall be paid
under this act unless a sum equal to twenty-five cents on
each one thousand dollars of the assessed valuation of the
city of the preceding year has been appropriated from avail-
able revenue funds or raised in the tax levy for the same
purpose, in the year in which the loan is ordered. Indebted-
ness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statu-
tory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

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

Approved February 10, 1955.

An Act relative to the employment of legal assist- Chap. 54
ance by the police commissioner for the city of
boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section L Section 9 of chapter 291 of the acts of 1906,
as amended by chapter 13 of the acts of 1920, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in fine 4, the word "seven"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — eight, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 9. Said pohce commissioner may
employ such legal assistance as he may deem necessary in
the performance of his duties, and may incur expense there-
for to an amount not exceeding eight thousand dollars in
any municipal year, which expense shall be paid by the
city of Boston upon the requisition of said police com-
missioner.

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

Approved February 10, 1955.

An Act to ratify and confirm that portion of a vote Chap. 55

OF the town of FALMOUTH RELATIVE TO THE ASSESS-
MENTS ON OWNERS OF LAND SERVED BY THE WOODS HOLE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section I. That portion of the vote passed under
article 20 of the town of Falmouth special town meeting

34 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 56.

held on December fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty, which
specifies that a portion of the cost of the Woods Hole sewer-
age system to be paid by the owners of the territory served
shall be assessed on the basis of two dollars and fifty cents
per foot on the frontage of such land on any way in which
said sewer is constructed, provided, that if land abuts upon
more than one way, such assessment shall apply on one such
way, and the other way shall be subject to an exemption of
not less than sixty feet, and also provides that there shall be
an annual rental or use charge of fifty per cent of the annual
water bill, is hereby ratified and confirmed as in full legal
force and effect notwithstanding the provisions of section
twenty-three of chapter eighty-three of the General Laws, or
of anything in the remainder of said vote inconsistent with
said portion.

Section 2. Any action taken by the town of Falmouth,
its officers and agents, pursuant to the authority contained
in this act shall be as valid and effective as though this act
were in full force and effect at the time of the posting of the
warrant for said town meeting.

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

Approved February 10, 1955.

Chap. 56 An Act authorizing the city of salem to sell and

CONVEY certain PARK PROPERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Salem by its mayor, if so author-
ized by the city council, may sell and convey, free and clear
from any obhgation to use the same for park purposes or
any other purpose, if in other respects the city has or obtains
a clear title thereto, a certain parcel of land situated in that
part of said Salem known as Cressey avenue, now under
control of the park department, and described as follows: —
A portion of the Robert R. McGlew Park situated in the
rear of land of Benjamin J. and Lucienne Stevack on Cressey
avenue, bounded as follows: Southerly by land of Benjamin
J, and Lucienne Stevack, about sixty-one feet; westerly by
the Robert R. McGlew Park, city of Salem, park department,
about forty-seven feet; northerly by land of Flora 0.
Weston, Lena R. Oliver, and Barbara Oliver, about fifty
feet; easterly by land of Eino and Grace F. Mackey, fifty
feet. The above-described parcel contains twenty-six hun-
dred square feet of land and is shown on a plan entitled
"Portion of the Robert R. McGlew Park, North Street —
Salem, Mass., scale one inch equals thirty feet. July, 1954,
Edgar W. Nickerson, City Engineer." The proceeds of any
such sale or sales shall be paid into the treasury of said city
and shall be held subject to appropriation for park im-
provements, notwithstanding the provisions of section sixty-
three of chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect when, after
recommendation by the board of park commissioners of the

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 57, 58, 59. 35

city of Salem, it is accepted by the city council of said city,
subject to the provisions of its charter, during the current
year. Approved February 10, 1955.

An Act changing the personnel of the malden sta- Chap. 57

DIUM and athletic FIELD COMMISSION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 456 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by
striking out section 1, as amended by section 1 of chapter 597
of the acts of 1948, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing section: — Section 1. There is hereby established in the
city of Maiden a commission to be known as the Maiden
Stadium and Athletic Field Commission, which shall con-
sist of the mayor, the chairman of the school committee, the
superintendent of schools, the principal of the high school,
the faculty manager of athletics, the chairman of the public
works commission, and three persons to be appointed by the
mayor. Upon the expiration of the term of an appointed
member, his successor shall be appointed for a term of three
years. Approved February 10, 1955.

An Act authorizing certain towns to renew leases Chav 58
OF school buildings to regional school districts.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 14C of chapter 71 of the General Laws, inserted EdVn*'"
by chapter 214 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by §i4c. etc.,
striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof ''™^°'^^'^-
the following two sentences : — In the case of a lease or Leases of
license to use, the rental or license fee and terms of payment to'regwnai
and assessment shall be set forth in the agreement or amend- school dis-
ment. The lease or license to use may be for a term or period iltecf.' '^^"*
not in excess of twenty years, and may contain provisions for
the extension of the lease or license to use for an additional
term or period not in excess of twenty years, at the option of
the regional district school committee.

Approved February 10, 1955.

An Act increasing the amount the city of malden Chav 59

MAY BORROW AND INCREASING THE PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN
WHICH SUCH MONEY MAY BE BORROWED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF CONSTRUCTING A PUBLIC PARKING PLACE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 600 of the acts of 1954 is hereby
amended by striking out. in hne 9, the word "five" and in-
serting in place thereof the word: — ten, — and by striking
out, in Hne 11, the words "two hundred and fifty" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — four hundred, — so
that the second sentence will read as follows : — Said city
may for the purposes of this act borrow, from time to time,
within a period of ten years from the passage of this act,

36 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 60.

such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggre-
gate four hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor which shall bear on their face the words. City
of Maiden, PubUc Parking Loan, Act of 1954.

Approved February 10, 1955.

Chap. 60 An Act concerning certain contracts entered into

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE COUNTY OF
SUFFOLK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 418 of the acts of 1890,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 376 of the
acts of 1952, is hereby further amended by striking out the
first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — All contracts made by any department of the
city of Boston or by any officer, board or official of the county
of Suffolk having power to incur obligations on behalf of
said county in cases where said obligations are to be paid for
wholly from the treasury of the city of Boston, shall, when
the amount involved is two thousand dollars or more, or
when the contract comes within section thirty of chapter
four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and nine, as amended, be in writing; and no such contract
shall be deemed to have been made or executed until the
approval of the mayor of said city has been affixed thereto
in writing and the auditor of said city has certified thereon
that an appropriation is available therefor or has cited
thereon the statute under authority of which the contract is
being executed without an appropriation.

Section 2. Section 30 of chapter 486 of the acts of 1909,
as amended by section 2 of chapter 376 of the acts of 1952, is
hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence and
inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — Every
officer or board in charge of a department in said city and
every officer, board or official of the county of Sufi"olk having
power to incur obligations on behalf of said county in cases
where said obligations are to be paid for wholly from the
treasury of said city, when authorized to erect a new building
or to make structural changes in an existing building, shall
make contracts therefor, not exceeding five, each contract to
be subject to the approval of the mayor; and when about to
do any work or to make any purchase, the estimated cost of
which alone, or in conjunction with other similar work or
purchase which might properly be included in the same
contract, amounts to or exceeds two thousand dollars, shall,
unless the mayor gives written authority to do otherwise,
invite proposals therefor by advertisements in the City
Record.

Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of the city of Boston,
subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved February 10, 1956,

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 61, 62, 63. 37

An Act authorizing the submission to the voters Chap. 61

OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION
OF A CERTAIN QUESTION PERTAINING TO THE FLUORIDE
SUPPLEMENTATION OP ITS WATER SUPPLY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ivs:

Section 1. At the annual town election in the town of
Cohasset to be held on the second Saturday in March in the
current year, there shall be submitted to the voters thereof
the following question which shall be printed upon the
official ballot to be used at said election: — "Are you in favor
of the fluoride supplementation of the Cohasset water
supply?" If a majority of those voting indicate that they
are in favor of such supplementation, the selectmen of said
town are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all
necessary measures either by themselves or those designated
by them to carry into effect the fluoride supplementation of
the water supply of said town.

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

Approved February 11, 1955.

An Act increasing the salaries of the members and Chap. 62
the secretary of the licensing board for the city
of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 291 of the acts of 1906 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 403 of the acts of 1950, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 2. The
annual salary of the chairman of said board shall be nine
thousand dollars, that of each of the other two members
eighty-five hundred dollars and that of the secretary eighty-
five hundred dollars. Such salaries shall be paid in monthly
instalments by the city of Boston. Subject to the approval
of the governor and council, said board may provide itself
with rooms, convenient and suitable for the performance of
its duties, the rent of which shall be paid by the city of
Boston. Said rooms shall be suitably furnished and equipped,
and the expense thereof shall be paid by said city upon
requisition by said board.

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

Approved February 11. 1955

An Act relative to the minimum participation per- Chav. 63

MISSIBLE in the investment of small trust FUNDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows'

Section 7 of chapter 203 A of the General Laws, as most Ed)','2MA.
recently amended by chapter 209 of the acts of 1952, is hereby 5 7. eto..

amended.

regulated.

38 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 64, 65.

further amended by striking out, in line 12, the words "four
thousand" and inserting in place thereof the words: — five
orsmau*"* hundred, — so as to read as follows: — Section 7. No par-
trust fimd8. ticipation in a common trust fund shall be acquired by any
trustee, guardian or conservator wliile any investment therein
is such as would then not be a proper investment for a
trustee or then not be readily marketable, or such as would
result in any such trustee, guardian or conservator having
participations in common trust funds of a total value in
excess of one hundred thousand dollars as computed in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section six, or as would result
in an inter vivos trust created after the date of said declara-
tion of trust having a participation in common trust funds of
a total value of less than five hundred dollars.

Approved February 11, 1955.

Chap. 64 An Act relating to the dennis-yarmouth regional

SCHOOL district.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The proceedings heretofore taken relating to
the organization of The Dennis- Yarmouth Regional School
District, including the proceedings of the member towns re-
lating thereto, are hereby validated, and said district is
hereby declared to be, and at all times since its organiza-
tion to have been, a valid district with all the rights, powers
and duties of districts duly organized under section fifteen
of chapter seventy-one of the General Laws.

Section 2. All acts and proceedings of said district and
of the officers thereof heretofore done or taken are hereby
validated. Without limiting the generaUty of the foregoing,
the vote of the regional district school committee passed
September seventh, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, au-
thorizing the issue of bonds of the district to the amount of
one hundred thousand dollars is hereby validated, and said
bonds may be issued accordingly without further oppor-
tunity to the member towns to express disapproval of the
amount thereof.

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

Approved February 14, 1955.

Chap. 65 An Act authorizing regional school districts to re-
model and make extraordinary repairs to school
buildings and to incur debt therefor.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G.L. (Ter. Sectiou 16 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appear-

i 16," etc., ing in section 1 of chapter 638 of the acts of 1949, is hereby
amended. amended by striking out clauses (c) and (d) and inserting in
place thereof the following two clauses: —

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 66, 67. 39

(c) To acquire property within the towns comprising the Powers of
district under the provisions of chapter seventy-nine and gcho°oTdui-
section fourteen of chapter forty for the purposes of the dis- ficts.
trict, and to construct, reconstruct, add to, remodel, make
extraordinary repairs to, equip, organize and operate a
school or schools for the benefit of the towns comprising the
district, and to make any necessary contracts in relation
thereto.

(d) To incur debt for the purpose of acquiring land and ?°^r debt
constructing, reconstructing, adding to, and equipping a restricted."
school building or buildings for a term not exceeding twenty

years or for the purpose of remodeling and making extraor-
dinary repairs to a school building or buildings for a term
not exceeding ten years; provided, however, that any in-
debtedness so incurred shall not exceed an amount approved
by the emergency finance board; and provided, further,
that no debt may be incurred until the expiration of thirty
days from the date said debt was authorized by the district
committee; and prior to the expiration of said period any
member town of the regional school district may call a town
meeting for the purpose of expressing disapproval of the
amount of debt authorized by the district committee, and
if at such meeting a majority of the voters present and vot-
ing thereon express disapproval of the amount authorized
by the district committee, the said debt shall not be in-
curred and the district school committee shall thereupon
prepare an alternative proposal and a new or revised au-
thorization to incur debt. Approved February I4, 1955.

An Act relative to the compensation of certain elec- Chap. 66

TION officers in THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The compensation of wardens and clerks
serving at state elections and primaries in the city of Cam-
bridge shall be twenty dollars, and the compensation of in-
spectors serving thereat shall be sixteen dollars.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Cambridge.

Approved February I4, 1955.

An Act relative to listing of persons in cities and Chap. 67

towns.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 51 of the General Laws, g. l. (Tct.
as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting after f 4;^et".'
the word "age" in line 7, as appearing in section 13 of amended,
chapter 453 of the acts of 1943, the words: — or date of
birth, — so as to read as follows : — Section 4- Except as

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Acts, 1955. — Chap. 67.

Listing of
persons by
registrars,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
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etc., amended.

Contents of
lists.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 61, § 36.
etc.. amended.

Records ol
voters to be
kept in gen-
eral registers.

otherwise provided by law, the registrars, assistant registrars,
or one or more of them, shall annually in January or February,
visit every building in their respective cities and towns, and,
after diligent inquiry, shall make true hsts containing, as
nearly as they can ascertain, the name, age or date of birth,
occupation, nationality if not a citizen of the United States,
and residence on January first in the preceding year and in
the current year, of every person twenty years of age or
older, residing in their respective cities and towns.

Any veteran in the soldiers' home in Chelsea shall have the
same right as any other resident of that city to be assessed
and to vote therein.

Section 2. Section 7 of said chapter 51, as most recently
amended by section 3 of chapter 188 of the acts of 1939, is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "age", in line 9,
the words: — or date of birth, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 7. On the lists prepared under section six for delivery
to the assessors or other public officers, the registrars shall
name or designate all buildings used as residences, in their
order on the street where they are located, by giving the
number or other definite description of each building so that
it can be readily identified, and shall place opposite to or
under each number or other description of a building the
name, age or date of birth, occupation and nationality if not
a citizen of the United States, of every person who is listed
under section four, and his residence on January first of the
preceding year and of the current year.

Section 3. Section 36 of said chapter 51, as amended,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"age" in line 7, as appearing in section 12 of chapter 254
of the acts of 1933, the words: — or date of birth, — and
by adding after the word "Age", in the fifth column of the
form set forth at the end of the first paragraph, the words : —
or Date of Birth, — so as to read as follows : — Section 36.
They shall keep in general registers, records of all persons
registered as qualified to vote in the city or town. They shall
enter therein the name of every such voter written in full,
or instead thereof the surname and first Christian name or
that name by which he is generally known, written in full,
and the initial of every other name which he may have, and
also his age or date of birth, place of birth and residence on
January first preceding or at the time of becoming an in-
habitant of the city or town after said day, the date of his
registration and his residence at such date, his occupation
and the place thereof, the name and location of the court
which has issued to him letters of naturalization and the date
thereof, if he is a naturalized citizen, and any other par-
ticulars necessary to identify him fully. Except in Boston,
the general registers shall have uniform headings in sub-
stantially the following form, and blank books suitable for
the purpose shall be provided at cost by the state secretary
to registrars applying therefor:

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ship as the registrars deem of value.

Approved February I4, 1955.

An Act relative to the brookline police mutual aid Qhav 68

ASSOCIATION. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 67 of the acts of 1922 is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 5, the word "one" and in-
serting in place thereof the word: — five, — so as to read as
follows: — Sec/f on /. The Brookline Police Mutual Aid
Association, a corporation duly established by law, is hereby
authorized, acting by its board of directors, to pay or cause
to be paid from its treasury to any member in good standing
upon the death of his wife, the sum of five hundred dollars.

Approved February I4, 1955.

An Act exempting the manager of the electric light Chav 69

department of the town of SHREWSBURY FROM THE
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS AND RULES, AND RELATIVE TO THE
POWERS OF THE TOWN MANAGER OF SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 559 of the acts of 1953
is hereby amended by adding at the end the following para-
graph : —

42 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 70.

The manager of the electric light department appointed by
the town manager shall possess all the powers and rights and
shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities specifically
conferred or imposed by any applicable provision of law, but
in the performance thereof he shall be subject to the direction
and control of the board of Ught commissioners, if any; other-
wise to the direction and control of the town manager. Said
manager of the electric Ught department shall not be subject
to the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws
and the rules made thereunder.

Section 2. Paragraph (6) of section 11 of said chapter
559 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "neces-
sary", in Une 7, the words: — , or re-establish any depart-
ments, commissions, boards or offices previously abolished,
— so as to read as follows: —

(6) The town manager, in accordance with the provisions
of this act and except as otherwise expressly prohibited by
the General Laws, may, with the approval of the selectmen
reorganize, consohdate or aboUsh departments, commissions,
boards or offices under his direction and supervision, in whole
or in part, may establish such new departments, commissions,
boards or offices as he deems necessary, or re-establish any
departments, commissions, boards or offices previously abol-
ished, and, in so doing, may transfer the duties and powers,
and, so far as possible in accordance with the vote of the
town, the appropriation of one department, commission,
board or office to another.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
said town at the next annual town meeting in the form of
the following question, which shall be placed upon the offi-
cial 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 fifty-five, entitled 'An Act
exempting the manager of the electric light department of
the town of Shrewsbury from the civil service laws and
rules, and relative to the powers of the town manager of
said town', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in
answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act
shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.

Section 4. For the purpose of such acceptance only, this
act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February I4, 1955.

Chap. 70 An Act relative to the civil service status of Herbert

CAMERA, CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE TOWN OF 0.\K BLUFFS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Herbert Cambra, who was the only applicant
for the open competitive examination for chief of police of
Oak Bluffs held on July twentieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, and who passed the written examination shall be
considered to be permanently appointed to the office of
chief of police of the town of Oak Bluffs under the civil

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 71, 72. 43

service laws and rules, notwithstanding the fact that he did
not meet the height requirements as set forth in the poster
announcing the examination.

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

Approved February 15, 1955.

An Act authorizing the holding of additional real and QJidj) '7\

PERSONAL PROPERTY BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE HOME FOR
AGED WOMEN IN THE CITY OF WORCESTER AND FURTHER
INCREASING THE POWERS THEREOF.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 265 of the acts of 1869
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "estate",
in line 6, the words : — and all other property received by
them as such trustees.

Section 2. Said chapter 265 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 3 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 3. The officers of said cor-
poration shall be a president, secretary, treasurer and such
other officers as the trustees shall determine, who shall be
elected annually. The secretary shall keep a record of the
acts and doings of the corporation in a book prepared for
the purpose, in which he shall also record a copy of this
act of incorporation. The treasurer shall give bond, with
such surety and in such amount as is satisfactory to the
trustees, conditioned to safely keep, invest and disburse
the funds so entrusted to him, in accordance with the terms
of the instruments under which they are received by the
corporation.

Section 3. Said chapter 265 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 4, as amended by section 1 of chapter
22 of the acts of 1879, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section: — Section 4- The said trustees shall have
power annually to elect the visitors of said home as provided
for in said will, and shall also have power to fill by election
any vacancies occurring in their own board by death, resigna-
tion or otherwise, or to increase the number of trustees
hereunder.

Section 4. Said chapter 265 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 6 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 6. Said corporation may hold
real estate and personal property to the value of five million
dollars.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 15, 1955.

An Act relative to appropriations by the town of Chav 72

MARSHFIELD FOR MUNICIPAL ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the limitations as to amount
which may be appropriated under section six A of chapter

44 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 73, 74.

forty of the General Laws, the town of Marshfield may, by
majority vote, appropriate each year an additional sum
which, with the amount authorized to be appropriated under
the provisions of said section six A, will not exceed two
thousand five hundred dollars, which additional sum, except
as expressly provided herein, shall be subject to the pro-
visions and conditions of said section six A.

Section 2. Any action taken by a town meeting in the
town of Marshfield pursuant to authority granted by this
act shall be as vaUd and effective as though this act were in
full force and effect at the time of the posting of the warrant
for said meeting.

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

Approved February 15, 1955.

Chap. 73 An Act authorizing the town of tewksbury to reim-
burse THE society of FRIARS MINOR OF THE ORDER OF
SAINT FRANCIS FOR MONEY EXPENDED FOR A CERTAIN
WATER EXTENSION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Tewksbury is hereby author-
ized to appropriate from the town's water bond issue account
the sum of four thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars
and fifty-three cents, and to pay the same to the Society
of Friars Minor of the Order of Saint Francis, owner and
conductor of the Saint Francis Seraphic Seminary to reim-
burse them for money expended by them for a water main
extension along a town way.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage,
and for the purpose described in section one shall be deemed
to have been in full force and effect at the time of posting
of the warrant for the annual meeting of said town, held on
February seventeenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and
the act of the town in voting said reimbursement or pur-
chase under article seventy-eight at said meeting is hereby
vaUdated. Payment to the Saint Francis Seraphic Seminary
in accordance with the vote of the town of Tewksbury shall
be valid payment to the Society of Friars Minor of the Order
of Saint Francis. Approved February 15, 1955.

Chap. 74 An Act relative to the election and terms of office

OF town meeting MEMBERS IN THE TOWN OF NEEDHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 279 of the acts of 1932 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as amended by section 2
of chapter 31 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 2. Other than the
officers designated in section three as town meeting mem-
bers at large, the representative town meeting membership
shall in each precinct consist of the largest number divisible

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 74. 45

by three which will admit of a representation thereof in
the approximate proportion which the number of registered
voters therein bears to the total number of registered voters
in the town, and which will cause the total elected member-
ship to be as nearly two hundred and fifty-two as may be.
The registered voters in every precinct shall, conformably
to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent with this
act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters in the
precinct, other than the officers designated in section three
as town meeting members at large, provided for in the first
sentence of this section, to be town meeting members of the
town. The first third in order of votes received of members
so elected shall serve three years, the second third in such
order shall serve two years, and the remaining third in such
order shall serve one year, from the day of such election. In
case of a tie vote affecting the division into thirds as afore-
said the members elected from the precinct shall by ballot
determine the same. Thereafter, except as is otherwise pro-
vided herein, at each annual town election the registered
voters of each precinct shall, in Uke manner, elect as town
meeting members for the term of three years such number of
elected town meeting members as are necessary to provide
for such precinct the total number of elected town meeting
members to which it is then entitled, and shall at such
election fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or
vacancies then existing in the number of town meeting
members in such precinct. The terms of office of all elected
town meeting members from every precinct revised as afore-
said shall cease upon the election, as herein provided, of their
successors. The town clerk shall, after every election of
town meeting members, forthwith notify each member by
mail of his election.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters in the town of Needham for acceptance at its annual
town election in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five.
The vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the
provisions of the General Laws, so far as the same shall be
applicable, in answer to the question which shall be placed
upon the official ballot to be used in said town at said elec-
tion:— "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the
year nineteen hundred and fifty-five entitled 'An act relative
to the election and terms of office of town meeting members
in the town of Needham' be accepted by this town?"

Section 3. If this act is not accepted by the registered
voters of the town of Needham when submitted to said
voters under section three, it may be submitted for accept-
ance in like manner to such voters at any annual town
election in said town not later than the annual town elec-
tion in said town in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Section 4, Upon its acceptance by a majority of the
registered voters voting thereon at an annual town election
as aforesaid, this act shall thereupon take effect in the
town of Needham for all purposes incidental to the next

46 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 75, 76.

annual town election in said town, at which next annual
town election all elected town meeting members shall be
elected and the terms of office of all elected town meeting
members then in office shall cease. For all other purposes,
this act shall take effect upon the date of such next annual
town election.

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

Approved February 15, 1955.

Chap. 75 An Act providing for life tenure for charles o.

GARRISON, incumbent OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF PO-
LICE OF THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The tenure of office of Charles O. Garrison,
incumbent of the office of chief of police in the town of
Hopkinton, shall, upon the effective date of this act, be
unlimited. Said incumbent shall not be removed from
office, lowered in rank or suspended, except for just cause
and for reasons specifically given him in writing by the
board of selectmen.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the voters of said town at the annual town election to be
held in the current year, in the form of the following ques-
tion which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used in said election: — "Shall an act passed by the General
Court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled
'An Act providing for life tenure for Charles O. Garrison,
incumbent of the office of chief of police of the town of
Hopkinton', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in
answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act
shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.

Approved February 15, 1955.

Chap. 76 An Act providing tenure of office for the chief of

POLICE OF THE TOWN OF PEPPERELL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The tenure of office of Harold King, the
incumbent of the office of chief of police of the town of
Pepperell, shall be unlimited, but he may be removed there-
from, lowered in rank or compensation or transferred upon
the revocation of the acceptance of this act in the manner
provided by section two thereof, or for cause after hearing
in the manner provided by section forty-three of chapter
thirty-one of the General Laws.

Section 2. At any time after the expiration of one year
from the date on which this act is accepted, and not less
than sixty days before the date of an annual meeting, a
petition, signed by not less than ten per cent of the regis-
tered voters of the town, may be filed with the selectmen,

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 77, 78. 47

requesting that the question of revoking the acceptance of
this act be submitted to the voters. Thereupon the select-
men shall cause the question of revocation of the acceptance
to be placed on the ballot at the next annual election. At
said election the vote shall be taken in answer to the follow-
ing question which shall be printed on the official ballot:
"Shall the acceptance by the town of Pepperell of an act
passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-five, entitled 'An Act providing tenure of office for
the chief of police of the town of Pepperell' be revoked?"
If such revocation is favored by a majority of the voters
voting thereon by ballot, the acceptance of this act shall be
revoked and this act shall become null and void beginning
with the first day of the month next following such revocation.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
said town at the annual meeting in the year nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-six 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 fifty-five, entitled 'An Act providing tenure of office for
the chief of police of the town of Pepperell', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the
affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take full effect,
but not otherwise. Approved Fehrvory 15, 1955.

An Act relative to the tenure of office of the pres- Chap. 77

ENT DIRECTOR OF THE REVERE YOUTH COMMISSION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The incumbent of the office of director of the
Revere Youth Commission on the effective date of this act
shall hold office during good behavior unless incapacitated
by physical or mental disability from performing his duties
until the city council shall remove him therefrom in ac-
cordance with the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws, and the rules made thereunder, relative to
removals from the classified public service.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council and city manager of the city of Revere.

Approved February 15, 1955.

An Act providing tenure of office for the chief of Chap. 78
police of the town of townsend.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The tenure of office of Donald R. Morse, the
incumbent of the office of chief of police of the town of
Townsend, shall be unlimited, but he may be removed
therefrom, lowered in rank or compensation or transferred
upon the revocation of the acceptance of this act in the
manner provided by section two thereof, or for cause after

48 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 79.

hearing in the manner provided by section forty-three of
chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.

Section 2, At any time after the expiration of one year
from the date on which this act is accepted, and not less
than sixty days before the date of an annual meeting, a
petition, signed by not less than ten per cent of the regis-
tered voters of the town, may be filed with the selectmen,
requesting that the question of revoking the acceptance of
this act be submitted to the voters. Thereupon the select-
men shall cause the question of revocation of the acceptance
to be placed on the ballot at the next annual election. At
said election the vote shall be taken in answer to the follow-
ing question which shall be printed on the official ballot:
"Shall the acceptance by the town of Townsend of an act
passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred
and hfty-five, entitled 'An Act providing tenure of office for
the chief of police of the town of Townsend' be revoked?"
If such revocation is favored by a majority of the voters
voting thereon by ballot, the acceptance of this act shall be
revoked and this act shall become null and void beginning
with the first day of the month next following such revocation.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
said town at the annual meeting in the year nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-six 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 hun-
dred and fifty-five, entitled 'An Act providing tenure of
office for the chief of police of the town of Townsend', be
accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said
question is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon
take full effect, but not otherwise.

Approved February 15, 1955.

Chap. 79 An Act to authorize the town of watertown to reim-
burse ANTHONY LeCONTI FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES IN-
CURRED BY HIM ON ACCOUNT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED
BY HIS MINOR DAUGHTER,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation the town of Watertown may appropriate and
pay to Anthony LeConti a sum not in excess of four hundred
and fifty dollars to reimburse him for expenses of medical
care and other incidental medical expenses incurred by him
on account of injuries sustained by his minor daughter,
Dorothy M. LeConti, on August fifth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, in the playground area known as Howe Park
plaj''ground in said Watertown.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the town meeting members by
a regular or special town meeting.

Approved February 15, 1955.

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 80, 81. 49

An Act to eliminate the requirement of a separate (JJidj)^ gO

FINANCIAL STATEMENT ON CHILDREN'S INSURANCE IN THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 20 of chapter 176 of the General Laws, as appear- g l. (Xer.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by strik- $ ais' amended .
ing out the first sentence. Approved February 15, 1955.

An Act further extending the territory of the Qfidj) gj

BARNSTABLE FIRE DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 109 of the acts of 1926 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1, as amended by section 1
of chapter 175 of the acts of 1947, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 1. The inhabitants
of the town of Barnstable liable to taxation in said town and
residing within the territory comprised within the following
boundary lines, to wit: — Beginning at a point at Barn-
stable harbor on the dividing line between the towns of
Yarmouth and Barnstable; thence running southerly on said
boundary Hne to the northerly boundary line of the Hyannis
fire district; thence running westerly by the northerly fine
of said Hyannis fire district to the northerly line of State
Highway Route 132; thence running westerly by the
northerly line of said highway, in its present reconstructed
location, to the southerly boundary of Precinct One; thence
running westerly by the southerly line of Precinct One to
the easterly boundary of the West Barnstable fire district;
thence running northerly by the easterly boundary of the
West Barnstable fire district to a point on said easterly
boundary line two thousand feet distant from the southerly
line of Old County road, now in part a state highway known
as Route 6A; thence running westerly on a Hne parallel with
and two thousand feet distant southerly from said Route 6A
to a fine in range of the stone wall forming the easterly
boundary of Sandy Street Cemetery, so called, said line
parallel with Route 6A also being a portion of the northerly
boundary of the West Barnstable fire district; thence run-
ning northerly on an extension both north and south of the
line of said stone wall to Barnstable harbor, said line also
being a portion of the easterly boundary of the West Barn-
stable fire district; thence running easterly by said Barn-
stable harbor to the point of beginning, — shall constitute a
body corporate, known as the Barnstable fire district, which
shall be a fire and water district, and said corporation, except
as herein otherwise provided, shall have all the powers and
be subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in all
general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such
districts.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the Barnstable

50 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 82.

fire district, as described and constituted immediately prior
to the passage of this act. present and voting thereon at a
district meeting called for the purpose within three years
after its passage; but the number of meetings so called in
any one year shall not exceed three.

Approved February 15, 1955.

Chap. 82 An Act relative to the reference to the voters in

THE town of SWAMPSCOTT OF CERTAIN VOTES OF REPRE-
SENTATIVE TOWN MEETINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 300 of the acts of 1927
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 7, the words
"two hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
five per cent of the, — so as to read as follows : — Section 8.
No vote, except a vote to adjourn or authorizing the bor-
rowing of money in anticipation of the receipt of taxes for
the current year, passed at any representative town meeting
shall be operative until after the expiration of five days, ex-
clusive of Sundays and holidays, from the dissolution of the
meeting. If, within said five days, a petition, signed by not
less than five per cent of the registered voters of the town,
containing their names and addresses as they appear on the
Ust of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen asking
that the question or questions involved in such vote be sub-
mitted to the registered voters of the town at large, then the
selectmen, after the expiration of five days, shall forthwith
call a special meeting for the sole purpose of presenting to
the registered voters at large the question or questions so
involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the
afternoon and shall be closed not earlier than nine o'clock in
the evening and all votes upon any questions so submitted
shall be taken by ballot, and the check fist shall be used
in the several precinct meetings in the same manner as
in the election of town officers. The questions so sub-
mitted shall be determined by vote of the same propor-
tion of voters at large voting thereon as would have been
required by law of the town meeting members had the
question been finally determined at a representative town
meeting. The questions so submitted shall be stated upon
the ballot in substantially the same language and form in
which they were stated when presented to said representative
town meeting by the moderator, and as appears from the
records of said meeting. If such petition is not filed within
the said period of five days, the vote of the representative
town meeting shall become operative and effective upon the
expiration of said period.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the quaUfied voters of the town of Swampscott at the
annual town election in the current year. The vote shall be
taken by ballot, in answer to the following question, which
shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at said

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 83, 84. 51

election: — "Shall an act passed by the General Court in
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five entitled 'An Act
relative to the reference to the voters in the town of Swarap-
scott of certain votes of representative town meetings', be
accepted?" If a majority of the voters voting on said
question shall vote in the affirmative, this act shall there-
upon take full effect.

Section 3. For the purpose of acceptance by said town,
this act shall take efTect upon its passage.

Approved February 15, 1955.

An Act providing for the abandonment of buttery Chap. 83

BROOK reservoir AS A SOURCE OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
BY FIRE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH
HADLEY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Fire District Number One of the Town of
South Hadley is hereby authorized to abandon Buttery
Brook reservoir, located in said town, as a source of public
water supply and may at any time use for other purposes
than pubhc water supply, sell, exchange or lease any prop-
erty, comprising all or any portion of such abandoned reser-
voir, or any property or easement or right in property
acquired or held in connection with such abandoned reser-
voir, and upon such abandonment of said reservoir, and filing
a notice to that effect with the department of public health,
the restriction as to use of such property or right therein for
pubhc water supply purposes shall become null and void
and of no effect.

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

Approved February 16, 1955.

An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to use sur- Chav. 84
PLUS income of its water department for an addi-

TIONAL PURPOSE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 161 of the acts of 1946,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 81 of the acts of 1948, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "Laws"
in line 7 the words : — , or for the purpose of appropriation
as a loan base as required by said section seven, — so as to
read as follows : — Section S. Notwithstanding the provisions
of section two, whenever the surplus income of the water
works shall exceed the sum of three hundred thousand
dollars, such excess may be used by the city of Cambridge for
any purpose for which the city may borrow under sections
seven and eight of chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
or for the purpose of appropriation as a loan base as required
by said section seven, or for a swimming pool, the cost of

52

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 85, 86.

which shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars, under the following conditions: —

(a) The city auditor of the city of Cambridge and the
director of accounts of the commonwealth shall both certify
the amount of the surplus income.

(6) Appropriations from the amount thus certified, so
far as such amount is in excess of three hundred thousand
dollars, shall be made, upon the recommendation of the
Cambridge water board and the city manager, by the city
council of the city of Cambridge.

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

Approved February 23, 1955.

Chap. 85 An Act authorizing cities and towns to construct,

OPERATE AND MAINTAIN INCINERATORS AND TO BORROW
MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF.

Emergencj-
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 40, S 5,
amended.

Construction,
etc., of in-
cinerators by
cities and
towns,
authorized.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 44, § 7,
amended.

Borrowing for
above pur-
poses, au-
thorized.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose which is to authorize forthwith cities and
towns to construct, maintain and operate incinerators for
the disposal of waste, refuse and garbage and to borrow
money for the construction of such incinerators, therefore
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and
convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after clause (19) the follow-
ing clause: —

(19A) For the construction, maintenance, and operation
of an incinerator or incinerators located within the town for
the purpose of disposing of waste, refuse and garbage col-
lected by the town or by other persons or other munici-
palities. A city or town may establish charges for the dis-
posal in said incinerator of waste, refuse and garbage col-
lected by contractors, other municipalities, or individuals.

Section 2. Section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after clause (4) the following
clause : —

(4A) For the construction of incinerators within the town
for the purpose of disposing of waste, refuse and garbage,
twenty years. Approved February 23, 1955.

Chap. 86 An Act relating to water bonds of the town of

WESTMINSTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Chapter 369 of the acts of 1950. as amended
by section 1 of chapter 89 of the acts of 1954, is hereby further
amended by striking out section 6 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 6. Said town shall,
at the time of authorizing any loan under this act or any loan

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 87. 53

for water purposes under any other law, provide for the pay-
ment thereof in accordance with the provisions of section five
or of such other law, as the case may be; and when a vote to
that effect has been passed, a sura which will be sufficient to
pay the annual expense of operating its 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 all such
bonds or notes and the principal thereof when due, shall
without further vote be assessed by the assessors of said
town annually thereafter upon all taxable property in the
town in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt in-
curred by such loan or loans is extinguished; provided, that
the amount of such annual tax may be reduced by the
amount of the proceeds of the assessments hereinafter pro-
vided for which shall be on hand at the time of such tax
levy and available for the payment of the principal and in-
terest of such bonds or notes, which amount shall thereafter
be held and applied solely to such payment. The provisions
of this section shall constitute separate and complete author-
ity for the assessment of such annual tax, and they shall not
be limited by any other provisions of this act or affected by
any ineffectiveness or invalidity thereof.

Section 2. Section 6A of said chapter 369, inserted by
said chapter 89, is hereby amended by striking out, in fines
1 to 4, the words "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 six, and Avhen a vote
to that effect has been passed" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — When said town shall have accepted this act.

Section 3. The votes of said town, passed November
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty, accepting said chapter
three hundred and sixty-nine; passed February twenty-
third, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, accepting said chapter
eighty-nine; and passed October thirteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, authorizing the issue of bonds or notes
not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars under
said chapter three hundred and sixty-nine, as amended by
said chapter eighty-nine, and bonds or notes not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars under chapter forty-four of
the General Laws, are hereby validated, and said bonds may
be issued under said chapter three hundred and sixty-nine,
as amended by said chapter eightj^-nine, and by this act
and under said chapter forty-four, as amended, respectively.

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

Approved February 23, 1955.

An Act enabling American unitarian youth and uni- Chap. 87

VERSALIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP TO COMPLETE THEIR CON-
SOLIDATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. American Unitarian Youth and Universalist
Youth Fellowship, corporations established and existing

54 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 87.

under the laws of the commonwealth, are hereby authorized
to consolidate into one corporation, under the name Liberal
Rehgious Youth, with all the privileges, powers and im-
munities which said existing corporations have heretofore
acquired or enjoyed by statute or otherwise, and, except as
provided otherwise in this section with respect to meetings,
with the powers, privileges and immunities set forth in all
general laws pertaining to corporations organized under
chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws and all
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto for any
educational, charitable, benevolent or religious purpose,
which consolidated corporation shall in all respects be a con-
tinuation of and the lawful successor to said existing cor-
porations. Said consolidated corporation and its officers
and directors may hold their meetings, annual or otherwise,
anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Section 2. Upon such consolidation all property of said
existing corporations, including all bequests, devises, gifts
and transfers of any kind heretofore made to them, shall vest
in and may be received by said consolidated corporation, and
all bequests, devises, gifts and transfers of any kind hereafter
made to or for the benefit of said existing corporations shall
vest in said consolidated corporation, and said consolidated
corporation shall have with respect to such property and with
respect to such bequests, devises, gifts and transfers, whether
heretofore or hereafter made, the same powers, rights and
privileges as would have been possessed by said existing
corporations had such consolidation not been effected;
provided, that no property now held by, or hereafter be-
queathed, devised or given to, either of said existing cor-
porations upon specific and limited charitable uses and
trusts, as distinguished from property held by, or hereafter
bequeathed, devised or given to, them for their general
purposes, shall be so received unless authorized by decree of
a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 3. The officers, or any of them, of each of said
existing corporations are hereby respectively authorized to
execute and deliver all instruments and to perform all such
other acts as may be necessary or proper to carry out and
implement the consolidation authorized by this act.

Section 4. Said consohdation shall be effective and
complete when each of the said existing corporations, at a
meeting called for the purpose, shall have accepted this act,
and certified copies of the acceptance votes shall have been
filed with the state secretary and recorded in the registry of
deeds for the county of Suffolk.

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

Approved February 23, 1955.

ACTS; 1955. — Chaps. 88, 89. 55

An Act further regulating the age op enlistment in Chap. 88

THE uniformed BRANCH OF THE DIVISION OF STATE
POLICE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The first paragraph of section 9A of chapter 22 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last ^tt! 'amended.'
sentence, as amended by section 1 of chapter 313 of the acts
of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence:— No person who has not reached his twenty-first Agerequire-
birthday nor any person who has passed his thirtieth birth- "olfce."
day shall be enlisted for the first time as an officer of the
division of state police, except that said maximum age quali-
fication shall not apply in the case of the enhstment of any
woman as such an officer. Approved February 23, 1955.

An Act making certain changes in the law relative Chap. 89

TO the ADOPTION OF CHILDREN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 3 of chapter 210 of the General Laws, as most re- o. l. (Xer.
cently amended by chapter Gl of the acts of 1953, is hereby ^tc"^'ameAded
further amended by striking out, in line 7, the words "in this
commonwealth", — so as to read as follows: — Section 3.
The consent of the persons named in section two, other than Adoption of
the child or her husband, if any, shall not be required if the reilufted
person to be adopted is of full age, nor shall the consent of
any such person other than the child be required if such
person is adjudged by the court hearing the petition to be
hopelessly insane, or is imprisoned in any penal institution
under sentence for a term of which more than three years
remain unexpired at the date of the petition; or if he has
wilfully deserted or neglected to provide proper care and
maintenance for such child for one year last preceding the
date of the petition, and the foregoing provision shall be
appUcable to the parent or parents of the child and their
consent shall not be required notwithstanding the absence of
a court decree ordering said parent or parents to pay for the
support of said child, and notwithstanding a court decree
awarding custody of said child to another; or if he has
suffered such child to be supported for more than one year
continuously prior to the petition by an incorporated chari-
table institution or by a town or by the commonwealth; or
if he has been sentenced to imprisonment for drunkenness
upon a third conviction within one year and neglects to
provide proper care and maintenance for such child; or if
such person has been convicted of being a common night
walker or a lewd, wanton and lascivious person, and neglects
to provide proper care and maintenance for such child. A
giving up in writing of a child, for the purpose of adoption,
to an incorporated charitable institution or the department
of public welfare shall operate as a consent to any adoption

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Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 90, 91, 92.

subsequently approved by such institution or said depart-
ment. Notice of the petition shall be given to the depart-
ment of public welfare, if the child is supported by a town or
by the commonwealth, and if the child is supported by a
town, notice shall also be given to the board of public welfare
thereof, and in Boston said notice shall be given both to the
overseers of the public welfare in the city of Boston and to
the institutions department. Approved February 23, 1955.

Chap. 90 An Act relative to the salary of the superintendent
OF construction in the department of school build-
ings OF the city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 351 of the acts of 1929 is hereby amended by
striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 2. The department of school
buildings of the city of Boston is hereby established and
shall be under the charge of a superintendent of construction
who shall be elected by the board of commissioners and shall
serve at the pleasure of said board. His salary shall be es-
tablished by said board of commissioners, with the approval
of the school committee. He shall make a written report to
the mayor, to the school committee and to the board of
commissioners annually or oftener as the mayor, or the school
committee or the board of commissioners may require and
in such manner and detail as may be required.

Approved February 23, 1955.

Chap. 91 An Act relating to penalties for excessive loads

ON bridges.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 85 § 35,
amended.

Vehicular
loads on
bridges,
regulated.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 35 of chapter 85 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence: — Any person operating a vehicle
the weight of which with its load exceeds the maximum
weight as posted under this section or section thirty-four
shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred
dollars, unless said veliicle is being operated in accordance
with the terms of a special permit issued under the pro-
visions of section thirty. Approved February 23, 1955.

Chap. 92 An Act requiring lockers for employees of railroads.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 139 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as ap-
pearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "hotel", in line 2, the words: —
or railroad. Approved February 23. 1966.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149.
S 139,
amended.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 93, 94, 95, 96. 57

An Act relative to the term of office of the present (jfiQjy 93

CITY solicitor OF THE CITY OF MALDEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The term of the present incumbent of the
office of the city solicitor of the city of Maiden shall expire
on March first, nineteen hundred and fift)''-nine.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the common council and the board of aldermen
of said city. Approved February 23, 1955.

An Act authorizing the placing of the office of super- (^f)Q'p 94
intendent of central motor equipment division of

the city of SALEM UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The office of superintendent of central motor
equipment division of the city of Salem, shall, upon the
effective date of this act, become subject to the civil service
laws and rules, and the tenure of office of any incumbent
thereof shall be unlimited, subject, however, to said laws.
The incumbent of said office on said effective date shall be
subjected to a qualifying examination for said office by the
division of civil service. If said incumbent passes said
examination, he shall be certified for such office and shall be
deemed to be permanently appointed thereto without serving
any probationary period, and his tenure of office shall be
unlimited, subject, however, to the provisions of said laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city and subject to the
approval of the mayor, but not otherwise.

Approved February 23, 1955.

An Act abolishing the payment of fees to doctors and nhr,^ Of;

UNDERTAKERS FOR RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. P-

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first paragraph of section 3 of chapter 46 EJ^iPj ,
of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary amended. '
Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth
sentence.

Section 2. Section 1 1 of said chapter 46, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence, fmende^d.* ^^'

Approved February 23, 1955.

An Act relating to the use and control of play- Chap. 96

grounds.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 14 of chapter 45 of the General Laws, as appear- o. l. (Ter.
ing in chapter 256 of the acts of 1949, is hereby amended by ftcll'am^ided.
striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof

58 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 97.

^^tr°i*of ^^^ following two sentences: — Land and buildings so
certain acQuired, Icascd or constructed may be used also for town

rigufaTed'!'^^' meetings, and, with the consent of, and subject to the con-
ditions and terms prescribed by, the officer or board in
control of the land or building, may be used by the munici-
pality, or by any department thereof, or by any person,
society or other organization for such other public, recrea-
tional, social or educational purposes as the said officer or
board may deem proper. The foregoing provisions shall
apply to land and buildings acquired for playground pur-
poses, or for park and playground purposes, but shall not
apply to land and buildings acquired solely for park pur-
poses. Approved February 23, 1955.

Chap. 97 An Act providing that three members of the Gloucester

SCHOOL COMMITTEE BE ELECTED BIENNIALLY FOR TERMS
OF FOUR YEARS, AND CHANGING THE METHOD OF FILLING
VACANCIES IN SAID COMMITTEE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
thirty-one of chapter forty-three of the General Laws
relative to terms of school committee members, the six
elective members of the school committee of the city of
Gloucester shall be elected for terms of four years each.

Section 2. At the next regular municipal election to be
held in the city of Gloucester the six persons receiving the
highest number of votes for the office of school committee-
man shall be elected. The three members receiving the
highest number of votes shall serve terms of four years and
the other three members shall serve terms of two years, and
bienniallj'' thereafter three members shall be elected to serve
for four years, notwithstanding any provision of said chapter
forty-three.

Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
one hundred and two of chapter forty-three of the General
Laws, if a member of the school committee of the city of
Gloucester resigns, or if there is a vacancy in said committee
by reason of death, imprisonment or any other cause, the
mayor and the remaining members of the school committee
shall, within fifteen days after the vacancy arises, elect a
suitable person to fill the vacancy until the first Monday in
January following the next regular municipal election, and
if there would be a vacancy on said first Monday, it shall be
filled for the balance of the unexpired term by whichever of
the defeated candidates for the office of school committee-
man at the preceding regular municipal election, who are
eligible and willing to serve, received the highest number of
votes at such election.

Section 4. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Gloucester at its next
regular municipal election in the form of the following ques-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 98. 59

tion, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used
at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the General
Court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled
*An Act providing that three members of the Gloucester
school committee be elected biennially for terms of four years,
and changing the method of filling vacancies in said com-
mittee', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer
to said question is in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon
take full effect and shall be applicable to the school com-
mitteemen selected by the voters at said regular municipal
election. Approved February 23, 195,5.

An Act authorizing the city of Lawrence to change Chap. 98

THE name of the BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Part II of chapter 621 of the acts of 1911 is
hereby amended by striking out section 38, as most recently
amended by section 1 of chapter 170 of the acts of 1954,
and inserting in place thereof the following section : —
Section 38. There shall be the following administrative
officers who shall perform the duties prescribed by law for
them, respectively, and such further duties, not inconsistent
with the nature of their respective offices, and with general
law, as the city council may prescribe, except as is otherwise
provided herein: a city clerk, a city treasurer, a collector of
taxes, a city auditor, a purchasing agent, a board of public
welfare consisting of five persons, a city engineer, a city
physician, a board of health consisting of three persons, of
whom the city physician shall be one, a city solicitor, a board
of park commissioners consisting of five persons, a board of
sinking fund commissioners consisting of three persons, a
board of assessors consisting of three persons, a board of
trustees of the public Ubrary consisting of nine persons, as
provided in section twenty-eight of this chapter, a board of
cemetery directors consisting of five persons as hereinafter
provided, and a board of trustees of the Bessie M. Burke
Memorial hospital and infirmary consisting of seven per-
sons, as provided in section thirty-nine A. The mayor shall
be, ex officio, chairman and a member of the board of public
welfare.

Section 2. Section 42 of said Part II of said chapter
621 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 7, the words
"overseers of the poor" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — board of public welfare, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 1^2. The city council, subject to the provisions of
section forty-four, shall have the power to appoint, suspend
or remove the following officers, to wit: the city clerk,
city treasurer, collector of taxes, city auditor, city solicitor,
purchasing agent, assessors, sinking fund commissioners,
trustees of the public library, directors of the cemetery and
board of public welfare.

60

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 99, 100.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Lawrence, subject to the
provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved February S3, 1955.

Chap. 99 An Act further regulating the observance of colum-

BUS DAY, so called.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 4, § 7.
etc., amended.

Observance of
Columbus day,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 4, § 7.
etc., further
amended.
Same subject.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Clause Eighteenth of section 7 of chapter 4
of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 1
of chapter 128 of the acts of 1954, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end the following paragraph : —

Whenever October twelfth, hereinbefore defined as a
legal holiday, falls on a day other than a Monday the legal
holiday for such date shall be observed on the Monday
nearest the said enumerated date.

Section 2. The next to the last paragraph of clause
Eighteenth of section 7 of said chapter 4, as appearing in
section 1 of chapter 128 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended
by striking out, in Une 2, the words ", October twelfth".

Approved February 23, 1955.

Chap. 100 An Act relative to the definition of cannabis.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 94,
§ 197, etc.,
amended.

Cannabis
(marijuana),
defined for
purposes of
sale and dis-
tribution of
narcotic drugs.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94,
§ 206, etc.,
repealed.

Section 1. Section 197 of chapter 94 of the General
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking
out the third paragraph, as most recently amended by
section 1 of chapter 305 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in
place thereof the following paragraph : —

"Narcotic drug", coca leaves, cocaine, alpha or beta
eucaine, or any synthetic substitute for them or any salts,
compound or derivative thereof except decocainized coca
leaves and preparations thereof, opium, morphine, heroin,
codeine, or any preparation thereof or any salt, compound
or derivative of the same; and cannabis (sometimes called
marihuana or marijuana), including all parts of the plant
cannabis saliva L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof;
the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every
compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or prepara-
tion of such plant, its seeds or resin; but shall not include
the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such
stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any
other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or
preparation of such mature stalks, except the resin extracted
therefrom, fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of such
plant which is incapable of germination.

Section 2. Section two hundred and six of said chapter
ninety-four, as amended by section six of chapter four
hundred and twelve of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty-five, is hereby repealed. Approved February 23, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 101, 102, 103. 61

An Act authorizing the town of Plymouth to com- Chaj) -101

PENSATE RALPH TORRANCE OF PLYMOUTH FOR SERVICE
AS veterans' services DIRECTOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of discharging a moral obligation, the
town of Plymouth is hereby authorized to appropriate and
pay to Ralph Torrance the sum of seven hundred dollars
and sixty-two cents as compensation for services rendered by
him to the town as Veterans' Services director during the
period beginning with May eighteenth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, and ending on June third, nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, said obligation being otherwise legally un-
enforceable against said town. Approved February 23, 1955.

An Act authorizing selectmen to make certain ap- ChaV'^^2

POINTMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The second paragraph of section 8 A of chap- o. l. (Ter.
ter 40 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of fsi'.tti.,
chapter 297 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by amended.
striking out, in Unes 7 and 8, the words "elected at the ofl^cIysTrt?
annual town meeting" and inserting in place thereof the commissions
words : — appointed by the selectmen.

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

Approved February 24, 1955.

An Act relative to the control of all ponds or lakes C/iO».103

OR portions thereof in the town of HANSON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Hanson, through its board of
selectmen, may from time to time make rules and regula-
tions governing fishing, boating, bathing, skating and other
recreational activities in or on the ponds or lakes or any
portions thereof in the town of Hanson. Such rules and
regulations relative to fishing shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the division of fisheries and game of the department
of natural resources, and such other rules and regulations
shall be subject to the approval of the state department of
pubUc works, and when so approved shall have the force
of law.

Section 2. The town of Hanson, through its board of
selectmen, may from time to time make rules and regula-
tions as to the erection, maintenance and control of all public
bathhouses on the shores of the ponds or lakes in which bath-
ing is permitted in said town.

Section 3. Any police officer of said town may patrol
any part of the waters of said ponds and lakes, and shall have
authority to arrest any person violating any law of the com-
monwealth in, on or adjacent to the waters of said lakes and

62 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 104, 105.

ponds or violating any rule or regulation established under
this act.

Section 4. The violation of any rule or regulation es-
tablished under this aot shall be punished by a fine of not
more than twenty dollars.

Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
abridge the powers and duties of said department of public
works under chapter ninety-one of the General Laws.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 24, 1955.

Chap.104: An Act authorizing the ludlow savings bank to ac-
quire additional real estate suitable for a parking

LOT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Ludlow Savings Bank, incorporated
under the laws of the commonwealth, may invest its de-
posits to an amount not exceeding forty-four hundred dollars
and forty-five cents in the purchase and preparation of a
suitable site in the town of Ludlow for a parking lot to be
used in the transaction of its business.

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

Approved February 24, 1955.

Chap. 105 An Act authorizing the town of adams to convey.

certain park land to JAMES PIERI OF SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Adams is hereby authorized to
convey to James Fieri of said town a portion of Renfrew
Field, now under the jurisdiction of the Adams Fark and
Flayground Commission, bounded and described as follows:
— Beginning at an iron pipe driven into the ground at a
point marking the southeasterly corner of land of Frank
Brenner which is the most southwesterly corner of land of
the grantee herein; thence N 70° 27' 40" E along a southerly
line of said grantee's land one hundred and two and ninety-
five hundredths (102.95) feet to an iron pipe driven into the
ground in the most northwesterly corner of land now sup-
posedly owned by Emile L. and Albina E. Hebert; thence
S 26° 29' W sixteen and forty-five hundredths (16.45) feet
to an iron pipe driven into the ground; thence S 13° 59' W
eighty-eight and eighty-three hundredths (88.83) feet to an
iron pipe driven into the ground; thence N 45° 44' 10" W
ninety-five and twenty-six hundredths (95.26) feet to the
iron pipe at the point of beginning.

The second and third courses herein bound on the westerly
line of Lots #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and a part of Lot #6 shown on a
plan which is entitled "Plan of a subdivision of land in
Adams, Massachusetts, owned by Ahce Holvec" which plan
is dated July 9, 1952, and was made by Henry C. Neff,
Civil Engineer.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 106, 107. 63

The land above described is more particularly delineated
on a plan entitled, "Plan of a Parcel of Land in Adams to be
conveyed by the Inhabitants of Adams to James Pieri",
dated December 29, 1954, and drawn by Henry C. Neff,
Civil Engineer.

Section 2. Said conveyance shall be subject to, and in
consideration of, the conveyance by said James Pieri by
quitclaim deed of a strip of land to said town for highway
purposes.

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

Approved February 24, 1965.

An Act authorizing the commissioner of labor and (7/^^^ i06

INDUSTRIES to SUSPEND THE OPERATION OF CERTAIN LABOR ^'

LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The commissioner of labor and industries is hereby
authorized, in conformity with Article XX of Part the First
of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, to suspend until
July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, the application or
operation of any provision of chapter one hundred and forty-
nine of the General Laws or of any rule or regulation made
thereunder, regulating, limiting or prohibiting the employ-
ment of women, or of minors over the age of sixteen, or both.
The commissioner shall exercise this authority when he
finds, after opportunity has been given to interested parties
to be heard, that an emergency exists or that conditions of
hardship in an industry, branch of an industry, or individual
establishment require or justify the suspension of any provi-
sion of such laws, rules or regulations. Suspensions issued
by the commissioner shall prescribe, and may be either
granted or limited to, one or more particular departments,
operations or occupations within an establishment, or a par-
ticular industry or branch of an industry. The commissioner
shall appoint industry advisory committees, on which em-
ployers and employees shall be equally represented, to con-
sult and advise with him in matters relating to the sus-
pensions authorized by this act.

Approved February 24, 1955.

An Act providing for the issuance of certificates of Chap. 107

ADOPTION AND THE CORRECTION OF RECORDS OF BIRTHS TO
CONFORM TO SUCH CERTIFICATES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 210 of the General %;y^'^iQ^'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second para- § e", etc. '
graph, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 155 of the acts of ^^^^^^ •
1943, and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : —

No decree shall be made under this section until there has certain
been filed in the court a statement, signed and sworn to by adopTion!
the petitioner, or petitioners, setting forth the date of birth regulated.

64

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 107.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 210,
new § 6A,
added.
Issuance of
certificates
of adoption,
provided.

Form of
certificate.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 46,
§ 13, etc.,
amended.

Correction of
birth records
of certain
adopted per-
sons, au-
thorized.

and place of residence of each adopting parent and such
other facts relating to each such parent as would be required
by section thirteen of chapter forty-six for the correction of
the record of the birth of the person sought to be adopted,
and also a copy of the birth record of such person ; provided,
that in case such person has been previously adopted, either
a copy of the record of his birth amended to conform to the
previous decree of adoption or a copy of such decree may be
so filed; and, provided further, that the fiUng of any such
copy may be dispensed with if the judge is satisfied that it
cannot be obtained.

Section 2. Said chapter 210 is hereby further amended
by inserting after said section 6 the following section : —
Section 6 A. The court shall forthwith, following the mak-
ing of a decree of adoption, issue to the petitioner, or pe-
titioners, a certificate of adoption setting forth all the facts
relating to the adopting parent, or parents, as appearing in
the statement required to be filed by section six, the name of,
and all other facts relating to, the person adopted, as appear-
ing in any copy of birth record or decree of adoption filed as
required by said section, the name of the court making such
decree and the date thereof, and, if such decree authorizes a
change in the name of the person adopted, his name as so
changed; provided, that if such person is of illegitimate
birth, the name, or names, of, and all other facts relating to,
his natural parent, or parents, shall be omitted from such
certificate.

Certificates under this section shall be made on forms fur-
nished by the state secretary, and shall provide for the indi-
cating thereon by the adopting parent, or parents, as to
whether or not a correction of the record of the birth of the
person adopted is desired; and, in case such desire is so
indicated, the court shall forthwith send a certified copy of
such certificate to the clerk of the city or town where such
person was born.

Section 3. Section 13 of chapter 46 of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph
appearing in section 1 of chapter 261 of the acts of 1953 and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

If a person shall have been adopted by judicial decree
or a person so adopted has had his name legally changed at
a later date to that of his adoptive parents, or if a person of
illegitimate birth shall have acquired a new name by judicial
decree, the town clerk shall receive the certificate of such
adoption issued under authority of section six A of chapter
two hundred and ten, or a copy of such decree. Said clerk
shall forthwith, after receiving such a certificate, notify the
adopting parents of his receipt thereof, and, upon payment
to him of the fees prescribed by section thirty-four of chap-
ter two hundred and sixty-two, he shall correct the record of
birth of the person so adopted in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided and furnish to such parents a certified copy of such
record, as so corrected.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 108. 65

Section 4. Said section 13 of said chapter 46 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
further amended by striking out the paragraph most re- ftcl^'f^her^'
cently amended by section 2 of said chapter 261 of the acts amended.
of 1953 and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph:—

He shall file any affidavit, certificate of adoption, certified gu^ect.
copy of such decree or copy of record submitted under this
section, and record it in a separate book kept therefor, with
the name and residence 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 accord-
ance with such affidavit, certificate or decree, including, in
case of a certificate or decree of adoption and in cases of
persons adopted who have had their names legally changed
later, 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 a certified copy of the corrected, amended
or supplemented record upon blanks to be provided by him,
and the state secretary shall thereupon correct, amend or
supplement the record in his office.

Section 5. Section 16 of said chapter 46, as amended by g. l. (Ter.
section 4 of chapter 351 of the acts of 1941, is hereby further ^tc'^'am^n^ded
amended by adding at the end the following sentence: —
The state secretary shall prepare and furnish to the probate state secretary
courts of the several counties forms for certificates of adop- J° prepare and

,, ••Ai't 1111 furnish forms.

tion required by section six A of chapter two hundred and ten.

Approved February 24, 1955.

An Act pertaining to the transfer of the membership C/iap.lOS
and funds of certain limited fraternal benefit
societies.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The third paragraph of section 45 of chapter g. l. (Ter.
176 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out §45;eVc*,'
the last sentence, as appearing in chapter 104 of the acts of amended.
1932, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: —
With the written approval of the commissioner and the con- Transfer of
sent of each corporation expressed by vote at a duly called ^c^orcMUm
meeting, any corporation governed by this section may [[f*^™'^'
transfer its membership and funds to any other domestic corporations,
society organized under this chapter. regulated.

Section 2. The fourth paragraph of section 46 of said o- l. (Xer.
chapter 176 is hereby amended by striking out the first §46.' etc.,'
sentence, as appearing in chapter 274 of the acts of 1941, and amended,
inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — With the
written approval of the commissioner and the consent of

66

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 109, 110, 111.

Transfer of
membership,
etc., of cer-
tain fraternal
benefit socie-
ties, regulated.

each society expressed by vote at a duly called meeting, any
society subject to this section may transfer its membership
and funds to any other domestic society organized under
this chapter. Approved February 24, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 71, § 4,
etc., amended.

High schools
to remain
open at least
one hundred
and eighty
days.

Chap. 10^ An Act relative to the number of days a high school

SHALL REMAIN OPEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 4 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as amended
by chapter 260 of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended
by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following sentence : — One or more courses of
study, at least four years in length, shall be maintained in
such high school and it shall be kept open for the benefit of
all inhabitants of the town for at least one hundred and
eighty days, exclusive of vacations, in each school year,
unless specifically exempted as to any one school year by the
department because of epidemic, extraordinary weather con-
ditions deemed by school officials to be dangerous to the
safety and health of pupils, or other emergency; provided,
however, that the date of graduation from such high school
may precede the regular closing date of the school by not
more than twelve school days; and provided, further, that
pupils graduating shall not be released from attendance prior
to the fifteenth day of May. Approved February S4, 1955.

C/iap. 110 An Act relative to the office of city engineer in the

CITY OF MALDEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 384 of the acts of 1954
is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence : — Upon the
appointment and quahfication of the public works commission
as aforesaid, the street and water commission, the park com-
mission, the board of survey and the office of the city forester
shall thereupon be aboUshed.

Section 2. Section 3 of said chapter 384 is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following sentence: —
The city engineer shall be appointed annually by the mayor
and aldermen and his salary shall be fixed by ordinance and
he shall, in addition to other duties prescribed by law, be in
charge of the division of engineering.

Approved February 24, 1965.

Chap.Wl An Act relative to the allowance of hours for meals

FOR women and children IN MECHANICAL ESTABLISH-
MENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^" ilgT" Section 101 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as amended

§ ibi, etc., by chapter 335 of the acts of 1938, is hereby further amended

amended. j f 7 .,

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 112, 113, 114. 67

by inserting after the word "workshops", in lines 6 and 8,
in each instance, the words : — or mechanical establishments.

Approved February 2 4, 1955.

An Act to provide a penalty for assault by means of ChavAVl

A DANGEROUS WEAPON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g l. (Ter.
inserting after section 15 A, as appearing in the Tercentenary new § i5b.
Edition, the following section: — Section 15B. Whoever, by ^'^^'^■
means of a dangerous weapon, commits an assault upon as^sauit^wfth
another shall be punished by imprisonment in the state ^ea^po^n"^""^
prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more
than one thousand dollars or imprisonment in jail for not
more than two and one half years.

Approved February 24, 1955.

An Act further regulating the employment of children C/iap.l 13

UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 60 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as most gdVu""
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 109 of the acts of §60,' etc!
1947, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 10, Em'^l^tent
the words ", pool or billiard room", — and by striking out, of certain
in hues 13 to 15, inclusive, the words "or in any contract or regulated,
wage earning industiy carried on in tenement or other
houses". Approved February 24, 1955.

An Act authorizing the town of palmer to convey Chav.114:
certain land to AMVETS, romuald renaud post #74 .

OF the MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF AMVETS, INC.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Palmer is hereby authorized to
convey to AMVETS, Romuald Renaud Post #74 of the
Massachusetts Department of AMVETS, Inc., in considera-
tion of nine thousand dollars, two certain parcels of real
estate, with the buildings thereon, situate on the northerly
side of East Main street in the village of Three Rivers, town
of Palmer, which real estate was taken in fee for school
purposes and described in an instrument of taking of lands
owned by John P. O'Connor and Zephire LaCoste dated
December tenth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and re-
corded with Hampden County Registry of Deeds, book one
thousand and forty-three, page one hundred and sixteen.
The deed of conveyance may contain such restrictions as the
selectmen shall deem proper and for the best interests of the
town of Palmer.

Section 2. The real estate referred to in section one is
bounded and described as follows : —

Parcel One. — Beginning at a point in the northerly side

68 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 115.

of said East Main street and at the southwesterly corner of
land of the Otis Company, thence N. 13° 15' W. along land of
said Otis Company two hundred twenty feet to land of
Zephire LaCoste, thence northwesterly along said LaCoste
land about four hundred eighty feet to the Swift river, thence
southwesterly on said river to land now or formerly of James
Barber, thence southeasterly along land now or formerly of
said Barber about five hundred seventy feet to the northerly
side of said East Main street, thence easterly along the
northerly side of said East Main street about eighty-one and
five tenths feet to the place of beginning.

Parcel Two. — Beginning at a point at the northwesterly
corner of land of the Otis Company and in line of land of
John P. O'Connor, said point being two hundred twenty
feet northwesterly from the northerly Hne of said East Main
street, thence N, 77° 20' E. along land of the Otis Company
and other land of said LaCoste about two hundred seventy
feet to land now or formerly of Pierre and Marie Leveille,
thence northwesterly about eight hundred feet along last
named land and land now or formerly of Louis Leveille,
Albert Barber, Cells Camerlin, C. Paquette, Philomen Smith,
the westerly terminus of Lafayette avenue, so called, and land
now or formerly of E. Cantin to a stone bound in line of land
of said Cantin, thence northwesterly about one hundred
thirty feet along land now or formerly of said Cantin and
Riverview avenue to the Swift river, thence southerly and
southwesterly on said river to land of John P. O'Connor,
thence southeasterly along land of said John P. O'Connor
about four hundred eighty feet to the place of beginning.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the voters of said town at an annual town meeting or any
. meeting duly called for the purpose.

Approved February 24, 1955.

Chap. 11 5 An Act relative to the term of office of the treasurer

OF the LUNENBURG WATER DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter
seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-nine to
the contrary, the treasurer of the Lunenburg Water District
of Lunenburg, established by said chapter seventeen, shall
at the annual district meeting in the current year be elected
for a term of two years and upon the expiration of said term
shall thereafter be elected for a term of three years.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the district at a
district meeting called for the purpose.

Approved February S4, 1955.

Acts, 1955 —Chaps. 116, 117, 118. 69

An Act authorizing thf] city of somerville to revoke Chap.llQ

ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE LAW APPLICABLE TO TENEMENT
HOUSES IN CITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of aldermen of the city of Somer-
ville, at any regular meeting or special meeting called for
the purpose within three years from the effective date of
this act may, by majority vote, revoke its acceptance of
chapter one hundred and forty-four of the General Laws,
being an act relative to tenement houses in cities, and there-
after the provisions of said chapter shall not apply in said
city. Nothing herein contained shall prevent said city from
again accepting the provisions of said chapter after the revo-
cation of its acceptance thereof.

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

Approved March 1. 1955.

An Act relative to adoptions. Chap. 117

Whereas, the deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to prevent hardship to certain P'"'"'"n*>ie.
persons who have heretofore filed petitions for adoption,
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 2 A of chapter 210 of the General Laws, inserted eVuJio"'
by section 1 of chapter 649 of the acts of 1954, shall not apply § 2a', etc',
to petitions for adoption of a child filed prior to and pending p^t^"^ngfor
at the time said section 2A became effective. adoptions.

Approved March 1, 1955. ^^^^''^t^d.

An Act relative to the term and amount of co-oper- Chav. IIS
ative bank mortgages.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section I. Subsection 2 of section 24 of chapter 170 of g. l. (Ter.
the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 371 f24,'eVc,'
of the acts of 1950, is hereby amended by striking out, in amended.
line 4, the word "twenty", and inserting in place thereof Jp™t°ve™ank
the word : — twenty-five. mortgages.

Section 2. Subsection 3 of said section 24 of said chap- o. l. (Ter.
ter 170, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after §^24,'eVc,*
the word "committee", in line 4, the following: — ; pro- l^^^^l^^
vided, that the amount of any loan made for a term to exceed Amount of
twenty years shall not exceed seventy per cent of the value of l°^'°^''^^^^^
the mortgaged property as certified by the security com- g.iges.
mittee. Approved March 1, 1955.

70 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 119, 120, 121.

Chap.119 An Act relative to policies of life insurance other

THAN GROUP POLICIES, INSURING MORE THAN ONE PERSON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows :

Ed^i?r' Section 132 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as

§ 132, etc.. amended, is hereby further amended by inserting after pro-
amended, vision 11 the followinsc provision: —

Certain ^^ 12. The term "insured" as used in provision 4 hereof

life insurance, shall iiiclude any other person whose age is considered in de-
regulated, termining the amount of any premium under a pohcy. The
term "evidence of insurabihty satisfactory to the company"
as used in provision 11 hereof shall include evidence of in-
surability of any person upon whose death a benefit may
accrue or become payable under the policy.

Approved March 1, 1955.

Chap. 120 An Act relating to priority of emergency calls on

PARTY LINE TELEPHONES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^" 166 '■ Chapter 166 of the General Laws is hereby amended by in-

new '§i5C, serting after section 15B the following section: — Sec-
Emer enc ^^^^ ^^^- ^^^^ persou who shall wilfully refuse to yield or
caUs on party surrender the use of a party telephone hne to another person
regulated!'""''^' for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a
fire or to summons pohce, medical or other aid in case of emer-
gency and any person who shall ask for or request the use of
such party hne on pretext that such an emergency exists
knowing that no such emergency in fact does exist shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of
Penalty. uot less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dol-

lars. Every telephone company doing business in the com-
monwealth shall print a copy of this section in a prominent
place in each telephone directory published by it.

Approved March 1, 1955.

Chap. 121 An Act relative to the making of contracts by the

CITY of NEWTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 28 of chapter 283 of the acts of 1897
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the words "five
hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words: — one
thousand, — and by striking out, in hne 10, the words "city
auditor" and inserting in place thereof the words: — comp-
troller of accounts, — so as to read as follows: — Section 28.
All officers and boards shall have charge of the making of
contracts in their respective departments. Every contract
made by any oflacer or board where the amount involved is
one thousand dollars or more shall be in writing, shall be
accompanied by a sufficient bond for the faithful perform-
ance of the contract, and shall not be deemed to have been

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 122, 123. 71

made or executed until the approval of the mayor, in writing,
is affixed to the contract and the bond, after which they
shall be deposited with the comptroller of accounts. No
such contract shall be altered unless the contractor, the sure-
ties on the bond, if any, the officer making the contract, and
the mayor, shall, in writing, agree thereto.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the board of aldermen of said city, subject to
the provisions of its charter, during the current year.

Approved March 1, 1955.

An Act relative to the making of real estate loans Chav.^22

BY CREDIT UNIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The first paragraph of subdivision (B) of section 24 of Ed^i?r'
chapter 171 of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- §24.' etc,'
serting after the second sentence, as amended by chapter 163 ''™''"'^^'^-
of the acts of 1952, the following sentence: — Any credit i^^^g'^*''*®
union having assets of five hundred thousand dollars or more credit unions,
may loan upon any one parcel of real estate to an amount ""^suiated.
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, and the total liability
of any one member as borrower on loans so secured shall not
exceed twenty-four thousand dollars.

Approved March 1, 1955.

An Act relative to the oath of office of certain town Chap. 123

OFFICERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 107 of chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby 2^^•^^*"■■
amended by striking out the second sentence, as amended §107. etc,
by chapter 44 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place amended,
thereof the following sentence: — Every person elected as Oath of office
a moderator of a town or district or to any other town office town'^officera,
designated by name in section one, or as an officer of a dis- regulated.
trict, which district includes two or more towns, before en-
tering upon his official duties shall be sworn to the faithful
performance thereof either by the town clerk in the case of
a moderator, and in all other cases by the moderator, or by
the town clerk in the town in which he resides, and, unless
other provision is specifically made by law, shall enter upon
the performance of his duties on the day after his election,
or as soon thereafter as he is qualified, and shall hold office
during the term fixed by law, which shall begin on the day
after said election, and until another person is qualified in
his stead. Approved March 1, 1955.

72

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 124, 125.

Chap. 124: An Act relating to the approval of lamps on motor

VEHICLES AND TRAILERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The first paragraph of section 7 of chapter 90 of the Gen-
eral Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the twelfth and thirteenth sentences, and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence: — No headlamp or
rear lamp shall be used on any motor vehicle so operated un-
less such headlamp or rear lamp is of a type compljdng with
such minimum standards for construction and performance
as the registrar may prescribe. Approved March 1, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 90. § 7.
etc.. amended.

Lamps on
motor vehicles
and trailers.

Chap. 125 An Act relative to the admissibility in evidence of

BUSINESS AND PUBLIC RECORDS.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 233.
§ 79E, etc.,
amended.

Admissibility
in evidence
of certain
business and
public records,
regulated.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 79 E of chapter 233 of the General Laws, inserted
by chapter 120 of the acts of 1952, is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "unless", in line 13, the words: —
created by a person other than the holder and, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 79E. If any business, institu-
tion, member of a profession or calhng, or any department
or agency of government, in the regular course of business
or activity, has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing
entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any
act, transaction, occurrence or event, and in the regular
course of business has caused any or all of the same to be
recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photo-
static, microfihn, microcard, miniature photographic, or
other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable
medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be
destroyed in the regular course of business unless created by
a person other than the holder and held in a custodial or
fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by
law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified,
shall, in the discretion of the court or administrative body,
be as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any
judicial or administrative proceeding, even though the
original is in existence, and an enlargement or facsimile of
such reproduction shall be Ukewise admissible in evidence if
the original reproduction is in existence and available for
inspection under direction of the court. The introduction
of a reproduced record, enlargement or facsimile shall not
preclude admission of the original.

Approved March 1, 1955.

AcTS> 1955. — Chaps. 126, 127. 73

An Act authorizing contributions by the county of f^/^^rj 126

BARNSTABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALLS OR
OTHER FORMS OF SHORE PROTECTION FOR TOWNS IN SAID
COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 98 of the acts of 1953 is hereby
amended by striking out, in Une 16, the word "one" and
inserting in place thereof the word : — two, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 1. The county of Barnstable is
hereby authorized to contribute to the cost of constructing
seawalls or other works to be built by the state department
of public works during the years nineteen hundred and
fifty-three, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five and nineteen hundred and fifty-six, under
authority of section eleven of chapter ninety-one of the
General Laws, for the protection of the shores of the towns
in said county from erosion by the sea, and the county
treasurer, with the approval of the county commissioners,
may pay the county's proportion of such cost from the
highway appropriation for the year during which the agree-
ment to make such payment is entered into or, for the
purpose of so contributing, may borrow from time to time
on the credit of the county such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Barnstable County
Shore Protection Loan, Act of 1953. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
payable in not more than five years from their dates. Such
bonds or notes shall be signed by the county treasurer and
countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners.
The county may sell such securities at pubhc 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. Approved March 1, 1955.

An Act authorizing certain towns to sell, lease or Chap. 127

LICENSE CERTAIN LAND TO A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 140 of chapter 71 of the General g l. (Xer.
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting ^\ic,ltc.,
after the word "building", as appearing in line 5 of chapter "tended.
214 of the acts of 1954, the words: — and any land ap-
purtenant thereto or used in connection therewith, — so as
to read as follows: — Section I4C. The agreement made isoofcer-
under section fourteen B, or any amendment to such an r^g^omi'i'idfooi
agreement, may contain provisions authorizing any member districts,
town to sell, lease or grant a hcense to use any school building ''" '°"^^ '

74 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 128, 129.

and any land appurtenant thereto or used in connection
therewith to the regional school district, and any such town
may authorize such sale, lease or license accordingly, not-
withstanding the provisions of section three of chapter
forty or any other provisions of law to the contrary. In case
of a sale, the price and time or times of payment and the
method by which the towns other than the selling town shall
be assessed for such payment shall be set forth in the agree-
ment or amendment ; but in no case shall payments be made
which shall extend over a period in excess of twenty years.
In the case of a lease or license to use, the rental or license fee
and terms of payment and assessment shall be set forth in
the agreement or amendment. The lease or license to use
may be for a term or period not in excess of twenty years,
and may contain provisions for the extension of the lease or
license to use for an additional term or period not in excess
of twenty years, at the option of the regional district school
committee.
Proviso. Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the vahdity

of any previously established regional school district.

Approved March 1, 1955.

Chap. 128 An Act relative to the eligibility for membership

ON LOCAL authorities.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

g^L. (Ter. Section 1. The first paragraph of section 26L of chap-

§26L, etc., ter 121 of the General Laws, as amended, is hereby further
amended. amended by inserting after the sentence inserted by section 1
of chapter 428 of the acts of 1954 the following sentence: —
Membership ]N^o tenant in a project operated by a housing authority shall

of housing 1-T.ri.-,

authorities. be a member oi such authority.

EdV ilr* Section 2. Section 26M of said chapter 121, as amended

§ 26M, etc., by section 2 of said chapter 428, is hereby further amended

amended^ ^^^ by adding at the end the following sentence: — A member

who becomes a tenant in a housing project shall thereupon

be removed by operation of law.

EUgibiiity of SECTION 3. A tenant of a housing authority now serving

member, as a member of such authority may continue to so serve

regulated. uutH the completiou of his term; provided, however, that

this act shall not be construed as a waiver of any restrictions

of any contract for financial assistance prohibiting members

of housing authorities from participating in any decision

relating to the project affecting his personal interest, nor any

other provision of any such contract.

Approved March 1, 1955.

Chap. 129 An Act relative to the tenure of office of the chief

OF POLICE OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The tenure of office of the incumbent of the
office of chief of police in the town of Middleton shall, upon

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 130, 131. 75

the effective date of this act, be unlimited. Said incumbent
shall not be removed from office, lowered in rank or sus-
pended, except for just cause and for reasons specifically
given him in writing by the board of selectmen.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the town of Middleton at a town meeting held in the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the oflficial ballot to be
used at said meeting: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled
'An Act relative to the tenure of office of the chief of pohce
of the town of Middleton' be accepted?" If a majority of
the votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative,
then this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not other-
wise. Approved March 2, 1955.

An Act authorizing the submission to the voters of C/ia». 130

THE CITY OP NORTHAMPTON OF THE QUESTION OF THE AC-
CEPTANCE OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW REGULATING
THE HOURS OF DUTY OF PERMANENT MEMBERS OF FIRE
DEPARTMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions
of section fifty-eight B of chapter forty-eight of the General
Laws, the question of the acceptance of said section may be
submitted for acceptance to the voters of the city of North-
ampton at its biennial 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 section
fifty-eight B of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws,
providing for a forty-eight hour week for permanent mem-
bers of fire departments, be accepted? " If a majority of the
votes cast in answer to said question is in the affirmative,
said section fifty-eight B shall take effect in said city ninety
days thereafter.

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

Approved March 2, 1955.

An Act clarifying the laws relating to the holding of C/ia».131
election inquests and to certain criminal trials
and proceedings.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section 30 of chapter 55 of the General Laws, g. l. (Xer.
as appearing in section 10 of chapter 537 of the acts of ^tl! 'amended.
1946, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words
"or trial justice", — and by striking out, in fine 7, the words
"or justice".

Section 2. Section 31 of said chapter 55, as so appearing, o. l. (Xer.
is hereby amended by striking out, in fine 1, the words ^ti:! 'amended,
"or trial justice".

76

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 132.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 65. § 32.
etc.. amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 55. § 33,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 55, § 34,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 55, §35,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.

Ed.), 278.

§ 15. amended.

G. L. (Ter.

Ed.), 278.

§ 18, amended.

G. L. (Ter.

Ed.), 278,

§ 19, amended.

G. L. (Ter.

Ed.), 278,

§ 21, stricken

out.

G. L. (Ter.

Ed.), 278,

§ 22, amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 278,
§ 25, etc.,
amended.

Section 3. Section 32 of said chapter 55, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in hne 1, the word
", justice", — and by striking out, in Une 6, the words
"or trial justice".

Section 4. Section 33 of said chapter 55, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in hne 1, the words
"or trial justice".

Section 5. Section 34 of said chapter 55, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in Une 1, the words
"or trial justice".

Section 6. Section 35 of said chapter 55, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the
words "or trial justice".

Section 7. Section 15 of chapter 278 of the General
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby
amended by striking out, in Une 1, the words "or trial
justice".

Section 8. Section 18 of said chapter 278, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in Unes 2, 7 and 17,
the words "or trial justice".

Section 9. Section 19 of said chapter 278, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words
"and trial justices".

Section 10. Said chapter 278 is hereby further amended
by strikuig out section 21.

Section 11. Section 22 of said chapter 278, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out, in Une 3, the words "or before the trial justice".

Section 12. Section 25 of said chapter 278, as amended
by chapter 311 of the acts of 1937, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in lines 5, 15, 16, 20 and 25, the words
"or trial justice". Approved March 2, 1955.

Chap. 1S2 An Act relative to the status of the incumbent of the
position of supervisor of motor apparatus in the

FIRE department OF THE CITY OF SALEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The incumbent of the position of supervisor
of motor apparatus in the fire department of the city of
Salem on the effective date of this act shall be entitled to all
rights and privileges of members of the fire fighting force, and
subject to all the duties of fire fighters as provided by any
general or special laws, except that the provisions of section
twenty of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws shall not
apply.

Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city and approval by the
mayor, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved March 2, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 133, 134, 135. 77

An Act relative to the making, drawing, uttering and Chaj). ISS

DELIVERY OF FRAUDULENT CHECKS, DRAFTS AND ORDERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 37 of chapter 266 of the General Laws, as amended ^d^oee'''
by chapter 99 of the acts of 1937, is hereby further amended §37,' etc..'
by striking out, in line 8, the word "is" and inserting in ^^^^^ed.
place thereof the words: — or services are, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 37. Whoever, with intent to defraud. Drawing and
makes, draws, utters or delivers any check, draft or order frauduiint
for the payment of money upon any bank or other deposi- and'o^d^s'^"*
tary, with knowledge that the maker or drawer has not
sufficient funds or credit at such bank or other depositary
for the payment of such instrument, although no express
representation is made in reference thereto, shall be guilty
of attempted larceny, and if money or property or services
are obtained thereby shall be guilty of larceny. As against
the maker or drawer thereof, the making, drawing, uttering
or delivery of such a check, draft or order, payment of which
is refused by the drawee, shall be prima facie evidence of
intent to defraud and of knowledge of insufficient funds in,
or credit with, such bank or other depositary, unless the
maker or drawer shall have paid the holder thereof the
amount due thereon, together with all costs and protest
fees, within two days after receiving notice that such check,
draft or order has not been paid by the drawee. The word
"credit", as used herein, shall be construed to mean an
arrangement or understanding with the bank or depositary
for the payment of such check, draft or order.

Approved March 2, 1955.

An Act increasing the amount of property that may Qfiav 134

BE held by northeastern UNIVERSITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Northeastern University, a corporation organized under
the general law, is hereby authorized to hold real and per-
sonal estate to an amount not exceeding thirty milhon dol-
lars, to be used for the purposes of said corporation as set
forth in its charter or certificate of incorporation or in any
amendment thereof. Approved March 2, 1955.

An Act to extend to certain private ways and parking QJidj) 1 35

AREAS statutory REGULATIONS AS TO THE SPEED AND "*

USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 18 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as most Sj^-iPj-jg
recently amended by section 2 of chapter 564 of the acts etc!, 'amended!
of 1948, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following paragraph: —

Any person, corporation, firm or trust owning a private special regu-
way or parking area, or any person, corporation, firm or gpeed%Tc.!°

78

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 136, 137.

of motor
vehicles
upon certain
private ways
and parking
areas, au-
thorized.

trust controlling such private way or parking area, with the
written consent of such owner, may apply in writing to the
city council, the traffic commission of the city of Boston, or
the board of selectmen in any town in which the private
way or parking area lies, to make special regulations as to
the speed of motor vehicles and as to the use of such ve-
hicles upon the particular private way or parking area, and
the city council with the approval of the mayor, the traffic
commission of the city of Boston or the board of selectmen,
as the case may be, may make such special regulations with
respect to said private way or parking area to the same
extent and in the same manner as to ways within their
control as set forth in the preceding paragraph. Such spe-
cial regulations shall be effective for a period of time not to
exceed one year from the date of their making, but may,
upon like apphcation, be extended for additional periods of
time not to exceed one year for each extension.

Approved March 2, 1965.

Chap. ISQ An Act making a corrective change relative to the

NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON THE EMPLOY-
MENT OF THE AGING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section IIM of chapter 23 of the General Laws, inserted
by section 2 of chapter 578 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 3, the word "nine" and
inserting in place thereof the word: — ten, — so that the
ffi-st sentence will read as follows : — The commissioner shall
establish in the department a council on the employment of
the aging consisting of ten members, seven of whom shall be
appointed by the commissioner with the approval of the
governor and council as follows : — two to represent em-
ployees, two to represent employers, two to represent quaU-
fied organizations engaged in social work, and one to repre-
sent the pubUc, who shall be the chairman.

Approved March 2, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 23,
§ IIM, etc.
amended.

Membership of
council on the
employment
of the aging,
increased.

Chap. 1^1 An Act making a corrective change in the law estab-
lishing A legislative research council and a legis-
lative RESEARCH BUREAU.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 3, § 58,
etc., amended.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose which is to provide for the immediate
making of a corrective change in the law establishing a legis-
lative research council and a legislative research bureau,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 58 of chapter 3 of the General Laws, inserted by
section 2 of chapter 607 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 138, 139. 79

by striking out, in line 8, the word "committee" and insert-
ing in place thereof the word : — committees, — and by in-
serting after the word "branches" in line 8 the words: —
, acting concurrently, — so as to read as follows : — Section
58. The council shall appoint a person quahfied by educa- Legislative
tion, training and experience who shall be the director of the brure^'a'i^.
bureau. The council shall also appoint such assistants to the
director as are necessary to carry out the program of statis-
tical research and fact-finding required by the council. The
compensation of the director and other bureau employees
shall be subject to the approval of the committees on rules
of the two branches, acting concurrently, of the general
court. The director and his assistants shall not be subject
to chapter thirty-one. Approved March 3, 1955.

An Act to modify the law relating to pre-primary (7/iai>.138

CONVENTIONS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COM-
MITTEES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 52 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 280 of ^tc! 'amended.
the acts of 1950, is hereby further amended by striking out, political
in lines 12 and 21, the words "June first" and inserting in committees.
place thereof, in each instance, the words : — May fifteenth.

Section 2. The first sentence of section 2 of said chap- g. l. (Ter.
ter 52, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 346 of the acts ^tc'^ 'amended
of 1938, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6,
the words "June first" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — May fifteenth.

Section 3. Section 4 of said chapter 52, as so appearing, o. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out, in fine 2, the words ^tll'amendtd.
"June first" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
May fifteenth.

Section 4. Section 54 of chapter 53 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 7 of chapter 406 of ftl! 'amended!
the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by striking out
the words "June fifteenth", in line 3, and substituting
therefor the words : — June twentieth and not earlier than Pre-primary
June fifth. Approved March 3, 1955. <''">^«'^t'°»«-

An Act authorizing the town of provincetown to C/iap. 139

BORROW money FOR MUNICIPAL WHARF PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of meeting its share of the
cost of constructing or reconstructing the municipal wharf,
the town of Provincetown may borrow, from time to time,
such sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dol-
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear
on their face the words, Provincetown Wharf Loaja, Act ojt

80 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 140, 141.

1955. 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 within 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.

Section 2. Any action taken by a town meeting in the
current year pursuant to authority contained in section one
of this act shall be vaUd and effective as though this act were
in effect at the time of the posting of the warrant for said
meeting.

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

Approved March 4, 1955.

Chap. 14:0 An Act authorizing the establishment of a police

TRAINING SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY OF BRISTOL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follow:^:

The county of Bristol may provide and maintain a school
for the training of deputy sheriffs, constables and poHce
officers and other persons in said county interested in such
positions. Said school shall be conducted by the county
commissioners of said county and shall provide instruction
in the use of firearms, criminal investigation and detection,
the prosecution of criminal cases in court and such other
instruction as may be considered necessary by said com-
missioners for the training of men in the prevention, detec-
tion and prosecution of crime. The total cost annually
shall not exceed five hundred dollars.

Approved March 4, 1955.

Chap.lAl An Act relative to the manner of voting on the ques-
tion OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL SCHOOL DIS-
TRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^'yTlis Section 1. Section 15 of chapter 71 of the General
etc'., 'amended'. Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph,
as amended by section 4 of chapter 331 of the acts of 1951,
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: —
of^SiotaT*'''* The selectmen of each of the several towns shall, upon
^c^Sfited*'^''''^^' receipt of the recommendation that a regional school dis-
trict should be formed, and of a proposed agreement therefor
submitted in accordance with the provisions of sections
fourteen to fourteen B, inclusive, or otherwise, in the form
and with the approval required by said sections, cause to be
presented for determination by vote, with printed ballots at
an annual or special town meeting to be held in either case
within thirty days after receipt of such recommendation by
said selectmen, the question of accepting the provisions of
this and the following ten sections and the proposed agree-

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 142, 143, 144. 81

ment or agreements. The article in the warrant for such
annual or special town meeting and the question on the
printed ballots to be used at such meeting shall be in sub-
stantially the following form :

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the validity Proviso,
of any previously established regional school district.

Approved March 4, 1955.

An Act relative to the location of schools within nfidy 142

REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 14B of chapter 71 of the General EdVn^"^'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out clause (b), as ap- § ub, etc,
pearing in section 1 of chapter 638 of the acts of 1949, and '""^^Jed.
inserting in place thereof the following clause : —

(6) The town or towns in which, or the general area within Location of
the regional school district where, the regional district school school
or schools are to be located.

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the validity Proviso.
of any previously estabUshed regional school district.

Approved March 4, 1955.

An Act relative to the duties of the director of the QJi^j) 143

BUREAU OF accounts.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The first paragraph of section 23 of chapter 59 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the fourth ftt! 'amended.
sentence, as appearing in section 7 of chapter 798 of the acts
of 1951, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:
— Said director shall promulgate and from time to time Duties of
revise rules and regulations for determining the available fcco'^unts^^
funds of a town in accordance with established accounting
practices of said bureau of accounts.

Approved March 4, 1955.

An Act establishing the first parish church united Chap.l4i4:

OF WESTFORD AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF CER-
TAIN PROPERTY BY THE UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
IN WESTFORD AND THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL PARISH
(unitarian) in WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, TO SAID
FIRST PARISH CHURCH UNITED OF WESTFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The First Congregational Parish (Unitarian)
in Westford, Massachusetts, a voluntary religious asso-
ciation, hereinafter called the Unitarian Church, and the
Union Congregational Church in Westford, an incorporated
religious society incorporated under general law, hereinafter
called the Congregational Church, both situated in Westford,
upon acceptance of this act by a two-thirds vote of the mem-
bers of each of said respective organizations at a meeting

82 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 144.

duly called for the purpose, and by the recording with the
secretary of the commonwealth and in the registry of deeds
for the county of Middlesex of certificates of said votes, duly
made and sworn to by the respective clerks of said meetings,
shall hereafter be a corporation by the name of the First
Parish Chui ch United of Westf ord. Said First Parish Church
United of Westford shall have all the powers, rights, fran-
chises and privileges which the said Unitarian Church and
the members of said Congregational Church have heretofore
acquired or enjoyed by statute, vote, gift, grant, usage, pre-
scription or otherwise, and subject to all the duties and
liabiUties to which the said Unitarian Church and said mem-
bers of said Congregational Church have heretofore been
subject. Said First Parish Church United of Westford
shall have, except as may be provided otherwise in this act,
all the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all
the duties and habihties, of reUgious corporations instituted
under general law; and upon acceptance of this act as afore-
said, all members of said Unitarian Church and of said
Congregational Church shall be members of said new cor-
poration, the First Parish Church United of Westford.

Section 2. The corporation created by section one is
thereby authorized to receive and hold, or disburse for
reUgious, benevolent and charitable purposes, gifts, grants,
bequests and devises of real and personal property to an
amount, exclusive of all buildings and the land pertaining
thereto, occupied or used by it for said purposes, not ex-
ceeding the sum of one million dollars, with full power to sell
and convey, in accordance with the terms of any trust upon
which the same is held, any part or whole of its said property,
including said land and buildings, for purposes of investment
and reinvestment, for the improvement, alteration or reloca-
tion of any of its said buildings, or for benevolences and chari-
ties and upon any such sale the proceeds thereof shall be held
upon the same trusts upon which the property thus sold was
held ; and the purchaser shall not be responsible for the ap-
pUcation of the purchase money.

Section 3. At any time after the acceptance of this
act as provided in section one, the said Congregational
Church and said Unitarian Church or either of them may,
by a two-thirds vote of their respective members present and
voting at meetings called for the purpose, authorize one or
more persons in their name and on their behalf to execute,
acknowledge and deUver proper deeds and other instruments
conveying and transferring in fee simple any or all of their
property, real and personal, except such as may be held or
owned by them for or in connection with specific and limited
charitable uses and trusts, to the corporation created by
section one. Upon the acceptance of said conveyance by the
corporation created by section one by a two-thirds vote of its
members present and voting at a meeting duly called for the
purpose, there shall be recorded in the registry of deeds in
the county of Middlesex said deed and other instruments of

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 144. 83

transfer, together with certificates, duly made and sworn
to by the clerks of said meetings, respectively, of the said
vote authorizing the said conveyance and the acceptance
thereof.

Section 4. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said Congregational Church
and the said Unitarian Church, or either of them, as, if, and
when authorized by the decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction, may, by a two-thirds vote of their members
present and voting at meetings called for the purpose, convey
and transfer property, real and personal, owned or held by
them for or in connection with any and all specific and limited
charitable uses and trusts to the corporation created by
section one.

Section 5. The property conveyed to, or vested in,
the corporation created by section one, under the provisions
of this act, shall not, after such conveyance and vesting, be
applied or apportioned with reference to the source or
religious body aforesaid from which it was derived under the
provisions of this act, but shall be administered and applied
by the corporation created by section one, for its general
church and charitable purposes and as a single consohdated
property and fund.

Section 6. In case of doubt as to manner in which any
property, held in trust or otherwise, conveyed to or vested
in the corporation created by section one, under the pro-
visions of this act, or the income thereof, should be held,
administered or apphed by the said corporation, the matter
may be determined by the supreme judicial court upon the
application of any person interested or of the attorney
general; and, until said court shall otherwise order, such
property and the income thereof shall be held, administered
and applied by the said corporation in accordance with the
terms of the original trusts or as nearly in accordance there-
with as is possible. Any person aggrieved by any provision
of this act may, at any time within six months after the
recording of such of the various deeds or other instruments in
this act provided for, as is alleged to be the cause of such
injury, apply by petition to the supreme judicial court to
have his damages determined by a jury therein, or by or
under the direction of said court; and damages so awarded,
with the costs of suit allowed by statute in civil cases, at-
tending such award, shall be paid by the corporation created
by section one.

Section 7. The records and the books and papers of
said Union Congregational Church and of said Unitarian
Church shall be the property of the First Parish Church
United of Westford, the corporation created by section one,
which shall consistently herewith have and enjoy all fran-
chises, powers and privileges of every kind now or formerly
belonging to said Congregational Church and said Unitarian
Church and shall assume and be subject to all the debts and
liabihties thereof.

84 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 145.

Section 8. After the acceptance of this act as provided
in section one, all gifts, grants, bequests and devises made
to or for the benefit of said Congregational Church and of
said Unitarian Church, however described, shall vest in the
corporation formed by section one.

Section 9. The first meeting of the corporation created
by section one shall be held on or before May first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five.

Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 7, 1955.

Chap.l4i5 An Act establishing first congregational church of

north ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS AND AUTHORIZING THE
TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE FIRST CONGRE-
GATIONAL SOCIETY OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS TO
SAID FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The First Congregational Church of North
Adams, Massachusetts, a voluntary religious association, and
the First Congregational Society of North Adams, Massachu-
setts, a rehgious society, both situated in North Adams, upon
acceptance of this act by a two-thirds vote of the members
of each of said respective organizations present and voting
at meetings called by each of said respective organizations
for the purpose, and by the recording with the secretary of
the commonwealth and in the Northern District Registry of
Deeds for the County of Berkshire of certificates of said
votes, duly made and sworn to by the respective clerks of
said meetings, shall hereafter be a corporation by the name
of First Congregational Church of North Adams, Massachu-
setts. Said corporation shall have all the powers, rights,
franchises and privileges which the said organizations and
the members thereof have heretofore acquired or enjoyed by
statute, vote, gift, grant, usage, prescription or otherwise,
and subject to all the duties and liabihties to which the
said organizations and said members have heretofore been
subject. Said corporation shall have, except as may be pro-
vided otherwise in this act, all the rights, powers and priv-
ileges, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities, of re-
ligious corporations instituted under general law; and upon
acceptance of this act as aforesaid, all members of said or-
ganizations shall be members of said corporation, and all the
acts, deeds and votes of the said organizations are hereby
ratified and confirmed.

Section 2. The said corporation is hereby authorized to
receive and hold, or disburse for religious, benevolent and
charitable purposes, gifts, grants, bequests and devises of
real and personal property to an amount, exclusive of all
buildings and the land pertaining thereto, occupied or used
by it for said purposes, not exceeding the sum of two million
dollars, with full power to sell and convey, in accordance
with the terms of any trust upon which the same is held,

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 145. 85

any part or the whole of its said property, including said land
and buildings, for purposes of investment and reinvestment,
for the improvement, alteration or relocation of any of its
said buildings, or for benevolences and charities and upon
any such sale the proceeds thereof shall be held upon the
Same trusts upon which the property thus sold was held;
and the purchaser shall not be responsible for the applica-
tion of the purchase money.

Section 3. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said organizations, by a two-
thirds vote of their respective members present and voting
at meetings called for the purpose, authorize one or more
persons in their name and on their behalf to execute, acknowl-
edge and deUver proper deeds and other instruments convey-
ing and transferring in fee simple any or all of their property,
real and personal, except such as may be held or owned by
them for or in connection with specific and limited charitable
uses and trusts, to the said corporation. Upon the accept-
ance of said conveyance by said corporation by a two-thirds
vote of its members present and voting at a meeting duly
called for the purpose, there shall be recorded in the Northern
District Registry of Deeds for the County of Berkshire said
deeds and other instruments of transfer relative to real
property together with certificates, duly made and sworn to
by the clerks of said meetings, respectively, of the said vote
authorizing the said conveyance and the acceptance thereof.

Section 4. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said organizations, or either
of them, as, if and when authorized by the decree of a court
of competent jurisdiction, may, by a two- thirds vote of
the members present and voting at meetings called for the
purpose, convey and transfer property, real and personal,
owned or held by them for or in connection with any and all
specific and limited charitable uses and trusts to the said
corporation.

Section 5. The property conveyed to, or vested in said
corporation under the provisions of this act, shall not, after
such conveyance and vesting, be applied or apportioned with
reference to the source or the religious body aforesaid from
which it was derived under the provisions of 'this act, but
shall be administered and applied by said corporation for
its general church and charitable purposes and as a single
consolidated property and fund.

Section 6. In case of doubt as to the manner in which
any property, held in trust or otherwise, conveyed to or
vested in said corporation under the provisions of this act,
or the income thereof, should be held, administered or ap-
plied by the said corporation, the matter may be determined
by the supreme judicial court upon the application of any
person interested or of the attorney general; and, until said
court shall otherwise order, such property and the income
thereof shall be held, administered and applied by the said
corporation in accordance with the terms of the original

86 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 146.

trusts or as nearly in accordance therewith as is possible.
Any person aggrieved by any provision of this act may, at
any time within six months after the recording of such of the
various deeds or other instruments in this act provided for,
as is alleged to be the cause of such injury, apply by petition
to the supreme judicial court to have his damages determined
by a jury therein, or by or under the direction of said court;
and damages so awarded, with the costs of suit allowed by
statute in civil cases, attending such award, shall be paid
by the said corporation.

Section 7. The records and the books and papers of said
organizations shall be the property of the said corporation,
which shall consistently herewith have and enjoy all fran-
chises, powers and privileges of every kind now or formerly
belonging to said organizations and shall assume and be sub-
ject to all the debts and habilities thereof.

Section 8. After the acceptance of this act as provided
in section one, all gifts, grants, bequests and devises made
to or for the benefit of said First Congregational Society of
North Adams, Massachusetts, or the Trustees thereof, and
of the said First Congregational Church of North Adams,
Massachusetts, or the Deacons thereof, however described,
shall vest in the said corporation.

Section 9. The first meeting of the corporation created
hereunder shall be held on or before the first day of Febru-
ary, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Section 10. For the purpose of the acceptance of this
act only, as provided in section one, it shall take effect upon
its passage. Approved March 7, 1955.

Chap.l4:6 An Act relative to real estate loans of co-operative

BANKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

EdV' 170 '■§ 24 Section 24 of chapter 170 of the General Laws is hereby
etc!. 'amended.' amended by striking out paragraph 4, as appearing in sec-
tion 1 of chapter 371 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in
place thereof the following paragraph : —
Real estate 4 xhc principal sum of any loan secured by a mortgage

co-operative ou any one parcel of real estate shall when made, or the
reTukted. Unpaid principal balance outstanding on any loan so se-
cured shall when acquired, not exceed twenty- five thousand
dollars; provided, that the aggregate amount of loans, as to
each of which the unpaid balance of principal outstanding
is more than sixteen thousand dollars, shall not at any one
time exceed ten per cent of the deposits of the corporation;
and, further provided, that of said ten per cent no more
than one half thereof shall be invested in loans between
twenty thousand dollars and twenty-five thousand dollars,
but loans in this class shall not exceed seventy per cent of
the value of the mortgaged property as certified by the
security committee. Approved March 7, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 147, 148, 149. 87

An Act to further permit directors of credit unions Chan.147
TO borrow under certain conditions.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. ■

Chapter 171 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 18, as appearing in the Tercentenary ^menciJi.' ^ ^^'
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section : —
Section 18. No member of the board of directors shall re- Borrowing by
ceive any compensation for his services as a member of the credit°iInioL,
said board or as a member of any committee, nor shall any regulated.
member of said board borrow from the corporation, by
means of a personal loan upon his note, to an amount in
excess of the total of his shares and deposits in said credit
union, and the accumulated earnings standing to his credit
thereon on the books of the corporation, or with sufficient
collateral pledged to secure the same made up of negotiable
bonds or notes of the United States valued at not more than
eighty per cent of their market value, or by the assignment
of his pass book in a savings bank, co-operative bank or a
federal savings and loan association, all doing business in
this commonwealth, or pohcies issued by life insurance com-
panies authorized to transact business in this commonwealth
valued at not more than their cash surrender value, unless
approved by vote of two thirds of the other members of said
board. No member of said board shall become surety or
co-maker for any loan. The officers elected by the board
may receive such compensation as it may authorize, subject
to the approval of the members at the next annual meeting
or at a special meeting called for the purpose.

Approved March 7, 1955.

An Act extending the time within which certain sol- Chav-^^^
diers and sailors and their wives, widows, fathers
or mothers may file applications for abatement or
exemption of taxes.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter 534 of the acts of 1949 is hereby amended by
striking out section 3, as amended by chapter 301 of the
acts of 1951, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 3. AppUcation for abatement or exemp-
tion, as provided in sections one and two, of taxes levied in
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-four may be made not
later than October first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five,
notmthstanding any provision of law to the contrary.

Approved March 7, 1955.

An Act relative to nominations and elections for Chav 149

MUNICIPAL OFFICES IN THE TOWN OF AMHERST.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1, No ballot used at any election of town offi-
cers in the town of Amherst shall have printed thereon any

88 Acts, 1955. —Chap. 149.

party or political designation or mark, and there shall not
be appended to the name of any candidate on such a ballot
any party or political designation or mark, or anything in-
dicating his views or opinions, except that to the name of a
candidate for re-election there may be added the words
"candidate for re-election".

Section 2, Nomination papers of candidates, except can-
didates for town meeting member, at any such election shall
be signed by not less than ten registered voters of the town
and filed with the town clerk at least forty-five days before
the election. The selectmen shall before each election de-
termine the final hour and date for filing of such nomination
papers and at least twenty days in advance thereof shall
cause pubhc notice to be given, in a newspaper published or
widely circulating in the town, of said hour and date, of the
offices for which nominations are to be made, and the date
when nomination papers should be presented for certifica-
tion of signatures by the registrars of voters.

Section 3. If on the third day after the last day for fihng
nomination papers as described in section two of this act, it
appears that for any office more than twice as many candi-
dates have filed papers as there are persons to be elected
thereto, the selectmen shall issue a call for a special caucus,
in the manner of a warrant for a town meeting, stating the
place, date, and hour thereof, and when the polls shall be
closed, and the office or offices for which the caucus will make
nominations. Such caucus shall be held at least thirty-one
days before the town election and the polls shall be open
for at least four hours. On the ballot for such special caucus
the only names of candidates to appear thereon shall be those
for the offices for which there are more than twice the num-
ber to be elected, and voting shall be only for such positions.
At the special caucus the two persons receiving the highest
and the second highest number of votes cast for the nomina-
tion of candidates for an office shall be declared nominated
for such office; but if two or more persons are to be elected
to the same office at the town election, the several persons,
to a number equal to twice the number so to be elected to
such office, receiving at such caucus the highest number of
votes, the second highest number of votes, and so on to the
number to be nominated, shall be the candidates therefor
whose names shall be printed on the ballot used at the town
election. If the caucus results in a tie vote among candidates
for nomination receiving the smallest number of votes, which,
but for the tie, would entitle a person receiving such num-
ber to have his name printed on the ballot for town election,
all candidates participating in such tie shall have their
names printed upon the town election ballot, although there
be printed upon it the names of candidates to a number ex-
ceeding twice the number to be elected. Except as herein
provided, and except that such special caucus shall be held
at only one place in town and not in the several precincts,
such special caucus shall be conducted as nearly as may be

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 149. 89

in the manner for conducting a town caucus as provided in
section one hundred and twenty-one of chapter fifty-three of
the Genera] Laws; and the expense of such caucus shall be
borne by the town.

Section 4. If on the third day after the filing of nomina-
tion papers as described in section two of this act, it appears
that for no office have more than twice as many candidates
filed papers as there are persons to be elected thereto, no
special caucus shall be held, and the names of the persons
nominated by such papers shall appear on the ballot for town
election. ]f a special caucus is held as required by section
three of this act, there shall appear on the ballot for town
election the names of the persons nominated at such caucus
and the names of the persons nominated for positions for
which not more than twice the number to be elected were
nominated by papers.

Section 5. While this act is in effect no political party
caucus and no town caucus shall be held in said town for
the nomination of candidates for town office, but nomina-
tions may be made as heretofore in accordance with section
six of chapter fifty-three of the General Laws.

Section 6. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of said town at its annual town election in the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-five in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed on the ballot to be used for
the election of town officers: — "Shall an act passed by the
General Court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five,
entitled 'An Act relative to nominations and elections for
municipal offices in the town of Amherst', be accepted?" If
it is not accepted at said annual town election, it shall again
be submitted for acceptance at the annual town election in
the 3^ear nineteen hundred and fifty-six in the same manner.
If it is not accepted at said annual town election in nineteen
hundred and fifty-six, it may again be submitted for ac-
ceptance in Uke manner from time to time at any annual
town election, but not later than the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-nine, upon petition signed by not less than two per
cent of the total number of registered voters of said town and
filed with the town clerk at least thirty days prior to such
election.

Section 7. Upon the acceptance of this act by a ma-
jority of the voters voting thereon at any town election as
aforesaid, it shall take effect for the purposes of the next
special or annual town election following such acceptance,
and for all subsequent town elections until this act is re-
voked as hereinafter provided.

Section 8. After acceptance of this act, the town may
vote at an annual town election to revoke such acceptance,
and the question of such revocation shall be submitted to
the voters in the form of the following question, which shall
be placed on the ballot for such election: — "Shall the ac-
ceptance by the town of an act passed by the General Court
in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled ' An Act

90

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 150, 151.

relative to nominations and elections for municipal offices in
the town of Amherst', be revoked?", such submission to be
made only pursuant to a petition therefor signed by not less
than two per cent of the total number of registered voters
of said town and filed with the town clerk at least thirty
days prior to such election. If such revocation is favored
by a majority of the voters voting thereon, this act shall
thereupon cease to be effective. If such revocation is not
so favored, subsequent votes for such revocation may be
taken at annual town elections in Uke manner in other years
on like petition. Approved March 7, 1955.

Chap. 150 An Act relative to filing of petitions for the adop-
tion OF THE TWO PLATOON SYSTEM FOR FIRE DEPART-
MENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 59 of chapter 48 of the General Laws, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out the fifth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the
following paragraph : —

Upon petition of not less than ten per cent of the registered
voters in any town, duly certified by the registrars of voters
and filed with the town clerk not less than sixty days before
any annual town meeting, the town clerk shall cause to be
printed upon the official ballot used for the election of town
officers at such annual town meeting the following question:
"Shall section fifty-nine of chapter forty-eight of the General
Laws, providing for the division into day and night forces
of permanent members of fire departments, kno"WTi as the
two platoon system, be accepted?" If a majority of the
votes cast on the said question in any town are in the affirm-
ative, this section shall take effect in such town ninety
days thereafter. Approved March 7, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 48. § 59,
amended.

Petitions for
adoption of
platoon
system for
town fire
departments,
regulated.

Chap.lbl An Act relative to the date of filing petitions regu-
lating THE HOURS OF DUTY OF PERMANENT MEMBERS OF
FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The second paragraph of section 58B of chapter 48 of
the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 413
of the acts of 1945, is hereby amended by striking out, in
line 4, the word "thirty", and inserting in place thereof
the word : — sixty, — so as to read as follows : —

Upon petition of not less than ten per cent of the registered
voters in any city or town, duly certified by the registrars of
voters and filed with the state secretary not less than sixty
days before any state election, the state secretary shall cause
to be printed upon the official ballot to be used in such city
or town at such state election the following question: "Shall
section fifty-eight B of chapter forty-eight of the General

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 48. § 58B,
etc., amended.

Filing date for
petitions for
adoption of
platoon
systems,
established.

Acts,, 1955. — Chaps. 152, 153. 91

Laws, providing for a forty-eight hour week for permanent
members of fire departments, be accepted?" If a majority
of the votes cast on said question in any city or town are in
the affirmative, this section shall take effect in such city or
town ninety days thereafter. Approved March 7, 1955.

An Act relative to the storage, distribution and (JJiav 152

EXHIBITION OF CERTAIN NITRATE MOTION PICTURE FILM.

Be it enacted, etc.. as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 143 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by adding after section 88 the following section: — mw^'i^sI,'
Section 89. The storage or distribution for purposes of added. '
public exhibition and all public exhibition of thirty-five Tf^certain °
millimeter nitrate motion picture film is hereby prohibited. ^0^^*®^^°;
Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not film,
less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 2, This act shall take effect on January first in Effective
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six. '*''*®-

Approved March 7, 1955.

An Act making the provisions of the civil service laws Chap. 15S

APPLICABLE TO THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT WITH RESPECT
TO ITS WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws and the rules made thereunder, including those
relative to the employment of laborers designated as the
"labor service", shall be in force in the town of Swampscott
with respect to all appointive offices and positions in the
water and sewer departments of said town. Persons holding
said offices and positions in said departments on the effective
date of this act, other than those designated as the "labor
service", shall continue to serve therein provided they pass
qualifying examinations to which they shall be subjected
by the division of civil service. The tenure of persons in the
labor service in said departments shall be unlimited, subject,
however, to said laws; but the persons in such labor service
on the effective date of this act may continue to serve as such.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
said town at the annual towTi 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 toA^Ti
officers at said meeting: — "Shall an act passed by the gen-
eral court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, en-
titled 'An Act making the provisions of the civil service
laws applicable to the town of Swampscott with respect to
its water and sewer departments', be accepted?" If a ma-
jority of the votes in answer to said question is in the affirma-
tive, then this act shall thereupon take effect, but not other
wise. Approved March 8, 1955.

92 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 154, 155, 156, 157.

Chap. 154: An Act prohibiting inspectors or investigators of the

BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF HAIRDRESSERS FROM ENGAG-
ING IN THE HAIRDRESSING BUSINESS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

EdViI'^Ms Section 43 of chapter 13 of the General Laws, as most

etc., 'amended! recently amended by section 2 of chapter 580 of the acts of
1949, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the

work'bT'"^ following sentence : — An inspector or investigator shall not,

certain em- whjle SO employed, own, operate or be employed in a shop

bo°arf!^pro- or othcrwise actually do the work of hairdressing for com-

hibited. pensation. Approved March 8, 1955.

Chap. 155 An Act authorizing the continuance of the business
OF an insurance agency by the widow of the owner
OF such agency under certain circumstances.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L (Ter. Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

new '§ 174D, inserting after section 174C, inserted by chapter 493 of the
^^'^'^d- acts of 1941, the following section: — Section 174D. The

^ert^n'^fns^ r- t)usiness of au iusurancc agency may be continued by the
ance agencies, widow of the dcccased owner of such agency; provided, that
regulated. ^j^^ busincss of such agcncy is conducted under the full time
supervision of a licensed insurance broker.

Approved March 8, 1955.

Chap. 156 An Act relative to qualifications for the degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM BABSON IN-
STITUTE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 557 of the acts of 1943 is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "degree", in hne 11, the words: —
from a recognized college or university, — and by striking
out the words ''forty semester hours in graduate study and
research", in Une 14, and inserting in place thereof the words:
— thirty semester hours, or its equivalent, in graduate study
and research in the field of business administration if the
previous bachelor's degree received was in the field of busi-
ness administration; or sixty semester hours, or its equiva-
lent, in graduate study and research in the field of business
administration if the previous bachelor's degree received was
in a field other than business administration.

Approved March 8, 1955.

Chap. 151 An Act relative to the retirement for accidental

DISABILITY OF PATRICK J. HAGGERTY, AN EMPLOYEE OF
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding any provision of general or special law,
and notwithstanding any action already taken by the retire-

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 158, 159. 93

ment board of the city of Springfield, or by the retirement
appeal board of the commonwealth, the retirement board of
the city of Springfield shall provide that a medical panel
selected in the manner set forth in section six of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws make a physical examination
of Patrick J. Haggerty of said Springfield, an applicant for
retirement for accidental disability. In the event that said
retirement board, upon certification by said medical panel,
finds that said Patrick J. Haggerty is entitled to accidental
disabiUty retirement, he shall be retired for accidental dis-
abihty as a Group A employee of the city of Springfield as
of the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, and his retirement allowance shall thereupon be
computed and paid in accordance with the provisions of said
chapter thirty-two. Approved March 9, 1955.

An Act relative to venue in the district courts. Chap.158

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The last sentence of the first paragraph of section 2 of EdV'223's2
chapter 223 of the General Laws, as most recently amended etci.'ameAded'.
by section 2 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "lives" in
lines 5 and 9, in each instance, the w^ords: — or has a usual
place of business, — so as to read as follows : — An action of Y.enue in

, , • ■ ,c,i !• ,• •, district courts

tort arismg out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, in motor
control or use of a motor vehicle or trailer as defined in Ictionl.*"'^*^
section one of chapter ninety shall be brought in a district regulated.
court within the judicial district of which one of the parties
Uves or has a usual place of business or in any district court
the judicial district of which adjoins and is in the same
county as the judicial district in which the defendant lives or
has his usual place of business; provided, that if one of the
parties to any such action lives or has a usual place of busi-
ness in Suffolk county such action may be brought in the
municipal court of the city of Boston.

Approved March 9, 1955.

An Act authorizing the commissioner of mental Chav.lb^

HEALTH TO SELL CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH IN THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The commissioner of mental health, in the name and on
behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to sell to
the highest bidder at a public sale, but at a price not less
than the assessed valuation thereof, three parcels of state
land located at the Northampton state hospital and no
longer needed for the purposes of said hospital, one parcel
of land having a frontage of two hundred and seventy-two
feet on Florence road, being triangular in shape; the second
parcel of land being off Florence road at the end of a right of

94 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 160, 161.

way leading from said Florence road to said parcel of land;
and the third parcel of land being contiguous to the second
parcel for sixteen feet on the easterly side thereof.

Approved March 9, 1956.

Chap.lQO An Act to provide for the return of stolen weapons

TO LAWFUL OWNERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter ^^^ ^^^^ scutcnce of scctiou 10 of chapter 269 of t.he

Ed.), 269, General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 250 of
amended.' the acts of 1937, is hereby amended by adding at the end the

following : — ; except that, if the pistol or other article was
^okn'Veipons. ^^^* ^^^ ^^ stolcn from a person lawfully in possession of it,

the court may order its return to such person.

Approved March 9, 1955.

C/iap. 161 An Act authorizing the submission to the voters of

THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF CER-
TAIN QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAID
TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. At a special meeting of the voters of the town
of Greenfield, which the selectmen are hereby authorized to
call, there shall be submitted to the voters thereof the five
following questions which shall be printed upon the official
ballot to be used at said meeting: —

(1) Do you favor a Senior High School Plan?

(2) Do you favor a Junior High School Plan?

(3) Are you opposed to both the Senior and Junior High
School Plans?

(4) Do you favor the Dickinson street site for school
purposes?

(5) Do you favor the High street site for school purposes?
Said meeting shall be conducted in the manner provided

by the General Laws for the conduct of annual meetings
for the election of town officers in so far as apphcable to said
town.

If a majority of the voters of said town, present and
voting at said special meeting, vote in the affirmative on
question (1) it shall be taken and deemed to be the vote of
the town that a Senior High School Plan is favored.

If a majority of the voters of said town, present and
voting at said special meeting, vote in the affirmative on
question (2) it shall be taken and deemed to be the vote of
the town that a Junior High School Plan is favored.

If a majority of the voters of said town, present and
voting at said special meeting, vote in the affirmative on
question (3) it shall be taken and deemed to be the vote of
the town that it is opposed to both the Senior and Junior
High School Plans.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 162, 163. 95

If a majority of the voters of said town, present and
voting at said special meeting, vote in the affirmative on
question (4) it shall be taken and deemed to be the vote of
the town that the Dickinson street site for school purposes
is favored.

If a majority of the voters of said town, present and
voting at said special meeting, vote in the affirmative on
question (5) it shall be taken and deemed to be the vote of
the town that the High street site for school purposes is
favored.

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

Approved March 9, 1955.

An Act relative to the custody and delivery of Chav.\^2

CERTAIN property FOUND ON OR NEAR A DECEASED
PERSON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 38 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 18, as amended by chapter 320 of the f i's.'eus'.,
acts of 1953, and inserting in place thereof the following amended.
section: — Section 18. The medical examiner shall take Custody and
charge of any money or other personal property of the de- pe}.yonTi°^
ceased found on or near the body, and shall, unless such fJ°P"y^oQ
money or property is required as evidence, deliver it to the or near a
person entitled to its custody or possession, or, if not claimed re^'loiilted^'
within sixty days, to a public administrator. For fraudulent
neglect or refusal so to deliver such property within ten days Penalty,
after demand, a medical examiner or an associate medical
examiner shall be punished by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
two years. Approved March 11^, 1955.

An Act increasing the maximum amount of demand (7/iay0.163
deposits which may be received by certain banking
companies.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The second sentence of section 6A of chapter 172A of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as amended by chapter 123 of the acts of fei' Itc., '
1953, is hereby further amended by striking out, in fine 5, amended.
the word "thirty" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— one hundred, — so as to read as follows: — The total of J^widness
the indebtedness of any such corporation to any individual, of certain
estate, trust, corporation, association or partnership on compimies,
account of collected balances of deposits received under !'"»»*«'*•
authority of this section shall not at any time exceed one
hundred thousand dollars; but this limitation shall not
apply to deposits received from said governments and
agencies thereof and from banking institutions and charitable
and religious organizations. Approved March 14, 1955.

96 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 164, 165.

Chap. 164 An Act authorizing the city of lowell to annex cer-
tain lAND SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lowell is hereby authorized to
annex certain land situated in the town of Chelmsford, the
annexation of which by said city has heretofore been ap-
proved by said town, bounded and described as follows : —

Beginning at a point in the existing city-town hne six
hundred four and nine one hundredths (604.09) feet north-
easterly from city corner No. 2, which lies near the inter-
section of Routes 3 and 110, the co-ordinates of this starting
point being Y = 587462.23 and X = 646859.94; thence
north 86° 08' 30" east along the existing city-town line one
thousand seven hundred twenty-three and forty-two one
hundredths (1,723.42) feet to a point, the co-ordinate posi-
tions of which are Y = 587578.20 and X = 648579.39;
thence south 3° 42' 9" east one thousand eight hundred thirty*
five and ninety-three one hundredths (1,835.93) feet to a
point, the co-ordinate positions of which are Y = 585746.10
and X = 648697.95; thence south 24° 23' 26" west six
hundred fifty-eight and forty-eight one hundredths (658.48)
feet to a point, the co-ordinate positions of which are
Y = 585146.39 and X = 648426.03 ; thence south 80° 47' 51"
west nine hundred thirty-eight and sixty-nine one hundredths
(938.69) feet to a point, the co-ordinate positions of which
are Y = 584996.27 and X = 647499.42; thence north
17° 55' 20" west one thousand eight hundred twenty and
sixty-nine one hundredths (1,820.69) feet to a point, the
co-ordinate positions of which are Y = 586728.61 and
X = 646939.15; thence north 42° 12' 4" east one hundred
seventy-three and two one hundredths (173.02) feet to a
point, the co-ordinate positions of which are Y = 586856.78
and X = 647055.37; thence north 17° 55' 20" west six
hundred thirty-six and thirty-three one hundredths (636.33)
feet to the point of beginning and containing eighty-three
and seventy hundredths (83.70) acres of land.

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

Approved March 14, 1955.

Chap.lQ5 An Act relative to the width of motor buses which

MAY BE OPERATED BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AU-
THORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 310 of the acts of 1951
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "feet", in
line 7, the words: — and an outside width in excess of ninety-
six inches but not in excess of one hundred and two inches,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 1. Notwithstanding
the provisions of section nineteen of chapter ninety of the
General Laws or of other general or special laws, the Metro-

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 166, 167. 97

politan Transit Authority may operate on any way within
the limits of the cities and towns constituting said Authority,
motor buses which have an extreme over-all length in excess
of thirty-five feet but not in excess of forty feet and an out-
side width in excess of ninety-six inches but not in excess of
one hundred and two inches without a special permit so to
operate such buses from the board or officer having charge
of such way or. in case of a state highway or way determined
by the department of pubhc works to be a through route,
from said department.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 15, 1955.

An Act authorizing the city of chicopeb to sell and (7/iar>.166

CONVEY TO OSCAR DION A PORTION OP NASH FIELD IN
SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Chicopee is hereby authorized to
sell and convey a certain portion of land comprising play-
ground property and known as Nash Field, measuring ap-
proximately one hundred and twenty feet by sixty feet,
more or less, being lot numbered 258 on Plan No. 734, re-
corded in the registry of deeds for Hampden county, to Oscar
Dion, an abutter of said property. Said sale and conveyance
shall be effected and completed in the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-six.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by vote of the board of
aldermen of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter,
but not otherwise. Approved March 15, 1955.

An Act relative to deposits of the state treasurer. Chap. 167

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose which is to authorize state funds to be P'^^ambie.
deposited in certain banks forthwith, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, ptc, as follows:

Section 34 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by chapter 135 of the acts of 1954, is hereby ^tci! 'amended.
further amended by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing sentence: — For the purpose of facihtating the certain bank
handling of funds deposited by institutions or agencies of stTte^funds,
the commonwealth in local banks in cities and towns having regulated.
a population of twenty-five thousand or less, such deposits
may exceed said limit, provided such excess is guaranteed
by a deposit in trust with the state treasurer of bonds of the
United States or of the commonwealth in Uke amount as
approved by the state treasurer.

Approved March 15, 1955.

98

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 168, 169, 170.

Chap.lGS An Act requiring cities and towns to indemnify police

OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL DUTY FOR CERTAIN EX-
PENSES FOR DAMAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended

by chapter 550 of the acts of 1950, is hereby further amended

by inserting after the word "duty" in Une 45 the following:

Indemnification — ^ whether such member is paid for such special duty by

ofpoUce ^^^ municipahty, district or otherwise.

Approved March 15, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 41, § 100.
etc., amended.

of .
officers.

C/iap. 169 An Act relating to the issuance of certain group

LIFE insurance POLICIES.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175,
§ 134, etc.,
amended.

Issuance of
certain group
life insurance
policies,
regulated.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 134 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by section 4 of chapter 404 of the acts of
1951, is hereby amended by inserting after provision 4 the
following provision : —

4A, In the case of a policy issued to a creditor to insure
debtors of such creditor, a provision that the insurer will
furnish to the poHcyholder for delivery to each debtor in-
sured under the policy a form which will contain a state-
ment that the life of the debtor is insured under the policy
and that any death benefit paid thereunder by reason of his
death shall be applied to reduce or extinguish the indebted-
ness. Approved March 15, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 1180. § 7,
amended.

Chap. 170 An Act relative to the by-laws of corporations formed

FOR CHARITABLE AND CERTAIN OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 7 of chapter 180 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "accomplished" in hues 2 and 3 the
words : — , except that such by-laws may not restrict the
right of the members thereof to offer nominations from the
floor at the annual meeting of the corporation nor prevent
any member thereof from receiving a copy of the by-laws
upon written request, — so as to read as follows: — Sec-
tion 7. The corporation may prescribe by its by-laws the
manner in which, and the officers and agents by whom, its
purposes may be accomplished, except that such by-laws may
not restrict the right of the members thereof to offer nomina-
tions from the floor at the annual meeting of the corporation
nor prevent any member thereof from receiving a copy of the
by-laws upon written request, and, instead of the directors
and other oflficers to be chosen at the first meeting, it may
have a board of other officers with the powers of directors,
and presiding, financial and recording oflficers with the powers
of president, treasurer and clerk; and its certificate of or-

Certain rights
of members of
chapter 180
corporations,
not to be
restricted by
by-laws.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 171, 172. 09

ganization may be made, signed and sworn to by its presid-
ing, financial and recording officers and a majority of its
other officers having the powers of directors; and the cer-
tificate issued by the state secretary under section twelve
of chapter one hundred and fifty-six shall be modified to
correspond with the facts in each case.

Approved March 15, 1955.

An Act relative to group life insurance. Chav. 171

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Clause (a) of section 133 of chapter 175 of the General S-,^iTK''-

T 1 111 •l("1 ^C'/l 170,

Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 oi chapter § i33, etc.,
404 of the acts of 1951, is hereby further amended by striking ''™^'*'^^'^-
out, in line 1, the word "twenty- five" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — ten, — so as to read as follows: —
(a) not less than ten employees, with or without medical ex- certain policies
amination, written under a policy issued to the employer, Sngurance^'^^
or to the trustees of a fund established by the employer, the regulated.'
premium on which is to be paid by the policyholder, either
wholly from the employer's funds or funds contributed by
him, or partly from such funds and partly from funds con-
tributed by the insured employees, and insuring only all of
the employees of the employer, or all of any class or classes
thereof determined by conditions pertaining to their em-
ployment, or by duration of service in which case no em-
ployee shall be excluded if he has been for one year or more
in the employ of the employer, or for such period longer than
one year as may be required by any pension plan under or in
connection with which the policy is taken out, for amounts
of insurance based upon some plan precluding individual
selection, and for the benefit of persons other than the em-
ployer, provided, that when part of the premium is to be
derived from funds contributed by the insured employees
and the benefits of the policy are offered to all eligible em-
ployees, not less than seventy-five per cent of such employees
may be so insured, or not less than forty per cent if each em-
ployee belonging to the insured group has been medically
examined and found acceptable for ordinary insurance by an
individual poUcy; or Approved March 15, 1955.

An Act making a corrective change in the law rela- Chav. 112

TIVE TO THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN RE-
SPECT TO THE COMPULSORY MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY
INSURANCE LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section lA of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as amended, Ed)' gol'iA
is hereby further amended by striking out the second sen- etc., 'amended.'
tence, as appearing in chapter 471 of the acts of 1950, and
inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — Said de- Registration
partment shall issue a certificate hereinabove mentioned upon vehfciM umfer"^
the filing of a bond, satisfactory to the department in form •^u^a^e'kw?

100

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 173, 174.

and amount, covering all motor vehicles and trailers of the
obligor for which application for registration may be made,
containing the condition of a motor vehicle liability bond,
as defined in section thirty-four A, except as to amount,
which bond shall, upon a showing to said department's satis-
faction of the obligor's financial abiUty, be without surety.

Approved March 15, 1955.

Chap. VIZ An Act authorizing business corporations to provide

FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CUMULATIVE VOTING.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 156, § 32,
amended.

Voting powers
of stockholders.

Proxies.

Election of
directors of
business
corporations
by cumula-
tive voting,
authorized.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 156 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 32, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion : — Section S2. Stockholders entitled to vote shall, ex-
cept as provided in this section and in sections two and four
of chapter one hundred and fifty-seven, have one vote for
each share of stock owned by them; provided, that in cor-
porations having two or more classes of stock, the voting
powers of the different classes may be fixed in the manner
provided by section fourteen. Capital stock shall not be
voted upon if any instalment of the subscription therefor
which has been duly demanded under section eighteen is
overdue and unpaid. Stockholders may vote either in per-
son or by proxy. No proxy which is dated more than six
months before the meeting named therein shall be accepted,
and no such proxy shall be valid after the final adjournment
of such meeting.

Every corporation in its agreement of association, or in
the case of a corporation created by special law, in its articles
of organization, or in an amendment to said agreement or
articles which may be adopted as provided in section forty-
two, may provide that at all elections of directors each stock-
holder shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the
number of his shares of stock multiplied by the number of
directors to be elected, and that he may cast all of such
votes for a single director or may distribute them among
the number to be voted for or any two or more of them, as
he may see fit, which right, when exercised, shall be termed
cumulative voting. Approved March 15, 1955.

Chap. 17 4: An Act making certain corrective changes in the

workmen's compensation law.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 152.
§ 19, etc.,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 19 of chapter 152 of the General
Laws, as most recently amended by section 6 of chapter
314 of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the paragraph contained in lines 19 to 22, inclusive,
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in
place thereof the following paragraph: —

Copies of reports of injuries filed by employers with the
division, and statistics and data compiled therefrom, shall

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 174. 101

be kept available by it, and shall be furnished on request to
the department of labor and industries for its own use.

Section 2. Said section 19 of said chapter 152, as so g. l. (Xer.
amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the last ftc'.i'fi^ulel ^^'
paragraph, inserted by section 11 of chapter 379 of the acts amended.
of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : —

This section shall apply also to the head of each employ-
ing board, commission and department of the commonwealth
and of the several counties, cities, towns and districts sub-
ject to section sixty-nine, and copies of the reports hereby
required shall likewise be furnished by such employing
head to the appropriate retirement board, if any, and to the
agent referred to in section seventy-five or the insurer, if any.

Section 3. Said chapter 152 is hereby further amended ^^^•iT|''
by striking out section 25A, as most recently amended by § 25A, etc.
chapter 351 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof -'^^^'^e'^-
the following section : — Section 25 A . In order to promote
the health, safety and welfare of employees, every employer
shall provide for the payment to his employees of the com-
pensation provided for by this chapter in the following
manner: —

(1) By insurance with an insurer, or

(2) Subject to the rules of the division, by obtaining from
the division annually a license as a self-insurer by conform-
ing to the provisions of one of the two following sub-para-
graphs and also to the provisions of sub-paragraph (c) if
required. Every employer desiring to be licensed as a self-
insurer shall make application for such license on a form pro-
vided by the division. The application shall contain: (1) a
sworn itemized statement of the assets and liabilities of the
applicant; (2) a payroll report for the preceding fiscal year
of the applicant; (3) a detailed description of the nature
and kind of business carried on.

(a) By keeping on deposit with the state treasurer in trust
for the benefit and security of employees such amount of se-
curities, not less in market value than twenty thousand dol-
lars, as may be required by the division, said securities to be
in the form of cash, bonds, stocks or other evidences of in-
debtedness as the division may require, and to be used, liq-
uidated and disbursed only upon order of the division for the
purposes of paying the benefits provided for by this chapter.
The division shall, at least semi-annually, determine the li-
abilities of a self- insurer both incurred or to be incurred
because of personal injuries to employees under this chapter.
The division shall require an additional deposit or further se-
curity when the sum of the self-insurer's hability both in-
curred or to be incurred exceeds the deposit or any required
reinsurance, or permit a decrease of said deposit provided
the value of said deposit in no case shall be less than twenty
thousand dollars. The division may permit a substitution of
securities in place of those deposited. Interest, dividends and
other income from said deposit or deposits shall be payable

102 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 174.

to the employer who deposited them, unless and until the di-
vision shall direct otherwise. The deposit or deposits may
be returned to the employer if the employer shall insure with
an insurer under paragraph (1) of this section, or qualify as
a self-insurer under sub-paragraph (6) of this section, or if
he shall cease to transact business in the commonwealth ; pro-
vided, that in any case he satisfies the division that he is not
under any obligation to pay compensation under this chap-
ter, or, if the division so requires, he furnishes the division
with a single premium non-cancellable policy, insuring him
against any liabiUty that may have arisen under this chapter
or with a bond executed as surety by some company author-
ized to transact the business of workmen's compensation in-
surance in this commonwealth, in an amount and form ap-
proved by the division, guaranteeing the payment of any
hability on his part that may have arisen under this chapter.
No deposit so deposited shall be assignable or subject to at-
tachment or be liable in any way for the debt of the self-in-
surer.

(6) By furnishing annually a bond running to the com-
monwealth, with some surety company authorized to trans-
act business in the commonwealth as surety, in such form as
may be approved by the division and in such amount not
less than twenty thousand dollars as may be required by the
division, said bond, however, to be upon the condition that
if the license of the principal shall be revoked or if the prin-
cipal shall cease to transact business in the commonwealth
or if the division shall refuse to renew the license or if the
principal shall insure with an insurer, the principal shall
upon demand deposit with the state treasurer an amount
of securities equal to the penal sum of the bond or a single
premium non-cancellable policy issued by some insurance
company authorized to transact the business of workmen's
compensation insurance in this commonwealth, insuring him
against any liability that may have arisen under this chap-
ter or a bond executed as surety by some company author-
ized to transact the business aforesaid in this commonwealth,
in an amount and form approved by the division, guaran-
teeing the payment of any liability on his part that may
have arisen under this chapter. The division shall, at least
semi-annually, determine the liabilities of a self-insurer both
incurred or to be incurred because of personal injuries to
employees under this chapter. The division may at any
time require an additional bond, similarly conditioned, or
further security or permit a decrease in the amount of said
bond provided the amount of the bond or the bonds in no
case shall be less than twenty thousand dollars. The lia-
biUty of the surety shall not exceed in the aggregate the
penal sum or sums stated in any such bond or bonds or in any
endorsements giving effect to any such increase or reduction.
The division may permit a substitution of a new bond or
bonds for the bond or bonds which have been furnished,
(c) As a further guarantee of a self-insurer's abiUty to pay

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 174. 103

the benefits provided for by this chapter to injured employees,
every self-insurer shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
division, by reinsurance, to protect it from extraordinary
losses or losses caused by one disaster.

Such reinsurance shall be in such amounts and form as the
division may approve and shall be effected with a company
as provided in section twenty of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five, provided, the minimum amount shall be not
less than five hundred thousand dollars. Such reinsurance
shall provide that the use or disposition of any money re-
ceived by a self-insurer or former self-insurer under any such
reinsurance shall be subject to the approval of the division,
and no such money shall be assignable or subject to attach-
ment or be Uable in any way for the debt of the self-insurer
unless incurred under this chapter. The provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply to common carriers by railroad
which are subject to the provisions of the Federal Em-
ployers Liabihty Act.

(3) The division may make rules governing self-insurers,
and may revoke or refuse to renew the license of a self-in-
surer because of the failure of such self-insurer promptly to
make pajonents of compensation provided for by this chap-
ter, or for any other reasonable cause. Any person aggrieved
by the action of the division in refusing to grant a license or
in revoking, or refusing to renew, a license of a self-insurer
under this section or by the action of the division in requir-
ing an additional deposit or further security under sub-para-
graph (a) of this section, or in requiring a further bond or
security for an additional sum under sub-paragraph (b) of
this section may demand a hearing before the division, and
if, after said hearing, the division denies his petition, he may
within ten days after receipt of a notice stating reasons for
such denial, file a petition in the superior court for Suffolk
county for a review thereof ; but the fiUng of such a petition
shall not suspend the action of the division unless a stay
thereof shall be allowed by the justice pending a final de-
termination by the court. The court shall summarily hear
the petition and may make any appropriate order or decree.

(4) Such expenses as shall be determined by the depart-
ment of administration and finance as necessary to carry out
the provisions of this chapter relating to self-insurance shall
be assessed against all self -insurers, including for this pur-
pose emplo3''ers who have ceased to exercise the privilege of
self-insurance but whose securities are retained on deposit in
accordance with the rules of the division. The basis of as-
sessment shall be the proportion of such expense that the
total securities deposited by each self-insurer or penal sum
of bond or bonds furnished by each self-insurer at the close
of each fiscal year bears to the total deposits and bonds of
all self-insurers. All such assessments when collected shall
be paid into the state treasury.

Section 4. Section 75 of said chapter 152, as most re- g. l. (Xer.
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 610 of the acts of ^toiiameniedf'

104 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 175.

1951, is hereby further amended by striking out, in Hne 10
and in Hne 13, the word "department" and inserting in
place thereof, in each instance, the word: — division.
litclZin'^'^' Section 5. Sections 15A, 24, 25C, 25D, 26, 31, 45, 57,
sections 58, 65, 65N and 69B of said chapter 152 are hereby amended

amen e . j^^ striking out the word "department", wherever it ap-

pears therein and inserting in place thereof, in each instance,
the word: — division. Approved March 15, 1955.

Chap. 17 6 An Act making an appropriation for the further

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE
LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for additional expenses of the de-
velopment of the General Edward Lawrence Logan Inter-
national Airport, the sum set forth in section two of this
act is hereby appropriated from the General Fund or ordi-
nary revenue of the commonwealth, to be in addition to any
amounts at present available for the purpose.

Section 2.

Item
0493-03 For the further development of the Geueral
Edward Lawrence Logan Airport and to
make certain federal grants available for
the purpose, to be in addition to state funds
available from amounts authorized in
chapter seven hundred and sixty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fiftj^ and item
8255-04 authorized in chapter four hun-
dred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four; provided, that any
improvement or development of the airport
under this item shall not permit the exten-
sion of the existing bounds towards the
town of Winthrop or the mainland of the
East Boston district of the city of Boston;
and, provided further, that federal funds
received on account of this item shall be
credited to the General Fund, appropria-
tion expires June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-seven; and, provided fur-
ther, that notwithstanding the provisions of
section fourteen of chapter twenty-nine of
the General Laws, funds made available for
this purpose under the provisions of said
chapter seven hundred and sixty of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty shall also be
available until June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-seven . . . . $167,760 00

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

Approved March 16, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 176, 177. 105

An Act relative to the securing of information con- (JJid^ 17g

CERNING PERSONS RESIDING AT INNS, LODGING HOUSES
AND PUBLIC LODGING HOUSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 51 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section lOA, as amended by section 1 of chap- fioAfe'tc,
ter 320 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof the '^mended. '
following section: — Section 10 A. Every innholder h- J^j»>jjJ8^°f^j
censed under any provision of chapter one hundred and forty inns, lodging
and every keeper of a lodging house or pubhc lodging house ''°"^'^^' '^*°-
Ucensed thereunder shall deUver to the person performing
the duties required by section four, on a suitable blank to be
furnished him by said person a statement, signed under the
penalties of perjury, showing the name of every person
twenty years of age or older on January first of said year
whose place of residence on said January first was at such
inn, lodging house or pubUc lodging house.

Approved March 16, 1955.

An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the depart- Chap. 177

MENT of public WORKS OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER THE
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF
SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The management and control of the park de-
partment of the city of Gloucester is hereby placed under
the jurisdiction of the department of pubUc works of said
city, said department to be managed by a director who shall
be appointed by and act under the supervision of the city
manager of said city.

Section 2. The board of park commissioners estabUshed
under the provisions of section two of chapter forty-five of
the General Laws is hereby abolished, and the powers and
duties of the said commissioners shall hereafter be vested in
and performed by the said director of pubhc works of said
city.

Section 3. All persons now employed in the park de-
partment of said city are hereby transferred to its depart-
ment of public works, subject to the approval of the civil
service commission in cases where the employment is sub-
ject to the rules and regulations of the civil service com-
mission, and such transfer shall be made without loss of pay
and without change of rating, seniority, retirement or pen-
sion rights or any other rights or privileges to which said
employees may be subject.

Section 4. No contracts or Uabilities in force in said
park department of the city of Gloucester on the effective
date of this act shall be affected, and the said director of the
department of public works shall be the lawful successor of
said board of park commissioners.

106 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 178.

Section 5. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Gloucester at its regular
city election in the current year in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled
'An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the department of
public works of the city of Gloucester the control and man-
agement of the park department of said city', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the
affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take full effect,
but not otherwise. Approved March 16, 1955.

Chap. 17 S An Act to authorize the town of longmeadow to incur

INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREAT-
MENT WORKS, AND TO CONSTRUCT THE SAME.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Longmeadow, hereinafter called
the town, may lay out, construct, maintain and operate a
system or systems of main drains and common sewers for a
part or the whole of its territory, with such connections and
other works as may be required for a system or systems of
sewerage and sewage treatment and disposal, and may con-
struct such sewers or drains in said town as may be neces-
sary, and, for the purpose of providing better surface or
other drainage, may make, lay and maintain such drains as
it deems best; and, for the purposes aforesaid, the town
may, within its limits, make and maintain subdrains.

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

Section 3. The board of water and 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 under
or over any bridge, railroad, railway, boulevard or other pub-
lic way, or within the location of any railroad, and may enter
upon and dig up any private land, public way or railroad
location, for the purpose of laying such drains and sewers
and of maintaining and repairing the same, and may do any
other thing proper or necessary for the purposes of this act;
provided, that they shall not take in fee any land of a rail-
road corporation, and that they shall not enter upon or con-
struct any drain or sewer within the location of any rail-
road corporation except at such time and in such manner as
they may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of

Acts, 1955. —Chap. 178. 107

failure to agree, as may be approved by the department of
public utilities.

Section 4. Any person injured in his property by any
action of said board of water and sewer commissioners under
this act may recover damages from said town under said
chapter seventy-nine.

Section 5. The town may, at the meeting when this
act is accepted or at any meeting thereafter, by vote, deter-
mine if a portion of the cost of said system or systems of
sewerage and disposal shall be paid by the town, and if a
portion, what portion of the whole cost shall be paid by the
town and may alter such portion from time to time by vote
of the town.

In providing for the payment of the remaining portion of
the cost, if any, of said system or systems or for the use of
said system or systems, the town may avail itself of any or
all of the methods permitted by the 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, ex-
cept that interest shall be at the rate of four per cent per
annum. At the same meeting at which it determines or
alters 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 water and sewer commissioners, who shall preserve a
record thereof.

Section 6. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and liabihties incurred under this act, the town may
from time to time, within ten years after the passage of this
act, borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Longmeadow Sewerage Loan, Act of 1955. 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 7. The receipts from sewer assessments and from
payments made in heu thereof may be apphed to the pay-
ment of charges and expenses incident to the maintenance
and operation of said system or systems 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 8. All contracts made by the board of water and
sewer commissioners shall be made in the name of the town
and shall be signed by the board, but no contract shall be

108 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 179.

made or obligation incurred by said board for any purpose in
excess of the amount of money appropriated by the town
therefor.

Section 9. Said board may, from time to time, prescribe
rules and regulations for the connection of estates and build-
ings with main drains and sewers, and for inspection of the
materials, the construction, alteration and use of all con-
nections and drains entering into such main drains or sewers,
and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars,
for each violation of any such rule or regulation. Such
rules and regulations shall be published at least once a week
for three successive weeks in some newspaper pubhshed in
the town of Longmeadow, if there be any, and if not, then
in some newspaper published in the county of Hampden, and
shall not take effect until such pubHcations have been made.

Section 10. No act shall be done under authority of the
preceding sections except in the making of surveys and other
preliminary investigations, until the plans for sewage dis-
posal have been approved by the state department of public
health.

Section 11. Nothing in this act shall deprive the town
of any authority it now possesses under any general or special
law.

Section 12. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of a majority of the voters of said town
voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose
within four years after its passage, but not otherwise.

Approved March 16. 1956.

Chap. VI ^ An Act authorizing the town of weymouth to use

CERTAIN PARK LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Weymouth is hereby authorized
to use for school purposes, or school uses and for all purposes
incidental thereto, certain park land located on Commercial
street in said town known as East Weymouth playground,
bounded and described as follows : — Beginning at a point
on the southeasterly side line of Station street at land of
Edward V. SuUivan and Mary A. Sullivan; thence running
southeasterly by said land of Edward V. Sulhvan and Mary
A. Sullivan, by land of Martin T. O 'Toole and Margaret E.
0 'Toole, tenants by the entirety, by land of Ruth M. Lang,
and by land of the town of Weymouth, a total distance of
about three hundred and twenty-six feet to an angle point;
thence running southwesterly by said land of the town of
Weymouth, a distance of about one hundred and seventeen
feet, to other land of the town of Weymouth fronting on Com-
mercial street; thence turning and running southeasterly by
said other land of the town of Weymouth and by land of Tris-
tano T. Mariano and Jessie P. Mariano, joint tenants, a total
distance of about ninety-seven feet to land of Martha E.
Maddy; thence turning and running northeasterly by said

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 179. 109

land of Martha E. Maddy a distance of about thirty-three
feet to an angle point; thence turning and running south-
easterly still by said land of said Maddy, a distance of about
fifty-three feet to land of Benjamin A. Loud and Marjorie A.
Loud, tenants by the entirety; thence running southeasterly
but more easterly by said land of said Benjamin A. Loud and
Marjorie A. Loud, a distance of thirty feet to other land of
the town of Weymouth, known as the East Weymouth play-
ground; thence turning and running northeasterly by said
other land of the town of Weymouth, a distance of about
one hundred and eighty-five feet to an angle point; thence
running northeasterly but more northerly by said other land
of the town of Weymouth, a distance of two hundred and
thirty-five feet to an angle point; thence turning with a de-
flection angle to the left of 72° 00' 00" and running north-
westerly, still by said other land of the town of Weymouth,
a distance of two hundred and twenty feet to land of Jessie
H. Lovell; thence turning and running southwesterly by
said land of said Lovell a distance of sixty-five feet to an
angle point; thence turning and running northwesterly, still
by said land of said Lovell, a distance of one hundred and
fifty-one and forty-seven hundredths feet, to said line of Sta-
tion street; thence turning and running southwesterly by
said side fine of Station street, a distance of about one hun-
dred and fifty-three and five tenths feet to said land of Ed-
ward V. Sullivan and Mary A, SulHvan and the point of be-
ginning.

Containing about three and two tenths acres, be the same
or any of the aforesaid measurements more or less, as shown
on the plan entitled "Plan of Land in (East) Weymouth,
Mass. ", made by Russell H. Whiting, town engineer, dated
February 12, 1955, and made a part of this description and
record.

Section 2. The above described land shall, upon the
effective date of this act, be under the authority and super-
vision of the school committee, and the entire area of lot B
shall constitute a joint right of way for both the school au-
thorities and the park authorities, and also that the park
authorities shall be herein granted a right of way twenty
feet in width across the land herein conveyed for access to
the remaining playground land.

Section 3. Any action taken by a town meeting pursu-
ant to authority granted by this act shall be as valid and
effective as though this act was in full force and effect at the
time of the posting of the warrant for said meeting.

Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority of the town meeting members of said
town present and voting thereon at a regular or special town
meeting, but not otherwise. Approved March 16, 1955.

no Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 180, 181, 182.

Chap. 180 An Act relative to the payment of minimum wages on

PUBLIC WORKS projects.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed.h ils'l 27, Section 27 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as amended

etc., 'amended. ' by chapter 461 of the acts of 1935, is hereby further amended

by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof

mfmm^m^^ the followiug Sentence: — "V^Tioever shall pay less than said

wa^es on rate or rates of wages on said works to any person perf orm-

project^°'^ ^ ing work within classifications as determined by the commis-

reguiated. sioner, and whoever, for himself, or as representative, agent

or officer of another, shall take or receive for his own use or

the use of any other person, as a rebate, refund or gratuity,

or in any other guise, any part or portion of the wages paid

to any such person for work done or service rendered on said

Penalty. public works, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one

hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Approved March 16, 1955.

C hap. ISl An Act authorizing the town of wellesley to re-
convey land taken for park and playground pur-
poses.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Wellesley is hereby authorized
to reconvey to Antonio Epifano as he is the trustee of the
Clark Realty Trust under a Declaration of Trust dated
July 16, 1935, and recorded with Middlesex South District
Deeds, Book 5947, Page 317, the land taken for park and
playground purposes from said trustee for the town by an
order of its selectmen adopted on April 30, 1951, and re-
corded with Norfolk Deeds, Book 2999, Page 24, in con-
sideration of a release by said trustee of all damages caused
by said taking, said land being a strip seven feet wide running
from Elmwood road to other park and playground land of
said town now known as Kelly Memorial Park, a distance of
approximately one hundred and fifty feet.

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

Approved March 21, 1955.

Chap. 182 An Act authorizing the town of ludlow to use certain

PARK LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Ludlow is hereby authorized
to use such portion of Veterans' Park, located in said town
and situate on Chapin street, as the town, by vote passed
at any annual or special town meeting within five years
after the passage of this act, shall determine, for the erection
of a public school building or for other school uses, and for all
purposes incidental thereto; and after such vote, such

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 183, 184, 185. Ill

portion shall be under the same care and control as other
school property.

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

Approved March 21, 1955.

An Act relating to the storage or dispensing equip- (Jfidj) 133

MENT TO BEAR BRAND NAME OF PRODUCT STORED OR DIS-
PENSED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 295F of chapter 94 of the General Laws, inserted gd^'gl^''
by section 1 of chapter 459 of the acts of 1939, is hereby § 295F, etc.,
amended by striking out, in line 4, the words ", and the '''™^'^'^^^-
name of the manufacturer," and in lines 9 and 10, the words
"the name of the manufacturer and", — so as to read as
follows : — Section 295F. All above-ground equipment for Certain
storing or dispensing motor fuel or lubricating oil operated dispensing
by a retail dealer shall bear in a conspicuous place the brand be^'toand *°
name or trade-mark of the product stored therein or sold or name of
dispensed therefrom. If the motor fuel or lubricating oil p'"°'^'^''*-
stored in or sold or dispensed from above-ground equipment
by a retail dealer has no brand name or trade-mark, such
container or dispensing equipment shall have conspicuously
displayed thereon the words "No Brand".

Approved March 21, 1955.

An Act relative to fees for sealing farm milk tanks. Chap. 184:
Be it enacted, etc., a'' follows:

Section 56 of chapter 98 of the General Laws, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 34 of the acts of 1949, ^tt! 'amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph (j) and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

(j) Farm milk tanks and vehicle tanks used in the sale of feTiing tom
commodities by liquid measure and having a capacity of one mJik tanks.
hundred gallons or less, one dollar. For each additional one
hundred gallons or fraction thereof, an additional fee of fifty
cents shall be received. When a farm milk tank or a vehicle
tank is subdivided into two or more compartments, each
compartment shall, for the purposes of this section, be con-
sidered as a separate tank. Approved March 21, 1955.

An Act relative to the annual testing and the seal- Chav.\8b

ING OF FARM MILK TANKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 42 of chapter 98 of the General Laws, as appear- g l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by in- amemicd. '
serting after the word "tank", in line 7, the words: — or
farm milk tank, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1^2. '^Ix^^^^^^
After giving said notice, said sealers shall go to the houses, farm miik
stores, shops and vehicles of persons not complying there- btld!' '^^^'^"

112

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 186, 187, 188.

Penalty.

with, and shall test and adjust, seal or condemn in accord-
ance with the results of their tests, the weighing or measur-
ing devices of such persons; provided, that devices for
determining the measurement of leather bought, sold or
offered for sale shall be tested at least semi-annually, and
provided, further, that when a vehicle tank or farm milk
tank used in the sale of commodities by liquid measure has
once been sealed, it shall not be necessary to seal it again
while it remains in the same condition as when first sealed.
A person who neglects or refuses to exhibit his weighing or
measuring devices to a sealer or deputy, or who hinders,
obstructs or in any way interferes with a sealer or deputy
in the performance of duty, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than fifty dollars. Approved March 21, 1965.

Chap. 18Q An Act to authorize medical service corporations to

CONTRACT WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOR PROVID-
ING MEDICAL SERVICE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 3 of chapter 176B of the General Laws is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following paragraph : —

Any medical service corporation may contract with any
agency of the United States of America, of the commonwealth
or of any city or town within the commonwealth for the pur-
pose of providing medical service.

Approved March SI, 1956.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 176B.
§ 3, amended.

Certain medi-
cal service,
authorized.

C hap. 1S7 An Act to regulate the investment of funds by water

COMPANIES.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 165, §2,
amended .

Investment of
funds by
water com-
panies, regu-
lated.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 2 of chapter 165 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "seventeen", in line 2, the words: — ,
seventeen A, — so as to read as follows: — Section 2. Chap-
ter one hundred and fifty-eight and sections ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, seventeen A,
eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one, seventy-eight, seventy-nine,
eighty, eighty-one, eighty-two, eighty-three, eighty-four,
ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-six, ninety-
eight, ninety-nine, one hundred and one, one hundred and
twenty and one hundred and twenty-one of chapter one hun-
dred and sixty-four shall include and apply to all such cor-
porations and companies. Approved March 21, 1956.

Chap. 188 An Act to specify advertising procedure in connec-
tion with utility bond issdes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

EdV im's 15 Section 15 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as amended
etc.', amended. ' by chapter 393 of the acts of 1950, is hereby further amended

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 189, 190. 113

by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence: — A gas or electric company, under Advertising in
the supervision of the department, selling, offering for sale [gg^^eJ^y cer-
or issuing, under sections thirteen and fourteen, bonds, de- tain utility
bentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, exclusive qurred/'^'
of stock, payable at periods of more than five years after the
date thereof, shall invite proposals for the purchase thereof
by advertisements in two or more daily newspapers, if there
be such, in the city or town where the company maintains
its principal business office, as reported in its annual return
filed under section eighty-three, and in two or more news-
papers published in Boston. Approved March 21, 1955.

An Act clarifying the right to arrest for violations QfiQnj jgg

OF CERTAIN AERONAUTICAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 40 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out the last paragraph, added by chap- all'am^ndtd.
ter 60 of the acts of 1949, and inserting in place thereof the
following paragraph: — •

Persons employed as inspectors under the provisions of sec- Certain
tion fifty-nine of chapter six shall have and exercise through- thorizTd to"
out the commonwealth all the powers of constables, except ^'-^^ arrests

,, . « . ., 1 !• !• rr> -IT for violations

the service ot civil process, and oi ponce olticers, including of aeronautical
the power to arrest any person who, in the presence of the ''"''^' *^*°-
inspector making the arrest, commits a breach of the peace
which violates any provision of the aviation law as contained
in this chapter or the rules and regulations established by the
commission and they may serve all process issued by the
courts with respect to the enforcement of such laws. Any
oflEicer authorized to make arrests, providing such ofiicer is
in uniform or displaying his badge of office conspicuously on
his outer coat or garment, may arrest without a warrant any
person who operates an aircraft and who does not have in his
possession a license to operate an aircraft, granted by federal
authority ; or who violates any statute or regulation relating
to the operation or control of aircraft ; or who operates said
aircraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor; or
who refuses to produce a pilot or aircraft license or registra-
tion upon request ; or who uses an aircraft without authority ;
or who is a non-resident operator violating any statute or
regulation relating to the control of aircraft.

Approved March 21, 1966.

An Act imposing a penalty for interference with C'/iai).190

SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN THE PERFORM-
ANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 34 of chapter 98 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by in- fmende^d.^ ^*'
serting after the word "measure" in line 6 the words: — ,

114 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 191.

and any person who hinders, obstructs or in any way inter-
feres with a sealer or deputy in the performance of duty shall
be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, — so as
Interference ^o read as f ollows : — Section 3 A. Subject to chapter thirty-
of weights one, the mayor of each city and the selectmen of each town
p?ohibHeT^^' of over ten thousand inhabitants shall appoint a sealer, and
may appoint one or more deputies to act under the direction
of the sealer. The sealer and deputies shall enforce the law
pertaining to weighing and measuring devices and to the giv-
ing of false or insufficient weight or measure, and any person
who hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with a sealer
Penalty. or dcputy in the performance of duty shall be punished by a

fine of not more than fifty dollars. Sealers and deputies ap-
pointed hereunder shall receive a salary to be determined by
the board, officer or body authorized to determine salaries in
their respective cities and towns, and shall also receive an
additional allowance for transportation and other necessary
expenses. They shall account for and pay into their city or
town treasuries monthly all fees received and shall make an
annual report to the appointing board or officer, and to the
director as provided by section thirty-seven.

Approved March 21, 1955.

Chap. 1^1 An Act providing that the school committee of the

TOWN OF BROOKLINE MAY APPOINT THE DIRECTOR OF PUB-
LIC health as director of school health SERVICES IN
SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 345 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 1. There shall be in the
town of Brookline a health department under a director of
pubUc health who shall be appointed by the selectmen and
who shall have the powers, perform the duties and be sub-
ject to the obligations of boards of health in towns. The
person so appointed shall be a citizen of the United States
who has received the degree of doctor of medicine from a
medical school classified by the American Medical Associa-
tion as a grade A school, shall be qualified to practice medi-
cine under the laws of the commonwealth, and shall have
had not less than three years' full time experience in public
health administration, or not less than one year's full time
experience in public health administration and a graduate
degree in public health from a recognized school of public
health. Said director shall devote his entire time to the per-
formance of the duties and obligations imposed by this act.
He shall be appointed in April for the term of three years
from the first day of May following and until the qualifica-
tion of his successor. He may be removed by the selectmen
for cause and the vacancy filled by appointment for the re-
mainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as in the
case of an original appointment. His salary or compensation

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 192. 115

shall be such as the selectmen may from time to tune vote.
The school committee may appoint and may revoke the ap-
pointment of the director of public health as the director of
school health services. As director of school health services
he shall, subject to the approval and under the continued su-
pervision of the school committee, have the powers, perform
the duties, and be subject to the obligations of school physi-
cians under section fifty-three of chapter seventy-one of the
General Laws. The director, subject to the approval of the
selectmen, may make rules and regulations for the govern-
ment of the health department and its officers, agents and
employees. Subject to appropriation, he may also appoint
and employ such officers, agents, assistants and employees
and make such contracts as may be necessary to execute the
health laws, rules and regulations. All officers, agents, as-
sistants and employees appointed or employed, and all con-
tracts made, by the director pertaining in any manner to
school health services shall be subject to the approval and
continued supervision of the school committee. The posi-
tions or offices of director of public health and director of
school health services shall not be subject to the laws, rules
and regulations pertaining to civil service.

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

Approved March 22, 1955.

An Act relative to appropriations by the town of
harwich for advertising and for public amusements
or entertainments.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 272 of the acts of 1929,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 82 of the acts of 1937,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in fine 3, the
word "twenty-five" and inserting in place thereof the word:
— forty-five, — and by inserting after the word "of", the
first time it appears in line 5, the words : — advertising and
for, — so as to read as follows; — Section 1. The town of
Harwich may, by a majority vote at any annual town
meeting, appropriate a sum not exceeding forty-five hun-
dred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the select-
men, for the purpose of advertising and for providing amuse-
ments or entertainments of a public character.

Section 2. Any action taken at a town meeting in the
town of Harwich pursuant to authority granted by this act
shall be as vaUd and effective as though this act was in full
force and effect at the time of the posting of the warrant for
said meeting.

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

Approved March 22, 1955.

Chap. 1^2

116

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 193, 194, 195, 196.

C/iap. 193 An Act providing that the board of registration of

HAIRDRESSERS NEED NOT NOTIFY APPLICANTS FOR REGIS-
TRATION AS DEMONSTRATORS OF EXAMINATION DATES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed.h n2T' Section 87KK of chapter 112 of the General Laws, inserted

§ ^^^j^^®*"' by chapter 509 of the acts of 1951, is hereby further amended
''^ " ■ by striking out, in line 2, the word "demonstrator".

Approved March 22, 1955.

Chap. 1^4: An Act relating to the duration of liens for better-
ment ASSESSMENTS.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 80, § 12,
etc., amended.

Duration of
certain liens.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 12 of chapter 80 of the General Laws, as amended,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the words
"thirteen A" in hne 34, as appearing in section 4 of chapter
478 of the acts of 1943, the words: — or under any general or
special law, — so that the seventh sentence will read as
follows: — If the time for payment of an assessment is ex-
tended under section thirteen A or under any general or
special law, the lien shall, if the statement provided for in
section thirty-seven A of chapter sixty is filed, continue as
provided in said section thirty-seven A.

Approved March 22, 1955.

Chap. 195 An Act authorizing compensation for overtime service

BY fire fighters OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 48 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 58B, inserted by section 1 of chapter
413 of the acts of 1945, the following section : — Section 5SC.
If a fire fighter in the service of a city or town shall be re-
quired to be on duty for any period in excess of his regular
hours of duty as from time to time established, he may be
given time off equal to such period of overtime duty or, if
time off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage
or other cause, he may be paid for such period of overtime
duty at the hourly rate of his regular compensation for his
average weekly hours of regular duty.

Approved March 22, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 48,
new § 680.
added.

Overtime
compensation
for fire fighters,
authorized.

Chap. 19^ An Act relative to service of process in certain cases
arising from the operation of trailers within the
commonwealth.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 A of chapter 90 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 366 of the
acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "vehicle", in lines 4, 6 and 15, in each instance,

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90, § 3A,
etc., amended.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 197. 117

the words : — or trailer, — so that the first sentence will
read as follows : — The acceptance by a person who is a Operation of
resident of any other state or country of the rights and privi- non-residents,
leges conferred by section three, as evidenced by the opera- regulated.
tion, by himself or agent, of a motor vehicle or trailer there-
under, or the operation by such a person, by himself or his
agent, of a motor vehicle or trailer on a way, or private way
if entrance thereto was made from a way, or in any place
to which the public has a right of access, in this common-
wealth otherwise than under said section, shall be deemed
equivalent to an appointment by him of the registrar, or
his successor in office, to be his true and lawful attorney
upon whom may be served all lawful processes in any action
or proceeding against him or his executor or administrator,
growing out of any accident or collision in which such person
or his agent may be involved while operating a motor vehicle
or trailer on such way or in such place, and said acceptance
or operation shall be a signification of his agreement that
any such process against him, or his executor or adminis-
trator, which is so served shall be of the same legal force
and validity as if served on him personally.

Section 2. Section 3B of said chapter 90, as amended Ed^'ool'sB
by section 2 of said chapter 366, is hereby further amended etc!, 'amended.'
by inserting after the word "vehicle", in fines 3 and 13, in
each instance, the words : — or trailer, — so that the first
sentence will read as follows : — The operation by any per- Operation of
son, by himself or his agent, of any motor vehicle or trailer, perso" regu-^
whether registered or unregistered, and with or without a ^^*®'^-
Ucense to operate, on any way, or private way if entrance
thereto was made from a way, or in any place to which the
public has a right of access, in this commonwealth, shall be
deemed equivalent to an appointment by such person of the
registrar, or his successor in office, to be his true and lawful
attorney upon whom may be served all lawful processes in
any action or proceeding against him, or his executor or
administrator, growing out of any accident or collision in
which he or his agent may be involved while operating a
motor vehicle or trailer on any way, or private way if en-
trance thereto was made from a way, or in any place to
which the public has a right of access, in this commonwealth,
and such operation shall be a signification of an agreement
by such person that any such process against him, or his
executor or administrator, which is served upon the regis-
trar or his successor in office shall be of the same force and
validity as if served upon him personally.

Approved March 22, 1966.

An Act relative to participation loans by trust Chaj).197

COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 34 of chapter 172 of the General Laws, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 23 of the acts of 1951, f 34'eto^'

amended.

118

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 198, 199.

Certain par-
ticipation
loans by trust
companies,
regulated.

is hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
two paragraphs : —

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
such corporation may participate with other banks in loans
on first mortgages of real estate, whether or not such corpora-
tion is the originating bank. Such participation, however,
shall apply only to original participations.

In any participation in loans on first mortgages with other
banks, such corporation shall enter into a written agreement
with the other participating corporation or corporations;
such written agreement shall include provisions for the cus-
tody of the note and mortgage, and for the servicing and fore-
closure thereof; a true copy of said written agreement shall
be filed with the records of such corporation. In such par-
ticipations, two members of the executive committee of such
corporation shall certify in writing the value of the property
which is the subject matter of the loan, and said certification
shall also be filed with the records of such corporation.

Approved March 22, 1955.

Chap 198 An Act relative to the revocation of the driver's

LICENSE OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90, § 24,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90 § 24,
etc., further
amended.

Revocation of

driver's

license.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90. § 24,
etc., further
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:

Section 1. Paragraph (1) (c) of section 24 of chapter 90
of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter 82 of the acts
of 1939, is hereby amended by striking out in line 8 the word
"final".

Section 2. Paragraph (1) (d) of said section 24 of said
chapter 90 is hereby amended by striking out the last sen-
tence, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 434 of the acts of
1936, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: —
Where there has been more than one conviction in the same
prosecution, the date of the first conviction shall be deemed
to be the date of conviction under paragraph (c) hereof.

Section 3. Paragraph (2) (c) of said section 24 of said
chapter 90 is hereby amended by adding at the end of the
first sentence, as appearing in chapter 117 of the acts of 1937,
the following words : — within a period of three years.

Approved March 22, 1955.

Chap. 199 An Act exempting the town of gosnold from making
contributions to the pocasset sanatorium in the

COUNTY of BARNSTABLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Gosnold is hereby exempted from
making contributions to the Pocasset Sanatorium in the
county of Barnstable.

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

Approved March 24, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 200, 201. 119

An Act extending the time within which the town of QJku) 200
wilmington may borrow money for constructing an
athletic field.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 126 of the acts of 1950
is hereby amended by striking out, in hne 3, the word "five"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — ten, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 1 . For the purpose of construct-
ing an athletic field on land now owned by the town, the
town of Wilmington may borrow, from time to time, within
a period of ten years from the passage of this act, such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate seventy-
five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the town
therefor which shall bear on their face the words, Wilming-
ton Athletic Field Loan, Act of 1950. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan and such loans shall be paid
in not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebted-
ness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit and shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chap-
ter forty-four of the General Laws, inclusive of the limita-
tion contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.

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

Approved March 24, 1955.

An Act authorizing the city of taunton to borrow

MONEY for electric PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . For the purposes of providing funds for extend-
ing or enlarging its electric plant the city of Taunton may
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding in the aggregate four million dollars, and may is-
sue bonds or notes of the city therefor which shall bear on
their face the words, Taunton Electric Loan, Act of 1955.
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 limits prescribed by clause eight of
section eight and by section ten of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, but shall, except as provided herein, be sub-
ject to the applicable provisions of said chapter forty-four,
exclusive of the limitations contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof.

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

Approved March 2 4, 1955.

Chap,201

120

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 202, 203.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 59, § 23,
etc., amended.

Use of certain
funds to
reduce city
tax rates,
authorized.

Chap. 202 An Act to permit cities to use certain available

FUNDS TO REDUCE TAX RATES THEREIN.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:

Section 1. Section 23 of chapter 59 of the General Laws,
as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
first paragraph the following two paragraphs : —

In cities in determining the amount of available funds
which the assessors may be required to deduct under the
provisions of clauses {b) and (c) of this section such funds
shall constitute the amounts certified by the director of ac-
counts as available on January first of the then current year,
in accordance with the provisions of this section, together
with the total of the proceeds from the sale of tax title pos-
sessions and the receipts from tax title redemptions, in addi-
tion to the real, personal or poll taxes of prior years collected
or received between said January first and the last day of the
month preceding the month in which the tax rate is deter-
mined, but in no event later than March thirty-first of the
said current year.

The auditor or similar accounting officer in each city shall
certify as soon as may be to the board of assessors the total
of the proceeds from the sale of tax title possessions and re-
ceipts from tax title redemptions, in addition to the total
real, personal or poll taxes of prior years collected from
January first of the current year up to and including March
thirty-first of the same year.

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

Approved March 24, 1955.

Certification
of total
collections,
required.

C/iap. 203 An Act exempting the American national red cross,

THE AMVETS AND THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE
HEART FROM FILING CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE
DIVISION OF PUBLIC CHARITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Section 8E of chapter 12 of the General Laws, inserted

S:l 'amended.' by scction 1 of chapter 529 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "except", in line 3,
the words: — The American National Red Cross, — and
by inserting after the word "War", in line 5, the words:
— , American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, Mili-
tary Order of the Purple Heart, — so as to read as follows: —
Certain or- Scction 8E. A charitable corporation established, organized
exempt from or chartered under laws other than those of the common-
pubiic'char°ty Wealth, exccpt The American National Red Cross, the
'^^- Grand Army of the Repubhc, the United Spanish War

Veterans, The American Legion, the Disabled American
Veterans of the World War, American Veterans of World
War II, AMVETS, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, shall,
before engaging in charitable work or raising funds in the

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 204, 205. 121

commonwealth, file with the division a copy of its charter,
articles or certificate of incorporation, certified under the
seal of the state or country where such corporation is incor-
porated, by the secretary of state thereof or by the officer
having charge of the original record therein, and a true copy
of its constitution and by-laws, and shall also file with the
division such other information as may from time to time
be required by it. Every officer of such a corporation which
fails to comply with the requirements of this section who
authorizes or transacts, and every agent of such a cor-
poration who transacts, business in behalf of such corpora-
tion in this commonwealth, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars. Upon an information in
equity by the attorney general, the supreme judicial or
superior court may restrain the violation of this section by
such a corporation or the transaction of any business in its
behalf by any officer or agent while such violation continues.

Approved March 24, 1955.

An Act relative to the unlawful wearing of official QhaV-'^O^

UNIFORMS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 99, as appearing in section 1 of chapter ^tt! 'amended.
590 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 99. Whoever, not being in the Penalty for
service of the armed forces of the United States or of the of^'miiirary""^
commonwealth, appears in public wearing the distinctive uniform.
uniform of any branch of such service shall be punished by a
fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than six months, or both, but this section
shall not apply to any person discharged from such service,
for any cause other than his own unworthiness, wearing his
uniform in order to take part in any military or naval parade
or on any occasion of ceremony, or to any person in the
service of the armed forces of the United States, discharged
for any cause other than his own unworthiness, wearing the
uniform from place of discharge to his home. Any person
found violating any provision of this section may be arrested
without a warrant by any officer qualified to serve criminal
process; provided, that nothing in this section shall subject
to penalty any action with respect to the wearing of uniforms
of the armed forces of the United States which is authorized
by federal law. Approved March 24, 1955.

An Act relative to the issuance of a duplicate li- Chap.205

CENSE TO operate MOTOR VEHICLES IN CERTAIN CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 23A of chapter 708 of the acts of 1941, inserted by
section 51 of chapter 627 of the acts of 1954, is hereby

122 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 206.

amended by striking out the third paragraph and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : —

If the hcense of such person is lost or mutilated, a duph-
cate thereof shall be furnished by the registrar of motor
vehicles without fee and upon presentation of the evidence
aforesaid. Approved March 2/^, 1955.

Chap. 2^^ An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the depart-
ment OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER THE
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
OF SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The management and control of the water
department of the city of Gloucester is hereby placed under
the jurisdiction of the department of pubUc works of said
city, said department to be managed by a director who shall
be appointed by and act under the supervision of the city
manager of said city.

Section 2. The board of water commissioners estab-
lished under the provisions of chapter four hundred and
fifty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is
hereby abohshed and the powers and duties of the said com-
missioners shall hereafter be vested in and performed by the
said director of public works of said city.

Section 3. All persons now employed in the water de-
partment of said city are hereby transferred to its depart-
ment of public works subject to the approval of the director
of civil service in cases where the employment is subject to
the rules of the civil service commission, and such transfer
shall be made without loss of pay and without change of
rating, seniority, retirement or pension rights or any other
rights or privileges to which said employees may be subject.

Section 4. The income of the water department 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 the purpose of municipal
water supply. If in any year there should be a net surplus
remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges for that
year, such surplus shall be paid into the water reserve
account.

Section 5. No contracts or Uabilities in force in said
water department of the city of Gloucester on the effective
date of this act shall be affected, and the said director of the
department of pubHc works shall be the lawful successor of
said board of water commissioners.

Section 6. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Gloucester at its regular
city election in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five entitled
'An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the department of

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 207, 208, 209. 123

public works of the city of Gloucester the control and
management of the water department of said city', be
accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said
question is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon
take full effect, but not otherwise.

Approved March 24, 1955.

An Act relative to premium payments on blanket (Jfidj) 207

ACCIDENT and HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES EXTENDED
TO INCLUDE DEPENDENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Subdivision (D) of section 110 of chapter 175 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as most recently amended by section 2 of f I'lo/Ju;'.,
chapter 532 of the acts of 1952, is hereby further amended amended. '
by adding after the word "expenses", in lines 4 and 5, the
words : — , and the employees may contribute part or all of Payments on

,1 . • - , . '■ ^ '' ' certain insur-

the premium for such insurance. ance policies.

Approved March 24, 1955.

Chap.20S

An Act relative to the investments of domestic in-
surance COMPANIES in loans UPON MORTGAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 65, as most recently amended by chap- fgs'euf'
ter 176 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the amended.'
following section : — Section 65. No domestic company Loans upon
shall, except in effecting the sale of real estate owned by it, ™rtafn^*^^ ^^
and then only with the approval of the commissioner, invest insurance
any of its funds in loans upon mortgages except upon the con- reguiatTI^'
ditions expressed in paragraph 7 or paragraph 7A of section
sixty-three; provided, that any such company may make
and acquire such loans as are insured under the provisions of
the National Housing Act of the United States or "National
Housing Act, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four" of Canada
or of any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto;
provided, further, that any loans heretofore or hereafter so
made or acquired, or any loans heretofore or hereafter made
or acquired which are guaranteed or insured under the Serv-
icemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 or any amendment
thereof, shall qualify as an investment for all purposes of
section sixty-three. Approved March 24, 1955.

An Act providing that applicants for a sporting, Qhav 209

HUNTING, FISHING, OR TRAPPING LICENSE NEED NOT ^'

PERSONALLY APPEAR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 6 of chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended b}^ striking out the fourth sentence as appearing ^tc'^ 'amended,
in section 1 of chapter 302 of the acts of 1948.

Approved March 24, 1955.

124 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 210, 211.

Chap.210 An Act authorizing the city of fitchburg to use the

RECEIPTS FROM CERTAIN PARKING METERS TO PAY THE
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF CERTAIN BONDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 608 of the acts of 1954 is hereby
amended by inserting after section 3 the following section:
— Section SA. Fees or receipts from parking meters in-
stalled and maintained by said city under authority of sec-
tions twenty-two A, twenty-two B or section twenty-two C
of chapter forty of the General Laws may be used by it to
pay the principal and interest, or principal or interest, of
bonds issued by it under authority of section three of this act.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the city council of said city, subject to the provisions
of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved March S4, 1955.

Chap. 211 An Act authorizing the city of newton to use for
school purposes certain land held by it.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloius:

Section 1. The city of Newton, acting by its mayor and
board of aldermen, may use for school or schoolyard purposes,
and free and clear from any obligation to use or maintain the
same, as a public playground or recreation field or for any
other public purposes, that portion of the land owned by said
city and known as the Newton Centre playground, on Pleas-
ant street and Tyler terrace in ward six in said city, as lies
within the following bounds, to wit : — Beginning at a point
in the northerly line of Tyler terrace distant ninety-six and
ten one-hundredths feet westerly from the easterly tangent
point of a curve of one thousand one hundred forty-four and
fifty one-hundredths feet radius in said northerly line of Tyler
terrace; thence by a curve to the left in a southwesterly direc-
tion of one thousand one hundred forty-four and fifty one-
hundredths feet radius, ninety feet; thence by a curve to the
right in a southwesterly, westerly and northwesterly direction
of thirty-six and seventeen one-hundredths feet radius, nine-
teen and fifty-one one-hundredths feet ; thence northwesterly
one hundred two and one one-hundredths feet, the last three
described lines being by Tyler terrace; thence by a curve to
the right in a northwesterly direction of thirty-one and
seventy-one one-hundredths feet radius, twenty-five and
fifty-three one-hundredths feet by the junction of said Tyler
terrace and Pleasant street; thence northwesterly forty- two
and eighty-five one-hundredths feet by Pleasant street;
thence northeasterly four hundred six and sixty one-hun-
dredths feet by land conveyed by the commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts to the city of Newton by deed recorded in Middle-
sex south registry of deeds in book eight thousand two
hundred ninety-eight, page four hundred seventy-four;

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 212, 213. 125

thence southeasterly two hundred fifty feet; thence south-
westerly four hundred twelve feet to the point of beginning;
the last described line being parallel to and distant two hun-
dred fifty feet southeasterly from the sixth described line;
provided, however, that said city is not hereby authorized
to interfere in any way with existing easements of the com-
monwealth of Massachusetts or its metropolitan district com-
mission in said premises.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the recreation commission and the board of aldermen
of said city subject to the provisions of its charter during the
current year. Approved March 24, 1955.

An Act relative to providing adequate accommoda- (JJidj) 212

TIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF NORTHERN BERKSHIRE '

IN THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purposes of providing adequate ac-
commodations and facilities in and for the district court of
Northern Berkshire in the city of North Adams, the county
commissioners of Berkshire county are hereby authorized
and directed to cause options to be executed, land pur-
chased, preliminary plans and specifications to be drawn and
all necessary preliminary work for the building and con-
structing of a building in the city of North Adams to ac-
commodate said district court.

Section 2. For the purposes of this act, the county
commissioners of Berkshire county may expend such sums,
not exceeding four thousand dollars, as may be appropriated
therefor in the current year.

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

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act relative to the Massachusetts turnpike au- C/ia».213

THORITY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would un- Emergency
necessarily delay the construction and completion of the preamble.
much-needed express highway referred to in chapter three
hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-two and thereby postpone unreasonably the elimination
of many of the present handicaps and hazards on the con-
gested highways in the commonwealth, therefore this act 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:

Subparagraph (e) of section 5 of chapter 354 of the acts
of 1952 is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"determine" in fine 3 the following: — , and the provisions
of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws shall not apply to
the construction by the Authority of structures in, on or over

126 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 214, 215.

rivers, streams and waterways; provided, that for drainage
areas greater than one thousand acres the said structures
shall be designed to pass a rare flood as computed by the
Kinnison-Colby formula, and for drainage areas of one
thousand acres or less, the said structures shall be designed
to meet the requirements of the "Massachusetts Turnpike
Drainage Standards" dated June fourth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-four. Approved March S8, 1955.

Chap. 214: An Act relating to the granting of hawkers and

PEDDLERS LICENSES TO CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS.

Eme^ency Whcreas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for certain
rights and privileges for veterans, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Sectiou 24 of chapter 101 of the General Laws, as most

^tc.!'amiAded*' recently amended by section 22 of chapter 627 of the acts
of 1954, is hereby further amended by striking out, in hnes 6
and 7, the words "is disabled as defined in clauses (1) and
(2) of section twenty-three A of chapter thirty-two" and in-
Granting of serting in place thereof the words : — has a service-connected
to'disabieT'^^ disabiUty as recognized by the United States government.
veterans. Approved March 28, 1955.

Chap. 215 An Act relative to the location and validation of

CERTAIN LINES, POLES, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT OF THE
LYNN GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE NEW ENGLAND
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, THE AMERICAN
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND THE WESTERN
UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY IN THE CITY OF LYNN AND
TOWNS OF NAHANT, SAUGUS AND SWAMPSCOTT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All hnes for the transmission of electricity for
Hght, heat or power heretofore erected or acquired by Lynn
Gas and Electric Company, and all such hnes heretofore
erected or acquired by New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany or by the Western Union Telegraph Company, for the
transmission of intelligence by electricity or by telephone,
upon, along, under, across and over the pubHc ways and
places of the city of Lynn, and of the towns of Nahant,
Saugus and Swampscott, and the poles, piers, abutments,
conduits, manholes, vaults and other fixtures and structures
necessary to sustain, protect or operate the wires and cables
of said hnes and actually in place on the effective date of this
act, are hereby made lawful, notwithstanding the lack of any
valid locations therefor, or any informahty in the proceedings
relative to their location and erection; provided, that the

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 216, 217, 218. 127

validation aforesaid shall not be effective as to the lines,
structures or fixtures aforesaid of any one of said companies
in said city or in any of said towns unless the company or
companies owning the same shall have filed with the clerk of
said cit}'' or of such town not later than December thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, a map or maps showing
the location and nature of such lines, structures and fixtures
in said city or in such town, such map or maps so filed to be
recorded and kept with the records of original locations for
poles and wires in said city or in such town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act relative to the time of making the annual Chap. 216

REPORT OF THE BOSTON ARENA AUTHORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 7 of chapter 669 of the acts of 1953 is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 1, the word "January"
and inserting in place thereof the word: — June, — and by
striking out, in fine 3, the word "calendar".

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act relative to the disposition of bonds given in Chap. 217

CONNECTION WITH CLOSING OUT AND OTHER LIKE SALES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 28A of chapter 93 of the General Laws, as most g. l. (Ter.
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 164 of the acts of al! 'amended^'
1953, is hereby further amended by striking out the fourth
sentence, and by inserting after the sixth sentence the fol-
lowing sentence : — Every bond given in connection with any Disposition of
such sale as aforesaid shall be held by the clerk of the city ibTciosmg^ott
or town until the expiration of three years from the final ^''''Jj. f,'
date of such sale, and shall then, upon request, be surrendered ^"^^
to the principal, otherwise to one of the sureties; provided,
however, that if at the expiration of said three years such
clerk has reason to believe that there is an action pending
which relates to such bond, he shall retain such bond until
final disposition of such action. Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act authorizing the establishment of boards of Chap. 21^

ELECTION commissioners AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS
AND DUTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 51 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 16, as appearing in the Tercentenary flbA^addel
Edition, the following section: — Section 16 A. In every Establishment
city and every town which accepts this section in the manner °iect°ioL'^com-
hereinafter provided, there shall be a board of election missioners,
commissioners, hereinafter called the board, which, except ■'"*''°'"'^^'^-

128

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 218.

Membership
of board.

Qualifications,
salary, va-
cancies, etc.

Powers and
duties, etc.

as otherwise provided, shall have all the powers, rights,
duties and habihties of boards of registrars of voters, and,
with respect to elections, of city and town clerks, either
under general or special law, and which shall be the lawful
successor of said registrars, and, with respect to elections,
said clerk. Immediately upon such acceptance, the said
registrars of voters and, in so far as they relate to, or are re-
quired for use in, the conduct of elections, the said clerk shall
dehver to the board all books, papers, records and all other
property in their possession. The board shall consist of four
persons, of whom two shall always represent each one of the
two leading political parties, as defined in section one of
chapter fifty. They shall receive such compensation as the
city manager, or mayor, and city council, or the town,
may determine. The members of the board of registrars
of voters in office at the time of such acceptance shall be
members of said board of election commissioners, and shall
serve until the expiration of their respective terms and until
their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, that,
if the city or town clerk is then a member of said board of
registrars, the mayor, subject to approval by the board of
aldermen, the city manager, or the selectmen shall appoint
one member of said board of election commissioners for a
term of four years beginning April first next following. As
the terms of the several election commissioners expire, and
in case a vacancy occurs in said board, the mayor, subject
to approval by the board of aldermen, the city manager
or the selectmen, shall so appoint their successors that the
members of the board shall equally represent the two leading
pohtical parties as defined as aforesaid. Such appointments
shall be for terms of four years beginning April first, except
that any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the un-
expired term. The board shall organize annually in the
month of April by the choice of a chairman and a secretary.
In case the members are unable to agree upon a chairman
and a secretary, such officers shall be designated by the
mayor, the city manager or the selectmen, as the case may
be. The secretary shall keep a full and accurate record of
the proceedings of the board and shall perform such other
duties as the board may require. All the powers, rights,
privileges, Uabilities and duties relating to caucuses, prima-
ries and elections by law vested in and imposed upon mayors,
city managers, boards of aldermen, selectmen, city or town
clerks and board of registrars of voters, except the power and
duty of giving notice of elections and fixing the days and
hours of holding the same, shall be vested in and performed
by the board of election commissioners. The board may
appoint such assistant commissioners and such assistants as
it deems necessary, who shall at all times equally represent
the two leading political parties as defined as aforesaid. Said
assistant commissioners shall have such powers and perform
such duties as are prescribed by this chapter for assistant
registrars of voters, and shall perform such other duties as

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 219, 220. 129

the board may require. Except in Boston, persons ap-
pointed to serve temporarily as assistant commissioners, or
as temporary assistant commissioners, shall not be subject
to chapter thirty-one. This section shall become effective Section, how
in a city having a Plan E charter by the affirmative vote of "^'"^^ ^f^^^twe.
a majority of all the members of the city council, and, in
the case of other cities, by vote of the city council, subject
to the provisions of the charter, and in a town by a majority
vote at an annual town meeting.

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of public safety Chav.2\^

TO TRANSFER CERTAIN LAND TO THE TOWN OF CONCORD
FOR PLAYGROUND AND PARK PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of public safety is hereby authorized to
transfer to the town of Concord the control and use for
playground and park purposes of a certain parcel of land on
Barrett's Mill road in Concord, said parcel being bounded
and described as follows: — Northerly by Barrett's Mill road
one hundred feet; northwesterly by land of the department
of public works three hundred and seventy-five feet; south-
westerly by land of the department of pubhc safety one
hundred and twenty-five feet; southeasterly by other land
of the department of pubhc safety one hundred and twenty-
five feet; southwesterly again by land of the department of
public safety one hundred and ten feet; northwesterly again
by land of the department of public safety one hundred and
twenty-five feet ; southwesterly again by land of the depart-
ment of public safety fifty feet; southerly by a curved line
one hundred and forty feet, more or less, by land of owTiers
unknown; southeasterly again by land of owners unknown
seventy-five feet ; southwesterly again by land of owners un-
known eighty feet, more or less; and easterly by land of
owners unknown three hundred and seventy-five feet, more
or less.

Said land is situated between Elm street and Barrett's
Mill road and is in the rear of the present state police bar-
racks at Concord.

Should said land ever cease to be used for playground or
park purposes, the control and use of said land shall revert
to the department of public safety.

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act providing for the treatment of muscular Chap. 220

DYSTROPHY AT LAKEVILLE STATE SANATORIUM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by o. l. (Ter.
striking out section 65A, as most recently amended by f esA^tc.,
section 2 of chapter 538 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in amended. "

130

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 221. 222.

Admission of place thereof the following section: — Section 65 A. The
fngTrom^^^^"^ department may admit to the Lakeville state sanatorium
muscuia^ to persons suffering from extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, per-
Lakeviiie state SOUS Crippled by poHomyehtis (infantile paralysis), arthritis
authorized!' 0^ muscular dystrophy and other similar diseases, aging
persons, and crippled children as defined in the regulations of
the department; provided, that no person shall be admitted
who has not been a resident of the commonwealth for at least
twelve months preceding the date of his application for ad-
mission, and that preference be given to citizens of the
commonwealth. Approved March 28, 1955.

Chap. 221 An Act requiring that a request for withdrawal

FROM nomination BY A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE BE AC-
KNOWLEDGED BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 53 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 13, as most recently amended by section 4
of chapter 77 of the acts of 1937, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 13. A person nominated as
a candidate for any state, city or town office may withdraw
his name from nomination by a request signed and duly
acknowledged by him before a notary public, and filed with
the officer with whom the nomination was filed, within the
time prescribed by section eleven for filing objections to
certificates of nomination and nomination papers and no
such requests for withdrawals shall be received after such
time has expired. This section shall be in force in any city
or town which accepts section one hundred and three A of
chapter fifty-four, any special provision of law to the con-
trary notwithstanding. Approved March 28, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 53, § 13,
etc., amended.

Withdrawal
from nomina-
tion to be
acknowledged
before notary
public.

Cha'p. 222 An Act regulating the filling of a vacancy in the

OFFICE OF MAYOR IN CITIES HAVING A PLAN B FORM OF
city CHARTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 59A of chapter 43 of the General Laws, inserted
by section 3 of chapter 224 of the acts of 1937, is hereby
amended by inserting before the first paragraph the following
two paragraphs : — If a vacancy occurs in the office of
mayor by death, removal or resignation at any time diu-ing
the first year of the term ending December thirtj^'-first, the
city clerk shall forthwith order an election to fill such va-
cancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.

If a vacancy occurs during the second year of the term
beginning January first, a meeting of the city council shall
be called by the city clerk and the city council shall elect by
majority vote one of its members as mayor for the re-
mainder of the unexpired term. If the city council fails so
to elect at said meeting or within thirty days thereafter, the

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 43,
§ 59A, etc.,
amended.

Vacancy in
office of mayor
in certain
cities, how
fiUed.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 223, 224, 225. 131

president of the city council shall become acting mayor,
shall exercise all the rights and powers of mayor and shall be
sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties.

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act granting compensatory time off to certain Chap. 223

POLICE officers IN ATTENDANCE IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL
CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 262 of the General Laws is hereby g l. (Xer.
amended by inserting after section 53B the following section : now Vss'c,
— Section 53C. Any police officer, on duty at night or on ^''j'.'''^- •
vacation, furlough or on a day off, who attends as a witness to^brgninte"
for the commonwealth in a criminal case pending in a district time'off^or°pay
court, including the municipal court of the city of Boston, or for court

. .1 1 l^ • ± 1. i J attendance.

any juvenile court, or the superior court, may be granted
such compensatory time off as shall be equal to the time dur-
ing which he was in attendance at such court, or, if such
additional time off cannot be given because of personnel
shortage or other cause, he shall be entitled to additional pay
for the time during which he was in attendance at such
court.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect in a city having Act, how made
a Plan E form of city charter by the affirmative vote of a '^ ^'^ '^^"
majority of the members of the city council, in other cities
by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its
charter, and in a town by vote of the voters voting thereon
at a town meeting, but not otherwise.

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act relative to carpet club associates inc. Chap.224:
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:

Section 1. Chapter 300 of the acts of 1954 is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 5 to 13, inclusive, the
words "; provided, however, that if said corporation seeks
to obtain a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages under
the provisions of section twelve of chapter one hundred and
thirty-eight of the General Laws, the provisions of section
seventeen of said chapter which allow the granting of addi-
tional licenses to such clubs as were licensed to sell during
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five all alcoholic
beverages shall not apply to said corporation".

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the selectmen of the town of Clinton.

Approved March 28, 1955.

An Act relative to rent control.

Chap.225

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency

,,». I'l- • ^ e • 1- preamble.

to del eat its purpose which is to provide tor an immediate
extension of rent controls for a period of one month in those

132 Acts, 1955. —Chap. 226.

cities and towns of the commonwealth in which such con-
trols are now in effect and about to expire under existing law
and to enable any of such cities and towns in which a sub-
stantial shortage of rental housing accommodations exists to
continue such controls for a further period by local action,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
chapter four hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-three, as amended by chapter four hun-
dred and ninety-sLx of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, in every city and town in which the provisions of
said chapter four hundred and thirty-four, as so amended,
continue in effect until nine months from June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-four, the provisions of said chap-
ter four hundred and thirty-four, as so amended, are hereby,
without further action by the city or town, further continued
in effect until April thirtieth in the current year; but, except
as otherwise provided in section two of this act, said chapter
four hundred and thirty-four, as so amended, and all powers
delegated therein shall terminate on said April thirtieth.

Section 2, Any city or town in which by section one of
this act the provisions of said chapter four hundred and
thirty-four, as so amended, are continued in effect until
April thirtieth in the current year may, by accepting this
act between the date of the passage of this act and said
April thirtieth, by vote, if a city, of the city council subject
to the provisions of the city charter, or if a town, of a town
meeting called for the purpose, continue the provisions of
said chapter four hundred and thirty-four, as so amended,
until such date, not later than December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five, as shall be specified in such vote;
but said chapter four hundred and thirty-four, as so
amended, and all powers delegated therein shall terminate
on said December thirty-first in every city and town so
accepting this act. Any such city or town may by like vote
at any time prior to said December thirty-first rescind such
acceptance. No vote accepting this act shall be vahd unless
it includes a declaration that a substantial shortage of rental
housing accommodations exists in such city or town and that
the control of rents therein is necessary in the pubUc interest.

Approved March SO, 1955.

Chap.226 An Act relative to further stay of judgment and

EXECUTION IN ACTIONS OF SUMMARY PROCESS.

Emergency Whercas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

praam e. ^^ defeat its purpose, which is, in part, to continue in opera-
tion certain provisions of law relative to the stay of judgment
and execution in actions of summary process, therefore it is

Acts, 1955 — Chap. 227. 133

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 43 of the acts of 194G is hereby
amended by striking out section 1, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 264 of the acts of 1954, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 1. So long
as this act continues in force, a stay or successive stays of
judgment and execution may be granted under sections nine
to thirteen, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and thirty-
nine of the General Laws, for a period not exceeding nine
months or for periods not exceeding nine months in the
aggregate in cases where the premises are located in a city
or town where rent control is in effect, and for a period not
exceeding four months or for periods not exceeding four
months in the aggregate in cases where the premises are
located in a city or town where rent control is not in effect;
provided, however, that a stay of judgment and execution
in the case of premises occupied by an employee of a farmer
conditioned upon his emplojonent by such farmer and which
emplojanent has been legally terminated, shall not be granted
for a longer period than two months, in the aggregate.

Section 2. Said chapter 43 is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section 2, as most recently amended by section 2 of
chapter 264 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 2. This act shall become
inoperative on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved March SO, 1955.

An Act to stabilize the tax rate in the city of malden. Chap.227

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The assessors of the city of Maiden shall, the
provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, for the
purpose of defraying deficits aggregating three hundred and
one thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and
sixty-six cents, consisting of an overlay deficit for the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-one of sixty-four thousand, five
hundred dollars; an overlay deficit for the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-two of seventy-three thousand, sixty-seven
dollars and thirty-three cents ; an overlay deficit for the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-three of ten thousand, nine
hundred and twenty-one dollars and twenty cents; an
overlay deficit for the year nineteen hundred and fifty-four
of seventy-five thousand, six dollars and four cents; and a
revenue deficit for the year nineteen hundred and fifty-four
of seventy-seven thousand, six hundred and thirty-five dollars
and nine cents, raise by taxation in each of the years nineteen
hundred and fifty-five and nineteen hundred and fifty-six
an amount not less than one hundred thousand dollars, and
in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-seven the remainder

134 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 228, 229.

of such aggregate of three hundred and one thousand, one
hundred and twenty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 31, 1955.

Chav.22S ^^ ^^^ validating the acts and proceedings at the

ADJOURNED SESSION HELD ON MARCH TWENTY-EIGHTH,
nineteen hundred and FIFTY-FIVE, OF THE ANNUAL
TOWN MEETING OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON HELD IN
THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The acts and proceedings of the town of
Lexington at the adjourned session of the annual town
meeting held in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five,
which adjourned session was held on March twenty-eighth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and all acts done hi pur-
suance thereof, are hereby confirmed and made valid, not-
withstanding the failure to give notice of the adjournment
as required by law or the by-laws of said town, to the same
extent as if the said adjourned session had been called, held,
conducted and adjourned in strict compliance with the law.

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

Approved April 1, 1955.

Chap. 229 An Act relative to the method of assessing the amount

WHICH the commonwealth MAY BE CALLED UPON TO PAY
THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY ON ACCOUNT OF A
DEFICIENCY AS OF THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The seventh paragraph of section 13 of
chapter 544 of the acts of 1947, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 195 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "fifty-three",
in line 23, the words: — , or on account of a deficiency as of
the last day of December, nineteen hundred and fifty-four,
— so as to read as follows: —

In case the commonwealth shall be called upon to pay the
authority any amount under this section on account of a
deficiency existing as of the last day of December in the year
nineteen hundred and forty-nine, or as of the last day of
December in any year thereafter, such amount, with in-
terest or other charges incurred in borrowing the money for
the purpose, shall be assessed upon the cities and towns
constituting the authority as provided by section twenty of
chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as amended, in
proportion to the number of persons in said cities and towns
using the service of the authority at the time of said payment,
said proportion to be determined and reported to the state
treasurer by the trustees from computations made in their

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 230, 231. 135

discretion for the purpose ; provided, that any amount which
the commonwealth is called upon to pay the authority on
account of a deficiency as of the last day of December, nine-
teen hundred and forty-nine or on account of a deficiency
as of the last day of December, nineteen hundred and fifty
or on account of a deficiency as of the last day of December,
nineteen hundred and fifty-one, or on account of a deficiency
as of the last day of December, nineteen hundred and fifty-
two, or on account of a deficiency as of the last day of
December, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, or on account
of a deficiency as of the last day of December, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, with interest and other charges in-
curred in borrowing the money for the purpose, shall be
assessed upon the cities and towns constituting the authority
as provided by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine of the
General Laws, as amended, in proportion to the amounts
paid under the last preceding assessment under section
fourteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen.

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

Approved April 1, 1955.

Chap.230

An Act authorizing the town of oak bluffs to pay a
sum of money to harold bridge.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obli-
gation, the town of Oak Bluffs is hereby authorized to ap-
propriate a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars and
pay the same to Harold Bridge to reimburse him for medical
expenses, not including private nursing care, incurred by
him as a volunteer fireman.

Section 2. Action taken under authority of this act at
a town meeting of said town shall be effective in all respects
as though this act had been in full force and effect on the
date when the warrant for said meeting was posted.

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

Approved April 1, 1955.

An Act to authorize the department of public w^orks QJiqj) 231
TO take land by eminent domain on behalf of a

RAILROAD corporation.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith that the preamble,
department of public works may take certain land by emi-
nent domain, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Section 104 of chapter 160 of the General Laws, as amended ^-^^ ^'^'■
by chapter 176 of the acts of 1933, is hereby further amended iW, etc.,
by inserting after the second sentence the following two sen- ■""''"''''<^'

136 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 232, 233.

Certam^mij tences: — If it is necessary in the laying out, construction or

takings by de- alteration of a state highway across a railroad to alter or re-

pubik''wor°ks, locate the railroad, the department of public works may take

authorized. ^y eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, on behalf of

the railroad corporation, land or rights in land necessary for

such alteration or relocation with the written approval of the

department of public utilities. Charges and expenses for such

alteration or relocation shall be paid by the department of

public works. Approved April 1, 1955.

Chap.2S2 An Act authorizing the supreme council of the royal

ARCANUM TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF CER-
TAIN FUNDS IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Whenever the admitted assets of the Supreme
Council of the Royal Arcanum, a fraternal society incorpo-
rated under general law, as shown by its last annual state-
ment filed with the insurance commissioner exceeds one hun-
dred and five per cent of its entire liabilities, including its
required reserves, computed on a net tabular basis upon the
following minimum standard of valuation, viz., the nineteen
hundred and forty-one Commissioners Standard Ordinary
Table of Mortality, with an interest rate of two and one
half per cent on the Commissioners Reserve Valuation
Method, such society shall not be required to establish or
maintain separate funds, and may, in accordance with its
constitution and by-laws, provide for the consolidation of its
various funds, and may report its transactions accordingly;
provided, that no expenses will be incurred that would im-
pair the minimum standard basis hereby established.

Section 2. Chapter one hundred and ninety-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five is hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Approved April 1, 1955.

Chap. 2SS An Act changing the membership of the commission on

WAYS AND DRAINAGE IN THE CITY OF LYNN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 22 of chapter 340 of the Special Acts
of 1917 is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 308 of the acts of 1950,
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — The
mayor, and the members of the city council, shall constitute
a commission on ways and drainage, of which the mayor shall
be chairman.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Lynn at the biennial mu-
nicipal election to be held in said city in the current year in
the form of the following question, which shall be placed on
the official ballot to be used in said city at said election: —

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 234, 235, 236. 137

"Shall an act of the General Court passed in the current
year, entitled ' An Act changing the membership of the com- •

mission on ways and drainage in the city of Lynn', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said ques-
tion is in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full
effect, but not otherwise. Approved April 1, 1955.

An Act repealing the limitations under the work- -(7/2^7^ 234
men's compensation law to benefits to employees
in the granite industry who contract certain
diseases.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seventy-six of chapter one hundred Ed)''i52''
and fifty-two of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter § 76,' etc.'
two hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and ''''p*^^^^'*-
fifty, is hereby repealed.

Section 2. The first sentence of section 65 of said chap- g. l. (Ter.
ter 152, as amended by chapter 367 of the acts of 1943, is ^tc'.!'amfnded^'
hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, workmen's
the words ", except sihcosis or other occupational pulmo- fawbenlfitT"
nary dust disease". Approved April 1, 1955.

An Act to extend the time for commencing actions Chap. 235

FOR MOTOR vehicle TORTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter g. l. (Ter.
260 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 9 of chap- etcl.'ameAded'.
ter 385 of the acts of 1937, is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "accrues", in line 27, the following: — ; pro-
vided, however, that actions of tort for bodily injuries or for statute of
death, the payment of judgments in which is required to be cMtafn'motor
secured by chapter ninety, may be commenced within two 'vehicle torts.
years next after the cause of action accrues in cases where
the person against whom the action is to be brought, or the
insurer, has been notified in writing, by registered mail, of
the claim within one year next after the cause of action ac-
crues and an averment to that effect is set forth in the dec-
laration.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on January first, Effective date
nineteen hundred and fifty-six and shall apply only to in-
juries or accidents occurring on or after said date.

Approved April 1, 1955.

An Act authorizing the school committee of the city C/iap. 236
OF boston to increase the annual appropriation to
defray certain travelling and other necessary
expenses.

Be it enacted, etc. , as follows:

Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 274 of the acts of 1914,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 709 of the acts of 1945, is

138 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 237, 238.

hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and in-
• serting in place thereof the following sentence : — The

school committee of the city of Boston is hereby authorized
to appropriate annually, from the appropriations for the
support of the public schools, an amount not exceeding five
thousand dollars to defray the travelling and other necessary
expenses incurred under the provisions of section three of
this act.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council and the mayor of the city of Boston,
subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved April 1, 1955.

Chap.2S7 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to sell a certain

PARCEL OF LAND IN SAID CITY ACQUIRED FOR PLAYGROUND
AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn, by its proper authority,
may sell, transfer and convey to the Lynn Gas & Electric
Company, a corporation duly estabUshed by law and having
a usual place of business in said city, a certain parcel of land
containing eleven thousand four hundred and forty-six
square feet, more or less, situate in said city, acquired by
said city for playground and recreational purposes, bounded
as follows : —

Northerly, by Granite street one hundred and four and
ten one-hundredths feet ;

Easterly, by land of the city of Lynn one hundred and
twenty-eight and ninety -two one-hundredths feet;

Southerly, by land of the city of Lynn one hundred feet ;

Westerly, by land now or formerly of John Boyd one
hundred feet; all as shown on plan entitled "Plan of Land
Surveyed for the Lynn Gas & Electric Company Situated
in Lynn, Mass.", dated February twenty-second, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, and signed by Bradford & Weed,
Civil Engineers.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year, by vote of the stadium
commission of said city and by vote of the city council
thereof, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved April 1, 1955.

Chap.2SS An Act authorizing the city of quincy to pay a certain
claim legally unenforceable by reason of failure
to comply with certain provisions of law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Quincy is hereby authorized to
pay from available funds a sum of money not exceeding
three thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars and
twenty-six cents in pajonent and the discharge of a certain

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 239, 240. 139

claim of Louis Petrelli Construction Company, for certain
masonry and repair work performed upon a school building
in said city, said claim being legally unenforceable against
the said city by reason of the failure to comply with sections
twenty-eight and twenty-nine of chapter forty-three of the
General Laws and sections forty-four A to forty-four C,
inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the
General Laws.

Section 2. No bill shall be approved b}^ the city auditor
of said city for payment or paid by the treasurer thereof
under authority of this act, unless and until certificates
have been signed and filed with said city auditor stating
under the penalties of perjury that the work performed was
ordered by an official of the school department of said city
and that such services were actually performed for the
benefit of said city.

Section 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate
required by section two which is false, and who thereby re-
ceives payment for goods, materials or services which were
not received bj^ or rendered to said city shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not
more than three hundred dollars, or both.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Quincy, subject to the
provisions of its charter during the current year, but not
otherwise. Approved April 1, 1955.

Chap.2S9

An Act relative to the policing of the prison point

BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 555 of the acts of 1954 is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the
following paragraph: —

When the work of rebuilding and reconstructing said bridge
is completed and said commission shall have so certified in
writing to the respective mayors of the city of Boston and
the city of Cambridge, so much of said bridge as lies within
the territorial limits of each of said cities shall thereafter be
policed by the metropoUtan district commission.

Approved April 1. 1955.

An Act authorizing the treasurer of essex county to (JJiaj) 240

REIMBURSE HAROLD P. RICE OF SAUGUS FOR DAMAGE TO
HIS MOTOR VEHICLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The treasurer of Essex county is hereby au-
thorized and directed to pay to Harold P. Rice of Saugus,
from funds available, the sum of two hundred and eighty
dollars, which sum was expended by him to repair damage
to his motor vehicle caused when three convicts attempting

140

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 241, 242, 243.

escape, after breaking jail, stole a car on October twenty-
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and caused property
damage to said Harold P. Rice.

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

Approved April 4, 1955.

Chap. 2^1 An Act prohibiting the use of auxiliary police or

OTHER PERSONNEL ORGANIZED UNDER THE CIVIL DEFENSE
LAWS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LABOR DISPUTE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 23 A the following section : — Section
23B. The auxiliary police or other personnel originally or-
ganized by civil defense agencies under state or federal civil
defense laws shall not be used or called upon for service as
such in any industrial or labor dispute or to regulate picket-
ing in connection with a strike. Approved April 4, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149, new
§ 23B, added.
Use of certain
police per-
sonnel in labor
disputes,
prohibited.

Chap. 2^2 An Act to recover overpayments in pro tanto land

DAMAGE settlements.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 39 of chapter 79 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by add-
ing at the end the following sentence: — In the event that a
payment pro tanto shall prove to be in excess of damages
subsequently assessed by an appropriate tribunal, the peti-
tioner shall be ordered by a proper decree to refund to the
body politic or corporate an amount equal to the difference
between the payment pro tanto and the verdict of the appro-
priate tribunal, plus costs and interest at the rate of four per
cent per annum from the date as of which damages were
assessed. Approved April 4, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 79, § 39,
amended.
Recovery
of over-
payments in
certain land
damage
settlements,
regulated.

C/iap. 243 An Act relative to the repayment of abatements

UNDER THE INCOME TAX LAW.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 46,
etc., amended.

Repayment of
abatements
under income
tax law,
regulated.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:

Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 46, as most recently amended by section
6 of chapter 350 of the acts of 1933, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 46. If the tax
abated has been paid, the state treasurer, upon presen-
tation to him of the notice of the decision of the board, shall
repay to the petitioner the amount of the abatement and in-
terest at the rate of three per cent per annum from the date
of overpayment or the due date prescribed by law for filing
the return, whichever is later. Approved April 4, 1955.

Acts, 1955, — Chaps. 244, 245, 246, 247. 141

An Act providing for increasing bail fees in certain QJidj) 244

CASES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 24 of chapter 262 of the General Laws, as amended Sj^iJ|'"-
by chapter 89 of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended § 24,' etc'
by inserting after the word "dollars", in hne 3, the words: — amended.
, except that when an arrest is made and bail taken between Bail fees.
the hours of twelve midnight and six o'clock in the morning
the maximum fee shall be five dollars for the first charge and
three dollars for each additional charge.

Approved April 4, 1956.

An Act requiring copies of assessors' valuation books Chap. 24^5
TO be deposited with the commissioner of corpora-
tions AND TAXATION EVERY FIFTH YEAR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 49, as most recently amended ^tl! 'amended,
by section 3 of chapter 112 of the acts of 1948, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 49. The
assessors, except those of Boston, on or before July first, Assessors to
nineteen hundred and sixty, and in every fifth year there- of vaTuatf^i^*
after, shall deposit in the office of the commissioner, a copy books with
of the assessors' valuation books of those years, to be by them °°™'^'^^'°°^'-
certified under oath. This shall not excuse, in such years,
the filing of a separate copy of the table of aggregates under
section forty-seven.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on January first, Effective date.
nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Approved April 4, 1955.

An Act to authorize wellesley college to hold addi- C/iap. 246

TIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Wellesley College is hereby authorized to hold real and
personal estate in the manner and for the purposes set forth
in its charter to an amount not exceeding one hundred and
fifty milhon dollars, subject otherwise to the provisions of
section one of chapter forty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight. Approved April 4, 1955.

An Act providing for a payment in lieu of taxes in Chav.24:7

THE EVENT OF A SALE OF REAL ESTATE BY A CITY OR
TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 63 the following section : — Section f 63A*t'dded.
63 A. Whenever in any year a town, which term, as used in
this section, shall include city, shall sell any real estate, the

142

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 248, 249.

Payment in
lieu of taxes
upon sale of
real estate by
city or town,
required.

Computation
of payment.

board or officer executing the deed therefor in the name and
behalf of the town shall, as a condition precedent to power
to deliver such deed, receive from the grantee, as a payment
in lieu of taxes allocable to the days ensuing in said year
after the date of such deed, a sum which shall be equal to
such portion of a pro forma tax computed as hereinafter pro-
vided as would be allocable to the days aforesaid if such pro
forma tax were apportioned pro rata according to the number
of days in such year. Such pro forma tax shall be computed
by applying the town's tax rate for such year, or, if such rate
is not known, the town's tax rate for the year next pre-
ceding such year, to the sale price after crediting any ex-
emption to which, if the deed had been executed and de-
livered on January first in such year, the grantee would have
been entitled under section five of chapter fifty-nme. A
recitation in the deed that there has been full compliance
with the provisions of this section shall be conclusive evi-
dence of such fact. Sums received under this section shall
not be subject to section sixty-three of this chapter or to
section forty-three of chapter sixty, but shall be credited as
general funds of the town. Approved April 4, 1955.

Chap. 2^^ An Act authorizing the Isabella stewart Gardner

MUSEUM, incorporated, TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND
PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 126 of the acts of 1937 is hereby amended by
striking out, in line 6, the word "twelve" and inserting in
place thereof the word: — twenty.

Approved April 4-, 1955.

Chap. 24:9 An Act increasing the number of signatures required

ON THE NOMINATION PAPERS FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN
CONGRESS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 44 of chapter 53 of the General Laws, as amended
by section 1 of chapter 183 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
further amended by striking out the third sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the follomng sentence: — Such
papers for all other offices to be filled at a state election shall
be signed by a number of voters, as follows: — for repre-
sentative in congress, five hundred voters; for councillor,
district attorney, clerk of courts, register of probate and in-
solvency, register of deeds, county commissioner, sheriff and
county treasurer, two hundred and fifty voters; for state
senator, fifty voters; for representative in the general court
and commissioners to apportion Suffolk county, twenty-five
voters. Approved April 4, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 53, § 44,
etc., amended.

Nomination
signatures for
representative
in congress,
increased.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 250, 251. 143

An Act repealing certain special acts relative to Chav.250

SCHOOL appropriations IN THE CITY OF LYNN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of chapter 178 of the
acts of 1909, as amended, are hereby repealed.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the voters of the city of Lynn at the regular municipal elec-
tion to be held in the current year, in the form of the follow-
ing question which shall be placed on the official ballot to be
used at said election: "Shall an act passed by the General
Court in the current year entitled 'An Act repealing certain
special acts relative to school appropriations in the city of
Lynn', be accepted?" If a majority of votes cast in answer
to said question is in the affirmative, this act shall take full •
effect on January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, but
not otherwise.

(The foregoing was laid before the governor on the twenty-
eighth day of March, 1955, and after five days it had "the force
of a law", as prescribed by the constitution, as it was not re-
turned by him with his objections thereto within that time.)

An Act relative to sewage disposal and water supply Chap. 251
in the cities of malden and medford.

Be it enacted, etc., as Jollows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 149 of the acts of 1913
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "cities", in
line 5, the words: — , for the laying and maintenance of
pipes and conduits for drainage, and for the laying and
maintenance of pipes and conduits for the transmission of
water, which contracts shall not be inconsistent with the
pro\'isions of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws.

Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter 149 is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "sewer", in line 2, the
words: — or drainage, — and by inserting after the -word
"sewer", in line 7, the words: — and drain, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 2. Any estate in either of said cities
which receives benefit by reason of sewer or drainage facili-
ties furnished by virtue of a contract or contracts made
under authority of this act shall be subject to assessment
therefor, such assessment to be levied and collected by the
city in which the estate is situated, in the manner and to the
extent now provided by law for the levy and collection of
sewer and drain assessments in that city.

Approved April 6^ 1955.

144 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 252.

Chap. 252 An Act providing for the establishment of a right of

WAY FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO CHAPIN POND IN THE TOWN
OF LUDLOW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of Hampden
county are hereby authorized and directed to lay out, in the
town of Ludlow, a right of way for pubHc access to Chapin
pond in the town of Ludlow, in accordance with plans to be
approved by the department of public works and showing
the location and dimensions of such right of way. If it is
necessary to acquire land for the purpose offlaying out such
right of way said county commissioners shall at the time
such right of way is laid out take such land by eminent
• domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws.
Any person sustaining damages in his property by the laying
out of such a right of way, or by specific repairs or improve-
ments thereon, shall be entitled to recover the same under
said chapter seventy-nine; provided, that the right to re-
cover damages, if any, by reason of the laying out of such
right of way, shall vest upon the recording of the order of
taking by said county commissioners, and that no entry or
possession for the purpose of constructing a public way on
land so taken shall be required for the purpose of validating
such taking or for the payment of damages by reason thereof.

Section 2. The selectmen of the town of Ludlow, from
time to time, may make specific repairs on or improve such
right of way to such extent as they may deem necessary, but
neither the county of Hampden, nor any city or town
therein, shall be required to keep such right of way in repair,
nor shall they be liable for injury sustained by persons
traveling thereon; provided, that sufiicient notice to warn
the public is posted where such way enters upon or unites
with an existing pubHc way.

Section 3. All expenses incurred by said county com-
missioners in connection with such right of way shall be
borne by the county of Hampden, or by such cities and
towns therein and in such proportions as said county com-
missioners may determine.

Section 4. Said right of way shall not be discontinued or
abandoned without authority therefor from the general
court.

Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to hmit
the powers of the department of pubUc health, or of any
local board of health, under any general or special law.

Approved April 6, 1965.

Acts, 1955. -- Chap. 253. 145

An Act providing for the establishment of a right of Chav. 25S

WAY FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO NINE MILE POND IN THE TOWN
OF WILBRAHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of Hampden
county are hereby authorized and directed to lay out a
right of way for pubhc access to Nine Mile pond in the town
of Wilbraham, in accordance with plans to be approved by
the department of pubhc works showing the location and
dimensions of such right of way. If it is necessary to acquire
land for the purpose of laying out such right of way, said
county commissioners shall at the time such right of way is
laid out take such land by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws. Any person sustaining
damages in his property by the laying out of such a right of
way, or by specific repairs or improvements thereon, shall be
entitled to recover the same under said chapter seventy-
nine ; provided, that the right to recover damages, if any, by
reason of the laying out of such right of way, shall vest upon
the recording of the order of taking by said county commis-
sioners, and that no entry or possession for the purpose of
constructing a public way on land so taken shall be required
for the purpose of vahdating such taking or for the payment
of damages by reason thereof.

Section 2. The selectmen of the town of Wilbraham,
from time to time, may make specific repairs on or improve
such right of way to such extent as they may deem necessary,
but neither the county of Hampden, nor any city or town
therein, shall be required to keep such right of way in re-
pair, nor shall they be liable for injury sustained by persons
traveling thereon; provided, that sufficient notice to warn
the pubhc is posted where such way enters upon or unites
with any existing pubhc way.

Section 3. All expenses incurred by said county commis-
sioners in connection with such right of way shall be borne
by the county of Hampden, or by such cities and towns
therein and in such proportions as said county commissioners
may determine.

Section 4. Said right of way shall not be discontinued
or abandoned without authority therefor from the general
court.

Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit
the powers of the department of pubhc health, or any local
board of health, under any general or special law.

Approved April 6, 1955.

146 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 254, 255.

Chap. 254: An Act providing for the establishment of a right of

WAY FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO NORWICH LAKE IN THE TOWN
OF HUNTINGTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. The county commissioners of Hampshire
county are hereby authorized and directed to lay out a
right of way for public access to Norwich lake in the town
of Huntington, in accordance with plans to be approved by
the department of pubUc works and showing the location
and dimensions of such right of way. If it is necessary to
acquire land for the purpose of laying out such right of way,
said county commissioners shall, at the time such right of
way is laid out, take such land by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws. Any person sus-
taining damages in his property by the laying out of such
right of way, or by specific repairs or improvements thereon,
shall be entitled to recover the same under said chapter
seventy-nine; provided, that the right to recover damages,
if any, by reason of the laying out of such right of way shall
vest upon the recording of the order of taking by said county
commissioners, and that no entry or possession for the pur-
pose of constructing a pubhc way on land so taken shall be
required for the purpose of validating such taking or for the
payment of damages by reason thereof.

Section 2. The town of Huntington, from time to time,
may make specific repairs on or improve such right of way
to such extent as it may deem necessary, but neither the
county of Hampshire nor any city or town thei'ein shall be
required to keep such right of way in repair, nor shall it be
liable for injury sustained by persons traveling thereon; pro-
vided, that sufficient notice to warn the public is posted where
such way enters upon or unites with an existing pubhc way.

Section 3. All expenses incurred by said county commis-
sioners in connection with such right of way shall be borne by
the county of Hampshire, or by such cities and towns therein
and in such proportions as said county commissioners may
determine.

Section 4. Said right of way shall not be discontinued or
abandoned without authority therefor from the general court.

Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit
the powers of the department of pubhc health, or any local
board of health, under any general or special law.

Approved April 6, 1955.

Chap. 255 An Act permitting dancing at celebrations of a re-
ligious CUSTOM OR RITUAL ON THE LORD's DAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^i36'^§2 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 136 of the General

etc!, 'amended'. Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 207

of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by inserting

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 256. 147

after the word "wedding", in line 9, the words: — or cele-
bration of a religious custom or ritual, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 2. Whoever on the Lord's day is present Dancing at

X 1 UT J* • J. i certain cels-

at a game, sport, play or pubhc diversion, except a concert brations on the
of sacred music, a public entertainment duly Hcensed as pro- permilted^ '
vided 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 goK course other than a minia-
ture golf course, so called, or except a game of tennis or
dancing at a wedding or celebration of a rehgious custom or
ritual if no charge is made for being present or for dancing,
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. This and the follow-
ing section shall not apply to amusement enterprises lawfully
conducted under section four A or four B or to sports or
games conducted in accordance with sections twenty-one to
twenty-five, inclusive, in any city or town which accepts said
sections or in accordance with sections twenty-six to thirty-
two, inclusive, in any city or town in which said sections
twenty-six to thirty-two are then in force.

Section 2. Said chapter 136 is hereby amended by strik- g. l. (Ter.
ing out section 3, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, ^meAde^d.' ^ ^'
and inserting in place thereof the following section: —
Section 3. Whoever offers to view, sets up, estabhshes. Certain public
maintains, or attempts to set up, establish or maintain, or oS^the^''^'"''"*^
promotes or assists in such attempt, or promotes, or aids, ^°'"u'v'^^^'
abets or participates in offering tfc view, setting up, estab- p''° ' ' '^ •
lishing or maintaining any public entertainment on the Lord's
day, except as provided in section two, unless such public
entertainment shall be in keeping with the character of the
day and not inconsistent with its due observance and duly
hcensed as provided in section four, or whoever on the
Lord's day acts as proprietor, manager or person in charge of
a game, sport, play or pubhc diversion, except a public enter-
tainment licensed under section four and except as provided
in section two, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars. Approved April 6, 1955.

An Act authorizing the use of the words "candidate Chap. 25Q

FOR re-election" ON CERTAIN OFFICIAL BALLOTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The third paragraph of section 41 of chapter 54 of the g. l. (Xer.
General Laws, as amended by chapter 78 of the acts of 1946, ftc! 'amended!
is hereby further amended by striking out, in fines 6 and 7,
the words "and who is one of two or more candidates therefor
bearing the same or a similar surname,", — so as to read as
follows: —

To the name of each candidate for a state or city ofiice, "Candidate
except city offices in cities where pohtical designations are for- [o'^b^'^^rinted"'

148 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 257.

on certain
oflBcial ballots.

bidden, shall be added in the same space his party or political
designation or designations. To the name of a candidate for
a state or city office who is an elected incumbent thereof
there shall be added in the same space the words "Candidate
for Re-election ". To the name of each candidate for a town
office upon an official ballot shall be added the name of the
street on which he resides, with his street number, if any,
and the designation of the party or principle which he repre-
sents, contained in the certificate of nomination or nomina-
tion papers. To the name of each candidate for a town
office upon an official ballot who is an elected incumbent
thereof shall be added the words "Candidate for Re-election".
The town clerk shall add the words "Caucus Nominee" to
the name of any candidate nominated for a town office by a
caucus held under the provisions of sections one hundred and
seventeen to one hundred and twenty, inclusive, of chapter
fifty-three. Approved April 6, 1956.

Chap. 2^1 An Act relative to guaranty funds of co-operative

BANKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 149 of the acts of 1952, as most re-
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 463 of the acts of
1954, is hereby repealed.
Ed^' 170 "^s 38 Section 2. The second paragraph of section 38 of chap-
eto.', amended. ' ter 170 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of
chapter 371 of the acts of 1950, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "profits", in fine 3, the following: — ;
provided, however, that if at any distribution date the guar-
anty fund and surplus account together amount to at least
eleven per cent of the share hability of the corporation, the
transfer to the guaranty fund hereinbefore described shall
not be required if an equivalent amount is transferred from
the surplus account to the guaranty fund, — so as to read
as follows : —
finds'^of c ^^ ^^^^ distribution date and until such fund is at least

operative cqual to tcu per cent of the assets of the corporation, there
reg'ldated. shall be transferred thereto five per cent of the net profits;
provided, however, that if at any distribution date the guar-
anty fund and surplus account together amount to at least
eleven per cent of the share liabihty of the corporation, the
transfer to the guaranty fund hereinbefore described shall
not be required if an equivalent amount is transferred from
the surplus account to the guaranty fund.

Approved April 6, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 258, 259. 149

An Act providing for the establishment of a right of (Jfidj) 258

WAY for public ACCESS TO GOODRICH POND IN THE CITY ''
OF PITTSFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of Berkshire
county are hereby authorized and directed to lay out a
right of way for pubHc access to Goodrich pond in the city
of Pittsfield in accordance with plans to be approved by the
department of public works and showing the location and
dimensions of such right of way. If it is necessary to acquire
land for the purpose of laying out such right of way, said
county commissioners shall at the time such right of way is
laid out take such land by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws. Any person sustaining
damages in his property by the laying out of such right of
way, or by specific repairs or improvements thereon, shall be
entitled to recover the same under said chapter seventy-nine ;
provided, that the right to recover damages, if any, by reason
of the laying out of such right of way, shall vest upon the re-
cording of the order of taking by said county commissioners
and that no entry or possession for the purpose of construct-
ing a public way on land so taken shall be required for the
purpose of validating such taking or for the payment of
damages by reason thereof.

Section 2. The city of Pittsfield, from time to time, may
make specific repairs on or improve such right of way to such
extent as it may deem necessary, but neither the county of
Berkshire nor any city or town therein shall be required to
keep such right of way in repair, nor shall it be liable for in-
jury sustained by persons travelling thereon; provided, that
sufficient notice to warn the public is posted where such way
enters upon or unites with an existing public way.

Section 3. All expenses incurred by said county commis-
sioners in connection with such right of way shall be borne by
the county of Berkshire or by such cities and towns therein
and in such proportions as said county commissioners may
determine.

Section 4. Said right of way shall not be discontinued or
abandoned without authority therefor from the general court.

Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit
the powers of the department of public health, or any local
board of health, under any general or special law.

Approved April 6, 1955.

An Act relative to incurring liabilities in towns in Chav.259

cases of extreme emergencies involving THE HEALTH
OR SAFETY OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 31 of chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the first sentence, as appearing in ^tci! amended.

150 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 260, 261, 262.

chapter 138 of the acts of 1949, and inserting in place thereof
Cities and ^]^q f ollowing Sentence : — No department financed by mu-

towns may ... * • i i • i • c

incur liabilities nicipal revcnuc, or m whole or m part by taxation, oi any
in certain cases. ^^^^ ^^ ^own, except Boston, shall incur a liabihty in excess
of the appropriation made for the use of such department,
each item recommended by the mayor and voted by the
council in cities, and each item voted by the town meeting in
towns, being considered as a separate appropriation, except
in cases of extreme emergency involving the health or safety
of persons or property, and then only b}'' a vote in a city of
two thirds of the members of the city council, and in a town
by a majority vote of all the selectmen.

Approved April 6, 1955.

Chap. 260 An Act authorizing the metropolitan district com-
mission TO CONSTRUCT A PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS ON
WILLIAM T. MORRISSEY BOULEVARD IN THE VICINITY OF
CONLEY STREET AND TOLMAN STREET IN BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
and directed to construct a pedestrian overpass on William T.
Morrissey Boulevard in the vicinity of Conley street and
Tolman street in the city of Boston.

Approved April 6, 1955.

Chap.2Ql An Act authorizing the clarke school for the deaf
TO hold additional real and personal estate.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Clarke School for the Deaf is hereby authorized to
hold real and personal estate for the purposes named in its
act of incorporation to an amount not exceeding five million
dollars, in addition to the amount it is now authorized to
hold. Approved April 6, 1955.

Chap. 262 An Act further extending the opportunity to cities

AND towns to borrow UNDER THE ACT CREATING THE
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD.

Emergency Wkcreas, The provisions of law sought to be extended by

this act would, but for this act, shortly cease to be effective,
but the circumstances and conditions which made advisable
their enactment still continue and it is accordingly desirable
that said provisions continue in effect without interruption,
therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the pubUc con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 49 of the acts of 1933 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 467 of the acts of 1953, and inserting

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 262. 151

in place thereof the following section : — Section 2. The
treasurer of any city or town, if authorized by a two-thirds
vote, as defined by section one of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, and with the approval of the mayor or the
selectmen, may, on behalf of such city or town, petition the
board to approve of its borrowing money from the common-
wealth for ordinary maintenance expenses and revenue loans,
and the board may, if in its judgment the financial affairs
of such city or town warrant, grant its approval to the bor-
rowing as aforesaid of specified sums not at any time exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, the total amount represented by tax
titles taken or purchased by such city or town and held by
it; provided, that such borrowing is made at any time or
times prior to July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.
In case of such approval, the treasurer of such city or town
shall, without further vote, issue notes, with interest at such
rate as may be fixed by the treasurer with the approval of
the board, in the amount approved by the board, for pur-
poses of sale to the commonwealth only, and said notes,
upon their tender to the state treasurer, shall forthwith be
purchased by the commonwealth at the face value thereof.
Such notes shall be payable in not more than one year, and
may be renewed from time to time, if authorized by the
board, but no renewal note shall be for a period of more
than one year, and the maturity of any loan or renewal shall
not be later than July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-
eight. Such notes shall be general obligations of the city or
town issuing the same, notwithstanding the foregoing pro-
visions. Indebtedness incurred by a city or town under au-
thority of this act shall be outside its limit of indebtedness
as fixed by chapter forty-four of the General Laws. The
excess, if any, of the amount of interest payments received
by the commonwealth on account of notes issued by cities
and towns hereunder over the cost to the commonwealth
for interest on money borrowed under section five, expenses
of the board, including compensation paid to its appointive
members, and expenses of administration of the funds pro-
vided by sections three and five shall be distributed to such
cities and towns in November, nineteen hundred and fifty-
nine, or earher at the discretion of the board, in the propor-
tion which the aggregate amounts payable by them on
account of interest on such notes bear to the total amounts
so payable by all cities and towns hereunder.

Section 2. Said chapter 49 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 5, as most recently amended by
section 2 of said chapter 467, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 5. The state treasurer, with
the approval of the governor and council, may borrow from
time to time, on the credit of the commonwealth, such sums
as may be necessary to provide funds for loans to munici-
palities as aforesaid, and may issue and renew notes of the
commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such
times and at such rate as shall be fixed by the state treas-

152

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 263.

urer, with the approval of the governor and council; pro-
vided, that the total indebtedness of the commonwealth
under this section, outstanding at any one time, shall not
exceed ten milUon dollars. Such notes shall be issued for
such maximum term of years as the governor may recom-
mend to the general court in accordance with section three of
Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth, but such notes, whether original or renewal,
shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and sixty. All notes issued under this section shall
be signed by the state treasurer, approved by the governor
and countersigned by the comptroller.

Approved April 7, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175,
§ HOB, etc.,
amended.

Termination,
etc., of certain
accident and
health policies,
regulated.

Chap.2QS An Act relative to the termination or lapsing of

CERTAIN ACCIDENT AND HEALTH POLICIES FOR NON-PAY-
MENT OF PREMIUMS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section HOB, inserted by chapter 209 of the
acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section HOB. No pohcy of insurance referred to
in section one hundred and eight issued or delivered in this
commonwealth, except a pohcy which by its terms is can-
cellable by the company or is renewable or continuable with
its consent, or except a policy the premiums for which are
payable monthly or at shorter intervals, shall terminate or
lapse for non-payment of any premium until the expiration
of three months from the due date of such premium, unless
the company, within not less than ten nor more than forty-
five days prior to said due date, shall have mailed, postage
prepaid, duly addressed to the insured at his last address
shown by the company's records, a notice showing the
amount of such premium and its due date. If such a notice
is not so sent, the insured may pay the premium in default
at any time within said period of three months. The affi-
davit of any officer, clerk or agent of the company, or of any
other person authorized to mail such notice, that the notice
required by this section has been duly mailed by the com-
pany in the manner hereinbefore required, shall be prima
facie evidence that such notice was duly given. No action
shall be maintained on any poUcy to which this section ap-
phes and which has lapsed for non-payment of any premium
unless such action is commenced within two years from the
due date of such premium. Approved April 7, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 264, 265, 266. 153

An Act relative to the division of the city of boston Chav. 2Q4:

INTO VOTING PRECINCTS AND RELATIVE TO THE CHANGE
OF POLLING PLACES IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ivs:

Section 1. No division of the city of Boston into voting
precincts and no change of 'polling places in said city shall
be made until reasonable notice of the proposed change has
been given by the board of election commissioners to the
state senator and the state representative from the district.

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

Approved April 7, 1955.

An Act providing for the annual observance of certain (^fiar) 265

DAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 12N of chapter 6 of the General Laws, o. l. (Ter.
inserted by chapter 75 of the acts of 1949, is hereby amended ftcil'ameLufcL '
by adding at the end the following sentence: — Said proc- observance of
lamation shall recommend that exercises appropriate to certain days in
such day be observed in all the schools of the commonwealth required,
from and including the seventh grade up to and including
the last year of high school.

Section 2. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended by o. l. (Xer.
inserting after section 12S, inserted by chapter 124 of the f'ijtf'addld.
acts of 1954, the following section: — Section 1ST. The gov- Governor to
ernor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the [?sue prociama-
twenty-second day of February as Washington Day, the to°certairdays.
second Sunda}^ in May as Mothers' Day, the third Sunday
in June as Fathers' Day, the seventh day of August as
Purple Heart Day, the first Sunday in December as Dis-
abled American Veterans' Hospital Day and the second
Saturday in December as Army and Navy Union Day; and
recommending that said days be observed by the people in
an appropriate manner. Approved April 7, 1955.

An Act relative to the distribution of pasters or Chav 266

STICKERS at polling PLACES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 65 of chapter 54 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the second and third sentences, as ftl! 'amended,
appearing in chapter 129 of the acts of 1952, and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence: — Pasters, commonly Distribution of
called stickers, shall not be posted, circulated or distributed pomngViaoes
in the polling place, in the building where the polling place regulated,
is located, on the walls thereof, on the premises on which
the building stands, on the sidewalk adjoining the premises
where such election is being held, or within one hundred and
fifty feet of the entrance to such polling place.

Approved April 7, 1955.

154 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 267.

Chap. 267 ^n Act increasing the amount that may be expended

FOR THE ERECTION AND EQUIPMENT OF AN ADDITION TO
THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN THE COUNTY OF DUKES
COUNTY, AND CERTAIN INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 88 of the acts of 1953 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1, as amended by section 1
of chapter 100 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 1 . The county com-
missioners of the county of Dukes county are hereby author-
ized to raise and expend a sum not exceeding three hundred
and ten thousand dollars for the erection on land now owned
by said county of an addition to said county court building,
including plans and specifications, architect's fees and ex-
penses, repairs and alterations, located in said county and
the equipping and furnishing thereof.

Section 2. Said chapter 88 is hereby further amended by
striking out section 3, as amended by section 2 of said chap-
ter 100, and inserting in place thereof the following section : —
Section 3. To provide funds for the erection and original
equipping and furnishing of the addition mentioned in sec-
tion one of this act including plans and specifications, archi-
tect's fees and expenses, repairs and alterations, the treasurer
of the county of Dukes county with the approval of said
county commissioners may borrow from time to time upon
the credit of the county such sums not exceeding in the ag-
gregate three hundred thousand dollars as may be necessary
and may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on
their face the words. County of Dukes County Court House
Addition, Act of 1953. Each authorized issue shall consti-
tute a separate loan. Such bonds or notes shall be payable
in such annual installments, beginning not more than one
year from the date thereof, as will extinguish each loan in
not more than thirty years from their dates, and so that the
amount of such annual payment in any year shall not be
less than the amount of the principal of the loan payable
in any subsequent year. Such bonds or notes shall be signed
by the treasurer of the county and countersigned by a
majority of said county commissioners. The county may
sell said securities at pubhc or private sale upon such terms
and conditions as said county commissioners may deem
proper but not for less than their par value.

Approved April 7, 1965.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston, May 5, 1955.

The Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Christian A. Herter, pur-
suant to the provisions of Article 48 of the amendments to

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 268. 155

the Constitution, the Referendum, II, Emergency Measures,
hereby declare that in my opinion the immediate preserva-
tion of the pubhc necessity and convenience requires the
law Chapter 267 of the Acts of the current year entitled
"An Act increasing the Amount that may be expended for
the Erection and Equipment of an Addition to the County
Court House in the County of Dukes County, and Certain
Incidental Expenses" and the enactment of which received
the approval of Acting Governor Sumner G. Whittier,
April 7, 1955, should take effect forthwith.

I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emer-
gency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as
follows:

Postponement of the operation of this act for ninety days
would not permit the issuance of additional bonds authorized
by the act in time to permit the retirement of certain notes
which have been issued and will fall due before the expiration
of ninety days.

Very truly yours,

Christian A, Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth.

Office of the Secretary, Boston, May 5, 1955.

I, Leo jM. Harlow, Deputy Secretary of the Common-
wealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement w^as
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at three o'clock and forty-
five minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance with
Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution
said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter two
hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-five.

Leo M. Harlow,

Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

An Act authorizing the town of belmont to pay a sum (7/zap.268

OF money to HAROLD A. WILKINS, FATHER OF ROY A.
WILKINS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Belmont is hereby authorized
to raise and pay to Harold A. Wilkins, father of Roy A.
Wilkins, a minor, the sum of two hundred and eleven dollars
and twenty-five cents to reimburse said Wilkins for expendi-
tures made by him for medical services and hospitalization
of his minor son, said expenditures ha\ang been incurred
because of personal injuries received by said minor while
attending as a student in the Belmont public schools.

Section 2. Any action taken by the town meeting during
the current year pursuant to authority contained in section

156 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 269, 270.

one shall be valid and effective as though this act were in
effect at the time of the posting of the warrant for said
meeting. Approved April 7, 1955.

Chap.269 An Act relative to the burden of proof in certain

PROSECUTIONS FOR TRESPASS.

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

pream e. defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately applicable
certain provisions relative to the burden of proof in certain
prosecutions for trespass, 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:

Ed.K'ieeT'new Chapter 266 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§ 126a, added, inserting after section 120 the following section: — Section
ki"^ert° hf ^"^""^ i^OA. In any prosecution for committing the crime of tres-
prosecutions, p^gs by parking a motor vehicle upon a private way or upon
improved or enclosed land, proof that the defendant named
in the complaint was at the time of such parking the regis-
tered owner of such vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that
the defendant was the person who parked such vehicle upon
such way or land at such time. Approved April 11, 1955.

Chap.270 An Act authorizing the town of tolland to vote at a

SPECIAL town meeting ON THE QUESTION OF THE SALE
OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Not\\ithstanding any limitations imposed by
section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of
the General Laws as to the time for voting upon the questions
therein set forth, the town of Tolland is hereby authorized
to insert in the warrant for a special town meeting to be held
in nineteen hundred and fifty-five an article providing for a
vote upon the following question: — "Shall licenses be
granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcohoUc
beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all
other alcoholic beverages)?"

Section 2. Such vote shall be taken by a written ballot
upon which shall be placed question A as it appears in
section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the
General Laws.

Section 3. The votes taken in the towni of Tolland at the
last biennial state election under the provisions of said section
eleven shall have no further force or effect from and after the
taking of the votes authorized in section one of this act.

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

Approved April 11, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 271, 272, 273. 157

An Act making certain laws affecting veterans and Chap. 271

THEIR organizations APPLICABLE TO THE POLISH-AMERI-
CAN veterans OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC., AND ITS AFFILI-
ATED POSTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Clause (12) of section 5 of chapter 40 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by fici! 'amended,
inserting after the word "(Incorporated)", in line 40, as
appearing in section 2 of chapter 27 of the acts of 1950, the
words: — , and the Polish- American Veterans of Massa- Poiish-
chusetts. Inc., and its affihated posts. v^erLnTof

Section 2. Section 70 of chapter 266 of the General Massachusetts,
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting q^^ (Ter
after the word "Association", in line 19, as appearing in Fd.), 266, §7o,
section 3 of chapter 27 of the acts of 1950, the words: — , ^ " ' ^°^^°'-'^ •
Polish-American Veterans of Massachusetts, Inc., and its same subject,
affiliated posts. Approved April 11, 1955.

An Act providing for the issuance of search warrants Chap.272

FOR books, records AND MATERIAL BELONGING TO SUB-
VERSIVE organizations.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 276 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 1 the following section: — f ia, idd'ed!^
Section lA. A justice of the superior court, upon applica- issuance of
tion of the attorney general or a district attorney, and upon jnnt^iJ'res ect
complaint on oath that the complainant believes that any of to subversive
the property or articles hereinafter named are concealed in aufhoHzed°°^'
a particular house or place, if satisfied that there is a reason-
able cause for such behef, may issue a warrant to search for
the following property or articles: books, records, files, mem-
bership fists, funds, referred to in sections eighteen and
twenty-one of chapter two hundred and sixty-four, or written
or printed documents, paper or pictorial representations, re-
ferred to in section eleven of said chapter two hundred and
sixty-four, belonging to a subversive organization as defined
in said section eighteen, or used, provided for, or intended to
be used for, the purposes specified in said section eleven.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on October first, Effective date,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five

Approved April 11, 1955.

An Act authorizing the town of Randolph to con- Chap.27S

STRUCT AND OPERATE A SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS OF SEWER-
AGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Randolph, hereinafter called
the town, may lay out, construct, maintain and operate a
system or systems of main and common sewers for a part or

158 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 273.

the whole of its territory, with such connections, pumping
stations and other works as may be required for a system of
sewage disposal, and may construct such sewers in said town
as may be necessary to conduct the sewage of said town to
the south metropolitan sewerage system.

Section 2. Said town upon acquiring the necessary ease-
ments or other rights, under section six or otherwise, may
make and maintain main or common sewers in any private
way in said town for the purpose of serving abutting estates
or for other purposes of the sewer system ; provided, that as
to any private way in which such construction and main-
tenance would, except for this act, be barred by the pro-
visions of section seventy-seven of chapter forty-one of the
General Laws, or other general law, the town shall have
voted prior to the beginning of construction therein that the
sewer system shall be extended to such private way.

Section 3. The town may make and maintain, in any
way therein where main or common sewers are constructed,
such connecting sewers within the limits of such way as may
be necessary to connect any estate which abuts upon the
way.

Section 4. The town may, at the meeting when this act
is accepted, vote that the selectmen shall act as a board of
sewer commissioners. If the town does not so vote at said
meeting, the town manager shall appoint a board of three
sewer commissioners, who shall be citizens of the town.

Section 5. Until the board of sewer commissioners has
first been appointed by the town manager as provided in
this act, or the selectmen have first been authorized by vote
to act as such board, as the case may be, but not in any event
later than the second annual meeting after the commence-
ment of the work of construction authorized hereby, the
town may carry on such work by a duly authorized com-
mittee of the town. The committee shall serve without pay
and shall have all the powers and authority given to the
board of sewer commissioners in this act or by general law.
Whenever the phrase "said board of sewer commissioners"
or "said board" hereinafter occurs, it shall mean and include
the board of sewer commissioners, the selectmen acting as
such, or the committee of the town provided for in this
section, as the case may be.

Section 6. The 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, pubhc or private, in said town, necessary
for accomplishing any purpose mentioned in this act, and
may construct such sewers under or over any bridge, rail-
road, railway, boulevard or other public way, or within the
location of any railroad, and may enter upon and dig up any
private land, public way or railroad location, for the pur-
pose of laying such sewers and of maintaining and repairing
the same, and may do any other thing proper or necessary

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 273. 159

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 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 public utilities.

Section 7. Any 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 8. The town shall, by vote, determine whether
it shall pay the whole or a portion of the cost of said system
or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal and if a portion,
what portion of the whole cost. In providing for the payment
of the remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems
or for the use of said system or systems, the town may avail
itself of any or all of the methods permitted by General
Laws, and the provisions of said General Laws relative to the
assessment, apportionment, division, reassessment, abate-
ment and collection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor
and to interest thereon shall apply to assessments made
under this act, except that interest shall be at the rate of
four per cent per annum. 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 board of sewer commissioners, who shall preserve a
record thereof.

Section 9. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and liabilities incurred under this act, the town may
from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding in the aggregate four million, five hundred
thousand dollars; provided, however, that the total outstand-
ing indebtedness authorized under this section shall not ex-
ceed two million dollars at any time, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Randolph Sewerage Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan. 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, inclusive of the limitation
contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.

Section 10. The receipts from sewer assessments and
from payments made in lieu thereof shall be appropriated
for and appUed to the payment of charges and expenses in-
cident to the maintenance and operation of the 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.

160 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 273.

Section 11. The board of sewer commissioners may an-
nually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent of
sewers who shall not be a member of the board. It may
remove the clerk or superintendent at its pleasure and shall
define their duties. The board may, at its discretion, pre-
scribe for the users of the sewer system or systems such an-
nual rentals or charges based upon the benefits derived there-
from as it may deem proper, subject, however, to such rules
and regulations as shall be adopted by vote of the town.

Section 12. All contracts made by the board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and
shall be signed by the board, but no contracts shall be made
or obhgation incurred by the board for any purpose in excess
of the amount of money appropriated by the town therefor.

Section 13. The board of sewer commissioners may,
from time to time, prescribe rules and regulations for the
connection of estates and buildings with sewers, and for the
inspection of the materials, the construction, alteration and
use of all connections entering into such sewers, and may
prescribe penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars, for each
violation of any such rule or regulation. Such rules and
regulations shall be pubhshed at least once a week for three
successive weeks in some newspaper published in the town of
Randolph, if there be any, and if not, then in some news-
paper published in the county of Norfolk, and shall not
take effect until such publications have been made.

Section 14. The town of Randolph, through the board
of sewer commissioners, may, upon the application of the
owner of any estate abutting on any public or private way
where a common sewer is constructed, lay in such sewered
way, and in the private land of such owner such particular
sewer as may be necessary to connect any building on such
estate with such sewer, and said board may make all neces-
sary contracts in the name and behalf of the to^\^l for such
purpose. The expenses thereof shall be paid out of a re-
volving fund not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars
which may be established from funds borrowed under
section nine. The cost of constructing each particular sewer
shall be assessed by the board of sewer commissioners upon
the estate benefited thereby. Such assessment shall be made
by filing with the board of assessors of the town a certificate,
designating the way and the private land in which such par-
ticular sewer has been constructed, and giving the name or
names of the owners of the estate for which such connection
has been made and the amount of the assessment to be paid
by such owner or owners. A copy or duplicate of this cer-
tificate shall, within ten days after the filing of the same
with the board of assessors, be recorded in the registry of
deeds for the county of Norfolk, or, in the case of registered
land, filed in the office of the assistant recorder for Norfolk
county registry district. The board of assessors shall, upon
receipt of such certificate, forthwith commit such assess-
ments or charges with their warrant to the collector of taxes,

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 273. 161

who shall forthwith make a demand in writing for the pay-
ment of such assessments or charges, and every owner shall,
within three months after such demand is served upon him
or on the occupant of such estate, or sent by mail to the last
address of the owner known to the collector of taxes, pay to
the collector of taxes the sum so assessed or charged. The
collector of taxes shall deposit all sums received from such
assessment with the treasurer of the town, who shall credit
the same to the revolving fund for the use of the board of
sewer commissioners. Except as herein provided, the pro-
visions of general law relative to the assessment, apportion-
ment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of
sewer assessments, to liens therefor and to interest thereon,
shall apply to assessments made under this section. In ap-
plying said provisions to assessments made under this
section, the notice referred to therein shall be deemed to be
the demand of the tax collector required hereby. The lien
for any assessment made under this section shall attach upon
the recording or filing for registration of the copy or duplicate
of the certificate of assessment. In the apportionment of
assessments made under this section no installment shall be
less than five dollars.

Section 15. The provisions of this section shall be opera-
tive only if the town of Randolph at the meeting at which this
act is accepted shall vote, separately, to accept said pro-
visions. Each owner of a building upon land abutting a
public or private way in which there is a common sewer shall
within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the board of sewer
commissioners, after construction of such sewer in such way
connect such building therewith, unless on application of the
owner the board of health shall find that the non-connection
of such building with the common sewer does not in reason-
able likelihood endanger the public health.

Section 16. 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 the system of
sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved by the
department of public health. Upon apphcation to the de-
partment for its approval, it shall give a hearing, after due
notice to the public. At such hearing, plans showing the
work to be done in constructing the system of sewerage and
sewage disposal shall be submitted for approval by the
department.

Section 17. Subject to the provisions of section fifteen,
this act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by vote of
a majority of the voters of the town voting thereon at any
annual or special town meeting called for the purpose within
five years after its passage, but not others\ase. No expendi-
ture shall be made and no Uability incurred hereunder until
the acceptance of this act. Approved April 11, 1955.

162

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 274, 275.

Chap. 21 4: An Act providing that a bonded employee shall not be

REQUIRED TO FURNISH INFORMATION AS TO RACE, COLOR,
RELIGIOUS CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ANCESTRY IN HIS
APPLICATION FOR BOND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

EdYiliB §4 Section 4 of chapter 151B of the General Laws is hereby
etc., 'amended. ' amended by inserting after subsection 3, as amended by
section 8 of chapter 697 of the acts of 1950, the following
subsection: —

3 A. For any person engaged in the insurance or bonding
business, or his agent, to make any inquiry or record of any
person seeking a bond or surety bond conditioned upon the
faithful performance of his duties or to use any form of
application, in connection with the furnishing of such bond,
which seeks information relative to the race, color, rehgious
creed, national origin or ancestry of the person to be bonded.

Approved April 12, 1955.

Unlawful

employment

practices.

Consolidation
of trust and
banking
companies,
regulated.

Chap.276 ^^ Act relative to the consolidation of trust com-
panies AND BANKING COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^'i72%44 Section 1. Chapter 172 of the General Laws is hereby
etc', amended. ' amended by striking out section 44, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 87 of the acts of 1946, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 44- With
the written approval of the commissioner, (a) any trust com-
pany, any banking company, or any national banking as-
sociation engaged in the business of banking in the common-
wealth may, upon compliance with the provisions of section
forty-six B of chapter one hundred and fifty-six, which are
hereby made applicable in all such cases, and subject, as to
any such trust company or banking company, to the pro-
visions of section forty-six E of chapter one hundred and
fifty-six as modified for the purposes of this section by the
provisions hereof, consolidate or merge into any trust com-
pany; (6) any trust company or banking company may,
subject to the provisions of sections forty-two and forty-six
of chapter one hundred and fifty-six as modified for the pur-
poses of this section by the provisions hereof, or any such
national banking association may sell or exchange all or
substantially all of its property and assets to or with any
trust company and any trust company may purchase all or
substantially all of the assets of any trust company or any
banking company or any such national banking association;
and (c) by vote, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, of
two thirds of each class of its stock outstanding and en-
titled to vote and upon execution by a majority of its direc-
tors in form satisfactory to the commissioner of an agree-
ment of association, an organization certificate and such
other instruments as the commissioner shall prescribe, any

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 275. 163

such national banking association having an unimpaired capi-
tal stock sufficient in value or amount to satisfy the provi-
sions of section eighteen may, upon approval by the board
of bank incorporation, be converted into a trust company
and shall not, in connection with or upon such conversion,
be subject to the requirements of this chapter with respect
to the organization and commencement of business of trust
companies; provided, however, that such conversion shall
not be in contravention of the laws of the United States.
Nothing in this section nor in the General Laws shall restrict
the right of a trust company or banking company to con-
solidate or merge into or convert into a national banking
association in accordance with the laws of the United States
and without approval of any authority of the common-
wealth. For the purposes of either clause (a) or clause (5)
of the first sentence of this section, the value of the stock of
stockholders of a trust company or banking company who
have, as provided in, as applicable, section forty-six E or
section forty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-six voted
against any action authorized by such clause shall be as-
certained by three disinterested persons, one of whom shall
be named bj'' the stockholders who have so voted, or in the
absence of agreement by such stockholders, by the commis-
sioner, one by the trust company or banking company and
the third by the two thus chosen. The continuing trust com-
pany into which a trust company, banking company or a
national banking association shall have been consolidated or
merged or into which a national banking association shall
have been converted under this section shall be considered
the same business and corporate entity as that of the con-
solidating or merging or converting institution, although the
rights, powers and duties of the continuing trust company
shall be those estabhshed by its charter. The charter of
any trust company or banking company which shall have
been consolidated or merged into or the business and sub-
stantially all of the property and assets of which shall have
been purchased or absorbed by a trust company or national
banking association, or the affairs of which shall have been
liquidated, shall be void except for the purpose of discharg-
ing existing obhgations and habilities.

Section 2. Chapter 172A of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 12A, inserted by chapter § i2a, etc,'
281 of the acts of 1948, and inserting in place thereof the "mended.
following section: — Section 12 A. With the written a p- Certain corpo-
proval of the commissioner any such corporation may con- Itl^, fcg^Ited.
solidate or merge into another such corporation in the manner
provided in section forty-four of chapter one hundred and
seventy-two for the consohdation or merger of such a cor-
poration into a trust company; and with the written ap-
proval of the commissioner any .such corporation may sell or
exchange all or substantially all of its property and assets
to or purchase all or substantially all of the property and
assets of another such corporation subject to the provisions

164 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 276, 277.

of sections forty-two and forty-six of chapter one hundred
and fifty-six. The charter of any such corporation the busi-
ness of which has been consohdated or merged into another
such corporation, bank or trust company, or the affairs of
which have been hquidated, shall be void except for the
purpose of discharging obligations and liabilities.

Approved April 12, 1955.

Chap.27Q An Act increasing temporarily the tax imposed by the

COMMONWEALTH ON AMOUNTS WAGERED AT CERTAIN HORSE
AND DOG RACING MEETINGS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PARI-
MUTUEL OR CERTIFICATE SYSTEM OF WAGERING.

preambk^^ Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

defeat its purpose, which is to make available immediately
revenue for the old age assistance fund, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:

In addition to any amount required to be withheld under
the provisions of section five of chapter one hundred and
twenty-eight A of the General Laws by a licensee conducting
a horse or dog racing meeting, such licensee shall withhold
an amount equal to two per cent of t^e total amount wagered
on each day of such meeting conducted during the years
nineteen hundred and fifty-five and nineteen hundred and
fifty-six and shall pay the same to the state racing commis-
sion on the day following. The amount received under the
provision of this act from licensees conducting horse or dog
racing meetings in connection with a state or county fair
shall be credited to the old age assistance fund established
under section eleven of chapter one hundred and eighteen A
of the General Laws, notwithstanding any provision of sec-
tion fifteen of said chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A
to the contrary. Approved April 12, 1955.

Chap.277 An Act relative to the use of the unexpended pro-
ceeds OF certain bond issues of the metropolitan

TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Paragraph (j) of section 8 A of chapter 544
of the acts of 1947, as most recently amended by section 1
of chapter 433 of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end the following : —

Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph,
if the trustees of the authority determine that any unex-
pended proceeds of bonds issued by the authority under
this paragraph for any purpose other than for providing
funds to make alterations under paragraph (z) of this section
or to pay any damages recovered under said paragraph (i)
are not needed for the purpose for which such bonds were

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 277. 165

issued, such unexpended proceeds may be used for the
purpose of making alterations under said paragraph (i),
inckiding the alteration authorized by chapter three hun-
dred and fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, or for the purpose of paying any damages re-
covered under said paragraph (i) or for restoring to the
treasury of the authority funds which have been expended
for said purposes and, pending such use, may be invested in
obligations of the United States government maturing, in
the case of each purchase of such obligations by the au-
thority, in not more than one year from the date of such
purchase; provided, that the amount of such unexpended
proceeds used as aforesaid for making alterations under said
paragraph (i) shall be included in determining the amount
of bonds which may be issued within the limitation con-
tained in this section as to the amount which may be pro-
vided by issue of bonds to make alterations under said
paragraph (i).

Section 2. Section 6 of chapter 649 of the acts of 1949,
as most recently amended by section 3 of chapter 433 of
the acts of 1953, is hereby amended by adding at the end
the following : —

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if
the trustees of the authority determine that any unexpended
proceeds of bonds issued by the authority under this section
for the purpose of providing funds for the project authorized
by section three C, or for the purpose of providing funds for
the work authorized by chapter six hundred and thirteen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two, are not needed
for the purpose for which such bonds were issued, such un-
expended proceeds may be used for the purpose of making
alterations under paragraph (i) of section eight A of chapter
five hundred and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, as amended, including the alteration au-
thorized by chapter three hundred and fifty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, or for the purpose of
paying any damages recovered under said paragraph (i) or
for restoring to the treasury of the authority funds which
have been expended for said purposes and, pending such
use, may be invested in obligations of the United States
government maturing, in the case of each purchase of such
obligations by the authority, in not more than one year from
the date of such purchase; provided, that the amount of
such unexpended proceeds used as aforesaid for making
alterations under said paragraph (i) shall be included in
determining the amount of bonds which may be issued
within the limitation contained in paragraph (j) of said
section eight A as to the amount which may be provided
by issue of bonds to make alterations under said paragraph

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

Approved April 15, 1955.

166 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 278, 279, 280.

Chap. 21 S An Act designating the medical and infirmary build-
ing AT THE DANVERS STATE HOSPITAL AS THE CLARENCE
A. BONNER BUILDING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The new medical and infirmary building being
erected at the Danvers state hospital shall be known and
designated as the Clarence A. Bonner Building in honor of
Dr. Clarence A, Bonner, who retired from the service of the
commonwealth in November, nineteen hundred and fifty-
three, after serving more than twenty-five years as superin-
tendent of said hospital.

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

Approved April 15, 1955.

Chap. 279 An Act designating the building for psychotic chil-
dren at the metropolitan state hospital as the
gaebler children's unit.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The new building for psychotic children
erected at the Metropohtan state hospital shall be known
and designated as the Gaebler Children's Unit in honor of
Dr. William C. Gaebler, former superintendent, in consider-
ation of his long and meritorious service in the care of the
less fortunate members of the community.

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

Approved April 15, 1955.

Chap. 2S0 An Act making certain corrective changes in the law
relative to payment by the metropolitan transit
authority to certain employees in military service.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 720 of the acts of 1950
is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 to 5, inclusive,
the words "eleven, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, one hun-
dred and five or one hundred and fifty-four" and inserting
in place thereof the words : — thirty-eight, forty, forty-one,
forty-two and sixty, — and by inserting after the word
"forces" in line 9 the words: — or of the organized reserve
of the United States Air Force, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 1. Any employee of the Metropolitan Transit Au-
thority shall be entitled, during the time of his service in
the organized mihtia, under sections thirty-eight, forty, forty-
one, forty-two and sixty of chapter thirty-three of the Gen-
eral Laws, or during his annual tour of duty of not exceeding
fifteen days as a member of the organized reserve of the
army of the United States or of the United States naval
reserve forces or of the organized reserve of the United
States Air Force, to receive pay therefor, without loss of
his ordinary remuneration as an employee of the Metro-

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 281, 282. 167

politan Transit Authority, and shall also be entitled to the
same leaves of absence or vacation with pay given to other
Uke employees.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 15, 1955.

An Act authorizing the commontv'ealth to convey a Chav 281

CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF WEST SPRING-
FIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commissioner of natural resources, in the
name and on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby author-
ized, subject to the approval of the governor and council, to
convey for a nominal consideration to the town of West
Springfield, by a deed approved as to form by the attorney
general, all the right, title and interest of the commonwealth
in and to a certain parcel of land situated in said town and
bounded and described as follows : —

Beginning at a concrete bound at the northeasterly corner
of Lot #235 as shown on plan of Tatham Heights recorded
in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book of Plans 25,
Page 12; thence N. 50° 35' 50" E. eighty and 08/100 feet
to a concrete bound; thence N. 58° 04' 20" E. seventy and
50/100 feet to a concrete bound; thence N. 46° 55' 13" E.
six hundred seventy-two and 32/100 feet to a concrete bound;
thence S. 4° 37' 30" E. twelve hundred and ten feet to a
point; thence S. 10° 29' 02" W. three hundred seventeen
and 17/100 feet to a point; thence S. 85° 22' 30" W. five
hundred seventy-four and 92/100 feet to a concrete bound;
thence N. 4° 37' 30" W. one thousand twenty and 88/100
feet to the concrete bound at the point of beginning.

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

Approved April 15, 1955.

An Act amending the law providing for a special Chap.282

CAPITAL OUTLAY PROGRAM FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 660 of the acts of 1953 is hereby
amended by striking out section 3 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 3. Except as other-
wise pro\dded in this act, no payment shall be made or
obligation incurred in carrying out any of the aforesaid
projects until plans, specifications and contracts therefor,
and alterations thereto subsequently proposed, have been
approved by the Massachusetts public building commission,
unless otherwise provided by such rules or regulations as said
commission may make.

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

Approved April 15, 1955.

168

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 283, 284.

Chap. 283 An Act relative to the coverage of motor vehicles

AND TRAILERS UNDER COMPULSORY MOTOR VEHICLE LIA-
BILITY POLICIES OR BONDS IN CASE OF DEATH OF THE
OWNERS OF SUCH VEHICLES.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90, § 2,
etc., amended.

Coverage under
compulsory
liability upon
death of owner,
provided.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175,
§ 113A, etc.,
amended.

Application of
act.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide coverage forth-
with for certain motor vehicles in case of the death of the
owner thereof, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The fourth paragraph of section 2 of chapter
90 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chap-
ter 5 of the acts of 1932, is hereby further amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following words : — ; and provided,
further, that if the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer for
which a certificate of registration has been issued for the
following calendar year dies prior to the beginning of said
calendar year, such motor vehicle or trailer shall be deemed
to be validly registered and said registration shall continue
in force until the end of the following year, or until the owner-
ship of such motor vehicle or trailer is transferred by the
legal representative of the estate of such owner, whichever
occurs first, subject, however, to all provisions of law appli-
cable generally to registrations of motor vehicles or trailers.

Section 2. Provision (6) of section 113A of chapter 175
of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 1
of chapter 693 of the acts of 1949, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in fine 8, the words "within the policy
period".

Section 3. This act shall apply to all causes of action of
tort arising out of the operation of motor vehicles on the
ways of the commonwealth which have not been prosecuted
to final judgment or discharge. A-pproved April 15, 1955.

Chap.

284 An Act to extend the time within which counties,

cities, towns and districts MAY INCUR DEBT TO SECURE
THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO ASSIST THEM IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to make available without
interruption to counties, cities, towns and districts financial
assistance by the federal government for pubhc woi'ks proj-
ects, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 6 of chapter 74 of the acts of 1945, as most re-
cently amended by chapter 173 of the acts of 1953, is hereby

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 285, 286, 287. 169

further amended by striking out, in line 4, the word "fifty-
five" and inserting in place thereof the word: — fifty-seven,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 6. Loans by counties,
cities, towns and districts may be authorized under the pro-
visions of this act until July first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-seven. Approved April Id, 1955.

An Act abolishing the power of the department of Chav. 285

PUBLIC UTILITIES TO ADOPT CERTAIN PROCEDURAL RULES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^rTambie''^
to defeat its purpose which is to repeal forthwith the specific
authorization of the department of pubhc utilities to adopt
procedural rules, so that state agencies may be governed in
a uniform manner with reference to administrative procedure,
as provided by chapter thirty A of the General I>aws, which
takes effect on July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience and welfare.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 25 of the General Laws g l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph, etc!, amended,
added by chapter 101 of the acts of 1951.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on July first, nine- Effective
teen hundred and fifty-five. Approved April 15, 1955.

An Act relative to watertown firefighters relief Chap.28Q
association, inc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Watertown Firefighters Relief Association, Inc., a corpora-
tion duly organized under the laws of the commonwealth, is
hereby authorized, upon the death of any pensioned mem-
ber of the fire department of the town of Watertown, who
is a member of the Watertown Firefighters Rehef Associa-
tion, Inc., and who is entitled to receive benefits under the
by-laws of said corporation, to pay a death benefit in the
amount to which said member was entitled at the time of his
retirement as an active member of said fire department, but
not less than five hundred dollars.

Approved April 15, 1955.

An Act providing for the installation of an elevator Chap. 281

IN the superior court BUILDING AT LAWRENCE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of Essex county
are hereby authorized to raise and expend a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of providing
for the installation of an elevator in the superior court build-
ing in the city of Lawrence, and for such purpose said county

170 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 288, 289.

commissioners may make additions to said building or parts
thereof and remodel or alter said building, and do all things
necessary and incidental thereto, the contract to be awarded
to the lowest responsible and ehgible bidder.

Section 2, For the purpose of meeting the expenses
authorized by section one, the county treasurer with the
approval of the county conmaissioners may borrow upon the
credit of the county a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dol-
lars and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor
which shall bear on their face the words, Essex County Ele-
vator Loan, Act of 1955; and such bonds or notes shall be
payable in not more than five years from the date of issue.
The bonds or notes shall be signed by the county treasurer
and countersigned by a majority of the county commis-
sioners. The county may sell said securities at pubhc 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, ex-
cept as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of
the General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the county commissioners of the county of
Essex, but not otherwise. Approved April 15, 1955.

C hap. 2S8 ^ Act relative to certificates of nominations.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^"53^§5 Section L Section 5 of chapter 53 of the General Laws

etc!, 'amended, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph, in-
serted by chapter 141 of the acts of 1947, and inserting in
place thereof the following paragraph : —
Certificate of No such Certificate of nomination, except for presidential
pre^iS?ri^°'^ electors, shall be received or be valid unless the written ac-
re^uiated ceptauce of the candidate or candidates thereby nominated

shall be filed therewith.
EdV'sJ^ls Section 2. The first paragraph of section 8 of said chap-

eto!, 'amended, ter 53, as appearing in section 4 of chapter 334 of the acts
of 1943, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sen-
^resld^Hal^ tence the following sentence : — Such surnames shall be
candidates. fumishcd by the state chairmen of the respective poHtical
parties not later than the second Tuesday of September.

Approved April 15, 1955.

Chap. 2S9 An Act relative to poultry slaughtering houses.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter. Scctiou 139 A of chapter 94 of the General Laws is hereby

§ 139A, 'etc., amended by striking out the last paragraph, as amended by
amended. chapter 339 of the acts of 1948, and inserting in place thereof

the following paragraph : —
Conduct of This section shall not apply to persons who are engaged in

teringVouse^ the productiou in this commonwealth of poultry, including

regulated.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 290, 291. 171

domestic chickens, fowl, ducks, geese and pheasants, or of
turkeys and who slaughter such poultry or turkeys produced
on their own farms. Approved April 15, 1955.

An Act requiring the filing of annual returns by Chav 290

CERTAIN corporations.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 180 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 26A, as amended by chapter 225 of the f 26a,^^c..
acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the following sec- amended.
tion: — Section 26 A. Every corporation except a church or Filing of
rehgious organization heretofore or hereafter organized under by'^^ertafn^^^^
general or special law for any purpose mentioned in section corporations,
two, or for the purpose of conducting a school of medicine, '"'^'^^'"^ ■
shall annually, on or before November first, prepare and sub-
mit to the state secretary a certificate which shall be signed
and sworn to by its president and treasurer, or its presiding
and financial officers having the powers of president and
treasurer, and a majority of its directors, or officers having
the powers of directors, stating : —

1. The name of the corporation.

2. The location (with street address) of its principal ofiice
or headquarters.

3. The date of its last preceding annual meeting.

4. The names and addresses of all the officers and directors,
or officers having the powers of directors, of the corporation,
and the date at which the term of office of each expires.

The state secretary shall examine such certificate, and if Fee.
he finds that it conforms to the requirements of this chapter
he shall, upon payment of a fee of two dollars, file the same
in his office.

If the corporation fails to submit its certificate for two Revocation of
successive years, the state secretary shall give notice thereof FaUurf to"^"^
by mail, postage prepaid, to such corporation in default. authoriiTd
Failure of such corporation to submit the required certificates
within ninety days after the notice of default has been given
shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of its charter by
the state secretary. Approved April 15, 1955.

An Act authorizing towns to provide certain insur- Chap. 291

ANCE against EXTRAORDINARY WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
LOSSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby EdVi^^s's
amended by striking out clause (1), as most recently amended etcl, 'amended,
by chapter 209 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place
thereof the following clause : —

(1) To pay a proper charge of an insurance company for Certain work-
acting as surety on the official bond of any town officer, to ^tron TnsTanTC
pay a proper charge for effecting insurance providing in- '^"tho^'^e^
demnity for or protection to a town treasurer or a town col-

172 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 292, 293.

lector of taxes against his liability for the loss, without fault,
connivance or neglect on his part, of money for which he is
accountable to the town, or to pay a proper charge for effect-
ing insurance providing indemnity for or protection to any
officer or employee of the town, or volunteer driver of fire
apparatus of the town whose service as such is approved by
the selectmen against loss by reason of his liabihty to pay
damages to others for bodily injuries, including death at any
time resulting therefrom, or for damage to property, caused
by the operation, within the scope of his official duties or
employment, of motor or other vehicles or vessels owned by
the town, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars on account of injury to or death of one person, or not
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for any one accident,
and not exceeding five thousand dollars on account of dam-
age to property, or to pay a proper charge for effecting in-
surance providing indemnity for or protection to any of the
officers or employees of the town named in section one hun-
dred of chapter forty-one against loss by reason of any ex-
penses or damages within the provisions of said section, or to
pay a proper charge to prevent loss by reason of destruction
or damage of buildings or personal property by fire or other
causes normally covered by fire insurance policies issued in
the commonwealth, or to pay a proper charge for effecting
insurance to cover the town's hability to pay workmen's
compensation, or, if the town has elected to establish and
maintain an insurance fund to pay workmen's compensation
under section thirteen A of this chapter, or if the town has
determined otherwise to pay such workmen's compensation
direct, to pay a proper charge for aggregate excess or single
accident reinsurance to protect the town from extraordinary
workmen's compensation losses. Approved April 15, 1955.

Chap. 2^2 An Act authorizing the issuance of fishing licenses to

ALIENS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G^L. (Ter. Chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

§ 8A, etc.', striking out section 8 A, inserted by chapter 516 of the acts
amended. ^£ 1949, and inserting in place thereof the following section:

Fishing — Section 8A. In addition to the fishing licenses authorized

foTaUena, by sectious seven and eight, any ahen may be issued a H-
authorized. ceuse to fish in the inland waters of the commonwealth. The
fee for such license shall be the same as that set forth for
fishing hcenses in clause (2) of said section eight.

Approved April 15, 1955.

C hap. 29S An Act to provide that the department of public

WORKS MAY TAKE BY EMINENT DOMAIN THE FAMILY
BURIAL LOT OF THE HEIRS OF CHURCH TERRY.

Emergency Whcreas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat

preamble. [^q purposc, which is to implement the accelerated highway

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 294. 173

program, 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 take by eminent domain, under chapter
seventy-nine or eighty A of the General Laws, for purposes
of the accelerated highway program, the family burial lot of
the heirs of Church Terry, deceased in 1892, located on the
rear of land at 284 Meridian street in the city of Fall River.

Section 2. Said department of pubUc works is hereby
further authorized to make whatever arrangements are
deemed necessary for the relocation of said burial lot.

Section 3. For said purpose, said department may ex-
pend such sums as may be available under chapter five
hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-two. Approved April 18, 1955.

An Act providing for the adjustment of certain Chap. 294:
grievances of certain employees of cities and

TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 21 A, inserted by section 5 of chapter Mw^'§*2iB,
798 of the acts of 1951, the following section: — Section 21 B. added.
Any town b}'' by-law adopted at an annual town meeting, Establishment
any city having a Plan D or Plan E charter by ordinance ^liatfoM'"^^
adopted in accordance with the provisions of its charter, and [^''c'ftfeg^''*'"'^
any other city by ordinance approved by its mayor may and towns,
establish a personnel relations review board and may em- ^uthonzed.
power such board to adjust the grievances of all employees
of such town or city other than those appointed by the school
committee; provided, that such a board, by such an adjust-
ment, shall not involve the city or town in an expenditure of
money in excess of the appropriation made for the use of
such board. As used in this section, the word "grievance"
shall be construed to mean any dispute between an employee
of a cit}' or town and his appointing authority arising out of
an exercise of administrative discretion by such authority
under the contract of employment between the employee
and the city or town, except a dispute concerning a change in
one or more of the terms of such contract and except also a
dispute which is, or upon proper appeal would be, within the
jurisdiction of the civil service commission or the contribu-
tory retirement appeal board. No ordinance establishing in
any city a personnel relations review board required by this
section to be approved by the mayor of such city shall be
amended except by ordinance likewise approved.

Approved April 18, 1955.

174 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 295, 296, 297.

Chap. 295 An Act designating the metropolitan district com-
mission PLAYGROUND AREA ON RIVER STREET IN THE
MATTAPAN AREA OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AS THE REVEREND
FRANCIS A. RYAN MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The area to be acquired by the metropohtan district
commission from the Boston Housing Authority for play-
ground purposes, located on the south side of River street
in the Mattapan area of the city of Boston, under the pro-
visions of chapter four hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four, shall upon its completion as
a playground be designated as the Reverend Francis A.
Ryan Memorial Playground. The metropolitan district
commission is hereby authorized and directed to erect on
said playground a suitable marker bearing said designation.

Approved April 18, 1956.

Chap.296 An Act authorizing the metropolitan district commis-
sion TO IMPROVE AND FURTHER DEVELOP THE BEAVER
BROOK RESERVATION IN THE WAVERLEY OAKS SECTION OF
THE TOWN OF BELMONT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to make such improvements and repairs in
the Beaver Brook reservation in the Waverley Oaks section
of the town of Belmont as it deems necessary for the further
development and improvement of said reservation. For
the purpose of this act the said commission may expend such
sum as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved April 18, 1955.

Chap.297 An Act designating a certain play area located in the

HYDE PARK DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AS THE
JOHN H. DOOLEY MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

The playground for small children now under construction
by the metropolitan district commission on Reservation
road near the junction of Brainard street in the Hyde Park
district of the city of Boston shall be known and designated
as the John H. Dooley Memorial Playground. Said metro-
politan district commission shall, upon completion of said
playground, erect a suitable marker or tablet bearing such
designation. Approved April 18, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 298, 299, 300. 175

An Act making the principal of the permanent school Chap. 298

PENSION FUND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AVAILABLE FOR
THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS UNDER THE LAWS RELATING
THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:

Section 9 of chapter 468 of the acts of 1951 is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "fund", in line 14,
the words : — , third out of the principal of the fund.

Approved April 18, 1955.

An Act relative to the care, control and maintenance C/iar). 299

OF A certain bridge OVER THE TRACKS OF THE BOSTON
& MAINE RAILROAD IN THE TOWN OF WEST BOYLSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The care, control and maintenance of the
bridge over the Boston & Maine Railroad tracks located at
the Oakdale end of the Wachusett reservoir on Route 140 in
the town of West Boylston is hereby transferred to the state
department of public works and thereafter said bridge shall
be a state highway and the cost of the care, control and main-
tenance of said bridge shall be paid out of the Highway Fund.
Said bridge shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of
chapter four hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-eight.

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect existing
agreements, decrees, orders or statutes defining the duties
and responsibilities of the Boston & JNlaine Railroad or of
any public utility relative to said bridge.

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

Approved April 20, 1955.

An Act authorizing the weymouth retirement board C/iap. 300

TO PAY member survivor BENEFITS TO MABEL E. DuVAL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public
good, and notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law, the Weymouth retirement board shall pay
to Mabel E. DuVal, widow of Donald DuVal, who served
as master mechanic of the fire department of said town for
a period of tliirty-four years and six months, the member
survivor benefits under option (d) of section twelve of
chapter thirty-two of the General Laws. Benefits here-
under shall become payable as of the day next following the
date for which said Donald DuVal last received regular
compensation for his employment in the pubhc service of
said town.

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

Approved April 21, 1956.

176 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 301, 302.

Chap. 301 An Act temporarily reviving the sterling leather co.,

INC.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Sterling Leather Co., Inc., a corporation
dissolved October thirteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-
three by decree of the supreme judicial court, is hereby
revived and continued for a period of two years from the
effective date of this act in order to allow it to bring a suit
or suits to recover funds, and to allow suits to be brought
against it.

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

Approved April 21, 1955.

Chap. "^02 An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to sell for

HOUSING PURPOSES CERTAIN LAND ACQUIRED FOR WATER
SUPPLY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 255 of the acts of 1951,
as amended by chapter 62 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following : —

Any or all of the following described parcel : — Beginning
at a point in the easterly line of Grove street, said point
being at the division line of Lot "A" and Lot # 1;

Thence, northerly along said easterly line of Grove street,
seventy-six and seventy-one one hundredths feet to the
tangent point of a curve in said easterly line of Grove street;

Thence, northerly and easterly along a curve of one hun-
dred foot radius, one hundred eighty-four and forty-seven
one hundredths feet to its other tangent point in the south-
erly line of Blanchard road;

Thence, easterly by said Blanchard road, two hundred
fifty-two and sixty-eight one hundredths feet to a point in
the division line of Lot "D" and Lot #19;

Thence, southerly by said division line, one hundred
twenty feet to a point;

Thence, westerly by two Unes, one hundred one and
twelve one hundredths feet and one hundred feet, respec-
tively, to an angle;

Thence, southwesterly, fifty feet to an angle;

Thence, south^srly fifty feet to a point in the division line
of Lot # 1 and Lot "A";

Thence, westerly by said division line, one hundred feet
to the point of beginning; containing forty-four thousand
five hundred and ninety-eight square feet, more or less. All
above dimensions and area being more or less.

The above described parcel of land is shown upon a plan
entitled "Part of Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, for Proposed Housing Development", dated
February 17, 1955, drawn by Edward Smith, Acting City
Engineer, and on file in the oflace of the City Engineer of

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 303, 304. 177

the city of Cambridge. Said plan shall be recorded in the
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance, during the current year, by vote of the city council of
the city of Cambridge subject to the provisions of its charter,
but not otherwise. Approved April 21, 1955.

An Act providing for an investigation and study rela- C/iax>. 303

TIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MARKET AUTHORITY IN
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act as herein-
after provided, there shall be a committee composed of five
persons to be appointed by the mayor of the city of Spring-
field for the purpose of making an investigation and study
relative to the advisability and feasibility of establishing a
Springfield market authority. Said committee shall, in mak-
ing its investigation and study, consider the subject matter
of current house document numbered 1548, establishing the
Springfield market authority and defining its powers and
duties.

Said committee shall report the results of its investiga-
tion, survey and study hereunder, and its recommendations,
if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
mayor of said cit}^ on or before December thirty-first in the
current year.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Springfield, subject to the
pro\dsions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved April 21, 1955.

An Act authorizing the sale of live bait on the lord's C/iap. 304

DAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The second paragraph of section 6 of chapter 136 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as appearing in section 6 of chapter 373 of etc!, 'amended.
the acts of 1934, is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "thereof", in hne 19, the following words: — ; the sale Sunday sales
of live bait for use by fishermen for non-commercial purposes, authorized.'

Approved April 22, 1955.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston-, April 22, 1955.

Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary : — I, Christian A. Herter, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 48 of the amendments to the

178 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 305.

Constitution, the Referendum, II, Emergency Measures,
hereby declare that in my opinion the immediate preserva-
tion of the pubHc peace, health, safety and convenience re-
quires the law entitled "An Act authorizing the Sale of Live
Bait on the Lord's Day", and the enactment of which
received my approval April 22, 1955 should take effect
forthwith.

I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emer-
gency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as
follows : —

Postponement of the operation of this act for ninety days
would deprive the sporting fishermen of the Commonwealth
their right to purchase hve bait on Sundays during most of
the present fishing season as this year's season opened
on April 15.

Very truly yours,

Christian A. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth.

Office of the Sbcrbtaby, Boston, April 22, 1955.

I, Leo M. Harlow, Deputy Secretary of the Conmaon-
wealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at three o'clock, P.M., on
the above date, and in accordance with Article Forty-eight
of the Amendments to the Constitution said chapter takes
effect forthwith, being chapter three hundred and four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Leo M. Harlow,

Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Chap.S05 An Act making certain changes in the laws relative

TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS FOR VETERANS' BENEFITS.

Emergency Wheveas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

preamble. ^^ defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for cer-
tain changes in the veterans' benefits laws, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the pubUc convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter. SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section 5 of chapter

etc], 'amended'. 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 4 of chap-
ter 590 of the acts of 1951, is hereby amended by striking
out the first and second sentences and inserting in place
thereof the following three sentences: — Veterans' benefits
Payment of shall be paid to a veteran or dependent by the city or town
htnlitB^' ^^'^ which he has a settlement, or, if he has no settlement in

regulated. any city or town within the commonwealth, by the city or
town wherein he resides; provided, that no benefits shall
be paid to a veteran unless he has a settlement or has actually
resided within the commonwealth continuously for three

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 306. 179

years next preceding the date of his application for such
benefits, nor to any other appHcant unless he has a settle-
ment or has actually resided within the commonwealth con-
tinuously for three years next preceding the date of his apph-
cation for such benefits, nor unless the veteran of whom he is
a dependent has a settlement in the commonwealth or has
actually resided within the commonwealth continuously for
three years next preceding the date of such dependent's ap-
plication for such benefits. If the veteran is deceased at the
time of the dependent's application for benefits, and the vet-
eran died while a resident of, or having a settlement in, the
commonwealth, the commissioner may, notwithstanding the
foregoing proviso, authorize such benefits to such dependent
actually residing in the conomon wealth at the time of the vet-
eran's death. Further, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso,
the commissioner may authorize the payment of veterans'
benefits to any veteran, actually residing in the common-
wealth, who had at some time prior to his apphcation for
such benefits qualified as to a settlement within the com-
monwealth under clause Fifth of section one of chapter one
hundred and sixteen, and to the dependent, actually residing
in the commonwealth, of any veteran, Uving or dead, who
had at some time prior to such dependent's apphcation for
such benefits so quaUfied as to such a settlement.

Section 2. The second paragraph of said section 5 of g^^- {^g^g g^
said chapter 115, as so appearing, is hereby amended by etc^Wher
striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof ''™'^" ^
the following sentence : — No payment of benefits shall be same subject.
made for any period of time prior to the date of application ;
provided, however, that the commissioner, on recommenda-
tion of the veterans' agent of the city or town paying the
benefits, may authorize the payment of benefits for not
more than thirty days prior to the date of the application if
the necessity therefor has been caused by serious accident
or illness to the applicant or to one or more dependents of
the veteran upon whose service the application is made.

Section 3. The third paragraph of said section 5 of said £^^115,% 5,
chapter 115, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 535 of the etcWther
acts of 1948, is hereby amended by striking out, in fines 6 ''™''° ^ '
and 7, the words ", after a hearing,".

Approved April 22^ 1955.

An Act concerning the registration of attachments Qhav.^O^

AND federal tax LIENS IN THE REGISTRY DISTRICTS OF

the land court.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 185 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out section 78, as amended by section 1 ^tc!!'ameAded^'
of chapter 144 of the acts of 1937, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 78. A writing of
any description or a copy of any writ required by law to be

180

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 307.

Registration of
attaciiments
and liens upon
registered land,
regulated .

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 36, § 24,
amended.

Same subject.

filed or recorded in the registry of deeds in order to create
or preserve any lien, right or attachment upon unregistered
land, if intended to affect registered land shall, in heu of
recording, be filed and registered in the ofiice of the assistant
recorder for the registry district where the land lies, and, in
addition to any particulars required in such papers for re-
cording with records of deeds, shall also contain a reference
to the number of the certificate of title of the land to be
affected, and the volume and page of the registration book
in which the certificate is registered, and also, if the attach-
ment, right or hen is not claimed on all the land in any
certificate of title, shall contain a description suiiiciently ac-
curate for identification of the land intended to be affected.
Section 2. The first sentence of section 24 of chapter 36
of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in fine 3, after
the word ''county", the following words: — or the assistant
recorder for the registry district.

Approved April 22, 1955.

Chap. S07 An Act reorganizing the state soil conservation

COMMITTEE.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 128B,
§ 3, etc.,
amended.

State soil

conservation

committee.

Membership,
compensation,
quorum, etc.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide for the immediate
reorganization of the state soil conservation committee,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the pubHc
convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 128B of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out the first paragi-aph, as
appearing in chapter 531 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in
place thereof the following paragraph : — There is hereby
estabhshed in the department of agriculture under the con-
trol of the board of agriculture a state soil conservation com-
mittee, consisting of the commissioner of agriculture, the
director of extension service at Massachusetts University,
the director of the Massachusetts agricultural experiment
station and four persons to be appointed by the governor,
one of whom shall be from a hst of two nominees submitted
by the executive committee of the state grange, one from a
list of two nominees submitted by the executive committee of
the Massachusetts farm bureau federation and one of whom
shall be a soil conservation district supervisor, but in no
event shall any federal soil conservation service employee
serve as a member of the committee. Upon the expiration
of the term of office of an appointed member his successor
shall be appointed in like manner to serve for four years
and until the qualification of his successor. While acting as
members of the committee, the four members appointed by
the governor shall each receive compensation of ten dollars

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 308, 309. 181

for each day of such service. The commissioner shall serve
as chairman of the committee, and he or three other members
of said committee shall have power to call meetings on not
less than three days' notice. A majority of the committee
shall constitute a quorum.

Section 2. Of the initial appointments made by the Terms of
governor to the soil conservation committee, established by members,
section three of chapter one hundred and twentj-eight B of
the General Laws, as amended by section one of this act, one
member shall serve for a term of one year, one for a term
of two years, one for a term of three years and one for a term
of four years. Approved April 25, 1955.

An Act authorizing the town of maynard to use a
portion of certain park land for a right of way
between municipal parking areas.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Maynard is hereby authorized
to use a portion of the southerly end of certain park land
known as Memorial Park, located between Summer, Nason
and Main streets in said town, for a right of way between
the Summer street and the Naylor Court municipal parking
areas.

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

Approved April 25, 1955.

An Act to make persons employed by the trustees of
the george robert white fund in the city of boston
eligible for membership in the state-boston retire-
ment system.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. On and after the effective date of this act,
persons employed by the board of trustees of the fund given
to the city of Boston by article fourteenth of the will of the
late George Robert WTiite, and known as the George Robert
White Fund, shall be deemed to be employees of the city of
Boston for the purposes of sections one to twenty-eight, in-
clusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws and of the
State-Boston retirement system estabhshed thereunder.

Section 2. Any person emplo3^ed by said board of trus-
tees on the effective date of this act who, on such effective
date, is not a member of the State-Boston retirement system,
shall become a member in service of such system as of such
effective date unless within three months after such effective
date he files with the Boston retirement board, on a pre-
scribed form, a notice of his election not to become a mem-
ber and a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective
benefits which might otherwise accrue to him if he became a
member; provided, however, that no person so becoming a
member of said system shall be entitled to credit for service

ChapMS

Chap.S09

182 ACTS; 1955. — Chap. 309. I

rendered prior to the effective date of this act, whether while
an employee of a governmental unit or while employed by
said board of trustees, unless, prior to January first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-eight, or within such further time as the
Boston retirement board, in the event of obvious hardship,
may, in its discretion, allow, he shall have paid into the an-
nuity savings fund of the State-Boston retirement system in
one sum, or in instalments, upon such terms and conditions
as said retirement board may prescribe, make-up payments
in a sum equal to the aggregate of (a) the amount of all ac-
cumulated deductions at any time paid him under section
sixteen of chapter five hundred and twenty-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty two, together with regular
interest thereon from the date of such payment; (6) the
amount of all accumulated regular deductions at any time
withdrawn by him under the State-Boston retirement sys-
tem, together with regular interest thereon from the date of
such withdrawal ; (c) the amount which his accumulated reg-
ular deductions would have totaled on the effective date of
this act if during the period he was employed by said board
of trustees since January first, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, he had been recognized as an employee of the city of
Boston and a member of the State-Boston retirement sys
tem, together with regular interest on such amount from
such effective date; and (d) if he was employed by said
board of trustees prior to said January first, the amount
which his accumulated deductions would have totaled on said
January first, had he, during the period he was so employed
prior to said January first, been recognized as an employee of
the city of Boston and a member of the Boston retirement
system, together with regular interest on such amount from
said January first. In the event any retirement allowance
becomes effective for any person becoming a member of the
State-Boston retirement system under this section before the
completion of the make-up pajnnents prescribed by this sec-
tion, such person shall, in addition to credit for his actual
membership service, be entitled to credit for that proportion
of his service rendered prior to the effective date of this act
which the total amount of his make-up payments actually
made, exclusive of interest accruing thereon after such effec-
tive date, bears to the total amount of what his make-up
payments would have been had he made payment thereof in
one sum on such effective date.

Section 3. Any person employed by said board of trus-
tees on the effective date of this act who, on such effective
date, is a member of the State-Boston retirement system,
and who, at any time during the period between January
first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and such effective
date, was employed by said board of trustees may, within
six months after the effective date of this act or within such
further time as the Boston retirement board, in the event of
obvious hardship, may, in its discretion, allow, pay into the
annuity savings fund of the State-Boston retirement system

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 310. 183

in one sum, or in instalments, upon such terms and conditions
as said retirement board may prescribe, make-up payments
in a sum equal to the amounts which would have been with-
held from his compensation for services as such employee
during said period had said services been recognized by the
Boston retirement board as rendered by an employee of the
city of Boston, together with regular interest thereon. Upon
the completion of such make-up payments, such member shall
receive the same credit for said services as would have been
allowed had said services been recognized by the Boston re-
tirement board as rendered by an employee of the city of
Boston. In the event any retirement allowance becomes ef-
fective prior to the completion of such make-up payments,
such member shall, in addition to credit for his actual mem-
bership service, be entitled to credit for that proportion of
service rendered by him as aforesaid which the total amount
of his make-up payments actually made, together with regu-
lar interest thereon to the date his retirement allowance
becomes effective, bears to the total amount of what his
make-up payments, together with regular interest thereon
to such latter date, would have been had he made payment
thereof in one sum on such latter date.

Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the city council of the city of Boston, subject
to the provisions of the charter of said city, but not otherwise.

Approved April 25, 1955.

An Act concerning the assignment of places for CJiav 310

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DUMPS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 150 the following section: ^^'^^•''§^^55^
— Section 150 A. No place in any city or town shall be es- added.
tabUshed or maintained by any person, including any poHtical Maintenance
subdivision of the commonwealth, as a dumping ground for private'dump-
garbage, rubbish or other refuse or as a site for a refuse dis- re^ubted.''^'
posal incinerator unless such place has been assigned by the
board of health of such city or town as a dumping ground
or as a site for a refuse disposal incinerator subject to the
provisions of any ordinance or by-law adopted therein under
chapter forty A or corresponding provisions of earlier law.
The assignment of a place as a dumping gi'ound or as a site
for a refuse disposal incinerator shall be conditioned upon
such limitations with respect to the extent, character and
method of operation thereof as may be necessary to protect
the public health, comfort and convenience. The department
shall advise, upon request, any board of health previous to the
assignment of a place as a dumping ground or as a site for a
refuse disposal incinerator; and any person aggrieved by the
action of a board of health in assigning a place as a dumping
ground or as a site for a refuse disposal incinerator, includ-

184 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 310.

ing persons in control of any public land, the selectmen of
any town, and in cities having a Plan D or Plan E charter
the city manager, and in other cities the mayor, when
authorized by vote of the city council, may, within sixty
days, appeal to the department from the assignment of the
board of health, and the department maj'', after due notice
and public hearing, rescind or suspend such assignment or
modify the same by the imposition or amendment of con-
ditions.

Every person, including every political subdivision of the
commonwealth, maintaining or operating a place assigned
as a dumping ground or as a site for a refuse disposal in-
cinerator, shall maintain and operate the same in such man-
ner as will protect the public health, comfort and con-
venience and prevent a nuisance or a danger to the public
health by reason of odor, dust, fires, smoke, the breeding or
harboring of rodents, flies or vermin, or other cause. The
assignment of any place as a dumping ground or as a site for
a refuse disposal incinerator may be rescinded or suspended,
or may be modified through the imposition or amendment
of conditions, at any time after due notice and public hearing,
by the board of health of the city or town where it is located,
or by the department upon determination that the dumping
ground or site for a refuse disposal incinerator results in a
nuisance and a danger to the public health.
Jurisdiction. ^j^g supcHor court shall have jurisdiction in equity to

enforce the provisions of this section upon petition of the
department or any person aggrieved.
use^if°"eslnt° SECTION 2. Any place in use as, or publicly held or
dumping licensed for use as, a dumping ground for garbage, rubbish

grounds. Qj. Q|.]-^gf. refuse or as a site for a refuse disposal incinerator on

the effective date of this act shall be deemed to have been
assigned under section one hundred and fifty A of chapter
one hundred and eleven of the General Laws, but such
assignment may be rescinded, suspended or modified in like
manner as an assignment made under said section one
hundred and fifty A, as appearing in section one of this act.
RjS^'ocatjon Section 3. Any place which has been assigned by permit,

assigned as liceuse Or otherwisc as a dumping ground by the board of
gTO™nd°^in health of a city or town previously to the passage of this act
^joiation or wliich may be so assigned subsequent to its passage in

violation of the provisions of any ordinance or by-law
adopted therein under the provisions of chapter forty A or
corresponding provisions of earlier law shall be deemed to be
a violation of section one of this act and the superior court
shall have jurisdiction in equity to compel the board of
health to revoke such assignment upon the petition of the
department or of any person aggrieved.

Approved April 25, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 311, 312, 313. 185

An Act authorizing saint Elizabeth's hospital of bos- Chap. 311

TON TO hold additional REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
nine of chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws,
Saint Elizabeth's Hospital of Boston, a corporation duly
organized under the laws of the commonwealth, is hereby
authorized to hold, for the purpose for wliich it was incor-
porated, real and personal estate to the amount of twenty-
five million dollars in value, including the amount which it
is already authorized by law to hold, and it may receive and
hold in trust, or otherwise, funds received by gift or bequest
to be devoted to such purposes.

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

Approved April 28, 1955.

An Act providing that real estate conveyed to sol- C/?at). 3 12

DIERS OR sailors FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVADING TAXATION
BE EXCLUDED FROM THE LAW PROVIDING A TAX EXEMPTION
FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^^J^bie"^
to defeat its purpose which is to provide forthwith that real ""^
estate conveyed to soldiers or sailors for the purpose of
evading taxation be excluded from the law providing a tax
exemption for certain veterans, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Clause Twenty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 683 of ftli'ameicifd.
the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by inserting after para-
graph (h) the following paragraph : —

No real estate shall be so exempt which the assessors shall v^'^^of

J. , , , , 11- •! 1 • irom real

adjuage has been conveyed to a soldier or sailor or to his estate tax
wife, widow, father or mother to evade taxation. exemption.

Approved April 28, 1965.

An Act authorizing the sale or transfer by the de- Chav.ZlZ

PARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN THE
city of WESTFIELD,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Upon recommendation of the commission on administra-
tion and finance, and with approval of the governor and
council, the department of education is hereby authorized
to dispose of, by sale, transfer or otherwise, certain proper-
ties, including land and buildings, under its jurisdiction in
the city of Westfield, which properties have been certified by
said department to be no longer necessary for its program.

Approved April 28, 1966.

186 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 314, 315.

C hap. S14: An Act relative to the operation of motor vehicles

BY NON-RESIDENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^'90^^110 '^^^ ^^^^ paragraph of section 10 of chapter 90 of the Gen-
etc!, 'amended', eral Laws, as amended by chapter 130 of the acts of 1948,
is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
Operation Subject to the provisions of section three, a non-resident
vehicles by who holds a Kcense under the laws of the state or country
re°g°Jfated?°*^' in which he resides may operate any private passenger motor
vehicle of a type which he is licensed to operate under said
license, duly registered in this commonwealth or in any state
or country, and a non-resident so licensed may at any time
operate without a license from the registrar any commercial
motor vehicle transporting persons or property in interstate
transportation irrespective of the ownership or state or coun-
try of registration of such vehicle; provided, that he has the
license on his person or in the vehicle in some easily accessible
place, and that, as finally determined by the registrar, his
state or country grants substantially similar privileges to
residents of this commonwealth and prescribes and enforces
standards of fitness for operators of motor vehicles substan-
tially as high as those prescribed and enforced by this com-
monwealth. Approved April 28, 1955.

Chap. 31 5 An Act relative to the removal of vehicles parked

OR STANDING IN VIOLATION OF LAW ON PUBLIC WAYS IN
THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The fourth sentence of section 2 of chapter
263 of the acts of 1929, inserted by section 1 of chapter
369 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by striking out,
in fines 8 and 9, the words ", but not by an independent
contractor" and inserting in place thereof the words: — or
by an independent contractor selected on the basis of com-
petitive bids invited by advertisement in the City Record,
as said police commissioner shall from time to time deter-
mine, — and by striking out, in lines 30 and 31, the words
"shall not exceed five dollars for removal or six and one
quarter cents for each hour, or part thereof, of storage"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — for removal shall
not exceed eight doUars, that the liability so imposed for
storage shall not exceed the schedule of maximum rates con-
tained in the then latest lease of an off-street parking fa-
cility under chapter four hundred and seventy-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-sLx, as amended.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to
the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved April 28, 1956.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 316. 187

An Act increasing the amount of insurance which Chap. 316

COUNTIES MAY PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES AGAINST LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THEIR
OPERATION OF COUNTY OWNED VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first sentence of section 28 of chapter g. l. (Ter.
35 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chap- ftl! 'amended!
ter 33 of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in line 13, the word "twenty" and inserting
\n place thereof the word : — forty, — so as to read as fol-
lows:— The county commissioners shall annually prepare insurance
estimates of county receipts and expenditures for the en- cenaTn^county
suing year, in the form prescribed by the director of accounts f^^g^^el^'
and upon blanks by him furnished, including estimates for
construction and repair of county buildings and for effecting
insurance providing indemnity for or protection to the of-
ficers and employees of the county against loss by reason of
their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries,
including death at any time resulting therefrom, or for dam-
age to property, caused by the operation, within the scope
of their official duties or employment, of motor or other
vehicles owned by the county, to an amount not exceeding
forty thousand dollars on account of injury to or death of
one person, or not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars
for any one accident, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars
on account of damage to property, or for providing indemnity
or protection as aforesaid without insurance, with a state-
ment of the corresponding appropriations for the preceding
year, and expenditures for each of the three preceding years,
explaining any difference between the amount of any such
estimate and the latest appropriation for the same purpose,
and citing the laws relating thereto.

Section 2. Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 83A, as amended by sec- ftsA^ltc.,
tion 5 of chapter 291 of the acts of 1934, and inserting in amended.
place thereof the following section: — Section 83 A. The
county commissioners of any county, acting as trustees of a same subject.
hospital established therein under sections seventy-eight to
ninety, inclusive, may effect insurance providing indemnity
for or protection to the officers and employees of such hospital
against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to
others for bodily injuries, including death at any time re-
sulting therefrom, or for damage to property, caused by the
operation, within the scope of their official duties or em-
ployment, of motor or other vehicles owned by the district
maintaining such hospital, to an amount not exceeding forty
thousand dollars on account of the injury to or death of one
person, or not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for
any one accident, and not exceeding one thousand dollars
on account of damage to property. The expense of such
insurance shall be included as a part of the cost of mainte-
nance of such hospital. Approved April 28, 1956.

188 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 317, 318, 319.

Chav.S17 A.N Act further regulating the leasing of quarters

OUTSIDE the state HOUSE USED BY STATE AGENCIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ecu's^rioA Section 1. The next to the last paragraph of section lOA
etc!, 'amended.' of chapter 8 of the General Laws, inserted by chapter 391
of the acts of 1952, is hereby amended by striking out, in
line 5, the word "three" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — six, — so as to read as follows : —
quartMs°by Whenever any such lease contains a renewal clause or an

state agencies, option to rcnew, any renewal thereof shall not be exercised
regulated. unlcss approved in Hke manner as the original lease, before
the termination of each such lease, but in any event not
earlier than six months prior to the expiration of such lease.
Proviso. Section 2. The provisions of this act shall not be con-

strued to affect in any manner any renewal provisions or
options to renew contained in leases in existence on the
effective date of this act. Approved April 28, 1956.

Chap. 31S An Act pro\t;ding for the regulation of parking in

off-street parking AREAS AND FACILITIES OPERATED BY
THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 26-3 of the acts of 1929,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 369 of the
acts of 1954, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following sentence: — For the piirpo.ses of this act and of
section twenty A of chapter ninety of the General Laws, such
off-street parking areas and facilities operated by the real
property board of the city as said board shall from time to
time designate shall be deemed to be ways under the control
of the city during such periods of time as said board shall
from time to time determine.

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

Approved April 29, 195n.

C/iap.319 An Act providing for the removal of the fire hazard

AND the replanting OF TREES IN THE STATE FOREST IN
NANTUCKET COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The division of forests and parks of the de-
partment of natural resources is hereby authorized and di-
rected to remove the fire hazard from, and to replant trees
in, the state forest in Nantucket county. For the purposes
of this act there may be expended by said division such sums
as may be appropriated therefor.

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

Approved April 29, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 320, 321. 189

An Act exempting certain disabled veterans from the Char).S20

PAYMENT OF THE EXCISE ON MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED OR
OPERATED AND REGISTERED BY THEM.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose which is to exempt forthwith certain p'^^^'^'^-
disabled veterans from the payment of the excise on motor
vehicles owned by them, 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 of chapter 60A of the General Laws, as most g. l. (Ter.
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 640 of the acts of ^ta! 'amended.'
1954, is hereby further amended by striking out the fifth
paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : —

The excise imposed by this section shall not apply to a Certain dis-
motor vehicle owned, operated and registered by a veteran "xemprfrom"^
of World War I, World War II, or of service during the payment of
Korean emergency between June twenty-fifth, nineteen hun- ^cise.^^ '
dred and fifty and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, who according to the records of the United States
Veterans Administration, by reason of service in the armed
forces of the United States, has suffered loss, or permanent
loss of use of, one or both feet, or loss, or permanent loss of
use of, one or both hands; nor to a motor vehicle owned and
registered by a veteran of World War I, World AVar II or
of service during the Korean emergency between June twenty-
fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty and January thirt3''-first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, who according to the
records of the United States Veterans Administration,
by reason of service in the armed forces of the United States
has suffered permanent impairment of vision of both eyes
of the following status: central visual acuity of 20/200 or
less in the better eye. with corrective glasses, or central
visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect
in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent
that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular
distance no greater than twenty degrees in the better eye.
This exemption shall apply onlj' to motor vehicles owned or
operated for the personal, non-commercial use of said vet-
erans. Approved April 29, 1955.

An Act extending the provisions of absentee voting Chav-^'2\

TO CERTAIN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 351 of the acts of 1952 is hereby amended by
striking out. in line 0, the word "and" and inserting after
the word "States", in fine 8, the words: — , and (3) ci\alian
employees of the United States in all categories serving out-
side the territorial limits of the several states of the United

190 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 322, 323, 324.

States and the District of Columbia and their spouses and
dependents when residing with or accompanying them,
whether or not the employee is subject to the civil service
laws and the Classification Act of 1949, and whether or not
paid from funds appropriated by the Congress.

Approved April 29, 1955.

Chap.322 An Act exempting charitable hospitals from the pay-
ment OF A FEE AND EXCISE ON THE IMPORTATION OF AL-
COHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Edt' isi^' Section 22A of chapter 138 of the General Laws, inserted

§ 22A, eti., by section 15 of chapter 385 of the acts of 1934, is hereby
amended. amended by adding at the end the following sentence : —
ofTicohoikT -^^ ^^® ^^^^^ ^^ fixed by the commission and no excise shall
beverages by be paid to the commouwcalth in any case where a charitable
hospUaiif hospital is granted a permit to import alcoholic beverages
which are acquired otherwise than by purchase and are not
intended for sale. Approved April 29, 1955.

Chap. 323 An Act relative to the powers of the school committee

OF THE TOWN OF MOUNT WASHINGTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provision of the first
sentence of section fifty-nine of chapter seventy-one of the
General Laws, the school committee of the town of Mount
Washington shall be exempt from the provision contained
therein which requires the employment of a superintendent
of schools: provided, nevertheless, that said Mount Wash-
ington school committee shall perform the duties assigned to
a superintendent contained in the second sentence of said
section.

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

Approved May 2, 1955.

Chap. 324 An Act relative to setting aside certain land in cer-
tain subdivisions and development projects for

PARK purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Sectiou 81U of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as ap-

?tc'.!'ameld^ed^' pcariug in section 7 of chapter 674 of the acts of 1953, _ is
hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence : — Before
Setting aside approval of a plan by a planning board, it may also in proper
land for park pases rcquire the plan to show a park or parks suitably lo-

purposes in , ^ ■, i ,• c ■ ^^

certain sub- cated for playground or recreation purposes or tor providing

required ^^°" light and air, and not unreasonable in area in relation to the

land being subdivided and the prospective uses of such land,

and may by appropriate endorsement on the plan require

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 325, 326. 191

that no building be erected upon such park or parks for a
period of not more than three years without its approval.

Approved May £, 1955.

An Act relating to the powers and duties of local Chap.S25

ZONING BOARDS OF APPEAL.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Chapter 40A of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 13, as appearing in section 2 ^t'c.!'am^ndld^'
of chapter 36S of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 13. An appeal to Appeals under
the board of appeals established under section fourteen may reguhfted!^^'
be taken by any person aggrieved by reason of his inability
to obtain a permit from any administrative ofhcial under the
provisions of this chapter, or by any officer or board of the
city or town, or by any person aggrieved by any order or
decision of the inspector of buildings or other administrative
official in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any
ordinance or by-law adopted thereunder.

A zoning ordinance or by-law may prescribe a reasonable
time within which appeals under this section may be taken.

Section 2. Section 15 of said chapter 40A, as so ap- g. l. (Ter.
pearing, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph 1 and ac^am^ndld^'
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

1. To hear and decide appeals taken as provided in section same subject.
thirteen. Approved May 2, 1955.

An Act permitting planning boards to delegate cer- Chap.S2Q
tification of plans not requiring subdivision ap-
proval.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 81P of chapter 41 of the General e^)"4?1'8ip
Laws, as appearing in section 7 of chapter 674 of the acts of etc.', 'amended. '
1953, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
Any person wishing to cause to be recorded a plan of land Certification of
situated in a city or town in which the subdivision control un'der'sub-^^
law is in effect, who believes that his plan does not require faw^ieguiared?'
approval under the subdivision control law, may submit his
plan to the planning board of such city or town, and, if the
board finds that the plan does not require such approval, it
shall, without a public hearing and without unnecessary
delay, cause to be endorsed thereon by a person authorized
by it the words "approval under the subdi\dsion control law
not required ", or words of similar import, and his name signed
thereto, and such endorsement shall be conclusive on all
persons.

Section 2. Said section 81P of said chapter 41 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
further amended by adding at the end the follomng sentence: ftc.!'funhlr*^^'
— The planning board of a city or town which has authorized amended.

192

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 327, 328.

^n^ndirmn'^ ^^^^ persoii, other than a majority of the board, to endorse

plan to be on a plan the approval of the board or to make any other

recorded. certificate under the subdivision control law, shall transmit a

written statement to the register of deeds and the recorder

of the land court, signed by a majority of the board, giving

the name of the person so authorized.

Approved May .?, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 121,
§ 26U, etc.,
amended.

Audits of
records of
local housing
authorities,
authorized.

Chap. S27 An Act providing for examination of records of hous-
ing AUTHORITIES BY THE STATE AUDITOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 121 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 26U, as appearing in section 1 of chap-
ter 574 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 26 U. Accounts, and Control hy
Housing Board. — Each housing authority shall keep an
accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts
and expenditures and shall annually in the month of Janu-
ary make a report thereof to the housing board, to the state
auditor and to the mayor of the city or to the selectmen of
the town within which such authority is organized, such re-
ports to be in a form prescribed by the board, with the writ-
ten approval of said auditor. The housing board or the said
auditor may investigate the affairs of housing authorities
and their dealings, transactions and relationships. They
shall severally have the power to examine into the prop-
erties and records of housing authorities and to prescribe
methods of accounting and the rendering of periodical re-
ports in relation to projects undertaken by such housing
authorities. The housing board may from time to time
make, amend and repeal rules and regulations prescribing
standards and stating principles governing the planning,
construction, maintenance and operation of projects by
housing authorities. Compliance with the Housing Author-
ity Law, the rules and regulations adopted by the housing
board hereunder, and the terms of a clearance or low-rent
housing project approved by the housing board, may be en-
forced by a proceeding in equity. Approved May 2, 1966.

Chap. ^2^ An Act increasing the compensation of jurors.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 262, § 25,
etc., amended.

Compensation
of jurors,
increased.

Section 25 of chapter 262 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by chapter 335 of the acts of 1949, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in line 3, the word
"ten" and inserting in place thereof the word: — twelve, —
and by striking out, in hne 4, the word "eight" and insert-
ing in place thereof the word : — ten, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 26. The compensation of traverse jurors
impanelled to try cases of murder in the first degree shall be
twelve dollars, and that of all other traverse jurors and of
grand jurors ten dollars, for each day's service. All jurors

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 329, 330. 193

shall receive for each day of actual attendance five cents a
mile for travel out and home, but not for such time as the
jury is held under restraint, by order of court, at the ex-
pense of the county. If the expense of a juror who attends
court, necessarily and actually incurred for transportation
out and home once in each day, exceeds the amount of the
said allowance for travel, he shall be allowed the amount of
such expense in lieu of the said travel allowance. If a grand
or traverse juror is required to be in attendance for five or
more consecutive days he shall receive his fees not later than
the end of every fifth day of such attendance.

Approved May 2, 1965.

An Act providing for the improvement and recon- Chav. S29

STRUCTION OF THE UNDERPASS AND APPROACHES AT THE
CAMBRIDGE END OF THE LONGFELLOW BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to reconstruct the existing underpass and
approaches thereto at the Cambridge end of the Longfellow
bridge, or to construct such other facilities as, in its opinion,
may be necessary for relieving the present traffic congestion
at this location. Approved May 2, 1965.

An Act authorizing the town of duxbury to take C/ia/?. 330

OVER THE PROPERTIES AND ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS OF
THE DUXBURY FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Duxbury is hereby authorized
to take over all the properties, rights, powers and privileges
of the Duxbury Fire and Water District, established by
chapter three hundred and thirteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fourteen and acts in amendment thereto, and
to assume all the duties and obligations 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 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 obHgations
of said district outstanding on said date. Any indebted-
ness incurred by said district and outstanding at the time
it is taken over by said town shall be assumed by the town.

Section 3. The water commissioners of said district
shall act as w^ater commissioners until the first annual town
meeting held after the date when said district is taken over
by said town, and at said meeting the town shall elect a
board of three water commissioners. Such commissioners

194 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 331, 332.

shall be elected on the official ballot and, in the first in-
stance, shall be elected to hold office, one for a term of three
years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one
year, from the meeting at which they are elected, and there-
after one commissioner shall be elected annually for the
term of three years. The commissioners shall serve until
their successors are elected and qualified.

Section 4. This act shall take full effect on the thirtieth
day following its acceptance by a majority of the voters of
the Duxbury Fire and Water District present and voting
thereon at any district meeting and by a majority vote of
the voters of the town of Duxbury present and voting at
any town meeting, within two years after its passage.

Approved May 2, 1955,

Chap. 331 -^N Act making the department of public health the

SOLE AGENCY OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ADMINISTERING THE PROVISIONS OF THE HOSPITAL
SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION ACT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT, AS AMENDED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of pubHc health, through the
division of hospitals, shall constitute the sole agency of the
commonwealth for the purpose of administering the provi-
sions of United States Public Law 725 of the seventy-ninth
Congress, as amended by Public Law 380 of the eighty-first
Congress and the Medical Facilities Survey and Construc-
tion Act of 1954.

Section 2. This act shall remain in effect only as long
as federal funds are available for its purpose.

Approved May 2, 1955.

Chap. 332 An Act to authorize the levy of special assessments

TO MEET THE COST OF LAYING WATER PIPES IN PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE WAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Ed^'iJ'^new Chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§§42G-42i7 inserting after section 42F the following three sections: —
s'^edai Section 42G. Any city, town or district having a water

assessments supply or Water distributing system which, in the case of a
wIte/pTpes. city or town, accepts this section and the two following
authorized.' sections in cities other than Plan E cities by vote of the city
council subject to the city charter, or Plan E cities by vote
of the city council, in towns or districts by vote of its in-
habitants at an annual town meeting called therefor, may
provide by ordinance, by-law or vote for the levy of special
assessments to meet the whole or part of the cost thereafter
incurred of laying pipes in public and private ways for the
conveyance or distribution of water to its inhabitants. Such
city, town or district may provide that an owner of land

Acts, 1955. — Chap, 332. 195

which receives benefit from the laying of water pipes in
pubHc and private ways upon which his land abuts or which
by more remote means receives benefit through the supply
of water to his land or buildings shall pay a proportionate
part of the cost not already assessed of extending such water
supply to his land.

The amount to be charged against each parcel of land Certain costs
receiving such benefit shall include the cost of the pipes in amounts ^
and other material and of the labor in laying them and assessed.
other expenses incidental thereto and shall be ascertained,
assessed and certified by the water commissioners or the
other officers in charge of the supply and distribution of
water in such city, town or district.

Section 42H. A city, town or district having a water Assessments,
supply or w^ater distributing system may provide that as- ^ow levied,
sessment for the cost of providing and laying water pipes
thereafter in public and private ways shall be made upon
the several parcels of land receiving benefit from the laying
of such pipes by a fixed uniform rate based upon the esti-
mated average cost of all the water pipes therein and the
laying thereof, according to the frontage of such land on any
way in which a water pipe is laid, or according to the area
of such land mthin a fixed depth from such a way, or ac-
cording to valuation for purposes of taxation in the last
annual assessment, or according to two or all of such meas-
ures.

Section 4^1. Whenever the water commissioners or other Duties of
officers in charge of the supply and distribution of water in mtssToneM,'
a cit5% town or district which has accepted sections forty- «>*«., in
two G to forty-two I, inclusive, determine to lay water pipes Issess'inents.
in public and private ways and assessments may be made
under said sections for the construction of such improve-
ment, thej^ shall forthwith cause to be recorded in the registry
of deeds of the county or district in which such city, town or
district is situated a statement of their action, which shall
specify the ways in which such water pipes are to be laid
and shall describe such land as does not abut upon any
such way which is to be assessed for such improvement. All
assessments imposed under sections forty-two G and forty-
two H upon any land which abuts upon any such ways in
which such water pipes are to be laid or is iiicluded in such
description shall constitute a lien upon such land from the Lien,
time such statement is recorded. The provisions of chapter
eighty relative to the apportionment, division, reassessment,
abatement and collection of assessments, and to interest,
shall apply to assessments under this chapter. No assess-
ment shall be levied under sections forty-two H to forty-two
I, inclusive, in excess of the benefit to the land assessed from
the laving of the water pipes for which the assessment is
lexaed, and if any assessment is found to exceed such benefit,
it shall be abated. The water commissioners or other officers Payment of
in charge of the supply and distribution of water as afore- rlgXtlT*^'
said shall, if the order for assessment is upon land not built

196

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 333, 334, 335,

upon, extend the time of payment of the assessment and
interest thereon at the rate of four per cent until it is built
upon or for a fixed time; and the assessment and interest
shall be paid within three months after such land is built
upon or at the expiration of such fixed period.

Approved May 2, 1955.

Chap.SSS An Act authorizing registration of certain hair-
dressers, OPERATORS AND MANICURISTS REGISTERED UN-
DER LAW OF OTHER STATES, AND THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPO-
RARY LICENSES THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 87Z of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as
amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following paragraph : —

The word "state" as used in this section shall include
the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States
or foreign country, state or province.

Approved May 4, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 112,
§ 87Z, etc.,
amended.

Registration
of hairdressers,
etc.

Chav 334 -^^ ^^^ increasing the salaries of certain full time

justices of district courts.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 218,
§ 77A, etc.,
amended .

Salaries of
certain judges.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 77 A of chapter 218 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, as appearing in sec-
tion 2 of chapter 768 of the acts of 1951, the words "ninety-
nine hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
twelve thousand. Approved May 5, 1955.

Chav 335 -^^ ^^'^ extending the authority of the department
of public health to regulate methods of handling

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), Ill,
new § 5B,
added.

Handling and
disposing of
radioactive
materials,
regulated.

AND DISPOSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, which is to make effective without delay
certain rules and regulations relative to the handling, pro-
duction and disposal of ionizing radioactive materials as they
affect pubhc health, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 1 1 1 of the General Laws is hereby amended by in-
serting after section 5 A, inserted by chapter 612 of the acts of
1941, the following section: — Section 5B. The department
shall, from time to time, after a pubUc hearing and subject to
the approval of the governor and council, prescribe and es-
tablish rules and regulations to control the transportation,
storage, packaging, sale, distribution, production and dis-
posal of radioactive materials which may affect the pubhc

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 336. 197

health or the health of persons exposed to radioactivity or
ionizing radiation. Said rules and regulations, after being so
prescribed and established, shall have the force of law. Noth-
ing in these rules and regulations shall be inconsistent with
those now or hereafter established by the National Bureau
of Standards relative to the handling and disposing of radio-
active materials. Any such rule or regulation made by the
department under this section shall take effect upon publica-
tion thereof in a newspaper in each county. Whoever, after Penalty.
due notice, continues to violate any such rule or regulation
shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor
more than five hundred dollars to the use of the common-
wealth. Each day of such violation after such due notice
shall constitute a separate offence. The supreme judicial
court or superior court, upon application of the department,
or upon application of any party interested, with the approval
of the department, may enforce such rules and regulations,
and restrain the use or occupation of the premises or such
portion thereof as the department may specify until such
rules and regulations have been complied with. Nothing in
this section shall prevent the department of labor and indus-
tries from establishing rules and regulations for the protec-
tion of the health and safety of employees against ionizing
radiation in any place of employment as defined in section
one of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.

Approved May 5, 1955.

Chap.SS6

An Act relative to the closing hour of taverns.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The sixth paragraph of section 12 of chapter 138 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 468 of the ^ti^'amlAded"'
acts of 1935, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 11,
the word "eleven" and inserting in place thereof the word:
— twelve, — so as to read as follows : —

The hours during which sales of such alcoholic beverages Closing hour
may be made by any licensee as aforesaid shall be fixed by regulated^'
the local licensing authorities either generally or specially
for each Hcensee; provided, that no such sale shall be made
on any secular day between the hours of one and eight
o'clock ante meridian and that, except as provided in sec-
tion thirty-three, no such licensee shall be barred from mak-
ing such sales on any such day after eleven o'clock ante
meridian and before eleven o'clock post meridian, and that
no tavern shall be kept open on any such day after twelve
o'clock post meridian. Approved May 5, 1955.

198 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 337, 338, 339.

Chap.S37 An Act authorizing the city of peabody to discontinue
ITS city infirmary burial ground.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Peabody is authorized to dis-
continue as a burial ground that portion of its city infirmary
land heretofore so used.

Section 2. Before such discontinuance, the city of
Peabody shall give public notice by pubhshing a copy of
this act at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation
in Peabody, the last pubhcation to be at least thirty days
before such discontinuance.

Section 3. Upon such discontinuance, the city of Pea-
body may remove all remains interred at its city infirmary
land and reinter in any cemetery owned by said city the
remains so removed, marking the new graves in so far as now
marked, or may permit any descendant or relative of any
person interred at its city infirmary land to remove the re-
mains of such person, and reinter such remains in accordance
with appUcable laws and regulations concerning burial.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Peabody, subject to the
provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

App7-oved May 5, 1955.

Chap.SSS An Act relative to certain filing fees of corporations.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

g. l. (Ter. Chapter 156 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

id', etc.', striking out section 55, as amended by chapter 314 of the
amended. g^^^g Qf 1952, and inserting in place thereof the following

Fees. section : — Section 55. The fees for filing all other amend-

ments, certificates, statements or reports required by law of
corporations shall be fifteen dollars for each amendment,
certificate, statement or report, but no fee shall be paid for
filing the certificate of change of officers or of annual meeting
required by section twenty-four or twenty-nine or the
annual tax return required by sections thirty-five and forty
of chapter sixty-three. Approved Maij 5, 1955.

Chap.3S9 An Act authorizing certain fire insurance companies

TO PROVIDE CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^'iTr' Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

§ 54E, etc., striking out section 54E, inserted by chapter 510 of the acts

amended. of 1951, and inserting in place thereof the following section : —

insurance^ Scction 54E. Any compauy authorized to insure against loss

Itnlm^ ^^ o^ damage by fire, which has been actively engaged in the

companies, fire iiisurance business in one or more states of the United

authorized. gtates contiuuously for ten years or more, or whose prede-
cessor or predecessors, if any prior to merger or consohda-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 340. 199

tion, shall have been so engaged for such period, may, not-
withstanding the provisions of sections forty-eight, fifty-one,
clause (e) of fifty-four, or fifty-four B, insure against loss or
damage to dwellings and appurtenant structures and to the
contents thereof and any other personal property of a simi-
lar nature of the insured or members of his household result-
ing from any peril proper to insure against in this common-
wealth, and may, in addition, insure against the legal liability
of the insured or of members of his household arising out of
non-business pursuits, and insure with respect to medical,
surgical and hospital expenses; provided, that insurance
against loss or damage by perils other than the peril of fire
may be written only when insurance against the peril of fire
is written in the same policy and on forms which have been
submitted to and approved by the commissioner; and pro-
vided, further, that no such company shall issue any insur-
ance under the authority of this section unless it possesses a
surplus to pohcyholders of not less than four hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars or until it has made reinsur-
ance arrangements satisfactory to the commissioner, as
provided in section twenty. Approved May 5, 1955.

An Act including the Japanese beetle and pine looper Qhnjj Q4n
AS a public nuisance. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The first sentence of section 11 of chapter 132 of the Gen- g. l. (Ter.
eral Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 422 of the f I'l.'efc^,'
acts of 1950, is hereby further amended by inserting after amended.'
the word "webworm", in fine 6, the words: — , Japanese
beetle, pine looper, — so as to read as follows : — The chief Certain pests

• 1 J J. i-'j.j.ii ij-ji • declared to be

superintendent may, subject to the approval of the commis- public
sioner, make rules and regulations governing all operations
by cities and towns or persons for the purpose of suppressing
the gypsy and brown tail moths, their larvae, pupae, nests,
eggs and caterpillars, and tent caterpillars, cankerworms,
oriental hag moths, fall webworm, Japanese beetle, pine
looper and elm leaf beetles, which destroy forest and shade
tree foUage, the Dutch elm disease and the beetles which
spread said disease, and woodticks, all of which pests are
hereby declared to be pubUc nuisances.

Approved May 5, 1955.

nuisances.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

J^osTON, June 2, 1955.

The Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Com-
monwealth, State House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Christian A. Herter, pursuant
to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the amendments to
the Constitution, the Referendum, II, Emergency Measures,

200 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 341.

hereby declare that in my opinion the immediate preserva-
tion of the pubhc peace, health, safety and convenience re-
quires the law entitled "An Act including the Japanese
Beetle and Pine Looper as a Public Nuisance", Chapter 340
of the Acts of the current year, and the enactment of which
received my approval May 5, 1955 should take effect forth-
with.

I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emer-
gency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as
follows : —

Postponement of the operation of this Act for ninety days
would make it impossible for towns to appropriate funds
for the control of these nuisances before they had done
considerable damage to trees and vegetation within their
areas.

Very truly yours,

Christian A. Herter,

Governor of the Commonwealth .

Office of the Secretary, Boston, June 2, 19.55.

I, Leo M. Harlow, Deputy Secretary of the Common-
wealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement
was filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at four o'clock and
forty-five minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accord-
ance with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the
Constitution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being
chapter three hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five.

Leo M. Harlow,
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth,

Chap. 34:1 An Act authorizing the city of somerville to pay cer-
tain MEDICAL EXPENSES OF JOHN J. CURTIN, A DISABLED
RETIRED POLICE OFFICER OF SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of discharging a moral obli-
gation, the city of Somerville may, notwithstanding the pro-
visions of section one hundred B of chapter forty-one of the
General Laws, pay to John J. Curtin, a disabled, retired mem-
ber of the police department of said city, the sum of three
hundred and thirty dollars and twenty cents to reimburse
him for a prosthesis for his right leg which was amputated
as the result of injuries sustained in the performance of his
duty, and may pay for such other medical care as the board
of aldermen of said city may approve, subject to the provi-
sions of its charter.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject to
the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved May 5, 1965.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 342, 343, 344. 201

An Act relative to the observance of columbus day, C/ia». 342
so called.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Chapter 99 of the acts of 1955 is hereby amended by add-
ing after section 2 the following section : — Section 3. This
act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six. Approved May 5, 1955.

An Act providing an assistant clerk for the boston Qhav 343
juvenile court.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 58 of chapter 218 of the General Laws, as amended G- l. (Ter.
by section 2 of chapter 282 of the acts of 1936, is hereby fur- fss.'IS
ther amended by adding at the end the following sentence: "n^ended.'
— It shall have an assistant clerk, who shall be appointed by Boston
the clerk, subject to the approval of the justice. juvenUe court.

Approved May 5, 1955.

An Act relating to changing the procedure for valu- Chav S44

ING AND ASSESSING CERTAIN PROPERTY OF TELEPHONE AND
telegraph COMPANIES AND CHANGING THE PROCEDURE
RELATING TO SEEKING ABATEMENTS OF TAXES THEREON
AND RESPECTING APPEALS INVOLVED THEREIN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 39, as most recently amended f 39; et^.
by section 32 of chapter 654 of the acts of 1953, and insert- "mended."
ing in place thereof the following section : — • Section 39. valuation of
The valuation at which the machinery, poles, wires and erly^'o? ^'^°'''
underground conduits, wires and pipes of all telephone and telephone and
telegraph companies shall be assessed by the assessors of the comp'Tnies.
respective cities and towns where such property is subject
to taxation shall be determined annually by the state tax
commission, subject to appeal to the appellate tax board, as
hereinafter provided. On or before March fifteenth in each
year, the state tax commission shall determine and certify
to the owner of such machinery, poles, wires and under-
ground conduits, wires and pipes, and to the board of as-
sessors of every city and town where such machinery, poles,
wires and underground conduits, wires and pipes are sub-
ject to taxation, the valuation as of January first in such
year of such machinery, poles, wires and underground con-
duits, wires and pipes in said city or town. Every owner Appellate tax
and board of assessors to whom any such valuation shall gu°h'^c^ge^ ^°
have been so certified may, on or before the fifteenth day of regulated.'
April then next ensuing, appeal to the appellate tax board
from such valuation. Every such appeal shall relate to the
valuation of the machinery, poles, wires and underground
conduits, wires and pipes of only one owner in one city or

202

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 344.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 59, §73.
stricken out.

Effective date.

Exceptions
thereto.

town, and shall name as appellees the state tax commission
and all persons, other than the appellant, to whom such
valuation was required to be certified. In every such appeal,
the appellant shall have the burden of proving that the value
of the machinery, poles, wires and underground conduits,
wires and pipes is substantially higher or substantially lower,
as the case may be, than the valuation certified by the state
tax commission. The appellate tax board shall hear and
decide the subject matter of each such appeal without priority
over other appeals pending before it and give notice of its
decision to the state tax commission, the owner and the board
of assessors; and except as provided in section thirteen of
chapter fifty-eight A, such decision shall be final and con-
clusive. The appellate tax board shall consolidate for the
purpose of the hearing and decision aforesaid all appeals
relating to the valuation of the machinery, poles, wires and
underground conduits, wires and pipes of the same owner
in the same city or town, and in its discretion may so con-
sohdate any or all appeals relating to the valuation of the
machinery, poles, wires and underground conduits, wires and
pipes of the same owner, although such appeals relate to
more than one city or town. All appeals taken under this
section by the same owner at the same time shall be deemed
to constitute one appeal for the purpose of determining the
entry fee payable therefor under section seven of chapter
fifty-eight A.

The board of assessors shall assess the machinery, poles,
wires and underground conduits, wires and pipes of all tele-
phone and telegraph companies as certified and at the value
determined by the state tax commission under this section;
provided, however, that in the event of a final decision by
the appellate tax board or of the supreme judicial court
under the preceding paragraph establishing a different valua-
tion, the assessors shall grant an abatement, or assess and
commit to the collector with their warrant for collection an
additional tax, as the case may be, to conform with the
valuation so established by such final decision. Assessment
pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to be a full
comphance with the oath of office of each assessor and a full
performance of his official duty with relation to the assess-
ment of such property, except as provided in the following
section.

Section 2. Said chapter fifty-nine is hereby further
amended by striking out section seventy-three.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, but shall not apply to taxes
assessed prior to said date on the machinery, poles, wires
and underground conduits, wires and pipes of telephone and
telegraph companies, or to the abatement of such taxes;
but sections thirty-nine and seventy-three of chapter fifty-
nine of the General Laws as in effect immediately prior to
said date shall continue in effect and apply to such taxes and
the abatement thereof. Approved May 5, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 345, 346. 203

An Act authorizing the city of malden to appropriate (Jjidj) 345

MONEY for the PAYMENT OF, AND TO PAY, CERTAIN UNPAID
BILLS.

Be it enacted f etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Maiden is hereby authorized to
appropriate money for the pa5anent of, and after such ap-
propriation the treasurer of said city is hereby authorized to
pay, such of the unpaid bills incurred by said city and
totalhng ten thousand and sixty-one dollars and thirty cents,
as set forth in the hst on file in the office of the director of
accounts in the department of corporations and taxation, as
are legally unenforceable against said city, either by reason
of their being incurred in excess of available appropriations or
by reason of the failure of said city to comply with the pro-
visions of its charter, and as are certified for payment by the
heads of the departments wherein the bills were contracted.

Section 2. No bill shall be approved by the city auditor
of said city for payment or paid by the treasurer thereof un-
der authority of this act unless and until certificates have
been signed and filed with said city auditor, stating under
the penalties of perjury that the goods, materials or serv-
ices for which bills have been submitted were ordered by an
official or an employee of said city, and that such goods and
materials were defivered and actually received by said city
or that such services were rendered to said city, or both.

Section 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate
required by section two which is false and who thereby re-
ceives payment for goods, materials or services which were
not received by or rendered to said city shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not
more than three hundred dollars, or both.

Section 4. This authorization shall apply only to unpaid
bills incurred in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 6, 1956.

An Act authorizing savings banks to participate with r^hn^ qaq

TRUST companies AND NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATIONS ^'

IN MORTGAGE LOANS OF THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
FOUNDATION OF LOWELL, INC.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to enable savings banks to invest P'^e^mbie.
forthwith in certain mortgage loans in order to promote the
development of industry in the city of Lowell, 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. A savings bank may, in participation with one
or more other savings banks or trust companies or national
banking associations, invest in mortgage loans of the New

204 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 347.

Industrial Plants Foundation of Lowell, Inc., and its succes-
sors in interest, provided that such loans may not be made
other than in the class of loans authorized by clause First of
section fifty-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of
the General Laws, as limited by subdivisions (a) to (d), in-
clusive, of said clause First. The participating corporations
shall enter into a written agreement, for themselves, their
successors and assigns, which shall include provisions for the
custody of the note and mortgage and for the servicing and
foreclosure thereof. The amount of the participation of any
savings bank in any such loan shall not exceed one per cent
of its deposits, and the aggregate balance of principal of all
such participations, outstanding at any one time, shall not
exceed five per cent of the total deposits of such corporation.
Where, however, one or more savings banks enter into a par-
ticipation arrangement with a trust company or national
banking association, the written agreement referred to above
shall provide that the custody of the note and mortgage shall
remain in the possession of one of said savings banks.

Section 2. This act shall become inoperative after two
years from its effective date. Approved May 6, 1955.

Chap.34i7 An Act granting the consent of the commonwealth

TO the acquisition by the united states of AMERICA
OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A MILI-
TARY RESERVATION KNOWN AS LAURENCE G. HANSCOM
FIELD AND GRANTING AND CEDING JURISDICTION OVER
SUCH LANDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The consent of the commonwealth is hereby
granted to the acquisition by the United States of America
for use as a mihtary reservation of three parcels of land
situated in the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lincoln and
Lexington, County of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, bounded and described as follows : —

L A certain parcel of land, situated in the towns of
Bedford, Concord, Lincoln and Lexington, County of
Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being
more particularly bounded and described as follows: —

Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Wood street
at land now or formerly of James V. Cosgrove et ux, said
point being 960.58 feet easterly from the Lexington and
Bedford town fine; thence southerly crossing Wood street
50 feet, more or less, to the southerly side of said street;
thence turning and running northeasterly by the said south-
erly side of Wood street 750 feet, more or less, to land now or
formerly of Hugh J. Maguire; thence turning and running
by land now or formerly of Hugh J. Maguire south 8° east
615 feet, more or less, south 15° east 300 feet, more or less,
and south 78° east 350 feet, more or less, to the westerly side
of Wood street; thence turning and running southwesterly
by the said westerly side of Wood street 300 feet, more or

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 347. 205

less, to land now or formerly of Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; thence turning and running by land now or
formerly of Massachusetts Institute of Technology the fol-
lowing courses and distances: — south 77° 56' 30" west
219.55 feet, south 49° 06' 40" west 107.83 feet, north 27° 09'
west 53.87 feet, south 77° 56' 30" west 982.85 feet, south 90°
west 400.00 feet, south 0° west 400.00 feet, south 39° 02'
east 900.13 feet, and north 90° east 818.63 feet to land now
or f oraaerly of Lex-Wood Poultry Farms, Inc. ; thence turn-
ing and running by land now or formerly of Lex- Wood
Poultry Farms, Inc., south 49° 44' 10" west 247.55 feet to
land now or formerly of Henry B. Cronier et ux; thence
turning and running in part by land now or formerly of
Henry E. Cronier et ux, in part by land now or formerly of
Charles H. McLaughlin, and in part by land now or formerly
of Mary A. Neville et al, south 47° 58' west 1,837 feet more or
less to the northerly line of the Airport road ; thence turning
and running northwesterly by said Airport road 4,674.53
feet, more or less, to Shawsheen river; thence turning and
running southwesterly along said Shawsheen river and
crossing Airport road 300 feet, more or less, to the Bedford-
Lincoln town line; thence turning and running south
52° 00' west along said town Hne 440 feet, more or less, to a
town bound; thence south 36° 00' west 620 feet, more or
less, and south 82° 00' west 300 feet, more or less, to a point,
said point being southeasterly 100.0 feet from the center Hne
of the relocated Old Bedford road; thence southwesterly
parallel to and 100.0 feet from the center line of the relocated
Old Bedford road 500 feet, more or less, to a point, said point
being southwesterly 650.0 feet from and at right angles to the
center hne of the NW-SE runway extended; thence north-
westerly parallel to and 650.0 feet from center line of said
NW-SE runway and crossing the relocated Old Bedford
road 3,250 feet, more or less, to a point, said point being
southeasterly 800.0 feet from and at right angles to the
center line of the NE-SW runway; thence northeasterly
parallel to and 800.0 feet from the center line of the NE-SW
runway 1,650 feet, more or less, to a point southerly 400.0
feet from and at right angles to the center line of the E-W
runway; thence easterly parallel to and 400.0 feet from the
center line of the E-W runway 5,250 feet, more or less, to a
point; thence north 59° 03' east 200 feet, more or less, to a
point on the Bedford-Lexington town line, said point being
on the northerly right-of-way hne of a spur track running
northeasterly to the Lexington branch of the Boston and
Maine Railroad ; thence by said northerly right-of-way line
of spur track the following courses and distances : — north
59° 03' east 1,350 feet, more or less, north 34° 30' east 110
feet, more or less, north 57° 00' east 96 feet, more or less,
southeasterly 40 feet, more or less, north 59° 03' oast 405
feet, more or less, to a point of curve ; thence northerly by a
curve deflecting to the left having a radi'^s of 523.69 feet a
distance of 605 feet, more or less, to a point of tangency and

206 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 347.

north 31° 15' west 111.75 feet, more or less, to a point;
thence north 14° 56' west 224 feet, more or less, to the
southwesterly side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad
right-of-way, Lexington branch; thence along said raihoad
right-of-way south 41° 04' east 260 feet, more or less, and
south 45° 30' east 65 feet, more or less, to a point; thence
southerly by a curve deflecting to the right, having a radius
of 623.69 feet, a distance of 774 feet, more or less, to a point
of tangency; thence the following courses and distances,
south 59° 03' west 920 feet, more or less, south 42° 15' west
283 feet, more or less, north 50° 00' west 80 feet, more or less,
and south 59° 03' west 890 feet, more or less, to the Lexing-
ton-Bedford town hne; thence south 27° 00' west along said
town line 166.24 feet, more or less, to a point; thence turning
and running by land now or formerly of Eunice E. Holton,
south 70° 58' 48" east 367.65 feet, south 19° 01' 12" west
400 feet, and south 31° west 890 feet, more or less, to land
now or formerly of James V. Cosgrove et ux; thence turning
and running by land now or formerly of James V. Cosgrove
south 7° 51' east 151.63 feet, south 9° 34' east 149.03 feet,
south 7° 51' west 294.01 feet, and south 48°^ 43' 30" east
128.5 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 619 acres,
more or less.

2. A certain parcel of land situated in the town of Bedford,
County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
being more particularly bounded and described as follows : —

Beginning at a point on the northerly hne of land of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, said point being on the
northwesterly line of Hartwell road at land now or formerly
of McGovern; thence crossing said Hartwell road south
38° 19' east 28 feet, more or less, to a point on the south-
easterly Hne of said road; thence south 9° west 240 feet,
more or less, to a point, said point being northwesterly 750.0
feet from and at right angles to the center hne of the NE-SW
runway; thence southwesterly parallel to and 750.0 feet
from center hne of said NE-SW runway 750 feet, more or less,
to a point, said point being on the easterly face of apron ex-
tended northerly; thence southerly by said easterly face of
apron 125 feet, more or less, to a corner in apron; thence
turning and running by said apron, easterly 170 feet, more
or less, southerly 200 feet, more or less, westerly 825 feet,
more or less, and northerly 200 feet, more or less, to the
northwesterly corner of said existing apron; thence north
16° 00' west 1,450 feet, more or less, to a point on the north-
erly boundary line of land of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts; thence by the said northerly boundary line the
following courses and distances, north 44° 50' east 450 feet,
more or less, south 70° 25' east 1,091.9 feet, more or less,
south 25° 35' east 183.49 feet, more or less, and south 38° 19'
east 100 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Con-
taining 42.0 acres, more or less.

3. A certain parcel of land, situated in the towns of
Bedford and Lincoln, County of Middlesex, and Common-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 347. 207

wealth of Massachusetts, being more particularly bounded
and described as follows: —

Beginning at a point on the dividing line between the
towns of Lincoln and Bedford, said point being on the
northeasterly line of the Airport road; thence southwesterly
along the dividing line between the towns of Lincoln and
Bedford 200 feet, more or less, to a granite monument;
thence turning and running north 50° 34' west, by land of
Harry Cook, 146 feet, more or less, to a point 33 feet south-
erly from and at right angle to the center hne of the Old
Bedford road relocated by the United States of America;
thence turning and running westerly by land of Harry Cook,
by a curve to the left of 369.20 feet radius and parallel to and
33 feet from said center hne 220 feet, more or less, to point
of tangency ; thence south 57° 29' 00" west by land of Harry
Cook and by land of Ralph E. Butcher 695 feet, more or less,
to Parcel 1; thence northeasterly by said Parcel 1 to the
Shaw^sheen river; thence turning and running northeasterly
by said Shawsheen river to the northeasterly line of Airport
road; thence turning and running southeasterly by said
Airport road 680 feet, more or less to the point of beginning.
Containing 5.54 acres, more or less.

Section 2. Jurisdiction over the above described lands
is hereby granted and ceded to the United States of America,
but upon the express condition that the commonwealth shall
retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States of
America in and over said lands, in so far that all civil proc-
esses and such criminal processes as may issue under the
authority of the commonwealth against any person or
persons charged with crimes committed without said lands
and all processes for collection of taxes levied under authority
of the laws of the commonwealth, including the service of
warrants, may be executed thereon in the same manner as
though this cession had not been granted; provided, that
exclusive jurisdiction in and over those portions of the above-
described lands subject to existing easements for public
roads and highways shall vest in the United States of America
only after said public roads and highways have been aban-
doned, closed or otherAvise discontinued by proper authority ;
and provided, further, that the exclusive jurisdiction in and
over the above-described lands shall revert to and revest
in the commonwealth whenever such lands shall- cease to be
used for the purpose set forth in section one.

Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon the de-
positing in the office of the state secretary within one year
after its effective date of a suitable plan of the three parcels
of land described in section one, but not otherwise.

Approved May 6^ 1956.

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Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 348, 349, 350, 351.

C/iap. 348 An Act providing that certain appeals from planning

BOARDS OR BOARDS OF APPEAL TO THE SUPERIOR COURT
BE ADVANCED FOR HEARING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 8 IBB of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in section 7 of chapter 674 of the acts of 1953, is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following paragraph : —

All issues in any proceeding under this section may be ad-
vanced for speedy trial over other civil actions and proceed-
ings. Approved May 6, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 41,
§ 81BB, etc.,
amended.

Certain
appeals to be
advanced for
speedy trial.

C/iap.349 An Act relating to the powers and duties of local

ZONING boards OF APPEAL.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 40A,
§ 19, etc.,
amended.

Powers of
local zoning
boards of
appeal.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 19 of chapter 40 A of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in section 2 of chapter 368 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : —

The concurring vote of all the members of a board of ap-
peals consisting of not more than four members, and the con-
curring vote of all except one member of a board consisting of
more than four members, shall be necessary to reverse any or-
der or decision of any administrative official under this chap-
ter, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon
which it is required to pass under any zoning ordinance or by-
law, or to effect any variance in the application of any such
ordinance or by-law. Approved May 6, 1955.

Chap. 350 An Act designating the park in the city of somerville

UNDER the jurisdiction OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
COMMISSION AS THE SAXTON C. FOSS PARK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The public park in the city of Somerville which was dedi-
cated to the memory of the late World War I hero Saxton C.
Foss by the government of said city, and which is now under
the jurisdiction of the metropolitan district commission, shall
be known as the Saxton C. Foss Park. The said commission
is hereby authorized and directed to erect thereon a suitable
plaque bearing said designation. Approved May 9, 1955.

Chap. 351 An Act authorizing the board of trustees of lowell

TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF MASSACHUSETTS TO ACQUIRE
BY EMINENT DOMAIN CERTAIN LAND IN THE CITY OF LOWELL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of taking by eminent domain the parcel
of land described in the second paragraph of chapter five

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 352. 209

hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty one, to wit : —

Beginning at the westerly corner of the premises at a
stone bound, marked, at the intersection of the southeast-
erly line of Riverside street, with the northeasterly line of
Falmouth street; thence running southeasterly on said Fal-
mouth street fifty-two and sixty-eight one hundredths feet
to a nail in a stake in the northeasterly line of said Falmouth
street; thence northeasterly at an interior angle of eighty-
one degrees, fifty-two minutes, thirty seconds with the north-
easterly line of said Falmouth street, on land now or formerly
of the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack
river, seventy-three and nine tenths feet to a drill hole in a
boulder; thence northwesterly at a right angle with the last
described line, on other land of said Proprietors, seventy-
three and forty-five one hundredths feet to a nail in a stake
in the southeasterly line of said Riverside street; thence
southwesterly on said Riverside street sixty-nine and seventy-
six one hundredths feet to the point of beginning, the last
described fine making an angle of one hundred and fifteen
degrees, fifty-two minutes with the first above described line
at said point of beginning, the trustees of the Lowell Tech-
nological Institute of Massachusetts may expend such sums
as may be necessary from the balance available in item
1345-38 of section two of chapter four hundred and eighty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, which
balance is hereby made available until June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven, and such additional sums as
may be appropriated therefor. Approved May 9, 1955.

An Act relative to the transcripts of evidence and Chav.S52

THE filing of APPEALS IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Chapter 278 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out sections 33 A and 33B, as most re- fi'sslf^ssB,
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 187 of the acts of «'*<'- amended.
1954, and inserting in place thereof the following sections:
— Section 33 A. In any proceedings or trials upon an in- Transcripts of
dictment or complaint for any felony and for any misde- clrta^'^cr^mi-
meanor tried wdth a felony the evidence shall be taken by ^ai cases.
an official stenographer or by a stenographer appointed by
the court.

In any proceeding or trial upon an indictment for murder
or manslaughter or, by order of the court, upon an indict-
ment or complaint for any other felony, and a misdemeanor
tried with such felony made subject to this and the six fol-
lowing sections, the evidence taken as above provided shall
be transcribed in such number of copies as the court may
direct. The evidence thus transcribed shall be designated as
the "Transcript of the Evidence", shall be certified by the
stenographer, and shall, with such corrections as are made
therein by direction of the court, be regarded as a true rec-

210

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 353.

Appeals in
such oases,
regulated.

Effective
date.

ord of the evidence. Alleged errors in the transcript of the
evidence must seasonably be called to the attention of the
court. Exceptions taken during the proceedings and trials
shall be numbered consecutively in the transcript of the evi-
dence.

Section 33B. A defendant in a case of murder or man-
slaughter, or of another felony and a misdemeanor tried with
it and made subject to sections thirty-three A to thirty-three
G, inclusive, by order of court as provided herein and in sec-
tions thirty-one and thirty-three A, aggrieved by an opinion,
ruUng, direction or judgment of the superior court, rendered
upon any question of law arising out of such case or upon a
motion for a new trial, but not upon a plea in abatement,
who desires to appeal therefrom and whose exceptions thereto
have been seasonably saved, shall, within twenty days after
verdict, file a claim of appeal in writing with the clerk, who
shall forthwith notify the district attorney of such claim.

Of the copies of the transcript directed by the court under
section thirty-three A, one copy shall be furnished to the de-
fendant, who shall pay for the expense of his transcript unless
the court otherwise directs.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on September first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved May 9, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 159B, § I
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 159B,
new § 6A,
added.
Certain
common
carrier rates,
regulated.

Chap.SdS An Act further to define responsibility for illegal

RATE PRACTICES BY COMMON CARRIERS BY MOTOR VEHICLE,

Be it enacted, etc.y as follows:

Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 159B of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the fifth paragraph.

Section 2. Said chapter 159B is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 6 the following section : — Section
6 A. No common carrier by motor vehicle shall charge,
demand, collect or receive a different compensation for
transportation or for any service in connection therewith
between the points enumerated in such tariffs than the rates
and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time; and
no such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by
any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent or
broker or otherwise, any portion of the rates or charges so
specified, or extend to any person any privilege or facihty
for transportation except such as are specified in its tariffs.

No shipper, consignee or any other person, in connection
with any transportation operation subject to this chapter,
shall knowingly induce or persuade or enter into any contract
or agreement with any common carrier by motor vehicle to
make a rebate or refund of any lawful transportation charges,
or to give up or repay any part of any payment to which he
is lawfully entitled, or to render a bill for an amount different
from those proper under the rates and charges estabhshed
under the provisions of this section and contained in the
published tariffs legally on file with the department.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 354, 355, 356. 211

Nothing in this section shall apply to the transportation
of property by motor vehicle when there is a physical transfer
of such property from one common carrier to another such
common carrier when the rate charged the public for trans-
portation of such property is already published and filed
with the department. Approved May 11, 1955.

An Act providing a fifth assistant clerk of courts QJkijj 354
for worcester county.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 221 of the General Ed)''2Jr%4
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 248 etc!, 'amended'.
of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking ^ie^'i^*orcourts
out, in line 18, the words "and a fourth assistant" and insert- tor Worcester
ing in place thereof the following words: — , a fourth assist- ^°^"*y-
ant and a fifth assistant.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on June first, nine- Effective
teen hundred and fifty-six. Approved May 12, 1955. '^''*^-

An Act relative to the retirement benefits of lester Chav.S55

H. HOLMES, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN OF NORTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Lester H. Holmes, employed by the town of
Norton prior to July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
may become a member of the contributory retirement system
of Bristol county, notwithstanding any provision of law
governing said retirement system that makes him ineligible
for membership therein. Upon becoming such member, he
shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of members
of said system which he would have enjoyed if he had be-
come a member of the system on July first, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, the date allowed by existing law; provided,
that he first deposits in the retirement fund of said system
such amount as the board of retirement under said system
may determine in order to estabhsh an account for him in
said retirement fund in an amount equal to that which it
would be if he had been a member of said system since said
July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority of the board of selectmen of said towTi.

Approved May 12, 1955.

An Act authorizing the director of the division of Chap.35Q

FISHERIES AND GAME TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN LANDS IN THE
TOWNS OF BARRE AND PHILLIPSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The director of the division of fisheries and
game, with the approval of the fish and game board and
the selectmen of the towns of Barre and Phillipston, is

212

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 357, 358.

hereby authorized to take by eminent domain, under chap-
ter seventy-nine of the General Laws, and hold for wildlife
management purposes, an area of approximately eight
hundred and twenty acres located in said towns of Barre
and Phillipston, and shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of
Land Located in Phillipston and Barre, Owned by Joseph H.
Higgins".

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

Approved May 13, 1955.

Chap. 357 An Act providing that no inmate of a training school

SHALL BE PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 39 of chapter 127 of the General Laws, as ap-
pearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "school", in line 1, the words: —
or training school, — so as to read as follows : — Section 39.
The officers of a juvenile reformatory school or training
school shall not place an inmate in any cell, room or cage in
sohtary confinement. Whenever restraint or separation
from the other inmates is necessary, confinement shall be
permitted only in a place where the inmate is under the
constant supervision of an officer of the school. •

Approved May 13, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 39,
amended.

Confinement
of inmates
of training
schools,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 44,
§ 33A, etc.,
amended.

Consideration
of salary
increases by
city councils,
regulated.

Chap.S5S An Act providing that in non-municipal election years

CITY COUNCILS BE PERMITTED TO CONSIDER ORDINANCES
PROVIDING FOR SALARY AND WAGE INCREASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 33 A, as most recently amended by chapter
370 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 33 A. The annual budget shall
include sums sufficient to pay the salaries of officers and em-
ployees fixed by law or by ordinance. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision of any city charter, no ordinance pro-
viding for an increase in the salaries or wages of municipal
officers or employees shall be enacted except by a two thirds
vote of the city council, nor unless it is to be operative for
more than three months during the financial year in which
it is passed; provided, however, that in any year other than
a regular municipal election year, ordinances may be en-
acted by a two thirds vote during the month of December
providing for an increase in the salaries and wages of officers
and employees, to become effective as of January first of
the next ensuing year. No new position shall be created or
increase in rate made by ordinance, vote or appointment
during the financial year subsequent to the submission of
the annual budget unless provision therefor has been made
by means of a supplemental appropriation. No ordinance,

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 359, 360, 361. 213

vote or appointment creating a new position in any year in
which a municipal election is held shall be vaUd and effective
unless said ordinance, vote or appointment is operative for
more than three months during said municipal election year.

Approved May IS, 1955.

Chap.S59

An Act providing for the advancement for speedy
trial of certain cases removed by the defendant
from the district court to the superior court.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 59 of chapter 231 of the General Laws, as ap- g. l. (Ter.
pearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by fmeAdt^d.' ^ ^^'
inserting after the fourth sentence the following sentence : —
In any action removed by the defendant from the district Advancement
court, in which the ad damnum is not more than two thousand tHai^TcJrtain
dollars, the court shall upon motion advance such action for *''"'^^' required.
speedy trial. Approved May 13, 1955.

Chap.Zm

An Act relative to the service of process on certain
non-residents doing business in this commonwealth.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 5 of chapter 227 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by strik- f^endel' ^ ^'
ing out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the
two following sentences : — If such individual or partnership service of
fails to appoint an agent and does business in this common- ^g^^^ °°
wealth, service of process may be made upon the state secre- non-residents.
tary. The secretary shall give notice to the defendant of
said action as now provided by law.

Approved May 13, 1955.

An Act relative to the extension of time of payment C/iai).361
OF betterment and sewer assessments upon land of
recipients of old age assistance and others in the

city of WORCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The city council of the city of Worcester
may extend for a fixed period of time, not exceeding five
years, or until the death of the recipient or person, or until
the alienation of said land, whichever event first occurs, the
time of payment of assessments made under the provisions
of chapter eighty of the General Laws upon land owned by
recipients of old age assistance or persons the polls and any
portion of the estates of whom are exempt from taxation
under the provisions of clause Eighteenth of section five of
chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws. Interest upon said
assessments shall accrue at the rate of four per cent per

214 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 362.

annum but shall not be due and payable until the assess-
ment becomes due and payable. At the end of the fixed
period of time if death or ahenation has not occurred, the
time may be further extended for a fixed period of time,
not exceeding five years, or until the death of the recipient
or person, or alienation of said land, whichever event first
occurs. Assessments, the payment of which are extended
hereunder together with interest thereon, shall constitute a
hen upon the land assessed in the same manner and to the
same extent as if the time of payment had been extended
under section thirteen A of chapter eighty of the General
Laws.

Section 2. The city council of the city of Worcester
may extend the time of payment of assessments made under
chapter one hundred and six of the acts of eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, as amended, upon recipients of old age as-
sistance or upon persons the polls and any portion of the
estates of whom are exempt from taxation under the pro-
visions of clause Eighteenth of section five of chapter fifty-
nine of the General Laws for a fixed period of time, not ex-
ceeding five years, or until the death of the recipient or
person, or until the ahenation of the real estate in question
whichever event first occurs. Interest upon said assessments
shall accrue at the rate of four and one half per cent per
annum but shall not be due and payable until the assess-
ment becomes due and payable. At the end of the fixed
period of time, if death or alienation has not occurred, the
time may be further extended for another fixed period of
time, not exceeding five years, or until the death of the
recipient or person, or until alienation of said real estate,
whichever event first occurs. Assessments, the payment of
which are extended hereunder, together with interest thereon,
shall constitute a hen upon said real estate in the same man-
ner and to the same extent as if the time of payment had
been extended under section three of chapter two hundred
and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-
nine. Approved May 13, 1955.

Chap.SQ2 An Act authorizing off-street parking facilities in

THE CITY OF LOWELL,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purposes of constructing pubHc park-
ing areas, including original pavement thereof, as well as the
construction of structures, garages and facilities for off-street
public parking, the city of Lowell may acquire by purchase
or otherwise, or take by eminent domain under the provisions
of chapter seventy-nine or eighty A of the General Laws,
lands and buildings located on Paige, Brookings, John and
French streets, and on such other streets in said city as the
city council may determine. Said city may, for the purposes
of this act, borrow from time to time within a period of five

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 363. 215

years from the passage of this act such sums as may be neces-
sary, not exceeding in the aggregate seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor
which shall bear on their face the words, City of Lowell,
PubUc Parking Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebted-
ness incurred under this act shall be within the statutory
limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof.

Section 2. The city may install parking meters in said
off-street parking areas, structures, garages and facilities and
make a charge for the use of space therein, and the receipts
thereof shall be appHed annually, first, to reimbursing the
city for its annual payments on account of the above-men-
tioned loan or loans, and secondly, for any of the purposes for
which parking meter receipts may be used under sections
twenty-two B and twenty-two C of chapter forty of the
General Laws.

Section 3. In the event that the city determines to con-
struct and operate any off-street public parking structures,
garages or facihties, said city shall, by ordinance, estabhsh
rules and regulations for the operation thereof.

Section 4. Upon liquidation of the loan authorized by
section one, the receipts from said parking meters, structures,
garages or facilities may be used for the purposes prescribed
by said sections twenty-two B and twenty-two C of said
chapter forty.

Section 5. This act shall be construed to be in addition
to all other rights granted by the General Laws pertaining to
the installation and operation of parking meters in on-street
and off-street areas, and the disbursement of receipts there-
from.

Section 6. Said city may acquire said parking meters in
the manner provided by section twenty-two A of said
chapter forty.

Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 16, 1955.

An Act relative to hospital bonds of the town of Chap.SQS

DANVERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section I. That portion of the vote of the town of Dan-
vers adopted at a special town meeting May twenty-fifth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-three, authorizing the issuance
for hospital purposes of two hundred and ten thousand dol-
lars of bonds of said town payable in the amount of twenty-
one thousand dollars in each year for ten years by virtue of

216 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 364.

section seven of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, be
and hereby is vahdated, and said bonds may be issued under
• this act and said chapter fort3''-four, as amended, without

further vote of said town or approval of the emergency fi-
nance board established under chapter forty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty-three.

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

Approved May 16, 1955.

Chap. 3Q4: An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow

MONEY FOR REMODELING, RECONSTRUCTING AND MAKING
EXTRAORDINARY REPAIRS TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS OWNED
BY SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston, by a two-thirds vote, as
defined in section one of chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, may borrow from time to time, inside of its limit of
indebtedness as prescribed by section ten of said chapter
forty-four, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, three million dollars, for remodeling, re-
constructing or making extraordinary repairs to hospital and
library buildings owned by said city, including water and
sewer systems appurtenant to such buildings, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor. Such bonds or notes shall bear on
their face the words, City of Boston, Extraordinary Repairs
Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan and shall be paid in not more than ten years
from the date of issue. Debt incurred under this section
shall, except as provided herein, 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 ; provided, however, that no loan shall be authorized
under this section unless and until there shall have been ap-
propriated from available revenue funds or voted to be
raised by taxation for the purposes set forth in section three
of this act a sum equivalent to twenty-five cents on each one
thousand dollars of the assessed valuation of said city for the
year nineteen hundred and fifty-four, exclusive of the value
of motor vehicles and trailers and the value of ships and
vessels on which a vessel excise tax is based.

Section 2. The proceeds of the loan or loans provided
for under section one shall be applied and used for the fol-
lowing departments within the limitations as to amounts
herein set forth : —

Hospital Department . . . . _ . . . $2,600,000

Library Department, New tile roof on Main Library . 400,000

Section 3. The amounts required to be raised by taxa-
tion or appropriated from available revenue funds under the
provisions of section one shall be used for remodehng, recon-
structing or making extraordinary repairs to buildings in the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 365. 217

following departments in the amounts respectively set
forth: —

Administrative Services Department .... $18,000

Fire Department . . _ 10,000

Library Department, Main Library, other than for new

tile roof 79,500

Real Property Department (Buildings Division) . . 205,000

Welfare Department ....... 40,500

Any excess of the amount required to be raised by taxation
or appropriated from available revenue funds under section
one over and above the aggregate of the amounts allocated
to the respective departments under this section may be
used to supplement the sums so allocated hereunder or may
be used in addition to the monies authorized to be borrowed
under section one for the purposes for which such monies are
authorized to be borrowed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 16, 1955.

An Act authorizing off-street parking facilities in Chap.365

THE city of WORCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. It is hereby declared that the parking of
motor vehicles in the streets of the city of Worcester is
causing at the present time such congestion in said streets
as to constitute a pubUc nuisance; that the existing au-
thority of law is not sufficient to adequately abate aforesaid
pubUc nuisance; that the building of structures on public
off-street parking facilities, which will increase the number
of motor vehicles they can accommodate, is necessary to
further abate said nuisance; it is in the public interest to
expend public funds for the acquisition of land and the
building of structures on public off-street parking facilities;
and the enactment of this act is hereby declared to be a
pubhc necessity.

Section 2. To provide off-street parking facilities for
motor vehicles in the city of Worcester and to alleviate
traffic conditions and avoid congestion on its public streets,
the city of Worcester is hereby authorized to use existing
city facilities and to acquire real estate by purchase, gift or
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General
Laws, or otherwise, for the purpose of constructing and
operating structures, garages and off-street parking facilities
therein, and install parking meters pursuant to the provi-
sions of section twenty-two C of chapter forty of the General
Laws for the purpose of regulating the parking of motor
vehicles therein. The city of Worcester is further author-
ized, if it so determines, in lieu of constructing and operating
the aforesaid structures, garages and off-street parking
facilities, to lease for construction and operation by indi-
viduals or corporations or to construct and thereafter lease

218 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 365.

for operation by private individuals or corporations, any
real estate acquired or garages or facilities constructed
pursuant to authority contained in this section.

In the event that the city determines to construct and
operate said off-street parking facihties, structures and
garages, said city, through its off-street parking board,
being the officials responsible for the management and
operation of said garages or off-street parking facihties, shall
fix such rates or charges for services furnished for parking as
are best adapted to insure sufficient income to meet the
cost of the service or off-street parking provided as herein
defined; provided, however, if in any year the income
from such rates or charges is insufficient to meet the costs
of the service, as herein defined, the amount of such de-
ficiency shall be transferred from any available funds in the
parking meter fees fund, any other provision of law to the
contrary notwithstanding.

The cost of the service shall include (1) all operating
expenses; (2) interest on all indebtedness; (3) all other
costs or charges incurred in the development, operation and
management of said garages or facihties; and (4) maturing
debt.

Section 3. In the event the city of Worcester determines
to lease to lessees for operation under private management
the whole or any part of said structures, garages or off-street
parking facihties, or to lease land acquired under section
two of this act to lessees for construction and operation
thereon by and under private management said garages and
off-street parking facilities, it shall do so only by competi-
tive bidding in the manner required for the awarding of
contracts under section twenty-eight of chapter forty-three
of the General Laws.

Section 4. For the purposes of this act the city of
Worcester may from time to time incur indebtedness in an
amount not exceeding one milhon five hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall
bear on their face the words, Worcester Off-Street Parking
Facihties Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable
in not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebted-
ness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, and shall, except as provided herein, be subject to the
provisions of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, ex-
clusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of
section seven thereof.

Section 5. The terms "off-street parking" and "off-
street parking facihties" as used in this act shall be con-
strued to mean off-street parking and off-street parking
facihties within the meaning of section twenty-two C of
chapter forty of the General Laws, and any receipts from
parking meters installed in off-street parking areas, facilities
or garages authorized by this act and operated and managed
by the off-street parking board shall be construed to be

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 366, 367. 219

off-street parking receipts within the meaning of said sec-
tion twenty-two C.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Worcester, but not other-
wise. . Approved May 16, 1955.

An Act providing for the inclusion of telephone com- Cjiap.'^QQ

PANY EMPLOYEES IN THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The third paragraph of paragraph (4) of section 1 of gj^- (Jg^j ^
chapter 152 of the General Laws, as amended by section 1 etc., 'amended!
of chapter 656 of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended ^^o^'Je^^^^^fo^
by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words "persons em- act, extended.
ployed by telephone companies subject to the federal com-
munications act,". Approved May 16, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of public health Chap. 367

TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC MEDICAL
INSTITUTIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 118A of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section IB, inserted by chapter 475 of the acts fiB, itc.t'
of 1951, and inserting in place thereof the following section: amended.
— Section IB. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
one, assistance under this chapter shall be given to any Establishment
person otherwise eligible therefor who is a patient in a pub- °or^certdn''^
he medical institution; provided, however, that no such as- fn^atJIut^^'^g*''^'
sistance shall be given to any individual who is a patient in authorized.'
an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases or who has
been diagnosed as having tuberculosis or psychosis and is a
patient in a medical institution as a result thereof. For
purposes of this section, a public medical institution is an
institution, supported in whole or in part by public funds,
which is staffed by professional medical and nursing per-
sonnel and provides medical care, including nursing and con-
valescent care, in accordance with accepted standards. Such
an institution, if a hospital, shall meet the hcensing provi-
sions of the department of public health; otherwise, such
institution shall meet standards established by said depart-
ment; authority to establish such standards being hereby
granted to the department of public health.

In the event that an applicant for assistance under this
section is a patient in a public medical institution at the
time when application for assistance is made, the applica-
tion shall be made in the town in which said person has a
legal settlement. If such person has no settlement in the
commonwealth, apphcation shall be made in the town in
which he last maintained a residence outside of an institution.

Approved May 16, 1955.

220 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 368, 369.

Chap.36S An Act relative to appropriations for school purposes

IN THE CITY OF LYNN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 178 of the acts of 1909
is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph inserted
by section 1 of chapter 154 of the acts of 1937, as most
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 46 of the acts of
1951, and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : —

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
if in the opinion of the school committee amounts in excess
of the aggregate amount which would be available under
such provisions are necessary for the above-named purposes
for any financial year, the school committee, by vote of a
majority of all its members taken by yeas and nays, subject
to the approval of the mayor, may increase appropriations
for said purposes for such financial year, but the total amount
available for said purposes shall not exceed the sum of three
million, three hundred thousand dollars from taxation, plus
balances of appropriations and miscellaneous receipts, in-
cluding physical education and school lunches, and amounts
to be received from other state aid for school purposes.

Section 2. Appropriations for the city of Lynn for the
current year may be made under section one of said chapter
one hundred and seventy-eight, as most recently amended
by section one of this act and as affected by section thirty of
chapter forty-four of the General Laws at any time before
the fixing of the tax rate for said city for the current year,
notwithstanding any provision therein contained.

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

Approved May 17, 1955.

C/iap. 369 An Act authorizing the town of scituate to pay a sum

OF money to ANTONIO C. LOPES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation, the town of Scituate is hereby authorized to appro-
priate or transfer from available funds and to pay the sum of
sixteen hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-two cents to
Antonio C. Lopes of said town, to reimburse him for expenses
incurred by him for medical and hospital care and for funeral
expenses on account of the death of his wife, Mamie B. Lopes,
as a result of f alhng into a fire on the town dump in said town.

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

Approved May 17, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 370, 371. 221

An Act requiring planning boards to hold public Chav.S70

HEARINGS ON PROPOSED SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 81Q of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appear- g l. (Ter.
ing in section 7 of chapter 674 of the acts of 1953, is hereby § Viq, etc,
amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in "tended.
place thereof the following sentence: — After due notice and Certidn public
a public hearing a planning board shall adopt, and may from required under
time to time amend, reasonable rules and regulations relat- subdivision

,■,... . . P, , ,. . control law.

ing to subdivision control not inconsistent with the subdivi-
sion control law or with any other provisions of a statute or
of any valid ordinance or by-law of the city or town.

Approved May 17, 1965.

An Act defining and further regulating private C ha p. S71

TRADE SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 93 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out section 21, as most recently amended ftc! 'amended.
by section 1 of chapter 257 of the acts of 1954, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 21 . Any Treble damages
pupil of a correspondence school, or of a private trade school c^tidn'^mi'srep-
as defined in section twenty-one A, who is defrauded by a resentations
misrepresentation made by an officer or agent of such school, private'schoois.
or by any advertisement or circular issued by it, or by any
person, firm, association or corporation, who sells textbooks
to the said school or to the pupils thereof, may recover in
contract from such school or person, firm, association or cor-
poration three times the amount paid by him to such school
or person, firm, association or corporation.

Section 2. Said chapter 93 is hereby further amended S^N'iJ^roiA
by striking out section 21A, as amended by section 2 of etc!, 'amended. '
said chapter 257, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 21A. The term "private trade school" "Pm-atetrade
shall, in sections twenty-one to twenty-one D, inclusive, defied.'
mean a school maintained, or classes conducted, for the pur-
pose of teaching any trade or industrial occupation for
profit or for a tuition charge but shall not include a private
business school, school or college regularly chartered and
authorized by the laws of the commonwealth to grant de-
grees, an endowed school which offers approved courses
without profit, or a school exclusively engaged in training
physically handicapped persons or a school conducted by any
person for the education and training of his own employees.

Section 3. Said chapter 93 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 21B, as most recently amended by ^tl! 'amended^'
section 3 of said chapter 257, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 21 B. No person shall
operate or maintain a private trade school unless he is

222

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Commissioner
of education
to license
private trade
school
operation.

License fee,
etc.

licensed so to do by the commissioner of education as herein-
after provided. Said commissioner shall not issue a license
to operate or maintain such a school unless and until he shall
have approved as to such school the proposed standards
adopted and methods of instruction to be followed, the equip-
ment and housing provided, the training and experience of
the teachers to be employed, the form and contents of the
student enrolment agreement or contract and the method of
collecting tuition, nor and unless and until such schools shall
have filed in the office of said commissioner its current ad-
vertising, if any. All advertising used by any such school
subsequent to the receipt of a license hereunder shall from
time to time be filed in the office of said commissioner. No
license shall be granted hereunder unless said commissioner
shall determine that the school possesses a sound financial
structure with sufficient resources for its proper use and sup-
port. Said commissioner may, after reasonable notice and a
hearing, suspend or revoke such license and shall have the
same powers to require by summons the attendance and
testimony of witnesses, the production of books, papers and
documents, and to administer oaths, as are conferred upon
city councils and other bodies by section eight of chapter
two hundred and thirty-three. Sections nine and ten of said
chapter shall apply to witnesses summoned as aforesaid.
Every such license shall run for one year from date of issuance
and the fee therefor shall be one hundred dollars for an
original license and fifty dollars for each renewal thereof.
Said commissioner may adopt and from time to time alter
and amend rules and regulations, in conformity with this
section, governing such schools and the licensing thereof.
Each person operating a private trade school shall make an
annual report to said commissioner in such form as he may
prescribe.

SECTio>r 4. Said chapter 93 is hereby further amended by
striking out section 21D, as amended by section 4 of said
chapter 257, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 21D. Whoever operates or maintains a
private trade school in violation of section twenty-one B,
or whoever, not being licensed under said section, holds
himself out as operating and maintaining such school, or
whoever violates any rule or regulation made under said
section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-
five nor more than five hundred dollars.

Approved May 17, 1955.

Chap. S72 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year end-
ing JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE,
TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN EXISTING AP-
PROPRIATIONS, AND FOR CERTAIN NEW ACTIVITIES AND
PROJECTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. To provide for meeting deficiencies in certain
appropriations previously made, and for certain new activi-

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 93,
§ 21D, etc.,
amended.

Penalty for
illegal opera-
tion of private
trade school.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

223

ties and projects, the siuns set forth in section two, for the
several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in
said section, are hereby appropriated for the current fiscal
year or for such other period as may be specified, from the
General Fund or ordinary revenue of the commonwealth,
unless some other source of revenue is expressed, subject to
the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public
funds and the approval thereof, the sums so appropriated to
be in addition to any amounts at present available for the
purposes.

Section 2.

STATE PURPOSES APPROPRIATIONS.

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
Service of the Legislature.

Item

0101-06

0101-07

0101-52

0101-53
0101-60

(Senate.

For personal services of the counsel to the

senate and assistants, including not more

than four permanent positions; provided,

that notwithstanding any provisions of

law to the contrary, the present counsel to

the senate may continue to serve in said

office subject to the will of the senate $1,000 00

For clerical and other assistance to the senate

committee on rules, including not more

than seven permanent positions; provided,

that notwithstanding any provision of law

to the contrary, the present clerk of the

senate committee on rules may continue to

serve in said office subject to the will of the

senate . . . . . . . 2,241 00

For expenses of the committee on rules on the

part of the senate ..... 1,000 00

For expenses of the counsel to the senate . 500 00

For traveling and such other expenses of the

committees of the senate as may be au-
thorized by order of the senate . . 600 00

House of Representatives.

0102-06 For personal services of the counsel to the
house of representatives and assistants,
including not more than seven permanent
positions . . . . . . $4,032 00

0102-07 For clerical and other assistance to the house
committee on rules, including not more than
seven permanent positions . . . 3,940 00

0102-52 For expenses of the committee on rules on the

part of the house of representatives . . 2,500 00

0102-53 For expenses of the counsel to the house of

representatives ..... 250 00

0102-60 For traveling and such other expenses of the
committees of the house of representatives
as may be authorized by order of the house
of representatives, prior appropriation con-
tinued 1,500 00

224

Acts. 1955. — Chap. 372.

Item

0103-05

Sergeant-at-A rms.

For compensation of the pages of the senate
and house of representatives, with the ap-
proval of the sergeant-at-arms, including
not more than twenty-three permanent

positions $730 00

0110-301 From the unexpended balance remaining in
0103-51 J item 0110-30 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of six
thousand dollars is hereby transferred and
made available for the purposes of item
0103-51 of section two of chapter six hun-
dred and eighty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four . . . 872 00

Other Expenses.

0110-04 For expenses in connection with the publica-
tion of the bulletin of committee hearings
and of the daily list, with the approval of
the joint committee on rules, including not
more than two permanent positions . $10,000 00

0110-11 For the compilation, indexing, printing, and
distribution of veterans' laws subject to
the joint committee on rules as provided
by a joint order ..... 361 00

Special Investigation.

0267-00 For an investigation and study of the retire-
ment laws, as authorized by chapter one
hundred and twenty-four of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four, notwith-
standing the requirement that the final re-
port shall be filed not later than the third
Wednesday in January, nineteen hundred
and fifty-five ; provided, that expenditures
from this item shall be approved by the
members of the commission who were ap-
pointed as authorized by said chapter one
hundred and twenty-four, prior appropria-
tion continued $1,577 00

0298-00 For an investigation and study of communism
in the commonwealth, as authorized by
chapter one hundred and twenty-three of
the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four and by a resolve of the current year . 3,000 00

Service of the Judiciary.

Administrative Committee of Probate and Insolvency Coiirts.

0320-05 For the development of uniform forms to be
used in the probate courts throughout the
commonwealth, appropriation expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-six .

$5,000 00

Service of the Executive Department.

Governor's Council.
0403-02 For personal services for the council .

$800 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372. 225

Civil Defense Agency.

Item

0406-07 This item postponed.

Service of the Military Division.

Adjutant General.
Militia:

0421-02 For officers' uniform allowances, as author-
ized by section eighty-seven of chapter
thirty-three of the General Laws . . $4,580 00

0421-15 To cover certain small claims for damages to
private property arising from military ma-
neuvers ...... 1,500 00

State Guard:
0421-50 For the planning and organizing of a state
guard, for the training of an air ground
observer corps and an aircraft warning
service, and for expenses related thereto,
to be expended under the direction of the
adjutant genera!; provided, that upon re-
quest of the adjutant general and the rec-
ommendation of the commission on admin-
istration and finance, the governor, with
the approval of the council, may transfer
in whole or in part to this item amounts
authorized for military affairs for the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, prior
appropriation continued .... 750 00

Boards and Commissions serving under Governor and Council.

Commission on Administration and Finance.

0445-01 Item 0445-01 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by striking out in line ten the
word "forty-four" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — fifty . . . $10,000 00

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

0455-01 For expenses of the New England interstate
water pollution control commission, as
authorized by chapter four hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, and for compensation and
expenses of the commissioners, as provided
by section four of said chapter . . $452 00

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.

0601-02 Item 0601-02 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by striking out the wording and
inserting in place thereof the following: —
For the office of the treasurer and receiver-
general, including not more than forty-four
permanent positions, and to authorize

226

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Item

charging against this appropriation certain
shortages in the amount of one thousand
nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and
forty-eight cents, determined by the audi-
tor of the commonwealth to be the short-
age for the period ending January fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five; provided,
that the comptroller shall transfer to the
General Fund the sum of one hundred and
thirty thousand dollars from the Highway
Fund

$16,083 00

State Board of Retirement.

0604-01 For the administrative oflBce of the board,
including not more than twenty permanent
positions, prior appropriation continued .

0604-03 Item 0604-03 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by inserting in line thirteen after
the word "Laws," the following: — and
from the federal government on account
of the retirement of employees of the divi-
sion of employment security.

$2,000 00

Emergency Finance Board.

0605-01 For administrative expenses of the board,
including not more than one permanent
position ......

$3,500 00

Service of the Department of the Attorney General.

0802-01 For the settlement of certain claims, as pro-
vided by law, on account of damages by
cars owned by the commonwealth and
operated by state employees; provided,
that the comptroller shall transfer to the
General Fund from the appropriate funds
sums equal to the payments made under
this item for claims against agencies whose
appropriations are derived from other funds $10,000 00

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

Milk Control Commission.

0906-01 For the service of the commission, including
not more than thirty-four permanent posi-
tions; provided, that permanent civil serv-
ice employees of the milk control commis-
sion may be transferred to positions in the
service of the commonwealth of equal or
lower grade, as established by the division
of personnel, regardless of whether or not
the title is similar, upon request of the ap-
pointing authority of the department to
which the employee is to be transferred
and with the consent of the employee.
Such transfer shall be without loss of sen-
iority, retirement or other rights

$2,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372. 227

Division of Livestock Disease Control.

Item

0907-01 For the office of the director, including not
more than twenty-six permanent positions
and not more than fifty permanent inter-
mittent positions ..... $1,300 00

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

Division of Forests and Parks.

1002-31 Item 1002-31 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by striking out the wording and
inserting in place thereof the following: —
For the suppression of insect pests and shade
tree diseases, including gypsy and brown
tail moths and Japanese beetles under any
general or special law, and including not
more than seven permanent positions; pro-
vided, that notwithstanding the provisions
of section two of chapter twenty-nine of the
General Laws, as amended, assessments
received from cities and towns in the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and fifty-five and
thereafter representing their portion of the
cost of gypsy moth program established
under chapter one hundred and forty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four, as amended, shall be applied to the
amortization of the authorization of notes
under section four of said chapter one hun-
dred and forty-eight, as amended; pro-
vided, however, that when this has been
accomplished, said assessments shall be
credited to the General Fund ; and, pro-
vided further, that from the beginning of
the aforesaid program to its completion all
charges shall be apportioned equally be-
tween item 1002-31 and sums made avail-
able by section two of chapter one hundred
and forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, prior appropriation
continued .$45,471 00

1002-33 For certain gypsy moth spraying in areas to
be determined by the department, exclu-
sive of the work authorized under chapter
one hundred and forty-eight of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, as
amended 64,200 00

Division of Law Enforcement.

1003-02 For the administration and enforcement of
laws relative to shellfish and other marine
fisheries, and for regulating the sale and
cold storage of fresh food fish, including
not more than twenty-six permanent posi-
tions $10,000 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

1201-03 For expenses of the department except as
otherwise provided for; provided, that the

228 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Item

comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of twenty-five thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three dollars from
the Highway Fund . . . • . . • $4,300 00

1202-02 For expenses of the income tax division;
provided, that a sum equivalent to the
payments under this item shall be trans-
ferred to the General Fund from receipts of
the income tax ..... 55,000 00

Service of the Department of Education.

1301-03 Item 1301-03 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fiftj^-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by striking out the wording and
inserting in place thereof the following: —
For extension courses in the methods used in
the art of teaching and related subjects, to
be conducted by the division of teachers
colleges, for graduates of teachers colleges
or for such students or graduates of other
colleges as may be approved by the state
board of education; provided, that such
courses may be furnished free of charge to
veterans, as authorized in sections seven
and seven A of chapter sixty-nine of the
General Laws; and, provided further, that
the division may, in addition to the sums
appropriated for the purpose in this item,
expend from the receipts, without appro-
priation, income derived from such courses
as may be conducted at no net expense to
the commonwealth to an amount not ex-
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars with
the approval of the state board of educa-
tion.

1301-10 For the service of the state building on New-
bury Street, Boston, including not more
than four permanent positions . . $750 00

1301-11 For printing laws relating to education ; pro-
vided, that the board of education shall
establish a fee to be charged for each vol-
ume, not to exceed the cost thereof, ap-
propriation expires June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-six . . . . 5,000 00

1301-31 Item 1301-31 of section two of chapter four
hundred and eightj^-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-three is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: — for the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-five and previous years.

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

1309-01 For the expenses of the division of vocational
rehabilitation, prior appropriation con-
tinued $35,000 00

Teachers' Retirement Board,

1319-08 For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the teachers' retirement

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

229

ItetD

system, as provided by chapter thirty-two
of the General Laws, as amended, prior
appropriation continued . . . $125,000 00

Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

For the maintenance of the academy and
ship, inchiding not more than forty-nine
permanent positions, with the approval of
the commissioner of education . . $1,071 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following state teachers'
colleges, and the boarding halls attached
thereto, with the approval of the commis-
sioner of education:

Item 1330-21 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended bj^ adding at the end thereof the
following: — ; provided, that the amount
of five thousand thirty-four dollars and
eighty cents paid for salaries in lieu of
vacation in July, nineteen hundred and
fifty-two, is approved.

This item omitted.

This item omitted.

State teachers' college at Lowell, including
not more than fifty-six permanent posi-
tions 2,500 00

State teachers' college at Westfield, including
not more than thirty-nine permanent posi-
tions 6,000 00

State teachers' college at Boston, including
not more than seventy-two permanent po-
sitions 3,500 00

This item postponed.

Youth Service Board.
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the institutions under the
control of the youth service board, with the
approval of said board; provided, that
permanent employees in the farm quotas
of said institutions whose positions were
abolished as of June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-three, shall be trans-
ferred to positions in the service of the
commonwealth of equal or lower grade,
as established by the division of personnel,
regardless of whether or not the title is
similar, upon request of the appointing au-
thority of the department to which the em-
ployee is to be transferred and with the
consent of the employee. Such transfer
shall be without loss of seniority, retire-
ment, civil service or other rights:
Industrial school for girls, including not more

than fifty-six permanent positions . . $11,480 00

L5Tnan school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and thirty-seven perma-
nent positions ..... 14,900 00
For the operation of the institute of juvenile
guidance, including not more than forty-
eight permanent positions . . . 9,300 00

230 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Division of Registration.

Item

For the service of the following agencies in
the division:

1407-01 Board of registration in pharmacy, including

not more than nine permanent positions . $1,250 00

Service of the Department of Commerce.

1551-44 For the commonwealth's share of the ex-
penses of the New England textile com-
mittee $3,185 00

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

Labor Relations Commission.

1619-01 For the service of the commission, including
not more than nineteen permanent posi-
tions $300 00

Division of Industrial Accidents.

1651-06 Item 1651-06 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by striking out in line eight the
word "fifty-eight" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — ninety-one . . $125,000 00

Service of the Department of Mental Health.

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institution un-
der the control of the department of mental
health:

1716-00 Item 1716-00 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: — ; provided, that notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the
contrary, there shall be included payments
totaling twenty-three dollars and fifty-one
cents for certain prior-year salaries earned
but not paid.

Service of the Department of Correction.

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions un-
der the control of the department of correc-
tion:
1812-01 State prison, including not more than one
hundred and sixty-four permanent posi-
tions . ... . $166,390 00
1814-01 Massachusetts reformatory, including not
more than two hundred and nineteen per-
manent postitions ..... 19,720 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372. 231

Item

1818-01 State prison colony, including not more than
two hundred and thirty-four permanent
positions $5,159 00

1818-21 For certain improvements and repairs to the
guard towers and prison wall, prior appro-
priation continued, appropriation expires
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
six 17,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

2619-06 \From the unexpended balance remaining in

1901-04 / item 2619-06 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of two
thousand dollars is hereby transferred and
made available for the purposes of item
1901-04 of said section two of said chapter
four hundred and fifty-three.

Tewkshury State Hospital and Infirmary.

1919-00 For the maintenance of the Tewksbury state

hospital and infirmary, including not more

than seven hundred and seven permanent

positions $45,200 00

Service of the Department of Public Health.

2007-10 For a poliomyelitis vaccine (Salk) program,
as authorized by an act of the current j^ear,
to be expended either with or without
grants or contributions from public or pri-
vate agencies; provided, that such grants
or contributions may be expended without
appropriation, expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six . . . $200,000 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institution tin-
der the control of the department of public
health:
2022-00 \ From the unexpended balance remaining in
2022-21 / item 2022-00 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of six
thousand two hundred dollars is hereby
transferred and made available for the pur-
poses of item 2022-21 of section two of
chapter six hundred and thirty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two as
reappropriated by section 2A of chapter
six hundred and eighty-seven of the acts '

of nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

2101-02 For administration, including not more than

eighty-two permanent positions . . $2,640 00

Board of Elevator Regulations.
2107-01 This item omitted.

232 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Division of Waterways.
Item

2202-06 For the maintenance and repair of certain
property in the town of Plj'mouth, includ-
ing not more than two permanent positions $5,000 00

2202-07 For the operation and maintenance of the
New Bedford state pier, including not more
than nine permanent positions . . . 6,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

2301-02 For administration, including not more than

seventy permanent positions . . . $7,700 00

Non-Contributory Pensions.

2811-02 Item 2811-02 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: — ; provided, that the comp-
troller shall transfer to the General Fund
the sum of three hundred and twenty-seven
thousand eight hundred dollars from the
Highway Fund $190,000 00

Miscellaneous.

2820-08 For the payment of claims for unpaid checks,
with the approval of the state treasurer and
certification by him to the comptroller of
the amount due, where payment has other-
wise been prevented as a result of the ap-
plication of sections thirty-two and thirty-
two A of chapter twenty-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws . . . . . . $1,000 00

2897-00 For the cost of meeting deficiencies arising in
appropriation accounts, as provided in sec-
tion eleven of chapter four hundred and
fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four 85,000 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE HIGHWAY FUND.
Service of the Department of Public Works.

Highway Activities.

Expenditures made from the following ap-
propriations for highway activities shall be
coded according to the manual entitled
"Subsidiary Accounts and Expenditure
Code Numbers" approved by the Joint
Committee on Ways and Means on March
second, nineteen hundred and fifty-four. ■
2900-25 Item 2900-25 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372. 233

Item

following: — , appropriation expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.
2900-26 For the construction of a certain footbridge,
as authorized by chapter five hundred and
twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-two $10,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

Division of State Police.
2926-01 This item omitted.

Service of the Metropolitan District Commission.

The following item is to be paid with the ap-
proval of the Metropolitan District Com-
mission:
2931-06 For the maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways, including the installation of traflBc
lights and including Bunker Hill and the
property adjacent, and for the maintenance
of parks, reservations and the Charles
River basin, including the retirement of
metropolitan police and veterans under the
provisions of the General Laws, and includ-
ing not more than nine hundred and four-
teen permanent positions; provided, that
the comptroller shall transfer to the High-
way Fund proportions of payments made
under this item, as provided by section
fifty-five of chapter ninety-two of the Gen-
eral Laws $178,700 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE VETERANS'
SERVICES FUND.

Service of the Commissioner of Veterans' Services.

3501-02 For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than seventy-four permanent
positions $5,000 00

3501-03 For the payment of annuities to certain dis-
abled war veterans, as authorized by sec-
tions six A to six C, inclusive, of chapter
one hundred and fifteen of the General
Laws, prior appropriation continued . 6,500 00

Miscellaneous.

3530-26 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the American Veterans
of World War II, AMVETS, as authorized
by a resolve of the current year, appropria-
tion expires June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-six $1,000 00

3530-27 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Reserve Officers
Association of the United States, as author-
ized by a resolve of the current year, ap-
propriation expires June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-six .... 500 00

234

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Item
3530-28

3530-29

3530-30

3530-31

3530-32

3549-00

For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of The American Legion,
as authorized by a resolve of the current
year, appropriation expires June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six . . $1,000 00

For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Veterans of For-
eign Wars of the United States, as author-
ized by a resolve of the current year, ap-
propriation expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-sLx . . . 2,000 00

For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Army and Navy
Union, U. S. A., as authorized by a resolve
of the current year, appropriation expires
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
six 1,000 00

For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Marine Corps
League, as authorized by a resolve of the
current year, appropriation expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fiftj^-six . 500 00

For the representation of the commonwealth
at the national convention of the American
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc.,
as authorized by a resolve of the current
year, appropriation expires June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six . . 500 00

For repayments to claimants, as authorized
by section four of chapter five hundred and
twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty 1,500 00

APPROPRIATION PAYABLE FROM THE PARKS AND
SALISBURY BEACH RESERVATION FUND.

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

Division of Forests and Parks.
4010-03 For certain repairs and improvements in the

October Mountain state forest, appropria-
tion expires June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-six .....

$6,000 00

APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE FROM THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION FUNDS.

The following appropriations are to be as-
sessed upon the several districts in accord-
ance with the methods fixed by law, unless
otherwise provided, and to be expended under
the direction of the Metropolitan District
Commission:

Metropolitan Parks, General.

8602-81 For a study of the feasibility of draining cer-
tain lands near the Neponset river as au-
thorized by a resolve of the current year .

$10,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372. 235

Metropolitan Sewerage, North System.

Item

8702-00 For the maintenance and operation of a sys-
tem of sewage disposal for the north metro-
politan sewerage district, including retire-
ment of veterans under the provisions of
the General Laws, and including not more
than three hundred and seventeen perma-
nent positions for the north and south
systems, partly chargeable to this item
and to item 8807-00 .... $38,10000

8702-22 For the replacement of a certain pumping
unit at East Boston, appropriation expires
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
six 10,000 00

8702-33 For certain emergency repairs to the north
metropolitan sewer in the city of Chelsea,
appropriation expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six . . . 200,000 00

Metropolitan Sewerage, South System.

8807-00 For the maintenance and operation of the
system of sewage disposal for the south
metropolitan sewerage district, including
retirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws, and including certain
permanent positions as enumerated in item
8702-00 $25,200 00

Metropolitan Water System.

8902-00 For the maintenance and operation of the
metropolitan water system, including the
retirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws, and including not
more than five hundred and eighty-sLx per-
manent positions . . . . . $212,500 00

8902-58 Item 8902-58 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by striking out the wording and
inserting in place thereof the following: —
For certain repairs to the Spot Pond pump-
ing station, appropriation expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-six . 17,000 00

LOCAL AID APPROPRIATIONS.

The following appropriations are for reim-
bursements and grants to local govern-
ments:

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

Boards and Commissions serving under Governor and CounciL

2604-01 Item 2604-01 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended in line four by inserting after the

236 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Item

word "fifty-three" the words: — as con-
tinued by chapter two hundred and twenty-
five of the acts of the current year . . $52,000 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes.

2612-02 For reimbursement of cities and towns for
abatements granted, as provided by chap-
ter five hundred of the acts of" nineteen
hundred and fifty-one, prior appropriation
continued $8,000 00

Service of the Department of Education.

2613-04 For the reimbursement of certain towns for
the transportation of pupils as provided by
law; provided, that a sum equivalent to
the payments under this item shall be
transferred to the General Fund from the
receipts of the income tax, prior appropria-
tion continued $421,607 00

2613-06 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns
for adult English-speaking classes, prior
appropriation continued . . . 7,600 00

School Lunch and Commodity Distribution Program.

2613-09 For the reimbursement of cities and towns
for partial assistance in the furnishing of
lunches to school children, as authorized
by chapter five hundred and thirty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
one; provided, that notwithstanding any
provisions of law to the contrary, reim-
bursements so authorized to be paid from
state funds shall not exceed fifty per cent
of the total reimbursement authorized by
the national school lunch act; and, pro-
vided further, that a sum equivalent to the
payments under this item shall be trans-
ferred to the General Fund from the re-
ceipts of the income tax, prior appropria-
tion continued $243,000 00

Youth Service Board.

2613-12 For reimbursement of cities and towns for
tuition of children attending the public
schools, prior appropriation continued . $4,548 00

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

2619-06 1 From the unexpended balance remaining in
2619-01 J . item 2619-06 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of
eighty thousand dollars is hereby trans-
ferred and made available for the purposes
of item 2619-01 of said section two of said
chapter four hundred and fifty-three.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372. 237

Item

2619-06 \ From the unexpended balance remaining in
2619-04 J item 2619-06 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of
sixty-five thousand dollars is hereby trans-
ferred and made available for the purposes
of item 2619-04 of said section two of said
chapter four hundred and fifty-three.

APPROPRIATION MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Service of the Commissioner of Veterans' Services.

3526-01 For reimbursing cities and towns for money
paid for veterans' benefits, as provided in
section six of chapter one hundred and
fifteen of the General Laws, prior appro-
priation continued .... $675,270 00

DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS.

APPROPRIATION MADE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

2420-00 \ From the unexpended balance remaining in
2410-00 / item 2420-00 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of
one hundred fifty-four thousand one hun-
dred and two dollars is hereby transferred
and made available for the purposes of
item 2410-00 of said section two of said
chapter four hundred and fifty-three.

APPROPRIATION MADE FROM THE HIGHWAY FUND.
Interest and Redemption of Debt.

2952-00 "I From the unexpended balance remaining in
2951-00 J item 2952-00 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of
forty-one thousand three hundred and
twenty dollars is hereby transferred and
made available for the purposes of item
2951-00 of said section two of said chapter
four hundred and fifty-three . . . $396,882 00

APPROPRIATION MADE FROM THE PORT OF BOSTON FUND
Interest and Redemption of Debt.

3180-01 \ From the unexpended balance remaining in

3180-02 J item 3180-01 of section two of chapter four

hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-

238 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372.

Item

teen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of five
thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars
is hereby transferred and made available
for the purposes of item 3180-02 of said
section two of said chapter four hundred
and fifty-three $30,529 00

APPROPRIATION MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

3590-02 For the payment of interest on the direct
debt 01 the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amounts appropriated in items
2410-00, 2951-00 and 3180-02, prior ap-
propriation continued .... $3,009 00

DEFICIENCIES.

For deficiencies in certain appropriations
of previous years, in certain funds, aa
follows:

2899-00 General Fund $11,121 00

3599-00 Veterans' Services Fund .... 8,222 00

3999-00 Mosquito Control Fund .... 26 00
4099-00 Parks and Salisbury Beach Reservation Fund

including Voucher No. 4098 . . . 11100

Section 2A. For the purpose of making available for ex-
penditure certain balances of bond issue authorizations which
would otherwise revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-five, and, notwithstanding the provisions of section
fourteen of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws, the un-
expended balances of the bond issues or items thereof shown
below are hereby made available for expenditure until June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

Chapter 649 of the Acts of 1950.

Chapter 685 of the Acts of 1950.

Item 7918-73 of Chapter 795 of the Acts of 1950.

Section 3. Wherever, in section two of this act, it is pro-
vided that transfers shall be made from a fund, account or
receipts, of a specific sum, a percentage of payments, or a
sum equivalent to payments, such transfers of a specific sum
shall be made upon the effective date of this act, and all
others shall be made quarterly unless otherwise provided;
except, that at the close of a fiscal year, the amount equiva-
lent to payments in a continuing account shall be construed
to mean the amount of such appropriation.

Section 4. No moneys appropriated under this act shall
be expended for reimbursement for the expenses of meals for
persons while traveling within or without the commonwealth

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 372. 239

at the expense thereof, unless such reimbursement is in ac-
cordance with rules and rates which are hereby authorized
to be established from time to time by the commission on
administration and finance.

Section 5. The allowance to state employees for expenses
incurred by them in the operation of motor vehicles owned by
them and used in the performance of their official duties shall
not exceed seven cents a mile. No payment shall be made or
obligation incurred for the garaging of any passenger vehicle
owned by the commonwealth and operated by an employee
thereof as transportation from his place or places of employ-
ment to the vicinity of his residence.

Section 6. Amounts included for permanent positions in
sums appropriated in section two for personal services are
based upon schedules of permanent positions and salary rates
as approved by the joint committee on ways and means, and,
except as otherwise shown by the files of said committee, a
copy of which shall be deposited with the division of person-
nel and standardization, no part of sums so appropriated in
section two shall be available for payment of salaries of any
additional permanent position, or for payments on account
of reallocations of permanent positions, or for payments on
account of any change of salary range or compensation of
any permanent position, notwithstanding any special or gen-
eral act to the contrary; provided, that no vacancy occurring
in any permanent position included in said schedules of per-
manent positions, excepting in the services of the legislature
or the judiciary, or of institutions under the jurisdiction of the
departments of mental health, correction, public welfare and
public health, and the youth service board, the Soldiers'
Home in Massachusetts and the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke,
and excepting positions which are subject to appointment by
the governor, with or without the consent of the council, may
be filled in any manner without approval by the commission
on administration and finance.

Section 7. In addition to the payment of regular salaries,
sums appropriated for personal services in the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and fifty-five shall be available for the pay-
ment of such other forms of compensation as may be due un-
der existing statutes, or under the provisions of rules and
regulations made in accordance with said statutes.

Section 8. All federal subventions and grants available
to the commonwealth under any act of congress and not
otherwise authorized to be received shall be paid into the
treasury of the commonwealth; provided, however, that ap-
plications for such subventions and grants, and for trans-
fers within such subventions and grants, shall be subject to
the approval of the commission on administration and fi-
nance. All federal subventions and grants received by the
commonwealth may be expended without specific appropria-
tion if such expenditures are other^vdse in accordance with
law. All income, including federal subventions and grants,
received by the commonwealth from or on account of vet-

240

ACTS; 1955. — Chap. 373.

erans in payment for veterans' services, shall be credited to
the veterans' services fund.

Section 9. No agency of the commonwealth receiving an
appropriation under section two of this act shall make any ex-
penditure for any document regularly printed, mimeographed
or prepared in any other way, whether for outside or interde-
partmental circulation unless publication of such document
shall have been approved by the state purchasing agent.

Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 19, 1955.

Chap.S7S An Act relative to supplying fresh and pure drinking

WATER in public GARAGES AND CERTAIN PREMISES USED
BY EXPRESS, TRUCKING AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 106,
amended.

Drinking

water to be

provided

employees

of certain

transportation

companies.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§133,
amended.

Toilet
facilities to
be provided.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 106 of chapter 149 of the General
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence:

— For the purposes of this section the term "industrial
establishments" shall be deemed to include pubUc garages
and premises used by express, trucking and transportation
companies where persons are employed, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 106. All industrial establishments shall
provide fresh and pure drinking water to which their em-
ployees shall have access during working hours. Any person
owning, in whole or in part, managing, controlling or superin-
tending any industrial establishment in which this section
is violated shall, on the complaint of the local board of health,
the selectmen of a town or an inspector, be punished by a
fine of one hundred dollars. For the purposes of this section
the term "industrial estabUshments " shall be deemed to
include public garages and premises used by express, truck-
ing and transportation companies where persons are em-
ployed.

Section 2. Section 133 of said chapter 149, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following sentence : — For the purposes of this section the
term "industrial establishments" shall be deemed to in-
clude public garages and premises used by express, trucking
and transportation companies where persons are employed,

— so as to read as follows: — Section 133. In every indus-
trial establishment there shall be provided suitable, adequate
and convenient water closets and washing facilities, separate
for each sex and plainly so designated, of such number, in
such location, and so constructed, hghted, ventilated, ar-
ranged and maintained as may be determined by such
reasonable rules and regulations as the department may
adopt. No person shall be allowed to use a closet or privy
provided for the use of persons of the opposite sex. If any
such estabUsliment is so located that a connection with a
sewer system is, in the opinion of the department, impossible

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 374. 241

or impracticable, it shall provide such suitable toilet and
washing facilities as the department may require. For the
purposes of this section the term ''industrial estabhshments "
shall be deemed to include public garages and premises used
by express, trucking and transportation companies where
persons are employed. Approved May 19, 1955.

An Act to permit the establishment of metropolitan QJkx'p 374
OR regional planning districts within the common-

WEALTH.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for the p''*^^'^'^ *^-
establishment of regional planning districts within the com-
monwealth in order to promote and co-ordinate the orderly
development of certain areas therein, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public welfare and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after g. l. (Ter.
chapter 40A the following chapter : — ditpteTroB.

added.

Chapter 40B.
Regional Planning.

Section 1. This chapter shall be designated and may be "The regional
known as " The regional planning law ". p^^"'^'^^ '^^"•

Section 2. The purpose of this chapter is to permit con- Purpose of
tiguous cities and towns to plan jointly to promote with the ''^'^p'^'^''-
greatest efficiency and economy the co-ordinated and orderly
development of the areas within their jurisdictions and the
general welfare and prosperity of their citizens.

Section 3. Any group of cities and towns may, by Vote of ^^^^^f^Yxoyt
their respective city councils or town meetings, vote to estabUshed.
become members of and thus to establish a planning district,
which shall constitute a public body corporate and the area
of which shall be coterminous with the area of the respective
cities and towns which compose it. No such planning dis-
trict shall be established unless the division of planning of
the department of commerce has determined that such
group of cities and towns will constitute an effective region
for planning purposes.

Section 4- In each planning district so estabhshed there District
shall be a district planning commission consisting of one commSfion,
member of the planning board of each city and town in such *'°"' organized,
district, elected by said planning board. Such district plan-
ning commission shall annually elect a chairman, a treasurer
who shall give the commission a bond, with a surety com-
pany authorized to transact business in the commonwealth
as surety, for the faithful performance of his duties in such
sums and upon such conditions as the commission may re-
quire, and a clerk from among its members. The said com-
mission may employ experts and clerical and other assistants.

242

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 374.

Duties of
planning
commission.

Annual
report.

Certain data,
etc., to be
available to
planning^
commission.

Costs and
expenses of
planning
districts, how
determined and
apportioned.

All meetings of the commission shall be held at the call of
the chairman and at such other times as the conmiission may
determine.

Section 5. A planning commission established hereunder
shall make careful studies of the resources, possibilities and
needs of its district and, on the basis of such studies, shall
prepare a comprehensive or study plan of such district or of
such part or parts thereof as the commission may deem
advisable and make such recommendations for the physical,
social and economic improvement of the district as in their
opinion will be in the best interests of the district. Such
plans and recommendations shall concern, among other
things, existing and proposed highways, public places,
bridges and tunnels, viaducts, parks, parkways, recreation
areas, sites for pubUc buildings and structures, land use
areas, building and zoning districts, pier head and bulkhead
hues, waterways, routes of railroads, buses and ferries, loca-
tions of sewers, water suppUes and conduits, other public
utilities and other pertinent features of the district. Such
plans and recommendations shall be adopted and may be
added to or changed from time to time by a majority vote of
such district planning commission and shall be a public
record. Such district planning commission shall also assist
the planning boards of the several cities and towns within
the area of its jurisdiction in applying any district plans and
recommendations so adopted to the local board's area of
jurisdiction.

Such planning commission shall report annually to the
city councils and town meetings of the cities and towns
within its district, showing the status of its plans and recom-
mendations. Such plans and recommendations shall be
advisory only.

Section 6. The several officers, boards, commissions, de-
partments and divisions of the commonwealth and city and
town officials may consult with any such district planning
commission and shall furnish or make available to it on re-
quest all data and information within their knowledge and
control pertaining to the area of jurisdiction of such com-
mission.

Section 7. Said commission shall, annually in the month
of December, estimate the amount of money required to pay
the costs and expenses of the district for the following year,
shall fix and determine the proportion of such costs and
expenses to be paid by the constituent cities and towns
thereof during such year which, however, may not exceed
any limit or maximum amount fixed by the city council of
any city or town meeting of any town which votes to be-
come a member of such planning district and shall certify
the amount so determined for each city and town to the
assessors thereof who shall include the sum in the tax levy
of each year. Such apportioned cost shall be on a per capita
basis in direct proportion to the population of the city or
town and the planning district as they appear in the most

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 375, 376. 243

recent national census, exclusive of the population in county,
state or federal institutions. Upon order of the commission,
the treasurer of each constituent municipality thereof shall,
from time to time, subject to the provisions of section fifty-
two of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, pay to the
district treasurer sums not exceeding the amount certified
by the commission as the municipality's share of the costs
and expenses of the district. The treasurer of the district
planning commission shall disburse the money so received,
upon a warrant approved by at least a majority of said com-
mission. Any such district planning commission estabhshed
under the authority of this chapter is authorized to receive
for its own uses and purposes any funds or moneys from any
source, including grants, bequests, gifts or contributions
made by the federal or a state goverimaent or by any in-
dividual, corporation or association.

Approved May 19, 1955.

An Act validating the acts and proceedings at the Chav.2>lb

ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF
THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-FIVE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The acts and proceedings of the town of
Wellesley at the adjourned session of the annual town
meeting for the current year, which adjourned session was
held on Tuesday, March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-five, and all acts done in pursuance thereof, are
hereby confirmed and declared valid, notwithstanding the
failure to give notice of the adjournment as required by the
by-laws of said town, to the same extent as if the said ad-
journed session had been called, held, conducted and ad-
journed in strict compliance with the law and said by-laws.

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

Approved May 20, 1955.

An Act relative to the professional and business Chap. 37 Q
men's club, inc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the ficensing
board of the city of Boston is hereby authorized to issue to
The Professional and Business Men's Club, Inc. a license to
sell all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on its premises to
members and bona fide guests only. Said hcense shall not be
transferable to any other licensee.

Approved May 20, 1955.

244 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 377, 378, 379.

Chap.S77 An Act relative to the tenure of office of the chief
OF police in the town of northborough.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The tenure of office of Francis P. Bodreau,
the present incumbent in the office of chief of poHce in the
town of Northborough shall, upon the effective date of this
act, be unlimited. Said incumbent shall not be removed
from office, lowered in rank or suspended, except for just
cause and for reasons specifically given him in writing by
the board of selectmen.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
said town at the annual meeting in the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-six 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
fifty-five, entitled 'An Act relative to the tenure of office of
the chief of police of the town of Northborough', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said ques-
tion is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take
full effect, but not otherwise. Approved May 20, 1955.

Chap.S7S An Act providing for an additional court officer for

THE PROBATE COURT OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter. Section 30 of chapter 217 of the General Laws, as most re-

§30,' etc' cently amended by section 1 of chapter 793 of the acts of

amended. 1951, is hereby further amended by striking out the first

sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:

Probate court — The judges of probate for the counties of Suffolk and Mid-

pointm'ent'of. dlcsex may appoint three officers, the judges of probate for

the county of Essex may appoint two officers, and the judge

of probate for Pl3nniouth county and the judges of probate

for Worcester county may appoint an officer, to attend the

sessions of the probate court and court of insolvency of their

respective counties. Approved May 20, 1955.

Chap. ^7^ An Act authorizing the department of public works

TO MAINTAIN ROADS IN CERTAIN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

Emergency Whcveas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

preamble. ^^ defeat its purpose which is to provide forthwith for the
construction, improvement and maintenance of certain roads
at state institutions, or on other state property, 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:
G. L. (Ter. SECTION 1. Sectiou 13 of chapter 81 of the General

?to;! 'amended. Laws is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence,

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 380. 245

as amended by section 1 of chapter 354 of the acts of 1953,

and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences : —

As used in this chapter, the term "state highways" includes Term "state

such public roads in state forests, parks and reservations to^inciud^e

outside of the metropolitan parks district, and such public a^state'^''^^'

roads within the limits of any property under the control of institutions.

any department, board or commission of the commonwealth,

as may from time to time be designated by the department

as roads for general public use and approved for such use by

the executive head of the department, board or commission

controlling such property. The department shall, subject to

appropriation, construct, improve and maintain all roads

on such property.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on July first, nine- Effective
teen hundred and fifty-five. Approved May 24, 1955. ^'^^^'

An Act authorizing the town of westwood to con- C/iap. 380

STRUCT AND OPERATE A SYSTEM OF SEWERS AND DRAINS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Westwood, hereinafter called
the town, may lay out, construct, maintain and operate a
system or systems of main drains and common sewers for a
part or the whole of its territory, with such connections and
other works as may be required for a system of sewerage,
drainage and sewage disposal, and may construct such sewers
or drains in said town as may be necessary, and for the pur-
pose of providing better surface or other drainage, may make,
lay and maintain such drains as it deems best; and for the
purposes aforesaid, the town may, within its limits, make
and maintain subdrains.

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

Section 3. The town may elect by ballot 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 ex-
piration of three years, from the time of such election and
until their successors arc qualified, or, if elected at a special
meeting, one until the expiration of one year, one until the
expiration of two years, and one until the expiration of three
years, from the next succeeding annual town meeting, and
until their successors are quahfied, and thereafter at each an-
nual town meeting when the term of a member expires the
town shall elect one member of the board to serve for three
years and until his successor is qualified.

Section 4. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting for
and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent domain un-

246 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 380.

der 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 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 way or railroad location, for
the purpose of laying such drains and sewers and of maintain-
ing 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 corpora-
tion, and that they shall not enter upon or construct any
drain or sewer within the location of any railroad corpora-
tion except at such time and in such manner as they may
agree upon with such corporation, or in case of failure to
agree, as may be approved by the department of public utili-
ties.

Section 5. Until the board of sewer commissioners has
first been elected as provided in this act, but not in any event
later than the second annual town meeting after the time of
the meeting at which this act is accepted, the town may carry
on such work as set forth in this act by a duly authorized com-
mittee of the town appointed by the moderator. The com-
mittee shall serve without pay and shall have all the powers
and authority given to the board of sewer commissioners in
this act or by general laws. Whenever the phrase "said
board of sewer commissioners" or "said board" hereinafter
occurs, it shall mean and include the board of sewer commis-
sioners or the committee of the town provided for in this sec-
tion, as the case may be.

Section 6. Any 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, by vote, determine what pro-
portion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage,
drainage and sewage disposal, if any, the town shall pay;
provided, that it shall pay not more than two thirds of the
whole cost. In providing for the payment of the remaining
portion of the cost of said system or systems, or for the use
of said system or systems, the town may avail itself of any
or all of the methods permitted by general laws, and the
provisions of said general laws relative to the assessment,
apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and col-
lection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor and to interest
thereon shall apply to assessments made under this act, ex-
cept that interest shall be at the rate of four per cent per
annum. 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 remain-
ing portion of said cost shall be provided for. The collector
of taxes of said town shall certify the payment or payments

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 380. 247

of such assessments or apportionments thereof to the sewer
commissioners, and to the town accountant, who shall pre-
serve a record thereof.

Section 8. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
pense and liabilities incurred under this act, the town may
from time to time, within five years after the passage of this
act, borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate three million seven hundred and ninety
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Westwood Sewer-
age and Drainage Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be pay-
able 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.

Section 9. The receipts from sewer and drainage assess-
ments and from payments made in lieu thereof shall be ap-
plied to the payment of charges and expenses incident to the
maintenance and operation of said system of sewerage, drain-
age and sewage disposal or to the extension thereof, to the
payment of interest upon bonds or notes issued for sewer
purposes or the payment or redemption of such bonds or
notes.

Section 10. Said board of sewer commissioners may an-
nually appoint a properly quahfied clerk and may appoint a
properly qualified superintendent of sewers who shall not be
a member of the board, and shall define their duties. It may
remove the clerk or superintendent for cause. Said board
may, in its discretion, prescribe for the users of said sewer
and drainage systems such annual rentals or charges based
on the benefits derived therefrom as it may deem proper,
subject, however, to such rules and regulations as may be
fixed by vote of the town.

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

Section 12. Said board may, from time to time, pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates
and buildings with main drains and sewers, and for 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
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 pub-
Ushed in the town of Westwood, if there be any, and if not,
then in some newspaper published in the county of Norfolk,
and shall not take effect until such pubUcations have been
made.

248 Acts, 1955 — Chap. 380.

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 for said system
of sewerage, drainage and sewage disposal have been ap-
proved by the state department of public health and by
the metropolitan district commission. Upon application to
said department for its approval, it shall give a hearing, after
due notice to the public. At such hearing, plans showing in
detail all the work to be done in constructing said system of
sewerage, drainage and sewage disposal shall be submitted
for approval by said department.

Section 14. The whole or any part of the town of
Westwood as may be mutually agreed upon by the town and
the metropolitan district commission may be considered as
a part of the south metropolitan sewerage district as defined
in section one of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws.
In becoming a part of said district, said town shall conform
to the requirements of the provisions of said chapter ninety-
two, relative to the south metropohtan sewerage system,
and shall be subject to said provisions, except as otherwise
provided herein. Any general authority granted to other
municipalities by said chapter ninety-two shall also be vested
in said town in common with such other municipalities.

The metropolitan district commission, in this act called the
commission, shall provide an outlet or outlets in the town of
Westwood or any part thereof for the sewage of said town,
or part, and acting on behalf of the commonwealth, shall
construct a main trunk sewer or sewers and other sewerage
works through or in such parts of said town or said district
as the commission may determine to be necessary, to receive
sewage from the town of Westwood or any part thereof and
carry said sewerage works to a connection with the high-
level sewer of the south metropolitan sewerage system. The
location of such main trunk sewer, or sewers, shall be subject
to the approval of the department of public health.

For the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operat-
ing such additional main trunk sewer or sewers and other-
wise carrying out the purposes of this act, the commission,
acting on behalf of the commonwealth, shall have and exer-
cise all the authority conferred upon it by said chapter ninety-
two, and all provisions of said chapter are made applicable
to the additional construction, maintenance and operation
hereby authorized, except as is otherwise provided herein.

The commission may expend such part of the proceeds
of bonds and notes as may be authorized for issue as may be
necessary to provide the additional works necessary to carry
out the provisions of this act.

The town of Westwood shall, in addition to the yearly
payment of assessments as provided for in sections five to
eight of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, pay into
the treasury of the commonwealth, for the sinking fund of
the south metropolitan sewerage system, such proportion of
the total amount of said sinking fund as existing on the first

Acts,, 1955. — Chap. 381. 249

day of April in the year of its acceptance of this act, and of
all sinking fund bonds and serial bonds paid prior to said
date, as the valuation of part of said town sewered for the
said year shall bear to the total amount of the valuation of
the cities and towns in said system, as determined for the
apportionment of assessments. Such proportion shall be
determined by the commission and shall be certified by
said commission to the state treasurer. The state treasurer
shall determine the total amount so to be paid by said town
on account of its admission to the said system, and for the
payment thereof shall add one tenth of said total amount to
the yearly sum payable by said town on account of its share
of the interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements of
said system in each of the ten years next succeeding. No
assessment on account of the admission of said town to the
aforesaid district or on account of the cost of maintenance
and operation of the aforesaid S3''stem shall be made upon
said town until the commission shall have certified to said
town that the work herein provided for has been so far
completed as to furnish an outlet to receive sewage from said
town.

Section 15. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of a majority of the voters of said town
voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose
within two years after its passage, but not otherwise. No
expenditure shall be made and no liability incurred hereunder
until such acceptance. Approved May 24, 1965.

An Act authorizing the county commissioners of the C/i02).381

COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN CO-OPERATIVE
shore protection AND REPAIR OF DAMAGE IN CERTAIN
TOWNS IN SAID COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1, The county commissioners of the county of
Plymouth are hereby authorized to participate in the work
of shore protection and repair of damage done by storms in
certain towns in said county, and for such purpose may pay
such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed twenty-five
per cent of the cost of such work, in co-operation with the
commonwealth and with the towns in which such work is
done, or in co-operation with the commonwealth and said
towns and the federal government.

Section 2. For the purpose aforesaid, the treasurer of
said county, with the approval of the county commissioners,
may borrow upon the credit of the county such sums as
may be necessary not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
of the county therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Plymouth County Shore Protection Loan, Act of
1955. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan
and such loans shall be payable not more than five years
from their dates. The bonds or notes shall be signed by the

250 Acts, 1955. —Chap. 382.

county treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the
county commissioners. The county may sell the said securi-
ties at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions
as the county commissioners may deem proper, but not for
less than their par value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-
five of the General Laws.

Section 3. The county treasurer of said county, with the
approval of the county commissioners, may issue temporary
notes of the county, payable in not more than one year
from their dates in anticipation of the serial bonds or notes
under this act, 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 act. Any notes issued in anticipation of the serial
bonds or notes shall be paid from the proceeds thereof.

Section 4. In the event that any work authorized by
section one is performed by the commonwealth or by a town
the money to be contributed by the county of Plymouth
shall be paid into the state treasury or the town treasury
from time to time as requested by the state department of
pubhc works or by the department, board or officer of the
town having similar powers and duties, as the case may be,
but no such work shall be commenced until the contribution
or contributions so requested have been so paid, and no
money so contributed shall be used for any other purpose.

Section 5. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance, during the current year, by the county commissioners
of the county of Plymouth, but not otherwise.

Approved May 24, 1955.

Chap.S82 An Act permitting holders of alcoholic bever.\ges
licenses to retain said licenses when the licensed
premises have been taken by a public authority.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows,

Ed^iss'' Chapter 138 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

new'§23B, inserting after section 23A the following section: — Section
Retention of ^3B. Any holdcr of a hcense issued under this chapter to do
aicohoUc business on certain premises which are subsequently taken

license^upon by pubUc authority and who is required to remove his busi-
d™maln*taking "^^^^ from such prcmiscs shall not thereby be deprived of his
of ucensed liceuso. Such liccnsee may apply to the local licensing au-
peraittld. thorities for a transfer of the license to another location, and
in the event that a suitable location is not available which
is approved by the Hcensing authorities, said license shall be
reserved for the licensee until such time as a suitable loca-
tion is approved, but in no event shall such license be reserved
for a period longer than two years from the date of the taking.
Licensees in this classification shall be entitled to a rebate of
the fee which has been prepaid for that period during which
they are prevented from exercising said hcense, and the re-
bate shaU be pro-rated in accordance with the local hcensing

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 383, 384. 251

fees, and such licensees who have not been able to obtain
an approved location at the end of a license year shall have
the right to renewal of said license upon the filing of a re-
newal application and upon the payment of one tenth of the
local license fee. When such licensee shall have obtained
an approved location, the license fee shall be paid for the
balance of the year on a pro-rata basis.

Approved May ^4, 1955.

An Act designating the new administration building C/iax).383

AT THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT WESTFIELD AS THE
ANTHONY PARENZO MEMORIAL BUILDING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The new administration building at the State Teachers
College at Westfield shall be known and designated as the
Anthony Parenzo Memorial Building, and a suitable tablet
bearing said designation shall be erected at said college by
the department of education. Approved May 26, 1955.

An Act relative to filing with the commissioner of C/iat).384

INSURANCE manual, MINIMUM, CLASS RATES, RATING
SCHEDULES OR RATING PLANS UNDER THE FIRE, MARINE
AND INLAND MARINE REGULATORY LAW, AND THE CASUALTY
AND SURETY RATE REGULATORY LAW, AND TO PROVIDE
FOR ALL-RISK AND COMBINATION POLICIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 174A of the General ^;^\-[Jl'^
Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 614 of the acts § 4', etc., '
of 1947, is hereby amended by striking out the first para- ^™^"'^^'^-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : — This chapter shall apply to risks located in this Fire, marine
commonwealth insured by insurance companies authorized marilTilMur-
to transact business in this commonwealth under the First, ancepoiicies.
Second or Third clauses of section forty-seven of chapter ^^^
one hundred and seventy-five, even though such risks are
covered by policies or contracts of insurance issued pursuant
to section twenty-two A of said chapter one hundred and
seventy-five providing coverage under the aforementioned
and any other clauses or subdivisions, other than subdivision
(e) of the Sixth clause, of said section forty-seven of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five which, as part of the
coverage thereof, insure real or personal property against
loss or damage by fire at residential locations or which, as
part of the coverage thereof, insure the output of a manu-
facturer against such loss or damage by fire at locations other
than his manufacturing premises. Inland marine insurance
shall be deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined
by law, or by interpretation thereof, or, if not so defined or
interpreted, by ruhng of the commissioner, or as established
by general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance.

252

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 384.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 174A,
§ 6, etc.,
amended.

Filing of
rates with
commissioner,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175,
§ 22A, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175,
§ 80, etc.,
amended.

Mutual fire
company
policies,
regulated.

Section 2. Section 6 of said chapter 174A, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following
subsection : —

(/) Filings may consist of manual, minimum, class rates,
rating schedule or rating plan providing for indivisible rate
or single premium for pohcies or contracts of insurance, in-
cluding policies or contracts of insurance issued by such
insurers under the authority of section twenty-two A of
chapter one hundred and seventy-five and providing cover-
age against the hazards specified in more than one of the
clauses or subdivisions of section forty-seven of said chapter
one hundred and seventy-five.

Section 3. Section 22 A of chapter 175 of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter 327 of the acts of 1951, is
hereby further amended by striking out the second para-
graph.

Section 4. Section 80 of said chapter 175 is hereby
amended by striking out the first paragraph, as most re-
cently amended by chapter 297 of the acts of 1951, and in-
serting in place thereof the following paragraph: — From
time to time the directors of a mutual fire company may by
vote fix and determine the percentages of dividend or expira-
tion return of premium to be paid on expiring or cancelled
policies, or to be paid upon anniversary dates of policies
having a term of more than one year or having no expira-
tion dates, which may, in their discretion, and with the
written approval of the commissioner, and upon such condi-
tions, if any, as he may prescribe, be different for 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
pohcies insuring farm risks, fireproof risks, including risks
equipped with automatic sprinkler and fire alarm systems,
or manufacturing or storage risks, or manufacturing or
storage risks confined to lumber and woodworking only,
risks subject to special inspection, special underwriting and
special reinsurance treatment, insured under either (A) poli-
cies issued by ten or more such companies or (B) policies
issued by one such company which by joint underwriting
cedes a portion of the risk to nine or more other such com-
panies in a group, may in like manner be different from that
for pohcies insuring other risks against fire for the same
term; and the percentage aforesaid for policies written on
an indivisible premium basis, which for the purposes of this
section, with the written approval of the commissioner, and
upon such conditions, if any, as he may prescribe, may be
constituted a separate classification or classifications of busi-
ness, insuring for the same term against more than one of
the kinds of risks mentioned in the several provisions of the
clauses of section forty-seven, may in like manner be different
from that for other policies of such company written on a
divisible premium basis insuring for the same term against

Acts, 1955. —Chap. 384. 253

some or all of the same kinds of risks. 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 poUcies insuring risks in any
classification from that for policies insuring other classifica-
tions of risks for the same term; but poUcies 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;
provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to
poHcies written on an indivisible premium basis nor shall it
apply to poUcies not written on an indivisible premium basis
if all such policies are in one classification.

Section 5. Said chapter 175 is hereby further amended g. l. (Xer.
by striking out section 94B and inserting in place thereof ^Hh^ltc.,
the following section : — Section 94B. Individuals, partner- amended.
ships and corporations of this commonwealth designated in of^certem
section ninety-four A as subscribers are hereby authorized [nti?-'hi*sur°'^c
to exchange reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts with each contracts,
other or with individuals, partnerships and corporations of '*''*^*'°"^'"^-
other states and countries, providing indemnity among them-
selves from any loss or damage caused by any of the hazards
specified in section forty-seven of this chapter and in chapter
one hundred and fifty-two, which any one stock or mutual
fire or habiHty insurance company or association is now or
may hereafter be authorized to transact, except the follow-
ing clauses specified in said section forty-seven: Fourth,
Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Six-
teenth, subject to sections ninety-four A to ninety-four M,
inclusive. Such contracts may be executed bj^ any attorney
in fact duly authorized and acting for such subscribers. The
principal office of the attorney in fact shall be maintained
at such place as is designated by the subscribers in the power
of attorney.

Section 6. Section 94E of said chapter 175, as appearing g. l. (Xer.
in section 1 of chapter 488 of the acts of 1947, is hereby f g^E^Itc
amended by striking out clause (a) and inserting in place amended. '
thereof the following clause : —

(a) A declaration setting forth that it has funds neces- Condition
sary to meet the financial requirements of a foreign mutual "oTefVe^x-"^
company transacting the same classes of business as provided changes may
in subdivision numbered (3) of clause Second of section one commonwealth.
hundred and fifty-one, section one hundred and fifty-two and
section fifty-four B, and, in the case of an exchange writing
non-assessable poHcies, that it has complied with the finan-
cial requirements of section one hundred and fifty-two A.

Section 7. Section 117 of said chapter 175, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby further amended by §iiV^'
adding at the end the following sentence : — This provision amended.

254

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 384.

Certain steam
boUer insur-
ance policies,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 176A, §4,
etc., amended.

Application 'of
casualty and
surety rate
regulatory law.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175A, § 6
etc., amended.

Certain
classifications,
rules, rates,
plans, etc., to
be filed with
commissioner.

shall not apply to policies issued under authority of section
twenty-two A which, as part of the coverage thereof, insure
real or personal property against loss or damage by fire at
residential locations or which, as part of the coverage thereof,
insure the output of a manufacturer against such loss or
damage by fire only at locations other than his manufactur-
ing premises.

Section 8. Section 4 of chapter 175A of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph,
as amended by chapter 138 of the acts of 1951, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : — This chapter
shall apply to risks and operations in this commonwealth in-
sured by insurance companies authorized to transact busi-
ness in this commonwealth under subdivisions (d), (e) and
(/) of the Second clause, under the Third, Fourth, and Fifth
clauses, under subdivisions (6), and (c) of the Sixth clause,
and under the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth
clauses of section forty-seven of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five, even though such risks or operations are cov-
ered by policies or contracts of insurance issued pursuant to
section twenty-two A of said chapter one hundred and
seventy-five providing coverage under the aforementioned
and any other clauses or subdivisions, other than subdivi-
sion (e) of the Sixth clause, of said section forty-seven of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five which, as part of the
coverage thereof, insure real or personal property against
loss or damage by fire at residential locations or which, as
part of the coverage thereof, insure the output of a manu-
facturer against such loss or damage by fire at locations
other than his manufacturing premises. This chapter shall
not apply to reinsurance other than joint reinsurance to the
extent stated in section thirteen of this chapter, insurance
against loss of or damage to aircraft or against liabihty
arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of aircraft,
nor to compulsory motor vehicle Habihty insurance.

Section 9. Section 6 of said chapter 175 A, as appearing
in section 1 of chapter 641 of the acts of 1947, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end the following sub-
section : —

(/) Fihngs may consist of manuals of classifications, rules
and rates, and rating plans providing for indivisible rate or
single premium for policies or contracts of insurance, includ-
ing policies or contracts of insurance issued by such insurers
under the authority of section twenty-two A of chapter one
hundred and seventy-five and providing coverage against
the hazards specified in more than one of the clauses or sub-
divisions of section forty-seven of said chapter one hundred
and seventy-five. Approved May 26, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 385. 255

An Act authorizing towns to provide indemnity insur- CJiap.S85

ANCE FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIREMEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out clause (1), as most recently amended ^tcl! 'amended.
by chapter 291 of the acts of 1955, and inserting in place
thereof the following clause : —

(1) To pay a proper charge of an insurance company for indemnity
acting as surety on the official bond of any town officer, to for"certfdn
pay a proper charge for effecting insurance providing in- g°'"g'?''''
demnity for or protection to a town treasurer or a town authorized.'
collector of taxes against his liability for the loss, without
fault, connivance or neglect on his part, of money for which
he is accountable to the town, or to pay a proper charge for
effecting insurance providing indemnity for or protection to
any officer or employee of the town, or volunteer driver of
fire apparatus of the town whose service as such is approved
by the selectmen against loss by reason of his liability to pay
damages to others for bodily injuries, including death at
any time resulting therefrom, or for damage to property,
caused by the operation, within the scope of his official
duties or employment, of motor or other vehicles or vessels
owned by the town, to an amount not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars on account of injury to or death to one
person, or not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for
any one accident, and not exceeding five thousand dollars on
account of damage to property; or to pay a proper charge
for effecting insurance providing indemnity for or protection
to any of the officers or employees of the town, or to any mem-
ber of a volunteer fire company in a town whose service as
such is approved by the board of selectmen of such town,
named in section one hundred of chapter forty-one against
loss by reason of any expenses or damages within the pro-
visions of said section, or to pay a proper charge to prevent
loss by reason of destruction or damage of buildings or per-
sonal property by fire or other causes normally covered by
fire insurance policies issued in the commonwealth, or to
pay a proper charge for effecting insurance to cover the
town's liability to pay workmen's compensation, or, if the
town has elected to establish and maintain an insurance
fund to pay workmen's compensation under section thir-
teen A of this chapter, or if the town has determined other-
wise to pay such workmen's compensation direct, to pay a
proper charge for aggregate excess or single accident rein-
surance to protect the town from extraordinary workmen's
compensation losses. Approved May 26, 1955.

256 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 386, 387.

Chap. SSQ An Act further relating to the non-criminal disposi-
tion OF PARKING VIOLATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^'9J^r20A Section 1. The first paragraph of section 20 A of chapter
etc'.. 'amended. ' 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chap-
ter 249 of the acts of 1953, is hereby amended by adding at
^a*ikfng*° the end the following sentence: — No other form of notice,

violators. exccpt as providcd in this section, shall be given to the

offender; nor shall any notification be attached to the
vehicle involved requesting the offender to appear at a
police station.
Edi^'gJ^s^oA Section 2. The third paragraph of said section 20A of
etc., 'further ' Said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by strik-
amended. -j^g ^^^ £|^g second and third sentences and inserting in place

dispositiSJfof thereof the following two sentences : — If any person fails to
?foiat^fns appear in accordance with the summons issued upon such
regulated.' complaiiit, the clerk shall, in the case of a first or second
offence but for no subsequent offence, send such person, by
registered mail, return receipt requested, a notice that the
complaint is pending and that, if the person fails to appear
within twenty-one days from the sending of such notice, a
warrant for his arrest will be issued and the registrar of motor
vehicles notified to suspend his right or license to operate
motor vehicles. If any person fails to appear within twenty-
one days from the sending of such notice or in accordance
with the summons issued upon such complaint, as the case
may be, the court shall issue a warrant for his arrest and the
clerk shall notify the registrar, who shall forthwith suspend
the right of such person to operate motor vehicles, or his
license, if any, to operate the same, and shall not reinstate
such right or license or issue a renewal thereof to such person
until after notice from the clerk of the court disposing of such
complaint that the same has been disposed of in accordance
with law; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court
disposing of such complaint to notifj^ the registrar forthwith
that such case has been so disposed of.

Approved May 26, 1955.

Chap. 387 An Act increasing the number of city councillors to

BE ELECTED IN THE CITY OF WALTHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of section
fifty-nine of chapter forty-three of the General Laws to the
contrary the city council of the city of Waltham shall be
composed of fifteen members, two to be elected from ward
one by and from the quahfied voters thereof, two to be
elected from ward two by and from the quahfied voters
thereof, one to be elected from each of the other wards by
and from the quahfied voters of each ward, and the remaining

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 388, 389, 390. 257

six members to be elected by and from the qualified voters
of the city.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Waltham at the regular
municipal election in the current year in the form of the fol-
lowing 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 providing that the number
of councillors to be elected from ward one be increased from
one to two, the number of councillors from ward two be in-
creased from one to two and the number of councillors to be
elected at large be increased from four to six, be accepted?"
If a majority of the voters voting on said question answer in
the affirmative, this act shall take full effect.

Approved Mmj 26, 1955.

An Act designating a bridge in the town of man- C/iap.388

CHESTER AS THE FRANK B. AMARAL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. The bridge constructed over School street on
Route 128 in the town of Manchester shall be known and
designated as the Frank B. Amaral Memorial Bridge, and
the state department of public works shall erect thereon and
thereafter maintain a suitable tablet and marker bearing said
designation.

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

Approved May 27, 1955.

An Act designating a bridge in the town of man- (7/ia7?.389

CHESTER AS THE RICHARD E. BAILEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The bridge constructed over Pine street on
Route 128 in the town of Manchester shall be known and
designated as the Richard E. Bailey Memorial Bridge, and
the state department of public works shall erect thereon
and thereafter maintain a suitable tablet and marker bearing
said designation.

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

Approved May 27, 1955.

An Act designating the underpass on the new south- C7iax>.390

EAST expressway IN THAT PART OF THE TOWN OF MILTON
CALLED EAST MILTON AS THE JOSIAH BABCOCK JR. UNDER-
PASS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The underpass on the new south-east ex-
pressway in that part of the town of Milton called East
Milton shall be known and designated as the Josiah Babcock

258 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 391, 392.

Jr. Underpass, and a suitable tablet bearing said designation

shall be attached thereto by the department of public works.

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

Approved May 27, 1956.

Chap.S91 An Act authorizing the town of millis to pay a sum

OF money to a. m. sonnabend.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Millis is hereby authorized to
appropriate from the town's available funds the sum of
sixty-three hundred and six dollars and fifty cents and to
pay the same to A. M. Sonnabend to reimburse him for
money expended by him for a water main extension along
a town way; provided no payment shall be made hereunder
unless and until said A. M. Sonnabend shall have granted
to said town a permanent easement for the operation and
maintenance of said water main extension.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage
and for the purpose described in section one shall be deemed
to have been in full force and effect at the time of posting of
the warrant for the annual meeting of said town held on
February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and
the action of the town in voting said reimbursement at said
meeting is hereby validated. Approved May 27, 1955.

Chap.S92 An Act to incorporate the greater fall river devel-
opment corporation.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Greater Fall River Development Corpora-
tion, incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth on
April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, upon ac-
ceptance of this act by a majority vote of the stockholders
thereof, voting in person or by proxy, at a meeting duly
called for the purpose, shall be dissolved.

Section 2. In this act, unless the context otherwise re-
quires, the following words shall have the following mean-
ings: —

"Corporation", the Greater Fall River Development
Corporation, created by section three of this act.

"Financial institution", any banking corporation or in-
stitution, trust company, savings bank, co-operative bank,
savings and loan association, insurance company, or related
corporation, partnership, foundation or other institution en-
gaged primarily in lending or investing funds.

"Executive committee", the executive committee estab-
lished under section ten.

Section 3. James E. Bullock, Francis L. Collins, Jr.,
James H. Collins, Frank J. Conley, Francis J. Connors,
Edward M. Corbett, Emile J. Cote, Roger L. Currant, Leo
J. F. Donovan, Odias Dumont, John E. Balaguer, William

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 392. 259

H. Barker, Eugene L. Baxter, Thomas J. Beedem, Edward
S. Bliss, John E. Brady, Herman V. Brooks, George A.
Butler, Harold E. Clarkin, Bernard J. Curtin, George Del-
ano, Jr., Arthur R. Derbyshire, Henry J. Feitelberg, Roger
Ferreira, Monsour J. Ferris, Walter C. Fraze, David Friar,
William F. Gallagher, Emile P. Gendreau, Leo Giguere,
Paul A, Giroux, Earle T. Griffiths, Charles McHadley, Har-
old Hadley, Adolf F. Hartley, Joseph W. Heaton, James J.
Higgins, Norman F. Hochu, Lincoln P. Hohnes, John E.
Hopkins, Jr., Morris Horvitz, Jr., Wilham F. Howard, Jr.,
Harold J. T. Hughes, Zigmund J. Jackim, Wilham Jackson,
George E. Kay, Wilham D. Keefe, Matthew J. Kuss, Ru-
dolph L. LaVault, Milton Lazarus, Samuel E, Liss, Ken-
neth List, Wilham List, Albert Manchester, Wilham T.
Manning, Jr., Lloyd F. McCarty, George M. Montle, Charles
R. Murray, Gilbert C. Ohveira, James E. O'Neil, John W.
Owen, Duncan S. Owler, Dr. Normand O. Paquin, Adelbert
0. Parrott, Frank X. Perron, Leonard H. Phelan, Jr., Albert
G. Pierce, Eugene J. Pontiff, H. Wilham Radovsky, John
W. Riggenbach, Everett Rosenthal, Warren F. Sanford,
Thomas Shay, Alfred S. Sherwin, George L. Sisson, Sr.,
Myer M. Sobiloff, Frank B. Sousa, Frank M. Silvia, Jr.,
Francis E. Sulhvan, James P. Sullivan, Robert F. Sykes,
Richard M. Thompson, Christ Verros, James T. Waldron,
Reginald L. Willey, Charles R. Yoken, Carl Zeitz, George
W. Hopkins, Paul Woltman, Arthur J. Shea, Daniel Cough-
lin, Jeremiah J. Lowney, Wilfred J. Poirier, Raymond D.
Ouellette, Gilbert Mason, James E. Fitzgerald, James Ryan,
A. J. Kearns, Hector E. Barrette, Harry Gottlieb, Dr. Ed-
ward J. Steinhof, Dr. Raymond J. Connors, William F.
Staples, Paul L. Amiot, Anson L. Berryman, Lincoln D.
Brayton, Harold S. R. Bufhngton, Leeds Burchard, Nelson
R. Cherry, Antone S. Feno, Jr., Arthur C. Guimond, Russell
L. Mcllwaine, Joseph L. Merritt, Norman E. Sherman,
Charles C. Smith, Ray C. Westgate, John C. Fonseca, Jr.,
Andre G. Giroux, Adolf F. Haffenreffer, Joseph E. Hanify,
Jr., P. A. Harrington, Jr., Wilham C. Harrison, Richmond
Harrison, Edward J. Nasser, their associates, successors, and
assigns, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the
name of Greater Fall River Development Corporation.
The corporation shall be subject to and have the powers
and privileges conferred by the pro\lsions of chapter one
hundred and fifty-five, sections eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-
seven, thirty-one, thirty-three, and thirty-four of chapter
one hundred and fifty-six, and section two of chapter one
hundred and eighty of the General Laws as presently en-
acted or hereafter amended, except so far as said provisions
are inconsistent with or otherwise restricted or limited by
the provisions of this act.

Section 4. The principal office of the corporation shall
be located in the city of Fall River. The corporation may
have offices in such other places within the vicinity of Fall
River as may be fixed by the board of directors.

260 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 392.

Section 5. The purposes of the corporation shall be to
promote, stimulate, develop and advance the business
prosperity and economic welfare of the city of Fall River
and its vicinity, and the citizens thereof; to encourage and
assist, through loans, investments or other business trans-
actions, the location of new business and industry in the
city of Fall River and its vicinity; to rehabilitate and assist
existing business and industry; and so to stimulate and
assist in the expansion of all kinds of business activity
which will tend to promote the business development and
maintain the economic stabihty of the city of Fall River and
its vicinity, provide maximum opportunities for employ-
ment, encourage thrift, and improve the standard of living
of its citizens; and similarly to endeavor to increase and
diversify industry and employment.

In furtherance of such purposes and in addition to the
powers conferred on business corporations by the provisions
of the General Laws specified in section three, the corpora-
tion shall, subject to the restrictions and limitations herein
contained, have the following powers: —

(a) To purchase, receive, hold, lease, or otherwise ac-
quire, and to develop, improve, sell, convey, exchange,
mortgage, lease, rent and otherwise deal or trade in and
dispose of real property and any estate interests or rights
therein.

(h) To loan money on bonds secured by mortgage on
real or personal property.

(c) To erect, construct, alter, maintain and improve in-
dustrial or civic buildings or buildings used for civic or
charitable purposes of every description on any lands of
the corporation or upon other lands, and to rebuild, alter
and improve industrial, civic or charitable buildings or
buildings used for civic or charitable purposes thereon.

(d) To purchase, subscribe to, acquire, hold and to sell,
assign, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the
shares of the capital stock or preferred stock, bonds and
other evidences of indebtedness of any corporation, domestic
or foreign; and to issue in exchange for such stock, bonds
and other evidences of indebtedness, its own stock, bonds
and other obligations, and while owners or holders thereof
to exercise all the rights of powers of ownership including
the right to vote thereon for any purpose.

(e) To buy, acquire, hold, use, employ, develop, mort-
gage, convey, lease and dispose of patent rights, letters
patent, copyrights, trade names, labels, processes, devices,
inventions, trademarks, formulae, goodwill and other rights,
and to pay therefor in cash or property or to issue in ex-
change therefor stocks, bonds and other obligations.

(/) To enter into any arrangement for union of interest,
co-operation, joint adventure, reciprocal concession, or oth-
erwise, with any person or company engaged in or about
to engage in any business or transaction in the city of Fall
River or its vicinity, which the corporation is authorized to

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engage in and to lend money with security to guarantee the
contracts or otherwise assist any person, persons, or com-
pany or corporation when necessary for the accompUshment
of the purposes herein provided.

(g) To receive stocks, bonds, donations, gifts and to
otherwise raise money for the above outUned purposes.

(h) To elect, appoint and employ officers, agents and
employees; to make contracts and incur liabiHties for any
of the purposes of the corporation.

(i) To borrow money from any financial institution, and
to issue therefor its bonds, debentures, notes, stock or other
evidences of indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured,
and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust
or other lien on its property, franchises, rights and privileges
of every kind and nature or any part thereof or interest
therein.

(j) To co-operate with and avail itself of the facilities
of the department of commerce and any similar govern-
mental agencies; and to co-operate with and assist, and
otherwise encourage any industrial organization in the city
of Fall River and its vicinitj'', in the promotion, assistance
and development of the business prosperity and economic
welfare of such area.

(k) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to
carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.

Section 6. The authorized capital stock of the corpora-
tion shall consist of one million four hundred thousand
shares of common capital stock with a par value of five
dollars each, which shares shall be divided into Class A
and Class B.

Class A. An individual, corporation, estate or trust,
company or partnership, shall be entitled to hold or own
not more than five hundred shares of Class A common
capital stock, and such individual, corporation, estate or
trust, company or partnership, may purchase the same
from the corporation from time to time as long as the above
amount of five hundred shares is not exceeded and the
corporation has in its treasury authorized Class A common
capital stock not distributed. Such stock may also be
purchased from other individuals, corporations, estates,
trusts, companies or partnerships, provided the amount
purchased shall not exceed five hundred shares in the aggre-
gate. If such individual, corporation, estate, trust, com-
pany, or partnership holds in the aggregate more than five
hundred shares, it shall be required to turn in the excess of
five hundred shares to the corporation and to receive back
therefor in exchange Class B common stock on a share for
share basis. The holder of each share of Class A common
capital stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such
share not in excess of five hundred shares.

Class B. An individual, corporation, estate or trust, com-
pany or partnership, shall not be limited as to holdings or
purchases in Class B common capital stock and shall be en-

262 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 392.

titled to purchase the same from the corporation from time
to time so long as the latter has in its treasury authorized
Class B common capital stock not distributed. Such stock
may also be purchased from other individuals, corporations,
estates, trusts, companies or partnerships. Class B common
capital stock shall be non-voting.

None of the earnings of the corporation shall accrue to or
be paid to the stockholders of common capital stock as
dividends or profits.

Section 7. Notwithstanding any rule at common law or
any such other provision of any general or special law, or any
provision in their respective charters, agreements of associa-
tion, articles of organization, or trust indentures, all do-
mestic corporations organized for the purpose of carrying on
business within this commonwealth, including without im-
plied limitation any electric or gas company as defined in
section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the
General Laws, railroad corporations as defined in section
one of chapter one hundred and sixty of said General Laws,
financial institutions, and trustees, are hereby authorized to
acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, or otherwise
dispose of any stocks, bonds, securities, or other evidences
of indebtedness of the corporation and to make contributions
to said corporation, and if owners of such stock to exercise
all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including
the right to vote thereon, all without the approval of any
regulatory authority of the commonwealth; provided, that
in so acquiring the capital stock of the corporation or in
making contributions thereto, no financial institution shall
expend, in the aggregate, in any one year an amount greater
than one half of one per cent of its total or gross earnings or
income for the next preceding fiscal year; and provided, fur-
ther, that such contributions may be made over a period not
to exceed five years.

Any contribution made under this section to the corpora-
tion shall be in addition to any contributions authorized by
section fifty-seven of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of
the General Laws, section thirty-five of chapter one hundred
and seventy of the General Laws, and by other provisions
of general or special law.

Section 8. The stockholders shall have the following
powers of the corporation : — (a) To determine the number
of and elect directors as provided in section ten; (5) to
make, amend and repeal by-laws; (c) to amend this charter
as provided in section nine; (d) to dissolve the corporation
as provided in section seventeen; (e) to exercise such other
powers of the corporation as may be conferred on the stock-
holders by the by-laws.

Section 9. This charter may be amended by the votes of
the stockholders, and such amendments shall require ap-
proval by the affirmative vote of two thirds of the votes to
which the stockholders shall be entitled; provided, that no
amendment of this charter which is inconsistent with the gen-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 392. 263

eral purposes expressed herein or which eliminates or curtails
the right of the commissioner of commerce to examine the cor-
poration or the obhgation of the corporation to make reports
as provided in section twelve, shall be made without amend-
ment of this act; and provided, further, that no amendment
of this charter which affects a stockholder's voting right,
shall be made without the consent of each stockholder
affected by such amendment.

Within thirty days after any meeting at which amend-
ments of this charter have been adopted, articles of amend-
ment sworn to by the president, treasurer and a majority of
the directors, setting forth such amendment and the adop-
tion thereof, shall be submitted to the commissioner of com-
merce, who shall examine them, and if he finds that they
conform to the requirements of this act, he shall so certify
and endorse his approval thereon. Thereupon the articles
of amendment shall be filed in the office of the secretary of
the commonwealth, and no such amendment shall take effect
until such articles of amendment shall have been filed as
aforesaid.

Prior to or within sixty days after the effective date of
any legislative amendment to this charter, the approval of
such amendment shall be voted on by the stockholders of
the corporation at a meeting duly called for the purpose. If
such amendment is not approved by the affirmative vote of
two thirds of the votes to which the stockholders shall be en-
titled, any stockliolder who has voted against the approval
of such amendment, if entitled to vote, or, if not entitled
to vote, has registered his disapproval in writing with the
corporation at or before said meeting, may, within thirty
days after said meeting, make a written demand upon the
corporation for payinent for his stock.

Section 10. The business and affairs of the corporation
shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors of
not more than fifteen members, a president, a first vice-
president and a second vice-president, a treasurer and a
clerk, who shall be the executive committee.

The executive committee may exercise all the powers of
the corporation except such as are conferred by law or by the
by-laws of the corporation upon the stockholders, and shall
choose and appoint all the agents and officers of the corpora-
tion and fill all vacancies.

Directors and officers shall not be responsible for losses
unless the same shall have been occasioned by the wilful
misconduct of such directors and officers.

Section 11. The corporation shall not deposit any of its
funds in any banking institution unless such institution has
been designated as a depository by a vote of a majority of
the directors present at an authorized meeting of the board
of directors, exclusive of any director who is an officer or
director of the depository so designated.

The corporation shall not receive money on deposit.

Section 12. The corporation shall be subject to the ex-

264 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 392.

amination of the commissioner of commerce, and shall make
reports of its condition not less than annually to said com-
missioner, who in turn shall make copies of such reports
available to the commissioner of insurance and to the com-
missioner of banks, and the corporation shall also furnish
such other information as may from time to time be required
by the commissioner of commerce.

Section 13. The first meeting of the corporation shall be
called by a notice signed by three or more of the incorpora-
tors, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, a
copy of which notice shall be mailed, or delivered, to each
incorporator at least five days before the day appointed for
the meeting. Said first meeting may be held without such
notice upon agreement in writing to that effect signed by all
the incorporators. There shall be recorded in the minutes
of the meeting a copy of said notice or of such unanimous
agreement of the incorporators.

At such first meeting the incorporators shall organize by
the choice, by ballot, of a temporary clerk, by the adoption
of by-laws, by the election by ballot of directors, and by
action upon such other matters within the powers of the
corporation as the incorporators may see fit. The temporary
clerk shall be sworn and shall make and attest a record of the
proceedings. Ten of the incorporators shall be a quorum for
the transaction of business.

Whenever the certificate required by section thirteen of
chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws has
been filed in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth,
said secretary shall issue and deliver to the incorporators a
certified copy of this act under the seal of the common-
wealth, and said corporation shall then be authorized to
commence business, and stock thereof to the extent herein
or hereafter duly authorized may from time to time be issued.

Section 14. The corporation shall not be subject to any
of the provisions of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws,
nor to any taxes based upon or measured by income which
may be enacted by the commonwealth. The securities, evi-
dences of indebtedness and shares of capital stock issued by
the corporation, and income therefrom, shall at all times be
free from taxation within the commonwealth.

Any stockholder, or holder of any securities, evidences of
indebtedness or shares of the capital stock of the corporation
who reahzes a loss from the sale, redemption, or other dis-
position of any securities, evidences of indebtedness, or
shares of the capital stock of the corporation, including any
such loss reahzed on a partial or complete liquidation of the
corporation, and who is not entitled to deduct such loss in
computing any of such stockholder's, or holder's taxes to the
commonwealth, shall be entitled to credit against any taxes
subsequently becoming due to the commonwealth from such
stockholders or other holders, a percentage of such loss
equivalent to the highest rate of tax assessed for the year in
which the loss occurs upon mercantile and business corpora-

Acts, 1955. —Chap. 393. 265

tions as referred to in section two of chapter sixty-three of
the General Laws.

Section 15. The provisions of chapter one hundred and
ten A of the General Laws shall not apply to the shares of
the capital stock, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of in-
debtedness, or any other securities of tliis corporation.

Section 16. The period of duration of the corporation
shall be fifty years, subject, however, to the right of the
stockholders to dissolve the corporation prior to the ex-
piration of said period as provided in section seventeen.

Section 17. The corporation may upon the affirmative
vote of two thirds of the votes of the stockholders petition
for its dissolution by order of the supreme judicial or su-
perior court, in the manner provided in section fifty of chap-
ter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws. Upon
any dissolution of the corporation all assets over and above
the amount paid into the corporation by the stockholders
for their shares of stock, shall be paid over to a non-sectarian
charitable organization selected by the executive committee
and approved by vote of the stockholders, the commissioners
of corporations and taxation, and the commissioner of public
welfare.

Section 18. If the corporation shall fail to commence
business within three years from the effective date of this
act, then this act shall become null and void.

Section 19. Under no circumstances is the credit of the
commonwealth or any pohtical division thereof pledged
herein.

Section 20. The provisions of this act are severable,
and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by
any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such
court shall not impair any of the remaining provisions.

Section 21. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 27, 1955.

An Act providing that a certain overpass in the city (7Aa».393

OF SOMERVILLE BE DESIGNATED AS THE PAUL A. MCCARTHY
OVERPASS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The overpass to be constructed on the Monsignor McGrath
highway in the city of Somerville, crossing Washington
street and running to the Squire bridge in said city, shall be
known and designated as the Paul A. McCarthy overpass.
The raetropoHtan district commission shall attach at each
end of said overpass suitable markers or plaques bearing such
designation. Approved May 27, 1955.

266 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 394, 395.

C/mp.394 An Act authorizing the county commissioners of the

COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ELEVATOR
ACCOMMODATIONS AND FACILITIES FOR THE COURTHOUSE
AT NORTHAMPTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. For the purpose of providing adequate ele-
vator accommodations and facilities, the county commis-
sioners of the county of Hampshire may install and furnish
and equip the courthouse in the city of Northampton with
an elevator.

Section 2. For the purpose aforesaid, the treasurer of
said county, with the approval of the count}'' commissioners,
may borrow upon the credit of the county such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds and notes of the county there-
for, which shall bear on the face the words, Hampshire
County Courthouse Elevator Loan, Acts of 1955. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such loans
shall be payable in not more than ten years from their dates.
The bonds or notes shall be signed by the county treasurer
and countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners.
The county may sell the said securities at private or public
sale upon such tenns and conditions as the county commis-
sioners may deem proper, but not for less than their par
value. Indebtedness hereunder shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.
The county treasurer, with the approval of the county com-
missioners, may issue temporary notes of the county payable
in not more than one year from their date in anticipation of
serial bonds and notes under this act, but the time within
which such serial bonds and notes shall become due and pay-
able shall not, by reason of such temporary notes, be extended
beyond the time fixed by this act. Any notes issued in antici-
pation of the serial bonds or notes shall be paid from the pro-
ceeds thereof.

Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance within two years of the effective date by the county
commissioners of Hampshire county, but not otherwise.

Approved May 27, 1955.

Chap.S95 An Act relative to the salary of certain judges of

PROBATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Notwithstanding the provisions of section
one A of chapter seven hundred and forty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-one, any judge of probate who
was appointed to said office during the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-four shall receive such salary as is provided by sec-
tion thirty-four of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the
General Laws, as amended by section one of said chapter

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 396, 397, 398. 267

seven hundred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-one.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved May 21 , 1955.

An Act relative to the effective date for increasing (Jhav 396

THE AMOUNTS RETAINED FOR THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
FUND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM THE SALARIES OF
MEMBERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 366 of the acts of 1954 is hereby amended by
striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 4- This act shall take effect on
September first, nineteen hundred and fiifty-five, provided
that, prior to said date, it shall have been accepted by vote
of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the
provisions of its charter. Approved May 27, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of public works Chap. 397

TO MAKE NECESSARY TAKINGS AND TO RELOCATE THE LAND-
ING MONUMENT IN PROVINCETOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public works, acting for
and in behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to
take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the
General Laws, for highway purposes, portions of certain land
in the town of Provincetown and owned by said town upon
which is situated the "Landing Monument", so called, a
property of historical interest.

Section 2. In the course of incidental highway construc-
tion, said department may make such minor adjustments in
the location of said monument as will best preserve its archi-
tectural setting and accessibility to the public.

Section 3. The department shall pay, from funds cur-
rently available or which may subsequently become avail-
able, without specific appropriation, all costs incidental to
such takings and monument adjustment.

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

Approved June 1, 1956.

An Act relative to the expenditure by the town of C/mi).398

WILMINGTON FOR CONSTRUCTING AN ATHLETIC FIELD OF
ANY SURPLUS PROCEEDS OF THE BOND ISSUE FOR SCHOOL
PURPOSES OF SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The town of Wilmington is hereby author-
ized by a two-thirds vote to appropriate by transfer from
the proceeds of a bond issue of one million three hundred
thousand dollars, voted by said town for constructing and

268 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 399, 400.

originally equipping and furnishing an addition to or exten-
sion of the present junior-senior high school on Church street,
such sums as may be necessary not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, and to expend sums so transferred for the
purpose of constructing an athletic field adjacent to said
junior-senior high school.

Section 2. All contracts awarded by said town for the
purpose of constructing the athletic field, authorized by
section one, shall be awarded pursuant to the requirements
of sections forty-four A, forty-four B, forty-four C, and forty-
four D of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the General
Laws.

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

Approved June 1, 1966.

Chap. 399 An Act relative to creditable prior service of Cath-
arine E. o'connell kenney in the contributory re-
tirement SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF BROCKTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any provision of chapter thirty-two of the
General Laws to the contrary notwithstanding, Catharine E.
O'Connell Kenney, a member of the contributory retirement
system of the city of Brockton shall, for the purpose of deter-
mining her retirement allowance under the contributory re-
tirement system of said city, have credited to her, as credit-
able service, the period between the years nineteen hundred
and twenty and nineteen hundred and thirty, inclusive, dur-
ing which she was in the employ of said city, as part of her
continuous service.

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

Approved June 1, 1965.

Chap. 4:00 An Act further regulating the sale of certain nar-
cotic DRUGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed 0,' 94,^ § 198, Section 198 of chapter 94 of the General Laws is hereby
etc., 'amended. ' amended by inserting after the sixth sentence, as most re-
cently amended by chapter 473 of the acts of 1948, the fol-
lowing paragraph: —
Sale and A pharmacist, in heu of a written prescription, may sell,

distribution ,. ^ ^• i -i . . i •

of certain dispciise or distribute to a consumer, upon an oral prescrip-
relX^ted'!^^^^* tion of a duly registered physician, dentist or veterinarian,
such narcotic drugs which the federal commissioner of the
bureau of narcotics shall from time to time by rule or regu-
lation designate to possess relatively little or no addiction
liability. In issuing an oral prescription, the prescriber shall
furnish the pharmacist with the same information as is re-
quired by this section in the case of a written prescription
for narcotic drugs, except for the written signature of the
prescriber, and the pharmacist who fills such prescription

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 401, 402. 269

shall promptly reduce such oral prescription to writing and in-
scribe such information on the written record of the pre-
scription made, which record shall be filed and preserved by
him as in the case of written prescription for narcotic drugs.
All the provisions of this section, relating to written prescrip-
tions for narcotic drugs shall be applicable to such oral
prescriptions, except the provision requiring the written
legal signature of the prescriber. No oral prescription for
such narcotic drugs shall be refilled.

Approved June 1, 1956.

An Act exempting the sale of certain veterans' hous- Chav,AQl

ING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF LAW PROVIDING FOR A PAY-
MENT IN LIEU OF TAXES IN THE EVENT OF A SALE OF REAL
ESTATE BY A CITY OR TOWN.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^™^mbiT^
to defeat its purpose, which is to expedite forthwith sales of
residences constructed for veterans under section six of chap-
ter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six and acts amendatory thereof which
are being impeded by the application of chapter two hundred
and forty-seven of the acts of the current year, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 247 of the acts of 1955 is hereby amended by
adding at the end the following section: — Section 2. The
provisions of section sixty-three A of chapter forty-four of
the General Laws, as appearing in section one of this act,
shall not apply to real estate sold under the provisions of
chapter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-six, as amended.

Approved June 1, 1965.

An Act establishing a program of public nursing on Chap. A02
Martha's vineyard.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of protecting and bettering
the health and well-being of the citizens of Martha's Vine-
yard, the county of Dukes county by its county commis-
sioners is hereby authorized to pro\ade public nursing on
Martha's Vineyard which is hereby declared to be a regular
county activity within the meaning of section thirty-four of
chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.

Section 2. In order best to carry out the provisions of
this act said county commissioners shall appoint an unpaid
board to be known as the county nursing service board, con-
sisting of two representatives from each of the towns of Ed-
gartown, Oak Bluffs and Tisbury, and one representative
from each of the towns of West Tisbury, Chilmark and Gay

270 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 402.

Head; provided, however, that no such member shall be ap-
pointed or serve during the period that the town from which
he serves is not a participating member of said nursing serv-
ice program. Their terms of office shall be for three years
and until their successors are appointed. Vacancies shall be
fQled in the same manner as original appointments for the
unexpired term. One of the said board shall be a member of
the county medical association. Of the representatives first
appointed, not more than three shall be appointed for an ini-
tial term of three years, not more than three for an initial
term of two years, and not more than three for a term of one
year. At the expiration of the term of a representative a suc-
cessor shall be appointed for a term of three years.

Section 3. With the approval of the county commis-
sioners the county nursing service board shall establish the
program best suited to carry out the purpose of this act and
shall make rules and regulations governing the nursing serv-
ice program, including a system of fees and charges for nurs-
ing service, visits, medication and drugs.

Section 4. Upon recommendation of the county nursing
service board, and subject to appropriation, the county com-
missioners may appoint, and with like recommendation re-
move, nurses and other personnel required for its program
of nursing service. The county commissioners may also, sub-
ject to appropriation, incur other necessary expenses.

Section 5. No assessment for a portion or all of the ex-
pense of the nursing service program shall be assessed against
the town of Gosnold, nor shall it be eligible to participate in
the benefits of said nursing program.

Section 6. The total expenses of operation, less any re-
ceipts on account of charges made, shall be apportioned at
the end of each year among the member towns for said ex-
pired year, on the basis that the valuations of said member
towns for purposes of apportioning the county tax bear to
the aggregate of the valuations of all member towns for said
purpose, and shall be levied and collected in the manner pro-
vided for the levying and collecting of the county tax; pro-
vided, however, that no expense shall be apportioned to any
town which has been a member for less than the entire year
in excess of the proportion that the portion of the year dur-
ing which said town was a member bears to the entire year.

Section 7. No town shall become a member entitled to
share in said nursing service program unless and until it shall
have first accepted this act at an annual town meeting or at
a special town meeting called for the purpose. Any town that
has previously accepted this act may, at an annual town
meeting, vote, not earlier than three years subsequent thereto,
to revoke its former acceptance, and shall, at the end of the
year in which said acceptance is revoked, cease to be a mem-
ber.

Section 8. Upon acceptance in the manner provided by
section seven, this act shall take effect on April thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Approved June 1, 1956.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 403. 271

An Act relating to certain rights of veterans of the ChavAOS

KOREAN emergency AND CONFORMING CERTAIN PROVI-
SIONS OF THE GENERAL LAWS TO SIMILAR PROVISIONS
UNDER FEDERAL LAW AS MODIFIED BY PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend p^fmbk"^
to defeat its purpose, which is to cause certain provisions
of the General Laws relative to veterans to conform to and
take effect at the same time as similar provisions under
federal law, as recently modified by executive order of the
President, which modification took effect on January thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4 Ed)'*^^!'?
of the General Laws, added by section 1 of chapter 627 of etc, 'amended.
the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by striking out the sixth
and seventh paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the
following two paragraphs : —

"Korean veteran" shall mean any veteran who performed Definitions,
such wartime service between June twenty-fifth, nineteen
hundred and fifty and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and fifty-five, both dates inclusive.

"Korean emergency" shall mean the period between June
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty and January thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, both dates inclusive.

Section 2. Section 1 of chapter 440 of the acts of 1953
is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : — Upon
appUcation, as hereinafter provided, there shall be allowed
and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth without
appropriation and without a warrant from the governor and
council, to each person who shall have served in the armed
forces of the United States, in active service, between June
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty and January thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, both dates inclusive,
and who was discharged or released under honorable condi-
tions from such service, the sums hereinafter specified ; pro-
vided, that the domicile of every person on account of whose
ser\ice the application is filed shall have been in the com-
monwealth for a period of not less than six months immedi-
ately prior to the time of his entry into service.

Section 3. Clause Twenty-second of section 5 of chap- g l. (Xer.
ter 59 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by etc.. amended,
section 1 of chapter 683 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended
by striking out paragraph (a) and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph : —

(a) Persons who served in the armed forces of the United ^oS?*toi°tion
States, between February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and of r<ai property
ninety-eight and July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, veterans'^and"^
between April sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen and °*''«'"3-

272

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 403.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 60A, § 1,
etc., amended.

Korean
emergency.

G, L. (Ter.
Ed.), 116, § 1,
etc., amended.

Korean
emergency.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 116,
§ 26J, etc.,
amended.

Definitions.

November eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen or were
awarded the World War I Victory Medal, between Sep-
tember sixteenth, nineteen hundred and forty and December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, or between June
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty and January thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five and whose last dis-
charge or release from the armed forces was under other than
dishonorable conditions; and who were domiciled in Massa-
chusetts for at least six months prior to entry into such
service, or who have resided in the commonwealth for five
consecutive years next prior to date of filing for exemption
under this section, hereinafter referred to in clause Twenty-
second as soldiers and sailors, who, by reason of injury re-
ceived or disease contracted while in such service and in the
fine of duty, lost the sight of both eyes or both arms. After
the assessors have allowed exemption under this paragraph
or paragraph (6), (/), {g) if it relates to widows, and (h),
no further evidence of the existence of the facts required by
this paragraph or by any of said paragraphs shall be required
in any subsequent year in the city or town in which the
exemption has been so allowed.

Section 4. The fifth paragraph of section 1 of chapter
60A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by
chapter 320 of the acts of 1955, is hereby further amended
by striking out the words "service during the Korean emer-
gency between June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty
and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five",
each time said words occur therein, and inserting in place
thereof, in each instance, the words : — the Korean emer-
gency.

Section 5. Clause Fifth of section 1 of chapter 116 of
the General Laws, as appearing in section 6 of chapter 590
of the acts of 1951, is hereby amended by striking out, in fines
27 to 31, inclusive, the words "while the United States en-
gaged in hostilities under the flag of the United Nations, or
in a state of war arising out of and as the result of such
hostilities, which hostilities shall be deemed to have begun
on June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty," and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — during the Korean
emergency.

Section 6. Section 26J of chapter 121 of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph de-
fining "Veteran", as appearing in section 1 of chapter 616
of the acts of 1952, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing paragraph : —

"Veteran", a person who has served in the active miUtary
or naval service of the United States at any time between
September sixteenth, nineteen hundred and forty, and July
twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, both dates
inclusive, or at any time between April sixth, nineteen hun-
dred and seventeen, and November eleventh, nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, both dates inclusive, and a person who
has served in the active armed forces of the United States

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 403. 273

at any time between June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred
and fifty, and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, both dates inclusive, and wiio was discharged or
released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
The term "veteran", as used herein, shall also include the
wife, widow, mother or other dependent of such person.

Section 7. Section 3 of chapter 372 of the acts of 1946
is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph defining
"Veteran", as appearing in section 2 of said chapter 616,
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

"Veteran", a person who has served in the active military
or naval service of the United States at any time between
September sixteenth, nineteen hundred and forty, and July
twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, both dates
inclusive, or at any time between April sixth, nineteen hun-
dred and seventeen, and November eleventh, nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, both dates inclusive, and a person who
has served in the active armed forces of the United States
at any time between June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred
and fifty, and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, both dates inclusive, and who was discharged or
released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
The term "veteran", as used herein, shall also include the
wife, widow, mother or other dependent of such person.

Section 8. Section 1 of chapter 797 of the acts of 1950
is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence : — Any city
or town, acting by its veterans' agent, may provide a war
allowance for the dependent relatives of any person who
was in the armed forces of the United States between June
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty and January thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, both dates inclusive,
until his discharge or release from said armed services, or
until January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six,
whichever is earlier, provided that said person, at the time
of his entry into such service or his recall thereto or his con-
tinuance therein at the expiration of a prior enHstment to
the credit of the commonwealth, was a resident of this com-
monwealth and had been a resident thereof for not less than
one year.

Section 9. Section six of said chapter seven hundred and
ninety-seven, as amended by section eight of chapter five
hundred and ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, is hereby repealed.

Section 10. Chapter 805 of the acts of 1950 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 2. The hostilities
referred to in section one shall, for the purposes of this act,
be deemed to have begun on June twenty-fifth, nineteen
hundred and fifty and terminated on January thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Section 11. Chapter 52 of the acts of 1951 is hereby
amended by striking out, in fines 1 to 5, the Avords "While

274 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 404, 405.

the United States is engaged in hostilities under the flag of
the United Nations, or in a state of war arising out of and
as the result of such hostilities, which hostilities, for the pur-
pose of this act, shall be deemed to have begun on June
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty, a" and inserting
in place thereof the letter "A".

Section 12. Chapter 346 of the acts of 1953 is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 7 to 11, inclusive, the words
", which date shall, for the purposes of this act, be deemed
to mark the commencement of the hostilities in Korea, to
the date of cessation of said hostihties as determined by an
act of congress or by presidential proclamation" and insert-
ing in place thereof the following : — to the thirty-first day
of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, both dates in-
clusive.

Section 13. Section sixty-five of chapter six hundred
and twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four is hereby repealed.

Section 14. This act shall take effect as of January
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved June 2, 1955.

Chap. 4:04: An Act providing that certain handicapped children
OF subscribers to non-profit hospital service plans

BE given continued COVERAGE UNDER THE MEMBERSHIP
OF THE PARENT NOTWITHSTANDING THAT SUCH CHILDREN
ARE OVER NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed.)',i76T. §8 Paragraph (c) of section 8 of chapter 176A of the General
etc., 'amended. Laws is hereby amended by adding after clause (4) the

following clause: —
Contract, (5) A provisiou that any child who is mentally or physi-

erms, etc. cally iucapable of earning his own livmg who is covered
under the membership of his parent as a member of a family
group shall after reaching the age of nineteen continue to
be covered under the membership of his parent as a member
of such family group so long as he continues to be mentally
or physically incapable of earning his own living, subject
however, to such rules and regulations, premiums or addi-
tional premiums as the commissioner of insurance may
approve. Approved June 3, 1955.

Chap. 4:05 An Act to provide for an additional forest fire truck

IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of natural resources, acting through its
division of forests and parks, is hereby authorized and di-
rected to acquire and operate an additional forest fire fight-
ing truck in Berkshire county; the said truck to be located
in the northern part of the county. For the purposes of

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 406, 407. 275

this act, said department may spend such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Approved June 3, 1955.

An Act relative to the submission to the voters of (^Jiqjj 406
hampshire county of the question of licensing horse
races at county fairs at which the pari-mutuel sys-
tem of betting shall be permitted.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 128 A of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 14B, inserted by chapter 389 of the f lic^added.
acts of 1953, the following section: — Section I4C. The Question of
state secretary shall, in addition to subdivisions A and B of rac"s'aT ''°'^^°
the subdivided question provided for in section fourteen, p°""t^bi"'
cause to be placed on the official ballot to be used in the submitted to
cities and towns of Hampshire county at the biennial state Hampshire
election in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-eight and county.
every fourth year thereafter, the following subdivided ques-
tion : — I

C. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on ^^^^'
licensed horse races at county fairs be permitted j no.
in this county?

If a majority of the votes cast in Hampshire county in
answer to subdivision C are in the affirmative, said county
shall be taken to have authorized the licensing of horse
races at county fairs therein at which the pari-mutuel sys-
tem of betting shall be permitted.

Approved June 3, 1955.

An Act establishing the jurisdiction of the municipal QJiav 407

COURT OF the CITY OF BOSTON IN CONNECTION WITH THE
JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN DECISIONS OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph (d) of section 43 of chapter 31 of Edt'3?l'43
the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 373 etc!, 'amended!
of the acts of 1947, is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "by", in line 5, the words: — the municipal court of
the city of !Boston or by, — so as to read as follows: —

(d) The reasons, notices and answers and the order of JistrfcT ^^urt
discharge, removal, suspension, layoff, transfer, lowering in or Boston
rank or compensation or abohtion of the office or position, ^™t!"^"^
and the facts as found by the commission, shall be subject to
judicial review by the municipal court of the citj'' of Boston
or by the district court within the judicial district of which
such person resides, as provided in section forty-five.

Section 2. Section 45 of said chapter 31. as most recently o- l. (Ter.
amended by section 2 of chapter 667 of the acts of 1945, ^tc!? amended!
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "in",
in hne 7, the words : — the municipal court of the city of
Boston or in, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1^5.

276 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 408.

of'cefrriir^'*'^ Within thirty days after action by the commission on a
removals, etc. hearing providcd for in section forty-three, the person who
was discharged, removed, suspended, laid off, transferred or
lowered in rank or compensation, or whose office or position
was abolished, may, if said action was affirmed by the com-
mission, bring a petition in the municipal court of the city
of Boston or in the district court within the judicial district
of which such person resides, addressed to the justice of the
court, praying that the action of the appointing authority
and of the commission in discharging, removing, suspending,
laying off or transferring him or lowering him in rank or
compensation or abolishing his office, may be reviewed by
the court, and, after such notice to the appointing authority
and the commission as the court deems necessary, it shall
hear witnesses, review such action, and determine whether
or not upon all the evidence such action was justified. If
the court finds that such action was justified the action of
the appointing authority and of the commission shall be
affirmed; otherwise they shall be reversed and the peti-
tioner shall be reinstated in his office or position without loss
of compensation. The decision of the court shall be final
and conclusive upon the parties, and a copy of the decision
shall be forwarded forthwith by the clerk of the court to the
director.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on October first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved June 3, 1955.

ChcipAOS An Act authorizing the submission to the voters of

THE TOWN OF NEEDHAM OF A QUESTION PERTAINING TO
THE FLUORIDE SUPPLEMENTATION OF ITS WATER SUPPLY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. At the annual town election in the town of
Needham to be held on the first Monday in ]\Iarch in the
year nineteen hundred and fifty-six, there shall be submitted
to the voters the following question which shall be printed
upon the official ballot to be used at said election: — "Are
you in favor of the fluoride supplementation of the Need-
ham water supply?" If a majority of those voting indicate
that they are in favor of such supplementation, the board
of health of said town is hereby authorized and directed to
take any and all necessary measures, either by itself or those
designated by it, to carry into effect the fluoride supplemen-
tation of the water supply of said town.

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

Approved June 6, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 409, 410. 277

An Act authorizing the city of springfield to pay a ChopAOQ

SUM OF MONEY TO GEORGE FLAHERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation, the city of Springfield may appropriate and pay to
George Flaherty of said city such sums, not exceeding one
thousand fourteen dollars and forty-seven cents, as may be
necessary to reimburse him for hospital, medical and other
expenses, not compensated for bj'' insurance, incurred by
him on account of injuries received by his minor daughter,
Nancy Ann Flaherty, on school property of said city.

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

Approved June 6, 1955.

An Act to include the town of Randolph within the ChavAlQ

SOUTH metropolitan SEWERAGE DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The territory comprising the town of Ran-
dolph is hereby added to the south metropolitan sewerage
district as defined in section one of chapter ninety-two of
the General Laws. In becoming a part of said district, said
town shall conform to the requirements of said chapter
ninety-two, relative to the south metropolitan sewerage sj^'s-
tem, and shall be subject to said provisions, except as is
otherwise provided herein. Any authority granted to other
municipalities by said chapter ninety-two is also vested in
the town of Randolph in common with such other munici-
pahties.

Section 2. The metropolitan district commission, in this
act called the commission, shall provide an outlet for the
sewage from the town of Randolph, and may construct a
main trunk sewer or sewers in such manner and in such loca-
tions as said commission shall determine. No work shall be
done under the authority of this section until the location
and plans have been approved by the state department of
public health.

Section 3. In providing for such outlet and in receiving
sewage from the town of Randolph, and in any action relat-
ing thereto, and for the purpose of taking, constructing and
maintaining such additional main lines of sewers, the com-
mission, acting on behalf of the commonwealth, shall have
and exercise all the authority conferred upon it by said chap-
ter ninety-two; and all the provisions of said chapter are
made applicable to the additional construction, maintenance
and operation hereby authorized, except as is otherwise pro-
vided herein.

Section 4. No part of its sewage disposal system which
may be required for the use of the commonwealth as a part
of the south metropolitan sewerage district shall be here-
after constructed by the town of Randolph until the plans

278 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 410.

therefor shall have been approved by the commission and
the state department of public health.

Section 5. To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act, the state treasurer shall,
from time to time on request of the commission and subject
to the approval of the governor and council, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered
or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to
an amount not exceeding one million, five hundred thousand
dollars, in addition to the amount of such bonds heretofore
authorized for the construction of the south metropolitan
sewerage system. Such bonds shall be designated on the
face: — Metropolitan District Sewerage Loan, Act of 1955,
shall be on the serial payment plan, and shall be issued for
such maximum term of j^ears not exceeding thirty years from
the date of issue as may be recommended by the governor
in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the commonwealth, and
shall bear interest at such rate as shall be fixed by the state
treasurer, with the approval of the governor.

Section 6. The interest and serial bond requirements on
account of the moneys expended in constructing that part of
the south metropolitan sewerage system provided for under
this act, and the cost of maintenance and operation thereof
and such other expenses as may be authorized hereunder,
shall be deemed to be, and shall be paid as, a part of the
interest, sinking fund or serial bond requirements and costs
specified in chapter four hundred and thirty-nine of the acts
of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and acts in amendment
thereof and in addition thereto and affecting the same, and
shall be apportioned, assessed and collected in the manner
provided by the provisions of said chapter ninety-two, rela-
tive to such system, except as is hereinafter provided.

Section 7. The town of Randolph shall, in addition to
the yearly payment of the assessment provided for in sec-
tion six, pay into the treasury of the commonwealth for the
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan — South System, Serial Bond
Redemption account, to be used for reduction of current as-
sessments, such proportion of the total amount of the sink-
ing fund for the district, as existing on the first day of April
in the year of its admission to the south metropolitan sewer-
age district, and of all sinking fund bonds and serial bonds
paid prior to said date, as the valuation of the said town for
the said year shall bear to the total amount of the valuation
of said district, as determined for the purposes of apportion-
ment of assessments. Such proportion shall be determined
by the commission and shall be certified by the commission
to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall determine
the total amount so to be paid by said town on account of its
admission to said district, and for the payment thereof shall
add one tenth of said total amount to the yearly sum payable
by said town on account of its share of the interest, sinking
fund and serial bond requirements of said district on each

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 411, 412. 279

of ten years next succeeding. No assessments under the pro-
visions of section six and under this section shall be made
upon said town until the commission shall have certified to
said town that the work herein provided for has been so
far completed as to furnish an outlet to receive sewage from
said town.

Section 8. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority of the voters of the town of Randolph
present and voting thereon at a meeting legally called for
the purpose; provided, however, that for the purposes of
section seven of this act admission to the south metropolitan
sewerage district shall be construed to mean the date of cer-
tification by the commission that an outlet is available to
receive sewage from said town.

Section 9. Anj^ action taken by a town meeting pursuant
to authority granted by this act shall be as valid and effec-
tive as though this act was in full force and effect at the
time of the posting of the warrant for said meeting.

Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 6, 1955.

An Act to include industrial land under the pro- (Jfm'p 4^]^
visions of the subdivision control law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 81R of chapter 41 of the General Y.dY^i'^''
Laws, as amended by section 7 of chapter 674 of the acts of § s\k, etc.,
1953, is hereby further amended by striking out the second ^""^"^ '^
paragraph.

Section 2. Section 81L of said chapter 41, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph f sir.^etc,
defining "Industrial". Approved June 6, 1955. amended.

An Act establishing the jurisdiction of the municipal ChapA12
court of the city op boston in connection with
appeals from decisions of the board of appeal on

MOTOR vehicle LIABILITY POLICIES AND BONDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:

Section 1. Section 113D of chapter 175 of the General Ed^'iTsT'
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 648 § hsd. etc.
of the acts of 1951, is hereby further amended by adding at "™''""'
the end the following paragraph : —

The municipal court of the city of Boston, and the justices Appeals from
thereof, shall have original jurisdiction, concurrently with boarTof °
the superior court, and the justices thereof, of all proceedings gi"'erior°court
under this section relating to appeals from decisions of the Smd Ro.ston
board of appeal on motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, ^urt'*'"'
and for such purpose the municipal court of the city of Boston
shall have the same power and authority as the superior
court; provided, however, that in case of any appeal by the
insurance company from the finding or order of the board to

280 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 413, 414, 415.

the municipal court of the city of Boston, said appeal may, if
the complainant does not reside in Suffolk county, upon
motion of the complainant, be transferred to and heard by
the superior court in the county in which the complainant
resides.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on October first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved June 6, 1955.

ChapAlS An Act relative to the designation of a voluntary

ADMINISTRATOR AS THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OP THE
ESTATE OF A DECEDENT IN CONNECTION WITH INFORMAL
TRANSFER OF TITLE OR INTEREST IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G^L. (Ter SECTION 1. Scctiou 16 of chapter 195 of the General

etc.'.'amended. ' Laws, iuscrtcd by scctiou 1 of chapter 562 of the acts of

1954, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following

paragraph : —
Voluntary YoT the purposc of paragraph (6) of section one hundred

a minis ra or. ^^^ thirteen A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and

section two of chapter ninety, a voluntary administrator shall

be deemed to be the legal representative of the estate of the

decedent until an executor or administrator is appointed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on September first,

nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved June 6, 1955.

ChavAlA An Act authorizing the city of quincy to purchase

LAND FOR CEMETERY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Quincy is hereby authorized to
purchase land for cemetery purposes, within or outside of
the territorial limits of said city, such purchase being neces-
sary by reason of the inability of said city to acquire within
the limits thereof land suitable for cemetery purposes; pro-
vided, that no land shall be purchased in any town without
the approval of the selectmen of such town or in any city
without the approval of the city council subject to the pro-
visions of its charter.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved June 6, 1955.

ChapAld An Act authorizing the commissioner of labor and

INDUSTRIES TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE
TO THE WEIGHING, SORTING AND CULLING OF FISH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Scction 86 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing

amended.^ ^®' in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 416. 281

at the end the following two sentences : — The commissioner Regulations,
of labor and industries may adopt, amend or repeal, and shall
enforce, all such reasonable rules and regulations, and orders
thereunder, as may be necessary or suitable in relation to
the weighing, sorting and culling of fish when landed from
a vessel or boat. AA'hoever violates said rules or regulations Penalty for
or orders thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less ^''"'"^'°'' °^-
than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Approved June 6, 1955.

An Act re-establishing and defining a portion of (JJku) 4.IQ

THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF OAK BLUFFS
AND TISBURY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. A portion of the boundary line between the
towns of Oak Bluffs and Tisbury is changed and established
as follows: — Beginning at an unmarked point in Lagoon
Pond on the present boundary line between said towns in
latitude forty-one degrees twenty-six minutes forty-six and
twent3^-three hundredths seconds north (41° 26' 46.23" N)
and longitude seventy degrees thirty-five minutes twenty-
seven and five hundredths seconds west (70° 35' 27.05" W),
which point is the same as Oak BIuffs-Tisbury IB described
in chapter one hundred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirty-five; thence north twenty-two degrees
nine minutes thirty-one seconds east (N 22° 09' 31" E) a dis-
tance of three thousand six hundred fifty-six (3,656) feet to
Oak BIuffs-Tisbury lA, an unmarked point in Lagoon Pond
in latitude forty-one degrees twentj^-seven minutes nineteen
and sixty-eight hundredths seconds north (41° 27' 19.68" N)
and longitude seventy degrees thirty-five minutes eight and
ninety-four hundredths seconds west (70° 35' 08.94" W);
thence north fifteen degrees nineteen minutes fourteen
seconds west (N 15° 19' 14" W) a distance of one thousand
two hundred eight (1,208) feet to Oak BIuffs-Tisbury 1, an
unmarked point on the state highway base line as established
by the ^Massachusetts department of public works and
shown on the layout plan, dated October 26, 1954, of said
department as station zero plus zero (0-f-OO) in Oak Bluffs
and station zero plus zero (O-j-OO) in Tisbury in latitude forty-
one degrees twenty-seven minutes thirty-one and nineteen
hundredths seconds north (41° 27' 31.19" N) and longitude
seventy degrees thirtv-five minutes thirteen and thirteen
hundredths seconds west (70° 35' 13.13" W) and bearing
north thirty-four degrees three minutes two seconds east
(N 34° 03' 02" E) a distance of two hundred and fifty-two
(252) feet from a witness monument on the west side of the
channel, said witness monument being the same as the
witness mark described in chapter one hundred and forty-
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-five; thence
north thirty-nine degrees thirty minutes west (N 39° 30' W)
to a point in the present tide-water boundary line midway

282 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 417, 418.

between the shores of Vineyard Haven Harbor as defined by
the harbor and land commissioners under authority of chapter
one hundred and ninety-six of the acts of eighteen hundred
and eighty-one. All of the foregoing positions and bearings
refer to the North American Datum established prior to
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.

Section 2. The department of public works is hereby
directed to file in the office of the state secretary and in the
registry of deeds for Dukes county a plan showing the bound-
ary line hereby established. Approved June 7, 1955.

Chap. 4:17 An Act relative to assessment of points under the

HIGHWAY safety ACT AND MERIT RATING SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter. Chapter 90A of the General Laws is hereby amended by

new'§ 7A,' inserting after section 7 the following section: — Section 7 A.
added. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, no points

of^poTnts.^ shall be assessed against the operating record of the owner
of a motor vehicle as a result of any violation unless the
owner is the operator thereof, except where : —

(a) The owner permits an intoxicated person to operate
his motor vehicle.

(b) The owner permits an improper person to operate his
motor vehicle.

(c) The owner permits operation of his motor vehicle by a
person without a license or after the revocation or suspension
of said person's license to operate.

(d) The owner permits operation by an operator in viola-
tion of restrictions on the hcense of said operator.

(e) The motor vehicle is being operated without an in-
spection sticker.

(/) The motor vehicle is being operated with improper
equipment.

(g) The owner knowingly permits use of his motor vehicle
in the commission of a crime. Approved June 7, 1955.

Chap. 418 -^N Act relative to fees and charges of registers of

PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.

Emergency Wherctts, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

preamble. defeat its purpose, which is to increase forthwith certain fees

and charges of registers of probate and insolvency, 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:

G. L. (Ter. SECTION 1. Chapter 262 of the General Laws is hereby

^tt! 'amended!*' amended by striking out section 40, as most recently amended

by section 6 of chapter 562 of the acts of 1954, and inserting
Fees. in place thereof the following section: — Section 40. The

fees of registers of probate and insolvency, payable in ad-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 418. 283

vance by the petitioner, libellant or accountant, shall be as
follows :

For the entry of a libel for divorce or for affirming or
annulling marriage, ten dollars.

For the entry of a petition for the probate of a will, for
administration on the estate of a person deceased intestate;
of a petition for administration of goods not already ad-
ministered, -with the will annexed or otherwise, of a petition
under section thirty-five or thirty-six of chapter two hundred
and nine by a husband or wife for authority to convey land
as if sole, of a petition for partition, of a petition for change
of name, of a petition for leave to carry on the business of the
deceased, and for filing a representation of insolvency and for
the entry of a petition for the appointment of a special ad-
ministrator, conservator, trustee, receiver of the estate of an
absentee, or of a guardian except when the petitioner certifies
that the ward's estate does not exceed one hundred dollars,
five dollars; for the entry of a petition for the sale of real or
personal estate, including sales of estate subject to vested or
contingent remainder and petitions for sale of real estate or
removal of personal estate by foreign fiduciaries, of a petition
for determination of value, of a petition for leave to lease
real estate, of a petition for specific performance, of a petition
for leave to mortgage real estate, of a petition in equity
except such as relates to separate support, adoption, or the
custody or support of minors, of a petition for release of
dower or curtesy, of a petition for letters to foreign guardian,
of a petition for leave to compromise, and of a petition for
leave to pay debts, except when the petitioner or accountant
certifies that the estate does not exceed one thousand-dollars
in value, five dollars; for the entry of a general petition
except such as relates to separate support, adoption, or
custody or support of minors, two dollars; for the entry of
petitions for the removal of a fiduciary, for amendment of
record except such as relates to separate support, adoption,
or the custody or support of minors, for discharge of surety,
for new bond, for care of burial lot, for erection of a monu-
ment and for new inventory, two dollars each.

For each certificate issued by the register, one dollar.

For copies of records or other papers in the charge of the
register at the rate of fifty cents a page except as otherwise
provided by law; and for the comparison and attestation of
such copies as are not prepared by the register, fifty cents for
each page, plus an attestation fee of fifty cents for each copy.

For filing statement of voluntary administration, five
dollars.

For issuance of an attested copy of a statement of volun-
tary administration, two dollars.

For a petition or application for allowance of any account,
five dollars; such fee to be charged for each year or major
fraction thereof covered by such account.

For filing a motion for the framing of jury issues, ten
dollars.

284 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 419.

For filing a will for safekeeping, five dollars; provided,
that no additional fee shall be charged for filing a will in
substitution for a will previously filed and withdrawn.

For application for waiver of the five-day waiting period
for issuance of marriage licenses and for leave for a minor
to marry, one dollar.

For filing a bond, one dollar.
Ed^'215%51 Section 2. Section fifty-one of chapter two hundred and
repealed. ' ' fifteen of the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, is hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on July first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five. Approved June 10, 1955.

C/iap. 419 An Act authorizing and directing the transfer from

THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION TO THE CITY OF
NEWTON OF UNUSED PARTS OF THE COCHITUATE AQUEDUCT
IN SAID CITY, AND TO EMPOWER SAID CITY TO TAKE LAND
IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE UTILIZATION OF ANY SUCH
PART OF SAID AQUEDUCT FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission may
and is hereby directed to convey to the city of Newton for
seventy thousand dollars and the costs involved in convey-
ing all the right, title and interest of whatever nature, kind
or description which the said commission may have in or
pertaining to all presently unused parts of the so-called
Cochituate aqueduct situated within said city and in or to
any land and interest in land likewise situated and relating
to any such unused part, or at any time acquired for use in
connection therewith, provided, that the commission shall
reserve a right of way extending from the intersection of
Grant avenue and Commonwealth avenue to Lake street
for the purpose of maintaining and operating the sixty-inch
Weston Aqueduct supply mains laid parallel to the said aque-
duct and for a tunnel located approximately twenty feet
above the aqueduct. The deed conveying said premises
shall contain provisions saving the commission harmless
from all damages which said city may sustain due to the
maintenance and operation of said water main and from any
litigation involving the use of any easements hereby con-
veyed.

Section 2. The mayor and board of aldermen of and act-
ing for the city of Newton may utilize any part of the so-
called Cochituate aqueduct or land or interest in land at any
time acquired under section one of this act in any manner
which may be necessary or desirable, whether as an integral
part or as an adjunct of its sewage disposal S3^stem and facili-
ties, for purposes of supplementing or otherwise facilitating
the functioning of said system and facilities, and may from
time to time take by eminent domain pursuant and subject
to the provisions of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws,
or acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights,

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 420, 421. 285

or rights of way or easements, or other interest in land of
whatever nature, kind or description, situated in said city
which may be necessary or desirable to enable or in any way
facilitate any such utihzation of any part of said aqueduct or
land pertaining thereto.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June IS, 1955.

An Act validating the establishment and organization Qfidj) 420

OF AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF BONDS BY THE ACTON-BOX-
BOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The proceedings heretofore taken relating to
the establishment and the organization of the Acton-Box-
borough Regional School District, including the proceedings
of the member towns relating thereto, are hereby validated
and said district is hereby declared to be, and at all times
since its establishment to have been, a valid district with all
the rights and powers of districts duly organized under sec-
tion fifteen of chapter seventy-one of the General Laws.

Section 2. All acts and proceedings of said district and
of the officers thereof heretofore done or taken are hereby
validated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the vote of the regional district school committee passed April
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, authorizing the
issue of bonds of the district to the amount of one million
three hundred thousand dollars is hereby validated, and said
bonds may be issued accordingly without further opportunity
to the member towns to express disapproval of the amount
thereof.

Section 3. Said district is authorized to acquire from the
town of Acton, and said town is authorized to convey to said
district, certain land described in the agreement pursuant to
wliich the said district was established, payment to be made
by the district to the town in cash at the time title to the
property is transferred. The cost of said land shall be as-
sessed upon the member towns of the district in the manner
provided in said agreement for the apportionment and pay-
ment of construction costs incurred by the district.

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

Approved June 13, 1955.

As Act relative to the excise imposed on the manu- Chap. ^21

FACTURING AND SELLING, OR IMPORTING AND SELLING OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 21 of chapter 138 of the General £;/)" iJl^ 21
Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 402 of the acts etc!, 'amended. '
of 1954, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 55,

286 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 422, 423, 424.

Excise on the word "ten" and inserting in place thereof the word: —

alcoholic , , o I-

beverages. twenty.

Section 2. Said section 21 of said chapter 138 is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following
fuWect sentence: — All alcoholic beverages taxes and excises paid

in pursuance of any provisions of the general or special laws
shall conclusively be presumed to be direct taxes on the re-
tail consumer, precollected for the purpose of convenience
and facihty only. Approved June IS, 1965.

Chap. 4:22 An Act increasing the salaries of medical examiners

IN SUFFOLK COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^.'sJ^i's, Section 5 of chapter 38 of the General Laws is hereby
etc., 'amended, amended by striking out the first sentence, as amended by
chapter 579 of the acts of 1947 and inserting in place thereof
medicfi °^ ^^^ following Sentence : — In Suffolk county each medical
examiners in examiuer shall receive from the county a salary of eleven
in'iireased"^"*^' thousaud dollars, and each associate medical examiner a
salary of thirty-five hundred dollars; but if either associate
serves in any year more than two months, he shall for such
additional service be paid at the same rate, and the amount
so paid shall be deducted from the salary of the medical ex-
aminer at whose request he so serves.

Approved June 13, 1955.

Chap. 4:23 An Act providing for the control of insect life on

MUSQUASHIAT POND IN THE TOWN OF SCITUATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The state reclamation board is hereby directed to an-
nually advise the board of selectmen of the town of Scituate
as to the approximate cost of controlling insect life in and
about Musquashiat pond in the said town. The town of
Scituate is hereby authorized to annually appropriate money
for such control and the funds herein referred to shall be
forwarded to the state treasurer and shall be expended under
warrants drawn by the state reclamation board in a man-
ner to afford the greatest measure of relief.

Approved June 13, 1955.

Chap. 4:24 An Act authorizing and directing the department of

PUBLIC health to ESTABLISH AN ALCOHOLIC CLINIC IN
THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of public health is hereby authorized
and directed to establish and maintain an alcoholic clinic,
as defined in section four A of chapter one hundred and
eleven of the General Laws, in the city of Lawrence. The
department may expend for such purposes such sum as may
be appropriated therefor. Approved June 13, 1956.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 425, 426, 427, 428. 287

An Act providing that the bridge to be constructed Chap .425

OVER the MALDEN RIVER ON THE REVERE BEACH PARKWAY
IN THE CITIES OF MEDFORD AND EVERETT BE DESIGNATED
UPON ITS COMPLETION AS THE EDWARD MELVIN WOODS
BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The bridge to be constructed over the Maiden river on the
Revere Beach Parkway in the cities of Medford and Everett
shall, upon completion, be known and designated as the
Edward Melvin Woods Bridge, in memory and in honor of
Edward Melvin Woods, a former superintendent of the
metropolitan district police force. The metropolitan district
commission is hereby authorized and directed to erect and
maintain on said bridge a suitable plaque bearing said
designation. Approved June 13, 1955.

An Act relative to working conditions in railroad Chap.42Q

FREIGHT HOUSES AND RAILWAY EXPRESS TERMINALS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 113 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as amended fd )'i49'^'
by chapter 255 of the acts of 1934, is hereby further amended § lis, etc.,
by inserting after the word "estabhshment", in line 2, the ""'^'^ "^ '
words : — , railroad freight house and railway express Factories, etc.,
terminal. Approved June 13, 1955. lighted.'^etc.' ^

An Act abolishing the Worcester county training ChapA27

SCHOOL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The county commissioners of the county of Worcester,
having the management and control of the Worcester
county training school shall, on or before the first day of
September in the current year, close said school, and the
land, buildings and equipment used by said school shall
revert to the county and may be sold or leased or used for
county purposes by such county.

Approved June 13, 1955.

An Act authorizing and directing the department of Chap. 42^

PUBLIC HEALTH TO ESTABLISH AN ALCOHOLIC CLINIC IN
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of public health is hereby authorized and
directed to establish and maintain an alcoholic cUnic, as de-
fined in section four A of chapter one hundred and eleven
of the General Laws, in the city of Springfield. The de-
partment may expend for such purposes such sum as may
be appropriated therefor. Approved June 13, 1955.

288

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 429, 430.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 112,
§ 24A. etc.,
amended.

Renewal.

Chap. 429 An Act relative to the renewal fee for applicants for

REGISTRATION AS PHARMACISTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 24A, inserted by section 3 of chapter 502
of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section: — Section 24A. The board shall keep an
official record of the names of all registered pharmacists and
registered assistant pharmacists. All registrations of regis-
tered pharmacists and registered assistant pharmacists shall
expire on December thirty-first of each year. Any holder of
a certificate of registration as a pharmacist or assistant
pharmacist issued under section twenty-four and remain-
ing uncancelled shall be entitled to have such certificate an-
nually renewed by registration by the board, upon the pay-
ment of an annual renewal fee of two dollars. On the first
day of November of each year the board shall send written
notice to this effect to every registered pharmacist and every
registered assistant pharmacist and shall enclose with each
notice a proper blank for such registration. If said blank
properly filled out, together with said fee of two dollars, shall
not on or before the thirty-first day of December of such
year be received by said board from any pharmacist or as-
sistant pharmacist so notified, said board shall strike from
the register the name of such pharmacist or assistant phar-
macist; provided, that at any time thereafter, any pharma-
cist or assistant pharmacist whose name shall have been so
removed from the register may, upon submission to the
board of proof satisfactory to it of his moral and physical
fitness, have his name restored by it, upon the payment to
it of all accrued annual renewal fees, together with a re-
instatement fee of five dollars. Approved June IS, 1955.

Chap. 430 An Act regulating the solicitation of employees

DURING LABOR DISPUTES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
g. l. (Ter. Sectiou 22 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as amended

Ed.), 149, § 22, ,__ ^ - -

etc., amended.

Ed.), 149, § 22, ^^^ section 1 of chapter 166 of the acts of 1951, is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out, in line 7, the words: — "the
Advertising for body of", — SO as to read as follows: — Section 22. If an
d™mg^strike, employer, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or
etc., regulated, other labor trouble among his employees, publicly adver-
tises in newspapers or by posters or otherwise for employees,
or by himself or his agents sohcits persons to work for him to
fill the places of strikers, he shall plainly in type as prom-
inent as the largest printed matter in the advertisement or
poster and explicitly mention in such advertisements or oral
or written soHcitations that a strike, lockout or other labor
trouble exists among his employees.

Approved June 13, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 431, 432.

289

An Act designating the area at the corner of mystic ChapASl

VALLEY PARKWAY AND WINTHROP STREET IN THE CITY OF
MEDFORD AS VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The new little league park to be constructed upon land
of the metropolitan district commission at the corner of
Mystic Valley Parkway and Winthrop street in the city of
Medford shall upon its completion be known and designated
as "Veterans Memorial Park", and the said commission is
hereby authorized and directed to place thereat in a con-
spicuous place a tablet or plaque bearing said designation.

Approved June 13, 1955.

An Act revising the laws relative to savings banks. ChavAZ2
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by o. l. (Ter.
striking out chapter 168 and inserting in place ^hereof the ^tli'amfAded,
following chapter : —

Chapter 168.
Savings Banks.

Sect.

general provisions.

1. Definitions.

2. Corporate powers.

3. Application and acceptance of

chapter.

LOCATION.

4. Main office.

5. Branches and depots.

6. Other locations; collections.

7. Places of meetings.

MANAGEMENT.

8. Corporators.

9. Meetings of corporators.

10. Trustees.

11. Meetings of trustees.

12. Board of investment.

13. Officers.

14. Elections.

15. Notification and publication of

list rif officers, etc.

16. C'>mmittee9.

17. Amendments to by-laws.

18. Bonding of officers and em-

ployees.

19. Loans to officers and em-

{(loyees.
20 Certain commissions, etc., reg-
ulated.

DEPOSITS.

21. Certain deposits regulated.

22. Joint accounts.

23. Payroll deduction deposits.

24. School savings deposits.

25. Special trust fund deposits.

26. Withdrawal of deposits.

27. Payments on death.

28. Payments to minors.

Sect.

29. Set-off of deposits.

30. Interpleader.

31. Unclaimed court deposits.

32. Reduction of deposits.

33. Investment of deposits.

LOANS AND INVESTMENTS.

Part I. Real Estate Mortgage Loans.

34. General requirements.

35. Classes of mortage loans.

36. Other mortgage provisions.

Part II. Other Loans.

37. Personal loans.

38. Collateral loans.

39. Corporation notes.

40. Loans to depositors.

41. Certain provisions applicable

to other loans.

Part III. Bonds and Other
Securities.

42. Federal, state and interna-

tional obligations.

43. Municipal obligations.

44. Railroad obligations.

45. Telephone company obliga-

tions.

46. Public service company obli-

gations.

47. Bank stocks.

48. Fire insurance company stocks.

49. Miscellaneous securities.
Additional investments author-
ized.

Legal list.

Validation of certain securi-
ties, etc.

50.

51.
52.

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Sect.

Part IV. Real Estate Investments.

53. Banking premises.

54. Foreclosed real estate.

Part V. Bank Deposits and Checks.

55. Deposits in banks.

56. Sale of checks, etc.

DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS.

57 Surplus and reserve accounts.

58. Guaranty fund.

59. Authorization of dividends.

60. Ordinary dividends.

61. Extra dividends.

62. Dividend notice on excess de-

posits.

SUPERVISION.

63. Examination and audit.

64. Verification of deposits.

65. Annual report to commissioner.

ADDITIONAL POWERS.

66. Borrowing.

67. Membership in Federal Home

Loan Bank.

Sect.

68. Other memberships; subscrip-

tions; donations.

69. Safe deposit vaults.

70. Safekeeping of United States

bonds

LIQUIDATION AND MERGER.

71. Liquidation.

72. Merger and consolidation.

73. Purchase of assets; assumption

of liabilities.

EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT
ASSOCIATION.

74. Memberships; contributions;

pensions; annuities.

75. By-laws; annual report; laws

not applicable.

76. Assignments; exemption from

taxation.

INCORPORATION OF SAVINGS
BANKS.

77. Agreement of association.

78. Notice and hearing.

79. First meeting.

80. Articles and certificate of in-

corporation.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Definitions.

Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the follow-
ing meanings : —

"Annual Meeting", the meeting of corporators required
by section nine to be held annually.

"Commissioner", the commissioner of banks.

"Corporator", an original incorporator, or a person elected
as a corporator as provided by section eight.

"Deposit book", the book issued to the depositor as evi-
dence of his deposit.

"Dividends" or "interest", payments to depositors from
earnings or profits as provided by sections sixty and sixty-
one.

"Savings bank", a savings bank, institution for savings or
savings institution incorporated as such in this common-
wealth.

"Such corporation" or "such bank", a savings bank, in-
stitution for savings and a savings institution incorporated
as such in this commonwealth.

Corporate Powers.

Section 2. A savings bank shall have all the powers and
privileges specified in this chapter and may exercise such

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implied powers as shall be necessary to give effect to the
powers expressly conferred.

Application and Acceptance of Chapter.

Section 3. Any such corporation organized prior to Jan-
uary first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, shall be subject
to this chapter so far as is consistent with the provisions of
its charter; and may, by vote of its corporators at its annual
meeting or at a meeting called for the purpose, accept any
provision of this chapter which is inconsistent with its char-
ter. Any such corporation organized after January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, shall be subject to this chap-
ter.

LOCATION.

Main Office.

Section 4- The main office of such corporation shall be in
the town specified in its charter or in its agreement of associa-
tion, or in such other town to which such office may have been
lawfully moved or may be moved as provided in this section.
The location of the main office of any such corporation may
be changed to any point in the town of its location with the
written consent of the commissioner. With the approval of
the board of trustees and upon the vote of two-thirds of the
corporators present at a meeting called for the purpose, such
corporation may, with the approval of the board of bank in-
corporation, change the location of its main office to another
town within the commonwealth by appropriate amendment
of its charter or of its agreement of association, a copy of
which amendment shall be filed forthwith with the state
secretary.

Branches and Depots.

Section 5. After such notice and hearing as the com-
missioner may require and with his written permission and
under such conditions as he may approve, such corporation
may establish and maintain one or more branch offices or
depots (a) in the town wherein its main office is located, or
(6) in other towns not more than fifteen miles distant from
such town; provided, that no branch office or depot shall be
established in such other town if the main office or a branch
office of any savings bank is located therein.

The offices and depots of any savings bank consolidated
or merged under section seventy-two or all or substantially
all of the assets and liabilities of which have been acquired
and assumed by another savings bank under section seventy-
three, may be maintained as branch offices or depots, respec-
tively, of such other savings bank, with the written per-
mission of and under such conditions, if any, as may be
approved by the commissioner; provided, that no such office
or depot shall be so maintained if the town in which it is

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situated is more than fifteen miles distant from the town
wherein the main office of such other savings bank is located.

With the written consent of the commissioner a branch
office or depot may be closed, or its location may be changed
subject to the requirements and restrictions contained in the
first paragraph of this section.

The restrictions hereinbefore contained in this section shall
not apply to branch offices and depots established on or
before November first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Any of the usual business transacted by such corporation
at its main office may be transacted at a branch office.
The business at a depot shall be transacted only on such days
as may be designated by the board of investment and shall
be limited to the receipt of deposits and the collection of
moneys due or payable to the corporation, and such business
shall be subject to such other conditions, if any, as may be
prescribed by the commissioner.

Other Locations; Collections.

Section 6. No such corporation and no person in its
behalf shall, except as provided in sections twenty-three and
twenty-four, receive a deposit other than at the main office
or at a branch office or depot, or pay a deposit other than at
the main office or at a branch office.

Collections of sums due or payable to such corporation
upon mortgage loans or other indebtedness may be made for
its account, by trust companies or national banking asso-
ciations or by duly authorized officers, employees or at-
torneys of such corporation. Collections of such sums by
agents of such corporation other than the foregoing, shall be
subject to such conditions, if any, as may be prescribed by
the commissioner, except that mortgage servicing con-
tractors shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of
section thirty-six. Such corporation at its main office or at any
branch office may, for the account of any utility company,
collect payments on bills representing indebtedness thereto.

No such corporation shall occupy the same office or suite
of offices or any office directly connected by doors or other
openings in partitions with the office or suite of offices used
or occupied by a national banking association or any bank
as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-
seven or a federal savings and loan association ; but this pro-
vision shall not be construed as preventing such corporation
from occupying a portion of the same building with, or
holding meetings referred to in section seven in the same
office or suite of offices occupied by, any such bank or asso-
ciation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall
not apply to any such corporation occupying the same
office or suite of offices or any office so connected, with a
co-operative bank, on November first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, to the extent so occupied.

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Places of Meetings.

Section 7. Meetings of the corporators and of the board
of trustees of such corporation may be held in the town
wherein the main office of the corporation is located, or in a
town of the commonwealth contiguous to such town. Meet-
ings of the board of investment of such corporation shall be
held in the building wherein its main office is located; pro-
vided that, with the approval of the conmiissioner and for
such periods as he may designate in such approval, meet-
ings of said board may be held at any other place in the
town wherein such main office is located, or at any place in a
town of the common w^ealth contiguous to such town.

MANAGEMENT.

Corporators.

Section 8. Such corporation shall have at least twenty-
five corporators and may, at a legal meeting of the cor-
porators, elect by ballot to be a corporator, any person w^ho
is a resident of the commonwealth, or any person who
resides in a state contiguous thereto and within twenty-five
miles of the main office of such corporation; provided, that
not more than three corporators shall be non-residents of the
commonwealth at any one time. After January first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six, a corporator shall, at the time of
his election or within thirty days thereafter, be a depositor of
such corporation.

A non-resident corporator shall not be efigible to be
elected or to serve as a trustee or other officer of such cor-
poration. No person shall continue to be a corporator after
removing from the conunonwealth unless, at the annual
meeting following such removal, the corporators shall vote
to continue such person as a corporator subject to the limita-
tions of this section apphcable to non-resident corporators.

Any person may, at an annual or special meeting of the
corporators, cease to be a corporator if, at least three days
before such meeting, he has filed with the clerk a written
notice of his intention so to do. If a corporator fails to attend
two consecutive annual meetings, his membership may, by
vote of the corporators at their next annual meeting, be de-
clared forfeited; and such action and vote when recorded
shall be evidence of such forfeiture. Not more than three-
fifths of the corporators of any such corporation shall be
trustees or officers thereof at any one time.

Meetings of Corporators.

Section 9. The annual meeting of the corporators of such
corporation shall be held at such time as the by-laws direct.
Special meetings may be held by order of the trustees or upon
written request of ten corporators addressed to the clerk who

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shall give notice of special meetings upon such order or re-
quest. In the absence or inability of the clerk to serve, the
president or a vice president may give the notice or notices
required by this section. At least seven days before the date
of such meeting, notice of the meeting shall be given by mail-
ing to each corporator a written or printed notice thereof and
by advertisement in a newspaper pubUshed daily or weekly
in the town wherein the main office of such corporation is
situated, or if there be no such newspaper, then in a news-
paper published in the county wherein the town is situated.
The names of those present at meetings shall be entered in
the records of the corporation. A quorum shall consist of
not less than thirteen corporators or twenty-five per cent of
the total number of corporators, whichever is the greater;
provided, that not more than fifty corporators shall be neces-
sary to constitute a quorum.

Trustees.

Section 10. Such corporation shall have a board of trus-
tees, subject to the following provisions: —

1. Number. — The board shall consist of not less than
eleven trustees and such additional number, if any, as may
be provided in the by-laws.

2. Qualifications. — All trustees shall be citizens of the
commonwealth and after January first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, a trustee shall, at the time of his election or within
thirty days thereafter, be a depositor of such corporation.

3. Interlocking Restrictions. — No person shall be a trus-
tee or other officer of two savings banks at the same time,
except in the case of the purchase of assets and assumption
of liabihties provided under section seventy-three. After
January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, no trustee or
other officer of a savings bank shall, at the same time, serve
as a director or officer of a co-operative bank or of a federal
savings and loan association; provided, that any person so
serving on said date may continue so to do until January
first, nineteen hundred and sixty-two.

4. Election. — All trustees shall be elected by and from
the corporators, except that any vacancy in the board arising
between annual meetings from death, resignation or other-
wise, may be filled by the trustees until the next annual meet-
ing at which the corporators may elect a trustee for the
balance, if any, of the unexpired term. The trustees shall be
divided into three groups as nearly equal in number as pos-
sible, and one of such groups shall be elected annually for a
term of three years; provided, that during the minimum
time necessary to accomplish the foregoing one of said groups
may be elected for a term of one year and one for a term of
two years. Upon the election as trustee of a person who has
not been theretofore a trustee of such corporation, the clerk
shall send forthwith to the commissioner the name and ad-

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dress of such person and the commissioner thereupon shall
transmit to such person a copy of the laws relating to savings
banks as most recently compiled under the direction of the
commissioner.

5. Termination of Office. — If a trustee fails to attend four
consecutive regular quarterly meetings of the board of trus-
tees, said board may declare his office to be vacant at its next
regular quarterly meeting, and if a trustee fails to attend
eight consecutive regular quarterly meetings of said board, it
shall declare his office to be vacant at its next regular quar-
terly meeting; but this provision shall not apply to a trustee
while he is serving on active duty as a member of the armed
forces of the United States. Any trustee whose office is de-
clared to be vacant as provided in this paragraph shall not
be re-elected as a trustee except upon vote of at least two-
thirds of all the corporators of such corporation passed at a
subsequent annual meeting.

The by-laws may authorize the continuance, as honorary
trustees, of not more than two persons who shall have served
as trustee of such corporation for twenty years or more. Such
honorary trustee may be elected for an indefinite term and
shall not be included in determining the minimum number of
trustees provided under paragraph 1, or the number of trus-
tees to be elected annually as provided in paragraph 4, of this
section. Such honorarj^ trustee shall not be deemed to be an
officer or member of the board of trustees of such corporation,
shall not receive compensation or be required to attend meet-
ings or be authorized or required to perform any duties.

The office of any trustee who takes the benefit of any law
of bankruptcy or insolvency, or who on examination on sup-
plementary process has been found unable to pay a judgment,
shall thereby be vacated.

The commissioner may recommend the removal of any
trustee, officer or employee who in his opinion has abused
his trust, or has been negligent in the performance of his
duties, and upon such recommendation the trustees may re-
move or discharge such trustee, officer or employee. The
trustees shall act upon such recommendation within thirt}''
days after receiving the same and neither such trustees nor
the commissioner shall be personally hable for any action
taken by them in good faith in connection with any such
recommendation or removal.

Meetings of Trustees.

Section 11. A regular meeting of the board of trustees of
such corporation shall be held at least once in three months,
for the purposes set forth in this section and for the transac-
tion of other business. Special meetings may be called by
the president, or shall be called by the clerk if requested in
writing by at least three trustees. Notices of meetings shall
be given in the manner and to the extent provided in the by-

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laws. A quorum shall consist of not less than seven trustees,
but if there be less than a quorum then a majority of those
present may adjourn the meeting until the next regular meet-
ing or until another time or times prior thereto. At each
regular meeting the following action shall be taken: —

1. Statement of Condition. — The treasurer shall submit a
statement of assets and liabilities of the corporation showing
its condition as appears from its books, as of the close of the
last business day of the preceding month or as of the close of
a business day not more than ten days prior to the date of the
meeting; and a copy of such statement shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in its main office and in each branch office
where it may be easily read by the public, and shall there re-
main until the next regular meeting of said board.

2. Report of Board of Investment. — The board of invest-
ment shall submit a report consisting of a detailed written
statement containing the following information : — (a) for
the period since the last regular meeting of the trustees, lists
showing all loans made by the corporation; all changes in
security pledged for loans and in the rates of interest charged
thereon; all purchases and sales of stocks, bonds and notes;
all securities acquired; all payments of taxes and insurance
made by the corporation for the accounts of mortgagors and
not repaid ; all real estate acquired by foreclosure or of which
possession shall have been taken; all contributions, donations
and payments for memberships and services made pursuant
to section sixty-eight, and the total of all commissions paid
for making or acquiring real estate loans; and (h) as of the
date of the statement of condition referred to in paragraph 1
of this section, all real estate mortgage loans on which inter-
est or required principal payments or both shall be more than
six months overdue; all real estate mortgage loans concern-
ing which taxes on the mortgaged property are unpaid for
more than twelve months; all time loans, other than real
estate mortgage loans, any payments upon which are more
than ninety days overdue; and all bonds and other interest
bearing obligations on which principal and interest are over-
due and unpaid for more than thirty days.

Said report shall be presented to the trustees present at the
meeting or a copy thereof shall be furnished to each such trus-
tee. A summary of said report containing a recapitulation of
the several items, and such other portion of the contents
thereof as may be determined at the meeting, shall be read
or presented to the trustees present thereat.

3. Re-port of Payments. — The treasurer shall report at each
regular meeting in detail all amounts paid by the corporation
since the last regular meeting for services, fees or otherwise,
to any member of the board of trustees or to any attorney of
the corporation and all increases in salaries of officers granted
since the last regular meeting; and shall report annually, at
the first regular meeting of the trustees following the annual
meeting, the salaries, including bonuses if any, of all officers.

4. Records. — A record shall be made by the clerk at each

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meeting of the transactions of the trustees and of the names
of those present; and a copy of the aforesaid report of the
board of investment shall be tiled and preserved with the rec-
ords of the corporation.

Board of Investment.

Section 12. Such corporation shall have a board of invest-
ment of not less than three members, who shall be trustees of
such corporation. Only one of the persons holding the offices
or performing the duties of president, executive vice presi-
dent, treasurer or clerk, shall, at the same time, be a member
of the board of investment. Said board shall elect a clerk who
may but need not be a member of the board.

The board shall approve all loans made or acquired by the
corporation ; all changes in security pledged, and the rates of
interest charged, for loans; all purchases and sales of bonds,
stocks or other securities; all foreclosures of mortgages of
real estate and the sale of property held in foreclosure; and
shall perform such other duties as the by-laws may prescribe.
The board of investment may invite one or more trustees who
are not members of said board to attend its meetings during
such monthly, quarterly or semi-annual periods as said board
may determine.

Meetings of the board of investment shall be held at least
once in each month. A record shall be made at each meeting
of the transactions of the board and of the names of those
present; provided, that Hsts of loans or securities submitted
to and considered or acted upon at such meeting may be in-
corporated by reference in said record if such lists are filed
with the records of such meeting and are identified by the sig-
natures of the clerk of said board and one or more members
thereof. The approval of changes in security for loans made
under sections thirty-seven and thirty-eight may be evi-
denced either by vote of the board of investment or by a
statement signed by at least two of its members.

Officers.

Section 13. In addition to the trustees and members of
the board of investment, the officers of such corporation shall
be a president, one or more vice presidents, a treasurer, a
clerk and, subject to appUcable provisions of the by-laws, such
other officers as from time to time may be determined by the
trustees to be necessary for the management of the affairs of
such corporation, provided that the duties of any such other
officer shall not be in conflict with those of the president or
treasurer. As used in this section and in sections sixteen,
eighteen, nineteen and twenty, the term "operating officers"
shall mean and include the president, vice presidents, any
assistant vice presidents, the treasurer, any vice treasurer,
assistant treasurers, any branch managers, any person per-

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forming the duties of auditor, and such other officers as may
be designated as operating officers by vote of the board of
trustees.

The president and at least one vice president shall be
trustees. A vice president may perform the duties of the
president to the extent authorized in the by-laws. The
treasurer may at the same time be a vice president. A vice
treasurer or an assistant treasurer may perform all the duties
of the treasurer.

The clerk shall be the clerk of the corporation and of the
trustees, but no operating oflScer shall be the clerk. No
operating officer of such corporation shall hold the office or
perform the duties of president, vice president, cashier or
treasurer of a national banking association or a trust com-
pany, and such operating officer shall be governed by the
provisions of section ten with respect to holding office in
another savings bank or in a co-operative bank or federal
savings and loan association.

Elections.

Section 14- The president, vice presidents, clerk of the
corporation and such members of the board of trustees as
may be required to be elected under the provisions of section
ten shall be elected at the annual meeting. If any such
ofl&ce becomes vacant during the year the trustees may,
except as otherwise provided in this chapter, fill the vacancy
until the next annual meeting.

The members of the board of investment, the treasurer,
vice treasurer, assistant treasurers and such other officers as
may be determined to be necessary as provided in section
thirteen, shall be elected by the trustees and shall hold
office during their pleasure, and the trustees may fill va-
cancies in such offices at any time.

All trustees and other officers shall be sworn, and shall
hold their several offices until others are elected and qualified
in their stead; and a record of such qualification shall be
made and preserved with the records of such corporation.
If a person elected as trustee or other officer of such cor-
poration does not, within forty-five days thereafter, take the
oath of office, his office thereupon shall become vacant; pro-
vided, that such oath may be taken in person at an office of
such corporation or may be taken in writing before a notary
public or justice of the peace and transmitted to such corpora-
tion within said period.

Notification and Publication of List of Officers, etc.

Section 15. The clerk of the corporation shall give notice
in writing of their election to each person elected to office at
the annual meeting or at any other meeting of the cor-
porators or trustees; and such notice shall be sent within ten

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days after such meeting to the last known address of such
person.

Within sixty days after the annual meeting, the clerk shall
cause to be published in a newspaper, as provided in section
nine, a list containing the following information: — (a) the
names of the corporators indicating those who are trustees;
and (6) the names of the president, vice presidents, treasurer,
members of the board of investment, and members of the
auditing committee referred to in section sixteen.

Said list of names so published shall be filed and preserved
with the records of the corporation. A copy of said list shall
be furnished to the commissioner within ten days after such
publication, and shall be open to public inspection for such
reasonable time as the commissioner may determine.

A clerk who knowingly neglects to give such notice of
election or to cause said list to be published, or who know-
ingly causes a false list to be published, and a person who,
subsequent to the period prescribed by section fourteen for
taking the oath of office, knowingly publishes or circulates or
knowingly causes to be published or circulated a printed
notice containing the name of a person as an officer of such
corporation who has not taken the oath of office, shall be
liable to a penalty of fifty dollars.

Committees.

Section 16. At the first meeting of the trustees following
the annual meeting they shall elect an auditing committee
of not less than three trustees who shall not be operating
officers or members of the board of investment. The mem-
bers of such committee shall take an oath of office in the
manner and within the period prescribed by section fourteen,
and a record thereof shall be made and preserved as provided
in said section. The trustees may elect or authorize to be
appointed such other committees as the by-laws may pro-
vide or as the trustees from time to time may determine.
The trustees shall authorize the compensation, if any, to be
paid to the members of committees.

Amendments to By-Laws.

Section 17. The by-laws of such corporation may be
amended by the corporators at any regular or special meet-
ing. The clerk shall attest and transmit to the commissioner
a copy of all by-laws adopted and, within fourteen days after
the adoption of any amendment, a copy of such amendment.

Bonding of Officers and Employees.

Section 18. All operating officers and employees of such
corporation, and all other officers having access to its cash
or negotiable securities, shall give bond to such corporation
at its expense in such amounts and with such surety or sure-

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ties and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe. The
trustees may require bonds of such other officers or agents
as they deem advisable. The persons required to give bond
may be included in one or more blanket or schedule bonds;
provided, that such bonds are approved by the commissioner
as to the amounts and conditions thereof and as to the sure-
ties thereon. The commissioner may prescribe the manner
of custody and safekeeping of such bonds by the corporation.

Loans to Officers and Employees.

Section 19. No such corporation shall make any loan or
extend credit in any other manner to any of its operating
officers or to any member of its board of investment, and no
such operating officer or member shall borrow from or other-
wise become indebted to such corporation or be surety for
loans by it to others or, directly or indirectly, whether acting
individually or as trustee holding property in trust for
another person, be an obhgor for money borrowed of the
corporation; and if any such operating officer or member,
either individually or as such trustee, becomes the owner of
real estate upon which a mortgage is held by the corporation,
his office shall become vacant at the expiration of sixty days
thereafter unless prior thereto he has ceased to be the owner
of the real estate or the mortgage shall have been discharged
or assigned. No such corporation shall make a loan to any of
its employees and no such employee shall become surety or
guarantor upon any loan to others made or acquired by such
corporation. The provisions of this section shall not apply
to loans made to any such operating officer, member of the
board of investment or employee on deposit books under
section forty, or to loans as are guaranteed or insured in
whole or in part as authorized by chapter forty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five, as amended, or by
any regulation thereunder.

Certain Commissions, etc. Regulated.

Section 20. Such corporation shall not negotiate, take or
receive a fee, brokerage, commission, gift or other con-
sideration, for or on account of a loan made by or on behalf
of such corporation, other than appears on the face of the
note or contract by which such loan purports to be or is
made; but this section shall not prohibit a reasonable charge
for services in the examination of property and titles and for
the preparation and recording of conveyances and other in-
struments pertaining to its loans, nor charges by such cor-
poration for any services which by law it is authorized to
render, nor premiums or charges in connection with its
construction loans or the sale or purchase, or commitments
therefor, of real estate mortgages for its own account.

No trustee, officer or employee of such corporation shall
ask for, take or receive, directly or indirectly, a fee, brokerage,

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commission, gift or other consideration for or on account of a
loan made or acquired by or on behalf of such corporation;
except that with the prior approval of the board of invest-
ment evidenced by a unanimous vote of its members present
and entitled to vote at the meeting at which the vote is
passed, such corporation may pay to any trustee who is not
an operating officer or member of the board of investment,
or to any partnership, association or corporation with which
he is connected, a reasonable commission for obtaining real
estate mortgage loans made or acquired for the account of
such bank, provided, that such trustee and such partnership,
association or corporation, if any, is or are engaged in the
business of purchasing, selling, procuring or placing real
estate mortgage loans.

Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or
by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

DEPOSITS.

Certain Deposits Regulated.

Section 21. Deposits authorized by this section may be
received subject to the following limitations: —

1. Amounts Limited. — Such corporation may receive on
deposit from any person for his own account or for the
accounts of one or more distinct estates or trusts, not more
than seven thousand five hundred dollars for each account;
and may allow interest on such deposits, and upon the in-
terest accumulated thereon, until the principal, with the
accrued interest, amounts to fifteen thousand dollars, and
thereafter upon no greater amount than fifteen thousand
dollars.

2. Exemptions from Limits. — The limitations of para-
graph 1 of this section shall not apply to joint accounts,
referred to in section twenty-two, nor to deposits of the fol-
lowing classes: — deposits by a rehgious, charitable or edu-
cational corporation or organization, labor union, credit
union, or fraternal benefit society; deposits in the name of a
judge of probate, or by order of any court; deposits on
account of a sinking fund of a town in the commonwealth;
deposits of any trust fund held by a town for pubUc uses;
deposits of funds representing replacement reserves or similar
accumulations required under the provisions of any mortgage
held by such corporation and insured by the federal housing
administrator, referred to in paragraph 11 of section thirty-
five and in section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and
sixty-seven; deposits of the funds of any state, county or
municipal retirement or pension system or association;
deposits of the funds of the Savings Banks Employees Re-
tirement Association; deposits in such corporation acquired
by any person or persons by inheritance or bequest; de-

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posits of the funds of any private retirement or pension
system or association, provided that the deposit accounts of
any one such private system or association shall not, except
by the accumulation of interest, be permitted to exceed, at
any one time, seventy-five thousand dollars; and deposits
of funds of any housing authority, referred to in section
twenty-six K of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, pro-
vided that the deposit accounts of any one such authority
shall not, except by the accumulation of interest, be per-
mitted to exceed, at any one time, thirty thousand dollars.

The aggregate deposits of any national banking associa-
tion or trust company for the accounts of all estates and
trusts represented by it as trustee, executor, guardian or in
any other fiduciary capacity shall not, except by the accumu-
lation of interest, be permitted to exceed, at any one time,
seventy-five thousand dollars or one and one-half per cent of
the deposits of such savings bank, whichever is the greater;
but in determining such limits the amounts of the deposits of
private retirement and pension systems or associations here-
inbefore authorized shall not be included.

3. Deposits in Trust. — If deposits are made in trust, they
may be made by one or two persons in trust for another. The
name and residence of the person for whom such deposit is
made shall be disclosed and the deposit shall be credited to
the depositors as trustees for such person. Payments may
be made to the trustee, and if there are two trustees payments
may be made to both or to either or the survivor. If no other
notice of the existence and terms of a trust has been received
in writing by the corporation, upon the death of the trustee
or if there are two trustees then upon the death of both, the
amount then on deposit together wdth the dividends thereon
may be paid to the person for whom such deposit was made,
or to his legal representative. Withdrawals and payments
made as provided in this paragraph shall fully discharge the
liabihty of the corporation to all persons.

Joint Accounts.

Section 22. Such corporation may receive deposits on any
joint account provided for in section fourteen of chapter one
hundred and sLxty-seven to the amount of fifteen thousand
dollars, and may allow interest upon such deposits, and upon
the interest accumulated thereon, until the principal, with
the accrued interest, amounts to thirty thousand dollars, and
thereafter upon no greater amount than thirty thousand dol-
lars. Either party to a joint account also may make deposits
for his individual account, but the deposits in his individual
account and in all joint accounts to which he is a party shall
not at any one time exceed fifteen thousand dollars, exclusive
of interest accumulated thereon.

The surviving owner of a joint account may maintain the
balance of the account in the amount appearing at the time of

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the decease of the joint owner, and such corporation may al-
low interest additions and accumulations thereon in the
amount provided above for joint accounts.

Any part or all of the deposits and interest represented by
joint accounts may be withdrawn, assigned, pledged or trans-
ferred by either of the individual parties. Payment to either
of the parties to a joint account while both are living shall
discharge the liability of the corporation to all persons; and
in the event of the death of either of the joint owners, the
corporation shall be hable only to the survivor, and the pay-
ment to the survivor shall discharge the liability of the cor-
poration to all persons.

Payment to any assignee, pledgee or transferee of either of
the individual parties to a joint account shall be governed by
the provisions relative to payments to assignees and pledgees
of joint deposits contained in said section fourteen of chapter
one hundred and sixty-seven.

Payroll Deduction Deposits.

Section 23. Such corporation under regulations made by
it and approved by the commissioner may arrange with any
employer for the collection and receipt of deposits by payroll
deduction, to be credited to the individual accounts of his
employees making the deposits. A deposit book shall be is-
sued by such corporation to or for the account of each such
employee. Such corporation may receive deposits on such
employee's account without requiring production of the de-
posit book; provided, that a statement of each such em-
ployee's account shall be furnished to him by such corpora-
tion at least once in each three months.

School Savings Deposits.

Section 24- In order to encourage saving among school
children, such corporation under regulations made by it and
approved by the commissioner may arrange for the collection
by collectors or by the school principal or teachers, of savings
from school children of private schools and, with the approval
of the school committee of the town or regional district
wherein the school is situated, from school children of pub-
lic schools. To give effect to the purposes of this section any
such corporation may, in participation and under an agree-
ment in writing with one or more other such corporations, all
such corporations having their main oflBces in the same town,
arrange for such collection in one or more public or private
schools in any town in which a participating corporation has
its main office or a branch office, or in any contiguous or sur-
rounding town in which no other savings bank or savings
bank branch office is located; subject, however, to the ap-
proval of the commissioner and, in the case of public schools,
of the commissioner and the school committee of the town or
regional district wherein such school or schools are situated.

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Subject to conditions approved by the commissioner and not-
withstanding the provisions of section twelve of chapter one
hundred and sixty-seven, such participation may be effected
through an association or through a corporation estabhshed
under chapter one hundred and eighty, organized for the pur-
pose by some or all of the participating savings banks or by
persons on their behalf, and any such association or corpora-
tion shall be subject to the supervision of the commissioner.
Whenever used in this section, in paragraphs 4 and 6 of sec-
tion thirty-eight, in section thjrty-nine, or in paragraph 1 of
section fifty, the word "association" means an association
the business of which is conducted or transacted by trustees
under a written instrument or declaration of trust.

Special Trust Fund Deposits.

Section 25. Such corporation may receive on deposit to
any amount, funds in trust for the purposes of setting out
shade trees in streets and parks and improving the same,
purchasing land for parks or playgrounds and improving the
same, maintaining cemeteries or cemetery lots, or erecting
and maintaining drinking fountains in pubhc places, subject
to the following provisions: —

1. Payments. — The dividends arising from such deposits
shall be paid at least annually to such town or cemetery au-
thorities as may be designated by the donors of said funds or
by the will of the person bequeathing the same, and shall be
expended by such authorities within their respective towns
or cemeteries for any or all of said purposes as may be speci-
fied by such donors or such will. Such deposits and dividends
shall be exempt from attachment or levy on execution. No
part of the principal of such deposits shall be withdrawn or
expended, but nothing in this sentence shall prevent the with-
drawal of the principal of or dividends on deposits made by a
cemetery corporation under section twenty-one.

2. Court Order. — A judge of probate, after notice and a
hearing, may authorize an executor, administrator or trus-
tee holding money or other personal property for any of the
purposes mentioned in this section, to deposit such money,
or the avails arising from such personal property, in any such
corporation designated by the judge, to be held by it in the
manner and for such purposes and upon the trusts upon which
the executor, administrator or trustee held the same; and
upon the deposit of such money and its receipt and accept-
ance by such corporation the executor, administrator or trus-
tee shall be discharged from further care and responsibility
therefor.

3. Statements Every Three Years. — The deposits held in
accordance with this section shall be known as the "Shade
Tree and Cemetery Accounts" and the treasurer of the cor-
poration with which they are deposited shall give a receipt
therefor to the depositor ,fand shall send by mail or deliver,

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in January in each third year after the first deposit, to the
mayor of a city or the chairman of the selectmen of a town,
a written statement, signed by such treasurer, of the amount
of deposits held for any of the purposes aforesaid in the name
or for the benefit of such city or town or of any instrumen-
tahty thereof. Such statement shall be recorded in the office
of the city or town clerk.

4. Transfer of Deposit. — If a corporation holding any such
deposits surrenders its charter or ceases to do business, the
supreme judicial court may order said deposits to be trans-
ferred and deposited in another such corporation, upon the
same trusts; and if the laws authorizing such corporations
are repealed, the court may order such deposits to be trans-
ferred and deposited in such banking institutions as it may
find proper, to be held upon the trusts aforesaid.

Withdrawal of Deposits.

Section 26. The deposits in such corporation may be with-
drawn at such time and in such manner as the by-laws direct,
subject to the provisions of this section, paragraph 1 of sec-
tion twenty-five, section seventy-seven, and of other appli-
cable provisions of law : —

1. Charge to Principal. — For the purpose only of comput-
ing the limitations on the principal amounts of such deposits
as provided by sections twenty-one and twenty-two, all de-
posits so withdrawn shall be deducted first from the principal
amounts last deposited, exclusive of dividends, but nothing
in this paragraph shall prevent the withdrawal on demand of
dividends at an}'' time after becoming available for with-
drawal, subject to the notice provisions hereinafter contained
in this section.

2. Ninety Day Notice. — The treasurer or other authorized
officer of such corporation may at any time require a depositor
to give a written notice of his intention to withdraw the whole
or any part of his deposit or to apply for a loan under section
forty, such notice to be for a period not exceeding ninety days.
WTienever said notice is required from ten or more depositors
on any one day, such corporation shall be deemed to have
made a general requirement and shall file with the commis-
sioner within forty-eight hours after the close of business on
such day a written notice of such requirement. Until such
general requirement has been removed and notice thereof
filed with the commissioner, no pajmaent by way of with-
drawal or loan shall be made to any depositor on account of
his deposit, except that, with the approval of the commis-
sioner, such sum or sums not exceeding, in the aggregate, an
amount fixed by the board of investment may be paid on each
deposit account.

3. Six Months^ Notice. — Whenever in the judgment of the
board of investment there is an unusual demand for with-
drawals the corporation may with the approval of the com-

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missioner, and whenever in the opinion of the commissioner
there is such an unusual demand the corporation shall upon
his order, require a depositor to give written notice of his in-
tention to withdraw the whole or any part of his deposit or
to apply for a loan under section forty, such notice to be for
such period, not exceeding six months, as may be determined
by the commissioner, which period may in his discretion be
extended, but not beyond one year from the date of such no-
tice; and until such a requirement has been revoked by the
commissioner, the foregoing limitations as to payments by
way of withdrawal or loan applicable in case of a general re-
quirement as aforesaid shall apply.

4. Suspension of Advertising. — Such corporation shall not
advertise in any manner for deposits while any requirement of
notice of intention to withdraw as above provided is in effect,
unless the advertisement shall state that such deposits may
not be paid out by way of withdrawal or loan except in ac-
cordance with the terms of the requirement, which terms
shall appear in such statement.

Payments on Death.

Section 27. Deposits standing in the name of a deceased
depositor shall, except as provided in sections twenty-one
and twenty-two, be paid to liis legal representative; pro-
vided that, if the deposit does not exceed seven hundred and
fifty dollars and there has been no demand for payment by a
duly appointed executor or administrator, payment may be
made, in the discretion of the treasurer or other duly author-
ized officer of the corporation, or pursuant to special vote of
the board of investment, after the expiration of sixty days
from the death of such depositor, to the surviving husband,
wife or next of kin of such deceased, upon presentation of a
copy of the death certificate and the surrender of the de-
posit book evidencing the deposit. Such corporation may
pay an order, drawn by a person who has funds on deposit
to meet the same, notwithstanding the death of the drawer,
if presentation is made within thirty days after the date of
such order; and at any time if the corporation has not re-
ceived written notice of the death of the drawer. Payments
made under authority of any provision of this section shall
discharge the liabihty of the corporation to all persons to the
extent of such payments.

Payments to Minors.

Section 28. Money deposited in the name of a minor may,
at the discretion of the treasurer or other authorized officer,
be paid to such minor or to his legal representative or, if the
amount of the deposit does not exceed seven hundred and
fifty dollars, to either parent of such minor, and an}'- such
payment shall discharge the liability of the corporation to
all persons to the extent of such payment.

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Set-Off of Deposits.

Section 29. A person indebted to such corporation may,
when proceeded against for the collection of such indebted-
ness or for the enforcement of any security therefor, set off
or recoup the amount of a deposit in such corporation held
and owned by him at the time of the commencement of such
proceeding; provided, that if a proceeding in equity has been
commenced to restram the corporation from doing its actual
business, or if possession of such corporation has been taken
by the Mutual Savuigs Central Fund, Inc. as provided by
section four of chapter forty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and tliirty-four or by the commissioner as provided
in section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-
seven, no deposit shall so be set off or recouped by any such
person unless held and owned by him on the date of the com-
mencement of such proceeding or of possession so taken, and
the right of set-off or recoupment shall be determined as of
such date whether the indebtedness of the depositor, or the
deposit, is then due or payable or becomes due or payable at
a later date. Any indebtedness against which a deposit is
permitted to be set off or recouped as aforesaid may be
secured or unsecured. Section three of chapter two hundred
and thirty-two shall not apply to a set-off hereunder, except
that either party to a joint account may, upon presentation
of the deposit book, set off the joint deposit against his in-
dividual debt to such corporation. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a judgment shall not be rendered against such
corporation in favor of the defendant for any balance found
due from it if a proceeding in equity has been commenced
against the corporation or possession thereof has been taken
as aforesaid. The word "deposit", as used in this section,
shall include interest due thereon.

InterTpleader.

Section 30. If, in an action against such corporation for
money on deposit therewith, it appears that the same fund
is claimed by another party than the plaintiff, whether by
the husband or ^vife of the plaintiff, or otherwise, the court
in which such action is pending, on the petition of the cor-
poration and on such notice to the plaintiff and to such
claimants as the court considers proper, may order the pro-
ceedings to be amended b}^ making such claimants defendants
thereto; and thereupon the rights and interests of the
several parties in and to said funds shall be heard and de-
termined. Such deposits may remain with the corporation
until final judgment, and shall be paid as the court orders, or
may be paid into court to await final judgment; and when
so paid into court, the action shall be discontinued as to such
corporation and its liability for such deposit shall cease. The
taxable costs of the corporation in such actions shall be in
the discretion of the court and may be charged upon the fund.

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Unclaimed Court Deposits.

Section SI. Subject to section twenty-eight of chapter
two hundred and six, the probate court, court of insolvency
or other court, respectively, shall, upon the application of a
person interested or of the attorney general, and after public
notice, order and decree that all amounts of money de-
posited with such corporation, by authority of any of said
courts or of any judge thereof, and which shall have remained
unclaimed for more than twenty j^ears from the date of such
deposit shall be paid, together with the interest accumulated
thereon, to the state treasurer, to be held and used by him
according to law, subject to be repaid to the person ha\T:ng
and establishing a lawful right thereto, with interest at the
rate of three per cent per annum from the time when it is so
paid to said treasurer to the time when it is paid over by him
to such person, as hereinafter provided in this section.

Any person claiming a right to money deposited with the
state treasurer under this section pursuant to a decree of a
probate court or a court of insolvency in any county may
establish the same by a petition to the probate court of such
county, or if so deposited pursuant to the order of any other
court, by a petition to the superior court under section one
of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight; provided, that in
cases where claims amount to less than fifty dollars each,
such claims may be presented to the comptroller of the
commonwealth, who shall examine the same and allow and
certify for payment such as may be proved to his satisfaction.

Reduction of Deposits.

Section 32. The supreme judicial court or any justice
thereof sitting in equity may, on petition of a savings bank
or the trustees of a savings bank, approved by the com-
missioner, approve or order a reduction of the deposit
account of each depositor therein whenever the value of its
assets is less than the total amount of its deposits so as to
divide the loss equitably among said depositors. If thereafter
the bank shall reahze from said assets a greater sum than was
fixed by said order of reduction, such excess shall be divided
among the depositors whose accounts have been reduced, but
to the extent of such reduction only; provided, that at any
time after the entry of a decree approving or ordering such a
reduction of deposit accounts, said court or any justice
thereof may by order finally determine the amount which
said depositors are equitably entitled to receive in full
settlement of their said deposit accounts and the manner of
distribution of said amount.

Investment of Deposits.

Section S3. Any such corporation may invest its deposits
and income derived therefrom in the loans and investments

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authorized by this chapter and in such other loans and in-
vestments as may be authorized for savings banks by general
or special law.

LOANS AND INVESTMENTS.

Part I. Real Estate Mortgage Loans.

General Requirements.

Section 34- Any such corporation may make or acquire
loans upon real estate secured by first mortgages. Except
as otherwise provided, such loans shall be subject to the
limitations of this section and of other appUcable sections
of this chapter.

1. Security. — Each such loan shall be evidenced by a
note secured by a first mortgage which shall be a first hen on
the real estate so loaned upon, except for municipal liens and
for mortgages or other liens held by the corporation, and
subject to participating interests in the case of a participa-
tion mortgage loan under paragraph 8 of section thirty-five;
but nothing in this paragraph shall prevent such corporation
from making an agreement with a lessee of the mortgaged
property for uninterrupted possession thereof by the lessee
in the event of foreclosure of the mortgage so long as the
lessee shall comply with the terms of such lease.

2. Lending Area. — Such first mortgages shall be on real
estate located in the commonwealth or in a city or town of a
state contiguous to the commonwealth, provided, that such
city or town is not more than fifty miles from the town in
which the main office of such corporation is located as de-
termined by the distance between the two nearest points of
separation.

3. Maximum Aggregate Investment. — Not more than
seventy per cent of the total deposits of such corporation shall
be invested in mortgages of real estate; provided, that in
addition to such seventy per cent, an amount equal to the
difference between the total amount invested in bank stocks
and fire insurance stocks and the total amount authorized to
be invested therein as provided in sections forty-seven and
forty-eight, may be invested in insured or guaranteed mort-
gages, or both, referred to in paragraph 1 1 of section thirty-
five, section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-
seven, and chapter forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-five, as amended, and in regulations thereunder.

Not more than thirty-five per cent of such total deposits
shall be invested in mortgages of real estate within said
fifty-mile limit in states contiguous to the commonwealth,
including insured and guaranteed mortgages referred to in
said paragraph 1 1 and in said chapter forty-six, as amended,
and in regulations thereunder; provided, that not more than
twenty-five per cent of such total deposits may be invested

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within said fifty-mile limit in mortgages not so insured or
guaranteed.

In determining the maximum mortgage hmits specified in
this paragraph, loans on leases authorized by paragraph 6 of
section thirty-eight shall be included, and mortgages taken
upon the sale of foreclosed real estate as provided by section
fifty-four shall be excluded.

Classes of Mortgage Loans.

Section 35. Any such corporation may make or acquire
first mortgage loans of the several classes specified in para-
graphs 1 to 12, inclusive, of this section, on real estate mort-
gaged or to be mortgaged, subject in each instance to the
limitations applicable to the particular class, except that
periodic payments provided by a mortgage of any class may
be less for the first year of the term than for the remainder
thereof.

1. Forty Per Cent of Value. — A mortgage loan on un-
improved or unproductive real estate, not exceeding forty
per cent of its value, payable on demand or not more than
three years from the date of the note ; provided, that no loan
of this class or of the classes authorized in paragraphs 2 and 3
of this section shall be made or acquired for an amount in
excess of one per cent of the deposits of such corporation or
fifty thousand dollars, whichever is the greater.

2. Sixty Per Cent of Value, Unamortized. — A mortgage
loan not exceeding sixty per cent of the value of the real
estate, payable on demand or not more than three years
from the date of the note, subject to the limitation on
amount provided in paragraph 1 of this section.

3. Sixty Per Cent of Value, Amortized. — A mortgage loan
not exceeding sixty per cent of the value of the real estate,
payable not more than twenty years from the date of the
note; provided, that the terms of the note or mortgage
shall require payments on the loan to be made in periodic
instalments, at intervals not exceeding three months, in
amounts aggregating annually not less than two per cent of
the original amount of the loan. A mortgage loan of this
class shall be subject to the limitation on amount provided
in paragraph 1 of this section.

4. Seventy Per Cent of Value. — A mortgage loan not ex-
ceeding seventy per cent of the value of the real estate, pay-
able not more than twenty years from the date of the note,
except that a mortgage loan of this class of twenty-five
thousand dollars or less, may be payable not more than
twenty-five years from the date of the note. The terms of
the note or mortgage shall require payments on the loan to
be made in periodic instalments, at intervals not exceeding
three months, in amounts aggregating annually not less
than three per cent of the original amount of the loan.
No loan of this class shall be made or acquired for a sum in

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excess of one per cent of the deposits of such corporation or
fifty thousand dollars, whichever is the greater; provided,
that the aggregate balance of principal outstanding at any-
one time on mortage loans of this class as are in excess of
one-half of one per cent of deposits, shall not exceed seven
and one-half per cent of the deposits of such corporation.

5. Seventy-five Per Cent of Value. — A mortgage loan not
exceeding seventy-five per cent of the value of the real estate,
payable not more than twenty-five years from the date of the
note ; provided, that the terms of the note or mortgage shall
require payments on the loan to be made in periodic instal-
ments, at intervals not exceeding three months, in amounts
aggregating annually not less than three per cent of the
original amount of the loan. The note or mortgage also shall
require payment, at least quarterly, of a proportionate part
of the estimated real estate taxes and betterment assessments
on the mortgaged real estate. No loan of this class shall be
made or acquired for a sum in excess of twenty thousand
dollars.

6. Eighty Per Cent of Value. — A mortgage loan not ex-
ceeding eighty per cent of the value of the real estate, pay-
able not more than twenty-five years from the date of the
note; provided, that the terms of the note or mortgage shall
require monthly payments in such amounts that the ag-
gregate principal reduction at any time during the term of
the loan shall be not less than that which would be required
in the case of a note of like amount and interest rate pro-
viding for complete amortization by equal monthly pay-
ments over a period of twenty-five years. Each such monthly
payment shall be applied first to interest and the balance to
principal. Interest upon such loan shall be computed
monthly on the unpaid balance. The note or mortgage also
shall require payment each month of a proportionate part of
the estimated real estate taxes and betterment assessments on
the mortgaged real estate. No loan of this class shall be made
or acquired for a sum in excess of twenty thousand dollars.

7. Residential Development Loans. — A mortgage loan
upon two or more parcels of real estate contained within a
single project being developed by one owner, for the purpose
of financing the construction of a single family dwelling and
appurtenances upon each such parcel. Such mortgage loan
shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the aggregate esti-
mated completed value of the parcels of land and structures
thereon securing the mortgage, or fifteen thousand dollars
with respect to each such parcel and structures thereon,
whichever amount is the lesser. Each mortgage loan of this
class shall be payable not more than two years from the date
of the note.

Not later than thirty days after such mortgage loan be-
comes payable, at least two members of the board of invest-
ment shall certify, in writing, according to their best judg-
ment or as determined by them upon the opinion of an
appraiser approved by said board, the aggregate value of the

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parcels of land and structures thereon then remaining subject
to the mortgage. If at that time the unpaid balance of
principal on said mortgage exceeds sixty per cent of the
value so certified, a sufficient reduction shall be required, as
promptly as may be practicable, to reduce said balance to
sixty per cent of such value; and until so reduced, an amount
equal to the unpaid amount of the required reduction shall be
estabhshed and maintained by such corporation as a reserve
for loss against such amount. The aggregate balance of prin-
cipal, outstanding at any one time, on mortgage loans of this
class shall not exceed two per cent of the deposits of such
corporation.

8. Participation Loans. — Any such corporation may, in
participation with one or more other such corporations, make
mortgage loans of the classes referred to in paragraphs 1, 2,
3 and 4 of this section.

The participating corporations shall enter into a written
agreement, for themselves, their successors and assigns,
which shall include provisions for the custody of the note and
mortgage and for the servicing and foreclosure thereof. The
amount of the participation of any such corporation in any
such loan shall not exceed one per cent of its deposits, and
the aggregate balance of principal of all such participations,
outstanding at any one time, shall not exceed five per cent
of the total deposits of such corporation.

9. Construction Loans. — Any such corporation may make
construction mortgage loans with respect to any of the classes
of mortgage loans authorized by this chapter or by any other
provision of general or special law applicable to savings
banks; provided, that any payments required on account of
principal shall commence not later than one year from the
date of the mortgage note.

10. Improvement Loans. — A loan to the owner of im-
proved real estate, upon which such corporation holds a
mortgage, for the purpose of financing the improvement,
repair, alteration or rehabilitation of such real estate or the
purchase and installation of fixtures to be affixed thereto.
Such loan shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dol-
lars, exclusive of interest or discount from the date of the
note, with respect to any one parcel of such real estate. The
loan shall be payable not more than five years from the date
of the note, but the note or mortgage shall provide that in
any event it shall become due and payable simultaneously
with the transfer of the mortgaged premises or with the pay-
ment of the balance due on the mortgage. The terms of the
note or mortgage shall require that, commencing not later
than two months after the date of the note, (a) payments
shall be made on account of the principal in equal monthly
instalments in amounts which, at the maturity of the note,
shall equal the original amount of the loan, or {b) fixed
monthly payments shall be made in approximately the same
amount during the term of the loan, which payments shall
first be appUed to interest and the balance to principal. The

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aggregate balance of principal outstanding at any one time
on loans of this class shall not exceed two per cent of the
deposits of such corporation.

In case a mortgage and the note secured thereby shall have
been sold or otherwise assigned to another banking institu-
tion, such corporation at the request of such other banking
institution and of the owner of the mortgaged property may
make a loan of this class within the limitations prescribed in
this section; provided, that such corporation shall agree to
sell and such other banking institution shall agree to buy such
loan within tliirty days after the loan is made.

11. Insured Loans Outside the Commonwealth. — Any such
corporation, subject to regulations made by the commissioner,
may make or acquire mortgage loans on real estate located
outside the commonwealth, of which the notes have been
endorsed for insurance by the federal housing administrator,
or combined with secondary mortgages guaranteed in full by
the United States of America under the Servicemen's Re-
adjustment Act of nineteen hundred and forty-four, as
amended.

The aggregate balance of principal, outstanding at any
one time, in the class of mortgage loans authorized by this
paragraph shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the deposits
of such corporation, or fifty per cent of the aggregate book
value of loans secured by mortgages on real estate located in
the commonwealth, wliichever is the lesser.

Such mortgage loans may be made or acquired notwith-
standing the restrictions contained in section fifty-one of
chapter one hundred and sixty-seven; provided, that the
maximum aggregate investment in mortgages of real estate
shall not exceed the limitations prescribed by paragraph 3 of
section thirty-four.

12. Housing Projects. — Subject to such regulations as the
commissioner deems necessary or advisable if requested to
issue regulations hereunder by one or more savings banks,
any such corporation, either alone or in conjunction with one
or more such corporations, may exercise the powers relative
to housing projects granted to domestic life insurance com-
panies by section sixty-six A of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five; provided, that the aggregate balance of prin-
cipal outstanding at any one time in investments of this class
shall not exceed three per cent of the deposits of such cor-
poration.

Other Mortgage Provisions.

Section 36. The following provisions shall, unless other-
wise provided, apply to mortgage loans made or acquired by
such corporation: —

1. Application. — There shall be a written application for
each mortgage loan originated by the corporation showing
the date, names of applicants, amount asked for and security
offered, and containing such other information as the cor-
poration may deem necessary. Such application shall be

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signed by or on behalf of the apphcants prior to consum-
mation of the loan and shall be filed and preserved with the
records of the corporation but may accompany any sale or
assignment of such mortgage loan. No application shall be
required when a mortgage is acquired by purchase.

2. Appraisal. — At least two members of the board of
investment shall certify, in writing, the value of the property
offered as security according to their best judgment; and in
the case of a mortgage loan acquired by purchase, two mem-
bers of said board shall certify in writing, the value of the
property mortgaged according to their best judgment. In
either case such value may be determined upon the signed
opinion in writing of an appraiser approved by said board.

3. Additional Principal Payments. — Such corporation
may accept principal payments in excess of payments re-
quired by any mortgage made or acquired under any of the
provisions of section thirty-five, and such additional pay-
ments may be accepted as anticipating an equal number of
whole payments or as effecting a reduction of all future pay-
ments required by the mortgage. In the event that any
such additional payments are made, the board of investment
may reduce the monthly or other periodic payments as set
forth in said mortgage; provided, that such reduced pay-
ments shall not extend the original term of the mortgage
except as authorized by paragraph 4 of this section.

4. Revision of Terms. — With the approval of the board of
investment of such corporation, at the request of the owner
of the equity of redemption, the amount of the periodic pay-
ments of principal or interest, or both, called for bj"" any note
and mortgage may be changed; provided, that the unpaid
balance of principal is not in excess of the percentage of value
of the mortgaged property required for one of the classes of
mortgage loans authorized under paragraphs 1 to 6, in-
clusive, of section thirty-five as certified in writing by at least
two members of said board, according to their best judgment
or as determined by them upon the sfgned opinion in writing
of an appraiser approved by said board; and provided, fur-
ther, that the periodic pajonents as changed shall meet the
minimum payments required for such class of mortgage.
Every such change shall be evidenced by an instrument
setting forth such change, the payments to be made pursuant
thereto and the provisions of any mortgage extension, which
instrument shall be filed with the papers relating to the loan.

No such change shall result in the extension of the term of
such mortgage beyond the maximum number of years per-
mitted under section thirty-five for such mortgage as changed
hereunder, computed from the date of such extension.
Neither the note evidencing the loan nor the mortgage secur-
ing the same shall be prejudiced by any such change, not-
Avithstanding the fact that no provision for such change was
originally made in the note or mortgage; and both note and
mortgage shall continue to be held by the corporation as
good and sufficient security for the balance remaining unpaid

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after the date of such change. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to prevent any real estate mortgage loan
held by such corporation from being rewritten, substituted
or converted into any other class of mortgage loan which such
corporation may lawfully hold; provided, that the unpaid
balance of principal is not in excess of the percentage of the
then value of the mortgaged property required for such other
class of loan, as certified in writing by at least two members
of the board of investment according to their best judgment,
or as determined by them upon the signed opinion in writing
of an appraiser approved by said board.

In revising the terms of any mortgage under the authority
of this paragraph, no additional money shall be loaned or
advanced thereon, but this provision shall not prevent such
corporation from making a new mortgage loan of one of the
classes authorized by section thirty-five, or from making an
additional advance on such mortgage as authorized by section
twenty-eight A of chapter one hundred and eighty-three.

5. Servicing of Loans. — Any such corporation may collect
and apply payments due upon and otherwise service mort-
gage loans sold by it; and may authorize any servicing con-
tractor, approved by the board of investment, to collect and
apply payments due upon and otherwise service mortgage
loans acquired by such corporation; provided, that any such
servicing contractor servicing mortgage loans on real estate
located in this commonwealth or within the fifty-mile limit re-
ferred to in paragraph 2 of section thirty-four, shall be a sav-
ings bank, trust company, national banking association, co-
operative bank or federal savings and loan association, but
mortgage loans so located may, subject to conditions ap-
proved by the commissioner, be serviced by a person eligible
under regulations of the commissioner to service any insured
or guaranteed mortgages hereinafter referred to in this para-
graph. An agreement setting forth the terms and conditions
of and charges to be made for such servicing shall be executed
on behalf of such corporation and any such servicing con-
tractor, and filed with the records of such corporation. The
servicing of insured or guaranteed mortgages referred to in
paragraph 11 of section thirty-five, section fifty-one of chap-
ter one hundred and sixty-seven, and chapter forty-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five, as amended,
shall be governed by regulations of the commissioner.

6. Revaluation and Inspection. — Except as provided in
clause {d) of this section, real estate securing mortgage loans
shall be subject to periodic revaluation or inspection, as
follows : —

(a) Revaluation Required. — Every parcel of real estate
mortgaged to secure a loan which by its terms is payable in
three years or less from the date of the note or is being
amortized at a rate of less than three per cent per annum
shall be revalued, as long as the loan is held, at intervals of
three calendar years commencing not later than the end of
the third calendar year after the year in which the loan is

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made or acquired. At the time of such revaluation at least
two members of the board of investment shall certify, in
writing, the then value of the mortgaged property, according
to their best judgment or as determined by one such mem-
ber so certifying upon the signed opinion in writing of an
appraiser approved by said board. Upon the partial release
of any real estate securing a mortgage, the remainder of the
security shall be revalued notwithstanding that the security
shall have been revalued within three years; but this re-
quirement shall not apply to construction mortgage loans.

(h) Inspection Authorized. — Every parcel of real estate
mortgaged to secure a loan, other than the parcels referred to
in clause (a) of this paragraph, shall be revalued, as long as
the loan is held, commencing not later than the end of the
third calendar year after the year in which the loan is made
or acquired and thereafter at intervals of five calendar years,
in the manner provided in said clause or, in lieu of revaluation,
such parcel shall be inspected for the purpose of determining
the general physical condition of the mortgaged property, in-
cluding its state of preservation or deterioration and any
other information deemed by the board of investment as
materially affecting the value of such parcel. Such inspec-
tion shall be made by at least two members of said board
or by a person deemed by it to be quahfied to make such
inspection, and a report thereof shall be made in writing and
signed by one of such members or by such person and shall
be submitted to said board.

(c) Reports. — Each report of revaluation and inspection
shall be filed and preserved with the records of the corpora-
tion until the obligation to which it relates is paid in full or
otherwise legally discharged.

(d) Insured and Guaranteed Mortgages. — Revaluation
and inspection of insured and guaranteed mortgages, re-
ferred to in paragraph 5 of this section, shall be subject to
regulations, if any, of the commissioner.

7. Excessive Loans. — Whenever the commissioner deems
an excessive loan has been made, or is about to be made, upon
real estate, by any such corporation, he may cause an ap-
praisal of said real estate to be made at the expense of the
corporation. In such event, one appraiser shall be named by
the commissioner, one by the corporation, and a third by
the two appraisers thus named. Said appraisers shall
certify in writing to the commissioner and to the corpora-
tion, the then value of said real estate according to their best
judgment. If it shall appear from said appraisal that said
loan is in excess of the amount authorized for such class of
loan by the applicable provisions of section thirty-five or
other provision of law, the commissioner may make such
order in relation thereto as he deems advisable.

8. Liabilities of One Person. — The total liabilities to any
savings bank of a person, partnership, association or cor-
poration for money borrowed thereby under section thirty-
five, including in the Uabilities of a partnership or company

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not incorporated the liabilities of the several members thereof,
shall not at any one time exceed two per cent of the deposits
of such bank or fifty thousand dollars, whichever is the
greater. In computing such total Habilities there shall be
included the direct liability of the borrower and his liability
as endorser, guarantor or surety on the obligations of others
held by the bank, and there shall be excluded the liability
of the borrower on mortgage loans held by such bank on real
estate sold to a person deemed bj"" the bank to be a bona fide
purchaser and who has made payments to such bank on such
mortgages or who has agreed, in writing, with such bank
to assume payment thereof.

9. Legality of Certain Mortgages. — No provision of this
chapter shall render illegal the investment in or pledge of any
mortgages of real estate held by any such corporation on
November first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Part II. Other Loans.

Personal Loans.

Section 37. Such corporation may make a loan to one or
more responsible borrowers upon a note in such form and at
such rate of interest and subject to such other charges as the
board of investment shall by rules or regulations determine;
provided, that such rates and charges shall not exceed those
authorized by section one hundred of chapter one hundred
and forty with respect to loans subject to such section. Such
loan shall be payable and shall be paid in instalments at in-
tervals of not exceeding one month and all within a period of
not exceeding thirty months from the date of the note.
Such note may provide for the payment of the first instal-
ment on a date not more than three months from the date of
the note or of some one subsequent instalment on a date not
more than three months from the date of the last prior in-
stalment, and may, in the discretion of such corporation, be
secured or unsecured. The total obligation of any one
person to any such corporation in this class of investment
shall not exceed one thousand dollars, exclusive of interest
or discount from the date of the note; and the aggregate
balance of such loans made by any such corporation, at any
time outstanding, shall not exceed five per cent of its de-
posits. The provisions of sections eighty-six to one hundred
and ten, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty shall
not, except as herein provided, apply to loans made under
this section.

Collateral Loans.

Section 38. Such corporation may make a loan to one or
more responsible borrowers upon a note secured by the pledge
as collateral therefor, of one or more of the classes of property
described below in this section : —

1. Real Estate Mortgages. — One or more first mortgages
of real estate situated in this commonwealth. If the mort-

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gage conforms to all of the requirements of one of the classes
of mortgages eligible for investment by such corporation
under section thirty-five, the loan may be made or renewed
in an amount not exceeding the percentage of value of the
mortgaged property authorized for such class of mortgage
under said section. If the mortgage does not so conform but
matures not later than twenty years from the date of the loan
and provides for the payment of interest at the annual rate
of not less than three and one-half per cent, the loan may be
made or renewed in an amount not exceeding sixty per cent,
or in the case of unimproved or unproductive real estate not
exceeding forty per cent, of the value of the mortgaged
property. Such corporation shall not make or renew a col-
lateral loan under this paragraph on any mortgage in an
amount exceeding the remaining balance due thereon at the
time the loan is made or renewed. Before any such collateral
loan is made or renewed the value of each of the properties
securing the mortgages offered or pledged as collateral shall
be certified in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2
of section thirty-six. Each of the mortgages accepted as
collateral and the mortgage note and claim secured thereby
shall be duly assigned to the corporation and the assignment
of the mortgage shall be recorded in the proper registry
of deeds. Such corporation forthwith shall request the
person or persons liable for payments required by such
mortgage note or mortgage to make such payments to the
corporation, and all payments of interest and principal re-
ceived by it may, in its discretion, be apphed on account of
sums due or payable on the collateral note or be remitted in
whole or in part to the borrower thereon.

Subject to regulations made by the commissioner, such col-
lateral loans may be made on the pledge as collateral of one or
more first mortgages of real estate, wherever located, insured
by the federal housing administrator referred to in paragraph
11 of section thirty-five and section fifty-one of chapter one
hundred and sixty-seven, or guaranteed in whole or in part by
the administrator of veterans' affairs or his successor or suc-
cessors in office, referred to in chapter forty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, as amended ; provided, that
such collateral loan is made for the purpose of assisting the
borrower to purchase the mortgages so pledged from a sav-
ings bank defined in section one.

2. Authorized Bonds and Notes. — Bonds or notes author-
ized for investment under any of the provisions of sections
forty-two to forty-six, inclusive, and section fifty, at no more
than ninety per cent of the market value thereof while such
collateral note is held by such corporation.

3. Deposit Books. — Deposit books of depositors, or of
either of two joint depositors, in savings banks including
such corporation, and in savings departments of tnist com-
panies incorporated under the laws of and doing business
within this commonwealth, and savings account books of de-
positors in national banking associations doing business

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within this commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding the
deposit represented by such book; deposit books of depositors
in savings banks doing business within any state contiguous
to the commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding ninety-
five per cent of so much of the deposit represented by such
book as shall be guaranteed or insured by a corporation or
fund estabhshed under federal or state law; certificates of
banking companies doing business in this commonwealth rep-
resenting certificate funds referred to in sections five and five
A of chapter one hundred and seventy-two A and savings ac-
count books of depositors in national banking associations
and in trust companies doing business within any state con-
tiguous to the commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding
ninety-five per cent of so much of the deposit account repre-
sented by such certificate or book as shall be insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; savings share ac-
count books of co-operative banks incorporated in this com-
monwealth and unpledged shares thereof represented by
pass books or certificates, to an amount not exceeding ninety-
five per cent of such account or of the withdrawal value of
such shares ; and certificates or savings account books of fed-
eral savings and loan associations doing business within
this commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding ninety-five
per cent of so much of the account represented by such cer-
tificate or book as shall be insured by the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corporation.

4. Other Bonds, Notes and Shares. — Other marketable
bonds, notes or shares of corporations, or of associations as
defined in section twenty-four, at no more than eighty per
cent of the market value thereof if readily marketable, and
at no more than sixty per cent of the market value thereof
if marketable within a reasonable time.

5. Life Insurance. — Pohcies issued by hfe insurance com-
panies authorized to do business in this commonwealth and
properly assigned to the corporation, to an amount not ex-
ceeding ninety-five per cent of the cash surrender value of
such policies; but the aggregate of such loans made by any
such corporation, and outstanding at any one time, shall not
exceed seven per cent of its deposits.

6. Real Estate Leases. — A lease to a corporation, or to an
association as defined in section twenty-four, herein called
the lessee, upon real estate occupied or to be occupied by the
lessee for business, commercial or industrial purposes and
situated in this commonwealth or in a state contiguous
thereto. Such lease and all of the rentals and other sums
payable thereunder shall be assigned and pledged by the
lessor to such savings bank as security for the loan, and such
rentals shall be sufficient to provide for repayment of the
loan within the unexpired term of the lease. There shall be
an agreement in writing between such bank and the lessee
which shall provide that, upon written request by the bank,
the lessee will make all payments of rentals and other sums
thereafter due under the lease directly to such bank. As ad-

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ditional security for such loan a first mortgage of the leased
real estate shall be given by the owner thereof to such bank
for the amount of the loan. Any loan made under this para-
graph shall be payable at or prior to the expiration of such
lease, but not exceeding twenty years from the date of the
note secured thereby, and the leased real estate shall be sub-
ject to revaluation or inspection as provided by paragraph 6
of section thirty-six.

Before making any such loan, at least two members of the
board of investment shall certify in writing (a) to the credit
standing of such lessee, according to their best judgment or
as determined upon the opinion of a certified public account-
ant approved by said board, and (6) to the value of such lease
and of the real estate to be mortgaged, according to their
best judgment or as determined upon the signed opinion in
writing of an appraiser approved by said board.

No such loan shall be made for a sum in excess of one half
of one per cent of the deposits of such bank, nor in excess of
the total cost of the leased land and buildings as determined
by the board of investment, if the construction or reconstruc-
tion or substantial improvement of such buildings was com-
pleted within two years prior to the date of the loan, and not
in excess of seventy per cent of the value of such land and
buildings if such construction, reconstruction or substantial
improvement was completed before the beginning of such
two years. The aggregate balance of principal of all such
loans outstanding at any one tune shall not exceed five per
cent of the deposits of such bank.

Corporation Notes.

Section S9. Such corporation may make a loan upon a
note, with one or more substantial sureties or endorsers: —
(a) of a corporation incorporated in this commonwealth; or
(6) of a manufacturing corporation with a commission house
as surety or endorser, provided that such commission house
is incorporated in this commonwealth, or has an established
place of business and a partner resident therein; or (c) of a
corporation or an association as defined in section twenty-
four, at least one-half of the real and personal property of
which is located within the New England states, if at least
one such surety or endorser is a citizen of or corporation in-
corporated in this commonwealth; provided, that no such
loan shall be made or renewed unless within six months pre-
ceding the making or renewing of such loan an examination
of the affairs, assets and liabilities of the borrowing corpora-
tion or association has been made, at the expense of such bor-
rowing corporation or association, by a certified pubHc ac-
countant. The report of such examination shall be made in
such form as the commissioner may prescribe. A copy of
the report certified to by the accountant shall be delivered
by the borrowing corporation or association to such bank be-
fore such loan or any renewal thereof is made.

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Loans to Depositors.

Section Jfi. Such corporation shall, upon application by
a depositor or by either of two joint depositors therein, make
a loan to him, secured by his deposit book, in an amount not
exceeding said deposit account, for a time not extending be-
yond the end of the dividend period in which the loan was
made. Said corporation may charge the depositor interest
for, or may collect discount in advance upon, the loan at a
rate not exceeding one per cent more than the rate of the
next preceding ordinary dividend of such corporation; pro-
vided, that a minimum of one dollar may be charged or col-
lected as such interest or discount in the case of any such
loan. The corporation shall keep posted in a conspicuous
place in its banking rooms a notice containing the substance
of this section, in such form as the commissioner may pre-
scribe.

Certain Provisions Applicable to Other Loans.

Section 4L The following pro\'isions shall, to the extent
specified, apply to loans made under the authority of sec-
tions thirty-seven, thirty-eight or thirty-nine: —

1. One Year Term. — Loans made under paragraphs 1 to
5, inclusive, of section thirty-eight and under section thirty-
nine shall be payable and paid or renewed at a time not ex-
ceeding one year from the date thereof.

2. Liolnlities of One Person. — The total liabilities to any
savings bank of a person, partnership, association or corpora-
tion for monej'- borrowed thereby under sections thirty-eight
and thirty-nine, including in the liabilities of a partnership
or company not incorporated the liabilities of the several
members thereof, shall not at any one time exceed two per
cent of the deposits of such bank. In computing such total
liabihties there shall be included the direct liability of the
borrower and his liabilit3'' as endorser, guarantor or surety
on the obligations of others held by the bank.

3. Aggregate Investment Limit. — Not more than twenty
per cent of the deposits of an}'' such corporation shall be in-
vested at any one time in loans made or acquired under the
provisions of section thirty-seven, paragraphs 1 to 5, inclu-
sive, of section thirty-eight and section thirty-nine.

Part III. Bonds and Other Securities.

Federal, State and International Obligations.

Section 4^. Any such corporation may invest in bonds,
notes or other interest bearing obligations of the following
classes: —

1. United States. — Direct obligations of the United States,
or in such obligations as are unconditionally guaranteed as to
the payment of principal and interest by the United States.

2. Massachusetts. — Legally issued, assumed or uncondi-

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tionally guaranteed bonds, notes or other interest bearing
obligations of this commonwealth.

3. Other States. — Legally issued, assumed or uncondition-
ally guaranteed bonds, notes or other interest bearing obliga-
tions of any state of the United States other than this com-
monwealth, which has not within the twenty years prior to
the making of such investment defaulted for a period of more
than one hundred and twenty days in the payment of any
part of either principal or interest of any legally issued or as-
sumed obligation ; provided, that the full faith and credit of
such state is pledged for the payment of the principal and in-
terest of such obligations.

4. Canada. — Bonds, notes or other obhgations issued or
guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the Dominion
of Canada; provided, (a) that such bonds, notes or obhga-
tions shall be payable in United States funds either uncondi-
tionally or at the option of the holder thereof; and (b) that
at the date of investment the said Dominion of Canada shall
not have been in default in the payment of interest or prin-
cipal of any of its obligations for a period in excess of thirty-
one days at any time within the twenty years preceding such
date of investment. Not more than five per cent of the de-
posits of any such corporation may be invested in obligations
authorized under this paragraph.

5. Other International Obligations. — Bonds, notes or
obligations issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development contain-
ing an unconditional promise to pay, or an unconditional
guarantee of the payment of, the interest thereon regularly,
and the principal thereof on or before a specified date, in
lawful currency of the United States; provided, that not
more than three per cent of the deposits of any such corpora-
tion shall be invested in such bonds, notes or obligations ; and
provided, further, that the commissioner may at any time
on his own initiative, or shall, upon the written request of
the directors of the Mutual Savings Central Fund, Inc.,
suspend the authorization granted by this paragraph for such
period or periods as he may determine.

Municipal Obligations.

Section 48. Any such corporation may invest in bonds,
notes or other interest bearing obligations of the following
classes : —

1. Massachusetts. — Legally issued or assumed bonds,
notes or other interest bearing obligations of a county, city,
town or legally established district of this commonwealth.

2. Other States. — Legally issued or assumed bonds, notes
or other interest bearing obligations of any city or town of
any other state of the United States, which was incorporated
as such at least ten years prior to the date of such investment;
provided (a) that the population of such city or town at the
date of such investment is not less than thirty thousand nor

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more than one hundred thousand, and the net indebtedness
thereof does not exceed six per cent of the last preceding
assessed valuation of the taxable real property therein, or
(6) that the population of such city or town at the date of
such investment is more than one hundred thousand, and the
net indebtedness thereof does not exceed eight per cent of
such assessed valuation. Said population shall be as estab-
lished by the last national or state census or city or town cen-
sus, taken in the same manner as a national or state census
and certified by the clerk of said city or town. As used in
this paragraph the words "net indebtedness" shall mean the
indebtedness of a city or town, omitting debts created for
supplying the inhabitants with water or electricity, or both,
and debts created in anticipation of taxes to be paid within
one year from date of issue, and deducting the amount of
sinking funds available for the payment of the indebtedness
included. The provisions of this paragraph shall not author-
ize investments in obligations of any city or town situated
outside this commonwealth which has been in default for
more than one hundred and twenty days in the payment of
any part of principal or interest of such obligations within ten
years immediately preceding the making of such investment.
3. Full Faith and Credit Requii'ement. — The full faith and
credit of the county, city, town or district shall be pledged
for the full payment of principal and interest of all bonds,
notes or other interest bearing obligations legal for invest-
ment under any provision of this section. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section, they
shall be construed to mean that bonds, notes or other in-
terest bearing obligations of counties, cities, towns or dis-
tricts shall not be legal for such investment if the power of
said political subdivisions to levy taxes on the taxable real
property therein for the full payment of principal and in-
terest of such obligations is limited as to rate or amount.

Railroad Obligations.

Section 44- Any such corporation may invest in bonds,
notes or other interest bearing obligations of railroad cor-
porations subject to the conditions, limitations and require-
ments of tliis section.

A. Bonds.

1. Location. — Such obligations must be those of a railroad
incorporated in the United States or any state thereof and
which is doing business principally within the United States.

2. Defavlts. — Such obligations shall not be in default and
the railroad corporation which operates the railroad upon
which such obligations are secured shall not, at the date of
investment, be in default as to payment of principal or in-
terest of anj'' of its obligations or in the payment of rental for
leased lines or terminal facihties, but nothing in this sub-
division A shall prevent investment in obligations of a cor-

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poration which shall have undergone financial readjustment
under provisions of the federal bankruptcy laws or through
equity receivership.

3. Gross Revenues. — In the period consisting of the three
calendar years last preceding the date of investment for
which the necessary statistical data are available the rail-
road corporation which operates the railroad upon which
such obligations are secured shall have had gross revenues
equal to at least one-quarter of one per cent of the combined
gross revenues of all class I railroads exclusive of switching
and terminal companies.

4. Income Available for Fixed Charges. — In the period con-
sisting of the three calendar years last preceding the date of
investment for which the necessary statistical data are avail-
able, the railroad corporation which operates the railroad
upon which such obligations are secured shall have had an
average income available for fixed charges so that : —

(a) Fixed charges coverage, as hereinafter defined, will be
at least equal to one and one-quarter times the annual fixed
charges of the said railroad corporation as of the date of in-
vestment and will be at least equal to that of all class I rail-
roads combined, exclusive of switching and terminal com-
panies; and

(&) The margin of safety, as hereinafter defined, will be at
least equal to that of all class I railroads combined, exclusive
of switching and terminal companies.

5. Interest and Principal Payments. — Such obligations
shall contain an unconditional promise to pay the interest
thereon regularly and to pay the principal at a specified date,
which promise may be modified, if at all, only by vote of
holders of at least seventy-five per cent in amount of such
bonds.

6. Security. — Such obligations shall be secured : — (a) By
a direct or a collateral mortgage lien on a railroad owned,
directly or beneficially, by a railroad corporation which
meets the requirements of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4; or

(6) By a direct or a collateral mortgage lien on a railroad
owned, directly or beneficially, by a corporation which leases
the mileage to a railroad corporation which meets the re-
quirements of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 under a lease which
extends at least three years beyond the maturity of such ob-
ligations and which provides for unconditional payment of
interest on all funded indebtedness and for the payment or
refunding of such obligations at maturity; except that the
lease need not contain such provisions if such bonds are
guaranteed by endorsement unconditionalh'- as to principal
and interest by said lessee railroad corporation; or

(c) By the irrevocable pledge of bonds, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness which would be legal investments
for savings banks if held directly, and the principal amount of
bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness so pledged
is equal at least to the principal amount of such obligations
outstanding.

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7. Definitions. — Except as hereinafter provided in this
paragraph 7 and in paragraph 8 of subdivision B, the terms
used in this section shall have the meanings given them by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in its reports and in its
system of uniform accounts for railroads.

(a) The term "income available for fixed charges" shall
mean the amounts so shown in reports to the Interstate Com-
merce Commission except that any federal income taxes
deducted or any rebates of such taxes included, in arriving at
such "income available for fixed charges" shall be restored or
eliminated, respectivelj'', to the end that the net amount
to be used shall be the income available for charges before
federal income tax charges or credits.

(b) The term "annual fixed charges" shall mean the sum
of fixed annual interest on all indebtedness outstanding at the
date of investment plus the annual rental for leased roads
which is called for under the terms of the lease or leases in
the fight of the capitalization of such leased road or roads as
of the date of investment, except that interest on indebted-
ness which is to be retired with funds in hand at the date
of investment under the terms of a binding agreement shall
be excluded from such annual fixed charges.

(c) As applied to individual operating railroad corpora-
tions, the term "fixed charges coverage" shall mean the
quotient obtained by dividing the average income available
for charges in the three calendar years immediately preceding
the date of investment by the annual fixed charges at the
date of investment. As applied to all class I railroads com-
bined said words shall mean the quotient obtained by divid-
ing the average income available for charges in the three
calendar j'^ears immediatelj'' preceding the date of invest-
ment by the combined fixed charges for the calendar year im-
mediately preceding the date of investment.

(d) As applied to individual operating railroad corpora-
tions, the "margin of safety" shall be determined by de-
ducting from the average income available for charges in the
three calendar years last preceding the date of investment
the fixed charges at the date of investment, and thereafter
dividing the remainder by the average gross revenues in said
three calendar years. As applied to all class I railroads com-
bined, the "margin of safety" shall be determined by de-
ducting from the average income available for charges in the
three calendar years last preceding the date of investment the
fixed charges in the calendar year immediately preceding the
date of investment, and thereafter dividing the remainder by
the average gross revenues in said three calendar years.

(e) A railroad shall be deemed to be owned beneficially by
a railroad corporation when the latter operates such railroad
and owns at least ninety per cent of each class of outstanding
capital stock, and ninety per cent of each class of outstand-
ing bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, of the
corporation which is the legal owner of the physical prop-
erty. The earnings of such beneficially owned railroad shall,

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when published separately, be consolidated with the earnings
of the operating railroad corporation for the purposes of this
subdivision A.

(/) Obligations shall be deemed to be secured by a col-
lateral mortgage lien if they are secured by an irrevocable
pledge of at least ninety per cent of each class of outstanding
capital stock, and ninety per cent of each class of outstanding
bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, of the rail-
road corporation which is the legal owner of the physical
property.

(g) Obligations shall be deemed to include only bonds and
notes issued or assumed by a railroad corporation and equip-
ment securities unconditionally guaranteed as to the pay-
ment of principal and interest by such a corporation. If such
a corporation has acquired a line of railroad subject to the
lien of previously existing bonds and shall have subsequently
issued bonds of its own, which bonds are secured, in whole
or in part, by a junior lien on such line of railroad, then the
corporation shall be deemed, for the purposes of this sub-
division A, to have assumed the previously existing bonds.

8. Investment Limitations. — Not more than twenty per
cent of the deposits of any such bank shall be invested in
railroad obligations. Not more than one and one-half per
cent of the deposits of any such bank shall be invested in the
obligations of any one operating railroad corporation, in-
cluding its direct and assumed obligations and including also
the obhgations of lessor railroad corporations which derive
seventy-five per cent or more of their income from leases of
their railroads to said operating railroad corporation. This
provision as to amounts to be invested in railroad obligations
shall hmit, by inclusion, amounts invested in railroad
obligations eligible under the provisions of subdivision B of
this section and amounts invested in railroad (but not rail-
road terminal company) obligations authorized for invest-
ment under the provisions of section fifty.

B. Equipment Obligations.
Investments in railroad equipment obhgations shall be
subject to the conditions, limitations and requirements of the
following paragraphs 1 to 8, inclusive.

1. Location. — Such equipment obligations shall be those
of, or guaranteed by, a railroad incorporated in the United
States or any state thereof and which is doing business prin-
cipally within the United States.

2. Defaults. — Such equipment obligations shall not be
in default and the railroad corporation which is the obligor or
guarantor in respect to such obligations shall not, at the date
of investment, be in default as to payment of principal or
interest of any of its obligations or in the payment of rental
for leased Hues or terminal faciUties, but nothing in this sub-
division B shall prevent investment in equipment obligations
issued, assumed or guaranteed by a railroad corporation
which shall have undergone financial readjustment under

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provisions of the federal bankruptcy laws or through equity
receivership.

3. G7'oss Revenues. — In the period consisting of the three
calendar years next preceding the date of investment the
railroad corporation which has issued, assumed or guaranteed
such obligations shall have had gross revenues equal to at
least one-quarter of one per cent of the combined gross
revenues of all class I railroads exclusive of switching and
terminal companies.

4. Net Railway Operating Income. — The railroad cor-
poration which shall have issued, assumed or guaranteed such
equipment obligations shall have had, in the three calendar
years next preceding the date of investment, an average of
net railway operating income at least equal to its total
annual fixed charges as of the date of investment, at least
equal to three times the annual interest on all its equipment
obligations outstanding as of the date of investment, and at
least equal to eight per cent of its average gross revenues of
the same three years.

5. Security. — Such equipment obligations shall be secured
by a first lien on, or by a lease of, or conditional sale of, new
railroad equipment of standard gauge, free from any other
encumbrance, for the purchase of which obligations were
issued at not exceeding ninety per cent of the purchase price
of such equipment; provided that, pending the completion
and dehvery of the equipment, such obligations may be
secured by cash, deposited with or to the credit of the trustee
under the mstrument under which such securities were
issued, in an amount not less than the principal amount of
all such obhgations outstanding.

6. Payment, Maintenance and Substitution. — The in-
strument under which such equipment obligations are issued,
or the lease or conditional sale of such equipment, shall pro-
vide for the proper maintenance and replacement of such
equipment, and for the payment of the entire issue of such
obhgations in not exceeding fifteen approximately equal
annual, or in thirty approximately equal semi-annual, in-
stalments from the date of issue, without the release of any
part of the hen or interest in any part of the equipment
securing such obligations until the entire issue of the series so
secured shall have been paid or redeemed; provided, that
such instrument may permit the release therefrom of any
equipment covered thereby upon the condition that, as
security in lieu thereof, there shall be deposited with or to
the credit of the trustee under the instrument, cash or bonds,
notes or certificates of indebtedness of the United States, or
of any state thereof, equivalent to the fair value of the equip-
ment released, and that such deposit may be subsequently
in whole or in part withdrawn and used for the purchase of
additional railroad equipment of standard gauge, to be sub-
stituted in heu thereof free from any other encumbrance, of
material and construction substantially as good as, and of a
value equal to the value of, the equipment previously released.

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7. Guaranty. — Such equipment obligations shall be
guaranteed by endorsement as to principal and interest or
dividends by a railroad corporation which meets the re-
quirements of this subdivision B.

8. Definitions. — Definitions contained in paragraph 7 of
subdivision A shall apply to this subdivision B. The term
"net railway operating income" shall mean the amount so
shown in reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission
except that any federal income taxes deducted, or rebates of
such taxes included, in arriving at such "net railway operat-
ing income" shall be restored or eliminated respectively to
the end that the net amount to be used shall be the net
railway operating income before federal income tax charges
or credits.

Telephone Company Obligations.

Section 1^5. Any such corporation may invest in bonds,
notes or other obHgations of telephone companies of the
following classes, subject to the conditions, limitations and re-
quirements of this section.

1. Mortgage Bonds. — The mortgage bonds, as hereinafter
described, maturing not later than forty years subsequent to
the date of such investment, of any telephone company in-
corporated under the laws of the United States or of any
state thereof, and doing business in any state of the United
States, including in such term the District of Columbia, on
the continent of North America, and which is operating under
the supervision of a pubUc service or similar commission of
the United States or of any state thereof exercising regulatory
jurisdiction therein;

(a) Provided, that during each of the five fiscal years of
such telephone company immediately preceding the date of
such investment,

(1) The gross income of such telephone company shall have
been not less than five million dollars, and

(2) Such telephone company shall not have been in de-
fault in the payment of the principal or interest on any of its
indebtedness; and

(b) Provided, further, that in any five of the six fiscal
years inamediately preceding the date of such investment the
net income of such telephone company, as shown by its an-
nual reports or other sworn returns to the federal, state or
municipal authorities, shall have been at least twice the
amount necessary to pay the interest for the same period
on the company's total outstanding indebtedness; and

(c) Provided, further, that at the end of the fiscal year
immediately preceding the date of such investment the out-
standing fully paid capital stock of any such telephone com-
pany, together with the total of all surplus accounts as shown
by the books of such company, shall be equal to at least
two-thirds of its total funded debt.

(d) Such bonds shall be issued under an indenture which

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cannot be changed so as to alter the obligations of the com-
pany to pay the principal thereof at maturity, or to pay the
interest at the rates and on the dates specified in such bonds,
except with the consent of the holder or holders of the bond
or bonds affected, and such bonds shall be secured by a first
or junior mortgage lien upon all or part of the fixed property
of such company, but the aggregate principal amount of all
its mortgage bonds shall not exceed sixty-five per cent of the
depreciated value of the fixed property of the company as
shown by its books. No junior mortgage bond shall quahfy
under this clause {d) unless under the terms of the indenture
under which it was issued all underlying mortgages must be
paid at maturity, or refunded by such junior mortgage. Such
underlying mortgages shall be closed except for the purpose
of issuing additional bonds to be pledged under such junior
mortgage.

2. Obligations of Largest Company. — Other bonds or
notes, maturing not later than forty years subsequent to the
date of such investment, of any telephone company in-
corporated under the laws of, and doing business in, any state
of the United States, including in such term the District of
Columbia, on the continent of North America, which is
operating under the supervision of a public service or other
similar regulatory commission of the United States or of any
state thereof;

(a) Provided, that during each of the five fiscal years of
such telephone company immediately preceding the date of
such investment such telephone company shall not have been
in default in the payment of principal or interest on any of its
indebtedness; and

(b) Provided, further, that in any five of the six fiscal
years immediately preceding the date of such investment the
net income of such company, as shown by its annual reports
or other sworn returns to the federal, state or municipal
authorities, shall have been not less than four times the
amount necessary to pay the interest for the same period on
the company's total outstanding indebtedness; and

(c) Provided, further, that for the fiscal year immediately
preceding the date of such investment the amount of income
available for dividends of such company shall have been not
less than one hundred million dollars.

3. Bonds of Certain Other Companies. — Bonds, other than
mortgage bonds, maturing not later than forty years sub-
sequent to such investment, of any telephone company in-
corporated under the laws of, and doing business in, any state
of the United States, including in such term the District of
Columbia, on the continent of North America, which is
operating under the supervision of a public service or other
similar regulatory commission of the United States or of any
state thereof;

(a) Provided, that during each of the five fiscal years of
such telephone company immediately preceding the date of
such investment,

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(1) The gross income of such telephone company shall have
been not less than twenty milUon dollars, and

(2) Such telephone company shall not have been in default
in the payment of the principal or interest on any of its
indebtedness; and

(6) Provided, further, that in any five of the six fiscal
years immediately preceding the date of such investment the
net income of such company, as shown by its annual reports
or other sworn returns to the federal, state or municipal
authorities, shall have been not less than three times the
amount necessary to pay the interest for the same period on
the company's total outstanding indebtedness; and

(c) Provided, further, that,

(1) At the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the
date of investment, except as otherwise provided in para-
graph 4 (c) of this section, such bonds, whether secured by
collateral or whether unsecured debentures, together with all
other indebtedness of such company, both funded and cur-
rent, shall total not more than fifty-five per cent of the sum
of the depreciated value of the fixed property, the cash ac-
counts, the receivables, and inventories of materials and
supphes, all as shown by its books, and that

(2) Such collateral trust or debenture bonds shall be issued
under an indenture by the terms of which no bonds secured
by an existing mortgage may be issued in excess of the
amount outstanding under such mortgage at the date of such
indenture and any new mortgage, other than a purchase
money mortgage, which may thereafter be placed on prop-
erty of the company shall secure such collateral trust or de-
benture bonds at least equally and ratably with any other
debt to be secured thereby.

4. Definitions. — In paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this section,
unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) "Gross income" shall mean the total operating reve-
nues received from the operation of all properties owned or
leased and operated by such telephone company, and "in-
come available for dividends" shall mean the amount deter-
mined as such by the system of accounts prescribed by the
Federal Communications Commission.

(6) "Net income" shall mean the amount available for in-
terest charges after deduction has been made for all operat-
ing expenses, including current maintenance, provision for
depreciation, all taxes except income taxes, and all rentals
and guaranteed interest or dividends.

(c) In the case of a new issue of bonds, notes or capital
stock, the terms "total assets", "depreciated value of fixed
property", "bonds and notes outstanding", "funded debt",
"mortgage debt", "capital stock" and "surplus accounts",
shall mean the amount to be shown by the books of the cor-
poration after the issuance and sale of such new issues of
bonds, notes or capital stock, except that there may be added
to the depreciated value of the fixed property, that portion
of the proceeds of the sale of the new issue or issues which is

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to be used for additions to such property under the terms of
a binding agreement.

5. Investment Limitations. — Not more than fifteen per
cent of the deposits of any such bank shall be invested in
the bonds of telephone companies, nor shall more than two
per cent of such deposits be invested in the bonds of any one
telephone company. This provision shall limit, by inclusion,
any amounts invested in bonds of telephone companies au-
thorized for investment under the provisions of section fifty.

Public Service Company Obligations.
A. Massachusetts Companies.

Section 4.6. Such corporation may invest in bonds, notes
or other interest bearing obligations of a gas, electric light
or water company incorporated or doing business in this
commonwealth and subject to the control and supervision
thereof; provided, that the net earnings of such company,
after payment of all operating expenses, taxes and interest
as reported to, and according to the requirements of, the
proper authorities of the commonwealth, have been, in each
of the three fiscal years preceding the making or renewing of
such investment, equal to not less than four per cent on all
its capital stock outstanding in each of said years; and pro-
vided, further, that the gross earnings of said company in
the fiscal year preceding the making or renewing of such in-
vestment have been not less than one hundred thousand dol-
lars. A fist of the companies the securities of which prima
facie comply with the requirements of this subdivision A
shall be furnished annually by the proper authorities of the
commonwealth having supervision over such companies, to
the commissioner at such time after June sixteenth in each
year as he shall designate.

B. Other Companies.

Such corporation may invest in the bonds, maturing not
later than forty years subsequent to the date of such invest-
ment, issued or assumed by any company incorporated un-
der the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, sub-
ject to the conditions, limitations and requirements of this
subdivision B.

1. Types of Operation. — Such company shall be engaged
in any or all of the following functions: —

(a) In the sale and distribution of electricity, or in such
sale and distribution and also in some other form of public
service enterprise;

(6) In the manufacture and distribution of artificial gas;
and

(c) In the sale and distribution of natural gas supphed in
substitution for and in mixture with artificial gas; but in no
case shall the bonds of any company which in the year pre-
ceding the date of investment shall have derived more than

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forty per cent of its gross revenues from the sale and distri-
bution of natural gas become a legal investment unless said
company maintains at all times full facilities for the manu-
facture of artificial gas in quantities sufficient to supply the
normal demand.

2. Scope of Franchises. — Such company shall have fran-
chises to operate in territory in which at least seventy-five
per cent of its gross operating revenue was earned thereun-
der in its fiscal year immediately preceding the date of such
investment.

3. Debt Payment and Net Income. — (a) During each of
the five fiscal years immediately preceding the date of such
investment, such company shall have paid the matured prin-
cipal of and interest on all its indebtedness, and (6) the net
income of such company for the fiscal year immediately pre-
ceding the date of such investment, and the average of net
income of such company for the five fiscal years immediately
preceding the date of such investment, as shown by its an-
nual reports or other sworn returns to the Federal Power
Commission or to a state public service or other similar com-
mission, shall have been not less than one and three-quarter
times the amount necessary to pay the interest for the same
periods on its total outstanding indebtedness, except that if
less than sixty per cent of the gross operating revenue of the
company has been derived from the sale and distribution of
electricity, such net income shall have been not less than
twice the amount necessary to pay such interest. As used
herein "net income" shall mean the amount available for
interest charges after deduction has been made for all oper-
ating expenses, including current maintenance, provision for
depreciation, amortization, all taxes except income taxes, and
all rentals and guaranteed interest or dividends, and after
deducting the net income as determined by the foregoing
method, derived from the sale of natural gas where stand-by
facilities are not maintained for the manufacture of artificial
gas in quantities sufficient to supply the normal demand for
gas.

4. Scope of Business and Revenue. — For its fiscal year im-
mediately preceding the date of such investment, — (a) such
company shall have done at least eighty per cent of its busi-
ness in the United States or any state thereof, including in
such term the District of Columbia, on the continent of
North America; and (6) the gross operating revenue of the
company issuing or assuming such bonds shall have been
not less than one million dollars, and of such revenue at
least seventy-five per cent shall have been derived from the
sale and distribution of electricity, artificial gas and natural
gas, or any one or more of them, and not exceeding twenty
per cent from the operation of a transportation system.

5. Capital Accounts Ratio. — At the date of investment,
the outstanding fully paid capital stock and surplus of such
company shall be equal to at least sixty per cent of its total
funded debt. "Funded debt", as used herein, shall mean

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all interest bearing debt, whether secured or unsecured, ma-
turing more than one year from its date of issue, but exclud-
ing bonds of the company held as collateral to secure other
of its outstanding obligations.

6. Security and Debt Limit. — Such bonds shall be issued
under an indenture which cannot be changed so as to alter
the obligations of the company to pay the principal at ma-
turity, or to pay the interest at the rates and on the dates
specified in such bonds, except vdth the consent of the holder
or holders of the bond or bonds affected, and such bonds shall
be secured by either a first or junior mortgage upon all or
part of the fixed property of such company, but the aggre-
gate principal amount of all its mortgage bonds shall not
exceed seventy-five per cent of the depreciated value of the
fixed property of the company as shown by its books except
that there may be added to the depreciated value of the fixed
property as shown by its books, the amount of any cash
which is to be used for additions to the fixed property in ac-
cordance with terms of a binding agreement. No junior
mortgage bond shall qualify under this paragraph unless
under the terms of the indenture under which it was issued
all underlying mortgages must be paid at maturity, or re-
funded by such junior mortgage. Such underlying mort-
gages shall be closed except for the purpose of issuing addi-
tional bonds to be pledged under such junior mortgage. If
such junior mortgage, or, in the absence of a junior mortgage,
the first mortgage, is not closed, it shall provide for the issu-
ance of additional bonds for extensions, improvements and
property acquisitions only for an amount not exceeding
eighty per cent of the actual cost of such extensions, im-
provements and property acquisitions.

7. Merger. — If, during any of the periods mentioned in
subdivision B of this section, such company has been con-
soUdated by purchase or otherwise, the aggregate operating
figures, exclusive of inter-company charges, and the consoU-
dated balance sheet figures, may be considered to determine
whether the requirements of said subdivision have been
satisfied.

8. Investment Limitations. — Not more than twenty per
cent of the deposits of any such bank shall be invested in
obligations under this section, nor shall more than two per
cent of such deposits be invested in the obhgations of any one
such company. This provision shall hmit, by inclusion, any
amounts invested in obhgations of companies engaged in the
sale and distribution of electricity or gas, or both, authorized
for investment under the provisions of section fifty.

Bank Stocks.

Section 1^7. Such corporation may invest in the common
stock of the following banking corporations, subject to the
conditions, limitations and requirements of this section.

1. Massachusetts Bank Stocks. — In the common stock,
provided there is no preferred stock outstanding, of a trust

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company incorporated under the laws of and doing business
within this commonwealth, or in the common stock, pro-
vided there is no preferred stock outstanding, of a national
banking association doing business within this common-
wealth, which, in either case, in each of the five years im-
mediately preceding the date of investment, has paid divi-
dends in cash of not less than four per cent on its common
stock without having reduced the aggregate par value thereof
within such five year period, and which, in either case, at the
date of investment, has surplus at least equal to fifty per cent
of its capital stock.

2. Other Bank Stocks. — In the common stock, provided
there is no preferred stock outstanding, of a national bank-
ing association or trust company doing business anywhere
within the United States, which is a member of the federal
reserve system, and which has a combined total of capital
stock, surplus and undivided profits equal to at least forty
million dollars and also equal to at least six per cent of its
aggregate deposit liability at the end of the calendar year
immediately preceding the date of investment, and which
in each of the ten years immediately preceding the date of
investment has paid dividends in cash of not less than four
per cent on its common stock without having reduced the
aggregate par value thereof within such ten year period.

3. Bank Stock Investment Limitations. — Investments in
any such bank stocks shall be subject to the limitations con-
tained in the following clauses (a), (b) and (c): —

(a) Aggregate Investment. — No such corporation shall in-
vest additional funds in stocks of such companies or associa^-
tions if the cost thereof added to the amount already invested
in such stocks and in fire insurance stocks referred to in sec-
tion forty-eight, shall exceed two-thirds of the total of the
guaranty fund and surplus of such corporation, referred to
in section fifty-seven, appearing immediately following the
pa3anent or provision for payment of its next preceding
dividend.

(6) Investment Limit in One Company. — No such corpora-
tion shall invest additional funds in the stock of any one such
company or association if the cost thereof added to the
amount already invested in its stock shall exceed one-fifteenth
of the total of said guaranty fund and surplus of such corpora-
tion, as so appearing.

(c) Stockholding Limit in One Company. — No such cor-
poration shall purchase or accept as collateral for loans ad-
ditional stock of any one such company or association if the
result of such purchase or acceptance would be to make its
total holdings of such stock by way of investment and as
collateral exceed fifteen per cent of the outstanding stock of
such company or association.

Fire Insurance Company Stocks.

Section J^8. Such corporation may invest in the capital
stock of any insurance company authorized to conduct a fire

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insurance business in this commonwealth, subject to the con-
ditions, hmitations and requirements of this section.

1. Net Premiums. — In the period consisting of the five
years immediately preceding the date of investment not less
than fifty per cent of the net premiums written by such com-
pany and its subsidiaries shall have been in respect to risks
involving loss of or damage to property belonging to or in the
custody of the insured, which risks are hereinafter referred
to as fire and allied risks. Not over one-third of the net pre-
miums written in the same period shall have been in respect
to hability of owners or operators of motor vehicles for per-
sonal injuries or property damage.

2. Subsidiary Defined. — For the purposes of this section,
"subsidiary" shall be construed to mean any insurance com-
pany fifty per cent or more of the capital stock of which is
owned by such insurance company or by any other subsid-
iary thereof.

3. Large Company Requirement. — At the end of the year
immediately preceding the date of investment such company,
as measured by total admitted assets, shall be one of the
twenty-five largest American fire insurance companies a ma-
jority of the stock of which is not owned by five or less stock-
holders.

4. Operating Profit Ratio. — Of the twenty-five companies
referred to in paragraph 3, such company shall be one of the
twelve having the highest average operating profit ratio for
the five years immediately preceding the date of investment.
The annual operating profit ratio of each of the five years
preceding the date of investment shall be calculated by sub-
tracting from one hundred per cent the ratio of loss and loss
adjustment expense to net premiums earned and thereafter
subtracting from the remainder the ratio of other operating
expenses, excluding all income taxes, to net premiums writ-
ten. The ratios of the five years immediately preceding the
date of investment shall be averaged to obtain the measure-
ment. The losses, expenses, premiums written and profits
earned referred to above shall be the totals of such items for
such company and all its insurance subsidiaries, except that,
if less than ninety per cent of the capital stock of a subsidiary
is owned by such company, the totals of said items for such
subsidiary shall be included in the calculation only in propor-
tion to the percentage of stock so owned.

5. Capital Funds and Reserves. — At the end of the year
immediately preceding the date of investment, the combined
total of capital stock, surplus and voluntary reserves of such
company and its insurance subsidiaries shall be at least eighty
per cent of the sum of all of the unearned premiums in respect
to all fire and allied risks plus one-half of the unearned pre-
miums in respect to accident and health policies and policies
covering liability of the insured for injury or damage to the
person or property of others. As used in this paragraph the
term "voluntary reserves" shall be construed to mean all
sums allocated to reserve accounts in policyholders' surplus,

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and shall not be construed to include any reserve accounts
classified as liabilities in the annual statements of fire insur-
ance companies and their subsidiaries filed with the division
of insurance of this commonwealth.

6. Dividends. — Such company shall have paid a dividend
in cash in each of the ten years preceding the date of invest-
ment.

7. Other Limitations. — The following additional limita-
tions also shall apply to stocks of fire insurance companies: —

(a) Preferred Stock, etc. — Such company shall have no
preferred stock or other senior securities outstanding at the
date of investment.

(6) Aggregate Investment Limit. — No insurance stock
shall be purchased and no additional investment in bank
stock shall be made if the cost thereof added to the cost of
insurance stocks and bank stocks already owned shall exceed
two-thirds of the total of the guaranty fund and surplus of
such corporation, referred to in section fifty-seven, appear-
ing as pro^dded in paragraph 3 (a) of section forty-seven.

(c) Investment Limit in One Company. — No investment
shall be made in the stock of any one fire insurance company
if the cost thereof added to the amount already invested in
its stock shall exceed one-fifteenth of the total of said guar-
anty fund and surplus of such corporation, as so appear-
ing.

{d) Calendar Year Investment Limit. — In any one calendar
year no additional investment in the stock of fire insurance
companies shall be made in an amount in excess of one-
tenth of the total of said guaranty fund and surplus of such
corporation, as so appearing.

Miscellaneous Securities.

Section Jf.9. Such corporation may invest in securities of
any of the classes described below in this section.

1. Shares of Savings Bank Investment Fund. — Shares of
beneficial interest of the Savings Bank Investment Fund;
provided, that no such corporation shall invest more than
six per cent of its deposits in such shares.

2. Bankers' Acceptances, etc. — Bankers' acceptances and
bills of exchange of the kinds and maturities made ehgible
by law for rediscount with federal reserve banks; provided,
that the same are accepted by a bank, banking association
or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United
States or of this commonwealth, and having its principal
place of business within the commonwealth, subject to other
limitations, as follows : —

(a) Aggregate Investment Limit. — Not more than ten per
cent of its deposits shall be invested by any such corporation
in bankers' acceptances or bills of exchange.

(6) Investment Limit in One Company. — Not more than
five per cent of its deposits shall be invested by any such

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corporation in the acceptances and bills of exchange eligible
by law for rediscount in federal reserve banks of any one ac-
cepting bank or trust company; and the aggregate amount of
bankers' acceptances and bills of exchange of any one bank,
banking association or trust company held by any such cor-
poration shall not exceed twent3^-five per cent of the paid-up
capital and surplus of such bank, banking association or trust
company.

3. Farm Loan Bonds. — Farm loan bonds lawfully issued
by federal land banks incorporated under the act of Congress
approved July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
entitled "An act to provide capital for agricultural develop-
ment, to create standard forms of investment based upon
farm mortgage, to equalize rates of interest upon farm loans,
to furnish a market for United States bonds, to create gov-
ernment depositaries and financial agents for the United
States, and for other purposes", and any amendment to said
act.

4. Federal Intermediate Credit Banks. — Consolidated ob-
hgations of the federal intermediate credit banks when such
obligations will mature in or within one year from the date
of investment therein.

5. Securities Acquired. — The following provisions of this
section shall govern securities acquired by any such corpora-
tion, as the result of settlements : —

(a) Settlements. — Such corporation may consent to any
settlement, modification, exchange or readjustment of any
investments in securities made by such corporation and
may accept and hold bonds, notes, stocks or other securities
offered in full or partial settlement, modification or readjust-
ment of any such investment pursuant to a merger, consoli-
dation, reorganization or otherwise. Such corporation may
hold bonds, notes, stocks or other securities acquired in set-
tlements effected to secure loans or indebtedness. Securities
so accepted or acquired that do not satisfy the legal require-
ments for investments by savings banks at the time of ac-
ceptance or acquisition shall be held in the securities ac-
quired account.

(h) Disposition. — Such corporation may hold securities
accepted or acquired under the provisions of this paragraph
5 and held in its securities acquired account, for a period of
five years following the acceptance and acquisition thereof;
but the commissioner, on petition of the board of investment
of such corporation and for cause, or in his discretion, may
grant additional periods of time for the holding of such securi-
ties. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the securities
of any railroad company domg business in this common-
wealth received by such corporation before January first,
nineteen hundred and forty-three, pursuant to the reorgani-
zation, refinancing, or otherwise, of any such company; but
the commissioner may. at any time after the expiration of five
years following the acceptance and acquisition of any such se-
curities, order the sale or other disposition thereof.

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Additional Investments Authorized.

Section 50. Such corporation may invest in securities, not
otherwise ehgible for investment by a savings bank under any
other provision of this chapter or under any other apphcable
provision of law; provided, that such securities are approved
for investment in accordance with the following conditions,
limitations and requirements of this section.

1. Classes of Securities. — The securities eligible for ap-
proval for investment under this section may include inter-
est bearing obligations of the following: — obligations of any
state, county, city, town or district, or of any subdivision or
instrumentality thereof, and of any toll bridge, toll road,
turnpike or other authority estabUshed under the laws of the
United States or of any state, county, town or district, in-
cluding obligations of any of the foregoing payable from
specified revenues; obligations of any corporation organized
under the laws of the United States or of any state ; and ob-
ligations of any association, as defined in section twenty-four,
having its principal place of business in this commonwealth.

2. Application of Tiventy-Five Banks. — Upon apphcation
by twenty-five savings banks to the Mutual Savuigs Central
Fund, Inc., hereinafter in this section referred to as said fund,
submitted in such form and under such conditions as the
board of directors thereof may require, requesting authority
for savings banks to invest their deposits and the income
derived therefrom in any of the interest bearing obUgations
referred to in paragraph 1 of this section, said board may re-
quest the commissioner, in such form and under such condi-
tions as in his discretion he may require, to authorize savings
banks, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, to invest
their deposits and income derived therefrom in any such in-
terest bearing obligations. Any expense incurred by said
fund in connection with the consideration of such apphcation
shall be a proper expense to be incurred and paid by it.

3. Commissioner's Approval. — If the commissioner grants
such authority he shaU forthwith send written notice thereof
to said board of directors and to each savings bank, and shall
add the name of such investment to the fist of bonds and
notes ehgible for investment provided for in section fifty-one.
At any time thereafter the commissioner may, on his own
initiative or at the written request of said directors, revoke
such authority, in which event he shall forthwith send written
notice of such revocation to said directors and to each savings
bank.

4. Refunding Bonds. — If the commissioner shall have
authorized savings banks to invest in an issue of bonds in
accordance with any of the provisions of this section, and if
thereafter but before such authorization shall have been re-
voked the issuer shall issue bonds the proceeds of which are
to be used solely to refund the issue previously authorized for
investment or another issue of equal or shorter maturity and
of equal or prior security, and if such new bonds shall be of

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equal security with the previously authorized issue and of
equal or shorter maturity, the commissioner may authorize
savings banks to invest their funds in such refunding bonds,
and thereafter may revoke such authority on his own initia-
tive or at the written request of said fund. If the commis-
sioner shall have authorized savings banks to invest in an
issue of bonds in accordance with any of the provisions of this
section, and if thereafter but before such authorization shall
have been revoked the issuer shall issue bonds of which at
least ninety per cent of the proceeds are to be used to refund
the issue previously authorized for investment or another
issue of equal or prior security, and if, in the judgment of
the board of directors of said fund, the security for the new
bonds is not less than that for the previously authorized issue
then said board of directors may, on its own initiative, re-
quest the commissioner to authorize savings banks to invest
their funds in such new bonds and the commissioner may au-
thorize such investment and thereafter may revoke such au-
thority on his own initiative or at the request of said fund.

5. Expert Assistance. — In determining that any invest-
ments authorized under the provisions of this section should
be included in the list of investments legal for savings banks
or deleted from said list, the commissioner may employ such
expert assistance as he deems proper or may rely upon in-
formation contained in publications which he deems authori-
tative in reference to such matters.

6. Liability of Fund. — Said fund, its officers, directors and
agents, shall be in no way held responsible or liable for failure
to take action upon any such application or to make any
such request of the commissioner.

7. Investment Limitations. — Not more than ten per cent
of the deposits of any such corporation shall be invested in
securities authorized for investment under this section, and
not more than one-half of one per cent of its deposits shall be
so invested in the obligations of any one obhgor, but the fore-
going limitations shall not apply to obligations of telephone
companies, of companies engaged primarily in the distribu-
tion and sale of electricity or gas, or both, or of railroad
companies other than terminal companies.

Legal List.

Section 51. Annually, not later than July first, the com-
missioner shall prepare a list of all stocks, bonds, notes and
other interest bearing obligations which are then legal in-
vestments under any provision of sections forty-two to forty-
eight, inclusive, paragraphs 3 and 4 of section forty-nine,
and section fifty of this chapter. Said hst shall at all times
be open to public inspection and a copy thereof shall be sent
to every savings bank and to every trust company having a
savings department. In the preparation of any list here-
under which the conmiissioner is required to prepare or fur-
nish, he may employ such expert assistance as he deems

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proper or may rely upon information contained in publica-
tions which he deems authoritative in reference to such
matters; and he shall be in no way held responsible or liable
for the omission from such list of the name of any state or
political subdi^dsion or authority thereof or of any corpora-
tion or association the stocks, bonds, notes or other interest
bearing obligations of which conform to this chapter, or for
the omission of any stocks, bonds, notes or other interest
bearing obligations which so conform; nor shall he be held
responsible or liable for the inclusion in such list of any such
names or of any stocks, bonds, notes or other interest bear-
ing obligations which do not so conform.

Officers, and members of a board of investment and of a
board of trustees, of a savings bank may rely upon the legal
list referred to in this section as representing an accurate
listing of stocks, bonds, notes and other interest bearing
obligations eligible for investment by it; and no such officer
or member shall be personally liable for any loss incurred by
such bank arising from the purchase in good faith of any
security appearing on said list at the time of such purchase.

Validation of Certain Securities, etc.

Section 52. Nothing in this chapter shall invalidate or
impair the title of such corporation to stocks, bonds or other
securities purchased or otherwise acquired by it, or received
by such corporation in pledge or as security for a loan or
indebtedness and securities so received shall be held by it for
the purposes for which they are pledged.

Part IV. Real Estate Investments.

Banking Premises.

Section 53. Such corporation may invest in real estate to
be used in whole or in part for the convenient transaction of
its business subject to the conditions, hmitations and require-
ments of this section.

1. Amount Authorized. — The aggregate amount invested
in such real estate, including the cost of land and of the erec-
tion or preparation of buildings and parking facilities, and
including the cost of alterations and improvements in and
additions to such land and buildings whether owned or leased,
shall not exceed an amount equivalent to twenty-five per cent
of the combined total of its guaranty fund and surplus ap-
pearing as provided in paragraph 3 (a) of section forty-seven;
provided, that the amount authorized to be so invested, in-
cluding sums invested under any special law, shall from time
to time be increased by all sums realized by such corporation
from the sale or other disposition of the whole or any part of
such real estate and, to the extent approved by the com-
missioner, by all sums charged off for depreciation, obsoles-
cence or amortization. The aggregate amount authorized to

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be invested by this section shall be deemed to include all sums
authorized and expended under any special law enacted prior
to January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

2. Commissioner's Approval. — All such investments
authorized by this section shall be approved by the com-
missioner, except investments made in alterations or im-
provements during any period of twenty-four consecutive
months aggregating not more than twenty thousand dollars
in the case of any one parcel owned by such corporation and
not more than ten thousand dollars in the case of any one
parcel leased thereby.

Foreclosed Real Estate.

Section 54- Such corporation may hold for a period of
five years real estate acquired by the foreclosure of a mort-
gage owned by it, or by purchase at sales made under the
provisions of such mortgages or upon judgments for debts
due to it, or in settlements effected to secure such debts ; and
may sell, convey or lease such real estate and, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of sections thirty-four, thirty-five and
thirty-six, may take a mortgage thereon from the purchaser
to secure the whole or a part of the purchase price. The com-
missioner, on petition of the board of investment of such
corporation and for cause, or in his discretion, may grant
additional periods of time for the holding of such real estate.

Part V. Bank Deposits and Checks.

Deposits in Banks.

Section 55. Such corporation may make deposits in other
banking institutions subject to the conditions and restric-
tions of this section.

1. Massachusetts Banks. — Not more than five per cent of
the deposits of such corporation may be deposited in each and
any national banking association doing business within this
commonwealth, in each and any trust company incorporated
and doing business therein, in each and any banking com-
pany incorporated under the laws of and doing business
within this commonwealth and qualified to receive demand
deposits under the pro\dsions of section six A of chapter one
hundred and seventy-two A, and in the Federal Home Loan
Bank of Boston if the depositing corporation is a member
thereof; provided, that the percentage so authorized to be de-
posited in any such national banking association or trust
company may be exceeded at any time and from time to time
for periods of not more than five business days for the pur-
pose of effecting payment by such corporation of its club de-
posits, taxes collected by it on mortgaged properties, loan
commitments, purchases of securities, and for the purpose
of receiving the proceeds from the sale or redemption of
securities.

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2. New York Banks. — Not more than one-quarter of one
per cent of the deposits of such corporation may be de-
posited in any national banking association doing business
in the city of New York, in the state of New York, and in any
trust company incorporated under the laws of the state of
New York and doing business within the city of New York
when the deposits in such institutions are insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

3. Capital Funds Limitation. — Notwithstanding the per-
centages of deposits authorized by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
section to be deposited in any of such banking institutions,
the total funds of such corporation on deposit at any one time
in any such institution shall not exceed forty per cent of the
capital stock and surplus fund thereof.

Sale of Checks, etc.

Section 56. Such corporation may cash payroll or other
checks and may, under regulations made by the commis-
sioner, (a) receive money for the purpose of transmitting the
same or equivalents thereof, by means of letters of credit,
bills of exchange, drafts or traveler's checks, to any part of
the commonwealth or to any other state or country; and
(6) sell negotiable checks drawn by or on such corporation
and payable by or through a trust company or a national
banking association.

DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS.

Surplus and Reserve Accounts.

Section 57. In addition to the guaranty fund referred to
in section fifty-eight, such corporation may establish and
maintain such surplus and reserve accounts as from time to
time it may determine to be necessary in the conduct of its
business. As used in this section, in paragraph 3 of section
forty-seven, paragraph 7 of section forty-eight, section fifty-
three, section fifty-eight except paragraph 2 (h) thereof, and
section sLxty-one except paragraph 3 (b) thereof, the term
"surplus" shall mean and include profit and loss, undivided
profits, and surplus accounts, and unallocated reserves. As
used in this section the term ''unallocated reserves" shall
mean and include any bad debt reserve estabhshed pursuant
to federal income tax laws and regulations, and all other
reserve accounts not established to provide for specific
liabilities or for depreciation or to effect reductions in book
values of specific assets.

Guaranty Fund.

Section 68. Such corporation shall establish and maintain
a guaranty fund subject to the conditions, limitations and re-
quirements of this section.

1. Transfers From Income. — The trustees shall, as of the
close of each ordinary dividend period, cause to be trans-

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ferred to the guaranty fund until it amounts to seven and
one-half per cent of the whole amount of deposits, not less
than one-eighth nor more than one-fourth of one per cent of
the whole amount of deposits, if the dividend period is six
months, or a proportional percentage of such amount of de-
posits if the dividend period is less than six months. For the
purposes of such transfers, the whole amount of deposits shall
be the amount appearing as of the close of business on the day
immediately preceding the day on which deposits go on in-
terest for the next ordinary dividend period, excluding the
dividend paid or payable for the period so closed. Except as
provided in paragraph 2 of this section, such transfers shall
be made from the income which has accumulated since the
last preceding ordinary dividend.

2. Other Transfers. — The amounts required or permitted
to be transferred to the guaranty fund as above prescribed
may, by vote of the trustees, be provided by transfers from
surplus, other than the bad debt reserve, if immediately prior
to any such transfer (a) the guaranty fund and surplus shall
in the aggregate amount to at least eleven per cent of the
whole amount of deposits, or (6) the surplus, undivided
profits and reserves, at the beginning of the taxable year of
such corporation, determined in accordance with federal in-
come tax laws and regulations relating to mutual savings
banks, shall in the aggregate amount to at least twelve per
cent of the whole amount of deposits. Subject to the written
approval of the commissioner, the trustees may cause to be
transferred to the guaranty fund from surplus, other than the
bad debt reserve, such amounts and at such times as they
deem to be in the best interests of the depositors, if thereby
such fund is not increased beyond the limit fixed by para-
graph 1 of this section.

3. Use of Guaranty Fund. — The guaranty fund shall be
held to meet losses in the business of such corporation; pro-
vided, however, that except with the written approval of the
commissioner, no losses shall be met from such fund if thereby
the fund would be reduced to less than seven and one-half
per cent of the whole amount of deposits.

Authorization of Dividends.

Section 69. Before the declaration of an ordinary dividend
as provided in section sixty, the auditing committee, re-
ferred to in section sixteen, shall cause an examination to be
made of the income and expenses of such corporation for the
period for which such dividend is to be declared. The com-
mittee shall report to the trustees the net income available
for such dividend consisting of (a) the estimated net income
for such period, and (6) the balance, if any, of net income for
the last preceding ordinary dividend period if semi-annual,
or the last three preceding ordinary dividend periods if
quarterly, after deducting the amount of the ordinary divi-
dends for such period or periods. No ordinary dividend shall

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be paid unless authorized and declared by the trustees after
such examination, and a copy of said report shall be filed
and preserved with the records of such corporation. As
used in this section and in sections sixtj'' and sixty-one, the
term "net income" shall mean the income which has been
earned and which has been collected during the period since
the last preceding ordinary dividend, after deducting (a)
reasonable expenses incurred in the management of such cor-
poration, (6) the taxes paid exclusive of taxes based upon in-
come and profits, and (c) the amount set apart for or trans-
ferred to the guaranty fund from income for such period.

Ordinary Dividends.

Section 60. The payment of ordinary dividends shall be
subject to the conditions, limitations and requirements of this
section.

1. Dividend Period. — An ordinary dividend shall, subject
to paragraph 4 of this section, be authorized and declared by
the trustees at least every six months, for such periods as shall
be provided by the by-laws. In the event that such cor-
poration at any time changes its dividend periods, an ordinary
dividend may be authorized and declared for such time as
may be necessary to effect an adjustment in dividends to the
new periods. Ordinary dividends shall be declared from the
net income available therefor as shown by the report of the
auditing committee required by section fifty-nine.

2. Rate and Commutation. — Ordinary dividends shall be
at such rate as the trustees shall determine; and if not with-
drawn, shall be treated as deposits and, in computing the
dividend next following, shall be considered as having been
on deposit for the preceding dividend period. No ordinary
dividend shall be declared upon a deposit of less than one
month's standing, except in the case of a change in dividend
periods. If the by-laws of the corporation so provide, such
dividend may be declared upon deposits of one, two, three,
four or five months' standing. When the day on which de-
posits begin to draw dividends or interest, as provided in the
by-laws or regulations, falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal
hohday, deposits made on the next succeeding business day,
and remaining on deposit through the balance of the monthly
period, may be construed as having been on deposit one full
month, within the meaning of this section.

3. Minimuvi Deposits. — Such corporation, by its by-laws,
may provide that fractional parts of a dollar shall not be in-
cluded in principal in computing dividends, and may provide
that a dividend shall not be declared or paid on deposits of
less than ten dollars ; but dividends for each full dollar shall
be paid on school savings deposit accounts having balances of
three dollars or more, subject, however, to regulations per-
taining to school savings deposits made and approved under
section twenty-four.

4. Limitations. — If the net income available for an ordi-

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nary dividend, as shown by said report of the auditing com-
mittee, does not amount to one per cent of the deposits if said
period is six months, or a proportional percentage thereof if
the period is less than six months, no dividend shall be de-
clared or paid except such as shall be approved in writing by
the commissioner. The aggregate amount of ordinary divi-
dends declared during any twelve-month period, other than
in the case of a change in dividend periods referred to in
paragraph 1 of this section, shall not exceed the net income of
the corporation for such twelve-month period except with the
written approval of the commissioner.

Extra Dividends.

Section 61. The declaration and payment of extra divi-
dends by any such corporation shall be subject to the condi-
tions, limitations and requirements of this section.

1. Required Extra Dividend. — If, after an ordinary divi-
dend is declared, the guaranty fund and surplus together
amount to fifteen and one-quarter per cent of the deposits,
an extra dividend shall be declared. For the purposes of de-
termining such percentage, the estimated amount of the
ordinary dividend shall be added to the deposits, and the
estimated net income remaining undistributed after de-
ducting such dividend shall be added to the total of the sur-
plus. In no case shall the payment of an extra dividend as
herein required (a) reduce the total of the guaranty fund and
surplus to less than fifteen per cent of the deposits, or (h)
reduce either the guaranty fund or bad debt reserve.

2. Rate and Com'putation. — The extra dividend required
by paragraph 1 of this section shall be at a rate of not less than
one-fourth of one per cent and, in the sole discretion of the
trustees, the rate may be limited to one-half of one per cent ;
provided, that if the rate of the ordinary dividend is reduced
voluntarily below the rate of the last preceding rate, the
rate represented by such voluntary reduction shall be added
to the rate of such extra dividend to be declared. Such extra
dividend shall be computed in the same manner as the ordi-
nary dividend and shall, except as provided in paragraph 3
of this section, be paid on the day on which the ordinary divi-
dend is paid.

3. Optional Extra Dividend. — Notwithstanding the pro-
visions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section, the trustees may
authorize and declare an extra dividend at the rate of not less
than one-eighth nor more than one-half of one per cent, pay-
able at such times and in such manner as they may deter-
mine; provided, (a) that the total of the guaranty fund and
surplus shall not thereby be reduced to less than eleven per
cent of the whole amount of deposits; or (Jb) that the total
of the surplus, undivided profits and reserves, at the begin-
ning of the taxable year of such corporation, determined in
accordance with federal income tax laws and regulations re-
lating to mutual savings banks, shall not thereby be reduced
to less than twelve per cent of the whole amount of deposits,

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In no case shall the payment of an extra dividend under the
authority of this paragraph reduce either the guaranty fund
or the bad debt reserve.

Dividend Notice on Excess Deposits.

Section 62. The treasurer of such corporation, at least
once in each year, shall send notice by mail to each de-
positor who for the six months last preceding has not been
entitled to a dividend on the whole amount standing to his
credit because the same exceeds the amount on which a divi-
dend is allowed, specifying the amount not entitled to
dividend.

SUPERVISION.

Examination and Audit.

Section 63. At least once during each twelve months fol-
lowing their election and oftener if required by the com-
missioner, the auditing committee, referred to in section
sixteen, shall cause an examination and audit to be made of
the books, securities, cash, assets, liabilities, income and
expenditures of such corporation, including a trial balance of
the deposit accounts. Such examination and audit shall be
made in such form and manner and at such time within said
twelve months as the commissioner may prescribe, by a certi-
fied public accountant not connected \\dth the corporation.
Within thirty days after their election, the auditing com-
mittee shall appoint such accountant and written notice
thereof shall be given forthwith to the commissioner, and
such appointment shall be subject to his approval. Such
examination and audit shall be made for the period elapsed
since the preceding examination and audit or for such other
period as may be prescribed by the commissioner.

Such accountant shall direct and supervise the making of
said examination and audit and shall report to the auditing
committee the result thereof. At the next meeting of the
trustees thereafter, the committee shall render a report,
which shall be read, stating in detail the nature, extent and
result of the examination and audit. The committee shall
file with the commissioner a copy of the report of the ac-
countant within ten days after its receipt by the committee.
Said accountant and the auditing committee shall certify
and make oath that the reports made by them under this
section are correct according to their best knowledge and
belief and such reports shall be filed and preserved with the
records of such corporation. If the committee fails to cause
to be made an examination and audit as herein provided, the
commissioner shall cause such examination and audit to be
made by a certified public accountant in such form and man-
ner as the commissioner may prescribe, and the expense
thereof shall be paid by such corporation.

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Verification of Deposits.

Section 64. At least once in each three-year period, com-
mencing with the first day of January in the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-six, every such corporation shall cause to
be verified such deposit accounts to such an extent and in
such manner as the commissioner shall require and under
such rules as he may prescribe; but any such verification
may be made in connection with any audit and examination
provided by section sixty-three or any examination provided
by section two of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven.

Annual Report to Commissioner.

Section 65. Every such corporation shall annually, within
thirty days after the last business day of October, make a
report to the commissioner in such form as he may pre-
scribe, showing accurately its condition at the close of busi-
ness on that day, and containing such other information as
the commissioner may require. The president or in his ab-
sence or disability a vice president, the treasurer or in his
absence or disability the vice treasurer or an assistant
treasurer, and a maj ority of the auditing committee shall sign
the report and certify on oath that it is correct according to
their best knowledge and belief.

ADDITIONAL POWERS.

Borrowing.

Section 66. Such corporation, by vote of its board of in-
vestment, may borrow money (a) for the purpose of repaying
its depositors, or (b) for such other purposes as said board
may deem to be in the best interests of such corporation. Any
borrowing made under the authority of clause (6) shall be for
periods aggregating not more than one year, subject, however,
to renewal for any unpaid balance after such year with the
written approval of the commissioner. The aggregate of all
borrowing outstanding at any one time under said clause (6)
shall not exceed five per cent of the deposits of such cor-
poration as shown by its books at the time of such borrowing.
Such corporation may pledge its assets as security for any
sums borrowed under the authority of clauses (a) or (6), or
both, of this section. A copy of such vote of the board of
investment and notice in writing of amounts so borrowed shall
be forwarded forthwith to the commissioner and to the
Mutual Savings Central Fund, Inc.

Membership in Federal Home Loan Bank.

Section 67. Such corporation may become a member of
the Federal Home Loan Bank estabhshed for the district of
New England under the provisions of an act of Congress,

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approved July twenty-second, nineteen hundred and thirty-
two, as amended, and known as the federal home loan bank
act, or of an}^ successor of said bank; and may terminate such
membership at any time. Such corporation may subscribe
to and invest in such amounts of the stock of said home
loan bank or of any such successor as may be required by law
to qualify such corporation for membership therein.

Other Memberships; Subscriptions; Donations.

Section 68. Such corporation may, by vote of its board of
investment, obtain memberships in certain organizations,
and may make contributions and donations and subscribe for
services, subject to the conditions, limitations and require-
ments of this section.

1. Banking Association Memberships. — Such corporation
may become a member of any association organized to pro-
tect and promote the interests of savings banks or of other
banking institutions, and may pay for such membership its
proportionate share of the expenses of such association if in
the opinion of the board of investment the expenses are
reasonable and necessary.

2. Miscellaneous Memberships. — Such corporation may
become a member of or contribute to any other association or
organization in the commonwealth if, in the opinion of said
board, such membership or contribution is reasonable and of
substantial benefit to such corporation and its depositors.
Payments made to any association, organization or donee
under this or the following paragraph 3, aggregating in ex-
cess of one hundred dollars in any one fiscal year determined
as provided in paragraph 4 of this section, shall be subject
to the authorization or approval of the board of trustees of
such corporation.

3. Donations. — Such corporation may contribute such
sum or sums of money as said board may determine to be
reasonable, (a) to any general fund being raised by a relief
committee or agency approved by the commissioner of public
welfare as evidenced by a writing filed in his office, and formed
for the purpose of raising money to be used for the better-
ment of social and economic conditions in the community
where such corporation is established; or (6) to any fund
being raised by a committee or agency for the purpose of
relieving suffering or distress resulting from disaster or other
calamity occurring in any part of the commonwealth.

4. Limitations. — No such corporation shall expend in
the aggregate in any one fiscal year, as determined by the
commissioner, for all of the purposes hereinbefore provided
in this section, more than one-half of one per cent of its in-
come for the next preceding fiscal year, as so determined.
The total payments made in a fiscal year to any one associa-
tion, organization or donee shall not, in the case of payments
made under the authority of paragraph 2 of this section,
exceed one-thirteenth part of said one-half of one per cent of

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income and shall not, in the case of payments made under the
authority of paragraph 3 of this section, exceed one-fifth part
of said one-half of one per cent of income.

5. Subscriptions to Services. — For the purposes of pro-
moting, protecting or conserving the assets of savings banks
or other banking institutions, such corporation may subscribe
for services, including advertising and professional services,
rendered or to be rendered collectively through any asso-
ciation referred to in paragraph 1 or through any group of
savings banks or other banking institutions; and in each
such case the corporation with the approval of the board of
investment may, notwithstanding any of the limitations of
this section, pay for such services its proportionate share of
the total cost thereof or such other amount as said board
shall deem reasonable and proper.

Safe Deposit Vaults.

Section 69. Such corporation may, with the written per-
mission of, and under conditions prescribed by, the com-
missioner, establish and maintain safe deposit vaults and
rent boxes or storage space therein, and the provisions of
section seventeen of chapter one hundred and fifty-eight
shall apply.

Safekeeping of United States Bonds.

Section 70. Such corporation may, with the written per-
mission of, and under conditions prescribed by, the com-
missioner, receive and hold for its depositors any securities
issued or guaranteed by the United States or any instru-
mentahty thereof.

LIQUIDATION AND MERGER.

Liquidation.

Section 71. Such corporation may, if authorized by vote
of at least two-thirds of its corporators at a meeting specially
called to consider the subject, liquidate its affairs and be dis-
solved subject to the conditions, limitations and requirements
of this section.

1. Commissioner's Approval. — Before such a liquidation
and dissolution may be effected, the commissioner shall be
satisfied that such corporation has given at least thirty days'
notice to each other savings bank, located in the same town
or in another town not more than fifteen miles distant from
such town, of its wilHngness to enter into negotiations with
a view to consolidation or merger and that no consolidation
or merger with any such other savings bank can be arranged
upon terms satisfactory to the commissioner. Prior to the
vote authorizing such liquidation and dissolution the com-
missioner shall have approved in writing the proposed

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liquidation and dissolution of such corporation as being
in the best interests of its depositors.

2. Liquidating Committee. — If such liquidation and dis-
solution are so approved and voted, a committee of three
shall thereupon be elected by and from the trustees and,
under such regulations as may be prescribed by the com-
missioner, shall liquidate the assets. After satisfying all
debts of the liquidating corporation, said committee shall
distribute the remaining proceeds among the depositors as
of the date of the vote of liquidation, and other persons
entitled thereto, according to their several interests.

3. Termination of Charter. — Upon such a vote to liquidate
and dissolve by such corporation, its charter shall become
void except for the purpose of discharging its existing
obligations and liabilities.

4. Unclaimed Dividends. — Funds representing unclaimed
dividends in liquidation and remaining in the hands of the
liquidating committee for six months after the date of the
final payment in liquidation shall be deposited by them, to-
gether with all books and papers of the liquidating corpora-
tion, with the commissioner. Such funds shall be deposited
in one or more trust companies or national banks to the
credit of the commissioner in his official capacity, in trust
for the depositors of the liquidating corporation and other
persons entitled thereto, according to their several interests.
Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to him, the com-
missioner may pay over the moneys so held by him to the
persons respectively entitled thereto. In case of doubt or of
conflicting claims, he may require an order of the supreme
judicial court authorizing and directing the payment thereof.
He may apply the interest earned by the money so held to
the defraying of expenses incurred in the payment of such
unclaimed dividends. At the expiration of twelve months
from the date of receipt of such funds by the commissioner,
such portion thereof as still remains in his possession shall be
disposed of as provided in section thirty-five of chapter one
hundred and sixty-seven, and such portion shall not be sub-
ject to the provisions of chapter two hundred A.

Merger and Consolidation.

Section 72. Any two or more such corporations may
merge or consolidate into a single corporation upon such
terms as shall have been approved by vote of at least two-
thirds of the board of trustees of each corporation and as
shall have been approved in writing by the commissioner.
If the commissioner is satisfied that a merger or consolidation
of a savings bank proposing liquidation, as provided in
section seventy-one, can be effected, upon terms approved by
him, with another savangs bank located in the same town or
in another town not more than fifteen miles distant from
such town, and if he finds that such merger or consolidation
is in the interests of depositors of the savings banks concerned,
such merger or consolidation may be effected on such terms

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and subject to the direction of the commissioner. Before
becoming effective, any merger or consolidation authorized
by this section (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a
"consoHdation") shall have been approved by a vote of at
least two-thirds of the corporators of each of the consolidating
corporations at meetings specially called to consider the
subject. Notice of each such meeting shall be given by the
clerk in accordance with the provisions of section nine. A
certificate under the hands of the presidents and clerks or
other duly authorized officers of the consolidating corpora-
tions, setting forth that each such corporation, respectively,
has complied with all the requirements of this section, shall
be submitted to the commissioner, who, if he shall approve
such consolidation, shall endorse his approval upon such
certificate, and thereupon such consolidation shall become
effective. Upon consolidation of any such corporations, as
herein provided : —

1. The corporate existence of all but one of the consolidat-
ing corporations shall be discontinued and consolidated into
that of the remaining corporation, which shall continue.
All and singular the rights, privileges and franchises of each
discontinuing corporation and its right, title and interest to
all property of whatever kind, whether real, personal or
mixed, and things in action, and every right, pri\^lege, in-
terest or asset of conceivable value or benefit then existing
which would inure to it under an unconsolidated existence,
shall be deemed fully and finally, and without any right of
reversion, transferred to or vested in the continuing cor-
poration, without further act or deed, and such continuing
corporation shall have and hold the same in its own right as
fully as if the same was possessed and held by the discontinu-
ing corporation from which it was, by operation of the pro-
visions hereof, transferred, and other provisions of law rela-
tive to limitations on the number of corporators or trustees
and on the investment of funds of such corporations, shall not
apply.

2. A discontinuing corporation's rights, obligations and
relations to any depositor, creditor, trustee or beneficiary of
any trust, or other person, as of the effective date of the con-
solidation, shall remain unimpaired, and the continuing
corporation shall, by the consolidation, succeed to all such
relations, obligations and liabilities, as though it had itself
assumed the relation or incurred the obligation or liability;
and its liabilities and obligations to creditors existing for
any cause whatsoever shall not be impaired by the con-
solidation; nor shall any obligation or liability of any de-
positor in any such corporation, continuing or discontinuing,
which is party to the consolidation, be affected by any such
consolidation, but such obligations and liabilities shall con-
tinue as fully and to the same extent as the same existed
before the consolidation, and the provisions of sections
twenty-one and twenty-two relative to the limitations on de-
posits shall not apply.

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3. A pending action or other judicial proceeding to which
any of the consoHdating corporations is a party shall not be
deemed to have abated or to have discontinued by reason of
the consolidation, but may be prosecuted to final judgment,
order or decree in the same manner as if the consolidation had
not been made; or the continuing corporation may be sub-
stituted as a party to any such action or proceeding to which
the discontinuing corporation was a party, and any judgment,
order or decree may be rendered for or against the con-
tinuing corporation that might have been rendered for or
against such discontinuing corporation if consolidation had
not occurred.

4. After such consolidation, a foreclosure of a mortgage
begun by any of the discontinuing corporations may be com-
pleted by the continuing corporation, and publication begun
by the discontinuing corporation may be continued in the
name of the discontinuing corporation. Any certificate of
possession, affidavit of sale or foreclosure deed relative to such
foreclosure shall be executed by the proper officers in behalf
of whichever of such corporations actually took possession
or made the sale, but any such instrument executed in behalf
of the continuing corporation shall recite that it is the suc-
cessor of the discontinuing corporation which commenced
the foreclosure.

A new name, or the name of any of the consolidatmg cor-
porations may be adopted as the name of the continuing
corporation at the special meetings called as herein provided,
and it shall become the name of the continuing corporation
upon the approval of the consolidation, without further
action under the laws of the commonwealth as to change or
adoption of a new name on the part of the continuing cor-
poration.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as
requiring that the assets of each of the consolidating cor-
porations shall have equal or substantially equal value.

Purchase of Assets; Assujnption of Liabilities.

Section 73. With the approval of the commissioner any
such corporation may advance or loan upon, or purchase, the
whole or any part of the assets of any other such corporation
located in the same town or in another town not more than
fifteen miles distant from such town, or of the savings depart-
ment of any trust company so located, including savings
banks and trust companies in possession of the commissioner
under sections twenty-two to thirty-six, inclusive, of chap-
ter one hundred and sixty-seven, and savings banks assisted
by or in possession of the Mutual Savings Central Fund,
Inc., and may participate in such an advance, loan or pur-
chase with one or more savings banks or trust companies
so located. Such advance, loan or purchase may be made
upon such terms and conditions as shall have been approved
by vote of at least two-thirds of the trustees of each such

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savings bank or, in the case of a trust company, by vote of at
least two-thirds of its directors. Such corporation or cor-
porations making or participating in such an advance, loan
or purchase for the purpose of effecting the same, may
assume and agree to pay the whole or any part of the deposit
and other liabiHties of such other savings bank or savings
department, upon such terms and conditions and subject to
such adjustments as may be approved by the commissioner.
In the event of such approval by the commissioner, other
provisions of law applicable to the investment of funds of
savings banks and to the limitations upon deposits therein
shall not apply.

The commissioner may impose such conditions and re-
strictions as he may deem necessary or advisable in respect
to the deposit or other habilities assumed as hereinbefore
pro\dded. In the case of any new sa\angs bank formed for
the purpose of purchasmg any or all the assets and assuming
any or all the liabihties of any savings bank or savings de-
partment of a trust company in possession or assisted as
aforesaid, the commissioner may impose such other and
further conditions and restrictions concerning the business,
investments and operations of such new savings bank as he
may deem necessary or advisable. So much of sections ten
and thirteen as provide that no person shall hold an office
in two savings banks at the same time shall not prevent
an officer or trustee of any other savings bank from serving
as an officer or trustee of such new bank, or of a sa\dngs bank
the assets and liabilities of which shall have been purchased
and assumed by another savings bank hereunder.

EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION.

Memberships; Contributions; Pensions; Annuities.

Section 74- Fifteen or more savings banks may form
the Savings Banks Employees Retirement Association,
in this section and in sections seventy-five and seventy-six
called the association, for the purpose of providing pensions
for ehgible employees of the participating banks who retire
on account of age or disability.

All savings banks established under the laws of the com-
monwealth, the Savings Banks Association of Massachusetts,
the ^Mutual Savings Central Fund, Inc., and the Savings
Bank Life Insurance Council, and such of their respective
employees as may be provided by the by-laws of the asso-
ciation shall be ehgible for membership in the association.
For the purposes of this section and sections seventy-five and
seventy-six a reference to "bank" or "banks" shall, unless
the context otherwise requires, mean and include any or all of
the organizations named in this paragraph, and a reference
to "trustees" of a bank shall also, unless the context other-
wise requires, mean and include the governing body of each
of such organizations.

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Eligible employees may contribute a portion of their
salaries or wages, to be deducted by the employing banks
and paid to the association. A participating bank may con-
tribute to the funds of the association to the extent de-
termmed by its trustees, but its contributions for future
service, as defined in the by-laws, on account of any em-
ployee shall not exceed such employee's contributions or
five per cent of his salary or wages, whichever is less, and an
additional amount of not more than five per cent of that part
of such employee's annual salary or wages which is not in
excess of ten thousand dollars. A participating bank may
also contribute for past service, as defined in the by-laws,
amounts necessary to provide eligible employees with an
annuity or pension to begin at age sixty-five or later, such
annuity or pension not to exceed one and one-half per cent
of the average salary for the five years preceding the date
such bank joins the association for each year, but not ex-
ceeding twenty-five years, of continuous employment be-
tween age thirty and the date of such joining.

In the event that any employee who has been continu-
ously in the employ of such a bank for ten years or more
becomes incapacitated for further service by reason of
physical or mental disability before age sixty-five, the em-
ploying bank may pay him a pension in an amount not to
exceed one and one-half per cent of the average salary for the
five years preceding the date of retirement for each year, not
exceeding twenty-five years, of continuous service. Any
pension paid on account of disability may be discontinued
at any time by the trustees of the employing bank, and shall
be discontinued when any such pensioner substantially re-
covers his earning capacity.

The funds contributed by participating banks and mem-
ber employees shall be held or used by the trustees of the
association for the purchase of annuities or payment of
pensions to eligible employees upon their retirement from
service, for the payments to beneficiaries or representatives of
any member employee of the participating bank dying be-
fore reaching the age of retirement, and for the payment to
any such employee retiring from service before becoming
entitled to a pension or annuity. Expenses necessary for the
administration of the association shall be paid by participat-
ing banks, on a proportionate basis as provided in the
by-laws.

No annuity or pension provided by contributions from a
participating bank for the benefit of any employee on ac-
count of past service shall exceed thirty-five hundred dollars
yearly. No annuity or pension provided by contributions
from a participating bank for the benefit of any employee on
account of past and future service shall exceed one-half of
the average annual salary of the employee for the five years
preceding the date of retirement, or five thousand dollars,
whichever is less.

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By-Laws; Annual Report; Laws not Applicable.

Section 75. The by-laws of the association shall be ap-
proved by the commissioner and shall prescribe the manner
in which, and the officers and agents by whom, the associa-
tion may be conducted and the manner in which its funds
may be invested and paid out. Such association shall be
formed when its by-laws have been approved and agreed to
by a majorit}'- of the trustees of each of fifteen or more
savings banks, and have been approved by the commissioner.
Such association shall annually, on or before December first,
report to the commissioner such statements of its member-
ship and financial transactions for the year ending on the
preceding October thirty-first as the commissioner may
consider necessary to show its business and standing. The
commissioner may verify such statement by an examination
of the books and papers of the association.

The association shall not be subject to chapter thirty-
two or chapter one hundred and seventy-five or to such other
provisions of law as relate to insurance companies or other
retirement associations.

Assignments; Exemption from Taxation.

Section 76. The property of the association, the portion
of the wages or salary of any employee deducted or to be de-
ducted under sections seventy-four and seventy-five, the
right of an employee to an annuity or pension, and all his
rights in the funds of the association, shall be exempt from
taxation and from the operation of any law relating to in-
solvency, and shall not be attached or taken on execution or
other process to satisfy any debt or liabilit}'' of the associa-
tion, a participating bank, or any employee member of the
association. No assignment of any right in or to said funds
or of any pension or annuity payable under section seventy-
four shall be valid, except that deferred annuity contracts
purchased by a participating bank on account of past service
of ehgible employees may be assigned to such bank prior to
actual retirement.

INCORPORATION OF SAVINGS BANKS.

Agreement of Association.

Section 77. Twenty-five or more persons who associate
themselves by an agreement in writing for the purpose of
forming a savings bank, may, upon compliance with this
section and sections seventy-eight, seventy-nine and eighty,
become a corporation with all the powers and privileges and
subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth
in all general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such
corporations. Said agreement shall set forth that the sub-
scribers thereto associate themselves wdth the intention of
forming a corporation to transact business within the com-
monwealth, and shall specify: —

356 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 432.

First. — The name by which the corporation shall be
known, the words "savings bank" or "institution for sav-
ings" to form a part thereof.

Second. — The purpose for which it is to be formed.

Third. — The town wherein its main office is to be located.

Fourth. — The occupation, residence and post office ad-
dress of each subscriber.

Each subscriber shall deposit at least two hundred dollars
in cash with the corporation before it commences business;
provided, that an aggregate of not less than ten thousand
dollars shall be so deposited by the subscribers. Except with
the written approval of the commissioner, none of such de-
posits shall be assigned, pledged or paid prior to the ex-
piration of two years from the date the deposits are made.

Each subscriber shall sign the agreement which shall not
be invaUdated by reason of the death or incapacity of one or
more of the subscribers.

Notice and Hearing.

Section 78. The subscribers to said agreement shall give
notice to the board of bank incorporation of their intention
to form a savings bank, and shall apply to said board for a
certificate that public convenience and advantage will be
promoted by the establishment thereof. Said board may
grant such certificate, which shall be deemed to be revoked
if the applicants therefor do not become incorporated and be-
gin business within six months after its date of issue. Upon
receipt of such application, said board shall furnish the sub-
scribers a form of notice, specifying the names, occupations
and addresses of the proposed incorporators and the name and
location of the proposed savings bank, and assigning a date
and place for a public hearing on the application. The sub-
scribers shall publish the notice at least once a week for
three successive weeks, in one or more newspapers designated
by said board and published in the town wherein it is desired
to establish the savings bank ; or, if there is no newspaper in
such town, in the town wherein a newspaper is published
which is nearest to the proposed location of the bank; and
at least fourteen days before the date fixed for said public
hearing the subscribers shall mail a copy of said notice by
registered mail, postage prepaid, to the IMutual Savings
Central Fund, Inc. If said board refuses to issue such cer-
tificate, no further proceedings shall be had, but the applica-
tion may be renewed after one year from the date of such
refusal, in which case notice of a public hearing thereon shall
be published as herein provided.

Said board may require the subscribers to establish or pro-
vide for the establishment of a special guaranty fund, in an
amount determined by the board, which shall be repre-
sented by cash, deposits or securities eligible for investment
under any of the provisions of this chapter. Such fund shall

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 432. 357

be paid in, in full, to the corporation before it commences
business. Said board shall issue regulations governing the
maintenance of and withdrawals from any such fund.

First Meeting.

Section 79. The first meeting of the subscribers to the
agreement of association shall be called by a notice signed
either by that subscriber to the agreement who is designated
therein for the purpose, or by a majority of the subscribers.
Such notice shall state the time, place and purpose of the
meeting. Seven days at least before the day appointed for
the meeting, a copy of the notice shall be given to each sub-
scriber, or left at his residence or usual place of business, or
deposited in the post office, postage prepaid, and addressed
to him at his residence or usual place of business. Another
copy of said notice and an affidavit by one of the signers that
the notice has been duly served shall be recorded with the
records of the proposed corporation. If, however, all the in-
corporators shall in writing endorsed upon the agreement
of association waive such notice and fix the time and place
of the meeting, no notice shall be required. The subscribers
to the agreement of association shall hold the franchise until
the organization has been completed. At the first meet-
ing, or at any adjournment thereof, the incorporators shall
organize by the election by ballot of a temporary clerk, by
the adoption of by-laws and by the election, in such manner
as the by-laws may determine, of a president, a clerk of the
corporation, a treasurer, a board of not less than eleven
trustees, and such other officers as the by-laws may pre-
scribe. All the officers so elected shall be sworn to the faith-
ful performance of their duties. The temporary clerk shall
make and attest a record of the proceedings until the clerk
has been elected and sworn, including a record of the election
and qualification of the clerk.

Articles and Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 80. The president and a majority of the trustees
who are elected at the first meeting shall make, sign and make
oath to articles in duplicate, setting forth : —

(a) A true copy of the agreement of association, the names
of the subscribers thereto, and the name, residence and post
office address of each of the officers of the corporation.

(&) The date of the first meeting and the successive ad-
journments thereof, if any.

One duplicate original of the articles so signed and sworn
to shall be submitted to the board of bank incorporation,
and the other, together with the records of the proposed cor-
poration, to the commissioner of corporations and taxation,
who shall examine the same and may require such amend-

358 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 432.

ment thereof or such additional information as he considers
necessary. If he finds that the articles conform to sections
seventy-seven, seventy-eight and seventy-nine, and that
section seventy-eight has been complied with, he shall so
certify and endorse his approval thereon. Thereupon the
articles shall be filed in the office of the state secretary who
upon receipt of five dollars shall issue a certificate of in-
corporation in the following form: —

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Be it known that whereas (the names of the subscribers to the agree-
ment of association) have associated themselves with the intention of
forming a corporation under the name of (the name of the corporation),
for the purpose (the purpose declared in the agreement of association)
and have compUed with the provisions of the statutes of this common-
wealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the articles of
organization of said corporation, duly approved by the commissioner of
corporations and taxation and recorded in this office: Now, therefore,
I (name of the secretary), secretary of the commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, do hereby certify that said (the names of the subscribers to the
agreement of association), their associates and successors, are legally
organized and established as, and are hereby made, an existing corpora-
tion under the name of (name of the corporation) with the powers, rights
and privileges, and subject to the limitations, duties and restrictions,
which by law appertain thereto.

Witness my official signature hereunto subscribed, and the great seal
of the commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed, this
day of in the year (the date of the filing of the articles of

organization).

The state secretary shall sign the certificate of incorpora-
tion and cause the great seal of the commonwealth to be
affixed thereto, and such certificate shall have the force and
effect of a special charter. The existence of every such cor-
poration which is not created by special law shall begin upon
the filing of the articles of organization in the office of the
state secretary, who shall also cause a record of the cer-
tificate of incorporation to be made, and such certificate or
such record, or a certified copy thereof, shall be conclusive
evidence of the existence of the corporation.

Section 2. The corporate existence of all savings banks
organized under the laws of the commonwealth and actually
engaged in business therein immediately prior to the effec-
tive date of this act, shall continue in fuU force and effect.

The rights of all parties incident to or arising out of con-
tracts or obligations, to which any such corporation is a
party, lawfully outstanding on said effective date, shall re-
main unimpaired and shall continue to be exercisable and
enforceable subject to applicable provisions of law; pro-
vided, that any such contract or obligation, with the assent
of all parties thereto, may be changed or reformed so as to
conform with the pertinent provisions or requirements of
chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws as
amended by section one of this act.

Any requirements or limitations imposed upon any such

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 432. 359

corporation, under section one of this act, in addition to,
different from or in conflict with those contained in said chap-
ter one hundred and sixty-eight as in force immediately prior
to said effective date, shall be complied with by it as soon
thereafter as reasonably practicable.

Section 3. Any reference in any general or special law
to any section, part of a section or provisions of chapter one
hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws which would
become inaccurate because of any of the amendments made
by and appearing in section one of this act, shall be deemed
to apply to the pertinent section, part of a section or pro-
visions of said chapter one hundred and sixty-eight, as so
amended.

Section 4. If any section, subsection, subdivision, para-
graph, sentence or clause of this chapter is held invalid or
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remain-
ing portions thereof.

Section 5. Paragraph (c) of section 12 of chapter 63 of gd^'eJ^''
the General Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 274 §12,' etc..
of the acts of 1937, is hereby further amended by striking '^^^'^d^d.
out, in lines 2 and 3, the words "clause twelfth of section
fifty-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight" and in-
serting in place thereof the words: — section fifty-four of
chapter one hundred and sixty-eight, or similar provisions
of earlier law.

Section 6. Section 11 of chapter 167 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 480 of the f ^i; et^c^;
acts of 1950, is hereby further amended by striking out, in amended.'
line 6, the word "twenty-six" and inserting in place thereof
the word : — sixty-five.

Section 7. Section 18 of said chapter 167, as amended EdViJ?''
by section 1 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1943, is hereby fur- § Vs.' etc.,'
ther amended by striking out, in hue 6, the word "forty- "™^'^'^«d-
seven" and inserting in place thereof the word: — sixty.

Section 8. Section 24 of said chapter 167, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 4 of chapter 41 of the acts of 1933, f 24,'efZ.'
is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 11, the amended.'
word "fifty-six" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
seventy-three.

Section 9. Section 51 of said chapter 167, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by chapter 598 of the acts of 1950, is hereby f'ii'^tJ',
further amended by striking out the last sentence and in- amended.'
serting in place thereof the following sentence : — Notwith-
standing the foregoing, a trust company may make mortgage
loans hereunder within the geographical limits contained in
section thirty-four of chapter one hundred and seventy-two,
a savings bank may make mortgage loans hereunder within
the geographical limits contained in or authorized under
paragraph 2 of section thirty-four and paragraph 11 of sec-
tion thirtj^-five of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight, and
a co-operative bank may make mortgage loans hereunder
within the geographical limits contained in section twenty-
three of chapter one hundred and seventy.

360

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 432.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 170.
§ 26. etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 171,
§ 15, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 172,
§ 31, etc.,
amended.

Section 10. Section 26 of chapter 170 of the General
Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 371 of the acts of
1950, is hereby amended by strikmg out subsections 1 and 2
and inserting in place thereof the two following subsections:
— 1. In any of the securities named in section forty-two
except paragraph 5 thereof, and section forty-three of chap-
ter one hundred and sixty-eight, subject, however, to the
provisions of said sections. 2. In the case of any such cor-
poration having assets totalUng more than five milhon dol-
lars, in any of the securities named in sections forty-four to
forty-six, inclusive, of said chapter one hundred and sixty-
eight, subject, however, to the provisions of said sections
and to the f ollowuig limitations : — not more than an amount
equal to five per cent of the assets of any such corporation
shall be invested in railroad bonds or other obligations re-
ferred to in said section forty-four, and not more than an
amount equal to one and one-half per cent of such assets
shall be invested in the bonds or other obligations of any
one railroad corporation; not more than an amount equal
to ten per cent of the assets of any such corporation shall be
invested in bonds or other obhgations of telephone com-
panies referred to in said section forty-five, and not more
than an amount equal to two per cent of such assets shall be
invested in the bonds or other obligations of any one tele-
phone company ; not more than an amount equal to five per
cent of the assets of any such corporation shall be invested
in the bonds of gas, electric light or water companies referred
to in subdivision A of said section forty-six, and not more
than an amount equal to one and one-half per cent of such
assets shall be invested in the bonds or other obhgations of
any one such company; not more than an amount equal to
ten per cent of the assets of any such corporation shall be
invested in bonds or other obligations of the other com-
panies referred to in subdivision B of said section forty-six,
and not more than an amount equal to two per cent of such
assets shall be invested in the bonds or other obligations of
any one such other company. The aggregate amount held
by such corporation under this subsection in all of the afore-
said securities shall not at any one time exceed twenty per
cent of its assets.

Section 11. The second paragraph of section 15 of chap-
ter 171 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chap-
ter 163 of the acts of 1933, is hereby amended by striking
out, in line 8, the word "twenty-four" and inserting in
place thereof the word : — eighteen.

Section 12. Section 31 of chapter 172 of the General
Laws, as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 289
of the acts of 1949, is hereby further amended by striking
out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing sentence: — The provisions of paragraph 3 of section
twenty-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight relative
to deposits in trust in savings banks, and of section thirty-
one of said chapter apphcable to certain unclaimed deposits

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 432. 361

in savings banks, shall apply in all respects to similar de-
posits in trust or similar unclaimed deposits in all depart-
ments of trust companies.

Section 13. Said chapter 172 is hereby amended by strik- g l. (Ter.
ing out section 40A, inserted by chapter 261 of the acts of §4bA, etc.,
1943, and inserting in place thereof the following section: — amended.
Section 40 A. The total liabilities of a person, including in
the liabilities of a firm the liabilities of its several members,
to the commercial department of a trust company, and to
the savings department thereof for loans upon personal
security, shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the limit upon
the liabilities of one borrower to a trust company provided
by section forty, or the limit of five per cent of the deposits
and of the income derived therefrom of said savings depart-
ment, whichever limit is the larger; provided, that neither
of said hmitations shall apply to so much of any such loan
as is unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of prin-
cipal and interest by the United States.

Section 14. Section Gl of said chapter 172, as amended Edt-{?'|'"jei
by section 3 of chapter 41 of the acts of 1933, is hereby fur- etc!, amended.'
ther amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence : — All such deposits
shall be special deposits and shall be placed in said sa\'ings
department, and all loans or investments thereof shall be
made in accordance with the law governing the investment
of deposits in savings banks, except (a) as pro\'ided in sec-
tion seventy-three of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight,
and {b) that real estate mortgage participation loans author-
ized under paragraph 8 of section thirty-five of said chapter
may be made by a trust company in its savings department
in participation Tvith one or more other trust companies in
their sa\'ings departments, or with one or more national
banking associations, and (c) that the limitations on amounts
which may be invested in the classes of mortgage loans re-
ferred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of section thirty-five and
the limitation on the liabilities of one person referred to in
paragraph 8 of section thirty-six of said chapter, shall not
apply to a trust company in its savings department.

Section 15. Section 68 of said chapter 172, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by f es.'amended.
striking out, in line 12, the word "fifty" and inserting in
place thereof the word : — sixty-one.

Section 16. Section 7 of chapter 172A of the General Ed.hiJH'.
Laws is hereby further amended by striking out clause ^Zihi:
Second, as most recently amended by chapter 96 of the acts
of 1952, and inserting in place thereof the following clause: —

Second. In any securities authorized as investments for
savings banks by sections forty-two to forty-seven, inclu-
sive, and by paragraphs 2 and 3 of section fifty of chapter
one hundred and sixty-eight; provided, that not more than
twenty per cent of its certificate and other funds shall be
invested by any such corporation in the classes of securities
so authorized by paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of said section forty-

amended.

362 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 432.

two, by said sections forty-three to forty-seven, inclusive,

and by said paragraphs 2 and 3 of said section fifty; and

provided, further, that not more than one per cent of its

certificate and other funds shall be invested by any such

corporation in the obUgations of any one of the obUgors

referred to in said sections and paragraphs.

EdVi?r" Section 17. Section 105 of chapter 175 of the General

§ 105. ' Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby

amended. amended by striking out, in line 28, the word "twenty-four "

and inserting in place thereof the word : — eighteen.

Section 18. Section 3 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1934,
as amended by section 3 of chapter 149 of the acts of 1939,
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 13, the word
"fifty-five" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
seventy-one, — and by striking out, in line 26, the words
"said section fifty-five" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — sections seventy-two and seventy-three.

Section 19. The first paragraph of section 3A of said
chapter 43, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 125 of the
acts of 1938, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 43,
the words "profit and loss" and inserting in place thereof
the word : — surplus.

Section 20. The last paragraph of said section 3A of
said chapter 43, added by chapter 534 of the acts of 1952, is
hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the word "fifty-
five" and inserting in place thereof the word: — seventy-
one, — and by striking out, in line 10, the word "fifty-six"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — seventy-three.

Section 21. Section 6 of said chapter 43 is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence : — All accounts for
which no claimant can be found after four years following the
discontinuance of the business of any such bank, shall, if
no other provisions to care for said claim have been made,
be turned over to the state treasurer and be held by him
subject to be reclaimed as provided in section thirty-five of
chapter one hundred and sixty-seven of the General Laws.

Section 22. Section 7 of said chapter 43, as amended
by section 2 of chapter 125 of the acts of 1938, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 8, the words "sec-
tion fifty-five" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
sections seventy-two and seventy-three.

Section 23. Section 4 of chapter 283 of the acts of 1945
is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (6) and insert-
ing in place thereof the following paragraph : —

(h) In public funds authorized for savings banks as set
forth in sections forty-two and forty-three of chapter one
hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws.

Section 24. Chapter one hundred and ninety-three of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, as amended by
chapter four hundred and sixty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fiftj''-four, is hereby repealed.

Approved June 14, 1965.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 433. 363

An Act to further regulate greenhead fly control Chap ASS

PROJECTS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend preamble"^
to defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately effective
the provisions thereof relative to providing for the relief of
the greenhead fly nuisance, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 252 of the General Laws is hereby amended by ^-.hij^'-
striking out section 24, as amended by section 1 of chapter § 24,' etc.,'
388 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the ''"""'^^i^'^-
following section: — Section 24- With the approval of the Relief of the
state reclamation board, hereinafter called the board, any nuiaanoe,'^ ^^
city or town along the seacoast of the commonwealth may, in provided,
a city by vote of the city council and in a town by vote of the
selectmen, establish a greenhead fly control project within its
area, and any two or more adjoining such cities or towns
may, by like votes, form a district within their combined
areas.

In those areas where district greenhead fly control proj-
ects have been formed, the board shall appoint three district
commissioners, who shall be sworn to the faithful perform-
ance of their duties. The board shall fix the compensation
of said commissioners at a sum not to exceed five dollars
per day of actual servdce, and shall allow them actual travel-
ing and other expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties. Such compensation and expenses shall be charged
to and paid by the district. Any commissioner may be re-
moved by the board for cause and the board may fill va-
cancies. The certificate of appointment of said commis-
sioners shall be revoked by the board when the objects for
which they have been appointed have been accomplished.
The duties of the commissioners shall be estabUshed by the
board.

The votes of said cities and towns to form a district shall
be binding for a period of not longer than five years, and
any city or town having voted to form a district may with-
draw from the district, on any anniversary date of its origi-
nal vote in paragraph one, by like vote not more than sixty
days nor less than ten days prior thereto and notification
to the board.

Any city or town may, with the approval of the board,
vote as in paragraph one to become a member of an exist-
ing district greenhead fly control project.

The city, town or district shall determine the maximum
annual amount to be expended in carrying out its individual
project, and shall forthwith notify the board of such de-
termination.

In the case of a district greenhead fly control project the
maximum annual cost shall be determined by the conamis-

364 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 434.

sioners, and the board shall determine the proportionate
share of such annual cost, which shall be borne by each of
the constituent municipalities, apportioned as hereinafter set
forth, and shall forthwith notify the treasurer of each mem-
ber city or town of such determination.

One third of such cost shall be borne by the several mu-
nicipalities within a district in proportion to the entire salt
marsh area contained within their respective boundaries, a
similar one third based on the foregoing provision shall be
borne by the commonwealth, subject to appropriation, and
further subject to the direction and control of the board, and
the remaining one third of such cost shall be borne by the
several municipalities within the district in proportion to
their respective taxable valuations as last established by the
general court as a basis of apportionment for state and county
taxes. A city or town estabhshing such a project within its
area shall bear the entire cost thereof.

Each of the municipalities comprising such a district shall
pay its share of such cost, as so determined, and each city
or town establishing such a project shall pay its entire cost,
into the state treasury. Any city, town or district may in
any year anticipate its liability for such cost, and may raise,
appropriate and deposit the amount thereof with the state
treasurer, and any sums so deposited shall be credited
against its said liability.

Subject to appropriation, there shall annually be expended
from the state treasury, under the direction and control of
the board, and, where necessary or advisable, in advance of
the payment by any city or town of the amount of its
Uabihty under the foregoing paragraph, sums not in the
excess of the maxima respectively established for said proj-
ects, for the elimination or control of the greenhead fiy nui-
sance within the area of each, in accordance with such plans
and by means of such methods of control as may be prepared
and devised by the board to effect the greatest measure of
rehef. There may also be disbursed for the furtherance of
such a project any other sums voluntarily deposited with
the state treasurer by any persons, groups or associations
for said project purposes. Approved June 14, 1955.

ChapAS4: An Act relative to the renewal of registrations of

CERTAIN PERSONS BY THE BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF
HAIRDRESSERS, AND THE ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN TEMPORART
LICENSES PENDING SUCH RENEWALS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Sectiou 87GG of chapter 112 of the General Laws is

f 87GGfetc., hereby amended by striking out the third and fourth sen-
amended. tcuces, as appearing in chapter 291 of the acts of 1953, and

inserting in place thereof the following four sentences: —
Renewals, Any hairdresscr, manicurist, instructor or operator whose
''**'■ registration has not been renewed within three years follow-

ing the date of expiration thereof shall be entitled to renewal

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 435. 365

of such registration upon filing an application, accompanied
by the proper fee therefor and by passing a practical exam-
ination satisfactory to the board; provided, however, that
upon filing such application and fee plus an additional fee of
five dollars the board may, at the request of such applicant,
grant to the apphcant a temporary license, authorizing him
to practice as such hairdresser, operator or manicurist, as
the case may be; and provided, further, that the applicant's
original license was not suspended or revoked. Such tem-
porary license shall bear an expiration date of six months
from date of issuance, and the place of employment of such
temporary licensee. If such applicant fails to appear for
examination in accordance with the provisions of section
eighty-seven KK during such period he shall forfeit such
temporary license, as well as the fee for examination. There
shall be no refund once a temporary license has been issued
to the applicant. Approved June 14, 1955.

An Act relative to the issuance by the board of ChapASd

REGISTRATION OF HAIRDRESSERS OF TEMPORARY LICENSES
FOR CERTAIN NON-RESIDENT HAIRDRESSERS, OPERATORS
AND MANICURISTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 87Z of chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the paragraph added by chapter 274 f 87Z "t^o..
of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place thereof the follow- amended. '
ing paragraph : —

Any hairdresser, operator or manicurist who has been regis- Non-resident
tered as such under the laws of another state which, in the etT'^tlmpo-
opinion of the board, maintains a standard substantially rary licensing
equivalent to that of the commonwealth but does not have
a reciprocal registration agreement wdth the commonwealth,
and who has filed an application for registration under sec-
tions eighty-seven T to eighty-seven JJ, inclusive, may, upon
request to the board, be granted a temporary license author-
izing him to practice as such hairdresser, operator or mani-
curist, as the case may be. Such temporary hcense shall
bear an expiration date of six months from date of issuance
and the address where such temporary hcensee is employed.
Only one such temporary license shall be granted to such
applicant. The fees for such temporary Ucenses shall be
ten dollars for a hairdresser, five dollars for an operator and
five dollars for a manicurist. If an applicant fails to appear
for examination in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion eighty-seven KK he shall forfeit such temporary li-
cense, as well as the fee for examination. There shall be
no refund once a temporary license has been issued to the
applicant. Approved June 14, 1955,

366 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 436, 437, 438.

ChavAdQ An Act relative to the construction of a railroad

BRIDGE OVER A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE CHELSEA CREEK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter seven hun-
dred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, or of any general or special law, the Massachu-
setts aeronautics commission is hereby empowered to author-
ize the construction and maintenance of a railroad bridge,
to replace the Grand Junction railroad bridge, over that sec-
tion of the Chelsea creek lying within the northwest ap-
proach zone to the General Edward Lawrence Logan In-
ternational Airport, as established by said chapter seven
hundred and ninety-nine; provided, that any structure au-
thorized hereunder shall not exceed a height of one hundred
and eighty feet above mean sea level, and shall be marked
and lighted in such manner as may be required by the
Massachusetts aeronautics commission.

Approved June 14, 1955,

ChapAS7 An Act relative to sick leave for certain police

OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section 4 of chapter 146 of the acts of 1947
is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and
inserting in place thereof the follomng sentence: — Sick
leave not used in the year in which it accrues may be ac-
cumulated for use in a subsequent year.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the city council of the city of Boston, sub-
ject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved June 14, 1955.

Chap ASS An Act providing for the acquisition by the common-
wealth OF A certain parcel OF LAND ON NEPTUNE
ROAD IN THE EAST BOSTON DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF
BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of improving the General
Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, the com-
missioner of airport management shall, with the approval of
four members of the state airport management board, take
in the name of the commonwealth by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, the parcel of land
in the East Boston district of the city of Boston containing
three thousand square feet and shown on plan on file in the
oflSce of the commissioner of public works of said city en-
titled " City of Boston — Neptune Rd. — East Boston —
May 27, 1955 — George G. Hyland, Commissioner of Public
Works; provided, however, that such taking shall be made

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 439. 367

expressly subject to any and all rights of the United States
of America in such land; and provided, further, that no
damages shall be paid to the city of Boston for such taking.

Section 2. So long as the metropolitan district commis-
sion shall have the care and control of World War Memorial
Park under chapter five hundred and twenty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and until such time
as the governor and council, upon request of the state air-
port management board, directs its transfer to said board
for airport purposes, said commission shall have the care
and control of the land to be acquired by the commonwealth
under section one of this act and shall have the care, control
and maintenance of the bridge upon and over such land or
other suitable means of access to said park.

Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the
provisions of the charter of said city, but not otherwise.

Approved June I4, 1955.

An Act relating to improved facilities and co-ordi- C/iap.439

NATED EFFORT IN THE FIELD OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN
THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The board of natural resources and the trustees of the
University of Massachusetts, acting jointly or through such
representatives or officials as they may designate, are hereby
authorized and directed to study the present facilities and
programs for instruction, experimentation, practice and field
work of the various departments, boards and commissions
of the commonwealth, so far as they concern natural re-
sources as defined in section one of chapter twenty-one of
the General Laws, as appearing in section one of chapter
six hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, and, in particular, forestry, plant disease, in-
sect pest control, wild mammal, bird, and fish life and their
environment, for the purpose of co-ordinating such facihties
and programs and rendering them more effective.

Upon completion of such study, but not later than the
first Wednesday in January, nineteen hundred and fifty-six,
they shall jointly submit to the general court such recom-
mendations as to physical facilities, courses of study and
plans for experimental and field work as shall appear best
designed to pro\'ide for the commonwealth the most satis-
factory return, and the greatest permanent value from and
protection of its forests, waters, wild life and other natural
resources, increase the body of knowledge relating thereto,
provide for adequate instruction therein, and further the
practical appUcation of such knowledge and instruction.

Approved June I4, 1955.

368 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 440, 441.

Chap. 4:40 An Act validating action of the town of Westminster

RELATIVE TO ERECTING AND EQUIPPING A FIRE STATION
THEREIN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows.

Section 1. The action of the town of Westminster taken
at the annual town meeting held on March fifth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, m voting that the sum of fifty thou-
sand dollars be raised and appropriated for the construction
and original equippmg of a fire station, and to meet such
appropriation that the sum of four thousand dollars be raised
from the tax levy of the current year; that the further sum
of six thousand dollars be appropriated from available funds
in the treasury; and that the treasurer, -with the approval
of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of forty
thousand dollars and to issue notes of the town therefor,
payable in not more than ten years, the loan to be under
authority of and in accordance with the provisions of chap-
ter forty-four of the General Laws; and ah acts done in
pursuance thereof are hereby confirmed and made vafid not-
withstanding the failure to obtain the approval of the emer-
gency finance board, estabhshed under chapter forty-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three. No indebt-
edness shall be incurred under the proxdsions of this section
without the approval of a majority of the members of the
emergency finance board, upon such terms and conditions as
said board shall determine.

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

Approved June 15, 1955.

Chap. 441 An Act authorizing the city of boston to convey to

THE commonwealth FOR ARMORY PURPOSES CERTAIN LAND
IN THE DORCHESTER DISTRICT OF SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
general or special law, the city of Boston, acting by its
mayor, may without consideration convey to the common-
wealth for armory purposes any part or parts or the whole of
the land on the northerly side of Victory road in the Dor-
chester district of said city belonging to said city and now
under the care and custody of its parks and recreation
commission; provided, that such conveyance is authorized,
after two separate readings, by two separate votes of two
thirds of all the members of the city council of said city, the
first of said readings and votes to be had only after the con-
veyance is recommended by said parks and recreation
commission; and the second of said readings and votes to
be had not less than fourteen days after the first.

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

Approved June 16, 1956.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 442, 443. 369

An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the depart- C/iap. 442

MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER THE
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND DEPART-
MENT OF SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The management and control of the play-
ground department of the city of Gloucester is hereby placed
under the jurisdiction of the department of public works of
said city, said department to be managed by a director who
shall be appointed by and act under the super^dsion of the
city manager of said city.

Section 2. The playground commission estabhshed
under the provisions of section fourteen of chapter forty-five
of the General Laws is hereby abolished, and the powers and
duties of the said commission shall hereafter be vested in and
performed by the said director of public works of said city.

Section 3. All persons now employed in the playground
department of said city are hereby transferred to its depart-
ment of pubhc works, subject to the approval of the civil
service director in cases where the employment is subject to
the rules and regulations of the civil service commission, and
such transfer shall be made without loss of pay and without
change of rating, seniority, retirement or pension rights or
any other rights or privileges to which said employees may
be subject.

Section 4. No contracts or liabilities in force in said
playground department of the city of Gloucester on the
effective date of this act shall be affected, and the said
director of the department of public works shall be the lawful
successor of said playground commission.

Section 5. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Gloucester at its regular
city election in the current year in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled
'An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the department of
public works of the city of Gloucester the control and manage-
ment of the playground department of said city', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said ques-
tion is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take
full effect, but not otherwise. Approved June 15, 1955.

An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the depart- Chav 443

MENT of public works of THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER THE
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SEWER DEPARTMENT
OF SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The management and control of the sewer
department of the city of Gloucester is hereby placed under
the jurisdiction of the department of pubfic works of said

370 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 444.

city, said department to be managed by a director who
shall be appointed by and act under the supervision of the
city manager of said city.

Section 2. The board of sewerage survey estabhshed
under the provisions of chapter two hundred and twenty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five is
hereby abolished, and the powers and duties of the said
board shall hereafter be vested in and performed by the
said director of pubhc works of said city.

Section 3. All persons now employed in the sewer de-
partment of said city are hereby transferred to its depart-
ment of public works, subject to the approval of the civil
service director in cases where the employment is subject
to the rules and regulations of the ci\'il service commission,
and such transfer shall be made without loss of pay and
without change of rating, seniority, retirement or pension
rights or any other rights or privileges to which said em-
ployees may be subject.

Section 4. No contracts or liabilities in force in said
sewer department of the city of Gloucester on the effective
date of this act shall be affected, and the said director of the
department of public works shall be the lawful successor of
said board of sewerage survey.

Section 5. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Gloucester at its regular
city election in the current year in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled
'An Act to place under the jurisdiction of the department of
public works of the city of Gloucester the control and man-
agement of the sewer department of said city', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in
the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take full effect,
but not otherwise. Approved June 15, 1955.

ChapA4:4: An Act relative to the holding of property by the

university of MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING ASSOCIATION AND
THE LEASING OF CERTAIN STATE LAND TO SAID CORPORA-
TION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. University of Massachusetts Building Asso-
ciation, incorporated under the name of Massachusetts State
College Building Association by section one of chapter three
hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty-nine, is hereby authorized to hold, for the pur-
poses set forth in said chapter, real and personal estate to an
amount not exceeding one million two hundred thousand
dollars, in addition to the amount of real and personal es-
tate which may be held by said corporation under authority
of said chapter and of chapter three hundred and ninety of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five and of chapter

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 445. 371

three hundred and fifty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fortj^-SLx, and of chapter one hundred and eighty-five of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of chapter
four hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty, and of chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of chapter three
hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three, and of chapter four hundred of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four.

Section 2. The trustees of the University of Massachu-
setts may, in the name of and for the commonwealth, lease
to said corporation two acres of land in Amherst or Hadley
owned by the commonwealth, for the erection and mainte-
nance of dormitories, commons and other buildings for the
use of said university or its students, faculty and staff. The
land hereby authorized to be leased to said corporation shall
be in addition to the aggregate land authorized to be leased
pursuant to section six of said chapter three hundred and
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-
nine and section two of said chapter three hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five and
section two of said chapter three hundred and fifty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six and section two of
said chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-eight and section two of said
chapter four hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty and section two of said chapter two hun-
dred and eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
two and section two of said chapter three hundred and fifty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three and sec-
tion two of said chapter four hundred of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four; but nothing in this section shall be
construed as limiting or restricting the powers conferred upon
said trustees by said section six of said chapter three hundred
and eighty-eight with respect to the leasing of lands by them
to said corporation. Approved June 15, 1965.

An Act to facilitate the sale of veterans' housing C/iap. 445

CONSTRUCTED ON LAND ACQUIRED THROUGH TAX TITLE
FORECLOSURE.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to expedite those sales of p''^^'^'^'^-
residences constructed for veterans under section six of chap-
ter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six and acts amendatory thereof which
are being impeded by the reluctance of conveyancers to pass
titles based upon tax titles; 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:

Any city or town which, acting under section six of chap-
ter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nineteen

372 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 446.

hundred and forty-six or any act amendatory thereof, has
constructed a residence on land acquired by such city or
town through the foreclosure of a tax title may, acting
through the agent prescribed by section eight of said chap-
ter three hundred and seventy-two, as amended, take such
land by eminent domain for the purpose of confirming its
title thereto. Approved June 20, 1966.

ChapA4:6 An Act authorizing the armory commission to convey

CERTAIN LAND TO THE TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The armory commission, in the name and on
behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized and
directed, subject to approval by the governor and council,
to convej^ to the town of Framingham the following parcel
of land, located in said town, containing 15.55 acres bounded
and described as follows: — Beginning at a point on the
boundarj^ line between the land of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Armory Commission, and land of the
Framingham Housing Authority, said point being located
S 4° 59' 35" "VV, five hundred seven and sixty-nine one hun-
dredths (507.69) feet from the southerly location line of
Worcester road; thence running S 4° 59' 35" W, eight
hundred twenty and ninety-four one hundredths (820.94)
feet to a stone bound; thence running N 85° 00' 25" W, one
hundred seventy (170.00) feet to a stone bound; thence
running S 4° 59' 35" W, eleven hundred thirty and forty-
four one hundredths (1130.44) feet to a stone bound at other
land of the grantor; said last three courses being by land of
the Framingham Housing Authority; thence running
N 88° 44' 25" W, two hundred ninety-nine and ninety-nine
one hundredths (299.99) feet by other land of this grantor to
a point at land of the Town of Framingham ; thence running
N 3° 42' 23" W, thirty-eight and forty-nine one hundredths
(38.49) feet to a stone bound; thence running N 4° 44' 12" W,
three hundred seventy-six and eighty-seven one hundredths
(376.87) feet to a stone bound at land of Charles and Joseph
Fantony, Trustees, said last two courses being by land of the
Tov/n of Framingham; thence running N 44° 15' 58" E, one
hundred ninety-six and nineteen one hundredths (196.19)
feet to a stone bound; thence running N 0° 25' 57" E, ninety-
nine and eighty-eight one hundredths (99.88) feet to a stone
bound; thence running N 0° 36' 52" E, five hundred twenty-
seven and sixty-three one hundredths (527.63) feet to a stone
bound at land of the Commonwealth of Mass., Dept. of
Public Safety, said last three courses being by land of
Charles and Joseph Fantony, Trustees, thence running
N 9° 52' 14" E. seven hundred fifteen and sixty-eight one
hundredths (715.68) feet b.y land of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Dept. of Public Safet3% to a point on a line
which is parallel to and five hundred (500.00) feet southerly

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 447, 448. 373

of the southerly location line of Worcester road thence run-
ning N 85° 00' 18" E, four hundred eight and twentj'^-two
one hundredths (408.22) feet on a line located parallel to and
five hundred (500.00) feet southerly of the southerly location
line of Worcester road, said line being by other land of the
grantor to the point of beginning.

The above is more fully shown on a plan entitled "Plan
Showing Land Conveyed by the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts — To the Town of Framingham — Off Worcester
Road — Framingham, Mass. — Scale I" = 100' — Decem-
ber, 1954 — Richard T. Mackey, Chief Engineer.

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

Approved June 20, 1955.

An Act authorizing the bourne water district to ap- Chap .4:4^7

PROPRIATE AND PAY A SUM OF MONEY TO SUN VALLEY
BEACH, INC.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Bourne Water District is hereby author-
ized to appropriate the sum of seventeen thousand dollars
and pay the same to Sun Valley Beach, Inc., to reimburse
it for money expended by it for water main extensions in or
on certain ways in said district; provided, that no payment
shall be made hereunder unless and until said Sun Valley
Beach, Inc. shall have released to said district by proper
instruments all right, title and interest which it has in said
works, nor unless and until said district shall have received
or acquired permanent easements for the operation and main-
tenance of said water main extensions in or on the aforesaid
ways.

Section 2. For the purpose of providing funds to make
the payment authorized under section one, said Bourne
Water District may borrow within three years from the
passage of this act such sums as may be necessary not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, seventeen thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor for a period not exceeding
ten years from their dates. Except as provided by this act
said indebtedness shall be subject to chapter forty-four of
the General Laws.

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

Approved June SO, 1955.

An Act extending the authority of the department Chap. 4:48

OF public WORKS TO DO CERTAIN WORK IN TIDAL AND
NON-TIDAL WATERS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the department ^'^^^^
of public works to do certain necessary work without delay,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the pubUc health,
safety and convenience.

374

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 449, 450.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 91. § 11,
etc., amended.

Improvement
and preserva-
tion of rivers,
harbors, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first sentence of section 11 of chapter 91
of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 5
of the acts of 1955, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "streams", in line 4, the words: — great
ponds.

Section 2. Said section 11 of said chapter 91 is hereby
further amended by inserting after the first sentence the
following sentence: — The department, in pursuance of the
work authorized, may construct, reconstruct, alter and re-
pair bridges, culverts, conduits, pipes, walls and dams, and
may do such other incidental work as may be deemed
necessary for the improvement and safety of waterways.

Approved June 20, 1955.

ChapA49 An Act to require hospitals to determine blood type

OF patients.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 111.
new § 71A.
added.

Hospitals to
determine
blood type
of patients.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for the
determination of blood types of patients at hospitals, it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 71 the following section: — Section
71A. All pubUc and private hospitals functioning ^\athin
the commonwealth shall determine the blood type of patients
treated therein when in the opinion of the attending physician
such a procedure is necessary for the protection of the pa-
tient's health or life. Approved June 20, 1955.

Chap. 4:50 An Act to provide further for the establishment of
off-street parking facilities in the city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Chapter 474 of the acts of 1946 is hereby
amended by inserting after section 5A, inserted by chapter
625 of the acts of 1951, the following section: — Section 5B.
To provide, for the purposes of this act, funds in addition to
the funds provided by sections five and five A, the city may
borrow, from time to time, not exceeding in the aggregate
under this section ten milhon dollars, and may issue and sell
at public sale serial bonds or notes of the city therefor, which
shall be registered or with interest coupons attached as the
collector-treasurer of the city may deem best. Such bonds or
notes shall bear on their face the words, City of Boston,
Parking Facilities Loan, Act of 1955. Each issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than twenty years from their dates. Debt in-
curred from time to time under this section shall not be
included in determining the limit of indebtedness of the city

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 451. 375

as established by law, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to the provisions, applicable to the city, of chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation
contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Said collector-treasurer may issue temporary notes of the city
payable in not more than one year from their dates, in antici-
pation 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, bj'' reason of such
temporary notes, be extended beyond the time fixed by this
section. All notes issued in anticipation of the issue of
such serial bonds or notes shall be paid from the proceeds
thereof.

Section lA. All members of the board of real estate com-
missioners of the city of Boston, established by chapter four
hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-three and authorized by chapter four hundred and
seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six
to proceed with the establishment of public off-street parking
facilities in said citj^, shall be residents of said city ; provided,
however, that this section shall not apply to the appointment
or reappointment of persons who are members on the effec-
tive date of this act.

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

Approved June 20, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of public safety ChavAbl

TO SELL certain LAND TO THE TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The commissioner of public safety, in the name and on
behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized and di-
rected, subject to approval by the governor and council, to
sell and convey to the town of Framingham the following
parcel of land, located in said towm, containing 1.31 acres
bounded and described as follows : — Beginning at a stone
bound which marks the common boundary Une of the land
of Fantony, Commonwealth of Mass., Department of PubHc
Safety and the Commonwealth of Mass., Armory Commis-
sion; thence running N 9° 52' 14" E, two hundred thirty-
four and ninety-two one hundredths (234.92) feet by land
of the Commonwealth of IVIass., Armory Commission, to a
point at land of this grantor; thence running N 80° 07'
46" W, four hundred two and eighty-one one hundredths
(402.81) feet by other land of this grantor to a stone bound
at land of Fantony Trustees; thence running S 17° 48'
52" W, thirty-one and sixty-four one hundredths (31.64)
feet to a point; thence running S 29° 19' 08" E, eighty-four
and five tenths (84.5) feet to a stone bound; thence running
S 51° 06' 48" E, forty-five and seventy-six one hundredths
(45.76) feet to a stone bound; thence running S 84° 10' 48" E,
sixty-one and sixty-six one hundredths (61.66) feet to a stone

376 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 452, 453, 454.

bound; thence running S 43° 59' 48" E, one hundred two
and four one hundredths (102.04) feet to a stone bound;
thence running S 63° 10' 18" E, seventy-one and thirty-six
one hundredths (71.36) feet to a stone bound; thence run-
ning S 59° 24' 28" E, one hundred nine and sixty-two hun-
dredths (109.62) feet to a stone bound at the point of begin-
ning, said last seven courses being by land of Charles and
Joseph Fantony, Trustees.

The above is more fully shown on a plan entitled "Plan
Showing land Conveyed by the Commonwealth of Mass., to
the Town of Framingham — Off Worcester Road, Framing-
ham, Mass. — Scale 1"=40' — December, 1954 — Richard
T. Mackey, Chief Engineer. Approved June 20, 1955.

Chap .452 An Act providing that fees and penalties recovered

FOR certain violations AT STATE OWNED AIRPORTS BE
CREDITED TO THE GENERAL FUND.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUows:

G^L. (Ter. The first paragraph of section 50D of chapter 90 of the

§ sob, etc., General Laws, as amended by section 3 of chapter 762 of

amended. ^^iQ acts of 1949, is hereby further amended by adding at

Fines and the end the following sentence : — ■ Notwithstanding any other

penalties to .. ,. ■, ii/> i li- jr • ^

he credited to provisiou of law, all fines and penalties recovered tor viola-

GeneraiFund. ^ions of rulcs and regulations made by the commissioner,

under authority of this section, shall be accounted for and

forwarded to the commissioner to be credited to the General

Fund of the commonwealth. Approved June 20, 1955.

Chap. 453 An Act providing that soil explorations and test bor-
ings PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC
WORKS BE DEEMED PUBLIC WORKS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

EdV 14^" Section 27D of chapter 149 of the General Laws, inserted

§ 27b, etc., by chapter 461 of the acts of 1935, is hereby amended by

amended. inserting after the word "works", in Une 4, the words: — ,

and certain work done preliminary to the construction of

public works, namely, soil explorations and test borings.

Approved June 20, 1955.

Chap. 454 An Act relative to the sewer system of the town of

hingham.

Be it enacted^ etc., as follows:

Section 1. The power and authority given in chapter
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six to
a board of sewer commissioners of the to^vn of Hingham to
be elected after the adoption by the town of said act shall,
from and after the adoption of said act by said town on
March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and fifty -five, ex-
tend in all respects to the board of sewer commissioners of

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 455. 377

the town of Hingham as from time to time in office under
section sixty-three of chapter forty-one of the General Laws,
pursuant to the vote of the town at the annual to^vn meeting
held in nineteen hundred and forty-six.

Section 2. The town of Hingham may from time to time
construct systems of main drains and common sewers in
parts of the north sewer district of the town as defined in
chapter eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
six and chapter five hundred and ninety-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, and shal] apply to all such
construction. The requirement of section eight of chapter
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six
that the town shall pay not less than one fourth nor more
than two thirds of the whole cost shall apply only to the
whole cost of the entire system of the north sewer district,
and in constructing from time to time portions of the entire
system in parts of the district the board of sewer commis-
sioners may estimate the future cost of the entire system and
future assessments to be made and make payments in ac-
cordance wT.th the application, to such estimates and to the
already incurred costs and determined assessments, of the
proportions and methods of assessment permitted by statute
and adopted by town vote.

Section 3. Any action taken by the town of Hingham
under article sixty-one of the warrant at the annual town
meeting held in nineteen hundred and fifty-five in relation
to the laying out and construction of a system of main drains
and common sewers in a part of the north sewer district of
the town is hereby validated and confirmed in all respects.

Approved June 20, 1955.

An Act relative to the prepayment of contracts of ChavAbb

CONDITIONAL SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 255 of the General Laws is hereby amended bj'- g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 12 A, inserted by chapter 81 of the new^'j^mj,
acts of 1950, the following section: — Section 12B. Not- added.
withstanding any provisions to the contrary in any condi- Payments of
tional sale contract or purchase money chattel mortgage, cSndHional
covering a sale of personal property for any use other than a sona°property,
commercial or business use (but including all passenger regulated.
motor vehicles) the buyer may satisfy in full at any time
before maturity the debt of such conditional sale contract or
purchase money chattel mortgage and in so satisfying such
debt shall receive a credit thereon for such anticipation of
payments. Upon any satisfaction of such debt by the buyer
prior to maturity, then, the amount of such credit shall
represent at least as great a proportion of the total amount
of the finance charge, after first deducting from such finance
charge the cost of any insurance included therein and an
acquisition cost in the case of motor vehicles of twelve
dollars and fifty cents and in other cases five dollars, as the

378 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 456, 457.

sum of the periodical time balances after the month in which
such contract or mortgage is paid in full, bears to the sum of
all the periodical time balances under the schedule of pay-
ments in the original contract. This computation of rebate
to be made under the so-called sum of the digits method or
the "Rule of 78".

Where the amount of the credit for anticipation of pay-
ments is less than one dollar, no refund need be made.

Approved June SO, 1955.

ChapA5Q An Act requiring candidates for nominations by a

POLITICAL PARTY AT A PRIMARY IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON
TO BE CERTIFIED AS ENROLLED MEMBERS OF SUCH PARTY
IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR NAMES PRINTED ON THE BALLOT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
general or special law, there shall not be printed on the ballot
at a primary in the city of Brockton the name of any person
as a candidate for nomination for mayor, councillor-at-large,
ward councillor or school committeeman, unless a certificate
from the registrars of voters that he is enrolled as a member
of the political party whose nomination he seeks is filed with
the city clerk on or before the last day for fifing nomination
papers. The registrars shall issue such a certificate forth-
with upon request of any such candidate so enrolled or of his
authorized representative.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of
its charter, but not otherwise. Approved June 20, 1955.

ChapA57 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to sell a parcel

OF LAND AND AN EASEMENT TO USE CERTAIN PLAYGROUND
LAND ON BROADWAY IN SAID CITY OF LYNN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn, by its proper authorities,
may sell, transfer and convey to the First Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Lynn, twenty-seven thousand, four hun-
dred and ninety-nine square feet of land, more or less, here-
tofore acquired by said city for playground purposes, bounded
and described as follows : — westerly by Broadway fifty-two
and seventy-six one-hundredths feet; northerly by land of
the city of Lynn, Library Lot, one hundred fifty-nine and
seventy one-hundredths feet; easterly by Lot two D thirty
feet; northerly by Lot two D seventy-five feet; easterly by
land of the city of Lynn, Schoolhouse Lot, one hundred
forty-four and sixty-five one-hundredths feet; southerly by
Lot two G sixty-one and thirty-three one-hundredths feet;
southwesterly by Lot two F two hundred eleven and six
one-hundredths feet; shown as Lot two E on plan entitled,
"Subdivision plan of Land, Lynn, Mass., being a subdivision
of Lot two B", shown on Land Court Plan #12,562A, dated

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 458. 379

May 17, 1955, signed by Frank E. Gowdy, city engineer
and on file in the office of the city engineer; and may grant
an easement to said First Evangehcal Lutheran Church of
Lynn to use in common with said city of Lynn and subject
to the maintenance of a thirty-six inch drain as shown on
said plan the land bounded : — westerly by Broadway by
two courses, sixty-three and eighty-eight one-hundredths feet
and twenty-six and eighty one-hundredths feet; north-
easterly by Lot two E two hundred and eleven and six one-
hundredths feet; southwesterl}^ by Lot two G one hundred
and seventy-nine and twelve one-hvnidredths feet; contain-
ing eighty-one hundred and twenty-nine square feet, more
or less, and shown as Lot two F on aforementioned plan;
and may also grant a right of way to and from parcel two E
(above described) to be used in common with said city of
Lynn and subject to the maintenance by said city of a
thirty-inch drain, in the land bounded and described as
follows : — westerly by Broadway twenty-five and thirty-
three one-hundredths feet; northerly b}'" Lot two F and
Lot two E two hundred and forty and forty-five one-hun-
dredths feet; easterly by land of the city of Lynn, School-
house Lot, twenty-five and twenty-two one-hundredths feet;
southerly by land of the city of Lynn and by Lot two C
two hundred thirty-nine and sixty-seven one-hundredths
feet; containing six thousand and sixty-four square feet,
more or less, and shown as Lot two G on aforementioned
plan.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year, by vote of the board of
park commissioners of said city and by vote of the city
council thereof, subject to the provisions of its charter, but
not otherwise. Approved June 20, 1955.

An Act exempting certain disabled persons from ChapAbS

CERTAIN motor VEHICLE PARKING FEES AND PENALTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 22 of chapter 40 of the General Laws o. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by adding at the end of the last paragraph f 22,'etl'.,
the following sentence: — No penalty shall be imposed upon amended.'
any handicapped person whose vehicle displays in the rear Exemption
window the distinctive sticker authorized by section two of pM^Jitles. '"^
chapter ninety for parking such vehicle on any way for a
longer period of time than permitted by said ordinance,
by-law, rules or orders.

Section 2. Section 22A of said chapter 40, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
centh' amended by chapter .592 of the acts of 1952. is hereby § k'A^etc.
further amended b}'- adding at the end the following sen- amended,
tence: — No fee shall be exacted or any penalty be imposed J^o^paJ.^g
for the parking of any vehicle owned and driven by a handi- fees.
capped person in which vehicle there is displayed in the rear
window a distinctive sticker authorized by section two of
chapter ninety.

380 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 459.

EdY^o^l'2 Section 3. The seventh paragraph of section 2 of chap-

etc!, 'amended, ter 90 of the General Laws, as most recentl}' amended by
chapter 225 of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by
" n'^ndi adding at the end the f ollowhig : — The registrar may issue,

capped without charge, to a person who has suffered the loss or

ma^bl"" ' permanent loss of use of one or both feet, and who operates
issued by his owu registered pleasure vehicle, a distinctive sticker on

certain dis- wliich sliall appear the seal of the commonwealth and the
abied persons. ^rQfds " Commouwealtli of Massachusetts — Handicapped
Operator — Approved by The Registrar of ]\Iotor Vehicles",
and the facsimile of the signature of the registrar and the
year of issue. The valid use of such a sticker shall be co-
terminous with the registration of the vehicle. Said sticker
shall be placed on the inside of the rear window of the
vehicle so that a person standing outside the vehicle at its
rear would observe it on the right-hand side of the rear
window. The registrar may determine such standards of dis-
ability and of qualification for the issuance of said sticker as
he deems proper. In his discretion he may at any time require
the removal of said sticker from a vehicle or refuse to issue
said sticker for a vehicle. Approved June 20, 1955.

ChapA59 An Act providing water supply for certain inhabi-
tants OF THE TOWN OF LAKEVILLE FROM THE WATER
SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE LAKEVILLE STATE SANATORIUM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

The department of public health is hereby authorized and
directed to furnish water for domestic purposes to buildings
abutting upon that part of Main street, in the town of Lake-
ville, in which is laid a water main of the water system of
the Lakeville state sanatorium connecting said system with
the terminus of the water main of the town of Middleborough
near the Middleborough-Lakeville town line, at such uni-
form rates as may be established from time to time by said
department, subject to the approval of the department of
public utilities ; provided, that the owner of each such build-
ing to be furnished water as aforesaid shall first deposit in
the state treasury an amount sufficient to defray the cost of
a connection with such main, and of a meter, if required by
said department of public health, and all expenses on account
of making such connection or installing such meter; and,
provided, further, that the said department, before com-
mencing to deliver water to any such building, may require
a deposit with the state treasurer of money or security satis-
factory to him, to insure the pa3^ment of any water charges
that may become due on account of water furnished to such
building hereunder and may, if any person, when required by
said department, fails to so furnish or maintain any such de-
posit, discontinue the furnishing of water to him. The ac-
ceptance or use by any person of water furnished under au-
thority of this act shall constitute an agreement on the part

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 460. 381

of such person, for himself or itself and his or its heirs, suc-
cessors and assigns, that there shall he no liability on the
part of the commonwealth, or of the commissioner of public
health or of any member of the public health council on ac-
count of (1) the furnishing of water hereunder, or (2) the
failure to furnish water hereunder, or (3) for any damages re-
sulting from the maintenance of such water supply. Nothing
herein shall be construed to prohibit the said department from
limiting the supply of water to be furnished to such buildings
at any time when in its opinion there is danger of a scarcity
of water for the purposes of such sanatorium.

Approved June 20, 1955.

An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to convey CAa??. 460

TO THE COMMONTVEALTH OP MASSACHUSETTS A CERTAIN
PORTION OF GREEN HILL PARK AS A SITE FOR THE LOCA-
TION OF AN ARMORY FOR UNITS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
AIR NATIONAL GUARD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of general or
special law, the city of Worcester, acting through its city
manager, is hereby authorized to convey, without consider-
ation, to the commonwealth, for the purpose of providing a
site for the location of an armory for units of the Massachu-
setts Air National Guard, that certain part of Green Hill
park consisting of land located on the westerly side of Sky
Line drive in the city of Worcester, bounded and described
as follows : — Beginning at a point in the westerly line of
Sky Line drive twenty-two hundred feet from a concrete
monument (Worcester ENG. # 155) on the north side of
Belmont street, near the northwest intersection of Belmont
street and Sky Line drive; thence running north forty-one
degrees, fifty-three minutes, fifty-three seconds west a dis-
tance of twenty-five feet to a drill hole in ledge and continu-
ing north forty-one degrees, fifty-three minutes, fifty-three
seconds west for a distance of three hundred seventj^-five
feet to a point, thence running north forty-eight degrees, six
minutes, seven seconds east for a distance of seven hundred
ninety-six feet to a point, thence running south forty-one
degrees, fifty-three minutes, fifty-three seconds east for a
distance of three hundred ninetj'-one feet to the westerl}^
line of Sky Line drive and thence following the westerly line
of Sky Line drive in a general southwesterly direction eight
hundred ten feet to the point of beginning.

Approved June 20, 1955.

382

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 461, 462.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 138,
§ 67, etc.,
amended.

Appeals from
action of local
licensing
authorities.

ChapAQl An Act relative to appeals to the alcoholic bever-
ages CONTROL COMMISSION FROM THE ACTION OP LOCAL
LICENSING AUTHORITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 67 of chapter 138 of the General Laws is hereby-
amended by inserting after the fifth paragraph, as amended
by chapter 574 of the acts of 1954, the following paragraph: —

After receipt by the local licensing authorities of a de-
cision from the commission as set forth in the third para-
graph hereof, any applicant for renewal of a license or any
Ucensee who is aggrieved by the action of the local licensing
authorities modifying, cancelling, revoking or declaring for-
feited a license or failing to issue a license, which would in
effect renew for one year a license held during the previous
year by the applicant may, if the said local licensing au-
thority fails within five days after receipt of said decision
to take the action recommended therein, again appeal to
the commission, upon petition in writing setting forth all
the material facts in the case. In the event of such reappeal,
the commission shall hold a hearing on such reappeal, re-
quiring due notice to be given to all interested parties. If
the commission, on such reappeal approves the action of the
local licensing authorities, it shall issue notice to them to
that effect, but if the commission disapproves their action,
it shall issue a decision in writing advising said local author-
ities of the reasons why it does not approve. This decision
of the commission on reappeal shall be final; provided, that
in no event shall the commission order the local licensing
authorities to issue any licenses to an applicant not a party
to the appeal. If the local licensing authorities fail to issue
a license which would have the effect of renewing for one
year a license held by the applicant during the previous
year, subject to the limitation set forth herein, or to perform
any other act when lau^ully ordered so to do by the com-
mission upon reappeal, within such time as it may prescribe,
the commission may itself, after such reappeal, issue such
license to a party to the appeal or perform such act, with
the same force and effect as if issued or performed by the
local licensing authorities. Ayyroved June 20, 19n5.

ChapA62 An Act authorizing the city of Northampton to incur

INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREAT-
MENT WORKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purposes of constructing sewage
treatment works the city of Northampton may, from time
to time, within five years after the passage of this act,
borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, one million fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on the face thereof

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 463. 383

the words, Northampton Sewage Treatment Loan, Act of
1955. 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 and, except as provided
herein, shall be subject to the provisions of chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, including the first paragraph of section
seven thereof.

Section 2, The said city shall, by concurrent vote of the
board of aldermen and the common council, determine what
proportion of the cost of the sewerage works provided for in
section one of this act the city shall pay. In providing for
the payment of any portion of the cost thereof by abutters,
including public and private institutions, contributing
sewage, the city may avail itself of any or all of the methods
permitted by General Laws, including section sixteen
of chapter eighty-three of the General Laws providing
for the establishment of just and equitable annual charges
for the use of the common sewers. Such charges shall be paid
by every person, including public and private institutions,
who enters or has entered his or its particular sewer into the
sewerage system of the city. The provisions of the said
General Laws relative to the assessment, apportionment,
division, reassessment, abatement and collection of sewer
assessments, to liens therefor and to interest thereon shall
apply to assessments made under this act. At the same meet-
ing at which the city determines the proportion of the cost
which is to be borne by the city, or at a subsequent meeting,
it shall by vote determine by which of such methods the re-
maining portion of said cost shall be provided for. The col-
lector of taxes of said city shall certify the payments of such
assessments or apportionments thereof to the sewer com-
missioners, who shall preserve a record thereof.

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

Approved June 23, 1955.

An Act authorizing the city of salem to pay a certain C/zap. 463

SUM OF money to THE WIDOW OF H. FRANCIS DOLAN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public
good, the city of Salem is hereby authorized to appropriate
and pay to the widow of H. Francis Dolan, who died while a
member of the present city council of said city, the balance of
the salary to which he would have been entitled for the cur-
rent term for which he was elected had he lived and con-
tinued to serve in said council until the end of said term.

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

Approved June 23, 1955.

384 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 464, 465, 466.

ChapAQ4: An Act providing for the removal of whales or other

MAMMALS FROM THE TIDEWATERS OR SHORES OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH WHEN INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

Eme^ency Wkeveas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith that the
department of pubhc works shall, in certain cases, remove
whales or other mammals from the tidewaters or shores of
the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Edo.'g?,*'^' Chapter 91 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

new § 49A, inserting after section 49 the following section : — Section
Certain 49A. If a whale or other mammal is deposited or remains in

whales, etc., the tidewaters or on the shores of the commonwealth, the
movtdlfrom department shall, if it determines that said whale or other
state shores, mammal is or may be injurious to the public health, remove
or cause to be removed therefrom such whale or other
mammal. Approved June 23, 1956.

Chap.4:Q5 An Act relative to the suppression of pine looper

MOTHS.

^reambf "^ TF/iereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the department of
natural resources to do certain work forthwith, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of natural resources is hereby
authorized and directed to immediately carry out a program
for the purpose of clearing the Cape Cod area of the com-
monwealth of pine looper moths, eggs and caterpillars.

Section 2. For the purposes of section one of this act the
department may expend the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund. Appropriation expires June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-six. Approved June 23, 1955.

Chap. 4:66 An Act authorizing the city of lawrence to pay a

SUM of money to ALFRED J. SAVOIE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of discharging a moral obligation, the city
of Lawrence may appropriate and pay to Alfred J. Savoie
a sum of money not in excess of one thousand dollars in
reimbursement for funeral expenses on account of the death
of his minor son, Stephen Richard Savoie, who was fatally
injured on February eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifty-
four, on or about the premises of Memorial Stadium in said

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 467. 385

city. No payment shall be made hereunder until there has
been filed with the city auditor of Lawrence an agreement
signed by said Alfred J. Savoie that the amount, if any, paid
or to be paid for legal services rendered in connection with
the passage of this act shall not exceed ten per cent of the
amount paid or payable hereunder.

Approved June 23, 1956.

An Act relative to reimbursement of cities and towns QJiqj) 457
for loss of taxes on state lands under the care and
control of the department of natural resources
and the division of public beaches in the department
of public works.

Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:

Chapter 58 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 13, as most recently amended by section f is.'e^tc'.,
9 of chapter 654 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place amended.
thereof the following section: — Section 13. In nineteen Reimburse^
hundred and thirty-five and in every fifth year thereafter the ^d" to^*iB'for^
commission shall between January first and June first de- loss of taxes
termine as of January first the fair cash value of all land in stL te bnds.
every town owned by the commonwealth and used for the
purposes of a public institution, a fish hatchery, game pre-
serve or wild fife sanctuary, a state military camp ground or a
state forest, and of all land owned by the commonwealth
and under the care and control of the department of natural
resources and the division of public beaches in the depart-
ment of pubfic works and used for recreational or conserva-
tion purposes; and it shall between January first and June
first in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five and in
every fifth year thereafter, determine as of January first the
fair cash value of all land in every to^\Ti held by county com-
missioners for hospital purposes under sections seventy-eight
to ninety, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven.
This determination shall be in such detail as to lots, sub-
divisions or acreage as the commission may deem necessary,
and to assist it in making it it may require oral or written in-
formation from any officer or agent of the commonwealth
or of any county or town therein and from any other in-
habitant thereof, and may require such information to be on
oath. Such officers, agents and persons, so far as able, shall
furnish the commission with the required information in such
form as it may indicate, within fifteen days after being so
requested by it. No reimbursements hereunder on account
of lands owned by the commonwealth and under the care and
control of the department of natural resources and the
division of pubfic beaches in the department of pubfic works
and used for recreational or conservation purposes shall be
made from the inland fisheries and game fund, so called.

Approved June 23, 1955.

386

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 468, 469.

ChapAQS An Act relative to the appropriation for the Massa-
chusetts MILITARY ACADEMY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Subsection (1) of paragraph (a) of section 97 of chapter 33
of the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter
590 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by adding at the
end the following : —

Massachusetts Military Academy 250

Approved June 23, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 33,
§ 97, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 142A, etc.,
amended.

Benzol,
carbon tetra-
chloride, etc.,
containers for,
to be marked.

C/zap. 469 An Act relative to the labelling of receptacles con-
taining BENZOL, CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, AND OTHER
HARMFUL SUBSTANCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 142A, as most recently
amended by section 1 of chapter 591 of the acts of 1949,
and inserting in place thereof the following section : — Sec-
tion I42A. No person shall keep for sale, sell, transport or
store, and no person shall have for use in any manufacturing,
mechanical or mercantile establishment, or in any other place
of employment, benzene represented by the chemical formula
C/6 H/6, in sections one hundred and forty-two B to one
hundred and forty-two F, inclusive, called benzol, carbon
tetrachloride or other substance which, in the opinion of the
departments of labor and industries and of public health,
acting jointly, is so hazardous to health as to warrant regu-
lation, in any receptacle other than part of a vehicle used
exclusively for outdoor transportation, unless such receptacle
is marked with the words "Benzol", "Carbon Tetrachloride"
or "Name of Substance", together with such warning as
the commissioners of the department of labor and industries
and of the department of pubHc health jointly by reasonable
rules and regulations may require.

Section 2. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 142B, as most recently amended by
section 2 of said chapter 591, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section lJf.2B. No person shall keep
for sale, sell, transport or store, and no person shall have for
use in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile estab-
lishment, or any other place of employment, any material
containing benzol, carbon tetrachloride or other substance
which, in the opinion of the department of labor and in-
dustries and the department of public health, acting jointly,
is SO hazardous to health as to warrant regulation, in any
receptacle other than part of a vehicle used exclusively for
outdoor transportation, unless such receptacle is marked
with one of the following combinations of words: — "Con-
tains benzol", "Contains carbon tetrachloride" or "Con-

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149
§ 142B, etc.,
amended.

Labels, how
marked.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 469. 387

tains (name of substance)", together with such warning as
the commissioners of the department of labor and industries
and of the department of pubUc heahh jointly by reasonable
rules and regulations may require.

Section 3. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended «■ l- (Ter.
by striking out section 142C, as appearing in chapter 304 f'ihcHtc,
of the acts of 1933, and inserting in place thereof the fol- amended.
lowing section: — -Section I42C. The words and any warn- Markings
ing required by sections one hundred and forty-two A and regulated.
one hundred and forty-two B shall be clear and conspicuous,
and shall be of such size and so placed as the commissioners
of the department of labor and industries and of the de-
partment of public health jointly by reasonable rules and
regulations may require.

Section 4. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended g. l. (Ter.
by striking out section 142D, as amended by section 3 of § *i42D*^etc.,
chapter 591 of the acts of 1949, and inserting in place thereof "^I'^nded.
the following section: — Section 142D. The commissioners commis-
of the department of labor and industries and of the de- ^ake"ufes
partment of public health acting jointly may, by reasonable etc
rules and regulations, exempt from the provisions of sections
one hundred and forty-two A and one hundred and forty-
two B, under such restrictions as they may deem advisable,
(a) closed receptacles which are in the possession of the manu-
facturer by whom the contents of such receptacles were made
or compounded or of a common carrier, provided in each
case the commissioners are satisfied that such contents are
to be used only outside the commonwealth; (6) receptacles
containing material used exclusively as motor fuel; (c) re-
ceptacles containing material which, as last compounded,
contained a per cent by weight of benzol, carbon tetrachloride
or other substance which the commissioners determine to be
not so hazardous to health as to warrant regulation.

Section 5. Said chapter 149 of the General Laws is g. l. (Ter.
hereby further amended by striking out section 142E, as f i4^^E^etc
amended by section 4 of said chapter 591, and inserting in amended.
place thereof the following section: — Section 1J!^2E. For Reports of
the protection of persons exposed to possible injury by any ^^^^^< ^^°-
material or substance which in the joint opinion of the de-
partments of labor and industries and of public health, act-
ing pursuant to sections one hundred and forty-two A and
one hundred and forty-two B, is so hazardous to health as
to warrant regulation, the commissioners of the departments
of labor and industries and of public health, acting jointly,
may by reasonable rules and regulations require such reports
as they may deem advisable covering the manufacture, sale,
receipt, possession or use of any such material or substance.

Section 6. Said chapter 149 is hereb}^ further amended g. l. (Ter.
by striking out section 142F, as amended bj'' section 5 of f i42F,^etc.,
said chapter ,591, and inserting in place thereof the following ^jJ^^Yi^gT''
two sections: — Section 143F. Whoever violates any pro- added,
vision of section one hundred and forty-two A, one hundred Penalty.
and forty-two B, or one hundred and forty-two C or any rule

388

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 470.

Each depart-
ment to en-
force certain
rules and
regulations.

or regulation made under section one hundred and forty-
two A, one hundred and forty-two B, one hundred and forty-
two C, one hundred and forty-two D and one hundred and
forty-two E, and w^hoever, being charged with the duty of
marking any receptacle containing benzol, carbon tetra-
chloride or other substance which, in the joint opinion of
the departments of labor and industries and of public health,
is so hazardous to health as to warrant regulation, or any
material in which benzol, carbon tetrachloride or other sub-
stance which, in the opinion of said departments, acting
jointly, is so hazardous to health as to warrant regulation,
is contained, fails so to mark the same, and whoever wilfully
removes or defaces any marking made in accordance with
any of said provisions or rules and regulations shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 1J,.2G. The department of labor and industries
shall enforce the provisions of sections one hundred and
forty-two A to one hundred and forty-two F, inclusive, and
the rules and regulations made hereunder in any manu-
facturing or mechanical establishment or in any other place
of employment in so far as the same relate to the health of
employees, and the department of public health shall en-
force the provisions of said sections and the rules and regu-
lations made hereunder in so far as they apply to the keeping
and storage for sale to the public in any mercantile estab-
lishment of any of the substances or materials referred to in
said sections.

Section 7. The rules and regulations relative to benzol,
carbon tetrachloride, or other substances deemed hazardous
to health contained in printed Industrial Bulletin No. 11
and which are in effect immediately prior to the effective
date of this act, shall continue in full force and effect until
superseded by new rules and regulations adopted by the
commissioners of the department of labor and industries
and of the department of pubhc health, acting jointly, pur-
suant to the provisions of sections one hundred and forty-
two A to one hundred and forty-two E, inclusive, of chap-
ter one hundred and forty-nine of the. General Laws, as ap-
pearing in sections one to five, respectively, of this act.

Approved June 23, 1955.

ChapA70 An Act providing for the printing and distribution of

A MANUAL or PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of public welfare is hereby authorized
and directed to prepare for printing and to cause to be
printed, under the supervision of the state purchasing agent,
a manual containing laws of the commonwealth relating to
public assistance, including the rules and regulations relating
thereto. Said manual shall be printed in sufficient numbers
to provide for distribution thereof to all public assistance
officers and agencies in the commonwealth; provided that

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 471. 389

the department shall establish a fee to he charged for each
manual, not to exceed the cost thereof.

Approved June 23, 1955.

An Act relating to the further development of the Phnj^ 471

PUBLIC FORESTS, PARKS AND OTHER LANDS OF THE COM- ^'

MONVV^EALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of natural resources, through its division
of forests and parks, is hereby authorized and directed to
make an inventory within the fiscal j^ear next ensuing of the
forests and other natural resources in the possession of the
commonwealth, including acreage, whether forested or not,
nurseries, the species, size, age, rate of increase, and present
volume of timber, together with the area of unused land
found in each state forest, park, watershed-protective or
other lands in the possession or under the control of any
board, officer, or institution of the commonwealth, including
the department of public works and the metropolitan district
commission.

The department shall also prepare an inventory of the
educational, recreational, watershed-protective or other civic
purpose for which such areas or any waters included therein
are now used.

Upon receipt of such inventories, the department shall pre-
pare a long-range plan, envisaging in the case of forest areas
not less than half a century, for the appropriate use and de-
velopment of such areas, including nurseries, for the benefit of
the commonwealth and its people.

Such plan shall have as its objectives (1) to secure the
maximum return from merchantable timber and other forest
products for the use of the commonwealth or for sale; (2) to
provide adequate watershed protection, ground water sup-
plies and Hood control; (3) to develop and maintain a
natural environment for the recreation of the people, in-
cluding hunting, fishing, bathing, boating, picnicking and
the enjoyment of undisturbed natural surroundings; (4) to
develop an adequate program of pest and disease control on
a co-operative basis among state, count}'' and municipal
agencies.

The department shall study the use and further develop-
ment of all public forests and lands, including the provision
of nurseries, the acquisition of additional areas to make
existing properties more serviceable to the public and to bring
unused land into timber production or for any of the other
uses mentioned above.

The division of planning of the department of commerce,
the department of public works, the metropolitan district
commission and all other officers, boards and institutions of
the commonwealth are hereby instructed to render all possible
assistance in carrying out the purpose of this act. The de-
partment shall report its findings under this act from time to

390

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 472, 473, 474.

time, the final report to be filed not later than the first
Wednesday of December, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

The department is hereby authorized to expend for the
purposes of this act such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved June 23, 1955.

ChavA72 An Act regulating the arsenic content of embalming

FLUIDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 114 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
adding at the end, under the caption embalming fluids, the
following section : — Section 51 . No person shall sell, offer
for sale, or supply others with any embalming fluid, or any
substitute therefor, which contains more than five tenths of
one milligram of arsenic per litre. Violation of any provision
of this section shall be punished by a fine of one thousand
dollars or by imprisonment for one year, or both.

Approved June 23, 1965.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 114,
new § 51,
added.

Arsenic
content of
embalming
fluids,
regulated.

ChavA7S An Act authorizing the metropolitan district com-
mission TO RAISE THE SEA WALL AT SHAW BEACH AND
ROUGHAN's point in THE BEACHMONT SECTION OF REVERE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to raise the sea wall at Shaw Beach and
Roughan's Point in the Beachmont section of the city of
Revere. Said commission may expend for said purpose such
sums as may hereafter be appropriated therefor.

Approved June S3, 1955.

ChavA74: An Act relative to the collection of poll taxes after

ASSESSMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 60 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 3 of chapter 258 of
the acts of 1941, is hereby further amended by striking out
the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence: — All laws relating to the collection of taxes, to
the duties of collectors, and powers of collectors if action to
enforce collection of poll taxes is instituted within seven
years of commitment by the collector, to money collected as
taxes, interest, charges and fees, to the accounting for and
turning over of money so collected, and to the crediting
thereof to the collector, shall apply, so far as pertinent, to
the collection of poll taxes from the persons whose names
appear on such lists.

Section 2. Section 15 of said chapter 60, as most re-

G, L. (Ter.
Ed.), 60, § 5,
etc., amended.

Collection of
poU taxes.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 60, § 15,

etc.: 'amended, cently amended by chapter 398 of the acts of 1952, is hereby

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 475, 476. 391

further amended by inserting after the word "provided",
in line 1, the words: — in section five and.

Approved June 23, 1955.

An Act relative to the salary of certain justices of QJiav 475

THE SUPERIOR COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
four of chapter seven hundred and forty-two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-one, section one of chapter
five hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, and section one of chapter six hundred and
fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, any
justice of the superior court who was appointed to said
ofiice between the second day of June and the thirty-first
day of December in the year nineteen hundred and fiftj^-four,
both dates inclusive, shall receive such salary as is provided
by section twenty-seven of chapter two hundred and twelve
of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved June S3, 1955.

An Act relative to the mount greylock tramway QJiav 476

AUTHORITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, RE-
PAIR AND OPERATION OF A TOLL TRAMWAY AND OTHER
FACILITIES ON OR ABOUT MOUNT GREYLOCK BY SAID AU-
THORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 606 of the acts of 1953 is hereby
amended by striking out section 5 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 5. As used in this
act the following words and terms shall have the following
meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or dif-
ferent meaning or intent : —

(a) "Authority", the Mount Greylock Tramway Au-
thority, created by section three of this act.

(6) "Tramway", the aerial tramway to be constructed
under the provisions of this act, and shall embrace the
structures and the superstructures thereof, and the termini
platforms and approaches thereto, together with all ap-
purtenances to an aerial tramway, including all property,
both real and personal, rights, easements and interests
acquired by the authority for the construction or operation
of such aerial tramway and all other works, improvements
and facilities authorized to be undertaken, constructed,
acquired or operated by the authority in connection there-
with or related thereto.

(c) "Project", the tramway and appurtenant facilities
and all other works, improvements and facilities authorized
to be undertaken, constructed, acquired or operated by the
authority in connection therewith or related thereto.

392 Acts, 1955. —Chap. 476.

(d) "Cost of the project", cost of acquisition and con-
struction of the tramway, the cost of acquisition of all land,
rights of way, property, rights, easements and interests
therein, cost of all machinery, cars, cable, equipment, works,
improvements and facilities undertaken, constructed or
acquired by the authority as a part of the project, reim-
bursement of the commonwealth for all advances theretofore
made from the General Fund or revenue of the common-
wealth, financing charges and fees, interest prior to and dur-
ing construction and for one year after completion of the
project, cost of engineering, financial and legal expenses,
plans, specifications, surveys and other expenses necessary
or incidental to determining the feasibility or practicabihty
of the project, the authority's administrative expenses, and
such other costs and expenses as may be necessary or inci-
dental to the acquisition and construction of the project, the
financing thereof, the placing of the project in operation, the
providing of a reasonable reserve for working capital and the
providing of the works, improvements and facilities author-
ized to be undertaken, constructed, acquired or operated by
the authority.

(e) "Revenue of the tramway" or "revenue of the
project", the rates, rents, revenues, fees, charges, tolls and
other income arising from, out of or in connection with the
ownership or operation of the project by the authority from
whatever source derived.

Section 2. Said chapter 606 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 6 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 6. The authority is hereby
authorized and empowered —

(a) To acquire, construct, maintain, repair and operate an
aerial tramway and all appurtenances thereto on the Adams
side of Mount Greylock, in the county of Berkshire; and
such other facilities, works and improvements as approach
roads to the bottom terminus or base of the tramway; park-
ing facilities at said bottom terminus or base; ski facilities,
stores, including gift, souvenir and ski or equipment shops;
dining and refreshment facilities; lounges, conifort stations,
warming huts and other such accommodations for the con-
venience, comfort and pleasure of the public; and such other
facilities and services as are reasonably necessary for the
public purposes of the authority as described in this act.

(6) To issue revenue bonds of the authority, payable solely
from revenues for the purpose of paying all or any part of the
cost of the project;

(c) To fix and revise from time to time rates, rents, fees,
charges and tolls for carriage on and use of the tramway and
for use or occupancy of the project or any part thereof, or
any service or facility provided by the project, or any part
thereof, and for the grant of concessions therein and for
things furnished, or services rendered, by the authority;

(d) To adopt by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and
the conduct of its business;

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 476. 393

(e) To acquire, hold, lease, let and dispose of real and
personal property in the exercise of any of its powers and for
any of its corporate purposes;

(/) To acquire in its own name by purchase or otherwise,
on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may
deem proper, or by the exercise of the power of eminent
domain in accordance with the provisions of chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws in so far as such provisions may be
applicable, such public or private lands, public parks, play-
grounds or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein,
except lands or rights therein under the control of the Grey-
lock reservation commission, and public or private ways as
it may deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this
act; provided, that no damages shall be paid for public lands
or playgrounds, parks, parkways or reservations so taken;
and provided, that the members of the authorit}'- shall act in
its name and on its behalf in exercising its functions under
this clause, and provided further, that before taking any
private property the authority shall give security to the state
treasurer, in such amount and in such form as may be de-
termined by the department of public works, for the pay-
ment of such damages as may be awarded in accordance with
law for such taking, and that the provisions of section forty
of said chapter seventy-nine, in so far as the same may be
applicable, shall govern the rights of the authority and of any
person whose property is so taken;

(g) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements
necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and
the execution of its powers under this act, and to employ
consulting engineers, construction and accounting experts,
and attorneys, and such other employees and agents, as may
be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;
provided, that all such expenses shall be payable solely from
the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of
this act or from the revenues of the project;

(h) To receive and accept from any federal agency grants
for or in aid of the construction of the project, and to receive
and accept contributions from any source of either money,
property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and
applied only for the purposes for which such grants and con-
tributions may be made;

(i) To provide through its employees, or by the grant of
one or more concessions, or in part through its employees and
in part by the grant of one or more concessions, for the fur-
nishing of services, and things for the accommodation of
persons admitted to or using the project, or any part there-
of;

(j) To rent, buy, sell and deal in goods, wares and mer-
chandise in any way connected with the facilities furnished
by the project or for the convenience or accommodation of
persons admitted to or using the project, or any part thereof,
and to lease or grant the right to exercise such powers;

(k) To construct and operate places for serving food and

394 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 476.

refreshments, for furnishing accommodations for visitors and
for the sale or rental of goods, wares and merchandise in any
way connected with the facilities furnished by the project or
for the convenience or accommodation of persons admitted to
or using the project, or any part thereof, and to lease or grant
the right to exercise such powers ; and

(Z) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to
carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.

Section 3. Section 7 of said chapter 606 is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 8 and in line 40, the word
"four" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the
word : — five.

Section 4. Section 8 of said chapter 606 is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 6, the word "tramway" and
inserting in place thereof the word: — project.

Section 5. Said chapter 606 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 10 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 10. The authority is hereby
authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect rates, rents, fees,
charges and tolls for the use of the tramway and for use or
occupancy of the project, or any part thereof, or any service
or facihty provided by the project, or any part thereof, and to
contract with any person, partnership, association or corpora-
tion desiring any such use or occupancy, and to fix the
terms, conditions, rates, rents, fees, charges and tolls for such
use. Such rates, rents, fees, charges and tolls shall be so fixed
and adjusted from time to time in respect of the aggregate of
such rates, rents, fees, charges and tolls from the project as to
provide a fund sufficient (a) to pay the cost of maintaining,
repairing and operating the project, (6) to pay the principal
of and interest on the revenue bonds as the same shall become
due and payable, and (c) to create such reserves for such pur-
poses and for the improvement, extension, and betterment of
the project, and the renewal and replacement of the capital
assets of the project, as the authority in its discretion shall
provide. Such rates, rents, fees, charges or tolls shall not be
subject to supervision or regulation by any department,
division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the com-
monwealth or any political subdivision thereof. Any moneys
derived from such rates, rents, fees, charges or tolls not re-
quired bj'' the authority for any of the foregoing purposes
may be used by the authority for the purchase or redemption
of bonds prior to the maturity thereof in such manner as the
authority may provide.

Section 6. Said chapter 606 is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section 16 and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 16. When all tramway revenue bonds or
tramway revenue refunding bonds issued under the pro-
visions of this act and the interest thereon shall have been
paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds
and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have
been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, the
tramway, if then in good condition and repair to the satis-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 476. 395

faction of the department of public safety, shall be turned
over to the commonwealth, and shall be operated and main-
tained by the Grejdock reservation commission, and there-
upon the authority shall be dissolved and all funds of the
authority not required for the payment of the bonds shall be
paid to the county treasurer of Berkshire countj^ and shall be
held by him, subject to the order of the Greylock reservation
commission, in the Greylock State Reservation Fund, and
all machinery, equipment and other property belonging to
the authorit}'^ shall be vested in the commonwealth and de-
livered to the Greylock reservation commission. All revenues
produced from the operation of the tramway by the Greylock
reservation commission shall, after payment of all necessary
expenses of repair and maintenance, be deposited in the said
Greylock State Reservation Fund, subject to the order of the
Greylock reservation commission, for the maintenance and
improvement of the Greylock state reservation.

Section 7. The Greylock reservation commission is here-
by authorized to lease to the Mount Greylock Tramway
Authority, with the approval of the governor and council,
any portion of the Mount Greylock reservation owned by the
commonwealth or the county of Berkshire, including the
buildings, faciHties and improvements located thereon, for a
term not exceeding forty years at a nominal or other rental
as may be determined, and the said Greylock reservation
commission, with the approval of the governor, is hereby
authorized and empowered to enter into such lease agree-
ments restricting the use of any such property not leased in
order to prevent competition with the property leased;
pro\dded, however, that any lease entered into under the
provisions of this section shall, notwithstanding the terms
thereof, terminate as of the date when the said authority
turns over the tramway to the commonwealth, as pro\'ided
under section sixteen of chapter six hundred and six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, as amended by
section six of this act.

The Greylock reservation commission is further authorized
in any such lease to permit the Mount Greylock Tramway
Authority to extend, add to, better and improve any such
buildings, facilities or improvements located on the leased
portion of the Greylock reservation. The cost of any such
extensions, additions, betterments or improvements may be
financed by the Mount Greylock Tramway Authority as
part of the cost of the project, as such term is defined in
section five of chapter six hundred and six of the acts of
nmeteen hundred and fifty-three, as amended by section one
of this act, by the issuance of revenue bonds as authorized
by said chapter six hundred and six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-three, as amended.

The commonwealth does hereby covenant with the holders
of the revenue bonds of the authority that, so long as any
bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the com-
monwealth will refrain from estabUshing, extending or im-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 477.

proving any facilities or improvements on the Mount Grey-
lock reservation in competition with or detrimental to the
project of the authority and will not authorize the estab-
lislmient, extension or improvement of any such facilities or
improvements; provided, that any such covenant shall not
prevent or preclude the commonwealth, the county of Berk-
shire or the Greylock reservation commission from operating
and maintaining the public roads as they presently exist on
the Mount Greylock reservation.

Section 8. The Mount Greylock Tramway Authority
is hereby authorized to make cash grants to the town of
Adams or county of Berkshire, or both, to provide said town
and said county with moneys with which to lay out and con-
struct, alter, relocate, widen, change the grade of, or make
repairs upon, pubHc ways within their control and providing
necessary access to the project undertaken by the authority,
and in connection therewith said authority and said town
and said county are hereby authorized to enter into such
agreements with respect to the apphcation and expenditure
of such cash grant or grants and the laying out, constructing,
altering, relocating, widening, changing the grade of, or re-
pairing of pubHc ways to provide access to such project as
the parties thereto may determine to be necessary or de-
sirable to carry out the provisions of this act. Any such cash
grant by the authority for the foregoing purposes shall be
deemed a part of the cost of the project, as such term is de-
fined in section five of chapter six hundred and six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, as amended by section
one of this act, and may be financed by the issuance of
revenue bonds as authorized by said chapter six hundred and
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, as
amended.

Section 9. Section 12 of chapter 63 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (w), inserted
by chapter 543 of the acts of 1954, the following paragraph: —

(o) Bonds issued by the Mount Greylock Tramway
Authority.

Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 24, 1955.

ChapA77 An Act relative to certain appeals to the alcoholic

BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION FROM THE ACTION OF
LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES.

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

pream e. defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for certain
reappeals to the alcohohc beverages control commission by
aggrieved appHcants for renewal of hcenses for the nineteen
hundred and fifty-five Hcense year, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 478. 397

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section sixty-seven of
chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws,
or any other provisions of said chapter, any apphcant for
renewal of a license for the nineteen hundred and fifty-five
license year, who is aggrieved by the action of the local
licensing authorities in refusing to grant the same, after
receipt of a decision from the alcohoUc beverages control com-
mission recommending the granting thereof, may appeal again
to the said commission upon petition in writing setting forth
all the material facts in the case. In the event of such
reappeal, the commission shall hold a hearing on such re-
appeal, requiring due notice to be given to all interested
parties. If the commission on such reappeal approves the
action of the local hcensing authorities, it shall issue notice to
them to that effect, but if the commission disapproves of
their action, it shall issue a decision in writing advising said
local hcensing authorities of the reasons why it does not ap-
prove. This decision of the commission on reappeal shall
be final; provided, that in no event shall the commission
order the local hcensing authorities to issue any Ucense to
an applicant not a party to the appeal. If the local hcensing
authorities fail to issue a license to such apphcant for re-
newal of a license for the nineteen hundred and fifty-five
Hcense year when ordered so to do by the commission in its
decision upon reappeal, within such time as it may prescribe,
the commission may itself, after such reappeal, issue such
license to said apphcant, with the same force and effect as if
issued by the local Hcensing authorities.

Approved June 24-, 1955.

An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and ChavA78

BOARD OF aldermen OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Not'^ithstanding the provisions of section
six A of chapter thirty-nine and section seventeen A of chap-
ter forty-three of the General Laws, the mayor of the city of
Beverly shall receive for his service such salary as the board
of aldermen thereof by ordinance shall determine, not ex-
ceeding seven thousand dollars.

Section 2. The board of aldermen of said city may, by
a two-thirds vote of all its members taken by call of the yeas
and nays, establish a salary for its members not exceeding
seven hundred dollars each.

Section 3. Section one of this act shall take effect upon
its passage. Section two of this act shall be submitted to the
registered voters of the city of Beverly at the next city elec-
tion in the form of the following question, which shaU be
placed upon the official ballot to be used at said election : —
"Shall section two of an act passed by the General Court in
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five authorizing the board

398 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 479, 480, 481.

of aldermen of the city of Beverly to establish a salary for its
members, not exceeding seven hundred dollars each, be
accepted? " If a maj ority of the votes in answer to said ques-
tion is in the afhrmative, said section two shall thereupon take
effect, but not otherwise. Approved June 27, 1955.

ChapA79 An Act authorizing cities and towns to spread over a

PERIOD OF THREE YEARS THE COSTS ASSESSED THEREON
FOR CERTAIN GYPSY MOTH CONTROL MEASURES.

prefmbk^^ Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

to defeat its purpose, which is to institute forthwith a pro-
gram for the prevention of the spread of the gypsy moth,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 475 of the acts of 1954 is hereby amended by
striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — • Section 2. Notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section one of chapter one hundred and forty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, as amended
by section one of this act, the mayor of any city or the select-
men of any town may elect to make payment in three equal
annual installments, the initial payment to be made in the
year in which the municipality is sprayed as part of a region
as provided in said section one, and the balance payable in
the two following consecutive years, upon notice in writing to
the state tax commissioner of such election. In the event
of such election the state tax commissioner shall state in his
certification to the state treasurer, required by said section
one, the amount to be collected under such election.

Approved June 27, 1955.

ChapASO An Act relative to the changing of precinct lines

IN WARD EIGHT IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
two of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws, the precinct
lines of ward eight in the city of Springfield, estabhshed by
vote of the board of aldermen on December sixth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, shall be effective as of the thirty-
first day of December, nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

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

Approved June 27, 1955.

ChapASl An Act relative to furnishing salk poliomyelitis vac-
cine TO certain children and others throughout the

COMMONWEALTH.

Emergency Whcretts, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

preamble, defeat its purpose, which is to provide immediately for the

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 482, 483. 399

furnishing of Salk poliomyelitis vaccine to certain children
and others throughout the commonwealth, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of pubhc health is hereby
authorized and directed to spend such sums as may be appro-
priated therefor for the purchase of Salk poliomyelitis vac-
cine.

Section 2. The commissioner of public health shall fur-
nish to any state agency or institution responsible for the
vaccination of children and to boards of health in each city
and town in the commonwealth as much Salk pohomyelitis
vaccine as is necessary to vaccinate and re-vaccinate as
necessary any child between the ages of one to nineteen
years, inclusive, and any other persons, including pregnant
women, in accordance with priorities established by the com-
missioner, free of cost, who are or whose parents or guardians
are unable to pay for such vaccine, or to whom it would be
an undue financial hardship.

Section 3. All federal grants available to the common-
wealth under any act of congress, and any private gifts
from any source, shall be paid into the treasury of the com-
monwealth and may be expended without specific appro-
priation for the purposes set forth in section one of this act.

Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act authorizing and directing the division of fish- C/iap.482

ERIES and game OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RE-
SOURCES TO MANAGE FOR FISHING PURPOSES LAKE WIN-
NECONNET IN THE TOWN OF NORTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The division of fisheries and game of the de-
partment of natural resources is hereby authonzed and di-
rected to manage, for the purpose of improving the fishing
in, that body of water known as Lake Winneconnet located
in the town of Norton.

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

Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act increasing the radius within which certain Chap ASS

FARM vehicles MAY BE OPERATED UNDER A GENERAL
distinguishing number or mark ASSIGNED BY THE REGIS-
TRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follov:s:

Section 1. Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out section 5, as most recently amended eto!.'amended.
by section 1 of chapter 377 of the acts of 1952, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 5. Every

400

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 483.

Farm vehicles
may be
operated
under dis-
tinguishing
number
issued by
registry.

manufacturer, dealer, repairman, owner-repairman, trans-
porter and farmer, instead of registering each motor vehicle
or trailer owned or controlled by him, may make application
for a general distinguishing number or mark, and the regis-
trar, if satisfied of the facts stated in the application, may
issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing
the name and business address of the applicant and the gen-
eral distinguishing number or mark assigned to him and made
in such form and containing such further information as the
registrar may determine. All motor vehicles or trailers
owned or controlled by such manufacturer, dealer or repair-
man, and all trucks except those used in the regular delivery
substantially on a daily schedule for sale of farm products
or for distances in excess of a radius of twenty miles from
the farm, tractors, trailers, or self-propelled agricultural im-
plements, owned or controlled by a farmer, and equipped with
rubber tires, shall be regarded as registered under the general
distinguishing number or mark assigned to him until sold,
or let for hire, or loaned for a period of more than five suc-
cessive days, except that any vehicle owned or controlled by
a farmer shall be deemed to be registered under the provi-
sions of this section only when it is operated within the
commonwealth, and all motor vehicles or trailers owned by
such owner-repairman which are in the process of being re-
paired, altered, equipped or transferred from one location to
another and which are not behig used during such time in
the operation of the principal business of said owner-repair-
man shall be regarded as registered under the general dis-
tinguishing number or mark assigned to him, and all motor
vehicles which are under the control of but not owned by
such transporter while being delivered by him under their
own power shall be regarded as registered under the general
distinguishing number or mark assigned to him; provided,
that number plates, furnished as hereinafter provided, are
properly displayed thereon. The registrar shall, upon pay-
ment of the fee provided in section thirty-three, furnish at
his office to every manufacturer, dealer, repairman, owner-
repairman, transporter and farmer whose vehicles are regis-
tered in accordance with tliis section, such number of pairs
of number plates as he may request in writing of suitable
design having displayed upon them the register number which
is assigned to the vehicles of such manufacturer, dealer, re-
pairman, owner-repairman, transporter or farmer, with a
different letter or letters or mark on each pair of number
plates, and, in addition, the registrar shall furnish to every
transporter with each pair of number plates a corresponding
certificate of registration. Number plates furnished here-
under shall, except as provided by section nine, be valid only
for the year for which they are issued. Every registration
under this section shall expire at midnight on December
thirty-first of each year. The word "dealer", for the pur-
poses of the registration of motor vehicles or trailers under
any provision of this chapter, may include, in the discre-

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 484, 485. 401

tion of the registrar, a person who is engaged in the business
of financing the purchase of or insuring motor vehicles, but
only in respect to such vehicles as such person may take in
possession by foreclosure or subrogation of title and all the
provisions of this chapter relating to certificates of regis-
tration of dealers shall apply to certificates issued to such a
person under this provision. Vehicles owned or controlled
by a farmer which are registered under a general distinguish-
ing mark as provided herein shall not in any civil action for
damages be deemed a trespasser on the highway by reason
of the fact that at the time of the accident the said vehicle
was a greater distance than a radius of twenty miles from
the farm.

Section 2. Section 1 of said chapter 90, as amended, is g. l. (Ter.
hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of ftc".! 'amended.
" Farmer " the following definition : —

"Farming", tillage of or use of the soil to raise food for
the use of man or beast, and the raising of tobacco.

Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act changing the personnel of the traffic commis- C/lop. 484
siON in the city of malden.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 67 of the acts of 1947 is hereby amended by
striking out section 1 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section: — Section 1. There is hereby established in
the city of ]\Ialden, hereinafter referred to as the city, a
commission to consist of the chairman of the pubHc works
commission, the city engineer, the chairman of the planning
board, the fire commissioner or his representative, and the
captain of police or his representative.

Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act relative to the number of peremptory chal- ChapASb
lenges of jurors in civil and criminal cases.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloics:

Section 1. Chapter 234 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 29, as amended by section 2 f 29'fu^,'
of chapter 428 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place amended.'
thereof the following section : — Section 29. Upon the trial Peremptory
of an indictment for a crime punishable by death or im- j'urors"^^^"
prisonment for life, each defendant shall be entitled to twelve
peremptory challenges of the jurors called to try the case, and
in other criminal cases each defendant shall be entitled to
three such challenges; provided, that each defendant in a
capital case in which additional jurors are chosen under
section twenty-six B shall be entitled to one additional
peremptory challenge for each additional juror. In every
criminal case the commonwealth shall be entitled to as
many such challenges as equal the whole number to which
all the defendants in the case are entitled. In a civil case
each party shall be entitled to three such challenges. Per-

402 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 486.

emptory challenges shall be made before the commencement
of the trial and may be made after the determination that a
person called to serve as a juror stands indifferent in the
case.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on October first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved June 27, 1955.

ChapASQ An Act to authorize establishment of off-street

PARKING FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. It is hereby declared that excessive curb
parking of motor vehicles on the streets of the city of Spring-
field and the lack of adequate off-street parking facilities
create congestion, obstruct the free circulation of traffic,
diminish property values, and endanger the health, safety
and general welfare of the public; that the provision of con-
veniently located off-street parking facilities at a reasonable
cost is therefore necessary to alleviate such conditions; and
that the establishment of public off-street automobile parking
facilities and fostering the provision of commercial, special
purpose, or co-operative off-street automobile parking facifi-
ties are decreed to be a proper public or municipal purpose.

Section 2. Definitions of Types of Parking Facilities. —
For the purposes of this act (1) public off-street automobile
parking facilities are defined as accommodations provided by
public authority for the parking of automobiles off the
street or highway and open to public use, with or without
charge. Such facihties may be pubHcly owned and pub-
licly operated, or they may be publicly owned and privately
operated; (2) commercial off-street automobile parking
facilities are defined as accommodations provided by pri-
vate enterprise for the parking of automobiles off the street
or highway, open to public use for a fee; (3) special purpose
off-street automobile parking facilities are defined as accom-
modations provided by pubUc authority or private groups or
individuals, for restricted use in connection with public
improvements, particular businesses, theaters, hotels and
other private enterprises, or combinations thereof, or as
adjuncts to housing developments or private residence.
Such facilities may or may not be jointly established and
operated; (4) co-operative off-street automobile parking
facilities are defined as accommodations provided by joint
action of pubhc and private interests. Parking facihties may
consist of lots, garages or other structures and accessories;
they may be surface facihties or facilities above or under the
ground.

Section 3. The city of Springfield is hereby authorized
to establish a commission, to be known as the Springfield
Off-Street Parking Commission, hereinafter called "the
commission", for the purpose of estabhshing pubhc off-
street automobile parking facihties and of fostering the pro-
vision of commercial, special purpose and co-operative off-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 486. 403

street automobile parking facilities within the city of Spring-
field. Such commission shall consist of seven members, of
whom four shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to con-
firmation by the municipal council, one shall be elected by
and from the board of aldermen, and two shall be members
of the common council appointed by the president thereof.
The commission shall choose a chairman from its own
membership, who shall hold office for such term as may be
provided in the rules of the commission, adopted pursuant
to section eleven hereof.

jMembers of the commission shall serve without com-
pensation, but shall be allowed their reasonable and neces-
sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
as such members.

The four members of the commission appointed by the
mayor shall serve for terms of five years; provided, that the
initial appointees shall serve for terms of two, three, four
and five years, respectively. The member from the board
of aldermen shall be elected for a term of one year, and the
two members from the common council shall each be ap-
pointed for a term of one year. jMembers, unless sooner re-
moved, shall serve until the qualification of their successors,
and vacancies other than by reason of expiration of term
shall be filled by appointment and confirmation for the bal-
ance of the unexpired terms. The mayor may file written
charges against any of the members for misfeasance, non-
feasance or malfeasance in office, and such member may be
removed, after a hearing on such charges, by a two-thirds
vote of the board of aldermen. Any member against whom
charges have been filed shall be given, not less than fourteen
days before hearing on such charges, a written and attested
copy of the charges against him and written notice of the
date and place of such hearing. A public hearing shall be
held only at the request of the member against whom charges
have been filed, and such member shall be afforded the right
to be represented by counsel and an opportunity to be heard
in his own defence. Any removed member shall have the
right of appeal to the common council, a majority vote of
which shall uphold the finding of the board of aldermen.

Section 4. The commission, acting alone or in co-opera-
tion with any federal, state, municipal or private agency, is
hereby authorized to plan, design, locate, acquire property
for, construct, alter, enlarge, use, maintain, operate, lease
(either as lessee or lessor) pubhc off-street parking facihties
and to otherwise provide, or foster the provision of, com-
mercial, co-operative, or special purpose off-street automo-
bile parking facilities, wherever and to the extent that it
deems such facilities to be necessary or desirable in the city
of Springfield.

Section 5. (a) For the purposes of this act, the commis-
sion is hereby authorized to acquire private or pubhc, real
or personal property and property rights above, at or below
the surface of the earth, which it deems necessary or de-

404 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 486.

sirable for off-street parking facilities, by purchase, eminent
domain under chapter seventy-nine or chapter eighty A of
the General Laws, gift, lease, bequest, devise or grant; pro-
vided, that the power of eminent domain shall be exercised
only upon approval by the municipal council. Wherever
possible and practicable, real property acquired under the
provision of this act shall be in fee simple.

(6) The commission may sell, lease, exchange or other-
wise dispose of property and property rights acquired under
this act, if in so doing it deems that the interest of the city
of Springfield will be best served.

Section 6. (a) The commission is authorized to design
and locate such off-street parking facilities as the public in-
terest and the purposes of this act require. Such facilities
may consist of lots, improved or unimproved, single or multi-
level garages, other structures and accessories, or any com-
bination thereof; provided, that no products used in or for
the servicing of motor vehicles shall be sold or dispensed at
or in connection with pubHc off-street parking facilities by
the commission or any lessee thereof; and provided, further,
that such f aciUties shall be in strict compliance with the then
existing zoning ordinances, building code, subdivision regu-
lations, and police and fire regulations. Any facihty so
designed or located may be on the surface or above or below
the surface.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the commission is
authorized to use the personnel and services of other depart-
ments of the city of Springfield; provided, that the cost of
such services and personnel is properly charged against the
commission.

The commission is further authorized to contract with
such firms and for such studies and surveys as it deems
necessary to the accomphshment of the purposes of the act.

Section 7. The commission is authorized to construct,
or cause to be constructed, public off-street parking facihties
of such design and in such locations as authorized by sec-
tion six. No contracts shall be awarded under this section
unless proposals for the same shall have been invited by ad-
vertisements in at least one daily newspaper pubhshed in
the city, once a week for at least three consecutive weeks,
the last pubHcation to be at least seven days before the time
specified for the opening of said proposals, then only to the
lowest responsible bidder as determined by the commission.
Such advertisements shall state the time and place where
plans and specifications of the proposed construction or
work may be had, and the time and place for opening the
proposals in answer to said advertisements, and shall reserve
to the commission the right to reject any or all proposals.
All such proposals shall be opened in public. Any contract
made as aforesaid may be required to be accompanied by a
bond with sureties satisfactory to the commission, or by a
deposit of money, certified check or other security for the
faithful performance thereof, and such bonds or other securi-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 486. 405

ties shall be deposited with the city treasurer until the con-
tract has been carried out in all respects.

Section 8. (a) The commission is hereby authorized to
maintain and operate public off-street parking facilities or
to contract therefor; or to lease by competitive bidding to
any individual firm or corporation, upon such terms as the
public interest maj^ warrant; provided, that any lease or
contract maj^, and any lease on an unimproved parking
facility for a period in excess of three years shall, contain a
covenant on the part of the lessee that he shall construct or
cause to be constructed on the demised land a public park-
ing facility as designed by the commission in compliance
with section six, such facility on completion to become the
property of the city of Springfield.

(h) No lease or contract shall be awarded under this sec-
tion unless proposals for the same shall have been invited
by advertisements in at least one daily newspaper published
in the city, once a week for at least three consecutive weeks,
the last publication to be at least seven days before the time
specified for the opening of said proposals, then onh' to the
highest responsible bidder as determined by the commission.
Such advertisements shall state the term of the lease or con-
tract, the place where plans and specifications for required
construction maj^ be examined, and the time and place for
opening the proposals in answer to such advertisements, and
shall reserve to the commission the right to reject any or all
proposals. All proposals shall be opened in public. Every
lease or contract made as aforesaid shall be accompanied by
a bond with sureties satisfactory to the commission, or by a
deposit of money, certified check or other security for the
faithful performance thereof, and such bond or other security
shall be deposited with the city treasurer until the lease has
been carried out in all respects.

(c) Reasonable regulations for the orderly use of public
parking facilities shall be prescribed by the commission, as
well as a schedule of parking fees and other charges for the
use of such facilities, whether such parking facility is oper-
ated by the commission itself, or under contract or under
lease to any private agency. Such regulations and schedule
of fees and charges may be revised from time to time; pro-
vided, that consideration shall be given to the need of pro-
viding off-street parking facilities at reasonably low cost.

(d) The commission may employ necessary and qualified
personnel to insure compliance with the provisions and pur-
pose of this act. The then existing personnel policies of the
city of Springfield shall be observed in such emploj^ment.

Section 9. (a) The city of Springfield may, for the pur-
pose of paying necessary expenses and liabilities incurred
under the provisions of this act, incur debt within the limit
of indebtedness prescribed in section ten of chapter forty-four
of the General Laws. The city of Springfield may, by its
mayor and treasurer, sell securities for the purpose of this
act, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem

406 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 486.

proper; provided, that such securities shall not be sold for
less than the par value thereof. All funds required by the
commission for the purposes of this act shall be appropriated
to it by the city of Springfield, and shall be maintained by
said commission as a separate account. Any funds appro-
priated to the commission and not required by it in any fiscal
year for the purposes of this act shall be returned to the city
of Springfield at the end of such fiscal year.

(h) The commission may from time to time accept such
portion of parking meter revenue as is properly allocated to
it; provided that such funds shall be maintained by said
commission as a separate account; and provided, further,
that such funds shall be used only in strict accordance with
the provisions of sections twenty-two B and C of chapter
forty of the General Laws.

(c) The commission shall maintain proper accounting and
financial records of all transactions, and provide annual
financial statements. An annual report of all activities shall
be made to the municipal council.

Section 10. The commission is authorized to exercise
all powers necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the
purpose of this act.

Section 11. The commission shall adopt rules, not incon-
sistent with the provisions of any statute or ordinance, for
conducting its business and meetings and otherwise carrying
out the purpose of this act. Meetings of the commission
shall be held at the call of the chairman or in such other man-
ner as may be set forth in said rules. All decisions of the
commission, including the adoption of said rules, shall be by
vote of a majority of the members thereof.

Section 12. The land or parking facilities acquired, con-
structed, maintained or operated under the provisions of
this act shall be deemed to be so acquired, constructed,
maintained and operated by the city of Springfield in its
governmental capacity, and the city shall not be liable for
any injury, loss or damage suffered by any person on or
about any property so acquired, constructed, maintained or
operated.

Section 13. Nothing in this act shall be construed as
giving the commission power to supersede the traffic com-
mission or police department of the city of Springfield in
the regulation and enforcement of parking on the streets of
Springfield.

Section 14. If any section, provision or clause of this
act shall be declared invalid or inapplicable to any person or
circumstance, such invalidity or inapplicability shall not be
construed to affect the portions not so held or persons or
circumstances not so affected. All laws or portions of laws
inconsistent with the policy and provisions of this act are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

Section 15. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the mayor and the city council of said city, but
not otherwise. Approved June 27, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 487, 488. 407

An Act relative to the authority of the city of ChapA^7

CHICOPEE TO SELL AND CONVEY TO OSCAR DION A POR-
TION OF NASH FIELD IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 166 of the acts of 1955 is hereby
amended by strikmg out, in lines 3 to 6, inclusive, the words
"measuring approximately one hundred and twenty feet by
sixty feet, more or less, being lot numbered 258 on Plan No.
734, recorded in the registry of deeds for Hampden county",
and by inserting after the first sentence the following: —
Said land is bounded and described as follows : — North-
westerly by Bemis street, sixty feet; northeasterly by lot
numbered 260, one hundred and twenty feet; southeasterly
by lot numbered 247, sixty feet; and southwesterly by lot
numbered 256, one hundred and twenty feet; being lot
numbered 258 on a plan entitled "Building Lots of James H,
Newton at Willimansett, Chicopee, Mass." recorded with
the Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book of Plans 1,
pages 204 and 205, to which plan and the record thereof
reference may be had for a more particular description.

Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act to set the expiration dates of licenses to C/iap. 488

OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES AND TO FIX THE FEES FOR
SUCH LICENSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1., The first paragraph of section 8 of chapter g. l. (Xer.
90 of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter 284 of the ^tti'am^ndfd.
acts of 1937, is hereby amended by striking out the next to
the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing four sentences : — A license or any renewal thereof issued •'"^*' f^^ij^-
to an operator shall expire on the anniversary of the operator's date.
date of birth occurring more than twelve months but not
more than twenty-four months after the effective date of
such license. If any such license or the renewal thereof ex-
pires in an even year, any subsequent renewal shall expire
on the next anniversary of the operator's date of birth oc-
curring in an even year. If any such license or renewal
thereof expires in an odd year, any subsequent renewal shall
expire on the next anniversary of the operator's date of birth
occurring in an odd year. The license issued to an operator
born on February twenty-ninth shall, for the purpose of this
section, expire on March first.

Section 2. Subdivision (7) of section 33 of said chapter G- l. (Ter.
90 is hereby amended by striking out the fourteenth para- etc., 'amended',
graph and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : —

For every license to operate motor vehicles, or for the re- Foes for
newal thereof, five dollars, less one dollar and fifty cents if '"''°®^''
the license period is less than eighteen calendar months.

408

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 489, 490.

For every renewal of any license to operate motor vehicles,
five dollars, but if the renewal period is one full year or less,
the fee shall be two dollars and fifty cents. No fee shall be
collected for a license or renewal thereof restricted to the oper-
ation of motor-propelled fire apparatus only.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on July first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty -seven and shall apply to all operator's
licenses and renewals thereof issued on or after said date.

Approved June 27, 1955.

ChapAS9 An Act authorizing consolidation of state-aided

HOUSING PROJECTS FOR VETERANS.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 121,
§ 26NN, etc.,
amended.

Consolidation
of certain
veterans'
housing
projects.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The first paragraph of section 26NN of chapter 121 of
the General Laws, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 667
of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by adding at the end
the following sentence : — Notwithstanding the requirement
that each project shall be based upon a separate application
made to the board, the board may consolidate two or more
projects of the same housing authority, for which projects
applications have been seasonably made under this section
and which projects shall have been approved by the board,
into a single project, and may make on behalf of the com-
monwealth a contract with the housing authority for state
financial assistance in respect of such consolidated project
superseding any such contract made in respect of any of
the constituent projects, and may determine the date of
completion of the consolidated project superseding any such
date determined in respect of any of the constituent projects,
and such consolidated project shall be contructed, financed
and managed as a single project; provided, that nothing con-
tained in this sentence shall affect the rights of the holders of
any notes or bonds outstanding in respect of any of the con-
stitutent projects at the time of such consolidation.

Approved June 27, 1955.

Chap.AQO An Act to provide for the certification and record-
ing OF EVIDENCE OF THE INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN

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

Chapter 155 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 2 the following section: — Section 2 A.
Any church or cemetery organization created or organized
under the laws of the commonwealth, the evidence of the
corporate existence of which is not on file in the records of
the department of corporations and taxation and of the
state secretary by reason of the destruction of records or by
reason of the fact that it was organized before such record-
ing was required, may file such evidence with the commis-
sioner. The evidence of corporate existence shall include,
so far as originals are available, copies of agreements of asso-
ciation and articles of organization or similar documents.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 155.
new § 2A,
added.

Recording of
evidence of
incorporation
of certain
corporations.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 491, 492. 409

and a certificate executed by the president, treasurer, clerk
and a majority of the directors or officers having the powers
of directors, setting forth, so far as known, the historj'' and
present status of the corporation and its structure such as
would have been disclosed by the filing of the original cor-
poration documents and amendments thereto. The com-
missioner, if satisfied of its corporate existence, shall endorse
his approval upon such copies of the agreement of associa-
tion and articles of organization or similar documents and
upon such certificate, and upon the payment of a filing fee
of five dollars to the state secretary they shall be filed in the
office of the state secretary, who shall issue a certificate of
incorporation in such form as he shall determine dated as of
the earliest date upon which such documents shall indicate
the corporation to have been in existence. Any church or
cemetery organization to which a certificate of incorporation
is so issued shall thereafter comply with the provisions of
the general laws relating to similar corporations.

Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act relative to switch stands on railroad tracks. Chav 491
Re it enacted, etc., asfolloios:

Chapter 160 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 133, as appearing in the Tercen- ^ew § issa,
tenary Edition, the following section: — Section 755A. ^dded.
Every railroad corporation shall equip with proper lights or ^^^0'**^^ ^1'°'^®'
other approved or commonly used devices all switch stands late'd.
in all yards owned and maintained by such railroad corpora-
tion in which trains or switching engines are generally oper-
ated during the hours of darkness, except at locations where,
and so long as, it is specially exempted from so doing by the
department. The provisions of this section shall not be ap-
plicable to switch stands or switches located in interlocking
signal, automatic block signal or centralized traffic control
territory. A railroad corporation which unreasonably
neglects to comply with this section shall, for every such
neglect, be punished by a fine of five dollars.

Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act relative to liability of children for support ChapA92

OF parents.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph (a) of section 8 of chapter 118D Sj^|?>f;
of the General Laws, as appearing in section 2 of chapter § g", etc., '
741 of the acts of 1951, is hereby amended by striking out, "in^nded.
in line 2, the words "fifteen hundred" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — two thousand.

Section 2. Paragraph (c) of said section 8, as so appear- Liability of
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 6, the gupponor
word "seventeen" and inserting in place thereof, in each parents.
instance, the word : — twenty-two.

registered.

410 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 493, 494.

Same subject. SECTION 3. Paragraph (d) of said section 8, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3 and in
hnes 5 and 6, the word "twenty-seven" and inserting in
place thereof, in each instance, the word: — thirty-two.

Approved June 27, 1955.

Chap 493 An Act relative to re-registration of registered

PHYSICAL therapists AND PUBLISHING A LIST OF CUR-
RENTLY REGISTERED PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G^L.cTer. SECTION 1. Section 23G of chapter 112 of the General

§ 23G, etc., Laws, inserted by section 1 of chapter 656 of the acts of
amended. 1951, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: -
i^e^registra- Evcry registered physical therapist shall, during January
of every even year, apply to the board for a renewal of his
registration and pay a fee of five dollars.
G^L. (Ter. SECTION 2. Scctiou 231 of Said chapter 112, as so in-

§ 231, etc'., serted, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sen-
amended, tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: —
The board shall, during the month of May in every year
List of those \yi which the renewal of registration is required, compile a
list of the name and address of every registered physical
therapist authorized to practice therapy in the common-
wealth.

Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections
twenty-three G and twenty-three I of chapter one hundred
and twelve of the General Laws, as amended by sections
one and two of this act, every registered physical therapist
practicing on the effective date of this act may continue to
practice during the term of his registration.

Approved June 27, 1955.

ChapA94: An Act relative to the rights of the spouse of a de-
ceased member in electing benefits under a certain
option of the contributory retirement law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. l. (Ter. Subdivisiou (2) of section 12 of chapter 32 of the General

etc!, 'amended'. Laws is hereby amended by striking out option (d), as
most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 610 of the
acts of 1952, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Option (d). Option (d), Member Survivor Allowance. — At any time

a member, upon his written notice on a prescribed form
filed with the board prior to his death, may nominate an
eligible beneficiary as specified under option (c) who, if
such member dies after attaining age fifty-five and before
being retired, shall receive two thirds of the yearly amount
of said option (c) allowance to which such member would
have been entitled had his retirement taken place on the
date of his death. A member may at any time cancel the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 495. 411

appointment of a beneficiary nominated under this option
by a written notice filed with the board prior to his death.
If such member dies as a result of an accident while in the
performance of his duties, with a resultant death benefit as
provided for in section nine, such section shall govern. If
a member dies before attaining age fifty-five and before
being retired, the eligible beneficiary shall receive two thirds
of the yearly amount of said option (c) allowance to which
such member would have been entitled had he attained
age fiftj'-five at the time of his death. If a member dies
before being retired, or within thirty days following the
date his retirement became effective, without an eligible
beneficiary nominated under either this option or under
option (c) of this section, and without a beneficiary other
than his spouse nominated under paragraph (c) of sub-
division (2) of section eleven, and without having otherwise
made disposition for his accumulated total deductions to
any person other than his spouse, an election may be made
by his spouse to either receive his accumulated total deduc-
tions in one sum as a cash refund vnider said subdivision
(2) of section eleven, or to receive the member survivor
benefits under this option; provided, that said spouse and
the deceased member were living together at the time of his
death, or that the board finds that they had been living
apart for justifiable cause other than desertion or moral
turpitude on the part of the spouse. The board shall notify
the spouse of the right of election provided by this option
and state the information which the spouse must furnish in
order that the board may compute the survivor benefits.
No election of the form of settlement permitted under this
option shall be valid unless it is made on a prescribed form
filed with the board within ninety days following the date
that such notice regarding the right of election is mailed to
the spouse. The board shall also, as soon as possible after
it has the necessary information, inform the spouse of the
approximate amount which will be payable if said spouse
elects either the member survivor benefits under this option
or the cash refund under subdivision (2) of section eleven.

Any eligible beneficiary or spouse having a right under
this option may, within ninety days from the date that the
board received notice of the death of the member, make
any make-up pavements which at the time of his death the
member had a right to make for the purpose of obtaining
credit for service rendered by the member prior to his be-
coming a member. Approved June 27, 1955.

An Act to provide funds for state activities. ChavA95

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to provide funds forthwith for preamble,
state activities, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immedate preservation of
the public convenience.

412 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 496.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There is hereby imposed an additional excise
on the sale of alcoholic beverages and alcohol, other than
malt beverages, for the period beginning July first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, and ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-seven, as follows : —

For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of still
wine, other than cider containing more than three per cent
but not more than six per cent of alcohol as aforesaid, in-
cluding vermouth, at the rate of twenty cents per wine
gallon.

For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of all
other alcoholic beverages containing twenty-four per cent
or less of alcohol by volume at sixty degrees Fahrenheit,
at the rate of forty-five cents per wine gallon.

For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of all
other alcoholic beverages containing more than twenty-four
per cent but not more than fifty per cent of alcohol by volume
at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, at the rate of twenty-five cents
per wine gallon.

For each proof gallon, or fractional part thereof, of all
other alcoholic beverages containing more than fifty per
cent of alcohol by volume at sixty degrees Fahrenheit or
alcohol, at the rate of twenty-five cents per proof gallon.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on July first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five. Approved June 28, 1955.

ChapAQQ An Act in addition to the general appropriation act

FOR ININETEEN hundred AND FIFTY-SIX REAPPROPRIATING
CERTAIN BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of making available for
expenditure in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-
six certain balances of appropriations which otherwise
would revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, the unexpended balances of the items shown below
are hereby reappropriated:

0110-20

1720-23

2931-12

8602-15

0401-31

1722-21

2931-25

8602-19

0450-22

1722-24

2931-44

8602-35

0493-02

1722-26

2931-52

8602-36

0493-21

1723-22

2931-53

8602-39

1305-05

1723-23

2931-56

8602-41

1330-23

1724-23

2931-59

8602-42

1331-22

1724-24

2931-61

8602-61

1335-39

1814-21

2931-65

8602-68

1383-21

1919-28

3506-23

8602-99

1391-01

2023-23

8601-05

8702-21

1710-22

2202-05

8601-08

8702-22

1711-22

2202-09

8601-11

8702-23

1711-23

2301-25

8601-24

8902-22

1715-21

2900-10

8601-25

8902-37

1716-21

2900-25

8601-28

8902-55

1716-22

2900-26

8601-31

8902-58

1716-23

2900-31

8602-08

8902-75

1717-30

2900-92

8602-11

1719-24

2931-04

8602-14

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 497, 498. 413

Section 2. For the purpose of making available for
expenditure in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six
certain balances of appropriations which otherwise would
revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, the
unexpended balances, remaining in anj' item in which ap-
pear the words "prior appropriation continued" in chapters
four hundred and fifty-three and six hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nmeteen hundred and fifty-four and
chapter three hundred and seventy-tAvo of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five, are hereby reappropriated.

Section 3. For the purpose of making available for
expenditure certain balances of bond issue authorizations
which would otherwise revert on June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, and, notwithstanding the provisions
of section fourteen of chapter twenty-nine of the General
Laws, the unexpended balances of the items shown below
are hereby made available for expenditure until June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

7918-07 7918-33 7918-50 7918-67
7918-17 7918-36 7918-56

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

Approved June 28, 1955.

An Act authorizing certain emergency expenditures ChapAd7
IN the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary the engrossed bill making appropriations
for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six for the
maintenance of departments, boards, commissions, institu-
tions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest,
sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain
permanent improvements (see House Number 2700,
amended), shall be effective on the passage of this act,
provided however, that expenditures thereunder shall be
limited to the amounts made available upon the recom-
mendation of the commission on administration and finance
with the approval of the governor.

Section 2. This act shall cease to be operative upon the
enactment into law of the general appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1956 or on July 31, 1955, whichever is the earher,
and all action taken under this act shall apply against
said appropriation act.

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

Approved June 28, 1955.

An Act making certain filing and other requirements C/iap. 498
inapplicable to solicitations by certain organiza-
tions.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, w^hich is to make effective at once its p""®"""*^'^-

414 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 499.

provisions relative to making certain filing and other re-
quirements inapplicable to solicitations by certain organiza-
tions, 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:

G-L. (Ter. The fifth paragraph of section 17 of chapter 68 of the

§ 17,' etc., General Laws, as appearing in chapter 559 of the acts of
amended. 1954, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following

Exceptions. two sentcnccs : — This section shall not apply to sohcita-
tions conducted by or on behalf of an educational institu-
tion incorporated outside this commonwealth which shall
have furnished to the office of the attorney general (1) proof
that it has been exempted, and is exempt at the time of fur-
nishing such proof, from federal income taxation by ruling
of the United States Treasury Department and (2) a copy
of its most recent annual financial statement or report. Such
institution shall thereafter furnish to the office of the at-
torney general, upon request of said office, proof that it is
currently exempt from federal income taxation, and, within
sixty days from the time when subsequent annual financial
statements or reports are rendered to or by such institution,
a copy of such annual financial statements or reports.

Approved June 28, 1955.

Chap. 4:99 An Act authorizing non-profit hospital service cor-
porations TO CONTRACT WITH THE LEMUEL SHATTUCK
HOSPITAL FOR FURNISHING HOSPITAL CARE.

Emergency Whevcas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

pream e. ^^ defeat its purposc, which is to authorize forthwith non-
profit hospital service corporations to contract with the
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital for furnishing hospital care,
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. •

G L. (Ter. Scctiou 1 of chapter 176A of the General Laws, as most

§ 1, etc.. ' recently amended by section 1 of chapter 287 of the acts of
amended. 1953, is hereby further amended by inserting after the third

paragraph the following paragraph : —

Contracts Nothing in this section shall prevent any such corpora-

shattuc?"^ tion, with the approval of said commissioner, from entering

hospital care '^^^^ coutracts with the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital whereby

authorized. ' in Consideration of a contract fee, said hospital shall provide

such hospitalization as would be provided in participating

hospitals under contracts with subscribers subject to such

restrictions as to nature of disease and length of stay as may

be specified from time to time in said contracts.

Approved June 28, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 500, 501. 415

An Act designating the bates avenue bridge to be Chap.5(){)

CONSTRUCTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOUTHEAST EX-
PRESSWAY AS THE LIEUTENANT EDMUND J. o'CONNELL
BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Bates avenue bridge to be constructed
in connection with the Southeast Expressway shall be known
and designated as the Lieutenant Edmund J. O'Connell
Bridge, and a suitable tablet bearing said designation shall
be attached thereto by the department of public works.

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

Approved June 28, 1955.

An Act relative to retirement benefits for certain C7za7;.501

RETIRED OR RETIRING OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SAV-
INGS BANKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Any savings bank which is or may become a member of
the Savings Banks Employees Retirement Association, es-
tablished under section fifty-eight of chapter one hundred
and sixty-eight of the General Laws, or any such bank which
maintains a pension plan approved by the commissioner of
banks under chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-eight, may pay to any
officer or employee retired by such bank, between Novem-
ber first, nineteen hundred and fifty-four and December
thirtj^'-first, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, after attaining
sixty-five years of age, and who, at the time of his retire-
ment, shall have been in the employ of such bank for a
period of fifteen years or more, a retirement benefit, in
monthly or other periodic instalments, at an annual rate
not exceeding in any one year the difference obtained by
subtracting (a) the aggregate total for such year of his social
security benefits and of his annuity or pension provided by
contributions paid by such bank into said retirement asso-
ciation or under any such pension plan, from (h) an amount
equal to two per cent of his average salary for the five years
preceding the date of retirement for each year of service not
exceeding twenty-five years; provided, that the combined
total of such difference, and of such annuity or pension re-
ferred to in clause (a) above, received in any one year by
any such officer or employee shall not exceed the annual
rate of seven thousand five hundred dollars. No payment
under this act shall be retroactive and no retirement benefit
shall bo paid hereunder to any person retiring after Decem-
ber thirty-first, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

Approved June 28, 1955.

416 Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 502, 503, 504.

Chap. d02 An Act authorizing and directing the department of

PUBLIC WORKS TO DO CERTAIN "WORK ALONG THE LITTLE
RIVER AND WESTFIELD RIVER IN THE CITY OF WESTFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. ■

The department of public works is hereby authorized and
directed to expend whatever sums that may be unexpended
from the appropriation made by item 8654-28 of section
two of chapter six hundred and sixt}'^ of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-three for the purpose of channel improve-
ments, bank revetment and such other work as the depart-
ment deems necessary or advisable along the Little river on
South street and along the Westfield river on Main street
in the city of Westfield. Approved June 28, 1955.

Chap. 503 An Act regulating the hours during which certain

CHILDREN MAY ENGAGE IN STREET TRADES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^' 149 '^' Section 73 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as amended

§73.' etc.; by section 8 of chapter 461 of the acts of 1939, is hereby

amended. further amended by striking out, in line 3, the word "nine"

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

striking out, in line 4, the word "five" and inserting in place

thereof the word: — six. Approved June 28, 1955.

Chap. 504: An Act relative to the use of a site on mount grey-

LOCK FOR television BROADCASTING AND REBROADCAST-
ING PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 636 of the acts of 19.51 is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "fee", in line 7, the
words: — to be paid to the treasurer of the county of Berk-
shire, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . The Grey-
lock reservation commission is hereby authorized, subject to
the approval of the governor, to grant the use of a site on
Mount Greylock for television broadcasting and rebroad-
casting purposes; provided, however, that before said use
is granted the user of the site shall enter into a binding
agreement with said commission whereby all costs, including
a fair rental fee to be paid to the treasurer of the county of
Berkshire, and liabilities shall be borne by the user; and
provided, further, that all costs in connection with the com-
plete prevention of interference with communications sys-
tems of the commonwealth presently installed shall be
borne by the user; and provided, further, that any buildings
or other equipment erected thereon or used in connection
therewith shall be so constructed so as to preserve the
natural beauties of the site. Approved June 28, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 505, 506. 417

An Act relative to notice to owners of private prop- Chap. 505

ERTY of injuries RESULTING FROM SNOW AND ICE.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 21 of chapter 84 of the General Laws, as appear- o. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenarj'' Edition, is hereby amended by §^21,' **'
striking out, in lines 2 to 5, inclusive, the words "or ice, "mended,
shall apph'' to actions against persons founded upon the
defective condition of their premises, or of adjoining ways,
when caused by or consisting in part of snow or ice" and
inserting in place thereof the following: — or ice. shall Notice to
apply to actions against persons founded upon the defective private"
condition of their premises, or of adjoining ways, when P''°p«'"*'y-
caused by or consisting in part of snow or ice resulting from
rain or snow and weather conditions.

Approved June 28, 19o5.

An Act further amending the law relative to the C/ia2?.506

WEEKLY PAYMENT OF WAGES.

/>e it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 148 of chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the first paragraph, as appearing f i48,^et^c.,
in chapter 160 of the acts of 1936, and inserting in place amended,
thereof the following paragraph: — Every person having weekly pay-
employees in his service shall pay weekly each such employee ^^gea"^
the wages earned by him to within six days of the date of
said payment if employed for five or six days in the week,
or to within seven days of the date of said payment if em-
ployed seven da5^s in the week, or, in the case of an employee
who has worked for a period of less than five days, herein-
after called a casual emploj^ee, shall, within seven days
after the termination of such period, pay the wages earned
by such casual employee during such period; but any em-
ployee leaving his employment shall be paid in full on the
followmg regular pay day, and, in the absence of a regular
pay day, on the following Saturday; and any employee dis-
charged from such employment .shall be paid in full on the
day of his discharge, or in Boston as soon as the laws re-
quiring pay rolls, bills and accounts to be certified .shall have
been complied with; and the commonwealth, its depart-
ments, officers, boards and commissions .shall so pay every
mechanic, workman and laborer employed by it or them,
and every person employed in any other capacity by it or
them in any penal or charitable institution, and every
county and city shall so pay every employee engaged in its
business the wages or salaiy earned by him, unless such
mechanic, workman, laborer or employee requests in writing
to be paid in a different manner; and every town shall so
pay each employee engaged in its business if so required by
him ; but an emploj^ee absent from his regular place of labor
at a time fixed for payment shall be paid thereafter on de-

418 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 507.

mand; provided, however, that the department of pubhc
utiHties, after hearing, may authorize a railroad corporation
or a parlor or sleeping car corporation to pay the wages of
any of its employees less frequently than weekly, if such em-
ployees prefer less frequent payments, and if their interests
and the interests of the public will not suffer therebj^; and
provided, further, that emplo3''ees engaged in a bona fide
executive, administrative or professional capacity as de-
termined by the commissioner may be paid bi-weekly or
semi-monthly unless such employee elects at his own option
to be paid monthly; and provided, further, that employees
engaged in agricultural work or in domestic service may be
paid their wages monthly; in either case, however, failure
by a railroad corporation or a parlor or sleeping car corpora-
tion to pay its employees their wages as authorized by the
said department, or by an employer of emplo3''ees engaged
in agricultural work or in domestic service to pay monthly
the wages of his or her employees, shall be deemed a viola-
tion of this section. Approved June 28, 1955.

Chap. 507 An Act relative to licenses to operate motor vehicles

ISSUED TO PERSONS SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE UNITED STATES.

Emergency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

preamble. .' , . , . . • i (• i • i

to defeat its purpose, which is m part to provide forthwith
for the continuance in effect of licenses to operate motor
vehicles issued to persons serving in the armed forces of the
United States, 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 23 A of chapter 708 of the acts of 1941, inserted
by section 51 of chapter 627 of the acts of 1954, is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 7 and 8, the words "or
until July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, whichever
first occurs", — and by striking out, in line 21, the word
"apphcation" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
fee, — so as to read as follows: — Section 23 A. Any license
to operate motor vehicles issued under section eight of chap-
ter ninety of the General Laws which by its terms has ex-
pired or shall expire during the active service of the holder
thereof in the armed forces of the United States, shall con-
tinue in force as a valid license until the expiration of sixty
days after the termination of such service by honorable
discharge or release, subject to all other provisions of said
chapter ninety relative to such license.

The holder of a license continued in force as aforesaid
shall, while operating a motor vehicle, carry upon his person
the license issued to him which was valid at the time of his
entry into the armed forces, or his renewal license if it was
renewed during such service, and shall also carry upon his

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 508, 509. 419

person conclusive evidence that he is actively serving in said
armed forces or that he has terminated such service within
a period of sixty days.

If the Hcense of such person is lost or mutilated, a duplicate
thereof shall be furnished by the registrar of motor vehicles
without fee and upon presentation of the evidence aforesaid.

This section shall be inoperative with respect to any per-
son who is hospitalized or who has been discharged or re-
leased from the armed forces of the United States because of
a disability, unless the license of such person is certified as
valid by said registrar. Approved June 29, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of natural re- C hap. 50S

SOURCES TO GRANT TO THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AN EASE-
MENT IN ROBINSON STATE PARK IN THE TOWN OF AGAWAM
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING
WATER MAINS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of natural resources is hereby authorized
to grant to the city of Springfield a perpetual easement in
the Robinson State Park situated in the town of Agawam
for the purposes of constructing and maintaining and keep-
ing in proper care by the city of Springfield certain water
mains which are to be placed in the Robinson State Park for
the purpose of conveying water to the city of Springfield.
Said easement shall be subject to an agreement that the city
of Springfield will provide free of charge to the department
an amount of water not to exceed three hundred and fifty
thousand cubic feet annually for a period of five years, and
thereafter the commonwealth shall pay for such water as
may be suppHed to it by said city for use in said park at the
prevailing rate. Approved June 29, 1955.

An Act relative to deer damage. Chap. 509

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 8.3 and inserting in place thereof the fol- f 83;et^cl'
lowing new section: — Section S3. Whoever suffers loss by amended.
the eating, browsing or trampling of his fruit or ornamental ^-'J^?^^ ^°
trees, vegetables, produce or crops by deer or moose may property by-
notify the director of law enforcement of said damage, de- ''''®'■•
daring the amount of damage as nearly as he can determine
the same. The director, within fifteen days after receiving
such notice, shall determine whether the damage was in-
flicted by such deer or moose, and, if so. he shall at once
proceed to have an appraisal made under oath by three per-
sons, one of whom shall be designated b}'- the owner of the
damaged property, one by the director, and the third by
the trustees for county aid to agriculture or of the county
agricultural school of the county in which the damage oc-

420 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 510.

curred; provided, however, that if the amount of the dam-
age so declared does not exceed twenty dollars, the director
may designate an agent to make an appraisal. Within ten
days after such appraisal is made, the appraiser designated
by the director as aforesaid shall return to the director a
certificate of the damages, fixed by such appraisal. The
director shall, within thirty days after receiving such certifi-
cate, if he finds the claim to be just and the appraisal cor-
rect, endorse his approval thereon and transmit the same,
with the cost of appraisal added, to the comptroller, and the
amount so certified shall be paid by the commonwealth;
provided, that if any doubt exists, the director may summon
the appraisers and all parties interested and make such ex-
amination as he thinks proper, and may cause the appraisers
to review their appraisal, or cause a new appraisal or ap-
praisals to be made as aforesaid by other appraisers desig-
nated and proceeding in the same manner. Each appraiser,
except when a paid official or employee of the commonwealth
or of a county, shall receive compensation from the com-
monwealth at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents
per hour for not more than eight hours in any one day while
acting as such, and each appraiser shall be reimbursed for
his necessary expenses incurred bj'' him while acting as such
at the prevailing rate paid by the commonwealth.

Any tree appraised in the manner above referred to as
having been totally damaged, and for which compensation
has been paid by the commonwealth under this section, may
thereafter be removed by the director without further com-
pensation therefor, or the director may mark or cause to be
marked in a suitable manner trees for which compensation
has been paid. No compensation for damage shall be paid
under this section to any owner or lessee of land if such
owner or lessee has, within one year prior to the damage
claim, posted said land, other than an orchard or that por-
tion of the land immediately surrounding his house, barn or
other outbuildings, to prevent the hunting of deer.

Approved June 29, 1955.

Chap.510 An Act increasing the amount of money which the

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD MAY APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRO-
MOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
OF SAID CITY.

He it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 736 of the acts of 1949,
as amended by chapter 216 of the acts of 1952, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 5, the word ''thirty"
and inserting in place thereof the word: — fifty.

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

Approved July 5, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 511, 512. 421

An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to sell Chap. 511

WATER to the BURLINGTON WATER DISTRICT, AND AU-
THORIZING SAID DISTRICT TO PURCHASE WATER FROM SAID
TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The town of Lexington may furnish and sell
water to the Burlington Water District, which is hereby au-
thorized to purchase water so sold. Water so furnished and
sold shall be at a rate or rates to be mutually agreed upon
between said town and said district acting by the selectmen
of the town of Lexington and the commissioners of the
Burlington Water District. In case of such sale, the Burl-
ington Water District may, at its own expense, make such
extensions of its water mains and such installation of other
facilities and equipment within the limits of the town of
Burlington as may be necessary for the purposes of this act.

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

Approved Jubj 5, 1955.

An Act authorizing the town of longmeadow to convey Chap. 512
ITS interest in a portion of the land known AS green-
wood PARK in exchange FOR CERTAIN OTHER LAND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The town of Longmeadow is hereby author-
ized to convey to Adolfo and Alfonsina Guidetti its interest
in a portion of certain land in said town known as Green-
wood Park, bounded and described as follows: —

Beginning at a point in the southerly line of Maple road
one hundred twelve and 50/100 (112.50) feet westerly of a
stone bound at an angle in said southerly line, said stone
bound also marking the northwest corner of land registered
in the name of Catherine A. Fallon and described in cer-
tificate of Title # 1628 in the Land Registration Office of the
Registry District of Hampden County, being shown on Land
Court Plan 12578A accompanying said certificate, and run-
ning thence S 0° U' 55" E along other land of the town of
Longmeadow two hundred (200.00) feet to a point; running
thence N. 89° 41' 10" E along other land of Adolfo and
Alfonsina Guidetti thirty-seven and 50/100 (37.50) feet to a
point; running thence N. 0° 11' 55" W along other land of
said Guidetti two hundred (200) feet to jNIaple road; running
thence S. 89° 41' 10" W. along IMaple road to the place of
beginning, containing about seven thousand four hundred
ninety-four (7,494) square feet of land, in exchange for a
conveyance by said Adolfo and Alfonsina Guidetti to said
town of certain other land adjoining said Greenwood Park,
bounded and described as follows: —

Beginning at a point in the southwesterly corner of the
land to be conveyed to Adolfo and Alfonsina Guidetti by the
town of Longmeadow, said point being S 0° 11' 55" E two

422 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 513.

hundred (200) feet from the southerly line of Maple road,
and running thence S. 89° 41' 10" W along land of the town
of Longmeadow thirty-seven and 50/100 (37.50) feet to a
point; running thence S 0° 11' 55" E along said land of the
town of Longmeadow one hundred fifty (150) feet to a point;
running thence N. 89° 41' 10" E along said land of the town
of Longmeadow thirty-seven and 50/100 (37.50) feet to a
point; running thence N. 0° 11' 55" W along other land of
Adolfo and Alf onsina Guidetti to the place of beginning, con-
taining about five thousand six hundred twenty-five (5,625)
square feet of land. The land so conveyed to said town shall
be held by the town for the purposes of a public playground
and recreation center.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance bj'' a majority of the voters of the town of Long-
meadow present and voting thereon at any special or regular
town meeting.

Section 3. Action taken by the special town meeting in
the town of Longmeadow held on June twenty-first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five on the question of acceptance of this
act shall be as valid and effective as though said act had
been in full force and effect at the time of the posting of the
warrant for said meeting. Approved July 5, 1955.

Chap. 513 An Act authorizing the commissioner of mental health

TO SELL certain PROPERTY OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN
THE TOWN OF BELMONT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the approval of the governor and
council, the commissioner of mental health, in the name and
on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to sell
and convey to the inhabitants of the town of Belmont for
the purpose of constructing an incinerator for the use of the
inhabitants of said town, for the consideration of one dollar
and other valuable considerations, a certain parcel of land
containing fifteen and six hundred twenty-seven one thou-
sandths (15.627) acres situated in the town of Belmont and
bounded and described as follows : — Beginning at a point in
the southwesterly line of Concord avenue, distant one
thousand six hundred eighty-five (1,685) feet from the
Lexington town line; thence running along Concord avenue
to the property line of the Massachusetts General Hospital,
six hundred thirty-four and eighty-five one hundredths
(634.85) feet; thence turning and running southerly by land
of said Massachusetts General Hospital, four hundred
sixty-one and fortj'^-five one hundredths (461.45) feet;
thence turning and running southwesterly but more westerly
across Clematis brook to the middle fine of Beaver brook,
five hundred sixty-six and ninety one hundredths (566.90)
feet; thence turning and running southeasterly but more
southerl.y by the middle line of said Beaver brook to the
Waltham town line, two hundred thirty-four and eighty

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 514. 423

one hundredths (234.80) feet; thence turning and run-
ning northwesterly along the Waltham town line, six hun-
dred thirteen and fifty-five one hundredths (613.55) feet
to a point marked by a stone bound; thence turning and
running northeasterly one thousand one hundred ten and
forty-one one hundredths (1,110.41) feet, to the point of
beginning; being the parcel of land shown on a plan entitled
''Plan of land in Belmont, Mass. Scale 1 inch = 150 feet,
dated iVpril 29, 1955 by Joseph W. Kales, Town Engineer"
on file in the town clerk's office in the town of Belmont and
to be recorded mth Middlesex south district registrj'^ of
deeds.

Section 2. Said sale and conversance shall be subject
to the condition that the institutions under the jurisdiction
of the department of mental health in the area shall, if
necessary, be permitted to dispose of not more than two loads
of refuse per day free of charge at the incinerator, to such
easements as may be necessary for drainage or otherwdse, and
to such other conditions as may seem advisable to the com-
missioner, to be set forth in the deed.

Section 3. The commissioner shall, in the name and be-
half of the commonwealth, execute and deliver a good and
sufficient deed to conve}^ said land under this act, and upon
the express condition that said incinerator and fence be con-
structed by the town on or before July thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-nine; and further provided, that owner-
ship of said land shall revert to and revest in the common-
wealth whenever such area shall cease to be used for the
purposes set forth in section one.

Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority of the town meeting members of the
town of Belmont, present and voting thereon at an annual or
special town meeting called for the purpose.

Approved July 5, 1955.

An Act relative to the powebs and duties of the board Qhav 514
OF education.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 4 of chapter 15 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the third sentence, as amended by ^tc'^'am^nded
section 1 of chapter 514 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence : — In the department Division of
there shall be a division of library extension, a division of catfon'an"*'^'
immigration and Americanization, a division of the blind, a p'^kPI'^^j

,..."», , ', , . ,. . .' estabushed.

division 01 elementary and secondary education, a division
of teachers colleges, a division of university extension, a
division of research and statistics, a division of vocational
education, a division of vocational rehabilitation, a division
of special education, and a di\'ision of teacher certification
and placement. Approved July 5, 1955.

424

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 515.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94,
I 152A, etc.
amended.

Definitions.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94,
§§ 152E, 152F
and 152G,
added.

Form of con-
tract to be
approved by
commissioner.

Chap. 515 A.N Act clarifying the poultry bonding law to make

THE PROTECTION OFFERED THEREUNDER APPLICABLE ONLY
TO POULTRY PRODUCERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 152 A of chapter 94 of the General
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 446
of the acts of 1949, is hereby further amended by adding the
following two paragraphs : —

The words "poultry sold or used for food" as used in this
section are hereby defined to mean poultry raised to a
marketable weight for meat purposes.

The word "producer" as used in this section means a per-
son who raises poultry on land situated within the common-
wealth.

Section 2. Said chapter 94 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 152D, inserted by section 2 of
said chapter 446, the following three sections : — Sec-
tion 152E. Any person, including a merchant, who con-
tracts with a producer, both as defined in section one hun-
dred and fifty-two A, for the raising and delivery of poultry
whereby the producer shall, upon delivery of such poultry,
receive a payment for the raising of such poultry, be subject
to the provisions of sections one hundred and fifty-two A
and one hundred and fifty-two D, and any contract made
under this section shall be in a form approved by the com-
missioner of agriculture.

Section 152F. The commissioner may determine in all
cases the applicability of the provisions of sections one hun-
dred and fifty-two A to one hundred and fifty-two G, in-
clusive, and may utilize the security or bonds solely in
protection of the poultry producers including contractual
producers, but excluding any interest of feed manufacturers
or dealers, hatchery or other parties in interest deemed by
him not to fall within the purview of the meaning of said
sections.

"Contractual producers" shall mean poultry producers
who raise poultry for meat under contract with the ultimate
purchaser.

Section 152G. The commissioner or his duly authorized
assistant may investigate the financial standing and past
conduct of any person applying for or holding a license un-
der section one hundred and fifty-two A or any transaction
by him in connection with the operation of a poultr}^ plant
or business and in such investigation may examine the books
of account or other documents or records of any applicant
or licensee, and may take testimony therein under oath;
but information relating to the general business of any ap-
phcant or licensee disclosed by such investigation and not
relating to the purposes of this section shall be treated by
the commissioner as confidential. Approved Jidy 5, 1955.

Commissioner
to determine
applicability
of sections.

Commissioner,
etc., may
investigate
financial
standing of
applicants
for licenses.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 516, 517, 518. 425

An Act authorizing the city of peabody to grant an Chav.516

EASEMENT OVER CERTAIN PARK PROPERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The city of Peabody, acting by its mayor,
may, upon recommendation of the board of park com-
missioners of said city, grant to Essex County Electric
Companj^, an easement for the construction, maintenance
and operation of poles and wires for the transmission of
electricity on, over and across a portion of the Horace P.
Farnham park, a playground in said city, the location of
such poles and wires to be approximately in the area where
the poles and wires of the municipal light commission of said
city are now located on and over said park land.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
during the current year, by the city council of said city,
subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved July 6, 1955.

An Act authorizing the county of Suffolk to pay a (J^ku) ^\7

pension to WILLIAM J. BRICKLEY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public
good, the county of Suffolk is hereby authorized to pay to
William J. Brickley, medical examiner for Suffolk county,
northern district, who served the city of Boston and the
county of Suffolk faithfully and efficiently for thirty-five
years, upon his retirement a pension equal to one half of
the amount of his salary at the time of his retirement, the
same to be paid in equal monthly instalments.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of the city of Boston,
subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved July 5, 1955.

An Act providing for the maintenance by the divi- (Jhav 518

SION OF youth service FOR A LIMITED TIME OF A PLACE
OF CUSTODY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to immediately extend the time preamble,
during which the youth service board may maintain a place
of custody in the city of Boston, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The division of youth service, established
by section four A of chapter one hundred and twenty of
the General Laws, hereinafter called the division, shall con-
tinue to maintain in the city of Boston until the first day of
July, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, such places as are

426 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 519.

maintained under authority of chapter five hundred and
forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-eight,
as most recently amended by chapter one hundred and
thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

Section 2. For maintaining a place or places of custody
under this act, the division may expend such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Not later than October first in
each of the years nineteen hundred and fiftj''-six and nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven, the division shall certify to
the state treasurer the total amount expended by it under
this act during the preceding fiscal year. One half of such
amount shall be assessed on the city of Boston as provided
by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on July first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five. Approved July 6, 1955.

Chap. 519 An Act providing for the acquisition and develop-
ment FOR A STATE PARK OF CERTAIN LAND AND BUILDINGS
ADJACENT TO LAKE QUINSIGAMOND IN THE CITY OF WOR-
CESTER AND THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commissioner of natural resources, act-
ing in behalf of the commonwealth, may take by eminent
domain, under the provisions of chapter seventy-nine of
the General Laws, or may acquire by gift or purchase at a
price not exceeding one dollar or other valuable considera-
tion, certain areas of land and the buildings thereon adja-
cent to Lake Quinsigamond deemed necessary for recrea-
tional development, for the development of a state recreation
area or areas, the areas known as Lake park and Regatta
point, more particularly described as follows : —

Parcel 1 . — The area known as Lake park, bounded
easterly by Lake Quinsigamond, westerly by Lake avenue,
northerly by Nonquit street and southerly by Coburn
avenue, lying partly in the city of Worcester and partly in
the town of Shrewsbury, and owned by the city of Worcester.

Parcel 2. — The area known as Regatta point, bounded
on the west in part by Lake avenue and in part by a line
through land of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, de-
partment of mental health, on the east by Lake Quinsiga-
mond, all lying between Belmont street and Winneconnett
road, including certain portions of land owned by the de-
partment of mental health, all being within the city of
Worcester.

Section 2. In its development and improvement of the
above-described areas, the department of natural resources
is hereby authorized and empowered, following the acqui-
sition of said areas —

(1) To plan, construct, provide and maintain, repair and
operate recreational areas and such facilities as access roads,
walkways, play fields, stadia, picnic areas, parking lots, bath
houses, swimming, diving and wading pools, beaches, baby-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 519. 427

sitting areas, power, row and paddle boats, boat houses,
docks, landings, cafeterias, restaurants, refreshment stands,
fireplaces, benches, tables, chairs and shelters, pavilions,
first-aid rooms, comfort stations, drinking fountains and
such other facilities as the department deems necessary
and desirable.

(2) To impose and collect such charges and fees for the
use of the lands, buildings, facilities and equipment enumer-
ated in subsection one of this section as may be necessary to
defray the cost of the developments herein authorized, in-
cluding costs of maintenance and operation and bond amorti-
zation and interest. Such fees and charges may be revised
from time to time as deemed necessary by the department.

Section 3. The commissioner maj'' grant over and across
any land acquired under this act such locations as may be
necessary for water and sewer lines, and may grant 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 and gas lines, and as in his
judgment are necessary and will serve the pubHc interest,
and may execute and deliver such documents and papers,
approved as to form by the attorney general, as may be
necessary. At the request of the commissioner such loca-
tions may be altered or revoked, except that as to those
established pursuant to finding by the department of public
utiUties, upon the request of the commissioner and after
notice to the grantee of such locations, and to all parties in-
terested and a public hearing, the department of pubUc
utilities may by order alter or revoke any such location
whenever in its opinion the public interest or the rights of
the commonwealth so require. The commissioner within
fourteen days after granting any such location shall file
a copy of the grant of the same, together with a copy of
the order, if any, of the department of public utilities, in the
ofiice of the clerk of the city or town where the location is
granted, and a copy of his alteration or revocation of the
same, and the department of public utilities shall file in the
office of said clerk any order altering or revoking such loca-
tion, and the clerk of said city or town shall receive and
record the same.

Section 4. The department may expend such additional
sums as may be necessary to complete plans for the develop-
ment of additional areas as pro\'ided in house document
numbered 2410 of nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Section 5. To meet the cost of the program of acquisition
and development authorized by this act, the state treasurer
shall, upon request of the governor and council, issue and
sell at public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth,
registered or with interest coupons attached, as he may
deem best, to an amount to be specified by the governor and
council from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars.

428 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 520.

All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall
be designated on the face, Lake Quinsigamond State Park
Loan Act of 1955, and shall be on the serial payment plan for
such maximum term of years, not exceeding ten years, as
the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant
to section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to
be so arranged that the amounts payable in the several years
of the period of amortization other than the final year shall
be as nearly equal as in the opinion of the state treasurer it is
practicable to make them. Said bonds shall bear interest
semi-annually at such rate as the state treasurer, with the
approval of the governor, shall fix. The initial maturities
of such bonds shall be payable not later than one year from
the date of issue thereof, and the entire issue not later than
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventy. All interest
payments and payments on account of principal on such
obligations shall be paid from the State Recreation Areas
Fund; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, such
obligations shall be general obligations of the common-
wealth.

Section 6. All income derived from the operation of the
facilities authorized to be acquired or constructed by this
act shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be credited
to the State Recreation Areas Fund. Nothing in this act
shall be construed to mean that income from a particular
facility must be applied to meet the obligations of that par-
ticular facility. Nothing in this act shall prevent the state
treasurer from applying without restriction income from
facilities authorized under this act to the obligations of
similar facilities authorized under future acts.

Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved Juhj 6, 1955.

Chap. 520 An Act authorizing the commonwealth to convey a

CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF LYNNFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commissioner of natural resources, in
the name and on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby
authorized, subject to the approval of the governor and
council, to convey for a nominal consideration to the town
of Lynnfield for park, recreational and playground purposes,
by a deed approved as to form by the attorney general, all
the right, title and interest of the commonwealth in and to
a certain parcel of land known as reforestation Lot 128,
situated in said Lynnfield, and being the same land which
was conveyed to the commonwealth by deed of Sarah B.
Herrick and Mary F. Herrick, dated February 18, 1916,
recorded March 16, 1916, with the Registry of Deeds for
the Southern District of Essex County, Book 2324, Page 117,
said parcel containing seven acres, fourteen rods, more or
less. Ownership of said parcel of land shall revert to and

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 521. 522, 523. 429

revest in the commonwealth whenever such area shall cease
to be used for the purposes set forth in this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved July 7, 1955.

An Act to authorize the city of quincy to locate Chap. 521

SANITARY FACILITIES IN ITS OFF-STREET PARKING AREAS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Quincy is hereby authorized to
locate within its municipally owned off-street parking areas
a sanitary station or stations for the convenience of the
pubhc.

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

Approved July 7, 1955.

An Act to authorize the city of quincy to use certain Chav. 522

BOND proceeds FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY
facilities IN ITS OFF-STREET PARKING AREAS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Quincy is hereby authorized, by
a two-thirds vote of its city council, to appropriate from the
balance remaining from the proceeds of a bond issue amount-
ing to one hundred and thirty thousand dollars issued on
September first, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, under
the authority of Council Order number 232 of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-two of the city council of Quincy, the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars for the construction of sanitary
facilities to be located within off-street parking areas owned
by the city of Quincy.

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

Approved July 7, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of natural re- Chap. 52S

SOURCES to establish A STATE PARK AT THE PILGRIM
SPRING IN THE TOWN OF TRURO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of natural resources in the
name and on behalf of the ,commonwealth is hereby author-
ized and directed to acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise
or take by eminent domain under the provisions of chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, the land in the town of
Truro on which the Pilgrim Spring, so called, is located and
such other land adjacent thereto as may be necessary to
establish a public park.

Section 2. Said department may receive such sums of
money as may be donated or bequeathed to it or the com-
monwealth for the purposes of this act.

430

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 524.

Section 3. For the purposes of this act the department
may expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved July 7, 1955.

Chap. 524 An Act providing that the director of the division of

FISHERIES and GAME MAY AUTHORIZE THE MEMBERS OF
CERTAIN LICENSED ORGANIZATIONS TO SHOOT GAME BIRDS
AT FIELD TRIALS OF RETRIEVER AND BIRD DOGS "WITHOUT
POSSESSING HUNTING OR SPORTING LICENSES.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 131.
§ 112, etc.,
amended.

Shooting of
game birds,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 131,
new § 112A,
added.

Director may
issue license
to certain
organizations
to hold field
trials for
certain dogs.

Whereas, It being in the public interest, and particularly in
the interest of conserving game birds in this commonwealth,
to permit the holding of field trials for retriever and bird
dogs under the supervision of the division of law enforce-
ment of the department of natural resources, and the pro-
visions of this act should be effective without delay, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the pubUc convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 112 of chapter 131 of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter 235 of the acts of 1950, is
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
sentence: — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prohibit the shooting of birds at field trials of retriever or bird
dogs, during the open or close seasons, under the supervision
of the division of law enforcement in accordance with the
provisions of section one hundred and twelve A.

Section 2. Said chapter 131 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 1 12 the following section : —
Section 112 A. Upon application to the division of fisheries
and game by any incorporated or unincorporated club or
organization having a membership of twenty-five or more
citizens who have been residents of the commonwealth for at
least six months immediately prior to making appUcation,
and upon payment of a fee of ten dollars by the appUcant,
the director of said division is hereby authorized to issue a
license to such club or organization to hold a field trial under
the rules and regulations of the American Kennel Club Inc.
or American Field for retriever or bird dogs at the time and
place stated in the license. The license shall authorize mem-
bers of the licensee to shoot and kill with firearms, under the
supervision of a representative of the division of law enforce-
ment, pheasant and maUard ducks propagated or legally
acquired by members of the licensee, and released by mem-
bers of the licensee at the field trial held at the time and
place specified in the license. The license shall be valid only
during daylight hours, and the written consent of the owner
of, or person having legal control of, the land on which such
field trial is held shall first be obtained. Before any pheasant
or mallard duck so shot is removed from the premises, the
representative of the division of law enforcement shall attach

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 525, 526. 431

to it a tag, which shall be furnished by the division of fisheries
and game for a reasonable fee, and shall remain attached to
the bird until the same is prepared for consumption. A
licensee shall pay to the representative of the division of law
enforcement a fee of fifteen dollars per day for services
rendered at such a field trial. Such representative shall be
designated by the director of the division of law enforcement
and may or may not be an employee of the division. Persons
participating in any such field trial pursuant to the pro-
visions of this section shall not be required to secure hunting
or sporting licenses for this purpose.

Section 3. Section 17 of chapter 136 of the General g. l. (Ter
Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 60 of the acts of etcii'ameAded!^'
1938, is hereby further amended by striking out the last
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence :
— This section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms in section not
any shooting gallery licensed under section four A, or at any certfm^ '"
field trial licensed under section one hundred and twelve A instances.
of chapter one hundred and thirty-one, and subject to the
restrictions therein imposed, nor shall it apply to the dis-
charge of firearms, in trap, skeet or target shooting if carried
on at such places within the limits of any city or town and
during such hours as the city council or selectmen approve
and in accordance with regulations which they are hereby
authorized to estabhsh. Approved July 7, 1965.

An Act to reimburse the county of Plymouth for ex- nhr,^ koc

PENSES INCURRED IN THE TRIAL OF CERTAIN STATE FARM ^'

INMATES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

There shall be paid by the treasurer and receiver-general,
with the approval of the attorney general, from the General
Fund of the commonwealth, to the county of Plymouth as
a reimbursement for monies expended by said county during
the trial in superior court of certain inmates of the state
farm at Bridgewater, such sums not exceeding twenty-one
thousand, two hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy-
four cents as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved July 7, 1955.

C/?ap.526

An Act relative to the practice of medicine by in-
ternes, FELLOWS OR MEDICAL OFFICERS IN OUT-PATIENT
clinics OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 9 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as most g. l. (Ter.
recently amended by chapter 186 of the acts of 1945, is ^tllamfiied!
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "eleven",
in fine 14, the words : — , or in an out-patient chnic operated
by the department of mental health, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 9. An applicant for limited registration

432 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 527.

Limited regis- Under thlis sectioii who shall furnish the board with satis-
?ntern^?Uo. factoFy proof that he is twenty-one or over and of good
moral character, that he has creditably completed not less
than three and one half years of study in a legally chartered
medical school having the power to grant degrees in medi-
cine, and that he has been appointed an interne, fellow or
medical officer in a hospital or other institution maintained
by the commonwealth, or by a county or municipality thereof,
or in a hospital or clinic which is incorporated under the
laws of the commonwealth or in a clinic which is affiliated
with a hospital licensed by the department of public health
under authority of section seventy-one of chapter one hun-
dred and eleven, or in an out-patient chnic operated by the
department of mental health, may, upon the payment of
five dollars, be registered by the board as a hospital medical
officer for such time as it may prescribe; but such hmited
registration shall entitle the said applicant to practice medi-
cine only in the hospital or other institution designated on
his certificate of hmited registration, or outside such hospital
or other institution for the treatment, under the supervision
of one of its medical officers who is a duly registered phy-
sician, of persons accepted by it as patients, and in either
case under regulations established by such hospital or other
institution. Limited registration under this section may be
revoked at any time by the board.

Approved July 7, 1955.

Chap. 527 An Act authorizing a guardian or a conservator to

DEDUCT THE AMOUNTS PAID FOR PREMIUMS ON HIS SURETY
BONDS FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed ^' 62 1' 13 Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
am'eAded. ' striking out scction 13, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
Provisions tiou: — Scction 13. Sections ten to twelve, inclusive, shall,
trJfste'es to SO far as apt, apply to executors, administrators, guardians,
fiducLries^^^'^ conservators, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and assignees
for the benefit of creditors, to the income received by them
and to their beneficiaries, except that clause (a) of section
ten, with the exception of subdivision (2), which subdivision
shall apply to trustees, guardians and conservators only, and
clause (6) of said section ten authorizing certain deductions
shall apply to trustees only. All such fiduciaries and their
successors in office shall be personally hable for all taxes
due under this chapter from them or from their predecessors
in office to the value of all property in their hands as such
fiduciaries at the time of distribution as provided in section
twenty-five. Approved July 7, 1955.

Exception.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 528, 529. 433

An Act relative to the improvement and surfacing Chap. 528

BY THE CITY OF HOLYOKE OF CERTAIN HIGHWAYS IN THE
TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNDER-
TAKING OF SAID CITY TO INCREASE ITS WATER SUPPLY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 5 of chapter 419 of the acts of 1896, as appearing
in section 1 of chapter 659 of the acts of 1953, is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 8 to 12, the words "and
the Russellville road and the Foraer road will substitute
for travel. A section of Fomer road shall be improved and
surfaced, conforming in construction to chapter eighty-one
Highway, for a distance of one mile." and inserting in place
thereof the words: — and sections of Russellville road,
Fomer road. Crooked Ledge road and all of Delisle road
will substitute for travel. The section of Fomer road from
the new causeway to Delisle road, all of Delisle road, and a
section of Crooked Ledge road from its intersection with
DeUsle road, all for a total distance of one mile, shall be
improved and surfaced by the city of Holyoke, conforming
in construction to a chapter eighty-one highway.

Approved July 7, 1956.

An Act relative to the tunnel to connect common- Chap. 529

WEALTH avenue IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH THE PRO-
POSED GARAGE FOR THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES *
UNDER BOSTON COMMON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The last sentence of section 2 of chapter 294
of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by striking out at
the end the words "and of the transit commission of said
city." and inserting in place thereof the following words: —
of said city. For the purpose of confirming its right to au-
thorize the construction of such tunnel, said city, acting by
its public improvement commission upon the request of its
parks and recreation commission (elsewhere herein called its
park department) and with the approval of its mayor, may
take in its name and behalf by eminent domain under chap-
ter seventy-nine of the General Laws any and all easements,
estates and rights in the portions of land constituting Com-
monwealth avenue to be occupied or affected by such tunnel;
provided, the lease contains a covenant secured by a surety
bond in an amount satisfactory to said public improvement
commission whereby said city shall be indemnified and held
harmless from any and all claims, demands and actions
against it for damages as a result of any and all takings un-
der this act. Any person sustaining damage in his property
by reason of any taking under this act shall be entitled to
recover therefor from said city under said chapter seventy-
nine.

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

Approved July 7, 1965.

434 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 530, 531, 532. 533.

Chap. 630 An Act providing for weekly payment of benefits

UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter. Subsectioii (a) of section 23 of chapter 151 A of the General

f 23'eU!^'^' Laws, as most recently amended by section 6 of chapter 763
amended.' of the acts of 1951, is hereby further amended by inserting
EUgibiiity for after the word "period", in line 12, the following: — ;
thereafter benefits shall be payable weekly and shall be
paid weekly. Approved July 11, 1955.

Chap. 531 An Act designating a certain bridge in the city of

CHICOPEE AS THE GOVERNOR GEORGE D. ROBINSON BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The new bridge being constructed on East Main street in
the city of Chicopee as the Springfield connection with
highway U. S. Route 20 shall, upon its completion, be
designated as the Governor George D. Robinson Bridge.
The department of public works is hereby authorized and
directed to place on said bridge a suitable plaque bearing
said designation. Approved Jidy 11, 1955.

Chap. 532 An Act designating the overpass running from the

, SUMNER TUNNEL TO THE GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE

LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS THE PROFESSOR ENRICO
FERMI OVERPASS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The overpass running from the Sumner tunnel to the
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport
shall be known and designated as the Professor Enrico
Fermi Overpass in recognition of his outstanding contribu-
tion to the development of atomic energy. The department
of public works shall attach to said overpass a suitable
marker or plaque bearing such designation.

Approved July 11, 1955.

Chap. 533 An Act authorizing the department of public works

TO CONVEY CERTAIN LAND AND RIGHTS IN LAND IN THE
TOWN OF SALISBURY TO THE SALISBURY WATER SUPPLY
COMPANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public works is hereby
authorized to convey to the Salisbury Water Supply Com-
pany five certain parcels of registered land in the town of
Salisbury, said parcels of land being lots 16, 22, 23, 24 and
25 acquired by the department of conservation under cer-
tificate of title number 11770, dated August 21, 1937 and
transferred to the control of the division of public beaches
in the department of public works under authority of section

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 534. 435

two of chapter six hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-three.

Section 2. The department of pubUc works is hereby
further authorized to grant to the Sahsbury Water Supply
Company an easement for a sewage pipe Une from lot 16 to
lot 25 across the Ancient Way acquired under the same
certificate of title number 11770.

Section 3. The conveyance of land and rights in land,
as specified in sections one and two, are authorized only
upon the condition that the Salisbury AYater Supply Com-
pany settles its claim for land damages for parcel number
133 of an order of taking, dated February 16, 1954 for the
sum of one dollar. Approved July 11, 1955.

An Act changing and establishing the harbor lines Chap. 534
IN savin hill bay, in boston harbor.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The harbor lines in Savin Hill bay in Boston
harbor are herebj^ changed and established as follows: —

The location of each of the angle points in the harbor line
hereinafter described is fixed by a distance, hereinafter
called longitude, in feet, from a meridian passing through
the center of the apex of the dome of the State House, in
Boston, and by a distance hereinafter called latitude, in
feet, from a Une at right angles to said meridian and passing
through the center of the apex of the State House dome, and
the bearings refer to the true meridian passing through the
center of said apex. So much of the existing harbor Hnes
established in Savin Hill bay by chapter six hundred and
thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one, as
run from points Ko to Kg, K3 to Lj, and from Lj to L, is
hereby abolished and a single line established in place thereof,
running from said point K2, in latitude nineteen thousand
eight hundred forty-one and forty-five one hundredths feet
south (S 19841.45') and longitude three thousand six hundred
twenty-five and four tenths feet east (E 3625.4'), north
seventy-three degrees thirty-one minutes forty-nine seconds
east (N 73°-31'-49" E), true bearing, five hundred twenty-
six and twenty-nine one hundredths feet (526.29) to said
point L2 in latitude nineteen thousand six hundred ninety-
two and twenty-four one hundredths feet south (S 19692.24')
and longitude four thousand one hundred thirty and one-
tenth feet east (E 41.30.1').

Section 2. A plan showing the existing and proposed
harbor lines is on file in the office of the Department of
Public Works, 100 Nashua Street, Boston.

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

Approved July 13, 1955.

436 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 535, 536.

Chap. 535 An Act authorizing the town of Swansea to appro-
priate AND BORROW MONEY FOR THE ENLARGING AND RE-
PAIRING OF A BUILDING HELD BY IT FOR POST OFFICE
PURPOSES, AND TO ENTER INTO A LEASE FOR POST OFFICE
PURPOSES WITH REFERENCE THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Swansea may, for the purpose
of enlarging and repairmg from time to time the premises
belonging to said town, situated on Main street, Swansea
village, and used as a post office, appropriate from time to
time within the period of five years from the passage of this
act such sums as may be necessary not exceeding in the ag-
gregate fifteen thousand dollars; and for such purpose may
borrow subject to the provisions of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, inclusive of the limitations contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof, and may issue bonds
or notes of the town therefor. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loan shall be paid in
not more than ten years from their date.

Section 2. The town of Swansea, acting through its se-
lectmen, is hereby authorized to enter into a lease, upon such
terms as the selectmen may determine, of the post office
building referred to in section one with the United States
government for the term of ten years with an option by the
United States government for an additional period of five
years.

Section 3. Any action taken by the town of Swansea at
a town meeting held on May twenty-third, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, pursuant to the authority' contained in
sections one and two of this act, shall be as valid and effective
as though this act were in full force and effect at the time
of the posting of the warrant for said meeting.

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

Approved July 13, 1955.

Chap.5SQ An Act authorizing the city of springfield to appro-
priate MONEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF, AND TO PAY, CER-
TAIN UNPAID BILLS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Springfield is hereby authorized
to appropriate monej' for the payment of, and after such
appropriation, the treasurer of said city is hereby authorized
to pay, such of the unpaid bills incurred by said city and
totalling twenty-five thousand, eighty-six dollars and ninety-
nine cents, as set forth in the list on file in the office of the
director of accounts in the department of corporations and
taxation, as are legally unenforceable against said city, by
reason of their being incurred in excess of available appro-
priations, and as are certified for payment by the school de-
partment wherein the bills were contracted; provided, that

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 537, 538. 437

the money so appropriated to pay such bills shall be raised
by taxation in said city.

Section 2. No bill shall be approved by the city auditor
of said city for payment or paid by the treasurer thereof
under authority of this act unless and until certificates have
been signed and filed with said city auditor, stating under
the penalties of perjury that the goods, materials or services
for which bills have been submitted were ordered by an
official or an employee of said city, and that such goods and
materials were delivered and actually received by said city
or that such services were rendered to said city, or both.

Section 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate
required by section two, which is false, and who thereby
receives payment for goods, materials or services which were
not received by or rendered to said city, shall be punished
by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine
of not more than three hundred dollars, or both.

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

Approved July 13, 1955.

An Act authorizing the boylston water district to Chap. 537

MAKE AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of building additional pipe
lines, the Boylston Water District may borrow, from time
to time within five years from the effective date of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the ag-
gregate, thirty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Boylston Water District Loan, Act of 1955. Each author-
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be paid in not more than thirty years from their dates.
Indebtedness incurred under authority of this act shall be
outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, but shall, ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this act, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws.

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

Approved July 13, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of natural re- C hap. 5S8

SOURCES TO acquire CERTAIN LAND IN THE TOWN OF
BERKLEY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The commissioner of natural resources, act-
ing in behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized
and directed to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, or,
with the approval of the governor and council, to take by
eminent domain, under the provisions of chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws, for the purpose of preserving and
protecting an ancient landmark known as Dighton Rock,
and for conservation and recreation purposes, a certain par-

438

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 539.

eel of land situated in the town of Berkley, including any
land belonging to any historical organization or memorial
society, said parcel being bounded and described as fol-
lows : — All the premises shown on a plan prepared by the
Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources, Division
of Forests and Parks, entitled, "Dighton Rock State Park,
Berkley, Massachusetts, Proposed Plan for Development of
Site.. Scale 1" — 200', Date Jan. 31, 1955," that are situated
within the lines marked on said plan, Existing Property
Line and Proposed Property Line, including land extending
northwesterly to the extreme low water hne of Taunton
river.

Section 2. For the purposes of this act there may be
expended by the department of natural resources such sums
as may be available or may be appropriated therefor.

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

Approved July IS, 1955.

Chap. 539 An Act imposing additional penalties upon persons

WHO SEEK TO EVADE PAYMENT OF INCOME TAXES.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 36,
etc., amended.

Assessment,
how deter-
mined when
no return is
filed, etc.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 56,
etc., amended.

Penalty for
fraudulent
return, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 36, as amended by section 2
of chapter 167 of the acts of 1933, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 36. If any person
who has been notified by the commissioner that he has
filed an incorrect or insufficient return refuses or neglects
within twenty days after receiving such notice to file a cor-
rect or sufficient return, or if any person fails to file a re-
turn in accordance with the requirements of this chapter,
or files a fraudulent return, the commissioner shall determine
the income of such person taxable under this chapter accord-
ing to his best information and behef and assess the same at
not more than double the amount so determined.

Section 2. Said chapter 62 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 56, as amended by section 5 of chap-
ter 45 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 56. Whoever files a fraudulent
return and whoever being required to file a return under
this chapter wilfully fails to file a return, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than ten
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one
year, or both, and shall forfeit his right to hold pubUc office
anywhere within the commonwealth for such period, not ex-
ceeding five years, as the court determines. Any person
having filed an incorrect or insufficient return, who without
reasonable excuse fails to file a correct and sufficient return
within twenty days after receiving notice from the commis-
sioner of his delinquency, shall be punished as provided in
this section. Any person filing a fraudulent return of in-
terest deduction under section three, or giving fraudulent
information under said section or section four to the com-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 540. 439

missioner relative to any deduction given by section two,
shall be punished as provided in this section.

Approved July IS, 1955.

An Act abolishing the old age assistance fund and Qhart 54Q

AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE FROM ^'

THE GENERAL FUND.

Be it enacted J etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 118A of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 11, as amended by chapter fti'eVc^"^'
681 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the amended'.'
following section: — Section 11. Cities and towns shall be Keimburse-
reimbursed by the commonwealth as provided in section ^e'^asdstance
eight of this chapter for assistance given to aged persons from General
under the provisions of this chapter from funds appropriated TutWized.
therefor from the General Fund.

Section 2. Chapter 128A of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 15, as most recently amended § 15; l^^^'
by chapter 319 of the acts of 1948, and inserting in place amended.'
thereof the following section: — Section 15. The receipts Receipts for
paid into the state treasury under this chapter shall be alfce^credlted"
credited to the General Fund except that so much of such *« t^e General
payments as are made under section five by licensees con-
ducting racing meetings in connection with a state or county
fair shall be held as a separate fund for use in carrying out
the provisions of paragraph (/) of section tw^o of chapter one
hundred and twenty-eight.

Section 3. Section 27 of chapter 138 of the General g- l. (Ter
Laws, as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 625 etc!, 'amended. '
of the acts of 1947, is herebj'' amended by striking out the
first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — All fees for licenses and permits authorized to be Revenue from
granted by the commission under this chapter, and all saieofaico-
moneys payable under section twentj'-one, shall be paid into distribution of.'
the state treasury and shall be credited to the General Fund.

Section 4. Chapter 64B of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 10, as amended by section 81 ^tll'amfndld^'
of chapter 654 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 10. All sums re- Revenue from
ceived under this chapter as excise, penalties or forfeitures, et(f^'distribu-*^'
interest, costs or suit and fines shall be paid into the treasury tion of.
of the commonwealth and shall be credited to the General
Fund; provided, that one third of the sums received under
this chapter shall be distributed to cities and towns on a
basis determined by the commissioner of public welfare
and the state tax commission, to be applied only to meet
their share of assistance furnished under chapter one hundred
and eighteen A.

Section 5. Section 9 of chapter 729 of the acts of 1941 is
hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence: — The pro-

440 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 541, 542.

ceeds of taxes assessed under this section shall be paid into
the treasury and shall be credited to the General Fund.

Section 6. Section 9A of chapter 729 of the acts of 1941
is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence : — The pro-
ceeds of taxes assessed under this section shall be paid into
the treasury and shall be credited to the General Fund.

Section 7. This act shall take effect on Jul}'' first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six. Approved July 13, 1955.

Chap. 54:1 An Act providing for additional funds for the recon-
struction OF THE CLINTON SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To meet the additional cost of the project
authorized by chapter four hundred and sixty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, there is hereby ap-
propriated from the Metropolitan District Commission
Funds the sum set forth in section two of this act, to be
assessed bj?" methods fixed by law.

Section 2.

Metropolitan Water System.

8902-80 For the reconstruction of certain sewage dis-
posal works in the town of Clinton, to be
in addition to the amount appropriated in
section three of chapter four hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four; provided, that the provi-
sions of section thirty A of chapter seven of
the General Laws shall not apply to ex-
penditures made from this item; appro-
priation expires June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-nine .... $70,000 00

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

Approved July 14, 1955.

Chap.542 An Act relative to the alleviation of certain finan-
cial burdens imposed by the hurricanes of august
thirty-first and september eleventh, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four.

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

preamble. defeat its purpose, which is to provide immediately for the
relief of the disaster caused by the hurricanes of August
thirty-first and September eleventh, nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, 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 folloios:

Section 1. Subparagraph (3) of section 1 of chapter 689
of the acts of 1954 is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "commissions", in line 3, the words: — and, in addi-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 543. 441

tion, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the
division of waterways in the department of public works, —
so as to read as follows : —

(3) To reimburse the appropriation accounts available for
the fiscal j^ear nineteen hundred and fifty-five of the several
other state departments, boards and commissions and, in
addition, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six
of the division of waterways in the department of public
works, such amounts as, in the opinion of the commission are
necessary and have been expended therefrom for purposes of
disaster relief or repair of hurricane damage, including the
expense of the services of national guard units duly called
for service in the stricken areas ;

Section 2. This act shall take effect July first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five. Approved July 14, 1955.

An Act providing for the funding of overlay deficits Qhav 543

AND OTHER ITEMS BY THE CITY OF REVERE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Revere, for the purposes specified
in section two, may incur indebtedness to an amount not
exceeding three hundred and ninety thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on their
face the words, City of Revere Funding Loan, Act of 1955.
Said loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the
date of issue. Indebtedness incurred under this section shall
be outside the limit of indebtedness established in section
ten of chapter forty-four of the General Laws but, except
as herein provided, shall be subject to the provisions of said
chapter forty-four, exclusive of the limitation contained in
the first paragraph of section seven thereof; provided, how-
ever, that a sum of not less than ten thousand nine hundred
and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents shall be raised
by taxation in the current year.

Section 2. Amounts borrowed under authority of sec-
tion one, in addition to the amount therein required to be
raised by taxation, shall be used for meeting deficits ag-
gregating four hundred thousand nine hundred and fifty-
nine dollars and seventy-one cents, consisting of overlay
deficits on account of abatements granted on levies during
the years nineteen hundred and forty-seven to nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, both inclusive, of ninety-one thousand
four hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty-four cents;
a revenue deficit for the year nineteen hundred and fifty-
four of three hundred and nine thousand four hundred and
ninety-six dollars and seventeen cents.

Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any gen-
eral law to the contrary, the action of the city of Revere in
exceeding appropriations during the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, aggregating two hundred and thirty-seven
thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars and eighty-two

442 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 544, 545.

cents, is hereby validated and confirmed as though such
overdrafts were incurred in accordance with law, and the
assessors of the city of Revere are hereby authorized and
directed to include said amount of overdrafts in the aggre-
gate required to be raised by taxation in the current year.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved July 14, 1955.

Chap. 54:4: An Act providing for the leasing of certain land in

THE towns of NEWBURY, ROWLEY AND IPSWICH FROM
THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of natural resources is hereby
authorized to lease from the Fish and Wildhfe Service of the
United States Department of the Interior certain land in
the towns of Newbury, Rowley and Ipswich, from the ter-
minus of Sunset avenue, thence southerly for a distance
not to exceed four and one half miles and not to exceed
eighty feet in width.

Section 2. Said department of natural resources, in con-
junction with the department of public works, is hereby au-
thorized to construct a road approximately four miles from
the northern boundary of the Federal Reservation to the
camp of the Camp Sea Haven for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

Section 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provi-
sions of this act, the department of natural resources may
expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved July 14, 1955.

Chap. 545 An Act making certain changes in the administration

OF the income tax law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

E'dr)'62%'43 Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

etc!, 'amended! Striking out scctiou 43, as most recently amended by chapter

269 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the

f^?Stement foUomng sectwu i — Scction 43. Any person who beheves

of personal that he has been over-assessed on any tax imposed by this

regulated. ' chapter may apply in writing to the state tax commission,

hereinafter called the commission, on a form prescribed by it

for an abatement of any such excess in assessment of a tax

at any time within three years from the last day for filing

the return required by this chapter, or within one year after

the date of such over-assessment, whichever occurs later.

If after hearing, or otherwise, the commission finds that the

tax assessed exceeds the tax due it shall abate such excess.

If the over-assessment has been paid, the state treasurer

shall repay to the person who paid the same the tax assessed

on such over-assessment with interest thereon at the rate

of three per cent per annum from the time it was paid. The

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 546, 547. 443

commission shall notify the applicant by registered mail of
its decision upon the application for abatement.

Approved July 14, 1955.

An Act making permanent certain temporary positions Chap.5AQ

IN THE government OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

7)6 it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section six of the gen-
eral appropriation act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and fifty-sLx, or of any provision of any supplementary
appropriation act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, the number of permanent positions duly approved
with reference to each item thereby appropriated for per-
sonal services shall be increased to include, in each case,
every year-round temporary position (1) for which, for a
continuous period of three years or more past from January
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, compensation has been
duly paid or authorized under the same or a like item in
prior appropriation acts, and (2) which exists in connection
with the maintenance of any agency of the commonwealth
established, or the performance of any service by the com-
monwealth required or provided for, by virtue of any gen-
eral act the operation of which is not expressly limited as to
time. The director of personnel shall, by title and code
number and subject to approval of the commission on ad-
ministration and finance, certify to the budget commissioner,
the comptroller, the director of ci\'il service, each appointing
authority concerned, and the house and senate committees
on waj's and means, each such position to be so included.

The provisions of this act shall not apply to any present
or future temporary position created by any general or
special act the operation of which is expressly limited as to
time, nor for any such position in a service which by its
nature or intent is temporary. Approved July 14, 1955.

An Act relative to establishing a memorial to calvin Chav.b^l

COOLIDGE IN the FORBES LIBRARY IN THE CITY OF NORTH-
AMPTON.

lie it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There shall be established, under the super-
vision and with the approval of the state librarian, in the
Forbes Library in the city of Northampton, a room to be
known as the Calvin Coolidge >Iemorial Room in memory
of a distinguished citizen who served this commonwealth as
a legislator, president of the senate, lieutenant governor and
governor, and the nation as vice-president and president.

Section 2. For the purposes of carrying out the provi-
sions of section one the commonwealth shall reimburse the
city of Northampton such sums not exceeding thirty-two
thousand dollars as may be appropriated therefor.

444

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 548, 549.

Section 3. Money received by the city of Northampton
from the commonwealth under section two may be expended
by the city of Northampton for the purposes specified in
section one without further appropriation by the city gov-
ernment notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three
of chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Approved July I4, 1955.

Chap. 54:8 An Act relative to department requests for capital

OUTLAY projects.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 7, § 30H,
etc., amended.

Preparation
and submission
of requests for
construction,
etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 30H of chapter 7 of the General Laws, inserted
by section 5 of chapter 612 of the acts of 1953, is hereby
amended by inserting after the first sentence the following
sentence: — Each such request shall include a statement of
the estimated annual operating and maintenance cost of the
facilities to be constructed, and shall indicate whether such
facilities are to replace existing structures or to provide

additional space.

Approved July I4, 1955.

Chap. 54:9 An Act relative to the time or making certain assess-
ments OF CORPORATION TAXES.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 63, §44,
etc., amended.

Assessment
of tax.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 63, § 45,
etc., amended.

Assessment of
additional tax.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 63, §46,
etc., amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 44 of chapter 63 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 7 of chapter 362 of the
acts of 1936, is hereby further amended by striking out the
last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — For the purpose of verifying any such return
the commissioner may examine personally or by deputy or
agent the books and papers of the corporation, which shall
be open to such officer for verification at any time within
three years after the date the return was filed or the date it
was due, whichever occurs later.

Section 2. Section 45 of said chapter 63 is hereby
amended by striking out the first sentence, as most recently
amended by chapter 505 of the acts of 1950. and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence : — If the commis-
sioner discovers from the verification of a return, or other-
wise, that the full amount of any tax due under sections
thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, or under section sixty-seven,
has not been assessed, he may assess the same, with interest
as provided in section forty-eight to the date when the addi-
tional tax so assessed is required to be paid hereunder, first
giving notice to the corporation to be assessed of his inten-
tion, at any time within three years after the date the return
was filed or the date it was due, whichever occurs later ; and
a representative of the corporation shall thereupon have an
opportunity, within ten days after such notification, to con-
fer with the commissioner as to the proposed assessment.

Section 3. Section 46 of said chapter 63, as amended
by chapter 193 of the acts of 1954, is hereby further amended

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 550. 445

by adding at the end the following sentence: — In the case Penalty for
of a false or fraudulent return filed with intent to evade a fraudSent t*ax
tax or of a failure to file a return, the commissioner may coaptations
make an assessment at any time. Approved July 14, 1955.

An Act abolishing the board of aldermen and the Chap. 560

COMMON COUNCIL AND ESTABLISHING A CITY COUNCIL IN
THE CITY OF MALDEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Commencing January first, nineteen hundred
and fifty-eight, the city council of the city of Maiden shall
consist of eleven members, one member to be elected from
each ward by and from the registered voters of that ward,
and the remaining members to be elected by and from the
registered voters of the city. All members shall be elected
to serve for two years from the first day of January following
their election and until their successors are qualified. Said
council shall elect annually one of its members as its presi-
dent.

Section 2. Candidates for city council shall be nominated
in accordance with section fifty-five of chapter fifty-three of
the General Laws.

Section 3. If at any time a vacancy occurs in the city
council from any cause, the city clerk shall forthwith notify
the city council thereof; and within fifteen days after such
notification, the remaining city councillors shall choose, as
city councillor for the unexpired term, whichever of the de-
feated candidates for the office of city councillor at the regular
municipal election at which city councillors were elected for
the term and office in which the vacancy occurs, who is
eligible and willing to serve, received the highest number of
votes at such election, or, if there is no such defeated candi-
date eligible and willing to serve, a registered voter of the
city duly qualified to vote for the office of city councillor in
which the vacancy occurs. If at a regular municipal elec-
tion there is a failure to elect a city councillor, or if a person
elected city councillor at such election dies or resigns before
taking office, the city clerk shall, as soon as conveniently may
be after the remaining city councillors-elect take office,
notify the city council of such failure to elect, death or resig-
nation; and within fifteen days after such notification, the
members thereof shall choose, as citj'' councillor for the un-
expired term, whichever of the defeated candidates for the
office of city councillor at such election, who are eligible and
willing to serve, received the highest number of votes at such
election for the office in which the vacancy occurs, or, if
there is no such defeated candidate eligible and willing to
serve, a registered voter of the city duly qualified to vote for
a candidate for the office of city councillor in which the
vacancy occurs. If in any of the aforesaid events a choice is
not made as hereinbefore provided within fifteen days after
notification of the city council by the city clerk, the choice

446 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 551.

shall be made by the mayor, or, if there is no mayor, by the
city councillor senior in length of service, or, if two or more
councillors have the same length of service, by the city
councillor senior both in age and length of service.

Section 4. The city council elected under and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this act shall be the la^^'ful
successor to the board of aldermen and common council
holding office next prior to January first, nineteen hundred
and fifty-eight, and shall exercise all the powers and privileges
conferred, and shall be subject to the duties and obligations
imposed by chapter one hundred and sixty-nine of the acts
of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and acts in amendment
thereof and in addition thereto.

Section 5. So much of chapter one hundred and sixty-
nine of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one and acts
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto as are in-
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Section 6. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Maiden, at the municipal
election to be held 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
abolishing the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council
and establishing a City Council in the City of Maiden', be
accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said question
are in the affirmative this act shall take full effect.

Approved July 14, Woo.

Chap. 551 An Act providing additional funds to cover the cost

OF CERTAIN SEWERAGE WORKS WITHIN THE SOUTH METRO-
POLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of carrying out the construc-
tion authorized by chapter five hundred and twenty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one, chapter six
hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three and chapter five hundred and eighty of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, the metropolitan dis-
trict commission may expend in addition to the amounts
authorized by said chapters a sum not exceeding one mil-
lion dollars.

Section 2. To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act the state treasurer shall,
from time to time, on request of the commission, and sub-
ject to the approval of the governor and council, issue and
sell at public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth
registered or with interest coupons attached as he may
deem best to an amount not exceeding one million dollars
in addition to the amount of such bonds heretofore author-
ized by said chapter five hundred and twenty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one, chapter six hundred

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 552. 447

and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-thretj
and chapter five hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four. Such bonds shall be designated on
the face, Metropolitan District Sewerage Loan, Act of 1955,
shall be on the serial payment plan and shall be issued for
such maximum term of years not exceeding thirty years
from the date of issue as may be recommended by the gov-
ernor in accordance with section 3 of Article LXII of the
amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth, and
shall bear interest at such rate as shall be fixed by the state
treasurer with the approval of the governor.

Section 3. The interest and serial bond requirements on
account of the moneys expended for the south metropolitan
sewerage system provided for under this act and the cost of
maintenance and operation thereof and such other expenses
as may be authorized hereunder shall be deemed to be, and
shall be paid as, a part of the interest, sinking fund or serial
bond requirements and costs specified in chapter four hun-
dred and thirty-nine of the acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine and acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto and affecting the same, and shall be apportioned,
assessed and collected in the manner provided by the pro-
visions of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, relative
to such system.

Section 3 A. For the purpose of determining the ad-
mission fee of any city or town entering either the north or
south metropolitan sewerage system on or after October
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, notwithstanding any
general or special act to the contrary, the commission shall
use the proportion which the valuation of any said city or
town for the year of entry bears to the total valuation of
cities or towiis previously admitted to membership in either
of said districts whether or not any of said cities or towns
have paid any assessments or fees.

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

Approved July 18, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of public safety Cha7).552

to provide police service for the MASSACHUSETTS
turnpike AUTHORITY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to pro\dde forthwith for the pr<-'»mbie.
effective policing of the IMassachusetts turnpike, or portion
thereof, by the state police, therefore this act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Chapter 22 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 9F, inserted by section fj^gof I'h,^''
1 of chapter 474 of the acts of 1953, the following two added!
sections : — Section 9G. The commissioner is hereby author- commissioner
ized and directed to enter into an agreement with the Massa- {folfce^ervL

to Authority.

448

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 552.

state police
force may be
assigned to
Authority.

chusetts Turnpike Authority for police service to be fur-
nished to the Authority b}^ the department. Said agreement
shall fix the legal responsibility pertaining to the operation
and maintenance of such service and shall include, among
other provisions, a provision for payments to the common-
wealth for the cost of retirement, compensation of injured
officers, sick leave, or other employee benefits, and a mini-
mum allowance for departmental supervision. Said agree-
ment shall also include a provision that all expenses incurred
by the department in supplying such police service shall,
upon proper requisition, be paid by the Authority as such
expenses are incurred.

Section 9H. The commissioner may appoint and organize
a state police force of such size as he and the Authority may
agree upon, in addition to any other force authorized by law,
to be assigned to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to
meet the requirements of section fifteen of chapter three
hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-two. The officers of the state police force, so appointed
and so assigned, shall have the same powers and be subject
to the same qualifications, orders or restrictions as officers
appointed under the provisions of section nine A of chapter
twenty-two; provided, however, that, during such assign-
ment and except as the commissioner shall determine that
an emergency exists or is threatened, such officers, in the per-
formance of their duties, shall be subject to the operational
control of the Authority and a superintendent or assistant
superintendent of police of the Authoritj'' who shall be ap-
pointed by the Authority, but shall at all times be under
the administrative and disciplinary control of the commis-
sioner. Any officer, so appointed and so assigned, may be
reassigned to general duties the same as those officers ap-
pointed under the provisions of said section nine A, and
any officer appointed as provided in section nine A may be
substituted by assignment for any officer appointed under
this section. Any officer so appointed, assigned or re-
assigned shall for the purposes of salary, seniority, retire-
ment or other rights be considered as appointed under the
provisions of said section nine A, and the assignment or re-
assignment shall in no way impair any rights to which an
officer may be entitled, and such officer shall at all times be
considered to be an employee of the commonwealth.

Any officer assigned to duty on said turnpike shall re-
ceive his entire compensation during the period of his as-
signment from the Authority, and the appointment and as-
signment of such officers by the commissioner shall- in no
way be considered a violation of any provisions of chapter
twenty-nine. All assignments and reassignments to the
Authority hereunder and under section nine A, except as
the commissioner shall determine that an emergency exists
or is threatened, shall be subject to the approval of the Au-
thority acting through its superintendent or assistant super-
intendent of police appointed as provided above.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 553, 554. 449

Section 2. Members of the uniformed branch of the divi- fj^Ay^^orif'*^'^
sion of state police in the department of pubHc safety, dur- shaii be con-
ing such period or periods as they may be assigned or re- emXyeel^*''*^
assigned to the Authority, under the provisions of sections
nine G and nine H of chapter twenty-two of the General
Laws, shall be considered as employees of the commonwealth
and entitled to all rights and benefits accorded employees of
the commonwealth under the provisions of chapter thirty-
two of the General Laws. The Authority is hereby author-
ized and directed to make such deductions as are required
to be made by said chapter thirty-two and to transmit such
deductions monthly, together with a report showing the
amount of regular compensation paid to and the amount
deducted from the salary of each such member for retire-
ment purposes, to the state board of retirement.

Approved July 18, 1955.

An Act authorizing the commonwealth and political (Jfiav 553

SUBDIVISIONS thereof TO EMPLOY CERTAIN NURSES TEM-
PORARILY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^f^bi"*'*'
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for the
temporary hiring of certain nurses in order to supplement
the shortage of nurses in certain institutions due to vaca-
tions and other causes, and to enable said institutions to be
promptly and properly staffed, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the pubhc health and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
laws to the contrary, a nurse who has terminated her service
and withdrawn her accumulated deductions from the annuity
savings fund of the retirement system may, if no civil serv-
ice list is available from which appointments can be made,
be re-emplo3'ed in the governmental unit in which she was
formerly employed for a period of thirty days and such addi-
tional periods of thirty days as may be necessary until such
a list becomes available. A person so employed shall not
be required to make any payments of money withdrawn from
the annuity'' savings fund of the retirement system or to
pay any deductions into said fund while so employed, and
shall not receive any credit for such service in any retire-
ment system or for any pension purpose.

Approved July 18, 1955.

An Act to restore the pension rights to the members Chav-^^^

OF the general COURT AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFI-

CERS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this ^ct would tend preamble"''
to defeat its purpose, which is in part to correct an injustice
and to make available immediately the benefits provided

450 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 554.

for thereunder to certain former employees, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Section eight of chapter six hundred and
thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two is
hereby repealed.

Section 2. Any member or former member of the gen-
eral court or any constitutional officer or former constitu-
tional officer, who became a member of the state employees'
retirement system under the provisions of chapter six hun-
dred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, who has paid into the annuity savuigs fund of said
system the full amount specified in said chapter or on or
before January first, nineteen hundred and iifty-six, pays
into said fund an amount equal to the amount required
when he became a member for service rendered by him as a
member of the general court or as a constitutional officer
prior to the time he became eligible to membership in said
system or entitled to credit for such service, and any present
member of the general court or present constitutional
officer, v/ho on or before January first, nineteen hundred
and fifty-six, pays in full for such service, shall be credited
under chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, for all services
rendered by him as a member of the general court or as a
constitutional officer prior to July first, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, and such member or officer shall be credited
for all ser\dce rendered by him as a member of the general
court or as a constitutional officer subsequent to July first,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven, when he has deposited in
the annuity savings fund of said S3''stem or in the system
of which he is a member the amounts required to be paid
into said fund under the provisions of sections three, four
or twenty-two of said chapter thirty-two, as the case may
be, and such member or officer shall upon his retirement
receive a yearly retirement allowance to be determined in
accordance with the provisions of sections one to twenty-
eight, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-two. Any such mem-
ber or officer whose service was terminated prior to the
effective date of this act, who has attained the minimum
retirement age and who is otherwise eligible, shall, upon his
written application filed with the state board of retirement
at any time after said effective date, receive a yearly retire-
ment allowance to be determined in accordance with the
provisions of said sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, of
said chapter thirty-two; provided, his accumulated total
deductions have not been withdrawn.

The retirement allowance of any former member of the
general court or any former constitutional officer who has
been retired prior to the effective date of this act and whose
retirement allowance or the allowance payable to any widow
or other survivor of such former member or officer was

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 554. 451

abolished or reduced by section eight of chapter six hundred
and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
two shall be recomputed in accordance with the provisions
of sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, of chapter thirty-
two of the General Laws, and said recomputation shall be
effective as of the date of the abolition or reduction of such
allowance.

The retirement allowance of any former member of
the general court or any former constitutional officer,
who has been retired prior to the effective date of this act
as a result of service other than as a member of the general
court or as a constitutional officer and who did not receive
credit for such service in the computation of his retirement
allowance, shall be recomputed as of the effective date of
his retirement to include such service as a member of the
general court or as a constitutional officer if the regular
deductions from the regular compensation for such service
have been paid into the annuity savings fund of the retire-
ment system as required by the provisions of chapter six
hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
seven and as required by the provisions of sections three,
four or twentj'-two of said chapter thirty-two, as the case
may be. In the case of any deceased member whose service
terminated before the effective date of this act, the widow
or other eligible beneficiarj'' of such member shall, upon a
written application filed wdth the state board of retirement
at any time after the effective date of this act receive the
stipulated yearly allowance for sur\ivors to be determined
in accordance with the provisions of sections one to twenty-
eight, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-two; provided, the
accumulated total deductions of such deceased member has
not been withdrawn. Such allowance payable to any such
widow or other eligible beneficiary shall be effective as of
the date of death of such former member.

Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, any present member of the general court or any present
constitutional officer may, on or before January first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six, upon his written request on a
prescribed form filed with the state board of retirement,
elect not to become or not to be a member of the state em-
ployees' retirement system, and shall thereupon be paid
the accumulated total deductions, if any, credited to his
account in the annuity savings fund of said system, and
such member or officer shall not be credited with any ser^dce
rendered by him as a member of the general court or as a
constitutional officer in any retirement system established
under the provisions of sections one to twenty-eight, in-
clusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, and no
deductions shall be made from his regular compensation for
such service. Approved July 18, 1955.

452

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 555, 556.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 16, new
§ 4A, added.

Certain
supervisory
positions
created in
department.

Chap. 555 An Act creating certain supervisory positions in the

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 16 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 4 the following section: — Section JfA.
The commissioner shall, subject to the approval of a ma-
jority of the board of commissioners of public works, ap-
point a chief engineer, a deputy chief engineer, and three
assistant chief engineers, and may in like manner remove
them. Any person appointed to a position authorized by
this section shall be a person of experience and skill as an
engineer in the activities of the department, and shall be
chosen from the employees who hold an office or position
with permanent status in the department classified under
chapter thirty-one, and he shall, upon termination of his
service in said position or at his request, be restored to his
former permanent position without loss of seniority or civil
ser\dce rights therein, except that if such termination shall
have been caused by his delinquencj^, his right to be restored
shall be determined in accordance with section forty-three
of said chapter thirty-one.

During the period of such appointment the person so ap-
pointed shall be eligible to take any competitive promo-
tional examinations to which he would have otherwise been
eligible.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to exempt the positions
named herein from the classifications required by sections
forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty, or the rules
and regulations made thereunder.

Approved July 18, 1955.

Chap. 55^ An Act authorizing the transfer by the commonwealth

TO the town of BARNSTABLE OF CERTAIN LAND SITUATED

therein.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The board of commissioners of the Massachusetts Mari-
time Academy, on behalf of the commonwealth, in consider-
ation of the sum of ten thousand dollars to be paid by the
town of Barnstable, is hereby authorized and directed to
convey by a sufficient deed, approved as to its form by the
attorney general, a certain parcel of land belonging to the
commonwealth, together with buildings thereon, to said town
for municipal purposes. The said parcel is described as fol-
lows: — a certain parcel of land situated in Hyannis, on the
east side of Ocean Street, bounded Westwardly thereby;
Northwardly by ''Snow's Creek" (the center line thereof) as
it flows, irregularly, eastwardly from said Ocean Street to
"Lewis' Bay"; Eastwardly by said "Lewis' Bay"; and
Southwardly by land of Miss Ellen Reed, as marked by a
fence. Containing an area of approximately three acres,
more or less.

Acts. 1955. — Chaps. 557, 558. 559. 453

The aforesaid land and buildings shall not be used for
other than municipal purposes or for the housing of agencies
of the commonwealth unless specially authorized by the
general court. Appi^oved July 18, 1955.

An Act providing for insect control at straits pond Chav.557
IN the towns of hull and cohasset.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The towns of Hull and Cohasset are hereby authorized to
appropriate annually money for the control of insect life in
and about Straits pond in the said to^vns. The funds so
appropriated shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and
shall be expended under warrants drawn by the state recla-
mation board in a manner to afford the greatest measure of
relief. The said board is hereby directed annually to advise
the board of selectmen of each town as to the approximate
cost of the necessary improvements and as to the proportion
each of the said towns shall pay, which maj^ be apportioned
in accordance with the area of said pond lying in each town.

Approved July 18,. 1955.

ChapMS

An Act relative to recreation areas in the metro-
politan DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropohtan district commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to prepare plans and specifications and
thereafter construct such recreational facilities in the Hyde
Park, INIattapan, Roslindale and Readville areas of the met-
ropolitan district as the commission deems necessary for the
healthful recreation of the citizens of said areas.

Said commission is further authorized and directed to take
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, as a part
of the system of metropolitan parks under the control of
said commission, land under the control of the city of Boston,
located in the Readville district and known as Camp jNIiegs,
and bounded by Hyde Park avenue, Stanbro street, Irving
street and Clifford street and a certain parcel of land lo-
cated on the westerly and easterly side of Truman highway,
so called, in the Hyde Park district of the city of Boston,
and to develop the recreational possibilities of the same.
For the purposes of this act the said commission may expend
such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved July 18, 1956.

An Act relative to hospital care for tuberculosis Chap. 559

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

Section 1. Section 91 of chapter 111 of the General Ed)"nr§9i
Laws, as most recently amended by section 5 of chapter 538 etc!, amended. '

454

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 559.

Hospital care
for tubercular
patients by
certain cities
or towns .

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), Ill, § 92,
amended.

Maintenance
of isolation
hospitals, etc.

Exceptions.

of the acts of 1954, is hereby further amended by adding at
the end the following paragraph : —

Any city or town, not excepting those in excess of one
hundred thousand population, which, on June first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, was meeting the provisions of this
section and section ninety-two for the care of tuberculosis
patients in a hospital maintained by the city or town, may
by contract, with the approval of the department, provide for
such hospital care with any other city or town or with any
county or with the department or with a private charitable
tuberculosis sanatorium or hospital as provided in section
seventy-nine, and any such city or town contracting for such
care shall be exempt from the payment of construction costs
of existing county sanatoria.

Section 2. Said chapter HI is hereby further amended
by striking out section 92, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the follomng section:
— Section 92. Each city shall, and each town may, and
upon request of the department shall, establish and maintain
constantly within its limits one or more hospitals for the
reception of persons having smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, tuberculosis or other diseases dangerous to the public
health as defined by the department, unless there already
exists therein a hospital satisfactory to the department for
the reception of persons ill with such diseases, or unless some
arrangement satisfactory to the department is made for the
care of such persons. All such hospitals estabhshed and main-
tained by cities and towns shall be subject to the orders and
regulations of the boards of health thereof. Plans for con-
struction of such hospitals shall be approved by the depart-
ment before they are constructed, and the district health
officers shall annually make such examination of said hos-
pitals, and of all other hospitals, sanatoria, asylums, homes,
prisons and dispensaries, both public and private, caring for
diseases dangerous to the public health, as in the opinion of
the department may be necessary, and report as to their
condition and needs to those responsible for their manage-
ment. A city or town which, upon the request of the depart-
ment, refuses or neglects to establish and maintain such a
hospital shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars;
provided, that if, in the opinion of the boards of health of
two or more adjoining municipalities, such hospitals can ad-
vantageously be established and maintained in common, the
authorities of the said cities or towns may, subject to the
approval of the department, enter into any agreements
deemed necessary to establish and maintain the same.

Approved July 18, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 560, 561, 562. 455

An Act relative to creditable service under the QJiq^q 550
contributory retirement law.

He it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out paragraph (/) of subdivision (6), J^tl! 'amended,
as amended by chapter 393 of the acts of 1948, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : —

(/) Any employee who last termmated his service in any Reinstatement
political subdivision of the commonwealth before a con- gov^nmentM?^
tributory retirement system established under the provi- ""'* where no

r ,1 • 1 , 1 T •• c system existed.

sions 01 this chapter, or under correspondmg provisions or
earlier laws or under any special law, became operative in
such political subdivision and who is reinstated to or who
re-enters the active service of such political subdivision
after such a system becomes operative therein shall become
a member upon his re-employment in a position which is
subject to the provisions of such retirement system. Upon
becoming a member he shall be entitled to all creditable
service resulting from his previous employment in such
political subdivision. In no event shall any such member
be eligible to receive a superannuation retirement allowance
or a termination retirement allowance unless and until he
shall have been in active service for at least five years,
including any period or periods of leave of absence credited
as membership service, subsequent to the date of com-
mencement of his new employment.

Approved Jidy IS, 1955.

An Act relative to uniforms of employees at institu- Chav 561

TIONS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF
mental health and PUBLIC HEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Any employee at the institutions under the control of the
departments of mental health and public health who is re-
quired to wear a uniform shall have any such uniform which
is destroyed or damaged because of the violence of any
patient under his care as determined by the appointing
authority of said employee, replaced or repaired b}^ the
department employing said employee free of any charge to
such employee. Approved Jnhj 18, 1955.

An Act relative to referendum procedure in the
town of fairhaven.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 285 of the acts of 1930
is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sentence and
inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — The
questions so submitted shall be determined by a majority
vote of the registered voters of the town voting thereon,

ChapM2

456 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 563, 564.

but no action of the representative town meeting shall be
reversed unless at least twenty per cent of the registered
voters shall vote to disapprove such action.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority of the town meeting members present
and voting thereon at an annual or special town meeting
called for the purpose. Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap.5Q3 An Act providing for a branch office of the registry

OF MOTOR vehicles IN THE CITY OF CHICOPEE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The registrar of motor vehicles is hereby
authorized to establish and maintain in the city of Chicopee
a branch office of the registry of motor vehicles.

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

Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap. 564^ An Act to incorporate the greater Gardner develop-
ment CORPORATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In this act, unless the context otherwise re-
quires, the following words shall have the foUowmg mean-
ings: —

"Corporation", the Greater Gardner Development Cor-
poration, created by section two.

"Financial institution", any banking corporation or in-
stitution, trust company, savings bank, co-operative bank,
savings and loan association, insurance company, or related
corporation, partnership, foundation or other institution en-
gaged primarily in lending or investing funds.

"Executive committee", the executive committee estab-
lished under section nine.

Section 2. Leo P. LaChance, Gould H. Coleman, For-
rest E. Knight, Luke A. LaChance, Granville E. Stanley,
Joseph P. O'Connell, Harold E. Greenwood, Leonard
Knitzer, David Rice, F. Richard Pierce, M.D., Leonard B.
Thompson, M.D., G. Belhumeur, M.D., T. J. Domenici,
M.D., Maxwell Zager, Paul Lemay, Abraham Garbose,
L. E. Dolhenty, Rachel D. LeBlanc, Bernard L. Cohen,
Frank E. Noyes, Otto Hakkinen, Robert H. Tousignant,
Thomas J. Horrigan, Arthur F. Blackman, Anthony P.
Kraskauskas, James J. Molloy, Harold E. Drake, Jr.,
Howard M. Tipton, C. Frederick Coolidge, Philip A. Bjur-
ling, E. Francis Fredette, C. Raymond Beauregard, Axel
R. Berg, WiUiam S. Tappin, Paul J. Boulier, Ralph W.
Kelly, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby
constituted a body corporate under the name of Greater
Gardner Development Corporation. The corporation shall
be subject to and have the powers and privileges conferred
by the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-five, sec-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 564. 457

tions eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-
three and thirty-four of chapter one hundred and fifty-six,
and section two of chapter one hundred and eighty of the
General Laws as presently enacted or hereafter amended,
except so far as said provisions are inconsistent with or other-
wse restricted or limited by the provisions of tliis act.

Section 3. The principal office of the corporation shall
be located in the city of Gardner. The corporation may
have offices in such other places Avithin the vicinity of Gard-
ner as may be fixed by the board of directors.

Section 4. The purposes of the corporation shall be to
promote, stimulate, develop and advance the business pros-
perity and economic welfare of the city of Gardner and its
vicinity, and the citizens thereof; to encourage and assist,
through loans, investments or other business transactions,
the location of new business and industry in the city of
Gardner and its vicinity; to rehabilitate and assist existing
business and industry; and so to stimulate and assist in the
expansion of all kinds of business activity which will tend
to promote the business development and maintain the
economic stability of the city of Gardner and its vicinity,
provide maximum opportunities for employment, encourage
thrift, and improve the standard of living of its citizens; and
similarly to endeavor to increase and diversify industry and
employment.

In furtherance of such purposes and in addition to the
powers conferred on business corporations by the provisions
of the General Laws specified in section two, the coi'poration
shall, subject to the restrictions and limitations herein con-
tained, have the follomng powers: —

(a) To purchase, receive, hold, lease or otherwise acquire,
and to develop, improve, sell, convey, exchange, mortgage,
lease, rent and otherwise deal or trade in and dispose of real
property and any estate, interests or rights therein.

(h) To lend money on bonds secured by mortgage on real
or personal property.

(c) To erect, construct, alter, maintain and improve in-
dustrial or ciidc buildings or buildings used for civic or
charitable purposes of every description on any lands of the
corporation or upon other lands, and to rebuild, alter and
improve industrial, ci\dc or charitable buildings or buildings
used for civic or charitable purposes thereon.

(d) To purchase, subscribe to, acquire, hold and to sell,
assign, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the
shares of the capital stock or preferred stock, bonds and
other evidences of indebtedness of any corporation, domestic
or foreign; and to issue in exchange for such stock, bonds
and other evidences of indebtedness, its own stock, bonds
and other obligations, and while owners or holders thereof to
exercise all the rights of powers of ownership including the
right to vote thereon for any purpose.

(e) To buy, acquire, hold, use, employ, develop, mort-
gage, convey, lease and dispose of patent rights, letters

458 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 564.

patent, copyrights, trade names, labels, processes, devices,
inventions, trademarks, formulae, goodwill and other rights,
and to pay therefor in cash or property or to issue in ex-
change therefor stocks, bonds and other obligations.

(/) To enter into any arrangement for union of interest,
co-operation, joint adventure, reciprocal concession, or other-
wise, with any person or company engaged in or about to
engage in any business or transaction in the city of Gardner
or its vicinity, which the corporation is authorized to en-
gage in and to lend money with security to guarantee the
contracts or otherwise assist any person, persons, or com-
pany or corporation when necessary for the accomplishment
of the purposes herein provided for.

(g) To receive stocks, bonds, donations, gifts and to other-
wise raise money for the above outlined purposes.

(h) To elect, appoint and employ officers, agents and em-
ployees; to make contracts and incur liabilities for any of
the purposes of the corporation.

(i) To borrow money from any financial institution, and
to issue therefor its bonds, debentures, notes, stock or other
evidences of indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured, and
to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or
other hen on its property, franchises, rights and privileges
of every kind and nature or any part thereof or interest
therein.

(j) To co-operate with and avail itself of the facilities of
the department of commerce and any similar governmental
agencies; and to co-operate with and assist, and otherwise
encourage any industrial organization in the city of Gard-
ner and its vicinity, in the promotion, assistance and devel-
opment of the business prosperity and economic welfare of
such area.

(k) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to
carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.

Section 5. The authorized capital stock of the corpora-
tion shall consist of one million shares of common capital
stock with a par value of five dollars each, which shares shall
be diAdded into Class A and Class B.

Class A. — An individual, corporation, estate or trust,
company or partnership, shall be entitled to hold or own
not more than five hundred shares of Class A common capi-
tal stock, and such individual, corporation, estate or trust,
company or partnership, may purchase the same from the
corporation from time to time as long as the above amount
of five hundred shares is not exceeded and the corporation
has in its treasury authorized Class A common capital stock
not distributed. Such stock may also be purchased from
other individuals, corporations, estates, trusts, companies,
or partnerships, provided the amount purchased shall not
exceed five hundred shares in the aggregate. If such in-
dividual, corporation, estate, trust, company, or partner-
ship holds in the aggregate more than five hundred shares,
it shall be required to turn in the excess of five hundred shares

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 564. 459

to the corporation and to receive back therefor in exchange
Class B common stock on a share for share basis. The
holder of each share of Class A common capital stock shall
be entitled to one vote for each such share not in excess of
five hundred shares.

Class B. — An individual, corporation, estate or trust,
company or partnership, shall not be limited as to holdings
or purchases in Class B common capital stock and shall be
entitled to purchase the same from the corporation from time
to time so long as the latter has in its treasury authorized
Class B common capital stock not distributed. Such stock
may also be purchased from other individuals, corporations,
estates, trusts, companies or partnerships. Class B common
capital stock shall be non-voting.

None of the earnings of the corporation shall accrue to or
be paid to the stockholders of common capital stock as divi-
dends or profits.

Section 6. Notwithstanding any rule at common law or
any such other provision of any general or special law, or
any provision in their respective charters, agreements of
association, articles of organization, or trust indentures, all
domestic corporations organized for the purpose of carrying
on business within this commonwealth, including without
implied limitation any electric or gas company as defined in
section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the
General Laws, railroad corporations as defined in section
one of chapter one hundred and sixty of said General Laws,
financial institutions, and trustees, are hereby authorized to
acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, or otherwise
dispose of any stocks, bonds, securities, or other evidences
of indebtedness of the corporation and to make contribu-
tions to said corporation, and if owners of such stock to exer-
cise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, in-
cluding the right to vote thereon, all without the approval of
any regulatory authority of the commonwealth; provided,
that in so acquiring the capital stock of the corporation or in
making contributions thereto, no financial institution shall
expend, in the aggregate, in any one year an amount greater
than one half of one per cent of its total or gross earnings or
income for the next preceding fiscal year; and provided, fur-
ther, that such contributions may be made over a period
not to exceed five years.

Any contribution made under this section to the corpora-
tion shall be in addition to any contributions authorized by
section sixty-eight of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight
of the General Laws, section thirty-five of chapter one hun-
dred and seventy of the General Laws, and by other pro-
visions of general or special law.

Section 7. The stockholders shall have the following
powers of the corporation: — (a) To determine the number
of and elect directors as provided in section nine; {b) to make,
amend and repeal by-laws; (c) to amend this charter as
provided in section eight; icl) to dissolve the corporation as

460 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 564.

provided in section sixteen ; (e) to exercise such other powers
of the corporation as may be conferred on the stockholders
by the by-laws.

Section 8. This charter may be amended by the votes
of the stockholders, and such amendments shall require ap-
proval by the affirmative vote of two thirds of the votes to
which the stockholders shall be entitled; provided, that no
amendment of this charter which is inconsistent with the
general purposes expressed herein or which eliminates or
curtails the right of the commissioner of commerce to ex-
amine the corporation or the obligation of the corporation to
make reports as provided in section eleven, shall be made
without amendment of this act; and provided, further, that
no amendment of this charter which affects a stockholder's
voting right, shall be made without the consent of each stock-
holder affected by such amendment.

Within thirty days after any meeting at which amend-
ments of this charter have been adopted, articles of amend-
ment sworn to by the president, treasurer and a majority
of the directors, setting forth such amendment and the
adoption thereof, shall be submitted to the commissioner of
commerce, who shall examine them, and if he finds that
they conform to the requirements of this act, he shall so
certify and endorse his approval thereon. Thereupon the
articles of amendment shall be filed in the office of the secre-
tary of the commonwealth, and no such amendment shall
take effect until such articles of amendment shall have been
filed as aforesaid.

Prior to or within sixty days after the effective date of
any legislative amendment to this charter, the approval of
such amendment shall be voted on by the stockholders of
the corporation at a meeting duly called for the purpose. If
such amendment is not approved by the affirmative vote of
two thirds of the votes to which the stockholders shall be
entitled, any stockholder who has voted against the ap-
proval of such amendment, if entitled to vote, or, if not
entitled to vote, has registered his disapproval in writing
with the corporation at or before said meeting, may, wdthin
thirty days after said meeting, make a written demand upon
the corporation for payment for his stock.

Section 9. The business and affairs of the corporation
shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors of
not more than fifteen members, a president, a first vice-
president and a second vice-president, a treasurer and a
clerk, who shall be the executive committee.

The executive committee may exercise all the powers of
the corporation except such as are conferred by law or by
the by-laws of the corporation upon the stockholders, and
shall choose and appoint all the agents and officers of the
corporation and fill all vacancies.

Directors and officers shall not be responsible for losses
unless the same shall have been occasioned by the wilful
misconduct of such directors and officers.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 564. 461

Section 10. The corporation shall not deposit any of its
funds in any banking institution unless such institution has
been designated as a depository by a vote of a majority of
the directors present at an authorized meeting of the board
of directors, exclusive of any director who is an officer or
director of the depository so designated.

The corporation shall not receive money on deposit.

Section 11. The corporation shall be subject to the ex-
amination of the commissioner of commerce, and shall make
reports of its condition not less than annually to said com-
missioner, who in turn shall make copies of such reports
available to the commissioner of insurance and to the com-
missioner of banks, and the corporation shall also furnish
such other information as may from time to time be re-
quired by the commissioner of commerce.

Section 12. The first meeting of the corporation shall be
called by a notice signed by three or more of the incorporators,
stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, a copy of
which notice shall be mailed, or delivered, to each incorpor-
ator at least five days before the day appointed for the
meeting. Said first meeting may be held without such no-
tice upon agreement in writing to that effect signed by all
the incorporators. There shall be recorded in the minutes
of the meeting a copy of said notice or of such unanimous
agreement of the incorporators.

At such first meeting the incorporators shall organize by
the choice, by ballot, of a temporary clerk, by the adoption
of by-laws, by the election by ballot of directors, and by
action upon such other matters within the powers of the
corporation as the incorporators may see fit. The tempo-
rary clerk shall be sworn and shall make and attest a record
of the proceedings. Ten of the incorporators shall be a
quorum for the transaction of business.

Whenever the certificate required by section thirteen of
chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws has
been filed in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth,
said secretary shall issue and deliver to the incorporators a
certified copy of this act under the seal of the commonwealth,
and said corporation shall then be authorized to commence
business, and stock thereof to the extent herein or hereafter
duly authorized may from time to time be issued.

Section 13. The corporation shall not be subject to any
of the provisions of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws,
nor to any taxes based upon or measured by income which
may be enacted by the commonwealth. The securities, evi-
dences of indebtedness and shares of capital stock issued by
the corporation, and income therefrom, shall at all times be
free from taxation within the commonwealth.

Any stockholder, or holder of any securities, evidences of
indebtedness or shares of the capital stock of the corporation
who realizes a loss from the sale, redemption, or other dis-
position of any securities, evidences of indebtedness, or shares
of the capital stock of the corporation, including any such

462 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 565.

loss realized on a partial or complete liquidation of the cor-
poration, and who is not entitled to deduct such loss in com-
puting any of such stockholder's, or holder's taxes to the
commonwealth, shall be entitled to credit against any taxes
subsequently becoming due to the commonwealth from such
stockholders or other holders, a percentage of such loss
equivalent to the highest rate of tax assessed for the year
in which the loss occurs upon mercantile and business cor-
porations as referred to in section two of chapter sixty-three
of the General Laws.

Section 14. The provisions of chapter one hundred and
ten A of the General Laws shall not apply to the shares of
the capital stock, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of in-
debtedness, or any other securities of this corporation.

Section 15. The period of duration of the corporation
shall be fifty years, subject, however, to the right of the
stockholders to dissolve the corporation prior to the expira-
tion of said period as provided in section sixteen.

Section 16. The corporation may upon the affirmative
vote of two thirds of the votes of the stockholders petition
for its dissolution by order of the supreme judicial or su-
perior court, in the manner provided in section fifty of chap-
ter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws. Upon
any dissolution of the corporation all assets over and above
the amount paid into the corporation by the stockholders for
their shares of stock, shall be paid over to a nonsectarian
charitable organization selected by the executive committee
and approved by vote of the stockholders, the commissioners
of corporations and taxation, and the commissioner of public
welfare.

Section 17. If the corporation shall fail to commence
business within three years from the effective date of this
act, then this act shall become null and void.

Section 18. Under no circumstances is the credit of the
commonwealth or any political division thereof pledged
herein.

Section 19. The provisions of this act are severable, and
if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any
court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court
shall not impair any of the remaining provisions.

Section 20. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap.5Q5 An Act establishing the salakies of superintendents

OF TWELVE GRADE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G^L.^Ter. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

§§ 64, 65, etc., striking out sections 64 and 65, as amended by chapter 794
amended. ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ q£ jg^g^ ^^^ iusertiug in place thereof the follow-

fu^trmtend "^^ ^^^ sections: — Section 64. The salary of the superin-
ent of schools teudeut in such a union or in any twelve grade regional
school district shall be not less than the amounts provided in

m uiuon.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 566. 463

the following schedule: forty-four hundred dollars for the
first year of service, forty-six hundred dollars for the second
year, forty-eight hundred dollars for the third year, five
thousand dollars for the fourth year. If his salary is not in
excess of fifty-sLx hundred dollars the union or any twelve
grade regional school district shall, and otherwise may,
reimburse him for his actual traveling expenses incurred in
the discharge of his duties, but such reimbursement may be
limited by the committee to six hundred dollars a year.

Section 65. When the chairman and secretary of the joint f^^"/ g^"of
committee or of any twelve grade regional school district superintendent
committee shall certify to the comptroller, on oath, that the wal^rant drawn
towns unitedly or as members of a twelve grade regional ""g^^*'^*!
school district have employed a superintendent of schools for
the year endmg on June thirtieth and have complied with
section sixty-three, a warrant shall, upon approval of the
department, be drawn upon the state treasurer for the
payment of two thii'ds of the sum of the following amounts:
(1) the amount paid the superintendent as salary not in-
cluding any such amount in excess of five thousand dollars,
and (.2) the amount reimbursed to the superintendent for
traveling expenses, not including any such amount in excess
of six hundred dollars. The amount stated in the w^arrant
shall be apportioned and distributed among the towns form-
ing the union or any twelve grade regional school district in
proportion to the amount expended by them for the salary
and traveling expenses of the superintendent ; provided, that
the amount proportioned to any town whose valuation then
exceeds four million five hundred thousand dollars or to any
town whose valuation exceeded two million five hundred
thousand dollars at the time of its entry into a union or any
twelve grade regional school district, shall be retained by the
commonwealth. Approved July 19, 1955.

An Act relative to walden pond state reservation. Chap. 566
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of natural resources is hereby
authorized and directed to take by eminent domain or
acquire by deed that portion of land adjacent to Walden
Pond State Reservation lying between said reservation,
highway Route 2, and the Boston and Maine railroad.

Section 2. Said department of natural resources is
hereby authorized to accept as a gift a conveyance by quit-
claim deed from Raymond Emerson of a certain lot of land
adjoining the existing reservation, containing fifty acres,
more or less, said deed to include restrictions similar to those
restricting the gift of the original Walden Pond State Reser-
vation and reserving to the town of Lincoln full water rights,
includuig the right to enter, drive wells, locate pipes and con-
struct such pumping equipment as may be necessary.

Section 3. Nothing in tliis act shall be deemed or con-
strued to affect the power or authority of the commissioners

464 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 567, 568, 569.

of Middlesex county with reference to the care and main-
tenance of Walden Pond State Reservation, including the
additions thereto as provided by this act.

Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap. 567 An Act providing for the liquidation and abandon-
ment OF A state-aided VETERANS HOUSING PROJECT,
WELLESLEY 200-2.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Wellesley Housing Authority, subject to the approval
of the chairman of the state housing board, is hereby author-
ized and directed to dispose of all the assets acquired by it
in the pending development of state-aided veterans housing
project, Wellesley 200-2. All funds received from any
source relating to said project shall be credited against the
outstanding indebtedness of the Authority in respect to the
project. The Authority shall file a statement of expenses
incurred since the inception of the project and all transac-
tions pertaining thereto with the state housing board and
with the auditor of the commonw^ealth. The Authority shall
certify the amount of the deficiency remaining upon comple-
tion of the liquidation of the project, and, upon verification
and certification by the state auditor, the board shall author-
ize payment of the balance due to meet the commonwealth's
guarantee of the note or notes in connection with said proj-
ect from funds appropriated therefor.

Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap.5QS An Act providing for the development of deala.rest

LLOYD MEMORIAL STATE PARK AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CAMP SITES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THEREAT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of natural resources is hereby authorized
and directed to develop Demarest Lloyd Memorial State
Park in the town of Dartmouth and to construct camp sites
and recreational facilities thereat. Said department may
expend for such purposes such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap.56Q An Act revising the definition of the term "private
carrier" under the laws relative to carriers of
property by motor vehicle for compensation.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Edn' 159B Section 2 of chapter 159B of the General Laws is hereby

§2, etc., * amended by striking out the paragraph defining "Private
amended. carrier", as amended by chapter 483 of the acts of 1952,

and inserting in place thereof the following: —
"Private car- "Private carrier", any person not included in the terms

rier, defined. •■uj.-l-i j. ^ • i j_

common earner by motor vehicle, contract carrier by motor

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 570, 571. 465

vehicle or agricultural carrier by motor vehicle, who trans-
ports in intrastate commerce or interstate commerce, in so
far as it comes within the jurisdiction of the provisions of
the laws of this commonwealth, property of which such per-
son is the owner, lessee or bailee when such property is for
the purpose of sale, lease or rent or in the furtherance of any
commercial enterprise. "Private carrier" shall not include
a person who tows vehicles belonging to another person and
who receives compensation for such towing.

Approved July 19, 1965.

An Act transferring to the metropolitan district Chap. 570

COMMISSION THE CARE, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE OP
CERTAIN PORTIONS OF COLUMBIA ROAD IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission is here-
by authorized and directed to take over the care, control and
maintenance of that portion of Columbia road beginning at
Kosciusco circle in the Dorchester district of the city of
Boston and running northerly to the traffic circle at the
junction of Preble street and Old Colony avenue in the
South Boston district of said city, that portion of Old
Colony avenue which lies between said Kosciusco circle and
said traffic circle, and that portion of Columbia road adjacent
to Columbus park and running easterly from said traffic
circle at Preble street to William J. Day Boulevard.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the city of Boston, pursuant to
the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved July 19, 1955.

An Act making changes in the civil service laws Chap. 571
relative to eligible lists.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 12, as most recently amended by section 2 ^tt! 'amended'.
of chapter 627 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 12. Each list of pg'^i? lists.

. • tor civil service

persons eligible to any position shall be prepared or revised appointments,
as soon as may be after their respective ratings or standings
have been determined by the director by examination or
otherwise in accordance with the rules of the commission,
but, in case of the determination thereof by a written ex-
amination, not later than six months after the date of such
examination. The director shall not place on any such list
any person not a citizen of the United States. All lists estab-
Hshed as aforesaid shall be open to public inspection. All
persons who have taken an examination shall be notified of
the results thereof not later than sixty days after the date
of such examination. If more than one similar eligible list

466 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 572, 573.

exists for the same position, certification shall first be made
from the list with the earliest date of establishment and in
accordance with the civil service laws and rules governing
certification.

No person shall remain eligible for more than two years
upon any eligible list, notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, except provisions of law extending
eligibility to persons in the military and naval service.

Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap. 572 An Act providing for the liquidation and abandon-
ment OF A state-aided VETERANS HOUSING PROJECT,
MEDFORD 200-2.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

The ]\'Iedford Housing Authority, subject to the approval
of the chairman of the state housing board, is hereby au-
thorized and directed to dispose of all the assets acquired
by it in the pending development of state-aided veterans
housing project, Medford 200-2. Said Authority shall
transfer all the land acquired for said project to the metro-
pohtan district commission from whom said land was origi-
nally acquired, and it shall be restored as a part of the
Middlesex Fells Reservation. Said commission shall pay to
the Authority, from funds appropriated therefor, the amount
that was originally paid to them for the land. All funds
received from any source relating to said project shall be
credited against the outstanding indebtedness of the Au-
thority in respect to the project. The Authority shall file a
statement of expenses incurred since the inception of the
project and all transactions pertaining thereto with the
state housing board and with the auditor of the common-
wealth. The Authority shall certify the amount of the
deficiency remaining upon completion of the Uquidation of
the project, and, upon verification and certification by the
state auditor, the state housing board shall authorize pay-
ment, from funds appropriated therefor, of the balance due
to meet the commonwealth's guarantee of the note or notes.

Approved July 19, 1955.

Chap. 57 S An Act providing for the establishment and mainte-
nance BY THE DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE OF A PLACE
OF CUSTODY IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPDEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The division of youth service shall forthwith
establish in the county of Hampden a place of custody
which shall be completely separate from any lockup, police
station or house of detention and which shall be used solely
for the temporary care, custody and study, under sections
sixty-six, sixty-seven and sixty-eight of chapter one hun-
dred and nineteen of the General Laws, of dehnquent and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 574. 467

wayward children between the time of their arrest or taking
into custody and the final disposition of their case. For
establishing and maintaining such place of custody under
this act, the division may expend such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Not later than October first in each
year, the division shall certify to the state treasurer the
amount expended by it for such place of custody in said
county during the preceding fiscal year. The youth service
division shall establish equitable per capita rates for the
care and maintenance of children taken or committed to
the place of custody from communities outside the count}''
of Hampden, and shall bill the county in which is located
the community from which a child is taken or committed
to the place of custody for fiftj'' per cent of the expense of
caring for such child. In its annual report of expenditures
to the state treasurer the division shall list the counties
owing such bills and the total amounts owed by such coun-
ties. Hampden county shall be assessed one half of the
amount expended for such place of custody less the total
amounts due by other counties for services provided to
children therefrom, and the amount so assessed shall be
levied and collected in the manner provided for the levying
of the county tax. The amounts due as aforesaid from
other counties shall be assessed upon said counties and shall
be levied and collected in hke manner.

Section 2. This act shall take full force and effect upon
its acceptance by vote of the county commissioners of the
county of Hampden, but not otherwise.

Approved July 19, 1955.

An Act authorizing the metropolitan district com- Qhn^ 574

MISSION TO construct CERTAIN DRAINAGE AND FLOOD ^'

CONTROL FACILITIES IN STONEHAM, WAKEFIELD, MELROSE,
MALDEN, EVERETT AND REVERE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to construct and maintain
such tunnels and surface conduits and appurtenant works as
may be necessary along the Spot Pond brook in Stoneham,
Wakefield, Melrose and Maiden; along the Saugus Branch
brook in Maiden; and along Linden brook and Town Line
brook in Melrose, Maiden, Everett and Revere to improve
drainage and to relieve flood conditions.

Section 2. Said commission, for the purposes of this act,
may, on behalf of the commonwealth, take by eminent
domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws,
or acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water courses,
rights of way or easements, and shall have all the rights,
powers and duties and be subject to the limitations of section
thirty-two of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws;
provided, however, that cities and towns in the area or areas
within which construction may occur shall grant to the com-

468 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 575.

mission the right to enter upon any public land and to con-
struct such facilities as may be necessary without recourse
to damages therefor. The commission, however, shall,
as provided in said section thirty-two, heed all reasonable
requests of officials of said cities and towns to restore such
public property to its present condition in so far as is prac-
tical.

Section 3. To meet the expenditure necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, regis-
tered or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem
best, to an amount to be specified by the governor and
council from time to time, but not exceeding in the aggre-
gate, the sum of ten million dollars. All bonds issued by the
commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face,
Drainage and Flood Control, Act of 1955, and shall be on the
serial payment plan for such maximum term of years, not
exceeding forty years, as the governor may recommend to
the general court pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of
the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth,
the maturities thereof to be so arranged that the amounts
payable in the several years of the period of amortization
other than the final year, shall be as nearly equal as in the
opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them.
Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as
the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall
fix. The initial maturities of such bonds shall be payable
not later than one year from the date of issue thereof and the
entire issue not later than June thirtieth, two thousand.

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

Approved July 20, 1955.

Chap. 57 5 An Act to protect the tenure of certain state em-
ployees IN THE department OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter
three hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-two, all persons employed as conservation
skilled helpers or conservation skilled workers in the depart-
ment of conservation on August fourteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-two and who are employed in the department
of natural resources on the effective date of this act, shall be
given permanent civil service status in the positions in
which they were employed on August fourteenth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-two. The date of seniority of any such
persons shall be the earliest date of continuous employment
which has not been interrupted by an absence from the
pay roll.

Section 2. The incumbents of positions appointed under
requisitions 50257, 50259, 50687, 56662, 50261, 50260,
50256, 50255, 50665, 50254, 50253 and 50252, who have

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 576. 469

been temporarily appointed or transferred to the positions
named therein, shall revert to their permanent civil service
or other status, if, as a result of examination, they do not
qualify for the positions covered by the requisitions listed
in this section.

Section 3. Cecil W. Blair and Lawrence R. Laverdure,
incumbents of requisitions 18017 and 18354, who have been
temporarily employed since Februarj^ first, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-one and March first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, respectively, from a certified civil service list as
di\'ision moth suppressor (present title, district moth super-
intendent) and who were in a position on the eligible list to
be permanently appointed on the date of expiration of said
list, shall be deemed to be permanently appointed as district
moth superintendents, without being subjected to further
examination.

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

Approved July 20, 1955.

An Act relative to the retirement for accidental Chav.57Q

DISABILITY OF JOHN F. STACK, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notmthstanding any provisions of general
or special law, and notwithstanding any action taken by
the retiring authority or board of the city of Springfield with
reference to the retirement of John F. Stack, a former mem-
ber of the police department of the city of Springfield, the
appropriate retiring authority in said city shall provide that
said John F. Stack be examined by a medical panel, consist-
ing of three physicians, to be selected as follows: — one to
be designated by the board of police commissioners, one to
be designated by the commissioner of pubfic health and who
shall, so far as practicable, be skilled in the particular branch
of medicine or surgery as may be involved in the case of said
Stack, and a third to be designated by John F, Stack. If
the said retiring authority finds from all the evidence, and
the report of the medical panel that John F. Stack became
permanently disabled because of injuries sustained through
no fault of his own while in the actual performance of his
duties as a member of the police department of said city,
then it shall increase his retirement allowance to the amount
he would have received had he been retired at two thirds of
the highest annual compensation received by him at the
time of his retirement, and said increased allowance shall be
retroactive to September sixteenth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the city of Springfield, subject
to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved July 20, 1956.

470

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 577, 578.

Chap. 577 An Act abolishing the port of boston fund.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 91A, § 6,
etc., amended.

Port of
Boston Fund
abolished.

Effective
date.

Section 1. Chapter 91A of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 6, as amended by section 9
of chapter 608 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 6. The commission
may lease for a period not exceeding twenty years, under
such covenants and conditions as it may prescribe, storage
facilities, wharves, piers, foreshores, bulkheads, docks, sheds,
grain elevators, warehouses and industrial locations wdthin
its charge. The commission may lease sites for warehouses
and industrial locations for a longer period, but every lease
of such sites for a period exceeding twenty years shall pro-
vide for a readjustment of the rental at intervals of not more
than twenty years. No lease for a term exceeding five years
shall be valid until approved by the governor and council.
The income from all wharfage and storage rates, use of
cranes, lighterage, dockage and other charges and from the
leases of lands, storage structures, wharves, piers, foreshores,
docks, sheds, warehouses and industrial sites, and all moneys
received by the commonwealth for tidewater displacements
in Boston harbor under section twenty-one of chapter ninety-
one, and all moneys hereafter received which on May twenty-
eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, were required to be
paid into the Commonwealth's Flats Improvement Fund,
shall be collected by the commission and paid into the state
treasury. The general court shall annually appropriate
such sums as it determines may be needed to meet the
expenses of operating, maintaining, repairing and preserving
the property under the control of the commission.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on July first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six. Approved July 20, 1956.

Chap. 57 S An Act authorizing the department of natural re-
sources TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN LAND ALONG THE TACONIC
TRAIL IN THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSTOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of natural resources is hereby authorized
and directed to acquire by purchase certain land along the
Taconic Trail in the town of Williamstown, to wit : — the
land and buildings now owned by Sanborn J. Tenney or his
heirs located on the north and south sides of said Taconic
Trail. The department is hereby authorized to expend for
such purpose such sums of money as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved July 20, 1965.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 579, 580. 471

An Act relative to the disposition of papers, records Chav. 579

AND material OF EXPIRED SPECIAL COMMITTEES OR COM-
MISSIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 60 of chapter 3 of the General Laws, inserted EJ^'s^roo
by section 2 of chapter 607 of the acts of 1954, is hereby etc!, 'amended.
amended by adding at the end the follo^\^.ng two sentences:
— Every special committee or commission and every joint ^ru?n^ri°coi°ds
committee sitting during the recess of the general court of certain
which is established by the general court or by either branch miTteM°or"'
thereof to make a study or investigation in connection with commissions.
proposed legislation shall, if no other provision is made and
in the absence of a vote to the contrary by such committee
or commission, within ninety days after the final date for
filing its report turn over to the bureau all the papers,
records and material acquired during the existence of the
committee or commission. The bureau shall turn over to
the state library such papers, records and material which it
deems to merit preservation and shall destroy the remainder.

Approved July 20, 1955.

An Act relating to the taxation of certain corpora- Chap. 580

TIONS, associations AND ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN
THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by o. l. (Xer.
striking out chapter 63A and inserting in place thereof the ^minde^d^' ^**^'
following chapter: —

Chapter 63A.

Taxation of Certain Corporations, Associations and
Organizations engaged in the sale of Alcoholic
Beverages.

Section 1. When used in this chapter the following terms Definitions.
shall have the following meanings: —

(a) "Commissioner", the commissioner of corporations
and taxation.

(6) ''Commission", the state tax commission.

(c) "Taxpayer", every corporation, association or organ-
ization which is licensed by any city or town to sell alcoholic
beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred
and thirty-eight, except —

(1) A corporation subject to taxation under the provi-
sions of chapter sixty-three, and

(2) A chartered veteran's organization maintaining quar-
ters for the exclusive use of its members.

{d) "Gross receipts", the total proceeds from the sale of
any drink of alcoholic nature or content sold without any
deduction therefrom on account of costs or expenses.

472

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 581.

Excise to be
levied, etc.

Return to be
made to
commissioner
of corporations
and taxation.

Examination
of books and
papers of
corporation.

Provisions of
law relating to
abatement and
appeal shall
apply.

Section 2. Against every taxpayer there shall be levied,
assessed and collected an excise at the rate of one quarter of
one per cent of such taxpayer's gross receipts.

Section 3. On or before April fifteenth of each year every
taxpayer shall make a return to the commissioner of the total
amount of its gross receipts for the preceding calendar year
and compute the amount of the tax prescribed by section
two. The tax so computed shall be due and paj^able upon
the due date for fihng the return, and the return shall be in
such form as prescribed by the commissioner mth the ap-
proval of the commission, and shall be signed by a principal
officer of the taxpayer under penalties of perjury.

Section 4- For the purpose of verifying ssij return filed
under this chapter, the commissioner may at any time
within three years after the date prescribed for filing this re-
turn, or the date filed, whichever is later, examine personally
or by deputy or agent the books and papers of the taxpayer
which shall be open to such officer for verification. All pro-
visions of chapter sixty-two relating to the assessment, in-
terest, notice to taxpayer, penalties for failure to file or for
filing a false or fraudulent return shall apply to the taxes
levied by this chapter.

The commissioner shall have for the collection of this ex-
cise all the remedies which are provided in chapters sixty -two
and sixt3''-three for the collection of income and corporation
taxes.

Section 5. All provisions of chapter sixty-two with re-
spect to applications for abatement to be made to the com-
mission and rights of appeals to the appellate tax board, and
refunds together with interest thereon of any overassessments
shall apply to the taxes levied by this chapter.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and shall apply to all gross
receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages after December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

Approved July 20, 1955.

C hap. 5S1 An Act authorizing payment of certain expenses of

CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS INJURED IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF DUTY AND INDEMNIFYING THEM FOR CERTAIN OTHER
EXPENSES AND DAMAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 8 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 4 the following two sections: —
Section J^A. The state superintendent of buildings may
authorize the payment, out of the General Fund, of the
reasonable hospital, medical and surgical expenses of any
member of the capitol police who is temporarily or per-
manently disabled, mentally or physically, by reason of
injuries sustained through no fault of his own in the actual
performance of his duty,
indemnifica- Sectiou 4^. The State superintendent of buildings shall,

ca°pitoi police" subject to appropriation, indemnify a capitol pohce officer,

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 8, new
§§ 4A, 4B.
added.

Payment of
certain
expenses of
certain capitol
police officers,
authorized.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 582, 583. 473

to an amount not more than the amount recommended by officers for
said superintendent, for expenses or damages sustained by expe^nses,
him while acting as a police officer, or incurred by him in the allowed,
defense or settlement of an action brought against him for
acts done by him while so acting; provided, that the de-
fense or settlement of such claim shall have been made by
the attorney general; and such damages shall include loss of
pay by reason of absence from dut}'' on the part of such
officer because of temporary incapacity caused by injury
suffered through no fault of his own while in the actual per-
formance of dut}^; and, if such officer be dead, such expenses
or damages shall be pa3^able to his widow, or, if he leaves no
widow, then to his next of kin, who, at the time of his death,
were dependent upon his salary for support. This section
shall be construed to require the superintendent to pay
compensation, in the manner herein provided, for damages
for personal injuries, whether or not death results; provided,
the amount of such compensation shall have been approved
by the attorney general. Approved July 20, 1955.

An Act providing for ten additional assistant dis- Char). 582

TRICT attorneys FOR THE SUFFOLK DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 14 of chapter 12 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph, as ^tl! amended.'
amended by section 1 of chapter 488 of the acts of 1954, the
words "For the Suffolk district, thirteen assistant district
attorne3''s" and inserting in place thereof the following: —

For the Suffolk district, twenty-three assistant district
attorneys.

Section 2. Section 16 of said chapter 12 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the second paragraph, as amended ^tc;!'am4nded.
by section 2 of said chapter 488, and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph : —

For the Suffolk district, two assistants, eight thousand
eight hundred dollars; four assistants, seven thousand
dollars; two assistants, six thousand dollars; five assistants,
five thousand five hundred dollars; and ten assistants, four
thousand five hundred dollars. Approved July 20, 1956.

An Act providing for certain recreational facilities QJiar) 583
at horseneck beach in the town of westport.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public works, through its
di\dsion of public beaches, is hereby authorized and directed
to proceed, after an appropriation is made therefor, with the
work of pro\nding recreational facilities at Horseneck beach,
so called, in the towm of Westport, and areas immediately
adjacent thereto. Said facilities shall include, but shall not
be limited to, a bath house with administrative offices and
facilities for refreshment, covered pa\'ilions at the ocean
side of the beach and elsewhere as approved by the com-

474 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 583.

missioner, necessary comfort facilities, sewerage and waste
disposal and electric service for the building area, street
lighting, appropriate approaches to said facilities within the
said beach area, and an adequate parking area for motor
vehicles, all the foregoing facilities and incidentals to cost in
the aggregate not more than one milHon three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. The department of public works is
hereby further authorized to acquire land from the United
States of America by purchase or lease or gift for the purpose
of providing recreational facilities hereinabove referred to.

The power to acquire land under section seven of chapter
eighty-one of the General I^aws, is hereby extended to in-
clude acquisitions of land which the department deems neces-
sary to carry out the foregoing requirements. There shall
be set aside from the proceeds from the sale of the bonds
authorized in section tAvo the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars and from the proceeds from the sale of the bonds
authorized in section three the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars as a reserve fund to pay the charges for interest and
amortization of said bond issues during the period of con-
struction of the facilities authorized by this section, and any
balance remaining in said reserve fund shall be applied to the
payment of the maturity of said bonds. Any and all plans,
specifications and contracts necessary to the erection and
construction of the foregoing recreational facilities are not
subject to the approval of the division of building construc-
tion in the commission on administration and finance.

Section 2. To meet the expenditures necessary to ac-
quire land for the purpose of providing recreational facilities
at Horseneck beach the state treasurer shall, upon the request
of the governor and council, issue and sell at public or private
sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered or with interest
coupons attached, as he may deem best, to an amount to be
specified by the governor and council from time to time, but
not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of one million, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

All bonds issued by the commonwealth as aforesaid shall
be designated on their face Horseneck Beach Reservation
Act of 1955 — Land, and shall be on the serial payment plan
for such maximum term of years not exceeding thirty years
as the governor may recommend to the general court, pur-
suant to section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the
constitution of the commonwealth, the maturities thereof to
be so arranged that the amounts payable in the several years
and the final year shall be as nearly equal as in the opinion
of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them. Said
bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as the
state treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall fix,
but bonds shall be payable not earlier than July first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and eighty-five.

Section 3. To meet the expenditures necessary for the
erection of buildings and facilities on the land acquired under

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 583. 475

the provisions of this act at Horseneck beach, the state
treasurer shall, upon the request of the governor and council,
issue and sell at public or private sale bonds of the com-
monwealth registered or with interest coupons attached, as
he ma}^ deem best, to an amount to be specified by the
governor and council from time to time but not exceeding in
the aggregate the sum of one million, three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.

All bonds issued by the commonwealth as aforesaid shall
be designated on their face Horseneck Beach Reservation
Act of 1955 — Buildings, and shall be on the serial payment
plan for such maximum term of years not exceeding ten
years as the governor may recommend to the general court,
pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to
the constitution of the commonwealth, the maturities t lereof
to be so arranged that the amounts payable in the several
years and the final year shall be as nearly equal as in the
opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them.
Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as
the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall
fix, but bonds shall be payable not earlier than July first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

Section 4. All sums of money collected or received by
the department in the exercise of its functions in relation to
Salisbury Beach reservation, Horseneck Beach reservation,
Scusset Beach reservation, and any beaches or reservations
now or hereafter under the jurisdiction of the division of
beaches, including receipts from the bath houses and sums
received in the exercise of said functions for rentals, sales or
use of property under its charge, and all fines recovered for
violation of rules and regulations made by the department or
violation of the laws of the commonwealth within the limits
of anj^ of said reservations, including all sums of money
collected or received under the provisions of section three of
chapter six hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-three, shall be accounted for and paid
to the state treasurer, who shall receive and credit the same
to the State Recreation Areas Fund'. So much of the ex-
penses of operation and maintenance of said reservations
and the recreational facilities located thereon as cannot be
met by surpluses from said fund shall be paid in accordance
with the pro\dsions of sections four, five and six of chapter
one hundred and thirty-two A of the General Laws. All
interest payments and payments on account of principal on
the bonds authorized by this act, except to the extent that
they are paid under the provisions of section one, shall be
paid from the State Recreation Areas Fund ; provided, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, such obligations shall be
general obligations of the commonwealth.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved July 22, 1955.

476

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 584.

C/iap.584 An Act abolishing the outdoor advertising authority

AND establishing IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AN OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DIVISION.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, § 17,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, § 60,
etc., repealed.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 16, new
§§ 5C, 5D,
added.

Outdoor adver-
tising division,
established.

Outdoor adver-
tising board
established,
membership,
etc.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to forthwith aboHsh the out-
door advertising authority and estabhsh in the department
of pubHc works an outdoor advertising division, 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 17 of chapter 6 of the General Laws,
as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
lines 12 and 13, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 537 of
the acts of 1954, the words ", the outdoor advertising au-
thority".

Section 2. Section sixty of said chapter six, as amended
by chapter four hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-two, is hereby repealed, and the
heading preceding said section is hereby stricken out.

Section 3. Chapter 16 of the General Laws is hereby
amended b}^ inserting after section 5B, inserted by section 1
of chapter 666 of the acts of 1953, the following two sec-
tions : — Section 5C. There shall be in the department a
division to be known as the outdoor advertising division, for
the purpose of regulating and controlling, in the public in-
terest, the erection and maintenance of billboards, signs or
other advertising devices.

Section 5D. There shall be in the outdoor advertising
division a board to be known as the outdoor advertising
board, consisting of three members, two to be appointed by
the governor, one from each major political party, with the
advice and consent of the council, and the third member to
be the commissioner of pubhc works, or an employee of the
department of public works to be designated by him from
time to time as his representative on the board. It shall be
the duty of the commissioner of public works, or the em-
ployee of the department of public works designated by him
as his representative on the board, in addition to his other
duties as member of the board, to arrange for the co-opera-
tion of district engineers and other field employees of the
department of public works in reporting the location of bill-
boards, signs or other advertising devices along state high-
ways, and in enforcing the rules and regulations of the
board. The two members of the board to be appointed by
the governor shall be designated in their original appoint-
ment to serve for two and four years, respectively, from
June first, in the year of appointment. Upon expiration of
the term of such a member, his successor shall be appointed
in the manner aforesaid, for four years. The governor shall
from time to time designate one of the members appointed
by him as chairman of the board, and, with the advice and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 584. 477

consent of the council, may remove any appointed member
for cause, and, with like advice and consent, shall fill any
appointive vacancy for the unexpired term. Each member
shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of
his successor. Whenever any action by the board is re-
quired to be in writing, such writing shall be sufficient when
signed by any two of the members. The board shall make
an annual report for the preceding calendar year, setting
forth the number of permits granted, the number of permits
refused, the number of hearings held, the number of illegal
signs removed, and other relevant matters, to the general
court and to the commissioner of public works in January
of each year. The chairman of the board shall receive from
the commonwealth as compensation the sum of fifty dollars
for each day spent in the performance of his official duties,
but not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars in
any one year, and the other member appointed by the gov-
ernor shall receive the sum of forty dollars for each such
day, but not exceeding two thousand eight hundred dollars
in any one year. Each member of the board shall be re-
imbursed for necessary expenses incurred by him in the
performance of his official duties. No member who is regu-
larly employed by the commonwealth shall receive compen-
sation for Ms services as member of the board, but may be
reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred by him in the
performance of his official duties as member of the board as
aforesaid. The board shall appoint, subject to chapter
thirty-one, an officer, to be known as the executive director,
who shall be the administrative and executive officer in
charge of all administrative and executive details.

Section 3A. Section 6 of said chapter 16, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 201 of the acts of ftci! 'amended.
1948, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"vehicles", in line 4, the words: — and the outdoor adver-
tising division.

Section 4. Chapter 93 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 29, as amended by section ftti'ammdld.
3 of chapter 612 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 29. The outdoor Board may
advertising board, herein and in sections twenty-nine A, ™o'''conti-o'iiing
thirty A and thirty-one called the board, may make, amend billboards,
or repeal rules and regulations for the proper control and ^'*^"^'
restriction of billboards, signs and other advertising devices,
except as provided in section thirty-two, on public ways or
on private property within public view of any highway,
public park or reservation. Such rules and regulations may
require that said billboards, signs or other devices be located
in business, commercial, industrial, marketing or mercantile
areas, or on unrestricted commercial arteries and adjacent to
commercial enterprises; may prescribe standards of size, set-
back and clearance, considering the public interest; may
require said billboards, signs or other devices to be licensed
by the board by the issuance of permits in accordance there-

478

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 584.

Permits.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 93, new
§ 29A, added.

Issuance of
permits by
board after
written
objection.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 93,
§ 30A, etc.,
amended.

Unauthorized
billboards,
etc., deemed
a nuisance.

with and with this section; and may prescribe permit fees,
to be fixed with regard to the cost of administering this
section, and said fees need not be uniform throughout the
commonwealth. No permit, whether permanent or tempo-
rary, for a billboard, sign or other advertising device shall be
issued unless written notice of the application therefor stat-
ing the proposed location shall have been given at least
thirty days earher to the city or town in which the proposed
billboard, sign or other advertising device is to be located.
The board may delegate to the executive director authority
to issue licenses or permits, subject to the provisions of
section twenty -nine A, where no objection has been received
to the pending application. Except as hereinafter provided,
before establishing or amending rules and regulations under
this section, the board shall hold duly advertised pubhc
hearings in Boston and in such other cities and towns within
the commonwealth as it deems necessary or expedient. Cities
and towns may further regulate and restrict said billboards,
signs or other devices within their respective limits by ordi-
nance or by-law, not inconsistent with sections twenty-nine
to thirty-three, inclusive, or with said rules and regulations.

Section 5. Said chapter 93 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 29 the following section: — Sec-
tion 29 A. Whenever, within thirty days after notification
to the city or town, the board shall have received written
objection to an apphcation for a permit, such permit shall
issue only after consideration by the board of such objection,
and whenever, within thirty days after notification to the
city or town, the board shall have received written notice of
intention to appear in opposition to the application, the
board shall issue such permit only after a public hearing on
due notice to the apphcant and the city or town. Any ap-
phcant for a permit, or any city or town wherein a permit
is to be issued, aggrieved by a decision of the executive
director with respect to the issuance or revocation of a li-
cense or permit for the erection or maintenance of a bill-
board, sign or other advertising device, may, within fifteen
days thereafter, appeal from such decision to the board,
which may, after a public hearing held on due notice, order
such decision to be affirmed, modified or annulled. The
board may in its discretion order a public hearing with
respect to any decision of the executive director within
fifteen days after such decision, and may after such hearing
order such decision to be affirmed, modified or annulled.
The findings of the board on matters heard before it shall
be final except with respect to matters of law.

Section 6. Said chapter 93 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 30A, as amended by section 4 of
chapter 612 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 30 A. Any billboard, sign
or other device, erected after August twentieth, nineteen
hundred and twenty, without the authorization or permit
of the outdoor advertising division, or of the outdoor ad-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 584. 479

vertising authority, or of the department of public works
prior to the estabhshment of the authority, in cases where
such authorization or permit is required, or maintained after
said date in violation of any rule or regulation of the board,
shall be deemed a nuisance. The outdoor advertising board
shall have the same power to abate and remove any such
nuisance as is given the board of health of a town under
sections one hundred and twenty-three to one hundred and
twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven,
and the provisions of said sections shall, so far as applicable,
apply in the case of a nuisance as herein defined. The
remedy herein provided shall be in addition to any other
remedy provided by law.

Section 7. Said chapter 93 is hereby further amended EJ^'^'-i^l'si
by striking out section 31, as appearing in the Tercentenary amended.
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 81. The supreme judicial and superior courts Jurisdiction
shall have jurisdiction in equity upon petition of the at- "urSf^nd
torney general, of any city or town or any officer thereof, superior courts,
or of any interested party, to restrain the erection or mainte-
nance of any billboard, sign or other device erected or main-
tained in violation of any rule, or regulation, adopted by the
board under section twenty-nine, and to order the removal
or abatement of such billboard, sign or device as a nuisance.

Section 8. The initial filling of the office of executive
director provided for by section five D of chapter sixteen
of the General Laws, as inserted by section three, shall be
made by the transfer of the present incumbent of the office
of executive director of the outdoor advertising authority to
the service of the outdoor advertising division in the de-
partment of public works, and such incumbent shall be
certified for and serve in said office of executive director
without further civil service examination. Each of the other
employees of the outdoor advertising authority, not in-
cluding, however, the present members of the board, is
hereby transferred to the outdoor advertising division. No
transfer hereunder shall impair the civil service, retirement,
seniority or other rights of any person so transferred. The
outdoor advertising authority shall deliver to the said out-
door advertising division such records and other data now
in custody of said authority as may be necessary for the
proper functioning of said division.

Section 9. The rules and regulations for the control and
restriction of billboards, signs and other advertising devices
adopted by the outdoor advertising authority and in force on
the effective date of this act shall remain in full force and
effect until amended, repealed or superseded by the outdoor
advertising board established by section five D of chapter
sixteen of the General Laws, inserted by section three. All
licenses and permits issued by said outdoor advertising au-
thority and outstanding on said effective date shall remain
in effect until the expiration dates thereof, and no rules or
regulation of said board, or the repeal of any rule or regu-

480

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 585.

lation adopted by said authority, shall require, or be con-
strued to require, the removal of any billboard or device
which at the time of the issue of the license or permit therefor
compHed with the law and regulation then in effect, or affect
any location with respect to which a license or permit has
been granted, but said board shall have full and complete
jurisdiction of said licenses or permits in the same manner
as if they were originally granted by it.

Section 10. This act shall take effect on September first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved July 22, 1955.

Chap. 585 An Act relative to the notice of admission of cancer

PATIENTS IN PONDVILLE HOSPITAL OR IN THE CANCER
division op WESTFIELD STATE SANATORIUM, AND PAY-
MENTS FOR THE CARE OF SAID PATIENTS.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). Ill,
§ 69B, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), Ill,
§ 69C, etc.,
amended.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for the
elimination of notice to the department of veterans' services
of admission of certain cancer patients to certain state hos-
pitals and the liability of said department for expenses of
caring for said patients, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the pubUc convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 69B of chapter 111 of the General
Laws, as appearing in chapter 562 of the acts of 1953, is
hereby amended by striking out, in lines 9 to 13, inclusive,
the words "or if he is a veteran or dependent of a veteran,
to the veterans' aid department of such town and said de-
partment shall be liable for the expense of care. In no case
shall either department be liable for expense for more than
three months prior to notice." and inserting in place thereof
the following : — and in no case shall the said board be liable
for expense for more than three months prior to notice.

Section 2. Section 69C of said chapter 111, as so ap-
pearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 50 and
51, the words "or veterans' aid".

Section 3. The commissioner of veterans' services is
hereby authorized and directed to make reimbursement, in
the manner provided in section six of chapter one hundred
and fifteen of the General Laws, to any city or town which
has made payment to the department of pubhc health
through the veterans' agent of such city or town acting as
the "veterans' aid department", so called, of such city or
town for the expense of care of any veteran or dependent of
a veteran in accordance with the provisions of sections sixty-
nine B and sixty-nine C of chapter one hundred and eleven
of the General Laws in effect prior to the effective date of
this act; provided, that no such reimbursement shall be
made unless the said commissioner of veterans' services shall
be satisfied that such payment was made on behalf of a

Acts,, 1955. — Chaps. 586, 587. 481

veteran or dependent of a veteran settled in such city or
towTi and eligible for veterans' benefits under said chapter
one hundred and fifteen. Approved July 22, 1955.

An Act to regulate the drawing of water from rich- Chap. 586

MOND POND IN THE TOWN OF RICHMOND AND THE CITY OF
PITTSFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. No person shall lower or cause to be lowered
the waters of Richmond pond, a great pond situated in the
town of Richmond and the city of Pittsfield, below the
present spillway level of the existing dam at the outlet of
said pond, without having notified the division of water-
ways of the state department of public works of his intention
so to do, and having received prior written approval of said
department to lower the waters of said pond. Any person
sustaining damages to his rights or property by reason of
the provisions of this act shall be entitled to recover the
same under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws.

Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars.

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

Approved July 22, 1955.

An Act relative to the excise tax on certain regis- C hap. 5S7

TERED motor VEHICLES AND TRAILERS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend p™f^^ie°^
to defeat its purpose, which is to correct forthwith an in-
consistency, therefore it is hereb}'' declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 60 A of the General e^j^'^q^'^-j ^
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 640 etol, 'amended.'
of the acts of 1954, is hereby further amended by striking
out the sixth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the
f ollomng paragraph : —

If a motor vehicle or trailer is registered after January Excise tax
thirt3'-first in any year, the excise under this section shall be veh^feiTand
that proportion of the excise for the full year which the num- trailers,
ber of months in said year following the month preceding
that in which the motor vehicle or trailer is registered bears
to twelve; but no excise shall be assessed upon the same
motor vehicle or trailer more than once in any year unless
its ownership is transferred by sale or otherwise or it is regis-
tered after a surrender of registration upon removal of its
owner to another state and registration in such other state.
If during any year ownership of a motor vehicle or trailer
subject to an excise under this section is transferred by sale

482 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 588.

or otherwise, or if during any year the owner of a motor
vehicle or trailer subject to such an excise removes to an-
other state and registers such motor vehicle or trailer in
such other state and surrenders its registration in this state,
the excise under this section shall be reduced upon applica-
tion by an abatement equal to that proportion of an excise
under this section on such motor vehicle or trailer for the
full year which the number of months in said year remain-
ing after the month in which such transfer by sale or other-
wise or such surrender of registration occurs bears to twelve ;
provided, however, that if in the month in which such trans-
fer by sale or otherwise occurs, the person making such trans-
fer registers another motor vehicle or trailer under chapter
ninety and thereby becomes subject to an excise under this
section on such other motor vehicle or trailer for such month,
the excise under this section on the motor vehicle or trailer
transferred shall be further reduced upon application as
aforesaid by an abatement equal to one twelfth of a full
year's excise under this section on the motor vehicle or
trailer transferred. If before an excise imposed by this sec-
tion is assessed, notice of transfer by sale or otherwise or of
surrender of registration as aforesaid is received by the offi-
cial or officials authorized to make the assessment, the excise
shall be assessed in the amount to which it would be reduced
by abatement as aforesaid. The excise imposed by this sec-
tion shall in no event be less than two dollars ; and no abate-
ment under this section shall reduce any such excise to less
than two dollars.
G. L. (Ter. Section 2. Section one A of said chapter sixty A, as

§ ii', et^; most recently amended by chapter two hundred and eighty-
repealed. £ve of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two, is hereby
repealed.

Section 3. This act shall apply to all excises imposed
by chapter sixty A of the General Laws for the privilege of
registering a motor vehicle or trailer under chapter ninety
of the General Laws in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-
five and thereafter. Approved July 22, 1955.

Chap. 6SS An Act authorizing the conveyance by the common-
wealth TO the town of agawam of a certain parcel
OF land situated in said town.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The commissioner of natural resources, in
the name and on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby au-
thorized, subject to the approval of the governor and coun-
cil, to convey for a nominal consideration to the town of
Agawam, by a deed approved as to form by the attorney
general, all the right, title and interest of the commonwealth
in and to a certain parcel of land situated in said town and
bounded and described as follows : —

Beginning at a stone bound in a road at the northwest
corner of the land to be described; thence running north-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 589. 483

easterly about 1,005 feet to the southwest corner of land
now or formerly of one Andrus; thence N. 78° 30' 04" E,
605 feet to the southeast corner of said Andrus land ; thence
S. 55° 31' 30" E. 45 feet to a concrete bound; all bearings
to this point are based on the magnetic meridian of 1922, all
others are from true meridian; thence running S. 68° 10' E.
360.13 feet to a concrete bound; S. 61° 57' E. 193.56 feet to
a concrete bound; S. 58° 16' 02" E. 386.83 feet to a concrete
bound; S. 30° 17' 20" W. 414.10 feet to a concrete bound;
S. 45° 40' 10" E. 180.65 feet to a concrete bound; S. 63° 57'
20" W. 498.37 feet to a concrete bound; S. 59° 13' 20" W.
78.02 feet to a concrete bound; S. 63° 10' 10" W. 906.70
feet to a concrete bound; N. 28° 27' 50" W. 672.80 feet to
a concrete bound; S. 60° 03' W. 334.43 feet to a stone bound
in a road; thence N. 30° 28' W. 761.92 feet to the point of
beginning. Containing 47 acres of land, more or less. Be-
ing that portion of the Robinson State park in said town of
Agawam, shown on plan entitled — "Plan of a portion of
Robinson State Park on which the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts has given a permit to the Town of Agawam to use
for recreational purposes."

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

Approved July 22, 1955.

An Act relative to representative town government Chap.6S9

BY limited town MEETINGS IN THE TO\\TSr OF FAIRHAVEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first paragraph of section 1 of chapter
285 of the acts of 1930 is hereby amended by striking out,
in line 6, the word "six" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — eight, — and by striking out, in lines 8 and 9, the
words: — "All precincts shall contain approximately an
equal number of registered voters."

Section 2. The second paragraph of section 1 of said
chapter 285 is hereby amended by adding at the end the
following sentence : — The town clerk shall notify every
registered voter affected by a change in precinct boundaries
or a change in polling place.

Section 3. Section 2 of said chapter 285 is hereby
amended by inserting after the third sentence the follo^ving
sentence : — The names of town meeting candidates for
three-year terms and of candidates to fill vacancies shall be
listed together in one group on the ballot, and all three-year
terms shall first be filled in order of the votes received, then
the vacancies for two years, if any, in such order, and then
any vacancies for one year.

Section 4. Said chapter 285 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 4- Nomination of candidates
for town meeting members to be elected under this act shall
be made by nomination papers signed bj'' not less than ten
voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides, filed

484 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 589.

with the registrars of voters for certification at least thirty-
five days before the election and filed with the town clerk
at least twenty-eight days before the election; pro\dded,
that any town meeting member may become a candidate
for re-election by giving written notice thereof to the town
clerk at least forty-two days before the election. No nomi-
nation papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate
whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto
when filed.

Section 5. Section 6 of said chapter 285 is hereby
amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence : — A moderator shall
be elected by ballot for a three-year term, and shall serve
as moderator of all town meetings, except as otherwise
provided by law, until a successor is elected and qualified.

Section 6. Section 7 of said chapter 285 is hereby
amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence : — Notice of any
vacancy shall be given by the town clerk to the remaining
members from the precinct in which the vacancy or vacancies
exist and he shall call a special meeting of such members
prior to any annual or special town meeting for the purpose
of filHng any vacancy.

Section 7. Said section 7 of said chapter 285 is hereby
further amended by striking out the fourth and fifth sen-
tences and inserting in place thereof the following two sen-
tences : — At the said meeting one third of the members
from such precinct shall constitute a quorum, and they shall
elect from their own number a chairman and a clerk. The
choice to fill any vacancy shall be by written ballot, unless
waived by a two-thirds vote of those present, and a majority
of the votes cast shall be required for a choice.

Section 8. Said chapter 285 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 11 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 11. The representative town
meeting may appoint such committees for investigation and
report as it may consider necessary.

Section 9. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the town of Fairhaven at any annual or special
town meeting. The vote shall be taken in precincts by
ballot in accordance with the provisions of the General
Laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to
the question, which shall be placed, in case of a special
meeting, upon the ballot to be used at said meeting, or in
case of an annual meeting, upon the official ballot to be
used for the election of to^vn officers: "Shall an act passed
by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, entitled 'An Act relative to representative town
government by Umited towni meetings in the to^vn of Fair-
haven', 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 July 22, 1955,

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 590, 591. 485

An Act authorizing certain retired persons and those Chap. 590

CLAIMING UNDER THEM TO WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS TO ANY
PORTION OF THEIR RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby c. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 90 A, inserted by section 1 fgoiif added,
of chapter 452 of the acts of 1943, the following section: — certain retired
Section 90 JL Any person retired from the service of the persons, etc.,
commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, under portira of
any provision of any general or special law or any person allowance,
claiming under anj^ such retired emploj'ee whether as bene-
ficiary, dependent or otherwise, may waive and renounce for
himself, his heirs and legal representatives any portion of the
pension or retirement allowance payable to him from the
commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, for
such period as he may specify in such waiver and renuncia-
tion. Such person may, in lieu of specifying an exact period
of time in such waiver and renunciation, include a pro\'ision
that such shall remain in effect until further notice.

Section 2. Subdivision (2) of section 5 of said chapter 32 S-j^-IJ*'!--
is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (g), added by etc., 'amended,
chapter 492 of the acts of 1954. Approved July 22, 1955.

An Act relative to the council for the aging. C/iat). 591

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 73, inserted by section 2 of chapter 537 ftoi! 'amended.
of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing section: — Section 73. There shall be a board, to be Council for
known as the council for the aging, hereinafter called the me^mSrehip
council, to consist of the commissioner of education, the *«™' «*"•
commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of public
health, the commissioner of public welfare, the commissioner
of labor and industries, or their respective representatives,
and four members to be appointed by the governor, with the
advice and consent of the council. The members shall serve
without compensation but shall receive their necessary ex-
penses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. The
chairman of the council shall be designated from time to time
by the governor. Upon the expiration of the term of a mem-
ber appointed by the governor, his successor shall be ap-
pointed in the same manner for a term of four 5''ears. Said
council shall act in an advisory and consultative capacity
with the general objective of co-ordinating within the several
departments of the commonwealth programs designed to meet
the problems of the aging and may promote, assist and co-
ordinate activities designed to meet such problems at com-
munity levels.

The council shall be provided with suitable ofRces in the
state house or elsewhere within the citv of Boston. The

486

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 592.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 62, § 9,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 10,
etc., amended.

Tax on income
of certain
estates and
trusts.

council may, within the limits of the amount appropriated
therefor, appoint an executive secretary and such clerks and
assistants as it may require and may make such expendi-
tures as may be necessary to execute effectivelj^ the func-
tions of the council. Said executive secretary shall not be
subject to chapter thirty-one. Approved July 22, 1955.

Chap. 592 An Act relative to the taxation of income of estates

AND TRUSTS AND TO THE TIME OF FILING RETURNS THEREOF.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 9 of chapter 62 of the General Laws,
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended
by striking out, in line 10, the words "section one of".

Section 2. Said chapter 62 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 10, as amended by section 1 of chap-
ter 387 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 10. The income received
by estates held in trust bj'' trustees or other fiduciaries ap-
pointed by a Massachusetts court, under the will of a person
who died an inhabitant of the commonwealth, or the income
received by trustees under a trust created by a person or
persons any one of whom was a resident of Massachusetts
at the time of the creation of the trust or at any time dur-
ing the year for which the income is computed, or who died
an inhabitant of the commonwealth, any one of which trus-
tees or other fiduciaries is an inhabitant of the common-
wealth, shall be subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter
to the extent that the persons to whom the income from the
trust is payable, or for whose benefit it is accumulated, are
inhabitants of the commonwealth. Income so received and
accumulated for unborn or unascertained persons, or persons
with uncertain interests shall be taxed as if accumulated for
the benefit of a known inhabitant of the commonwealth to
the following extent : —

1. Where all or any one of the trustees or other fiduciaries
have derived their appointment from a court of the common-
wealth or are required to account to a court of the common-
wealth, the whole amount of income thus accumulated shall
be taxed.

2. Where all of the trustees or other fiduciaries are in-
habitants of the commonwealth, the whole amount of in-
come thus accumulated shall be taxed.

3. Where any one or more of the trustees is an inhabitant
of the commonwealth, the proportion of the income accu-
mulated for unborn or unascertained persons, or persons
with uncertain interests, shall be taxed which is represented
by the ratio of trustees who are inhabitants of the common-
wealth to the total number of trustees. For the purposes
of this section and of section nine income shall be deemed
to be accumulated for unborn or unascertained persons or
persons with uncertain interests when thus accumulated by
estates, by trustees or other fiduciaries, who are subject to
the provisions of this section or of section nine, for the bene-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 592. 487

fit of any future interest other than a remainder presently
vested in a person or persons in being not subject to be
divested by the happening of any contingency expressly men-
tioned in the instrument creating the trust.

No person shall be taxed under this chapter for income
received from any trustee or other fiduciary, which income
has itself been taxed under this section.

The trustees may deduct from the income taxable under
section one a proper amount for the amortization, according
to any approved method, of premiums paid upon bonds
owned by the estate, the income of which is taxable under
said section one.

In the computation of the tax, the trustees, but not ex-
ecutors or administrators even though acting as trustees, in
addition to the deduction on account of interest paid, al-
lowed under section two, shall be entitled to the following
deductions from income taxable under section one, and under
paragraphs (a) and (c) of section five, before the taxable in-
come of the beneficiaries shall finally be determined : —

(a) Such proportion of the following items as the amounts
of income taxable under section one and subsections (a) and
(c) of section five together bear to the total income received
by the trustee from all sources, exclusive of income taxable
under subsection (6) of section five; (1) amounts paid within
the year for rental of safe deposit boxes; and (2) amounts
paid within the year for premiums on surety bonds of the
trustee.

(6) The compensation actually paid during the year to
the trustees upon such income taxable under section one as
is payable to or accumulated for inhabitants of the common-
wealth, or for unborn or unascertained persons or persons
with uncertain interests, to an amount not exceeding six
per cent of such taxable income.

Section 3. Said chapter 62 is hereby further amended Ed^'eJTii
by striking out section 11, as appearing in the Tercentenary ameAded.
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion:— Section 11. Any inhabitant of the commonwealth b°'^°e™wen*f'''^*^
who receives, is entitled to, or to whom income is available from non-resi-
from one or more trustees or other fiduciaries who are not "^^"^ trustee.
subject to taxation under this chapter, shall be subject to
the taxes imposed by this chapter upon such income accord-
ing to the nature of the income received by such trustees or
other fiduciaries, and shall include such income in a return
as required by section twenty-two.

Section 4. Section 25 of chapter 62 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence, as amended.^ ^^'
appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence: — If a person has been Time for filing
appointed executor or administrator after January first in ret^nl*^^
any year the return of such income received by his decedent
but not reported by him shall be due and shall be filed on
or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the
date of such appointment. Approved July 22, 1965.

488 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 593, 594.

Chap. 593 An Act authorizing the department of public works

TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN LAND IN THE TOWN OF DANVERS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A DISTRICT OFFICE AD-
MINISTRATIVE BUILDING.

Be a enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public works, on behalf
of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to take by emi-
nent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General
I^aws, or acquire by purchase, transfer or otherwise, for the
purpose of constructing a district ofhce administrative build-
ing, subject to the approval of the governor and council,
two certain parcels of land in the town of Danvers bounded
and described as follows: — The first parcel is located on
the southerly corner of the intersection of Preston street
and the Newburyport turnpike and contains 4.5 acres, more
or less. The second parcel is contiguous to the first parcel
and is located on the northwesterly quadrant of the inter-
change of the Newburyport turnpike and Maple street and
contains 4.3 acres, more or less. All as shown on a plan of
land in Danvers entitled Danvers, proposed site of District
Office Building — District 5 — March 22, '55, on file with
the department of public works. Any person whose prop-
erty has been so taken or injured by the department of
pubhc works under authority of this act may recover com-
pensation therefor from the commonwealth under said chap-
ter seventy-nine.

Section 2. The department of mental health is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer to the department of
public works without consideration the land described in
section one as the second parcel.

Section 3. The department of pubhc works is hereby
further authorized to grant any necessary rights of way
over said land to provide access to property to which the
right of access may have been taken or acquired under
section one. Approved July 22, 1955.

Chap. 594: An Act increasing pensions payable under the perma-
nent SCHOOL pension FUND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
equalizing PENSIONS PAID THEREUNDER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 468 of the acts of 1951 is hereby
amended by striking out sections 6 and 7 and inserting in
place thereof the following two sections : — Section 6. The
pension payable to any member retired under section five of
this act shall be as follows: — If the member shall have
been retired after service for a period aggregating thirty
years or more, ten of which shall have been in the employ
of the school committee, such member shall receive an an-
nual pension of fifteen hundred and twenty dollars. If the
member shall have been retired after service for a period
aggregating less than thirty years, ten of which shall have

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 595. 489

been in the employ of the school committee, such member
shall receive an annual pension which bears the same ratio
to fifteen hundred and twenty dollars as the total number
of years of service of such member bears to thirty ; provided,
that the annual pension of such member shall be not less
than one thousand dollars.

Section 7. The amount of the pension of every person
retired before the effective date of this act under chapter
five hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eight, as from time to time amended, and the
amount of the pension of every person retired under this
act prior to September first, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, shall be re-established in accordance with the provi-
sions of this act, to date from said September first ; and the
amount of the pension of every person granted before the
effective date of this act a pension under section four of
chapter six hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and ten, as amended, shall be re-established at the
minimum amount payable under the last sentence of section
six of this act, to date from said September first. Nothing
in this act as amended shall be construed to decrease the
amount of any pension being paid to any person.

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
diminish the reimbursements provided for by section two of
chapter six hundred and seventy-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-seven and paragraph (c) of subdivision
(2) of section twenty of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws; provided, that no such reimbursement shall be made
with respect to any pension increase resulting from the
enactment of this act.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on September first
in the current year; provided, that prior to said date it has
been accepted by vote of the city council of the city of
Boston, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved July 22, 1955.

An Act providing for the liquidation and abandon- Chap. 595

MENT OF A STATE-AIDED VETERANS HOUSING PROJECT,

BOSTON 200-13.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Boston Housing Authority, subject to the approval
of the chairman of the state housing board, is hereby au-
thorized and directed to dispose of all the assets acquired
by it in the pending development of state-aided veterans
housing project. Boston 200-13. Said Authority shall, with
the approval of the chairman of the state housing board,
sell at public or private sale land acquired for the project
and may, with the approval of said chairman, execute a
deed, approved by the attorney general as to form, in behalf
of said Authority. All funds received from any source
relating to said project shall be credited against the out-
standing indebtedness of the Authority in respect to the

490

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 596.

project. The Authority shall file a statement of expenses
incurred since the inception of the project and all trans-
actions pertaining thereto with the state housing board and
with the auditor of the commonwealth. The Authority-
shall certify the amount of the deficiency remaining upon
completion of the liquidation of the project, and, upon
verification and certification by the state auditor, the state
housing board shall authorize payment of the balance due
to meet the commonwealth's guarantee of the note or notes
in connection with said project from funds appropriated
therefor. Approved July 22, 1956.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 65, § 1,
etc., amended.

Taxation of
legacies and
successions.

Exemptions.

Chap. 59Q An Act further defining charitable, educational

AND religious EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE INHERITANCE

tax law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 65 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out the first sentence, as most recently
amended by chapter 556 of the acts of 1950, and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence: — All property
within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth, corporeal or
incorporeal, and any interest therein, belonging to inhabit-
ants of the commonwealth, and all real estate or any interest
therein and all tangible personal property within the com-
monwealth belonging to persons who are not inhabitants of
the commonwealth, except such an interest in such real
estate as is represented by a mortgage or by a transferable
certificate of participation or share of an association, part-
nership or trust, which shall pass by will, or by laws regu-
lating intestate succession, or by deed, grant or gift, except
in cases of a bona fide purchase for full consideration in
money or money's worth, made in contemplation of the
death of the grantor or donor or made or intended to take
effect in possession or enjoyment after his death, and any
beneficial interest therein which shall arise or accrue by
survivorship in any form of joint ownership, or in any
tenancy by the entirety in which the decedent contributed
during his life any part of the property held in such joint
ownership or tenancy by the entirety or of the purchase
price thereof, to any person, absolutely or in trust, except
(1) to or for the use of charitable, educational or rehgious
societies or institutions which are organized under the laws
of, or charitable, educational or rehgious societies or institu-
tions, incorporated or unincorporated, whose principal chari-
table, educational or religious objects are solely carried out
within, or whose charitable, educational or rehgious objects
are principally and usually carried out within, or whose
charitable, educational or religious acti\dties are principally
and usually carried out within the commonwealth; or which
are organized under the laws of, or whose principal chari-
table, educational or rehgious objects are carried out within
any other state or states of the United States which exempt

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 597. 491

from similar taxation legacies and devises by its citizens to
or for the use of such societies or institutions which are
organized under the laws of, or whose principal charitable,
educational or religious objects are carried out within the
commonwealth; or (2) for the saying, singing, performance
or celebration of reHgious rites, rituals, services or cere-
monies whether to be conducted within or without the
commonwealth; or (3) for or upon trust for any charitable
purposes to be carried out within the commonwealth and/or
within any other state or states of the United States which
exempt from similar taxation legacies and devises by its
citizens for charitable purposes to be carried out within this
commonwealth; or (4) to or for the use of the common-
wealth or any town therein for public purposes, shall be
subject to a tax at the percentage rates fixed by the following
table: — Approved July 22, 1956.

An Act to expedite the payment of sums due to con- Chap. 597

TRACTORS after COMPLETION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS
CONTRACTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 30 of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- g. l. (Ter.
serting after section 39F, inserted by chapter 609 of the acts f sgo^'^added
of 1954, the following section : — Section 39G. Within payment to
sixty-five days after the work required by a contract for the contractors
construction, repair, alteration or improvement of public uraVf"™^'^
ways, including bridges and other highway structures, sewers ^fOTks°con-^^°
and water mains, airports and other similar public works, tracts,
but not including buildings, for the commonwealth or any ^^p®^'*®^
agency or political subdi\ision thereof has been completed to
the satisfaction of the duly authorized representative or
agent of the contracting authority, a final estimate of the
quantity of work done thereunder and the value of such
work shall be prepared in duplicate by such duly authorized
representative or agent of the contracting authority as shall
be responsible therefor. After preparation said final estimate
shall be submitted forthwith to the contracting authority
and a duplicate copy shall be transmitted to the contractor.
Such final estimate shall include the value of all work per-
formed under any such contract and all retained percentage,
after deducting therefrom the total of all previous periodic or
partial payments. The contracting authority shall deduct
and retain from payment of said final estimate a sum suf-
ficient to satisfy any and all outstanding claims or liens that
have been duly filed against a contractor under the pro-
visions of section thirty-nine or thirty-nine A, and may also
deduct and retain from such pa3^ment any other amounts to
be deducted or retained in accordance with the terms of the
contract.

If, after final inspection has been made, there are any
payment or extra work items that are in dispute between the
contractor and the contracting authority, either as to the

492 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 598.

quantity or value of work performed thereunder, such items
may be excluded from the final estimate, and payment for
such disputed items may be deferred until such time as
agreement has been reached between the contractor and con-
tracting authority or until such claim has been adjudicated.
In such cases, a semi-final estimate shall be prepared w^ithin
said period of sixty-five days after completion covering the
value of all work performed and all retained percentage on
all items of the contract that are not in dispute but subject
to the same deductions and retainage as set forth above and
with all disputed items excluded. The existence of a dispute
between a contractor and the contracting authority as to
any payment item or items shall not be considered a valid
reason for delaying preparation of a semi-final estimate as
provided herein.

In the event any such contract has been substantially com-
pleted and the project has been opened to public use by order
of the contracting authority or its duly authorized repre-
sentative or agents, but final acceptance of the work is sub-
ject to delay because of minor uncompleted items which do
not impair the usefulness of the project, a semi-final estimate
shall also be prepared within a like period of sixty-five days
after such contract has been substantially completed and
placed in public use. Such semi-final estimate shall include
payment items for all completed work and all retained per-
centage of the contract, subject to the same deductions and
retainage as the final estimate, but payment for such minor
items as may not have been completed or any items that are
in dispute may be omitted from the estimate and pajTnent
deferred, as provided in the second paragraph of this section.

If a contracting authority or its duly authorized repre-
sentative or agent delays or fails to prepare any final or semi-
final estimate within the period of time provided by this
section, interest on the amount due a contractor on any such
final or semi-final estimate shall be computed and paid by
the contracting authority at the rate of five per cent per
annum, beginning sixty-six days after the contract has been
satisfactorily completed, or the project has been substantially
completed and opened to public use, as the case may be, and
running until the date such estimate has been prepared and
submitted to the contractor for acceptance. The amount of
such interest shall be included in the estimate when prepared.

Ay'proved July 22, 1955.

Chap.59S An Act providing for assistance to the boston arena

AUTHORITY TO ENABLE IT TO MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of enabling the Boston Arena Authority
to complete the initial repair of the Boston Arena through
the capital fund provided by section eight of chapter six
hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 599, 600. 493

directed to pay to said authority for addition to said capital
fund the further sum of sixty-five thousand dollars, as may
be appropriated from the General Fund or revenue of the
commonwealth for such purpose. Said further sum of
sixty-five thousand dollars shall be apportioned among, as-
sessed upon, and paid into the state treasury by, the cities
and towns constituting the metropolitan parks district in
like manner as the sum originally appropriated by said sec-
tion eight. Approved July 22, 1965.

An Act authorizing the conveyance of certain park Chap. 599

LAND BY THE CITY OF MALDEN TO THE MALDEN HOUSING
AUTHORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Maiden is hereby authorized to
convey to the Maiden Housing Authority, a body politic
and corporate, certain park land belonging to said city and
bounded and described as follows: northerly by Sylvan
street, 278.05 feet; westerly by Kimball street, 155.33 feet;
southerly by lots 1, 18, 19, 20, 21 as shown on Assessors'
plans, and land now or late of Jordan and Poor, 315.89 feet;
and easterly by land now or late of Cinq-mars, 137.13 feet;
be the above measurements more or less or however other-
wise described. Said land was abandoned by the park de-
partment of said city in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-
four as being no longer required for public purposes and on
October eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, said
city ordered the sale of the said land to said authority for
the consideration of seven thousand dollars.

Section 2. Conveyance of said park land by the city
of Maiden shall confirm and ratify any action taken by the
said city to convey said land to said authority and any ac-
tion taken by the said authority thereunder.

Section 3. This act shall take full effect on its ac-
ceptance by the mayor and city council of the city of Maiden
in accordance with the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved July 22, 1956.

An Act providing for the enclosure by pipe or con- Chap.600

DUIT of a portion OF FURNACE BROOK IN QUINCY,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
and directed to enclose Furnace bmok in the city of Quincy,
between Adams street and Quarry street, by a conduit or
pipe; provided, that no expense shall be incurred for the work
authorized hereunder until all owners or abutters of said
Furnace brook shall have authorized said work and executed
releases to said commission releasing said commission and
the commonwealth from any and all claims arising from said
work and from any liability thereafter for defects or want

494 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 601.

of repair in said work. No assessment shall be made on any
owner or abutter for the cost of said work; and the doing
of said work shall not obligate said commission or the com-
monwealth to maintain said conduit or pipe. For the pur-
poses of this act, said commission may expend such sums,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, as
may be appropriated therefor. Approved July 22, 1956.

Chap. QOl An Act establishing an historic districts commis-
sion FOR THE TOWN OF NANTUCKET AND DEFINING ITS
POWERS AND DUTIES, AND ESTABLISHING HISTORIC DIS-
TRICTS IN THE TOWN OF NANTUCKET.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The purpose of this act is to promote the
general welfare of the inhabitants of the town of Nantucket
through the preservation and protection of historic build-
ings, places and districts of historic interest; through the
development of an appropriate setting for these buildings,
places and districts; and through the benefits resulting to
the economy of Nantucket in developing and maintaining
its vacation-travel industry through the promotion of these
historic associations.

Section 2. There is hereby estabhshed in the town of
Nantucket an Historic Districts Commission consisting of
five unpaid members who shall be resident taxpayers of the
town of Nantucket, to be appointed by the selectmen. The
Historic Districts Commission shall have the powers and
authority and perform all the duties as hereinafter enumer-
ated and provided. The original appointment of the mem-
bers of the Historic Districts Commission shall be, one for
one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four
years, and one for five years, from March first following the
year of such appointment or until their successor is elected,
and thereafter there shall be elected at the annual town
meeting in each year one member of such commission to
serve for the term of five years. Vacancies occurring in the
commission, other than by expiration of term of office, shall
be filled by appointment by the selectmen, but such ap-
pointment shall be only for the unexpired portion of the
term of the member replaced.

Section 3. There is hereby estabhshed in the town of
Nantucket two districts to be known as (1) Old and Historic
Nantucket District, and (2) Old and Historic Siasconset
District.

The bounds of the Old and Historic Nantucket District
are defined for the purpose of this act as follows: — Be-
ginning at the junction of Union and Main streets running
southerly and southeasterly along Union street to York
street; then southwesterly along York street to West York
street; thence westerly along West York street to the junc-
tion of West York street and Prospect street; thence north-
westerly along Prospect street to the junction of Prospect

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 601. 495

street, Milk street and Quaker road; thence crossing Milk
street to Quaker road and thence northwesterly along
Quaker road to its junction with Main street; thence east-
erly along Main street to Howard street; thence along
Howard street northerly and easterly to Gardner street;
thence northerly along Gardner street to its junction with
North Liberty street; thence northwesterly and northerly
along North Liberty street to its junction with Cliff road;
thence southeasterly along Cliff road to its junction with
Chester, Easton and North Water streets; thence south-
easterly along North Water street to its junction with
Broad street; thence easterly along Broad street to Easy
street; thence southerly along Easj^ street to Old North
Wharf; thence easterly to include Old North Wharf; thence
southerly to Main street, and thence on Main street to its
junction on the south side with Union street, the point of
beginning.

The bounds of the Old and Historic Siasconset District
are defined for the purpose of this act as follows : — Be-
ginning at the junction of Main and Burnell streets easterly
along Main street to Morey lane; thence southeasterly
along Morey lane to its junction with Ocean avenue; thence
northerly along Ocean avenue to the bridge crossing over
South GuUey road; thence along the said bridge and road-
way beyond to its junction with Broadway and Front street;
thence northerly along Front street to its junction with
Broadway; thence northwesterly along the roadway past
Center street to its junction with Shell street; thence
southerly along Shell street to New street; thence westerly
along New street to its junction with School street; thence
southwesterly along School street to Main street; thence
westerly along Main street to its junction with Burnell
street, the point of beginning.

The boundary hnes of both districts as generally defined
by the several streets shall be the existing rear boundary lot
hne, as of the date of this act, of the lots bordering on the
outside Une of the streets named as boundaries, or two
hundred feet from the outside line of the streets named as
boundaries, whichever is the lesser distance.

Section 4. No building or structure shall hereafter be
erected, reconstructed, altered or restored within the Old
and Historic Nantucket District or the Old and Historic
Siasconset District unless and until an apphcation for a
building permit shall have been approved as to exterior
architectural features which are subject to public view
from a pubUc street, way or place. Evidence of such re-
quired approval shall be a certificate of appropriateness
issued by the Historic Districts Commission.

Section 5. No building or structure within the Old and
Historic Nantucket District or the Old and Historic Sias-
conset District shall be razed without first obtaining a permit
approved by the Historic Districts Commission, and said
commission shall be empowered to refuse such a permit for

496 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 601.

any building or structure of such architectural or historic
interest, the removal of which in the opinion of said com-
mission would be detrimental to the public interest of the
town of Nantucket or the village of Siasconset.

Section 6. The erection or display of an occupational or
other sign exceeding two feet in length and six inches in
width or the erection or display of more than one such sign,
irrespective of size, on any lot, building or structure located
within the Old and Historic Nantucket District or the Old
and Historic Siasconset District must be approved in ad-
vance by the Historic Districts Commission. Evidence of
such approval shall be a certificate of appropriateness issued
by the said commission.

Section 7. The Historic Districts Commission shall elect
its chairman and secretary. The commission shall meet
within ten days after notification by its secretary of the
receipt of an application for a certificate of appropriateness
or permit for removal and at such other times as the com-
mission may determine, or upon call of the chairman or of
any two members. It shall keep a permanent record of its
resolutions, transactions and determinations, and may make
such rules and regulations consistent with this act, as may
appear desirable and necessary. It may hold public or
private hearings as it may deem advisable. It may incur
expenses necessary to the carrying on of its work within the
amount of its annual appropriation.

Section 8. (a) It shall be the function and the duty of
the Historic Districts Commission to pass upon the ap-
propriateness of exterior architectural features of buildings
and structures hereafter to be erected, reconstructed, al-
tered or restored in the Old and Historic Nantucket District
and the Old and Historic Siasconset District wherever such
exterior features are subject to public view from a public
street or way. All plans, elevations and other information
deemed necessary by the commission to determine the ap-
propriateness of the exterior features to be passed upon
shall be made available to the commission by the applicant.
It shall also be the duty of the commission to pass upon the
removal of any building within said districts as set forth in
section five, and the erection or display of occupational or
other signs as set forth under section six.

(6) The Historic Districts Commission, in passing upon
appropriateness of exterior architectural features in any
case, shall keep in mind the purposes set forth in section one,
and shall consider among other things the general design,
arrangement, texture, material and color of the building or
structure in question and the relation of such factors to
similar features of buildings and structures in the immediate
surroundings.

(c) The Historic Districts Commission shall not consider
detailed designs, relative size of buildings in plan, interior
arrangement or building features not subject to public \dew.
The commission shall not make any recommendations or re-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 601. 497

quirements except for the purpose of preventing develop-
ments obviously incongruous to the historic aspects of the
surroundings and the Old and Historic districts.

(d) In case of disapproval the commission shall state its
reasons therefor in writing and it may make recommenda-
tions to the applicant with respect to appropriateness of
design, arrangement, texture, material, color and the like,
of the building or structure involved.

(e) Upon approval of the plans the commission shall
cause a certificate of appropriateness, dated and signed by
the chairman, to be issued to the applicant or affixed to
the plans.

(/) If the commission shall fail to take final action in any
case within sixty days after receipt of any application for a
certificate of appropriateness or a permit for removal, the
case shall be deemed to be approved except where mutual
agreement has been reached for an extension of the time
limit.

Section 9. Any person who violates any of the provisions
of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, which shall be forfeited to
the use of the town. Each day that a violation continues to
exist shall constitute a separate offence.

Section 10. Appeals may be taken to the board of
selectmen by any person aggrieved by a ruling of the Historic
Districts Commission. The board of selectmen shall hear
and act upon such appeals promptly and the decision of
the board shall be as determined by a majority vote of the
members of the board.

Section 11. Any person or the Historic Districts Com-
mission aggrieved by a decision of the board of selectmen,
may appeal to the superior court sitting in equity for the
county of Nantucket; provided, that such appeal is filed in
said court within fifteen days after such decision is recorded.
The court shall hear all pertinent evidence and determine the
facts, and upon the facts so determined, annul such de-
cision if found to exceed the authority of such board, or
make such other decree as justice and equity may require.
The foregoing remedy shall be exclusive, but the parties shall
have all rights of appeal and exception as in other equity cases.

Costs shall not be allowed against the Historic Districts
Commission or the board of selectmen unless it shall appear
to the court that the commission or the board in making the
decision appealed from acted with gross negligence, in bad
faith or \nth malice.

Costs shall not be allowed against the party appealing
from the decision of the Historic Districts Commission or
the board of selectmen unless it shall appear to the court
that said appellant or appellants acted in bad faith or with
malice in making the appeal to the court.

Section 12. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in
equity to enforce the provisions of this act and the rulings

498

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 602.

issued thereunder and may restrain by injunction violations
thereof.

Section 13. In case any section, paragraph or part of
this act be for any reason declared invalid or held uncon-
stitutional by any court of last resort, every other section,
paragraph or part shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 14. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the voters of the town of Nantucket at an annual town
meeting or any meeting duly called for the purpose.

Approved July 22, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Fd.), 30, new
§ 58, added.

Compensation
for injuries to
certain state
employees.

C hap. Q02 An Act regulating the payment of compensation to

STATE EMPLOYEES INJURED IN THE SERVICE OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 30 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 57, inserted by chapter 485 of the
acts of 1945, the following section: — Section 58. Any em-
ployee of the commonwealth ehgible to receive workmen's
compensation under chapter one himdred and fifty-tw^o who
sustains injuries while in the employ of the commonwealth
and who has sufficient sick leave credits accrued shall be
granted leave of absence with pay for each working day he
is absent from his duties because of such injuries until he
returns to work or until the case has been approved by the
industrial accident board.

Workmen's compensation for such period must be re-
funded to the state treasurer or spending agency of the
commonwealth. The payment by the industrial accident
board for such period will constitute the total refund, and
the employee shall be credited with the proportionate part
of sick leave credits represented by the workmen's compen-
sation paid by the industrial accident board.

If the industrial accident board refuses to accept jurisdic-
tion over the case the employee shall not be granted leave
with pay in excess of his accumulated sick leave credits or
vacation leave.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an em-
ployee who, while in the performance of duty, receives
bodily injuries resulting from acts of violence of patients
or prisoners in his custody, and who as a result of such
injury would be entitled to benefits under said chapter one
hundred and fifty-two, shall be paid the difference between
the weekly cash benefits to which he would be entitled
under said chapter one hundred and fifty-two and his regu-
lar salary, without such absence being charged against avail-
able sick leave credits, even if such absence may be for less
than eight calendar days' duration.

Approved July 22 ^ 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 603, 604. 499

An Act establishing a minimum weekly rate for the Chap. 603

CARE OF AGED PERSONS WHO ARE INMATES OF BOARDING
HOMES AND ARE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE UNDER THE OLD
AGE ASSISTANCE LAW.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^™ambfe°^
to defeat its purpose, which is to establish forthwith a
minimum weekly rate for the care of aged persons who are
inmates of boarding homes and are receiving assistance
under the old age assistance law, 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:

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
or rule or regulation made thereunder, the minimum weekly
rate for the care of any inmate of a boarding home caring
for recipients of old age assistance under the provisions of
chapter one hundred and eighteen A of the General Laws
shall be twenty-five dollars. Approved July 26, 1965.

An Act to authorize the department of public utili- (7/iap.604

TIES to act as the BARGAINING AGENCY ON BEHALF OP
THE COMMONWEALTH.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to establish forthwith the p'"^^'"'^^®-
department of public utilities as the bargaining agency of
the commonwealth in order that it may intervene and enter
into negotiations for the procurement of power from the
Power Authority of the State of New York to be distributed
within the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience and welfare.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public utilities is hereby
designated as the bargaining agency on behalf of the com-
monwealth of Massachusetts for the procurement of such
power capacity and power output from the Power Authority
of the State of New York as the department may have firm
contracts to resell, with power to contract on behalf of the
commonwealth for the resale thereof within the common-
wealth on a non-profit basis for distribution within the
commonwealth by electric companies as defined in chapter
one hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws and b}''
municipal lighting plants; provided, however, that such
underlying contracts for resale shall include provisions pro-
tecting the commonwealth against liability for expense in
connection with the procurement of such power capacity and
output ; and provided, further, that no funds shall be appro-
priated by the general court for the purposes of this act;
and provided, further, that any contracts made by the de-

500 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 605, 606, 607.

partment under this act shall be subject to the approval of
the governor and council.

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

Approved July 28, 1955.

Chap. 605 An Act validating certain action taken at the annual

TOWN meeting op THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH HELD ON
MARCH TWENTY-NINTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-
FIVE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The action taken at the town meeting on
March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five to
authorize the town of Randolph to construct and operate
a system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal, and
to include the town of Randolph within the south metro-
politan sewerage district, and all acts done in pursuance
thereof, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the same
extent as if chapters two hundred and seventy-three and
four hundred and ten of the acts of the current year were
in effect for the purpose of acceptance on said !}< larch twenty-
ninth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

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

Approved July 28, 1955.

Chap.QOQ An Act providing for the reconstruction of the

BRIDGE OVER THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE HOOSIC RIVER
ON EAST ROAD IN THE TOWN OF CLARKSBURG.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The department of public works is hereby
authorized and directed to reconstruct the bridge over the
north branch of the Hoosic river on East road in the town
of Clarksburg. For said purpose, said department may
expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

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

Approved July 28, 1955.

Chap. 607 An Act to provide indemnification for property dam-
age, personal injury and death sustained by certain
volunteer civil defense workers.

Emergency Whercas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

preamble. ^^ defeat its purpose, which is to encourage the immediate
enlistment of volunteer civil defense workers urgently
needed to assure adequate civil defense protection, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section llA of chapter 639 of the acts of
1950, inserted by chapter 547 of the acts of 1951, is hereby

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 608. 501

amended by striking out the first sentence of the second
paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence : — Every person appointed under paragraph (a) of
section eleven of this act and every volunteer, unpaid per-
son appointed by the director of civil defense under section
two of this act who, while participating in training, or per-
forming duty, in the city or town in which he is appointed
or in another city or town in this commonwealth or in
another state under or pursuant to any provision of this
act or of any mutual aid arrangement or interstate compact
made under authority thereof, shall without fault or neglect
on his part sustain loss of or damage to his property by
reason of such participation in training or performance of
duty, shall be indemnified by the commonwealth for such
loss or damage; but said indemnification shall not exceed
fifty dollars for any one accident.

Section 2. The third paragraph of said section llA is
hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence : — No in-
demnification or payment of any kind shall be made by the
commonwealth under this section unless a claim therefor
in writing, on a form approved by the civil defense claims
board, is filed with the secretary thereof within ninety days
after the loss of or damage to property or the personal
injury or the death, as the case may be, nor unless a dupli-
cate copy of such claim is filed within said period with the
director of the local organization for civil defense or, in the
case of persons appointed under section two of this act,
with the director of civil defense.

Approved July 28, 1955.

An Act designating the tkaffic circle in Gloucester Chav.^OS

ON route 128 AS THE CHESTER H. GRANT MEMORIAL

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

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
special law or general law, the traffic circle in the city of
Gloucester, located on Route 128, shall be designated the
Chester H. Grant Memorial Circle. The department of
public works is hereby authorized to designate said traffic
circle by the placing of a suitable marker or tablet com-
memorating the services of the said Chester H. Grant of
Gloucester, former city councillor, former executive-secre-
tary of the state retirement board, veteran, and local out-
standing citizen of the city of Gloucester.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of all members elected to the city council of
the city of Gloucester, but not otherwise.

Approved July S8, 1955.

502 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 609.

Chap.Q09 An Act relating to the detention of wayward and

DELINQUENT CHILDREN AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G^L. (Ter SECTION 1. Chapter 119 of the General Laws is hereby

etc.,'ameAded.' amended by striking out section 67, as most recently
amended by section 2 of chapter 244 of the acts of 1943,
Procee^ngs and inserting in place thereof the following section : — Sec-
inoarce'ration of tioTi 67. Whenever a child between seven and seventeen
ohudren, etc. years of age is arrested with or without a warrant, as pro-
vided by law, the officer in charge of the police station or
town lockup to which the child has been taken shall im-
mediately notify the probation offi-cer of the district court
within whose judicial district such child was arrested and at
least one of the child's parents, or, if there is no parent, the
guardian or person with whom it is stated that such child
resides, and shall inquire into the case. Pending such notice
and inquiry, such child shall be detained. Upon the ac-
ceptance by the officer in charge of said police station or
town lockup of the written promise by said parent, guardian
or any other reputable person to be responsible for the
presence of such child in court at the time and place when
such child is to appear or upon the receipt by such officer
in charge from said probation officer of a written request for
the release of such child to him, such child shall be released
to said person giving such promise or to said probation officer
making such request; provided, that if the arresting officer
requests in writing that a child between fourteen and seven-
teen years of age be detamed, or, if the court issuing a
warrant for the arrest of a child between fourteen and
seventeen years of age directs in the warrant that such child
shall be held in safekeeping penduig his appearance in court,
such child shall be detained in a police station or town
lockup, house of detention, or place of temporary custody
commonly referred to as a detention home of the division
of youth service, or any other home approved by the youth
service board pending his appearance in court; and that
in the event any such child is so detained, the officer in
charge at the police station or town lockup shall notify the
probation officer and parent or parents, guardian, or person
with whom it is stated that such child resides of the deten-
tion of such child; and provided, further, that nothing con-
tained in this section shall prevent the admitting of such
child to bail in accordance with law. Said probation officer,
or officer in charge at the police station or town lockup
shall notify such child and his parent or parents or guardian
or person with whom it is stated that such child resides of
the time and place of the hearing of his case. No child
between fourteen and seventeen years of age shall be de-
tained in a police station or town lockup unless the deten-
tion facilities for children at such police station or town
lockup have received the approval in writing of the division

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 609. 503

of youth service. The division of youth service shall make
inspection at least annually of police stations or town lockups
wherein cliildren are detained. Where no such approved
detention facilities exist in any city or town, such city or
town may contract with an adjacent city or tow^n for the
use of approved detention facilities in order to prevent
children who are detained from coming in contact with
adult prisoners. Nothing herein contained shall permit a
child between fourteen and seventeen years of age coming
in contact with adult prisoners, and a separate and distinct
place shall be provided in police stations or town lockups
or places of detention for such children.

Section 2. Said chapter 119 is hereby further amended ido, iig^'l es,
by striking out section 68, as most recently amended by etc, 'ameAded. '
section 8 of chapter 310 of the acts of 1948, and inserting
in place thereof the follo^^ing section: — Section 68. A child ^-^^-^.^j^^
between sev^en and fourteen years of age held by the court held for
for further examination, trial or continuance, or for indict- ortriL"!* '""
ment and trial under the provisions of sections seventy-
three to eighty-three, or to prosecute an appeal to the su-
perior court, if unable to furnish bail, shall be committed
by the court to the care of the youth ser\T.ce board or of a
probation officer w^ho shall provide for his safekeeping and
for his appearance at such examination or trial, or at the
prosecution of his appeal.

A child between fourteen and seventeen years of age so
held by the court if unable to furnish bail shall be so com-
mitted to the youth service board with its consent, or to a
probation officer, unless the court on immediate inquiry
shall be of opinion that such child should be committed to
jail, in which case said child may be committed to jail.

The youth service board may provide special foster homes,
and places of temporary custody commonly referred to as
detention homes of the division of youth service for the
care, maintenance and safekeeping of such children between
seven and seventeen years of age who may be committed by
the court to the youth service board under this section;
provided, that no more than five such children shall be de-
tained in any such special foster home at any one time.

A child between seven and seventeen years of age so com-
mitted by the court to jail or to the youth service board to
await further examination or trial by the Boston juvenile
court, a district court or the superior court shall be returned
thereto within fifteen days after the date of the order of
such commitment, and final disposition of the case shall
thereupon be made by adjudication or otherwise, unless, in
the opinion of the court, the interest of the child and the
public otherwise require. If the opinion of the court is that
the case should be further continued and the cliild com-
mitted to the youth service board pending such further con-
tinuance, then the commitment pending each such further
continuance must be with the consent of the youth service
board, except where the child was under the age of fourteen

504

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 609.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 119,
§§ 68A, 68B,
68C, added.

Diagnostic
study of
children in
custody of
board.

Care of
children
committed
to board.

years at the time of the original commitment, and provided
that, unless hearing, finding or final adjudication is to take
place at the expiration of such continuance as herein pro-
vided, the child need not be returned to court by the youth
service board. In such case the court shall notify the youth
service board or the person having custody of the child and
the parent that the child need not be present in court for
such further continuance.

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 ex-
ercises or receiving medical attention or treatment.

The provisions of section twenty-four of chapter two hun-
dred and twelve relative to the precedence of cases of per-
sons actually confined in prison and awaiting trial shall
apply to children held in jail or detention facilities of the
youth service board under this section to prosecute appeals
to the superior court, or held for indictment and trial under
the provisions of sections seventy-three to eighty-three of
this chapter.

Said probation oflicer shall have all the authority, rights
and powers in relation to a child committed to his care
under this section, and in relation to a child released to
him as provided in section sixty-seven, which he would have
if he were surety on the recognizance of such child.

Section 3. Said chapter 119 is hereby further amended
by inserting after said section 68 the following three sec-
tions:— Section 68 A. A child between seven and seven-
teen years of age, held by the court for further examination,
trial or continuance, or for indictment and trial under the
provisions of sections seventy-three to eighty-three of tliis
chapter, or to prosecute an appeal to the superior court,
may at the discretion of the court be referred to the youth
service board, with its consent, and with the consent of the
parents or guardian, for diagnostic study on an outpatient
basis; and upon completion of such study, the board shall
forward a report and recommendations to the court. In
default of bail, any such child may be committed by the
court to the youth service board with its consent for a
period not to exceed thirty-five days while undergoing diag-
nostic study; at the expiration of such period, such child
shall be returned to the court, together with the report and
recommendations of the youth service board.

Section 68B. The youth service board may use or pro-
vide special foster homes, and places of temporary custody
commonly referred to as detention homes at various places
in the commonwealth which shall be completely separate
from any police station, town lockup or jail, and which shall
be used solely for the temporary care, custody and study of
children committed to the care of the board. The director

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 610, 611. 505

of the division of youth service may at his discretion trans-
fer any child thus committed from any such foster home or
detention home to another such foster home or detention
home.

Section 68C. The youth service board shall maintain and ^j^fceT*'°
provide diagnostic services for the purpose of providing the provided,
diagnostic studies and making the reports and recommenda-
tions provided for under section sixty-eight A, and the board
may provide offices and facilities for such diagnostic serv-
ices, at such places in the commonwealth as will best serve
the needs of the several courts. Approved July 28, 1955.

An Act relative to the illegal possession of harmful Chav.^l^

DRUGS AND THE REPORTING OF HARMFUL DRUG INTOXICA-
TION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 94 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 187A the following two sections: — f §^'i87b', Tsvc.
Section 1S7B. Whoever, not being a manufacturer, licensed ^'^'^^'^■
wholesaler, jobber or dealer in drugs, registered pharmacist, pogfl'Jaion of
registered phj'sician, registered dentist, registered veteri- harmful drugs,
narian, nurse acting under direction of a physician, or em- p'^°^"'^ •
ployee of an incorporated hospital acting under the direction
of its superintendent or official in immediate charge, super-
intendent or official in immediate charge of a college or
scientific institution, agent of the commissioner of public
health, agent of the board of pharmacy, pofice officer, or a
common carrier or messenger when transporting any com-
pound or derivative of barbituric acid, amphetamines, ergot
or any hypnotic or somnifacient drug between persons men-
tioned in this section in the same package in which the drug
was delivered to him for transportation, is found m posses-
sion thereof except by reason of a physician's prescription
lawfully and properly issued, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in
a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.

Section 187C. Every physician attending or treating a Physicians to
case of acute poisoning caused by narcotics, barbiturates or p'^o'isoning^^ °
amphetamines shall report the circumstances of such poi- by drugs,
soning to the commissioner of public health or his repre-
sentative. The commissioner or his representative may
then require or conduct further investigation into said cir-
cumstances. Approved July 28, 1955.

An Act making certain changes in the tax laws made Chap.QW

NECESSARY BY THE REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 63 of the General Laws gj^-^J^F-g
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "commis- etc!, 'amended.

506 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 612.

sioner", in lines 4 and 5, as appearing in section 2 of chapter
161 of the acts of 19-15, the words: — , wdth the approval of
the state tax commission.
Ed^'6?T62 Section 2. Section 52 of said chapter 63 is hereby
amended. ' amended by striking out, in line 61, as appearing in the Ter-
centenary Edition, the word "commissioner" and inserting
in place thereof the words : — state tax commission.
FdV'6?T52\ Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of section
etc], 'amended. ' 52A of Said chapter 63 is hereby amended by striking out
the last sentence, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 641
of the acts of 1951.
G. L. (Ter. SECTION 4. Subdivisiou (9) of said section 52A of said

etc'..'f^her ' chapter 63, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking
amended. q^^^^ Jj^ jjj^g 5^ ^^le word " commissioncr " and inserting in

place thereof the words : — state tax commission.
Ed^'eJl'ss Sections. Clause Third of section 53 of said chapter 63,
amended. ' as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "commissioner", in line 1, the
words : — with the approval of the state tax commission.
G^L.^CTer Section 6. Sectiou 3 of chapter 181 of the General Laws

etc'., 'amended! is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, as
amended by chapter 54 of the acts of 1949, and inserting
Seri-ice of in placc thcrcof the following sentence : — Service of such
process. proccss shall be made by leaving a copy of the process in

duplicate with a fee of two dollars in the hands of the com-
missioner, or an associate commissioner, or in the office of
the commissioner, and such service shall be sufficient service
upon the corporation.
G- L. (Ter SECTION 7. The last paragraph of section 37 of chapter

etc'.. 'amended. ' 223 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out
the fourth sentence, as amended by chapter 308 of the acts
of 1948, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:
Fee. — The party making such application shall deliver a copy

of such order in duplicate with a fee of two dollars to the com-
missioner of corporations and taxation, or an associate com-
missioner, or in the office of said commissioner.

Section 8. Section 13 of chapter 343 of the acts of 1925,
as amended by chapter 222 of the acts of 1926, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 40, the word "com-
missioner" and inserting in place thereof the words: — state
tax commission. Approved July SS, 1955.

Chap. 612 An Act relating to marking of range boilers and to
temperature, pressure and vacuum control of
range boilers.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

g. l. (Ter. SECTION 1. Chapter 142 of the General Laws is hereby

etc'., 'amended. ' amended by striking out section 17, as most recentlj'' amended
Marking of by chaptcr 477 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place
^^^eeboUers, thereof the following section: — Section 17. No range
boiler, tank, vessel or container, ferrous or non-ferrous, in

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 612. 507

which water is to be heated or stored under pressure for
domestic, culinary or sanitary purposes, in this section and
in sections eighteen and nineteen referred to as hot water
tanks, shall be sold or offered for sale unless it is plainly
marked by the manufacturer, by stamping into the metal of
the tank, or on a metal plate permanently attached to the
tank, in a conspicuous place, as follows: —

A. Manufacturer's name or registered trade mark.

B. Rated capacity of hot water tank in United States
gallons.

C. Hydrostatic pressure in pounds per square inch at
which the tank has been tested by the manufacturer, follow-
ing the words ''Tested to".

D. Maximum allowable working pressure in pounds per
square inch.

Notwithstanding the requirements of the preliminary par-
agraph and paragraphs A to D, inclusive, of this section,
the markings therein referred to shall not be required, in the
case of cast iron hot water fronts, so called, or hot water
tanks that are insulated or enclosed in a jacket or casing, to
be stamped into the metal thereof or to be stamped on a
metal plate permanently attached thereto; provided, that
any manufacturer selling such hot water fronts within the
commonwealth shall in writing certify to the department of
public safety and the board of state examiners of plumbers
that every such water front sold by him complies with the
pertinent provisions of law; and provided, further, that any
manufacturer of hot water tanks that are insulated or en-
closed in a jacket or casing which are to be sold within the
commonwealth shall certify in writing to the department of
public safety and the board of state examiners of plumbers
that every such tankless water heater coil or element, or
hot water tank manufactured by him complies with the
pertinent provisions of law, and shall permanently attach
to the largest segment of said jacket or casing, in a con-
spicuous place, a metal plate which has stamped into the
metal thereof the requirements of paragraphs A to D, in-
clusive.

Section 2. Said chapter 142 is hereby further am.ended g^,^y (Jl'"-. ^g
by striking out section 19, as amended by section 3 of chap- etc^.'ameAded. '
ter 518 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 19. No hot water tank shall ^fh^o^'^^tej
be installed and connected unless it is protected with safety tanks,

devices as follows:— _ _ regulated.

A. A hot water tank in which water is to be heated or
stored under pressure greater than fifteen pounds per square
inch shall be equipped with a suitable pressure relief valve
installed in a tapping in the tank or in the cold water supply
line, or the hot water outlet line, with no shut-off valve be-
tween the relief valve and the tank. The pressure relief
valve shall be set bj^ the manufacturer to operate at a pres-
sure not more than twenty pounds above the maximum
working pressure stamped on the tank or jacket or casing.

508 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 612.

and shall be so constructed that said setting cannot be ex-
ceeded by normal means of adjustment.

B. A hot water tank to which a heating device or appli-
ance capable of delivering water to the tank at a temperature
greater than two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit is
connected shall be equipped with a suitable temperature
relief valve so adjusted and installed as to prevent develop-
ment of, or accumulation of, water which is at a tempera-
ture in excess of two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit.
Said temperature relief valve shall be installed in a tapping
directly in or on the tank, within twelve inches of the top of
a vertical tank, or within six inches of the top of a horizontal
tank, with no fittings between the valve and the tank, ex-
cept that a bushing may be used to reduce the tapping to fit
the valve, or the valve shall be installed in the hot water
outlet pipe as close to the top of the tank as possible. In no
case shall the heat sensitive member of the temperature re-
lief valve be more than five inches away from the top of the
tank. The discharge outlet of the temperature rehef valve
shall be connected by means of a non-ferrous pipe or tubing
not less than three eighths inch inside diameter, with no
shut-off, to an open plumbing fixture, or to within twelve
inches of the basement floor. A thermostatically controlled
hot water tank may be protected by an automatic fuel
shut-off device in addition to the thermostat. Such shut-off
device shall be installed in the same location and perform
the same function as said temperature relief valve.

C. All parts of temperature and pressure relief valves
which are in contact with water shall be made of non-ferrous
metals or materials ha\dng suitable corrosion resisting prop-
erties. All pipe and fittings between relief valves and the
hot water tank shall be of non-ferrous metals.

D. Rehef valves shall be marked by the manufacturer,
by stamping or casting in the metal of the valve, or on a
metal tag permanently attached to the valve, as follows: —

1. Manufacturer's name or registered trade mark.

2. The type or style, or the type and style, of the valve.

3. The pressure setting of the valve in pounds per square
inch.

4. The temperature setting in degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Temperature relieving capacity in B. T. U. per hour.
Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph B of this

section, the protective de\T.ces specified therein shall not be
required in the case of that portion of tankless water heaters
which contain water to be heated or stored under the pro-
visions of section seventeen. Said portion of tankless water
heaters shall be equipped with a pressure relief valve and
an automatic tempering device, set to deliver water not ex-
ceeding one hundred and eighty degrees Fahrenheit and lo-
cated between said tankless water heater and any hot water
supply pipe which it serves.

All pipes and fittings between the tankless water heater
and the pressure rehef valve and the tempering device shall

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 613. 509

be of non-ferrous metals. All parts of the tempering device
which are in contact with the water shall be of non-ferrous
metals or other materials having suitable corrosion-resisting
properties. Said tempering device shall be marked by the
manufacturer by casting or stamping in the metal of the
device, or on a metal tag permanently attached to the device,
as follows : —

1. Manufacturer's name or registered trade name.

2. The type or style, or the type and style, of the device.

3. The temperature settings, in degrees Fahrenheit,
plainly marked.

E. Temperature and pressure relief valves and other de-
vices referred to in this section shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the inspectors of plumbing or other proper authori-
ties.

F. All pipes and fittings in the circulating system between
a hot water tank and the heating device or appliance shall be
non-ferrous, and of ample size so as to make it possible to
heat seventy-five per cent of the available water in the tank
without raising the temperature of any part of the water
above two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit.

G. No hot water tank shall be installed without being
equipped with an approved device located so as to prevent
any partial vacuum therein. Approved July 28, 1965.

An Act to further define the time for making assess- C/ia». 613

MENTS AND ABATEMENTS OF CORPORATION TAXES AFTER A
FINAL DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL NET INCOME.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 63 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 36, as most recently amended by section ftl!'amendfd!
2 of chapter 270 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 36. Any final de- Payment of
termination of the federal net income made pursuant to the cOTporX^
provisions of federal law under which such net income is excise tax,
found to differ from the net income originally reported to ^^^
the federal government shall be reported, accompanied by
payment by the corporation of any additional tax due with
interest computed in accordance with section forty-eight, to
the commissioner within one year of receipt by it of notice
of such final determination, with a statement of the reasons
for the difference in such detail as the commissioner may
require. If from such report or upon investigation it shall
appear that the tax with respect to income imposed by this
chapter has not been fully assessed, the commissioner, within
one year of the receipt of such report, shall assess the de-
ficiency, with interest, as prescribed in section forty-eight
from April tenth of the year in which the original return of
income of the corporation was due to be filed, and the tax
so assessed shall be payable thirty days from the date of
notice to the corporation of such assessment.

510 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 614.

Where a taxpayer fails to report a final determination by
the federal government of a difference in net income as re-
quired by the preceding paragraph, the commissioner shall
assess the deficiency, if any, with interest as provided in
the preceding paragraph at any time within three years after
receipt of information from the federal government that it
has made a final determination of net income different from
that originally reported.

If, upon investigation of the facts so reported, it appears
that a less tax with respect to income was due the common-
wealth than was paid, the commission shall abate the excess
upon the written application therefor by the corporation,
filed with the commission within sixty days of the filing of
said report with it, provided said report is filed on time.
The commission shall certify the amount of such abatement
to the state treasurer, who shall repay the amount so certi-
fied with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from
the date of overpayment, without further appropriation
therefor.

Any corporation failing to comply with the provisions con-
tained in the first paragraph hereof shall be assessed a
penalty in the sum of one hundred dollars, or ten per cent
of the additional tax found due, whichever sum is smaller,
said penalty to become part of the additional tax found due.
For reasonable cause shown, the commission may, in its dis-
cretion, abate in whole or in part the penalty provided herein.

Approved July 28, 1955.

Chap. 614: An Act relative to bids and contracts for state print-
ing AND BINDING AND FOR FURNISHING CERTAIN OFFICE
supplies under THE SUPERVISION OF THE STATE PUR-
CHASING AGENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. SectJou 1 of chapter 5 of the General Laws is hereby

etc.; amended, amended by striking out the last five paragraphs and insert-
ing in place thereof the following six paragraphs : —
Bids and The commission on administration and finance, oi' any

sbue printhTg, other awarding official, in the advertising for bids or the
binding, etc. placing of ordcrs for the execution of printing, composition,
proof reading, presswork, all processes used in the making
of printing plates, paper ruling and binding, or for the supply-
ing of office stationery and blank books without printed
headings, for the several departments of the government of
the commonwealth other than the legislative department,
shall take into consideration the facilities of the several bid-
ders including sub-contractors or other employers of the
several establishments, or of the several establishments under
consideration in the matter of placing such orders, as the
case may be, as well as the terms offered. Contracts or
orders shall be given to such establishments only as pay the
prevailing rate of wages, based on wage rates and working
hours that have been established by collective bargaining

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 614. 511

agreement or understanding between organized labor and
employers; provided, that nothing herein contained shall
prevent said commission, or any other awarding official, from
placing contracts or orders with existing state institutions or
departments which furnish printing or other work of the kind
and character above mentioned. Said commission, or other
awarding official, may reject any and all bids received.

The prevaiHng rate of wages shall be determined by the
commissioner of labor and industries as herein provided.
Said prevailing rates shall be based on wage rates and work-
ing hours that have been established by collective bargain-
ing agreement or understanding between organized labor and
employers in the printing and binding industry. The com-
missioner of labor and industries shall upon appHcation from
the commission on administration and finance prepare and
furnish for the use of said commission or other awarding
officials, a list of the several classifications of labor usually
performed by the employees in the printing and binding
trades together with the prevailing rate of wages and work-
ing hours.

Every contractor, sub-contractor or other employer en-
gaged in any work to which this section applies shall keep a
tme and accurate record of all employees, showing the name,
address and occupational classification of each employee, and
the hours worked by, and the wages paid to, each such em-
ployee, and shall furnish to said commissioner upon his re-
quest a true statement of the contents of such record. Such
records shall be kept in such manner as said commissioner
shall prescribe, and shall be open to inspection by any au-
thorized representative of said commission or of the depart-
ment of labor and industries at any reasonable time and as
often as may be necessary.

Whoever, as a contractor, sub-contractor or other em-
ployer engaged in any work to which this section applies or
whoever, for himself or as an agent, superintendent or fore-
man for another, fails to pay the determined prevailing rate
of wages or otherwise \'iolates any provision of this section
shall be punished for a first offence by a fine of not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and for a
subsequent offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more
than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more
than three months, or both. Whoever shall have been con-
victed of a second violation of any provision in this section
shall be prohibited from contracting, directly or indirectly,
with the commonwealth for, or from performing, any work
covered by this section as contractor or sub-contractor for a
period of two years from the date of said conviction.

Bonds, satisfactory to said commission, or other awarding
official, may be required to be given by the party to whom
any contract is awarded, to secure its faithful performance.

The department of labor and industries shall enforce this
section, and shall have all the necessary powers therefor.

Approved July 28, 1966.

5i2 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 615.

Chap. 615 An Act to establish the beach point fire hydrant

DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The inhabitants of that portion of the town
of Truro known as Beach Point, and residing in the area
presently served with water for domestic ser\'ice from a water
main running in a northwesterly direction from the pumping
station located near the junction of Route 6 A and the New
Haven Railroad, said Beach Point district being the same
area described in the records of the town of Truro and as
shown on a map now on file in the office of the selectmen
thereof and recorded in the office of the Registry of Deeds
for Barnstable County, Book No. 121, Page No. 115, are
hereby made a body politic by the name of Beach Point
Fire Hydrant District; and said corpoFation, except as
herein otherwise provided, shall have all the powers and be
subject to all of the duties and liabilities set forth in all
General Laws now or hereafter in force relating to fire
districts.

Section 2. Said district may make contracts for the
purchase of hydrants and water service for such extinguish-
ment and for any other thing incidental thereto that law-
fully may be done by said district.

Section 3. Said district may, at meetings called for the
purpose, raise money by taxation for any of the purposes
necessary or proper under the provisions of this act.

Section 4. For the purpose of this act the town of
Provincetown is authorized through its water commission
to enter into contracts with the Beach Point Fire Hydrant
District for the furnishing of water for the extinguishment
of fires and for all other purposes necessary or incidental
thereto.

Section 5. The first meeting of said district shall be
called on petition of five or more legal voters therein by
warrant from the selectmen of the town of Truro or from a
justice of the peace directed to one of the petitioners requir-
ing him to give notice of the meeting by posting copies of
said warrant in two or more public places in said district
seven days at least before the time of the meeting. One of
the petitioners shall preside at the meeting until a clerk is
chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside until a moder-
ator is chosen. The meeting may then proceed to act on the
other articles contained in the warrant.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
within three years after the passage of this act by a majority
of the legal voters of said district present and voting at a
meeting called for that purpose in accordance with the pro-
visions of section five. If voted upon and not accepted, it
may be resubmitted at subsequent district meetings legally
called for the purpose; provided, that it shall not be voted
upon by the district more than three times in any one year.

Approved July 28, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 616. 513

An Act creating the historic beacon hill district in Chap.QlG

THE city of boston AND ESTABLISHING IN THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT OF SAID CITY THE BEACON HILL ARCHITEC-
TURAL COMMISSION AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Creation of the District. — There is hereby
created in the city of Boston a district to be known as the
Historic Beacon Hill District, bounded as follows: — south-
erly by the northerly side line of Beacon street; westerly
by a line parallel with and one hundred and fifty feet distant
westerly from, the westerly side line of Beaver street;
northerly by Beaver place; easterly by Brimmer street;
northerly again by Byron street; westerly again by a line
parallel with, and eighty feet distant westerly from, the
westerly side Hne of Charles street; northerly again by
the southerly side line of Revere street ; easterly again by the
westerly side line of Myrtle street; northerly again by the
southerly side line of Myrtle street; and easterly again by
the westerly side line of Hancock street and said side line
extended southerly to Beacon street; excluding, however,
from said area land of the commonwealth and the estates
numbered twenty-six to eighty-eight, inclusive, and ninety-
eight to one hundred and thirty-six, inclusive, on Myrtle
street.

Section 2. Purpose. — The purpose of this act is to
promote the educational, cultural, economic and general wel-
fare of the public through the preservation of the historic
Beacon Hill district, and to maintain said district as a
landmark in the history of architecture and as a tangible
reminder of old Boston as it existed in the early days of the
commonwealth.

Section 3. Definitions. — As used in this act, the follow-
ing words shall have the following meanings: —

"Building commissioner", the building commissioner of
the city of Boston.

"City", city of Boston.

"Commission", the commission provided for by section
four.

"Exterior architectural feature", the architectural style
and general arrangement of such portion of the exterior of
a structure as is designed to be open to view from a public
way, including kind, color and texture of the building ma-
terial of such portion and type of all windows, doors, lights,
signs, and other fixtures appurtenant to such portion.

"Structure", a structure as defined in the Boston building
code.

Section 4. Beacon Hill Architectural Conwiission. —

There shall be in the building department of the city a
board, known as the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission,
consisting of five commissioners appointed by the mayor of
the city as follows: — one from two candidates nominated

514 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 616.

by the Beacon Hill Civic Association, Inc., one from two
candidates nominated by the Boston Real Estate Board, one
from two candidates nominated by The Boston Society of
Architects, one from two candidates nominated by the So-
ciety for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, and
one member selected at large by the mayor. The commis-
sioners initially appointed hereunder shall serve, in the case
of the commissioner appointed upon nomination of the
Beacon Hill Civic Association, Inc., for a term expiring one
year, in the case of the commissioner appointed upon nomina-
tion of the Boston Real Estate Board, for a term expiring
two years, in the case of the commissioner appointed upon
nomination of The Boston Society of Architects, for a term
expiring three years, in the case of the commissioner ap-
pointed upon nomination of the Society for the Preserva-
tion of New England Antiquities, for a term expiring four
years, and, in the case of the commissioner selected at large
by the mayor, for a term expiring five years, from the first
day of May in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five.
As the term of any such commissioner, or of any subsequent
commissioner, expires, his successor shall be appointed in like
manner as such commissioner for a term of five years.
Vacancies in the commission shall be filled in the same man-
ner for the unexpired term. Every commissioner shall con-
tinue in office after the expiration of his term until his
successor is duly appointed and qualified. Any commis-
sioner may be removed by the mayor as provided in section
fourteen of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and nine.

The commission shall annually on the first day of May,
or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, elect one of
its members as chairman and another as vice chairman.
The commission shall also elect a secretary outside of its
membership w^ho shall be exempt from the civil service laws
and rules and shall receive from the city such compensation
as the commission, with the approval of the mayor, shall
from tim.e to time fix. Whenever the secretary shall not be
in attendance at a meeting of the commission, the commis-
sion shall elect a secretary pro tem for such meeting, who
shall receive such compensation as the commission with the
approval of the mayor shall fix. The members of the com-
mission shall serve without compensation, but shall be re-
imbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance
of their duties. The records of the commission shall set forth
every determination made by the commission and the vote
of every member participating therein and the absence or
failure to vote of every other member.

The commission shall not be subject to the supervision
or control of the building commissioner; but unless other-
wise ordered by the mayor, the commission shall not com-
municate with the mayor except through the building com-
missioner and shall not make any annual or other report
except through the building commissioner.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 616. 515

Section 5. Limitation on Issuance of Building Permit. —
No permit shall be issued by the building commissioner for
the construction of any structure in the historic Beacon
Hill district or the reconstruction, alteration or demoUtion of
any structure now or hereafter in said district, except in
cases excluded by section nine of this act, unless the ap-
plication for such permit shall bear a certificate under sec-
tion six of this act that no exterior architectural feature is
involved or shall be accompanied by a certificate of ap-
propriateness issued under section seven of this act or, in
the case of the demolition of a structure, a certificate under
section eight of this act that twenty days or such lesser
period as the commission may have determined has expired
after receipt by the commission of notice of demolition.

Section 6. Certificate of Non-applicability of Statute. —
Except in cases excluded by section nine of this act, every
person about to apply to the building commissioner for a
permit to construct any structure in the historic Beacon
Hill district or to reconstruct, alter or demolish any structure
now or hereafter in said district shall deposit with the secre-
tary of the commission his apphcation for such permit to-
gether with all plans and specifications for the work involved.
Within five days thereafter, Saturdays, Sundays and legal
hoUdays excluded, the commission shall consider such ap-
plication, plans and specifications and determine whether
any exterior architectural feature is involved. If the com-
mission determines that no exterior arcliitectural feature is
involved, it shall cause its secretary to endorse on the ap-
plication forthwith a certificate of such determination and
return the apphcation, plans and specifications to the ap-
plicant.

Section 7. Certificate of Appropriateness. — No person
shall construct any exterior architectural feature in the his-
toric Beacon Hill district, or reconstruct or alter any such
feature now or hereafter in said district, until such person
shall have filed with the secretary of the commission an
application for a certificate of appropriateness in such form
and with such plans, specifications and other material as the
commission may from time to time prescribe and a certificate
of appropriateness shall have been issued as hereinafter pro-
vided in this section.

Witliin five days after the filing of an application for a
certificate of appropriateness, Saturdays, Sundays and legal
hohdays excluded, the commission shall determine the es-
tates deemed by it to be materially affected by such apphca-
tion and, unless a public hearing on such application is
waived in writing by all persons entitled to notice thereof,
shall forthwith cause its secretary to give by mail, postage
prepaid, to the apphcant, to the owners of all such estates
as they appear on the then most recent real estate tax list,
and to any person fifing written request for notice of hearings,
such request to be renewed yearly in December, reasonable
notice of a pubHc hearing before the commission on such
apphcation.

516 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 616.

As soon as conveniently may be after such public hearing
or the waiver thereof, but in al 1 events within twenty days,
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the
filing of the application for the certificate of appropriateness,
or within such further time as the applicant may in writing
allow, the commission shall determine whether the proposed
construction, reconstruction or alteration of the exterior ar-
chitectural feature involved will be appropriate to the preser-
vation of the historic Beacon Hill district for the purposes of
this act, and whether, notwithstanding that it may be inap-
propriate, owing to conditions especially affecting the struc-
ture involved, but not affecting the historic Beacon Hill
district generally, failure to issue a certificate of appropriate-
ness will involve a substantial hardship to the applicant and
such a certificate may be issued without substantial detri-
ment to the public welfare and without substantial deroga-
tion from the intent and purposes of this act. In passing
upon appropriateness, the commission shall consider, in ad-
dition to any other pertinent factors, the historical and
architectural value and significance, architectural style, gen-
eral design, arrangement, texture, material and color of the
exterior architectural feature involved and the relationship
thereof to the exterior architectural features of other struc-
tures in the immediate neighborhood.

If the commission determines that the proposed construc-
tion, reconstruction or alteration of the exterior architectural
feature involved will be appropriate or, although inappro-
priate, owing to conditions as aforesaid, failure to issue a
certificate of appropriateness will involve substantial hard-
ship to the applicant and issuance thereof may be made
without substantial detriment or derogation as aforesaid, or
if the commission fails to make a determination within the
time hereinbefore prescribed, the secretary of the commis-
sion shall forthwith issue to the applicant a certificate of
appropriateness. If the commission determines that a cer-
tificate of appropriateness should not issue, the commission
shall forthwith spread upon its records the reasons for such
determination and may include recommendations respecting
the proposed construction, reconstruction or alteration.
Thereupon the secretary of the commission shall forthwith
notify the applicant of such determination, transmitting to
him an attested copy of the reasons and recommendations,
if any, spread upon the records of the conmiission.

Section 8. Notice of Demolition. — No person shall de-
molish any exterior architectural feature now or hereafter
in the historic Beacon Hill district until he shall have filed
with the secretary of the commission on such form as may
be from time to time prescribed by the commission a written
notice of his intent to demolish such feature and a period of
twenty days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays ex-
cluded, or such lesser period as the commission, because the
feature is not historically or architecturally significant or
otherwise worthy of preservation, may in a particular case

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 616. 517

determine, shall have expired following the filing of such
notice of demolition. Upon the expiration of such period
the secretary of the commission shall forthwith issue to the
person fihng the notice of demohtion a certificate of the
expiration of such period.

Section 9. Exclusions. — Nothing in this act shall be
construed to prevent the ordinary maintenance or repair of
any exterior architectural feature now or hereafter in the
historic Beacon Hill district; nor shall anything in this act
be construed to prevent the construction, reconstruction, al-
teration or demolition of any such feature which the building
commissioner shall certify is required by the public safety
because of an unsafe or dangerous condition ; nor shall any-
thing in this act be construed to prevent the construction,
reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such feature
under a permit issued by the building commissioner prior to
the effective date of this act.

Section 10. Appeals. — Any applicant aggrieved by a
determination of the commission may, within thirty days
after the making of such determination, appeal to the su-
perior court sitting in equity for the county of Suffolk. The
court shall hear all pertinent evidence and shall annul the
determination of the commission if it finds the reasons given
by the commission to be unwarranted by the evidence or
to be insufficient in law to warrant the determination of the
commission or make such other decree as justice and equity
may require. The remedies provided by this section shall
be exclusive; but the parties shall have all rights of appeal
and exception as in other equity cases.

Section 11. Enforcement. — Whoever constructs, recon-
structs, alters or demolishes any exterior architectural feature
now or hereafter in the historic Beacon Hill district in viola-
tion of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.

The superior court sitting as aforesaid may, upon apphca-
tion of the commission, restrain the construction, recon-
struction, alteration or demolition of any exterior architec-
tural feature now or hereafter in the historic Beacon Hill
district in violation of this act and order the removal of any
such exterior architectural feature constructed or recon-
structed in violation thereof and the substantial restoration
of any such exterior architectural feature altered in violation
thereof.

Section 12. Severability of Provisions. — The provisions
of this act shall be deemed to be severable; and if any of its
provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not
affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

Approved July 28, 1966.

518

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 617.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 143,
§ 3J, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 143,
§ 3J, etc.,
further
amended.

Board of
standards
may prescribe
regulations
and amend
ordinances
under cer-
tain condi-
tions.

Chap. 617 An Act relative to alternative materials used in

THE construction, RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, RE-
PAIR, DEMOLITION, REMOVAL, USE OR OCCUPANCY OF
BUILDINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first paragraph of section 3 J of chapter
143 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out
the last sentence, as amended by section 1 of chapter 534 of
the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence: — The board shall deposit a certified copy of such
regulations with the state secretary and upon such deposit
such regulations shall have the force of law.

Section 2. Said section 3J of said chapter 143 is hereby
further amended by striking out the third sentence of the
second paragraph, inserted by section 1 of chapter 534 of
the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof the following
two sentences: — In cases where the plans and specifications
accompanying an application fail to comply with provisions
of ordinances, by-laws or regulations, or any special law ap-
phcable to a particular city or town, relative to such con-
struction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, demolition, re-
moval, use or occupancy, an inspector of buildings may issue
a permit or certificate for such construction, reconstruction,
alteration, repair, demohtion, removal, use or occupancy if
said plans and specifications comply ^vith the alternatives
set forth in the regulations referred to in this section and he
is of the opinion that said alternatives provide adequate
performance for the purposes for which their use is intended,
as required in this section, and that they are reasonable,
sound and accurate and would not tend to be injurious or
detrimental to the character of the neighborhood or to other
property therein; provided, however, that no permit or cer-
tificate shall be refused or denied on the grounds that such
plans and specifications fail to comply with the provisions
of any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation, or any special
law applicable to any particular city or town, relative to
"materials to be used in such construction, reconstruction,
alteration, repair, demohtion, removal, use or occupancy,
if said plans and specifications comply with the alternatives
relative to such materials set forth in the regulations referred
to in this section. If the inspector feels that the issuance of
a permit or certificate because of the comphance in plans
and specifications with said alternative materials does not
promote the pubfic interest and safety, he may appeal in the
manner provided by section fifty-five and said appeal shall
be subject to the provisions of said section.

Approved July 28, 1965.

Acts, 1955. —Chaps. 618, 619. 519

An Act relating to the method of accounting re- Qhav 618

QUIRED UNDER THE INCOME TAX LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 62 of the General Laws o. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph, as ^tti'a^endld
amended by section 41 of chapter 654 of the acts of 1953.

Section 2. Said chapter 62 is hereby further amended EdVeJ^'^'
by adding at the end the following section: — Section 62. § 6'2,' addel!^
Income taxable under this chapter shall be determined in
accordance with the method of accounting regularly em-
ployed in keeping the books of the taxpayer unless it is
established that such method does not clearly reflect income.
If a taxpayer does not keep books of account, his income shall Method of
be determined on the cash receipts and disbursements method und°e')'°in°^
of accounting. Any taxpayer who changes the method of *'°™® **^ ^^'
accounting regularly employed by him in keeping his books
shall not be permitted to report his income on a method
different from that used for the preceding year without ob-
taining the consent of the commissioner. The period for
which income is to be computed shall be on the basis of a
calendar year unless a taxpayer actually keeps his books of
account on the basis of a fiscal year and has obtained per-
mission from the commissioner to report his income on such
a basis. Approved July 28, 1955,

An Act authorizing payment op certain expenses of Chav 619

PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING POLICE OFFICERS INJURED IN
THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AND INDEMNIFYING THEM
FOR CERTAIN OTHER EXPENSES AND DAMAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter 16 of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- g. l. (Ter.
serting after section 4A, inserted by chapter 555 of the acts n^w §§^4b,
of 1955, the following two sections: — Section J^B. The com- ^^' added.'
missioner may authorize the payment, out of the Highway ^ertSn^^oif
Fund, of the reasonable hospital, medical and surgical officers in-
expenses of any member of the public works building pohce ^^^^ °° *^^*^'
who is temporarily or permanently disabled, either mentally
or physically, by reason of injuries sustained through no
fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty.

Section Ifi. The commissioner shall, subject to appro- indemnifica-
priation, indemnify a pubhc works building police officer, to ^ed.*"*^*""
an amount not more than the amount recommended by
said commissioner, for expenses or damages sustained by
him while acting as a poHce officer, or incurred by him in
the defense or settlement of an action brought against him
for acts done by him while so acting; provided, that the de-
fense or settlement of such claim shall have been made by
the attorney general ; and such damages shall include loss of
pay by reason of absence from duty on the part of such
officer because of temporary incapacity caused by injury

520 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 620, 621.

suffered through no fault of his own while in the actual per-
formance of duty; and, if such officer be dead, such expenses
or damages shall be payable to his widow, or, if he leaves no
widow, then to his next of kin, who, at the time of his death,
were dependent upon his salary for support. This section
shall be construed to require the commissioner to pay com-
pensation, in the manner herein provided, for damages for
personal injuries, whether or not death results; provided,
the amount of such compensation shall have been approved
by the attorney general. Approved July 28, 1956.

Chap. 620 An Act authorizing certain additional emergency

EXPENDITURES IN THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY-SIX.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 497 of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by striking out the word
and figures "July 31", and inserting in place thereof the
word and figures: — August 15, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 2, This act shall cease to be operative upon the
enactment into law of the general appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1956 or on August 15, 1955, whichever is the
earlier, and all action taken under this act shall apply against
said appropriation act.

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

Approved July 28, 1955.

Chap. 621 An Act authorizing and directing the board of trus-
tees OF THE LOWELL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF MAS-
SACHUSETTS TO CONVEY CERTAIN LAND OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH IN THE TOWN OF WEBSTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of trustees of the Lowell Tech-
nological Institute of Massachusetts, in order to discharge
a moral obligation of the commonwealth, is hereby author-
ized and directed, notwithstanding the provisions of any
other general or special law to the contrary, in the name and
behalf of the commonwealth, to convey to Josephine L.
Campbell of Webster, in Worcester county, and to grant to
said Josephine L. Campbell all the right, title and interest
of the commonwealth in so much of the land acquired by the
Lowell Technological Institute of Massachusetts for the
commonwealth as a residuary legatee under the will of
Myron S. Freeman, Worcester County Probate #177902,
located in Webster, bounded and described as follows: —
beginning at a point at the intersection of the southerly Une
of Boyden street with the easterly Une of School street;
thence S. 5° W. by the easterly Une of School street 4 rods
to a point at land now or formerly of one Burnett; thence
easterly by land of said Burnett 9 rods more or less to a
point at land of said Burnett ; thence northerly by land of said

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 622. 521

Burnett 5 rods 6}/2 links more or less to a point in the south-
erly line of Boy den street; thence westerly by the southerly
line of Boyden street 9 rods to the point of beginning.
Being the same premises conveyed to Adelaide E. Freeman
by deed of Telesphore Leboeuf dated April 14, 1915 and
recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, book
2089, page 374. Excepting from the above-described grant
the premises conveyed by Robert S. Bowditch and Irene
Gowetz, executors of the will of Myron S. Freeman, to
Frederick F. Babbitt by deed dated June 17, 1954, recorded
with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, book 3595, page
399.

The deed conveying said land shall be approved as to
form by the attorney general.

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

Approved August 1, 1955.

An Act providing for the examination and registra- Chav. Q22

TION OF GRADUATES OF FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOLS WHO
ARE APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS PHYSICIANS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose which is to provide forthwith for the p""^**™^*®-
screening of graduates of certain foreign medical schools for
the purpose of determining their qualifications for admitting
them to examination for licenses to practice in the common-
wealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and welfare.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 2 of chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after the second sentence, as amended ftti'ameAJed.
by section 1 of chapter 396 of the acts of 1945, the following
sentence: — In the case of an applicant who has received Registration
from a medical school legally chartered in a sovereign state of gra^uafe's^
other than the United States or Canada the degree of doctor ^V^^'P
of medicine or bachelor of medicine or its equivalent, his schools,
qualifications shall be reviewed by a committee consisting
of two members of the committee on medical education of
the Massachusetts Medical Society appointed by the presi-
dent of the Massachusetts Medical Society, one member of
the committee on education of the Massachusetts Osteo-
pathic Society appointed by the president of the Massa-
chusetts Osteopathic Society, and the deans of the medical
schools in Massachusetts; and this committee shall certify
to the board when, in their opinion, the qualifications of such
applicant are equivalent to those required of applicants who
have graduated from approved medical schools in the United
States or Canada ; and in the case of an applicant so certified
the board may, upon payment of twenty-five dollars by said
applicant, then admit him to the examination for hcensure.

Approved August 1, 1955.

522 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 623, 624.

C hap. 62S An Act exempting educational institutions from the

PROVISIONS OF the LAW REGULATING TRAILER COACH
PARKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

EdViIo"^* '^^® ^^^* paragraph of section 32F of chapter 140 of the

§3'2F etc., General Laws, added by chapter 74 of the acts of 1951, is

ameni

ked.

hereby amended by inserting after the word^"days", in
hne 6, the words : — , or land owned by a tax exempt educa-
tional institution used to accommodate students attending
Certain land such institution, — SO as to read as^f ollows : — A lot or tract
deemed^l of land provided by a state or county fair, agricultural and
^Mk^"^ ""^•'•^ horticultural society, grange or 4-H club for the use of trailer
coaches to accommcwlate personnel who are to participate in
any fair or exhibition conducted by such organization, which
fair or exhibition does not continue for a period exceeding
ten consecutive days, or land owned by a tax exempt educa-
tional institution used to accommodate students attending
such institution, shall not be deemed a trailer coach park.

Approved August 1, 1955.

Chap. 624: An Act relative to investments in certain securities

BY THE SAVINGS BANK INVESTMENT FUND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 283 of the acts of 1945 is hereby amended by
striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 4- The board of directors shall
have authority from time to time to invest the funds of the
corporation, and the corporation shall have powers in that
respect, subject to the limitations hereafter stated, as fol-
lows: —

(a) To make and acquire such loans secured by mortgages
on real property situated within the limits of the common-
wealth as the federal housing administrator insures, or issues
a commitment to insure, and to obtain such insurance; to
collect and apply payments due upon and otherwise to serv-
ice any such mortgage loan originated or acquired by it and
with respect to any such mortgage loan to make agreements
with any mortgagees approved by the federal housing ad-
ministrator to collect and apply payments due upon and
otherwise to service or contract for the servicing of any such
mortgage loan; and to exercise any powers and to do any
and all things, including the acquisition, by foreclosure or
otherwise, and holding, of real estate and its sale or other
disposal, incidental or necessary to give effect to this author-
ity.

(6) In public funds authorized for savings banks as set
forth in sections forty-two and forty-three of chapter one
hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws.

(c) In bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of cor-
porations, associations and trusts, including guarantors and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 624. 523

assuming obligors, located or having a principal place of
business within the limits of any of the forty-eight states of
the United States or the District of Columbia; provided,
that such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are not
in default at the time of such investment; and provided,
further, that the securities in question or other comparable
obligations of the same obligor are quoted in recognized
securities markets.

(d) In common stock or preferred stock of any corporation
located or having a principal place of business within the
hmits of any of the forty-eight states of the United States
or the District of Columbia, except insurance companies,
trust companies, national banking associations and other
banking corporations; provided, that any such common
stock is registered on a national securities exchange, as pro-
vided in an act of Congress of the United States entitled the
"Securities Exchange Act of 1934", approved June sixth,
nineteen hundred and thirty-four, as amended; and pro-
vided, further, that any such preferred stock, or the com-
mon stock of the corporation issuing or having issued such
preferred stock, is so registered. No shares of preferred
stock or common stock shall be purchased hereunder unless
it shall appear to the Savings Bank Investment Fund that
the corporation issuing or having issued the shares to be pur-
chased shall have earned and paid one or more dividends on
its common stock in each of the fifteen years immediately
preceding the date of purchase, and that the earnings of such
corporation estimated in writing by said Fund to be avail-
able in the year of purchase for dividends on such shares
will be more than the earnings available in the calendar year
or fiscal year immediately preceding the date of purchase for
dividends on such shares or on shares of comparable stock of
such corporation. The total investments of the corporation
outstanding at any one time in common stocks shall not
exceed two thirds of its assets. No savings bank shall pur-
chase shares of beneficial interest in the corporation in any
one fiscal year commencing November first, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, in amounts aggregating in excess of two
per cent of the deposits of such savings bank as shown by
its books at the end of the preceding fiscal year. The aggre-
gate investment of any savings bank in such shares of bene-
ficial interest and in bank stocks and fire insurance stocks
authorized by sections forty-seven and forty-eight, respec-
tively, of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General
Laws, shall not, at any one time, exceed the combined total
of its guaranty fund and surplus referred to in section fifty-
seven of said chapter, appearing immediately following the
payment or provision for payment of its next preceding
dividend.

The corporation shall not purchase the stock or obliga-
tions of any one obligor, except direct obligations of the
United States and those insured by the federal housing ad-
ministrator, if such purchase at the time thereof would cause

524 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 625.

more than three per cent of the corporation's assets to be in-
vested in such stock or obligations. The corporation shall
not purchase bonds having a yield greater than two and one
half per cent in excess of the return on fully taxable United
States government securities of approximately similar
maturity if such purchase at the time thereof would cause
more than ten per cent of the corporation's assets to be in-
vested in such bonds. The corporation shall have no power
to borrow money. Approved August 1, 1955.

Chap.Q25 An Act authorizing the acquisition by the state super-
intendent OF BUILDINGS OF CERTAIN PREMISES TO BE
USED BY AGENCIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The state superintendent of buildings, on
behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized and
directed to take by eminent domain, under the provisions
of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, certain prem-
ises situated at 618 Acushnet avenue in the city of New
Bedford, together with the building thereon.

Section 2. To meet the expenditures necessary in
carrying out this act, the state treasurer shall, upon request
of the governor and council, issue and sell at public or pri-
vate sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered or with
interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to an
amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars. All bonds issued as aforesaid
shall bear on their face the words, State Office Building
Loan, Act of 1955, and shall be on the serial payment plan
for such maximum term of years, not exceeding fifteen
years from the date of issue, as the governor and council
may recommend to the general court, pursuant to section 3
of Article 62 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be so arranged
that the amounts payable in the several years shall be as
nearly equal as in the opinion of the state treasurer it is
practicable to make them. Said bonds shall bear interest
semi-annually at such rate as the state treasurer, with the
approval of the governor, shall fix, but bonds shall be pay-
able not earlier than July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-
seven, and not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and seventy-three.

Section 3. The expenditures incurred in carrying out
this act, in amortizing the debt and the payment of interest,
shall be reimbursed to the commonwealth from the rentals
of the building situated on the premises described in section
one. Said rentals shall be based on a lease between the
state superintendent of buildings and the executive or ad-
ministrative head of a state department, commission or
board, hereinafter referred to as a state agency, approved
by the governor and council and the commission on admin-
istration and finance. If a single state agency occupies said

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 626. 525

building, the annual expenditure to be reimbursed to the
commonwealth will be assumed in its entirety by said
agency; if more than one state agency occupies said build-
ing, the said annual expenditure to be reimbursed to the
commonwealth will be apportioned among the various state
agencies in the same proportion as the net area occupied by
each such state agency bears to the total usable area of said
building. Upon completion of the total reimbursement to
the commonwealth, consisting of the annual amounts neces-
sary for amortization and payments of interest required by
said bond issue, no further payments for such expenditures
shall be required.

All other costs in connection with the maintenance and
operation of said premises and with capital improvements
thereto shall be assumed in their entirety or prorated as
hereinbefore set forth, dependent on whether one or more
than one state agency occupies said premises. Such costs
shall be continually assumed by a state agency during its
tenancy of said premises.

Payment of said expenditures and of said other costs
shall be made by the state agency from funds appropriated
or allotted or otherwise made available thereto for purposes
of administration. Approved August S, 1965.

An Act providing for reimbursement by the common- C/iai).626

WEALTH OF CERTAIN COSTS OF CONDUCTING SPECIAL
CLASSES APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCA-
TION BY CERTAIN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 69 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out sections 29A and 29B, inserted by §(f■29A^29B.
section 3 of chapter 514 of the acts of 1954, and inserting etc., amended,
in place thereof the following two sections: — Section 29 A.
The division of special education shall direct and supervise Duty of
all special education supported in whole or in part by the <^^>"°''-
commonwealth or any of its subdivisions, and shall be re-
sponsible for the compliance by cities, towns or regional
school districts with the program of special classes established
under the provisions of sections forty-six and forty-six A of
chapter seventy-one for the instruction of educable and
trainable mentally retarded children and physically handi-
capped children.

Section 29B. One half of the cost of the expenses of the mentby"^
instruction, training and support of the children in the ^°e™ith of
special classes provided under section forty-six or forty- certain costs,
six A, actually rendered or furnished, including their neces- ^"' ""^"^ *
sary traveling expenses, whether daily or otherwise, but
not exceeding ordinary and reasonable compensation there-
for, shall be reimbursed to the towns or any twelve grade
regional school district by the commonwealth upon approval
of the department and certification by it that such classes
meet the standards and requirements prescribed by it.

526

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 626.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 71,
new §§ 46E,
46F, added.

State treasurer
to pay cities
or towns from
taxes, etc.

Certain school
districts in-
cluded.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 70,
§§ 3 A, 30,
repealed.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 71, § 46,
etc., amended.

Classifications
of retarded
children,
established.

Section 2, Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 46D, inserted by sec-
tion 6 of said chapter 514 of the acts of 1954, the following
two sections : — Section J^6E. The state treasurer shall an-
nually on or before November twentieth pay to any city or
town certified by the commissioner to have paid teachers of
classes conducted to meet the requirements of section forty-
six compensation in excess of the regular compensation paid
to its teachers out of the proceeds of the taxation in in-
comes under chapter sixty-two, or, if such proceeds are
insufficient, from other revenues as may be appropriated
therefor, a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars for each
such teacher so paid.

Section J^6F. The state treasurer shall annually on or be-
fore November twentieth pay from the proceeds of taxation
on incomes under chapter sixty-two to any city or town or
to any twelve grade regional school district such sums as
may be certified by the commissioner on account of classes
conducted as provided in section forty-six or forty-six A.

Section 2A. Sections three A and three C of chapter
seventy of the General Laws are hereby repealed.

Section 3. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 46, as most recently amended
by section 5 of chapter 514 of the acts of 1954, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section ^6. The
school committee of every town or district committee of
every twelve grade regional school district shall annually
ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the department
and the department of mental health, the number of chil-
dren retarded in mental development in attendance upon
its public schools, or of school age and resident therein.
Such children shall be placed in the following classifications :
— (a) the educable mentally retarded ; (6) the trainable
mentally retarded; and (c) the custodial mentally retarded.
At the beginning of each school year the committee of every
town or district committee of every twelve grade regional
school district where there are five or more such children as
determined in accordance with the first sentence of this
section, shall, and every town or twelve grade regional
school district where there are less than five such children
may, establish special classes for the instruction of the ed-
ucable mentally retarded children and for the instruction of
the trainable mentally retarded children according to their
mental attainments, under regulations prescribed by the de-
partment. A child appearing to be mentally retarded in
any less degree may, upon request of the superintendent of
schools of the town or twelve grade regional school district
where he attends school, be examined under such regula-
tions as may be prescribed by the department and the de-
partment of mental health. No child under the control of
the department of public welfare or of the child welfare divi-
sion of the institutions department of the city of Boston or
of a similar agency of any other city, who is retarded in

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 627, 628. 527

mental development within the meaning of this section,
shall, after complaint made by the school committee to the
department of public welfare or said division or similar
agency, be placed in a town or twelve grade regional school
district which is not required to maintain a special class as
provided for in this section.

Section 4. Said chapter 71 is hereby further amended Ed^'n^*^'
by striking out section 46C, inserted by section 6 of chap- § 46C, etc.,
ter 514 of the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the ^^^'^ ^ '
following section : — Section 46C. Any city, town or twelve Joint classes
grade regional school district having fewer than ten men- a^i^'In'd
tally retarded children may, with the approval of the de- Jgorked"'
partment, join \vith another such city, town or twelve grade
regional school district or with other such cities, towns or
regional school districts to provide the necessary special
classes, as provided in section forty-six.

Approved August 2, 1955.

An Act authorizing the port of boston commission to Chav. Q27

INSURE certain PROPERTY AT THE ARMY BASE LEASED
FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Port of Boston Commission is hereby authorized to
procure and pay for insurance of the type and to the extent
required by the lease authorized by chapter five hundred
and seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four, between the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the
United States of America, relating to the Army Base at
South Boston, and in tne event of the occurrence of a casu-
alty insured against, to employ without appropriation the
proceeds of such insurance for the repair and replacement of
the leased premises in accordance with the terms of such
lease.

Said commission may expend for premium charges in
effecting said insurance such sums not to exceed coverage
of twenty million dollars as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved August 2, 1966.

An Act providing for contributory group life, acci- C/ia».628

DENT, hospitalization, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSUR-
ANCE FOR persons IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after chapter 32 the following chapter: — dfapte'rTsA.

added.

Chapter 32A.

Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance

FOR Persons in the Service of the Commonwealth.

Section 1. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a Purpose,
program of group life insurance, group accidental death and

528

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 628.

Definitions.

State em-
ployees' group
insurance
commission.

dismemberment insurance for certain persons in the service
of the commonwealth, and group general or blanket hospital,
surgical and medical insurance for such persons and their
dependents.

Section 2. The following words and phrases as used in
this chapter shall have the following meanings : —

(a) "Commission", the state employees' group insurance
commission.

(6) "Employee", any person in the service of the com-
monwealth, whether such person be employed, appointed or
elected by popular vote ; provided, the duties of such person
require that his time be devoted to the service of the com-
monwealth during the regular work week of permanent em-
ployees, except that persons elected by popular vote will be
considered employees during the entire term for which they
are elected, regardless of hours devoted to the service of the
commonwealth. By way of illustration but not limitation, a
person appointed or elected by popular vote shall include
employees of the general court, state officials, constitutional
officers and members of the general court, but shall in no
event be construed to include members of the judiciary,
seasonal employees or emergency employees. A determina-
tion by the commission that a person is eligible for partici-
pation in the plan of insurance shall be final and shall be bind-
ing on all parties.

(c) "Employer", the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

id) "Dependents", an employee's spouse and an em-
ployee's unmarried children under nineteen years of age.

Section 3. There shall be established within the com-
mission on administration and finance, but not under its
jurisdiction, a special unpaid commission, to be known as
the state employees' group insurance commission, consisting
of the commissioner of administration, the commissioner of
insurance, and three members to be appointed by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the council. At
least one member appointed by the governor shall be a state
employee, and not more than two appointive members of
the commission shall be members of the same political party.
No member appointed by the governor shall be an insurance
agent, broker, employee or officer of any insurance company.
Upon the expiration of the term of office of any appointive
member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner for
a term of three years. The commission shall be provided
with suitable offices in the state house and may, subject to
appropriation, incur expenses and appoint an executive
secretary and such other employees as may be necessary to
administer the provisions of this chapter. There shall be
paid by the commonwealth to each appointive member of
said commission the necessary expenses actually incurred
in the discharge of his official duties. The executive secretary
shall be the executive and administrative officer of the com-
mission and shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter
thirty-one. The commission shall adopt such reasonable

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 628. 529

rules and regulations as may be necessary for the adminis-
tration of this act and shall make an annual report to the
governor and to the general court which shall be in such form
as to enable employees to understand the benefits available
from the insurance program, including the cost thereof.

Section ^. The commission shall negotiate with and pur- Powers and
chase, on such terms as it deems to be in the best interest of commiMion.
the commonwealth and its employees, from one or more in-
surance companies, savings banks or non-profit hospital or
medical service corporations, a policy or policies of group life
and accidental death and dismemberment insurance cover-
ing persons in the service of the commonwealth, and group
general or blanket insurance providing hospital, surgical and
medical benefits covering persons in the service of the
commonwealth and their dependents, and shall execute all
agreements or contracts pertaining to said policies or any
amendments thereto for and on behalf and in the name of
the commonwealth. Said commission may negotiate a con-
tract for such term not exceeding three years as it may, in its
discretion, deem to be the most advantageous to the com-
monwealth; provided, however, that the portion of the
cost of the premium per month to be borne by the com-
monwealth shall not exceed the estimated monthly cost for
which funds have been appropriated by the general court for
the then current fiscal year.

For the purposes of this chapter, any savings bank au-
thorized to engage in the insurance business in accordance
with chapter one hundred and seventy-eight and any non-
profit hospital service corporation or non-profit medical
corporation organized under chapter one hundred and
seventy-six A or one hundred and seventy-six B shall be
and is hereby authorized to enter into a reinsurance agree-
ment as herein provided in the same manner as any other
insurance company.

Section 5. Each employee shall be automatically insured Coverage,
for all insurance coverages provided under said policy or
policies, commencing on the date he first becomes eligible
or on the effective date of such coverage or coverages, in-
cluding dependent benefits, whichever last occurs; pro-
vided, that any employee desiring not to be so insured shall,
on an appropriate form prescribed by the commission, give
written notice to the commission that he is not to be insured ;

for any of such coverages, including dependent benefits,
provided under such policy or pohcies. Such notice shall be
mailed to the ofiice of the commission at least thirty days
prior to the effective date of the policy or policies insuring
said employee. If the employee fails to give notice as herein
provided or, in the event such employee shall have become
insured before such notice has been received, the employee
may withdraw, and such insurance shall cease to be effective
on the first day of the month following the expiration of
fifteen days from the receipt of notice of withdrawal. Every
poUcy, whether original or renewal, shall provide, in the

530

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 628.

Amount of
insurance.

Information
from em-
ployees.

Premiums,
how paid.

Dividends
and refunds.

Coverage
affected by
retirement of
employees.

case of employees now covered by group insurance benefits,
protection by continuing uninterrupted coverage without
regard to waiting periods.

Section 6. The amount of group life insurance on each
employee shall be two thousand dollars, and the amount of
group accidental death and dismemberment insurance on
each employee shall be two thousand dollars. The amount
of the hospital, surgical and medical benefits to be provided
each employee and his dependents shall be determined by
the commission subject to the provisions of section four.

Section 7. Each employee to whom this chapter applies
shall furnish the commission, in such form as it shall pre-
scribe, such information as is necessary to enroll himself, or
himself and his dependents, under the policy or policies of
insurance.

Section 8. (a) With respect to any period of insurance
which is in effect for an employee, there shall be withheld
from each payment of salary or wages of such employee
fifty per cent of the premium for such insurance and the
commonwealth shall contribute the remaining fifty per
cent of the said premium.

(6) If an employee is not entitled to receive, during a
premium paying period, any salary, wages or other com-
pensation, he may continue his insurance in effect by pay-
ing directly to the treasurer of the commonwealth a sum
equal to the amount which would otherwise have been de-
ducted from his salary or wages, except that if an employee
is granted a leave of absence without pay he shall contribute
the entire cost of his insurance to the treasurer as aforesaid
and there shall be no contribution by the commonwealth for
such employee's insurance.

(c) All amounts withheld from an employee's salary or
wages as provided in paragraph (a) and all amounts paid by
an employee as provided in paragraph (6) and all amounts
withheld from pensions or retirement allowances under the
provisions of section nineteen of chapter thirty-two shall
be forwarded by the treasurer or other agency responsible
for the payment of employee salaries and wages or pensions
and retirement allowances to the commission. The com-
mission, from funds appropriated therefor, shall authorize
payment of the contribution of the commonwealth as pro-
vided in said paragraph (a), which, together with the em-
ployee payments, shall be paid at least once each month to
the carrier or carriers entitled to the premium.

Section 9. Any dividend or other refunds or rate credits
shall inure to the benefit of the commonwealth, and shall be
deposited with the treasurer and receiver-general of the
commonwealth and shall be applied to the cost of such in-
surance.

Section 10. The commission shall require that, on retire-
ment of an employee, the policy or policies of insurance shall
provide that the group life coverage of such employee shall

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 628. 531

be reduced fifty per cent and the group general or blanket
insurance providing hospital, surgical and medical benefits
shall be continued, except that the employee shall pay the
entire average premium per one thousand dollars for group
life coverage, and for the hospital, surgical and medical bene-
fits the entire group premium applicable for said employee
or for said employee and his dependents. Any policy or
poHcies issued under this chapter shall provide that, on
termination of employment, an employee shall be entitled
to convert his insurance to an individual type of policy, sub-
ject to the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-four
of chapter one hundred and seventy-five with respect to life
insurance, and subject to the requirements of the commission
with respect to the other insurance coverages provided in
this chapter. No employee will be permitted to convert his
insurance on separation from service more than one time if
such converted insurance would result in a greater amount
of insurance than is provided in section six.

Section 2. Section 19 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as amended by chapter 599 of the acts of 1952, is hereby fur- ^tc'.!'w^eided'.
ther amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting
•in place thereof the following sentence: — No assignment of ^&''j^®°4d8
any right in or to any funds, annuities, pensions or retirement authorized,
allowances under any system shall be valid except such as- ®**''
signment as may be made for the purpose of making restitu-
tion in the case of dereliction of duty by any member as set
forth in section fifteen, and except such assignment made in
writing by a retired member, authorizing the board to with-
hold each month such amount as he may designate for the
payment of subscriber premium applicable to an hospitaHza-
tion, medical and surgical insurance, or to a life insurance, in
effect with a non-profit hospital and medical service corpora-
tion or insurance company at the time of his retirement.

Section 3. Section twenty-seven A of chapter one hun- g. l. (Ter.
dred and seventy-six A of the General Laws, inserted by f 27A!et^,'
chapter five hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen hun- repealed,
dred and fifty-one, is hereby repealed.

Section 4. The three members initially appointed by the
governor to the special unpaid commission estabhshed by
section three of chapter thirty-two A of the General Laws,
as appearing in section one, shall be appointed for terms of
one, two and three years, respectively.

Approved August 3, 1955.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston, October 14, 1955.

Honorable Edwakd J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Christian A. Herter, by vir-
tue of and in accordance with the provision of the Forty-

532 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 629.

eighth Amendment to the Constitution, "The Referendum
II, Emergency Measure", do declare that in my opinion, the
immediate preservation of the public peace, safety and con-
venience requires that the law signed by me on the third day
of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-
five, being Chapter 628 of the Acts of 1955, entitled, "An
Act Providing for Contributory Group Life, Accident, Hos-
pitalization, Medical and Surgical Insurance for Persons in
the Service of the Commonwealth", should take effect forth-
with, and that it is an emergency law, and that facts consti-
tuting the emergency are as follows:

The Act in its present form becomes effective November
first of the current year. Inasmuch as much preliminary
work must be done by the Commission prior to the effective
date of this Act it is necessary that the legislation referred to
above should take effect forthwith.

Sincerely yours,

Christian A. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth.

Office of the Secretary, Boston, October 14, 1955.

I, Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
hereby certify that the accompanying statement was filed
in this oSice by His Excellency the Governor of the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts at ten o'clock and forty-five
minutes, a.m., on the above date, and in accordance with
Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitu-
tion said chapter takes effect forthmth, being chapter six
hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-five.

Edward J. Cronin,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Chap.Q29 An Act further defining the chelmsford-lowell

BOUNDARY LINE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 164 of the acts of 1955 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 1 . The city of
Lowell is hereby authorized to annex certain land situated
in the town of Chelmsford, the annexation of which by said
city has heretofore been approved by said town, bounded
and described as follows : — ■

Beginning at a point in the existing city-town line that is
604.09 feet northeasterly from Chelmsford-Lowell comer 2,
said point being on the center fine of the location of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, the Massa-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 630. 533

chusetts State co-ordinates of this starting point being

Y = 587,892.52 and X = 646,788.60; thence north 86° 08'
30" east (Massachusetts Grid Bearing), along the existing
city-town Hne, 1723.42 feet to a point, the co-ordinates of
which are Y = 588,008.49 and X = 648,508.11; thence
south 3° 42' 40" east 1835.93 feet to a point, the co-ordinates
of which are Y - 586,176.39 and X = 648,627.01; thence
south 24° 23' 26" west 658.48 feet to a point, the co-ordinates
of which are Y = 585,576.68 and X = 648,355.09; thence
south 80° 47' 51" west, 888.69 feet to a witness monu-
ment, the co-ordinates of which are Y = 585,434.56 and
X = 647,477.84; thence on the same course 50.00 feet to an
unmarked point m River Meadow Brook, the co-ordinates
of which are Y = 585,426.56 and X = 647,428.48; thence
north 17° 55' 20" west 1820.69 feet to a point, the co-ordi-
nates of which are Y = 587,158.90 and X = 646,868.21;
thence north 42° 12' 04" east 173.02 feet to a point, the co-
ordinates of which are Y = 587,287.07 and X = 646,984.43;
thence north 17° 55' 20" west 586.33 feet to a witness monu-
ment, the co-ordinates of which are Y = 587,844.95 and
X = 646,803.99, thence on the same course 50.00 feet
to the point of beginning the co-ordinates of which are

Y = 587,892.52 and X = 646,788.60.

Section 2. The city of Lowell shall file a plan showing
the new boundary lines in the oflBlce of the state secretary,
the ofl&ce of the town clerk in the town of Chelmsford and
the office of the city clerk in the city of Lowell.

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

Approved August 4, 1956.

An Act authorizing the state board of retirement to Cfiav 630

PAY AN ANNUITY TO ELLA B. HORTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any provisions of section twelve of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws to the contrary notwith-
standing, and for the purpose of promoting the pubhc good,
the state board of retirement is authorized to pay an allow-
ance under option (d) of said section twelve to Ella B.
Horton, widow of George Horton, former employee of the
state department of public works, upon her appHcation and
the repayment of the amount of accumulated total deduc-
tions already received by her.

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

Approved August 4, 1955.

534

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 631, 632.

Emergency
preamble.

ChaV.QSl ^^ ^^'^ EXEMPTING CERTAIN ORDERS FOR CREDIT UNION
DEPOSITS OR REPAYMENT OP CREDIT UNION LOANS FROM
THE OPERATION OF THE LAWS REGULATING ASSIGNMENT OF
WAGES AND WEEKLY PAYMENT OF WAGES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, which is to immediately authorize de-
ductions from payrolls of employees who are members of
credit unions for credit union obHgations, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc.y as follows:

Section 8 of chapter 154 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by chapter 239 of the acts of 1951, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "obli-
gations", in line 5, the words: — , or making deposits in or
for the repayment of any loan from any credit union, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 8. None of the foregoing
sections of this chapter, nor section one hundred and forty-
eight of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, shall be apn
pUcable to or control or prohibit the deduction of labor or
trade union or craft dues or obUgations, or making deposits
in or for the repayment of any loan from any credit union,
subscriptions to a non-profit hospital service corporation es-
tabhshed under chapter one hundred and seventy-six A, or
to a medical service corporation established under chapter
one hundred and seventy-six B, or to a charitable corpora-
tion, or payments or contributions of or toward the cost of
or the premiums on any insurance policy or annuity contract
or purchase of government bonds, or purchase of stock pursu-
ant to an employee stock purchase plan, from wages of an
employee by an employer in accordance with a written re-
quest made by the individual employee; provided, that no
such written request, whether recorded or not, except in the
case of labor or trade union or craft dues, shall be regarded
as an assignment valid against a trustee process.

Approved August 4, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 154, § 8,
etc., amended.

Certain
exemptions
from laws
regulating
assignment of
wages, etc.

Chap.QS2 An Act establishing in the town of agawam repre-
sentative TOWN government BY LIMITED TOWN MEET-
INGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There is hereby established in the town of
Agawam the form of representative town government by
limited town meetings hereinafter set forth. Upon accept-
ance of this act by the town of Agawam, as hereinafter pro-
vided, the selectmen shall forthwith divide the territory
thereof into not less than five voting precincts, each of which
shall be plainly designated. All precincts shall contain an
approximately equal number of voters.

The precincts shall be so established as to consist of com-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 632. 535

pact and contiguous territory, to be bounded, as far as pos-
sible, by the center line of known streets and ways or by
other well-defined limits. Their boundaries shall be re-
viewed, and if need be, wholly or partly revised, by the se-
lectmen, in November, once in five years, or in November
of any year when directed by a vote of the town meeting.
Upon the acceptance of the division or revision of the pre-
cincts by a vote of the town meeting members, the selectmen
shall, within ten days after any establishment or revision
of the precincts, file a report of their doings with the town
clerk, the registrars of voters, and the assessors, with a map
or maps or description of the precincts and the names and
residences of the voters therein. The selectmen shall also
cause to be posted in the town hall a map or maps or de-
scription of the precincts as established or revised from time
to time, with the names and residences of the registered
voters therein. They shall also cause to be posted in at
least one public place in each precinct a map or description
of that precinct with the names and residences of the regis-
tered voters therein. The division of the town into voting
precincts and any revision of such precincts shall take effect
upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the select-
men with the town clerk. Whenever the precincts are estab-
lished or revised, the town clerk shall forthwith give written
notice thereof to the secretary of the commonwealth, stating
the number and designation of the precincts. Meetings of
the registered voters of the several precincts for elections,
for primaries, and for voting upon any question to be sub-
mitted to all the voters of the town shall be in conformity
with the provisions of the General Laws, chapters fifty to
fifty-six, inclusive, so far as the same are not inconsistent
with this act, upon the estabhshment of the voting precincts
as hereinbefore provided.

Section 2. Other than the ofiicers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, the representative
town meeting membership shall consist of thirty registered
voters of each precinct. The voters in each precinct at the
first annual town election held after the acceptance of this
act, conformably to the laws relative to elections not in-
consistent with this act, shall elect by ballot the number of
registered voters provided for in the first sentence of this sec-
tion, who shall be known as the elected town meeting mem-
bers of the town. The first third, in the order of votes re-
ceived, of members so elected shall serve three j^ears, the
second third in such order shall serve two years, and the
remaining third in such order shall serve one year from the
day of the annual town meeting. In case of a tie vote affect-
ing the division into thirds, as aforesaid, the members elected
from the precinct shall by ballot determine the same; and
thereafter, except as is otherwise provided, at each annual
town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in
like manner, elect for the term of three years one third of the
number of elected town meeting members to which such pre-

536 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 632.

cinct is entitled, and shall at such election fill for the unex-
pired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies then existing
in the number of elected town meeting members in such
precinct. The terms of office of all elected town meeting
members from every precinct established or revised as afore-
said shall cease upon the election, as hereinbefore provided,
of their successors. The town clerk shall, after every elec-
tion of town meeting members, notify forthwith each such
member by mail of his election. The town meeting mem-
bers, as aforesaid, shall be the judges of the election and
qualification of their members.

Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under
the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided, shall
be limited to the elected town meeting members together
with the following, designated as town meeting members at
large ; namely, any member of the general court of the com-
monwealth who is a registered voter in the town, the town
moderator, the town clerk, the chairman of the board of se-
lectmen, the chairman of the finance committee, the chair-
man of the school committee, the chairman of the planning
board and the chairman of the board of assessors. Any
elected town meeting member who becomes by appointment
or election one of the officers designated as town meeting
member at large shall upon such appointment or election
cease to be an elected town meeting member and the vacancy
shall be filled as hereinafter p^o^'ided.

The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of
the time and place at which representative town meetings
are to be held, such notices to be sent by mail at least seven
days before the meeting. A majority of the town meeting
members shall constitute a quorum for doing business, but
a less number may organize temporarily and may adjourn
from time to time, but no town meeting shall adjourn over
the date of an election of town meeting members. Time per-
mitting, notice of every adjourned town meeting shall be
posted by the town clerk in one or more public places in
each precinct. All town meetings shall be pubhc. The town
meeting members as such shall receive no compensation.
Subject to such conditions as may be determined from time
to time by the members of the representative town meeting,
any registered voter of the town who is not a town meeting
member may speak at any representative town meeting, but
shall not vote. A town meeting member may resign by fil-
ing a written resignation with the town clerk, and such
resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A
town meeting member who removes from the town or from
the precinct from which he was elected shall cease to be a
town meeting member. Chairmen of boards and heads of
departments or their designated representatives shall be in
attendance at all town meetings at which matters pertaining
to their oflice is under discussion.

Section 4. Nominations of candidates for town meeting
members to be elected under this act shall be from among

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 632. 537

the registered voters of the precinct, shall be made by nom-
ination papers which shall bear no political designation and
signed by at least ten registered voters of the precinct in
which the candidate resides. Nomination papers shall be
filed with the board of registrars for certification of signa-
tures seven days prior to the last day and hour for fihng with
the town clerk, which last day shall be the same day that
nomination papers for all other town offices must be filed.
Any town meeting member may become a candidate for re-
election by giving written notice thereof to the town clerk
on or before the last day for filing nomination papers. The
words "Candidate for re-election" shall be printed on the
ballot opposite the names of such candidates, except those
candidates who have been chosen as provided for in section
seven. No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to
any candidate unless his written acceptance is endorsed
thereon or attached thereto.

Section 5. The moderator shall be elected by ballot at
each annual town election when his term of office expires,
and shall serve as moderator of all town meetings except as
otherwise provided by law until his successor is elected and
qualified. Nominations for and election of a moderator shall
be as in the case of other elective town officers, and any va-
cancy in the office may be filled by the town meeting mem-
bers at a meeting held for that purpose. If a moderator
is absent, a moderator pro tempore may be elected by the
town meeting members.

Section 6. The articles in the warrant for every town
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator,
town officers and town meeting members, and as herein pro-
vided, to referenda, and all matters to be acted upon and
determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and determined
by the registered voters of the town in their respective pre-
cincts. All other articles in the warrant for any town meet-
ing shall be acted upon and determined exclusively by town
meeting members at a meeting to be held at such time and
place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant
for the meeting, subject to the referendum provided for in
section eight. No town meeting shall be held in any hall
not capable of holding at least five hundred people.

Section 7. In the event that a vacancy occurs in the
full number of town meeting members from any precinct,
whether arising from a failure of the registered voters thereof
to elect, or from any other cause, the towTi clerk shall at once
choose the person who received the highest number of votes
as a defeated candidate for the office of town meeting mem-
ber in the preceding election in the precinct where the va-
cancy occurs, and shall notify him of his election as a town
meeting member. If for any reason this candidate cannot
accept such appointment, the next highest in the recorded
vote of the defeated candidates in that precinct shall be ap-
pointed. In the event of a tie vote of those who received the
highest votes as such candidates, or if neither of these two

538 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 632.

candidates are available, then the town clerk shall call to-
gether the town meeting members of the precinct where the
vacancy occurs, and they shall, by majority vote of those
members present and by use of the ballot, elect any regis-
tered voter of that precinct to fill such vacancy. The town
clerk shall count the ballots, make a certificate of the choice,
and notify the person so chosen and, upon receipt by the
town clerk of a written acceptance by the person so chosen,
that person shall be deemed elected and qualified as a town
meeting member, to serve until the next annual election, sub-
ject to the right of all the town meeting members to be the
judges of the election and qualification of their members, as
provided in section two.

Section 8. No article in the warrant shall at any repre-
sentative town meeting be finally disposed of by a vote to
lay upon the table, to indefinitely postpone or by other dila-
tory action. No vote passed at any representative town
meeting under any article in the warrant, except a vote to
adjourn or dissolve or a vote for the temporary borrowing
of money in anticipation of revenue or a vote declared by
preamble by a two-thirds vote of the town meeting members
present and voting thereon to be an emergency measure neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health,
safety or convenience of the town, shall be operative until
after the expiration of seven days, including Sundays and
legal holidays, from the date of dissolution of the meeting.
If, within said seven days, a petition, signed by not less than
five per cent of the registered voters of the town, containing
their names together with their street addresses, is filed with
the selectmen, asking that the question or questions involved
in such vote be submitted to the voters of the town at large,
then the selectmen within ten days of the filing of such peti-
tion shall call a special meeting which shall be held within
fifteen days after notice of the call, for the sole purpose of
presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so
involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the
afternoon and shall be closed not earlier than eight o'clock
in the evening, and all votes upon any question submitted
shall be taken by ballot and the check lists shall be used in
the several precincts in the same manner as in the election
of town officers. The questions so submitted shall be deter-
mined by vote of the same proportion of voters at large vot-
ing thereon as would have been required by law of the town
meeting members, but no action of the representative town
meeting shall be reversed unless at least twenty per cent of
the registered voters shall so vote. Each question so sub-
mitted shall be in the form of the following question, which
^all be placed upon the official ballot: — "Shall the town
vote to approve the action of the representative town meet-
ing whereby it was voted (brief description of the substance
of the vote)?". If such petition is not filed within said
period of seven days, the vote of the representative town meet-
ing shall become operative upon the expiration of said period.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 632. 539

Section 9. The town meeting members of each precinct
shall hold a meeting each year not later than the last day of
May. Said meeting shall be called by the town clerk by
giving each town meeting member a seven-day notice by
mail addressed to his last and usual place of residence,
specifying the time, place and purpose of said meeting.
At such meeting the town meeting members of the precinct
shall organize and elect by majority vote of those present a
chairman and secretary, who shall hold office for one year
and until their successors shall be elected. The chairman of
each precinct shall call a meeting of the town meeting mem-
bers and of all the voters of said precinct, not later than
seven days prior to the annual town meeting or any special
town meeting. At such meetings the articles contained in
the warrant of the meeting in question shall be discussed and
any votes taken shall be considered advisory and shall not be
binding on the town meeting members. Should the chair-
man fail to call such a meeting, any three town meeting
members of the precinct may call the same. Notice of such
meeting shall be published in a newspaper having a daily or
weekly circulation within the town of Agawam at least five
days, Sundays and holidays included, prior to the holding of
such meeting. All the precinct meetings of the town meeting
members, including those open to the voters of the precinct,
shall be held in some public building within the precinct.
The secretary of each precinct shall keep a town meeting at-
tendance record of the town meeting members for inclusion
in the annual town report.

Section 10. The town of Agawam, after the acceptance
of this act and the first election of town meeting members
thereunder, shall have the capacity to act through and be
bound by its said town meeting members, who shall, when
convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative town meetings, and the representative town
meeting .shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to
the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal
corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of law
now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town affairs
in town meetings shall, when taken by any representative
town meeting in accordance with the provisions of this act,
have the same force and effect as if such action had been
taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the town as
heretofore organized and conducted.

Section 11. This act shall not abridge the right of the
inhabitants of the town of Agawam to hold general meetings,
as secured to them by the constitution of the commonwealth ;
nor shall this act confer upon any representative town meet-
ing the power finally to commit the town to any measure
affecting its municipal existence or substantially changing
its form of government without action thereon by the voters
of the town at large, using the ballot and check list therefor.

Section 12. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the town of Agawam at the first

540 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 633.

annual town election after the passage of this act, or at a
special town election called for the purpose not less than
ninety days before the date of said annual election. The
vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the pro-
visions of the General Laws, so far as the same are applicable,
in answer to the following question, which shall be placed
upon the official ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall
an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, entitled 'An Act establishing in the
town of Agawam representative town government by limited
town meetings', be accepted by this town?".

Section 13. If this act is rejected by the registered voters
of the town of Agawam when first submitted to said voters
under section twelve, it may again be submitted for ac-
ceptance in like manner from time to time to such voters at
any town or state election within five years thereafter, and,
if accepted by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such
election, shall thereupon take effect for all purposes inci-
dental to the next annual town election in said town, and
shall take full effect beginning with said election.

Section 14. For the purpose of its acceptance, this act
shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved August 4, 1955.

Chap.GSS ^ ^^"^ '^^ PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL COURT OFFICER IN
THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE ROXBURY DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G^L._(Ter. Section 1. Sectiou 62 of chapter 218 of the General

§ 6'2.'etc..' Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 138
amended. q£ ^^ie acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in line 9, the word "five" and inserting in place thereof
the word : — six, — so as to read as follows : — Section 62.
pjftrict court In the municipal court of the city of Boston the court of-
ficers appointed shall not exceed ten for criminal business,
one of whom shall be designated by the chief justice as chief
court officer of said court for criminal business and one as
an assistant chief court officer, nor five for civil business, one
of whom shall be designated by said chief justice as chief
court officer of said court for civil business ; in the municipal
court of the Roxbury district six court officeis may be ap-
pointed; in the third district court of Eastern Middlesex,
in the municipal court of the Dorchester district and in the
municipal court of the West Roxbury district three court
officers may be appointed; in the municipal court of the
South Boston district, of the Charlestown district, the East
Boston district court, the district court of Chelsea, the central
district court of Worcester, the first district court of Eastern
Middlesex, the second district court of Eastern Middlesex,
the district court of Springfield, the district court of Somer-
ville and the district court of East Norfolk two court officers
for each court may be appointed; and in each of the other

officers.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 634, 635. 541

district courts in the commonwealth one court officer may
be appointed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved August 4, 1955.

An Act belative to the registration of certain regis- C/iap. 634

TERED ASSISTANT PHARMACISTS AS PHARMACISTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-four of
chapter one hundred and twelve of the General Laws, a
person who holds a certificate of registration, issued by the
commonwealth, as an assistant pharmacist and who has been
continuously employed in a retail drug store for a period of
five years or more immediately prior to the filing of an ap-
plication for registration as a pharmacist hereunder, shall
upon application to the board of registration in pharmacy
within twelve months of the effective date of this act and
upon the payment of ten dollars to said board, be entitled
to an examination for registration as a pharmacist. Upon
passing such examination, such person shall be registered as
a pharmacist, and shall receive a certificate of registration
signed by the president and secretary of said board.

Approved August 4, 1955.

An Act making certain changes in the taxation of Chav.QS5
corporate distributions in liquidation and clarify-
ing the definition of basis for recognition of gain

OR loss.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 62 of the General ej^^J^Jj
Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection (g), etc!, amended,
as amended by chapter 545 of the acts of 1954, and inserting
in place thereof the following subsection : —

(g) If a corporation, association or trust, the beneficial Distribution
interest in which is represented by transferable shares, and^c^tain
cancels or redeems its shares in whole or in part, the dis- p''^^*^' ^*<=-
tribution made in connection with such cancellation or re-
demption shall not be taxable under this section.

Section 2. Section 5 of said chapter 62 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out subsection (c), as most recently ^tc'^ amended
amended by section 1 of chapter 599 of the acts of 1954,
and inserting in place thereof the following subsection: —

(c) The excess of the gains over the losses received by the Basis for
taxpayer from purchases, sales or exchanges of intangible gl^n^or^ioss °^
personal property shall be taxed at the rate of three per cent, clarified.
When such intangible personal property is sold or exchanged
the basis for recognition of gain or loss shall be determined
in accordance with the provisions of section seven. If a
corporation, association or trust, the beneficial interest in
which is represented by transferable shares, cancels or re-
deems its stock, such transaction shall constitute a sale or
exchange for the purposes of this chapter. The gain or loss

542

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 635.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 7,
etc., amended.

Determination
of gains or
losses from
sale of capital
assets, regu-
lated.

shall be determined by comparing the fair market value
of the property received in redemption with the basis of
the stock cancelled or redeemed. In the case of a partial
Uquidation the basis of the stock cancelled or redeemed
shall be determined by multiplying the basis of the stock
to which such partial liquidation was attributable by a
fraction whose numerator is the fair market value of all the
property distributed by the corporation, association or trust
in such partial liquidation, and whose denominator is the fair
market value of the entire stock on which such partial liquida-
tion was made immediately before the distribution. If, in
any exchange of shares upon the reorganization of one or
more corporations or of one or more partnerships, associa-
tions or trusts, the beneficial interest in which is represented
by transferable shares, the new shares received in exchange
for the shares surrendered represent the same interest in the
same assets, no gain or loss shall be deemed to accrue from
the transaction until a sale or further exchange of such new
shares is made.

Section 3. Section 7 of said chapter 62 is hereby
amended by striking out the second and third paragraphs,
as amended by section 2 of said chapter 599, and inserting in
place thereof the following three paragraphs : —

In computing gains or losses from the sale or exchange of
capital assets, the basis of property owned on January first,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall be the fair market value
on that date or the purchase price thereof, whichever is
higher. The basis for computing gain or loss from the sale
or exchange of property acquired after January first, nine-
teen hundred and sixteen, shall be determined as follows: —
(a) the basis of property acquired by purchase shall be the
cost thereof; (6) the basis of property acquired by gift prior
to July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, shall be the
fair market value on the date acquired; (c) the basis of
property acquired by gift after June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, shall be the basis to the donor or
the last preceding owner by whom it was not acquired by
gift, or the fair market value at the date of the gift, which-
ever i« lower; (d) the basis of property acquired by bequest,
devise or inheritance shall be the fair market value of the
property on the date acquired; (e) the basis of property
acquired as a dividend not paid in hquidation from a cor-
poration, association or trust, the beneficial interest in which
is represented by transferable shares, shall be the value at
which such property was reportable as income ; (/) the basis
of property acquired upon the liquidation, in whole or in
part, of a corporation, association or trust, the beneficial
interest in which is represented by transferable shares, shall
be the fair market value of the property on the date it was
acquired; (g) the basis of stock acquired as a non-taxable
dividend, hereafter called new stock, shall be obtained by
multiplying the basis of the stock on which such dividend
was paid, hereafter called old stock, by a fraction whose

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 636. 543

numerator is the fair market value of the new stock when
acquired, and whose denominator is the fair market value
of both the old and the new stock when acquired; (h) the
basis of rights to purchase securities acquired as a distribu-
tion shall be zero; (i) the basis of property acquired in a
non-taxable exchange shall be the basis of the property ex-
changed therefor; and (;) the basis of property acquired in
a taxable exchange shall be the fair market value of the prop-
erty at the time of the exchange.

In the case of real or tangible personal property, the
foregoing basis shall be diminished by the amount of de-
preciation allowable to the taxpayer under the provisions
of this chapter and corresponding provisions of earlier laws.
For determining loss in the case of real property, the rental
income from which is exempt under this chapter, the fore-
going basis shall be reduced by depreciation sustained during
the period such property was rented. In the case of unde-
veloped land, the foregoing basis shall be increased by the
excess of the property taxes paid over the rental income re-
ceived after that date.

In the case of intangible personal property: First, if the
property has constituted the basis of a non-taxable stock
dividend, the foregoing basis shall be reduced by the amount
apportioned as the basis of the new stock acquired in accord-
ance with subsection (g) ; second, the foregoing basis shall be
reduced by any amounts received as a distribution of capital;
and third, if any distributions have been made in connection
with a partial hquidation on account of the property, the
foregoing basis shall be reduced by either (1) the fair market
value of the property received in such partial hquidation
plus the loss computed under subsection (c) of section five,
or (2) the fair market value of the property received in such
partial liquidation minus the gain computed under sub-
section (c) of said section five, whichever is applicable.

Approved August 4, 1955.

An Act exempting trusteeships composed of trustees phnnj aqa

SELECTED BY EMPLOYERS AND UNION REPRESENTATIVES ^'

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CERTAIN BENEFITS TO EM-
PLOYEES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF LAW RESPECTING DO-
MESTIC INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 29, as amended by chapter 167 of the f^g^'eVc^'
acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof the following amended'.'
section : — Section 29. All companies now or hereafter in- certain com-
corporated or formed by authority of any general or special Por'sub^ect'
law of the commonwealth shall, except as provided in sec- to certain
tion one hundred and fourteen and in chapter one hundred theYnsSran^e
and seventy-six, be subject to this chapter. Trade unions '^^•
and other associations of wage workers whose principal ob-
jects are to deal with the relations between employers and

544

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 637.

employees relative to wages, hours of labor and other condi-
tions of employment, and trusts complying with the require-
ments of subsections (a) and (b) of section 186 c-5 of Title 29,
U. S. Code and athletic and other school organizations formed
for administering a plan for the payment of benefits to school
pupils injured while participating in school athletics, com-
monly known as the school athletic accident-benefit plan,
shall not be subject to this chapter, except as hereinafter
provided, or to chapter one hundred and seventy-six. The
president and the treasurer of such an athletic or other school
organization shall, within thirty days after a written re-
quest therefor by the commissioner, file with him a financial
statement, in such form and detail and of such date as he
may prescribe, signed and sworn to by them.

Approved August 4, 1955.

Chap.QS7 An Act further regulating the procedures for the

HOSPITALIZATION AND COMMITMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL,
AND RELATING TO THE CARE OF SUCH PERSONS.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123, § 1,
etc., amended.

" Mentally
ill", etc.,
defined.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 10, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123, § 11,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 123 of the General Laws,
as amended bj'- section 7 of chapter 486 of the acts of 1938, is
hereby amended by adding at the end the following: —

"Mentally ill" person, for the purpose of involuntary
commitment to a mental hospital or school under the pro-
visions of this chapter, shall mean a person subject to a
disease, psychosis, psychoneurosis or character disorder
which renders him so deficient in judgment or emotional
control that he is in danger of causing physical harm to him-
self or to others, or the wanton destruction of valuable prop-
erty, or is likely to conduct himself in a manner which clearly
violates the estabhshed laws, ordinances, conventions or
morals of the community.

The terms "mentally ill" and "mental illness" shall have
the same meaning as the terms "insane" and "insanity",
respectively, as now or formerly used in this chapter and in
rules and regulations of the department, but a finding that a
person is mentally ill for purposes of commitment to a men-
tal hospital or school shall not per se import a finding of
civil incompetency or of criminal irresponsibility.

"Mentally deficient" person, a person whose intellectual
functioning has been abnormally retarded, or has demon-
strably failed, the deficiency being manifested by psycholog-
ical signs. "Mentally deficient" shall have the same mean-
ing &B the term "feeble minded" as now or formerly used in
this chapter.

Section 2. Section 10 of said chapter 123, as amended
by section 25 of chapter 490 of the acts of 1941, is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out, in line 4, the word "insane"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — -mentally ill.

Section 3. Section 11 of said chapter 123, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding
at the end the following paragraph: —

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 637. 545

The department may institute inquiries and investiga- Department
tions for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of mental Bcientm^'^rl-*
disease, mental illness, epilepsy and mental deficiency. Such searoh, etc.
studies may be instituted by the department in privately
owned schools, chnics or laboratories with the consent of
their owners ; provided, that they permit the department to
supervise the said studies and the use of any equipment
required for such studies, and permit all state employees
engaged in such studies to observe the hours and working
conditions provided for state employees. State employees
engaged in such studies in a privately owned institution
shall not be required to perform services for the said private
institution not related to the study to which they are as-
signed.

Section 4. Section 13A of said chapter 123, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following f'JsAf^^'
two sentences: — Said clinics may be established in collabo- amended,
ration with public schools, private schools, or other agencies ^'^f'*j'^°^
providing co-operative or complementary facilities to the giene, powers
state clinics. In all instances the site and location of the ^^^^^i^ties.
clinic, number of employees, the hours to be worked, and
other regulations, shall be subject to approval by the com-
missioner and shall be in accordance with all laws and regu-
lations governing state employees of the appropriate classes.

Section 5. Said chapter 123 is hereby amended by strik- g. l. (Ter. ^^
ing out section 20, as so appearing, and inserting in place amended.'
thereof the following section : — Section 20. The depart- Department,
ment, subject to section twenty A, may transfer to and from to'traMFe°7^'
any hospital or school any patient who in its opinion is a remove or '
proper subject for care and treatment in the institution to ^^°'^*^'
which he is to be transferred, except that no patient shall
be transferred between institutions while he is present as
a voluntary patient, or while committed for observation
under section seventy-seven.

Written notice of intent to transfer shall be given to the
nearest relative or guardian of the patient by mail or mes-
senger at least forty-eight hours before such transfer is made
except in emergency cases. In cases found by the super-
intendent to be emergency, such notice shall be given within
twenty-four hours after the transfer.

The department shall not transfer any person to or from
an institution the person having charge of which is licensed
under sections thirty-three and thirty-four A, except upon
the application of the superintendent or manager of such
institution, and of the legal or natural guardian of such per-
son, nor transfer any voluntary patient of any institution
except with his written consent.

A record of each transfer shall be entered in the registers
of the institutions to which and from which he is transferred.
The commitment papers and the hospital record or an ab-
stract thereof shall be transferred with the patient.

The department may enter into an agreement with the
corresponding department of another state for the transfer

546

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 637.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 45, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 50, etc.,
amended.

of any patient to a hospital of such other state if such patient
is found to be a resident of such other state, and may accept
the transfer of a patient to the institutions of this depart-
ment if he is found to have a settlement in the common-
wealth; provided, however, that no patient who is subject
to a criminal complaint, indictment or sentence of a court
of this commonwealth shall be transferred out of the corn-
wealth without the approval of said court.

In making transfers of patients under this section the de-
partment may employ transfer agents specially designated
for the purpose. Each female patient being transferred shall
be accompanied by a female transfer agent, nurse or at-
tendant.

On the request of a superintendent of any state hospital,
the commissioner may transfer to the state hospital division
at Bridgewater any male patient who has made two or more
attempts to escape, or whose conduct has been such as to
render him dangerous to other patients or the personnel of
the hospital or school. In considering such application, the
commissioner or an assistant commissioner shall personally
visit and examine the patient. A transfer to Bridgewater
state hospital shall not in any way interfere with the pa-
tient's rights for discharge under this chapter. Except in
emergency cases, written notice must be given to the patient
and to his nearest relative or guardian of the department's
intention to transfer him to Bridgewater state hospital at
least three days before such transfer. The notice shall con-
tain a statement that the patient has a right to appeal this
decision to the commissioner and a right to a hearing in a
court in regard to such transfer. Such request for a hearing
must be filed with a court having jurisdiction over original
commitments under sections fifty and fifty-one. The court
shall hear and determine whether or not the department is
justified in making the transfer under this section. The
procedure for such hearing shall be the same as in an original
commitment hearing under said section fifty-one of this
chapter. If the department determines that an emergency
exists, it may make the transfer to Bridgewater forthwith,
but shall give such notice as hereunder required within
twenty-four hours of such transfer, and the patient's rights
to a hearing shall be the same as above stated. If the court
determines that the department is not justified in making
the transfer it shall order the patient returned to the original
state hospital or hospital school.

Section 6. Section 45 of said chapter 123, as most re-
cently amended by section 4 of chapter 684 of the acts of
1950, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following sentence : — Such school departments shall not be
subject to chapter sixty-nine, but shall be under the super-
vision of the department of mental health.

Section 7. Section 50 of said chapter 123, as amended
by section 4 of chapter 314 of the acts of 1935, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 6 and in line 7, the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 637. 547

word "insane", and inserting in place thereof, in each in-
stance, the words: — mentally ill.

Section 8. Said chapter 123 is hereby further amended E^Viia^'^'
by striking out section 51, as amended by section 6 of chap- § 5'1,'etc.,'
ter 684 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof the ^'"""^'^d-
following section : — Section 51 . No person shall be com- Order of
mitted to any institution for the mentally ill designated '=°'«"^'t"^«°^-
under or described in section ten, except the Walter E.
Fernald state school, the Belchertown state school, the Myles
Standish state school and the Wrentham state school, unless
there has been filed with the court a certificate or certificates
in accordance with section fifty-three certifying to the mental
illness of such person by two properly qualified physicians,
nor without an order therefor, signed by a judge designated
in section fifty, stating that he finds that the person com-
mitted is mentall}'' ill and is a proper subject for treatment
in a hospital for the mentally ill, and either that said person
has been an inhabitant of the commonwealth for the six
months immediately preceding such finding, or that provi-
sion satisfactory to the department has been made for his
maintenance, or that by reason of mental illness he would
be dangerous if at large. The order of commitment shall
also authorize the custody of the mentally ill person either
at the institution first named, or at any other institution
under the control of the department to which he may be
properlj^ transferred.

Upon receipt of an application for commitment the court
shall cause written notice to be personally served upon the
person named therein informing the said person of the appli-
cation for commitment and of his right to a hearing at which
he can be present and be represented by counsel. A copy of
this notice shall be mailed to the nearest relative or guardian
of the person served. The person served shall be allowed
forty-eight hours in which to request a hearing, and further
time, not less than seventy-two hours, if desired for the
preparation of his case. The court may at its discretion
hold a private hearing at a place convenient for the person
served. If the person does not request a hearing, the court
may order commitment on the application, medical certifica-
tion, and any other e\ddence it may require. In all cases it
shall certify in what place the mentally ill person resided at
the time of his commitment; or, if the commitment is or-
dered by a court under section one hundred or one hundred
and one, the court shall certify in what place the mentally
ill person resided or was at the time of the arrest upon the
charge for which he was held to answer before such court.
Such certificate shall, for the purposes of section fifty, be
conclusive evidence of the residence of the person commit-
ted.

Section 9. Section 52 of said chapter 123, as amended g^y (Ter.
by chapter 85 of the acts of 1932, is hereby further amended §'52,'et'c..'
by striking out, in hne 3, the word "insane" and inserting '""'■"'^*'''
in place thereof the words: — mentally ill, — and by striking

548

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 637.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123, § 53,
etc., amended.

Qualifications
of physicians
certifying to
insanity.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123, § 54,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123, § 55,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§§ 57, 58, 59,
60, 61, re-
pealed.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 77, etc.,
amended.

Observation,
commitment,
etc.

Proceedings.

out, in line 7, the words ''four dollars, and" and inserting
in place thereof the words : — ten dollars, plus an addi-
tional.

Section 10. Section 53 of said chapter 123, as amended
by section 1 of chapter 645 of the acts of 1941, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 2 and in lines 12
and 13, the word "insanity" and inserting in place thereof,
in each instance, the words: — mental illness, — by striking
out, in line 9, the word "insanity" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — psychiatry, — by striking out, in hnes
16, 18, 20, 22, 29 and 33, the word "insane" and inserting
in place thereof, in each instance, the words : — mental ill-
ness, — and by adding at the end the following two sen-
tences : — The department shall annually furnish each su-
perior, district and probate court with a list of the diplo-
mates in psychiatry of the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology, Incorporated, in the commonwealth, includ-
ing on the list the last known business and home address of
each diplomate. Such Hst may be used by the courts for
their guidance in selecting physicians for examinations.

Section 11. Section 54 of said chapter 123, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out the word "insane", in Une 7, and inserting in place thereof
the words : — mentally ill.

Section 12. Section 55 of said chapter 123, as so ap-
pearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4 and
in line 7, the word "insane" and inserting in place thereof,
in each instance, the words "mentally ill".

Section 13. Sections fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine,
sixty and sixty-one of said chapter one hundred and twenty-
three, as so appearing, are hereby repealed.

Section 14. Said chapter 123 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 77, as most recently amended by sec-
tion 5 of chapter 500 of the acts of 1939, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 77. If a per-
son is found by two physicians qualified as provided in
section fifty-three to be in such mental condition that his
temporary commitment to a mental institution is necessary
for his proper care and observation, he may be committed by
any judge mentioned in section fifty for forty days' observa-
tion and treatment in a state mental hospital, the McLean
Hospital, or, in case such person is eligible for admission
thereto, in a United States government institution, the per-
son having charge of which is licensed under section thirty-
four A. Within forty days after such person has been received
at the hospital the superintendent or manager shall discharge
the person if he is no longer in need of treatment, and shall
notify the judge who committed him of such action. If,
however, the superintendent or manager determines within
said fort.y-day period that the person is in need of further
treatment, he shall forthwith cause appHcation to be made
for prolonged judicial commitment under section fifty-one.
Notice to the patient and his relative shall thereupon be

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 638.

549

given in accordance with section fifty-one. During the
pendency of such application for prolonged commitment, the
person may be detained at the institution.

Section 15. Said chapter 123 is hereby further amended ej^'S'^'
by striking out section 86, as amended by section 10 of §86,' etc..'
said chapter 500 of the acts of 1939, and inserting in place ^"'""^^^■
thereof the following section : — Seciion 86. The superin- voluntary
tendent or manager of any institution to wliich a mentally '^'^"^*^^*°'*3-
ill person, an alcoholic or a drug addict may be committed
under this chapter may, subject to the availability of suitable
accommodations, receive as a patient any person who is
desirous of submitting himself for treatment and who makes
written application therefor. Except as hereinafter provided,
no such voluntary patient shall be detained more than three
days after having given written notice of his desire to leave
the institution. If, however, the condition of the person is
deemed by the superintendent or manager to be such that
he cannot be discharged from the institution with safety to
himself or to others, the superintendent or manager shall
forthwith cause application to be made for judicial commit-
ment under section fifty-one. During the pendency of the
application for judicial commitment, the patient may be
detained at the institution. No application for judicial com-
mitment shall be made by any institution in regard to a
voluntary patient before the patient makes such written
request for discharge. Approved August 4, 1955.

An Act establishing the salaries of registers and C/ittW.GSS

ASSISTANT registers OF PROBATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 217 of the General Laws is hereby g.l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 35A, as most recently § 35A, etc..
amended by section 1 of chapter 713 of the acts of 1951, amended. '
and inserting in place thereof the following section : — Sec-
tion 35 A. The salaries of registers of probate shall be as
follows: —

COXJKTT.

Suffolk

Middlesex

Essex .

Norfolk

Worcester

Bristol

Hampden

Berkshire

Plymouth

Barnstable

Franklin

Hampshire

Dukes .

Nantucket

Salary

$10,500 Salaries of
10,500 registers of
9,000 probate.
9,000

9,000
8,500
8,500
7,000
7,000
6,500
6,500
6,500
4,500
4,500

Section 2. Said chapter 217 is hereby further amended ^;,\^T^'-
by striking out section 35B, as most recently amended by § 35B. etc.,

amended.

550

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 638.

chapter 564 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 35 B. The salaries of as-
sistant registers of probate shall be as follows: —

Salaries of
assistant
registers of
probate.

County.
First assistant register .
Second assistant register
Third assistant register .
Fourth assistant register
Fifth assistant register .

First assistant register .
Second assistant register
Third assistant register .
Fourth assistant register
Fifth assistant register .

First assistant register .
Second assistant register
Third assistant register .

First assistant register .
Second assistant register
Third assistant register .

First assistant register .
Second assistant register
Third assistant register .

First assistant register .
Second assistant register

First assistant register .
Second assistant register
Third assistant register .

First assistant register
First assistant register
First assistant register
First assistant register
First assistant register

Suffolk.

Middlesex.

Essex.

Norfolk.

Worcester.

Bristol.
Hampden.

Plymouth.

Berkshire.

Barnstable.
Hampshire.

Franklin.

Salary .

$7,500
7,000
6,500
5,500
5,000

7,500
7,000
6,500
5,500
5,000

6,500
6,000
5,500

6,500
6,000
.5,500

6,500
6,000
5,500

6,000
5,500

6,000
5,500
5,000

5,000
5,000
4,500
4,500
4,500

Section 3. This act shall take effect on November first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved August 4, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 639, 640. 551

An Act relative to the levying of special assessments nhn-jy f^oq

TO ATEET THE COST OF LAYING WATER PIPES IN PUBLIC ^'

AND PRIVATE WAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 421 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, inserted E^Vio^'^"
by chapter 332 of the acts of 1955, is hereby amended by § 421, etc.,
striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof ^^'''^'^'"^■
the following sentence: — Whenever the water commissioners Special assess-
or other officers in charge of the supply and distribution of J^g? oHa'^^ng
water in a city, town or district which has accepted sections ^ater pipes
fort5^-two G to forty-two I, inclusive, determine to lay water way"*'''"
pipes in public and private ways and assessments may be
made under said sections for the construction of such im-
provement, they shall forthwith cause to be recorded in the
registry of deeds of the county or district in which such city,
town or district is situated a statement of their action,
which shall specify the ways in which such water pipes are
to be laid and shall describe such land as does not abut
upon any such way which is to be assessed for such improve-
ment, and which shall designate as the owner of each parcel
upon which a lien is to be imposed by this section the person
who was liable to assessment therefor on the preceding Janu-
ary first under the provisions of chapter fifty-nine.

Approved August 4, 1955.

An Act relative to the establishment of relocation Chav 640

HOUSING for families DISPLACED BY ALL PUBLIC IM-

provement programs.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^r'^ambiT^
to defeat its purpose which is to provide forthwith relocation '*'"
housing for families whose homes are displaced by public
improvements and by land assembly and redevelopment
projects, 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. It is hereby declared that the commonwealth,
cities, towns, counties, housing authorities and other bodies
pohtic and corporate, are now undertaking and planning to
undertake pubhc improvements and land assembly and re-
development projects which wall result in the demolition of
many dwelhng units and make homeless persons and families
now occupying those dwelhng units; that there now exists
an acute shortage of decent, safe and sanitary dwelling units
within many of the cities and towTis where such public
improvements and land assembly and redevelopment proj-
ects will be undertaken and where such dwelling units will
be demolished ; that private enterprise is not now providing
and has not provided a sufficient supply of decent, safe and
sanitary dwelhng units in such cities and towns which will
be available for families displaced by the demoUtion of dwell-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 640.

ing units for public improvements and land assembly and
redevelopment projects; and that a public exigency exists
which makes it necessary to provide decent, safe and sani-
tary dwelling units for such displaced persons and families.

Section 2. Paragraph (6) of section 26P of chapter 121
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
hues 26 and 27, as appearing in section 5 of chapter 617 of
the acts of 1952, the words "not otherwdse eligible for public
housing".

Section 3. The second paragraph of section 26RR of
said chapter 121, as appearmg in section 6 of chapter 617 of
the acts of 1952, is hereby amended by striking out the first
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence : — • After July first, nineteen hundred and sixty-five,
or such other date as the board may determine that such
acute shortage of housing for displaced persons constituting
a public exigency, emergency or distress no longer exists,
any relocation project acquired, constructed, moved or re-
habilitated may, with the approval of the board, be offered
for sale at its fair market value and disposed of as soon as is
consistent with sound business judgment; provided, that
no such sale shall be for less than the total of the outstanding
obhgations of the housing authority with respect to such
project.

Section 4. Paragraph (b) of section 26ER of said chap-
ter 121, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out
subparagraph (2) and inserting in place thereof the following
subparagraph : —

(2) A housing authority shall not admit a person or family
for occupancy in a relocation project for a period longer than
may be from time to time determined by the board. A
housing authority shall accept as tenants persons or families
who occupied dwellings eliminated by demoHtion, condemna-
tion and effective closing as part of any public improvement
or land assembly and redevelopment project made by the
commonwealth, city or town or other body pohtic and cor-
porate ; provided, that to the extent that no displaced persons
apply for tenancy in such relocation project the authority
may admit as tenants veterans as defined in this chapter and
elderly persons qualifying for housing under the provisions
of this chapter and persons of low income, provided that no
vacancies exist for such persons of low income in existing low
rent public housing projects. If a housing authority acquires
a completed dwelling or group of dwellings for a relocation
project, and the acquisition of such does not involve their
demolition, the authority may permit any person or family
otherwise eligible under this chapter to continue in occu-
pancy for such period or periods that such dwelling units are
not needed for persons or families displaced by any public
improvement or land assembly and redevelopment project.

Section 5. Subparagraph (6) of paragraph (3) of said
section 26RR of said chapter 121, as so appearing, is hereby
amended by striking out the second sentence.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 641. 553

Section 6. Said section 26RR of said chapter 121, as so
appearing, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following paragraph : —

The provisions of this chapter or any other law to the con-
trary notwithstanding, a housing authority may acquire with
the approval of the board for use as a relocation project any
existing project owned or leased to it by the federal govern-
ment, and may with the approval of the board operate and
maintain such project as a relocation project.

Approved August 8, 1955.

An Act relative to housing for certain elderly per- C^av 641

SONS, AND PERSONS LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING,

Be it enacted, etc., asfoUoivs:

The first paragraph of section 26NN of chapter 121 of the o. l. (Ter.
General Law^s is hereby amended by striking out the last f 96NN^etc
sentence, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 667 of the acts amended.
of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:
— Each project developed under this section and section Administra-
twenty-six 00 shall be administered for occupancy in ac- [^°° ro-^ects^'
cordance with section twenty-six FF, except clause (c) and regulated.
except that for each completed project the authority shall
create, beginning in the first year immediately succeeding
its issuance of any bonds, a reserve for principal and interest
equal to one twelfth of the largest principal and interest pay-
ments which will be due on such bonds in any one year there-
after and shall maintain such reserve and increase the same
by a similar amount for each of the eleven succeeding years
thereafter and maintain each such increase; provided, how-
ever, that in the event a project is refinanced, there shall be
appropriate adjustments made in the reserves required by
the foregoing pro\'isions to reflect any changes in amounts of
principal and interest payable to the end that twelve years
after the date of the issuance of the original bonds, or as
soon thereafter as may be practicable, there will have been
created and thereafter maintained a reserve equal to the
largest amount of principal and interest due in any subse-
quent year on account of the outstanding bonds issued to
finance the project; and except that each such project shall
be occupied, except as hereinafter provided, by veterans and
their famihes, and priority shall be given first to veterans of
World War II of low income and to veterans of low income
who have served in the active armed forces of the United
States at any time between June twenty-fifth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, both dates inclusive; then to veterans of low in-
come, such low income to be determined from time to time
by the board; then to a person without regard to family
status, who is a veteran or the widow or the widower of a
veteran, and who is fiifty years of age or over; then to eld-
erly persons qualifying for housing under the provisions of
section twenty-six UU ; then to other persona of low income

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 641.

living in substandard housing ; and a housing authority may
remodel or reconstruct parts or projects erected under this
section to make the same available for occupancy by elderly
persons qualif5dng for housing under the provisions of sec-
tion twenty-six UU, and such remodeled or reconstructed
apartments shall be available for occupancy by eligible
elderly persons of low income only to the extent that no
eligible veterans or widows or widowers of veterans apply
for such units, then to other persons of low income living
in substandard housing provided that no eligible veterans,
widows or widowers of veterans or elderly persons of low
income apply for such remodeled or reconstructed units.

Approved August 8, 1955.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston, August 8, 1955.

Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State
House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Christian A. Herter, pur-
suant to the provisions of Article XL VIII of the amendments
to the Constitution, the Referendum, II, Emergency Meas-
ures, hereby declare that in my opinion the immediate pres-
ervation of the pubhc health, safety and convenience re-
quires the law entitled "An Act relative to Housing for
Certain Elderly Persons, and Persons living in Substandard
Housing" and the enactment of which received my approval
this day should take effect forthwith.

I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emer-
gency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as
fellows : —

Postponement of the operation of this act for ninety days
would deprive our elderly persons and persons living in sub-
standard housing from receiving its benefits before the cold
weather sets in and would increase the number of vacancies
in housing projects to the financial loss of the Commonwealth.

Very truly yours,
Christian A. Herter,

Governor of the Commonwealth.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, August 8, 1955.

I, Leo M. Harlow, Deputy Secretary of the Common-
wealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at four o'clock and fifteen
minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance with
Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution
said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter six hun-
dred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-five.

Leo M. Harlow,
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 642. 555

An Act relative to expenditures for the care, main- (jfiQjy 649

TENANCE AND REPAIR OF TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS IN
CERTAIN COUNTIES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would result Emergency
in unnecessarih'' extending the period during which expendi- p''^^'"^'®-
tures by certain counties for tuberculosis hospital purposes
would be made without express authorization therefor by
the general court, therefore this act is hereby declar^ to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the pubhc convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The trustees of the Bristol county tuberculosis hospital
and the county commissioners of the other counties herein-
after specified are hereby authorized to expend for the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-five the sums set forth in this
act for the care, maintenance and repair of the county tu-
berculosis hospitals within their respective counties, and to
assess the same in the manner set forth in section eight3''-five
of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws, as
amended.

The sums set forth are based upon detailed schedules ap-
proved by the joint committee on counties, copies of which
are deposited with the director of accounts.

Said director shall file with said trustees and said county
commissioners and with the county treasurer a certification
of the amounts set forth in the approved schedules for such
hospitals. Except as provided by this act or except as other-
wise provided by law, no liability may be incurred and no
expenditure shall be made in excess of the amount available
in an existing main group, a class or a sub-class.

Transfers from a mam group to another main group may
be made upon written request of said trustees or said county
commissioners with the written approval of the director of
accounts and copies of said request and approval shall be
filed with the county treasurer.

Transfers within an appropriation between classes and be-
tween sub-classes within a main group may be made by said
trustees or said county commissioners whenever in their
opinion public necessity and convenience so requires; pro-
vided, however, that no transfer shall be made within the
classes of the main group "personal services".

No direct drafts against the account known as the re-
serve fund shall be made, but transfers from this account to
other accounts may be made to meet extraordinary or un-
foreseen expenditures upon the request of said trustees and
said county commissioners with the approval of the director
of accounts.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 642.

Bristol County.

Item

1. For personal servicea

2. For contractual services .

3. For supplies and materials

4. For current charges and obligations

5. For equipment

7. For land and nonstructural

9. For debt and interest

10. For unpaid bills of previous years

11. For reserve fund

For total expenditures

$194,860 00

34,550 00

87,600 00

21,018 43

14,670 00

1,100 00

10,300 00

250 00

2,500 00

$366,848 43

Essex County.

Item

1. For personal services

2. For contractual services .

3. For supplies and materials

4. For current charges and obligations

5. For equipment

9. For debt and interest

For unpaid bills of previous years
For reserve fund

10.
11.

For total expenditures

$620,410 00

68,200 00

263,800 00

65,904 00

15,650 00

6,046 70

1,000 00

10,000 00

$1,041,010 70

Middlesex County.

Item
1. For personal services

For contractual services .

For supplies and materials

For current charges and obligations

For equipment

For structures and improvements

For debt and interest

For unpaid bills of previous years

For reserve fund

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

9.
10.
11.

For total expenditures

$944,267 00

67,614 00

379,355 00

62,151 00

13,433 00

2,700 00

9,000 00

1,000 00

10,000 00

$1,489,520 00

Norfolk County.

Item

1. For personal services

2. For contractual services .

3. For supplies and materials

4. For current charges and obligations

5. For equipment

6. For structures and improvements
9. For debt and interest

11. For reserve fund

For total expenditures .

$490,900 00

56,550 00

190,900 00

24,575 21

4,500 00

40,000 00

6,000 00

10,000 00

$823,425 21

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 643.

557

Plymouth County.

Item

1. For personal services

2. For contractual services .

3. For supplies and materials

4. For current charges and obligations

5. For equipment

6. For structures and improvements

7. For land and nonstructural
9. For debt and interest

11. For reserve fund

For total expenditures .

$353,614 79

47,180 00

143,700 00

35,686 65

10,868 00

500 00

1,000 00

4,600 00

10,000 00

$607,039 44

Worcester County.

Item

1. For personal services

2. For contractual services .

3. For supplies and materials

4. For current charges and obligations

5. For equipment

9. For debt and interest

11. For reserve fund

For total expenditures .

$482,592 07

56,810 00

157,875 00

34,839 42

13,060 00

5,000 00

2,000 00

$752,176 49

Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act relative to the organization and administra- Chav 643

TION OF THE PERSONNEL SYSTEM OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose which is to provide forthwith for certain
changes and adjustments of the personnel system of the
commonwealth which would tend to increase the efficiency
of the personnel of the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the pubhc welfare and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 46 of chapter 30 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (4), as appear-
ing in section 2 of chapter 311 of the acts of 1948, and in-
serting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

(4) Every regular step-rate increase in the salary of any
officer or emploj'ee of the commonwealth under the ap-
plicable salary schedule set forth in this section shall be
initiated by the division of personnel and standardization,
in accordance with said salary schedule and shall take effect
in accordance with the said schedules upon certification of
such increase by the director of personnel and standardiza-
tion to the director of ci\al service, the comptroller and the
appointing authority concerned.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 30, § 46,
etc., amended.

Adminiatra-
tion of the
state per-
sonnel system,
regulated.

558

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 643.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 30, § 45,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 30, § 46,
etc., amended.

In the case of each teacher and each supervisor employed
in any school or college within any department of the com-
monwealth whose regular service is rendered from Septem-
ber first to June thirtieth, salary increments due such person,
notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of this sec-
tion, shall take effect in the first week of September or in the
first week of February, as the case may be, after periods of
service as estabhshed in the General Laws.

Such certification must be sent at least thirty days before
effective date of such step-rate salary increase. The said
appointing authority may, in writing to the director of per-
sonnel and standardization not later than fifteen days be-
fore such effective date, object thereto, stating reasons
therefor and furnishing a copy thereof to the said officer
or employee, in which event, said director shall in writing
not later than five days preceding the date when the increase
otherwise would have taken effect, remove such certification,
and the appointing authority shall forthwith notify such
officer or employee.

In the event that a step-rate increase has been denied an
officer or employee of the commonwealth by the appointing
authority, the appointing authority may recommend that
such denial be removed and such step-rate increase be
granted. The director of personnel and standardization
thereupon shall certify such increase in the manner provided
for above in the case of regular step-rate increases, and such
step-rate increase shall become effective upon such certifica-
tion.

If a step-rate increase is denied any officer or employee
under the provisions of this section, such officer or employee
may appeal for review of such decision before the personnel
appeals board provided for in sections fifty-three to fifty-
five of this chapter.

The said recommendations and reasons of the said ap-
pointing authoritj' shall be open to public inspection in the
files of the division of personnel and standardization.

Section 2. Paragraph (6) of section 45 of said chapter
30, as appearing in section 9 of chapter 680 of the acts of
1954, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "plans",
in line 5, the following: — , and credits due officers or em-
ployees, subject to this section, for previous services.

Section 3. Paragraph (7) of section 46 of said chapter
30, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 311 of the acts of
1948, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "grade",
in line 6, the following: — : however, if a teacher or super-
visor employed in any school or college within any depart-
ment of the commonwealth is transferred from a position, in
which the regular service is rendered from September first
to June thirtieth, to a position in whieh the regular service
is rendered for the entire year, he shall be reallocated in the
salary schedule from the rate in the salary schedule, crediting
him with previous service and at which he was paid immedi-
ately prior to such transfer, to the rate in the salary schedule

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 643. 559

which will credit him with the same service but for the
position to which he is transferred.

Section 4. Said chapter 30 is hereby further amended EdV3oT47
by striking out section 47, as most recently amended by etc!, 'amended',
section 3 of said chapter 311, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 47. Notice to the director Notice to
of civil service shall be given in all cases in which a position '^rector.
is changed in salary grade.

Section 5. Said chapter 30 is hereby further amended EdV.so'^'^'
by striking out section 9B, as amended by chapter 717 of §91^', etc.,
the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof the following '''^^'"^^'^■
section : — Section 9B. No person permanently employed Protection
in any institution under the department of mental health, afbitra*ry
public health, public welfare or correction, or in the soldiers' removal.
homes in INIassachusetts, or in institutions under the juris-
diction of the di\dsion of youth service, except an employee,
other than a nurse, rendering professional service, who is
not classified under chapter thirty-one, and no maintenance
employee in any institution under the department of educa-
tion, shall, after having actually performed the duties of the
office or position for a period of six months in such an insti-
tution or department, be discharged, removed, suspended,
laid off, transferred from the latest office or employment
held by him without his consent, lowered in rank or com-
pensation, nor shall his office or position be abolished,
except for just cause and in the manner provided by sections
forty-three and forty-five of chapter thirty-one.

Section 6. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 30A, as most recently §^30A^ttc
amended by chapter 626 of the acts of 1952, and inserting amended. '
in place thereof the following section: — Section 30 A. Not- work houra
withstanding any other provision of this chapter or other °tat"em-
general or special law, the service of all persons employed bj'' pioyees,
the commonwealth is hereby restricted to five tours of duty "^^^^ ^*^
in any one work week, and to such hours in any one work
week, not less than thirty-seven and one half hours, except
in the case of part-time employment, nor more than forty
hours, and with like hours for like tour of duty classes, as
determined by the director of personnel and standardiza-
tion, in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty,
and the tour of duty is hereby restricted to eight hours, and
such tour of duty shall be arranged to fall within a period
not exceeding ten consecutive hours; provided, that this
section shall not apply to the state police uniformed force
and detectives, metropolitan district police, conservation
officers, coastal wardens, employees engaged in forest fire
observation, investigators and examiners and other employ-
ees of the registry of motor vehicles having police powers
under section twenty-nine of chapter ninety, teachers, ar-
morers, elected officers, appointees of the governor, heads of
departments and divisions and their deputies and assistants,
scrub women, cleaners or incumbents of the positions of
superintendents, assistant superintendents, wardens, deputy

560

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 643.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 7, § 28,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 30, § 24,
etc., amended.

Business days
and hours for
state offices.

Q. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 31, § 15,
etc., amended.

wardens, stewards, physicians, dentists, head farmers, busi-
ness managers, chief power plant engineers at mental health,
public health, public weKare and correction institutions, sol-
diers' homes in Massachusetts and agencies under the juris-
diction of the youth ser\dce division; the manager of the
boarding hall at the University of Massachusetts; the adju-
tant of the soldiers' homes in Massachusetts; the construc-
tion and maintenance supervisor at the reformatory for
women; the state farm master at the state farm; and such
other employees as may be exempted therefrom or any part
thereof by a rule or rules of the director of personnel. All
service in excess of eight hours in any one tour of duty or
forty hours in any one work week rendered by an employee
subject to this section at the request of an officer of the com-
monwealth or other person whose duty it is to employ, direct
or control such employees, shall be compensated for as
overtime work in accordance with the pertinent rule or
rules of the director of personnel and standardization. The
director of personnel and standardization is empowered to
make rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the
commission on administration and finance, to carry out the
provisions of this section.

Section 7. The third paragraph of section 28 of chapter
7 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 2 of chapter
680 of the acts of 1954, is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "determination", in line 2, the following words : —
of the hours of work of any class.

Section 8. Chapter 30 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 24, as most recently amended
by section 5 of chapter 680 of the acts of 1954, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section S4. All of-
fices under the jurisdiction of any department of the state
government shall be open to the public for the transaction
of business daily on days other than Saturdays, Sundays
and legal holidays for such hours, beginning not later than
nine o'clock in the forenoon and ending not earlier than five
o'clock in the afternoon, as may be set by the department
head subject to the approval of the commission on adminis-
tration and finance, except that, if the convenience of the
public so requires, any department head, subject to like
approval, may keep any office under his jurisdiction open
on any Saturday, not a legal holiday, from nine o'clock in
the forenoon to twelve o'clock noon, and give any employee
required to work on Saturday equivalent time off without
loss of compensation. AVhen the day or the last day for the
performance of any act, including the making of any pay-
ment or tender of payment, authorized or required to be
performed at such an office falls on a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday, the act may be performed on the next succeed-
ing business day.

Section 9. Paragraph C of section 15 of chapter 31 of
the General Laws, as appearing in chapter 103 of the acts
of 1946, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 644. 561

word "not" and inserting in place thereof the word: — so, Appointment.
— by striking out, in lines 7, 8 and 9, the words "or persons certification,
whose name or names appear on such list with higher rating
than the name of the person so appointed or promoted " and
inserting in place thereof the words : — so appointed or pro-
moted, — and by striking out the last sentence and inserting
in place thereof the f ollowmg sentence : — Every such state-
ment shall be filed in the office of the division and shall be
open to public inspection.

Section 10. The second paragraph of section 3 of said ^j^-g^^Ts
chapter 31, as appearing in chapter 702 of the acts of 1945, etc!, 'amended,
is herebj'' amended by striking out clause (a) and inserting in
place thereof the following clause : —

(a) Establishment of civil service classes and grades, pro- Rules,
vided that for employment in the service of the common-
wealth such classes and grades shall be consistent, so far as
practicable, with specifications established by section forty-
five of chapter thirty.

Section 11. Section 75 of chapter 152 of the General gj^|J|'"-
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence, § 75,' etc.,'
as appearing in section 1 of chapter 610 of the acts of 1951, »™ended.
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
Every board, commission and department of the common- Agents for
wealth, and every such county, city, town and district shall benefitrdue.
through its executive officers or board, designate one or more
persons, as it may deem necessary, to act as its agent or
agents in furnishing the benefits due under sections sixty-nine
to seventy-five, inclusive.

Section 12. This act shall take effect as of July first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act authorizing the department of mental health QJiar, 544

TO SELL AND CONVEY CERTAIN LAND LOCATED IN THE
TOWN OF FOXBOROUGH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 427 of the acts of 1953 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 1. The commis-
sioner of mental health in the name and on behalf of the
commonwealth, is hereby authorized, subject to the ap-
proval of the governor and council, to sell and convey in
consideration of its fair value, to be determined by an ap-
praiser appointed by the commissioner of administration, to
the Lawrence W. Foster Post No. 93, Inc., The American
Legion, Department of Massachusetts, Foxborough, by a
deed approved as to form by the attorney general, all the
right, title and interest of the commonwealth in and to the
following parcels of land with the buildings thereon, located
in the said town of Foxborough : —

(1) A certain parcel of land shown as lots 98, 99 and
100 on Plan of "Fairlawn" Foxborough, recorded in Norfolk

562 Acts, 1955. —Chap. 645.

Registry of Deeds in plan book 45, plan 2121, bounded and
described as follows : — northerly, by lot 97 on said plan,
229.8 feet; westerly, by Central street, 78.30 feet; easterly,
by lots 115, 116 and 117 on said plan, 85.20 feet; and
southerly by lot 101 on said plan, 254.2 feet.

(2) A certain parcel of land shown as lots 113 to 122,
both inclusive, on said plan, bounded and described as fol-
lows:— northerly, by lot 112 on said plan; easterly, by
Robinson street, shown on said plan, 312.9 feet; southerly,
by land now or late of Freeman, 104.4 feet; and westerly
by lots 96 to 105, on said plan, 284 feet.

(3) A certain parcel of land shown as lots 125 to 140,
both inclusive, on said plan, bounded and described as fol-
lows: — northerly, by lot 124 on said plan, 105.5 feet; east-
erly by land of New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company, shown on said plan, 481 feet; southerly, by
land of Freeman, 135 feet; and westerly, by Robinson street,
so called, 435 feet.

Meaning to convey that portion of Robinson street, so
called, lying westerly of lots 125 to 140, inclusive, together
with all rights and privileges in the streets and ways shown
on said plan and all other rights, privileges and appurte-
nances thereto appertaining.

Section 2. Said chapter four hundred and twenty-seven
is hereby further amended by striking out section two.

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

Approved August 9, 1955.

Chap. 64:5 An Act relative to the rights of certain county

EMPLOYEES,

prTambiT^ ^hcreas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

defeat its purpose which is to provide forthwith that certain
county employees may not be discharged except for just
cause and upon a hearing and with a right of appeal, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

EdViJl'si Section 51 of chapter 35 of the General Laws, as most
etc!, 'amended', recently amended by chapter 345 of the acts of 1948, .is
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
three paragraphs: —
c^ertain county Any employee subject to sections forty-eight to fifty-
may not be six, inclusive, and classified in the clerical group who has
discharged, Completed at least ten years of service may not be discharged
etc. from such employment except for just cause, and for reasons

specifically given him in writing by the appointing authority.
Before any such discharge is effected, the employee shall be
given a full hearing before the appointing authority, of
which hearing he shall have at least three days' written
notice, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from the appoint-
ing authority. Within two days, exclusive of Sundays and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 646. 563

holidays, after completion of said hearing, the appointing
authority shall give the employee affected a written notice
of his decision, stating fully and specifically the reasons
therefor.

If within five days after receiving written notice of the
decision of the appointing authority, the person so dis-
charged shall so request in writing, he shall be given a
hearing before the board. Said hearing shall be commenced
in not less than three nor more than ten days, and shall be
completed within thirty days after the filing of such request.
The decision of the board shall be in writing and notice
thereof shall be sent to all parties concerned within ten days
after completion of the hearing. If the board finds that the
action of the appointing authority was justified, such action
shall be affirmed; otherwise, it shall be reversed and the
person concerned shall be returned to his oflSce or position
without loss of compensation.

Within thirty days after action by the board on such a
hearing, tlie person who was discharged may, if said action
was affirmed by the board, bring a petition in the district
court within the judicial district of which such person resides,
addressed to the justice of the court, praying that the action
of the appointing authority and of the board in discharging
him may be reviewed by the court, and, after such notice to
the appointing authority and the board as the court deems
necessary, it shall hear witnesses, review such action, and
determine whether or not upon all the evidence such action
was justified. If the court finds that such action was justified
the action of the appointing authority and of the board
shall be affirmed; otherwise they shall be reversed and the
petitioner shall be reinstated in his office or position without
loss of compensation. The decision of the court shall be
final and conclusive upon the parties.

Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act increasing the membership of the board of Qfiar) 646

REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND OF LAND
SURVEYORS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 45 of chapter 13 of the General Laws, inserted by g. l. (Ter.
section 1 of chapter 643 of the acts of 1941, is hereby amended ^tc'^'am^ndtd
by striking out the first two sentences and inserting in place
thereof the four following sentences : — There shall be a Board of
board of registration of professional engineers and of land of^pfo^fes'Jionai
surveyors, in this section and in sections forty -six and forty- engineers and
seven, called the board, consisting of six members, citizens ^'^ surveyors.
of the United States and residents of the commonwealth,
appointed by the governor, vnih the advice and consent of
the council. Of the members of said board one shall be a Members,
civil engineer, one shall be a mechanical engineer, one shall
be an electrical engineer, one shall be a mining or metal-
lurgical engineer, one shall be a chemical engineer and one
shall be both a registered civil engineer and a registered land

564

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 647.

surveyor. Each member of the board except the member
who is both a registered civil engineer and a registered land
surv^eyor shall have been actively engaged in the practice
of engineering for at least twelve years, and shall have been
in responsible charge of important engineering work or in
engineering teaching, or both, for at least five years. The
member of the board who is both a registered civil engineer
and a registered land surveyor shall have been actively and
principally engaged in the practice of land surveying for at
least twelve years, and shall have been in responsible charge
of land surveying work for at least five years.

Approved August 9, 1955.

Chap.Q4i7 An Act relative to the revocation of hunting, fishing

AND TRAPPING LICENSES.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 131,
new I 16A,
added.

Provisions of
section sixteen
not to apply
to certain
holders of
sporting
licenses.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 16 the following section: — Section
16 A. The provisions of section sixteen, except as hereinafter
pro\dded, shall not apply to any holder of a sporting, hunting,
fishing or trapping license who violates section six in that he
fails to carry such license on his person and wear it in a
visible manner on his outer clothing while fishing, hunting or
trapping; provided, that he furnishes definite proof to the
person demanding the production of his license for inspec-
tion, as authorized in said section six, that he is the holder of
a vahd license. In the event that a holder of such license
fails to carry it on his person and wear it in a \'isible manner,
he shall for his first offence be reported to the director;
upon his second such offence, his license shall be surrendered
and shall be void for a period of thirty days, after which it
will be returned to him by the director; and upon a subse-
quent offence his license shall be subject to the provisions of
section sixteen. Approved August 9, 1955.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House ,
Boston, September 7, 1955.

The Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Christian A. Herter, pur-
suant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the Amend-
ments to the Constitution, the Referendum, II, Emergency
Measures, hereby declare that in my opinion the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, safety and con-
venience requires the law entitled "An Act relative to the
Revocation of Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses"
and the enactment of which received my approval August 9,
1955, should take effect forthwith.

I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emer-
gency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as
follows: —

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 648, 649. 565

Postponent of the operation of this act for ninety days
would, in view of the fact that the hunting season in this
Commonwealth opens on October 20, make those partici-
pating in fishing, sporting or hunting under license subject to
certain provisions of the law if they failed to display their
Ucenses on their outer garments and to which they would not
be subject if the act becomes effective immediately.

Very truly yours,

Christian A. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth.

Office of the Secretary. Boston, September 7. 1955.

I, Leo M. Harlow, Deputy Secretary of the Common-
wealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at three o'clock and
eighteen minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance
with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter
six hundred and forty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-five.

Leo M. Harlow,

Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

ChapMS

An Act validating certain acts of the town of
williamstown.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The action of the town of Williamstown in
incurring liabilities to the American Tar and Asphalt Com-
pany amounting to three thousand eight hundred and
fifty-eight dollars and ninety-three cents, and to H. D.
Moore amounting to four thousand one hundred and forty-
five dollars and ninety-four cents, is hereby validated and
confirmed, notwithstanding the failure of the town to comply
with the requirements of section four B of chapter forty of
the General Laws, and said town is hereby authorized to pay
said liabilities from an appropriation available therefor.

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

Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act relative to assessment systems in cities and

TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 58 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 7 the five following sections, under |§^7a,-7e''^*
the caption State Assessment System: — Section 7 A. Any added,
city having a plan D or plan E charter by the affirmative state
vote of a majority of all the members of its city council, any g*^^^®"*
other city by vote of its city council subject to the provisions
of its charter, and any town, by vote of an annual town meet-
ing, may petition the commission for the installation of an

ChapM9

566

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 650.

Certain cities
and towns
may petition
for assessment
system.

Commission
shall assist
assessors, etc.

Commission
may supply
cities and
towns certain
materials
to effect
assessment
system.

Acceptance of
system by
commission.

Expenses to
be paid by
common-
wealth.

assessment system. Said commission shall, as soon as possi-
ble after the receipt of such petition, cause such assessment
system to be installed and the assessor or assessors of such
city or town shall, unless such vote is in like manner rescinded,
thereafter conform with the provisions thereof.

Section 7B. Whenever, after such assessment system has
been installed, the assessor or assessors of a city or town re-
quests the advice or assistance of the commission, it shall
render such assistance as in its judgment may be necessary.

Section 7C. Assessment systems installed in accordance
with this chapter shall be such as will, in the judgment of the
commission, be most effective in providing adequate maps for
assessment purposes, in maintaining detailed and accurate
records of each parcel of property assessed and, generally,
in producing uniform and equitable valuations and assess-
ments throughout the city or town in accordance with law.
The commission may supply approximately at cost to cities
and towns where such assessment systems have been in-
stalled such maps, forms, books, instructional materials and
supplies as may be required at the time of the original in-
stallation and from time to time thereafter.

Section 7D. Whenever a city or town causes an assess-
ment system to be installed by a person of its own selection
and, by vote of its city council as prescribed in section
seven A or a town meeting requests the commission to ac-
cept such system in lieu of a system installed by it, the com-
mission may, in its discretion, accept the system so installed
and thereafter it shall furnish such advice and assistance as
may be requested of it in accordance with section seven C.

Section 7E. The expenses incurred under sections seven A
to seven D, inclusive, shall be paid primarily by the com-
monwealth; and the state treasurer shall issue his warrant
requiring the assessors of the cities and towns concerned to
assess a tax to the amount of said expense, and such amounts
shall be collected and paid to the state treasurer as provided
by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine. Any balance due
shall be assessed, collected and paid in the succeeding years
in hke manner. Approved August 9, 1955.

Chap.Q50 An Act establishing a department of engineering and

BOARD OF engineering IN THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There shall be in the city of Northampton
a board of engineers which shall consist of the mayor, who
will act as chairman, the chairman of the board of public
works, the chairman of the board of sewer commissioners,
the chairman of the board of water commissioners, the chair-
man of the planning board, the chairman of the board of
assessors, or any board member authorized to act for and
in behalf of the chairman of any of the respective boards.
The city engineer and the superintendents of the respective
boards shall attend all meetings of the board of engineering,
but shall act only in an advisory capacity. The city en-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 650. 567

gineer shall act as clerk of said board without compensation
for his services as clerk.

Section 2. The board of engineers shall co-ordinate the
work of the board of public works, water board, sewer board,
the planning board and the board of assessors. The said
board shall establish for each fiscal year a master plan for
all public works for the city of Northampton, giving priority
to projects in accordance with their necessity and impor-
tance. All departments of public works working under said
plan shall follow the same and shall not deviate therefrom
without first obtaining the approval of said board.

Section 3. There is hereby established in said city a der
partment of engineering which shall be under the direction
and control of an administrative officer titled the city en-
gineer, who shall be appointed by the mayor with the con-
firmation of the board of aldermen, subject to the provisions
of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.

Section 4. Acting under the general direction of the
board of engineers, the city engineer shall have sole charge
and control of and shall perform all the engineering work for
the city, and shall be responsible for cariying out all engi-
neering details of the master plan. He shall make and prepare,
or cause to be made, all needed specifications and plans de-
scribing and governing the work of constructing all sewers,
storm drains, streets and sidewalks, and other public works,
except the water works, and shall have full authority to see
that plans are properly executed. He shall, at the request
of the board of water commissioners, perform all such serv-
ices respecting the water works of the city as are proper for
a civil engineer to perform. He shall make, or cause to be
made, all surveys and prepare all plans required by the
board of assessors for use as tax maps, and all surveys and
plans required by the city property committee and any other
department, board or committee. He shall perform all traf-
fic engineering and make all surveys and studies required
by the traffic and transportation committee of the city of
Northampton. He shall meet at least once in every two
months with the board of engineers and shall give a report
to said board of the progress of the various departments in
carrying out the master plan.

Section 5. The board of engineers shall appoint an assist-
ant city engineer and such other engineering employees under
civil service rules and regulations as may be required. The
compensation of the city engineer and all other employees
of the department of engineering shall be fixed by the mayor,
on recommendation of the board of engineering, with the
approval of the city council. A classification for the en-
gineering department shall be incorporated under chapter
twenty-eight of the Revised Ordmances of the city of
Northampton.

Section 6. All acts and amendments, or parts thereof,
statutes, or ordinances of the city of Northampton as are
inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

568

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 651.

Section 7. All persons employed in the engineering sec-
tion of the board of public works on the effective date of
this act shall be transferred to the department of engineer-
ing, established under section three of this act.

Section 8. Upon recommendation of the engineering
board, the city council may from time to time make by-laws
or ordinances adding to the duties and powers of the city
engineer.

Section 9. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city of Northampton, but not
otherwise. Approved August 9, 1956.

Chap.Q51 An Act authorizing the installation in registries of

DEEDS OF METERING MACHINES FOR THE SALE OF DOCU-
MENTARY EXCISE STAMPS.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 64D. § 3,
etc., amended.

Sale of docu-
mentary excise
stamps by
metering
machines au-
thorized in
certain regis-
tries of deeds.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 64D of the General
Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 710 of the acts of
1951, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following
five paragraphs : —

The commissioner may cause to be installed in any registry
of deeds one or more metering machines, so called, through
which said adhesive stamps can be sold and may remove
any such machine if he deems it expedient. Upon the in-
stallation of such a metering machine or machines the
register of deeds of said registry shall sell stamps from said
metering machines to persons requiring the same for affixa-
tion to instruments in accordance ^ath the provisions of this
chapter.

Each register of deeds shall on or before the tenth day of
each month account to the commissioner on a form pre-
scribed and furnished by him for all sales made by said
register during the preceding calendar month and shall turn
over to the commissioner all moneys received from said sales,
less any adjustments approved by him.

The machines shall, upon installation, be sealed by the
commissioner, and he or his duly appointed agent or agents
shall take readings of the said machines at such times and in
such manner as he shall direct.

Each register of deeds, in whose registry there has been in-
stalled a metering machine, shall give to the commissioner a
bond, in a penal sum and with sureties approved by the com-
missioner, conditioned satisfactorily to account for money
received by said register in his ofiicial capacity from the sale
of said stamps. The premium for such bond shall be paid by
the state treasurer without appropriation therefor upon
certification by the commissioner.

The provisions of sections three A and three B shall not
be applicable to any registry of deeds during the period
within which a metering machine is installed therein.

Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter 64D, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 652, 653. 569

the following sentence: — The word "person" shall, for the
purposes of this chapter only, include political subdivisions
of the commonwealth. Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act to give further control to licensing authori- Chav.Q52

TIES OVER LICENSES TO SELL AND SERVE ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 23 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 12 of chapter 542 of the acts of ^toi.^'amfnled^'
1943, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following paragraph : —

No license shall be issued, renewed or transferred under Disclosure of
sections twelve, fourteen, fifteen or thirty A unless there is Eave°beMficiai
filed with the application for such license a sworn statement interest in
by the appUcant or in case of a corporation by a duly author- ^^ '
ized officer thereof giving the names and addresses of all
persons who have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in
said license. No stock in a corporation holding a license to
sell alcoholic beverages shall be transferred, pledged or issued
without first obtaining the permission of the local licensing
authority. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
to stockholders of a corporation whose stock is hsted for sale
to the general public with the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission and who hold less than ten per cent of the outstanding
stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting of the said
corporation. Failure to comply with the provisions of this
paragraph shall be cause for the suspension or revocation
of such hcense. Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act authorizing the Massachusetts turnpike Chap.QdS

AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF
ITS RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR THE
REGULATION OF TRAFFIC ON SAID TURNPIKE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 354 of the acts of 1952
is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (z) and in-
serting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

(t) To establish rules and regulations for the use of the
turnpike not repugnant to the provisions of the General
Laws made applicable thereto by section fifteen, and to
provide penalties for the violation of said rules and regula-
tions not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence, which may
be recovered by indictment or by complaint before a district
court and shall be accounted for and paid to the Authority;

Section 2. Section 15 of said chapter 354 of the acts of
1952 is hereby amended by inserting after the fourth para-
graph the following paragraph : —

Until the turnpike shall have become a part of the state
highway system, it shall be deemed to be a way within the
meaning and purport of sections two, four A, four B and five

570

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 654.

of chapter eighty-nine of the General Laws, and sections
three A, three B, three C, six, seven, 'nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fourteen B, sixteen, the first
sentence of section seventeen, sections twenty and twenty A,
the first sentence of section twenty-one, sections twenty-
three, twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter
ninety of the General Laws. Approved August 9, 1965.

C hap. Q54i An Act relative to urban renewal projects.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 121, § 26,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 121,
§ 261, etc.,
amended.

Housing Au-
thority Law.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 121,
§ 26J, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 121,
§ 26WW,
stricken out
and new
§§26 ■W^W-
26ZZ, 26AAA-
26CCC,
added.

Urban renewal
projects,
necessity of.

Section L Section 26 of chapter 121 of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the two paragraphs
added by section 2 of chapter 643 of the acts of 1954.

Section 2. Said chapter 121 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 261, as most recently amended by
section 2 of chapter 668 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 261. Designa-
tion as Housing Authority Law. — This section and the forty-
six following sections shall be known and may be cited as
the Housing Authority Law.

Section 3. Section 26 J of said chapter 121, as appearing
in section 1 of chapter 574 of the acts of 1946, is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 3, as amended by section 3
of said chapter 668, the letters "VV" and inserting in place
thereof the letters: — BBB.

Section 4. Said chapter 121 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 26WW, inserted by section 1 of said
chapter 668, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Part VIIL Urban Renewal Projects. Section 2GWW.
Legislative Declaration of Necessity. It is hereby declared (a)
that there exists in certain cities and towns in this common-
wealth substandard, decadent or blighted open areas which
constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the
public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents
of the commonwealth, and the declarations heretofore made
in the housing authority law with respect to such areas are
hereby reaffirmed; {h) that, while certain of such areas, or
portions thereof, may require acquisition and clearance as
provided in other parts of the housing authority law because
the state of deterioration may make impracticable the recla-
mation of such areas or portions by conservation or rehabili-
tation, others of such areas, or portions thereof, are in such
condition that they may, through the means pro\'ided in
sections twenty-six XX to twenty-six BBB, inclusive, be
conserved or rehabilitated in such a manner that the condi-
tions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be alleviated
or eliminated ; and (c) all powers conferred by said sections
twenty-six XX to twenty-six BBB, inclusive, are for public
uses and purposes for which public money may be expended
and said powers exercised; and the necessity in the public
interest for the provisions of said sections twenty-six XX to

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 654. 571

twenty-six BBB, inclusive, is hereby declared as a matter of
legislative determination.

Section 26XX. Initiation of Urban Reneioal Program. — initiation
Sections twenty-six YY to twenty-six BBB, inclusive, shall °Jn"^^af
not take effect or be operative in any citj'' or town until, in program.
the case of a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter, the
city manager with the approval of the city council, in the case
of any other city, the mayor with the approval of the city
council, and in the case of a town, an annual or special town
meeting, shall have determined that there exists in such city
or town the need for an urban renewal program or programs
therein.

Section 26YY. Urban Renewal Projects. — Urban renewal J^^^^g^j
projects shall be planned, undertaken and carried out in a projects,
cit}'' or town by the redevelopment authority thereof, if such
an authority has been organized, otherwise by the housing
authority thereof. Urban renewal projects may include un-
dertakings and activities for the elimination (and for the
prevention of the development or spread) of substandard,
decadent or blighted open areas, and may involve any work
or undertaking for such purpose constituting a land assembly
and redevelopment project or any rehabilitation or conserva-
tion work or any combination of such undertaking or work.
As used in sections twenty-six XX to twenty-six BBB, in-
clusive, "rehabilitation or conservation work" may include
the restoration and renewal of a substandard, decadent or
blighted open area, or portion thereof, in accordance with
an urban renewal plan by (1) carrying out plans for a pro-
gram of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings or
other improvements; (2) acquisition by gift or purchase or
by eminent domain of real property and demolition, removal
or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements thereon
where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary or un-
safe conditions, lessen density, mitigate or eliminate traffic
congestion, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other
uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove
or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to pro-
vide land for needed public facihties; (3) installation, con-
struction or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, play-
grounds and other improvements necessary for carrying out
the objectives of the urban renewal project; and (4) the
disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the
urban renewal project, of any property or part thereof ac-
quired in the area of such project; provided, that such dis-
position shall be in the manner prescribed in the housing
authority law for the disposition of property in a land as-
sembly and redevelopment project area.

Section 26ZZ. Urban Renewal Plan. — Any urban re- urban re-
newal project undertaken pursuant to the preceding section "*^"'*' ^^^^'
shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal
plan for the area of the project. As used in sections twenty-
six YY to twenty-six BBB, inclusive, an "urban renewal
plan" shall be construed to mean a plan, as it exists from

572 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 654.

time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan
(1) shall conform to the general plan for the municipality
as a whole, and (2) shall be sufficiently complete to indicate
such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures,
redevelopment, improvements and rehabilitation as may be
proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal
project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses,
maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's
relationship to definite local objectives respecting appro-
priate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation,
public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and
other public improvements. No urban renewal project
shall be undertaken until the urban renewal plan therefor
has been submitted to, and approved by, the housing board ;
and no urban renewal plan shall be submitted to the housing
board unless the same has been approved by the city mana-
ger with the approval of the city council in the case of a city
having a Plan D or Plan E charter, in the case of any other
city, by the mayor with the approval of the city council or
the selectmen of a town after due notice and a public hear-
ing.

The housing board shall not approve any urban renewal
plan unless the planning board established under the pro-
visions of section seventy or eighty-one A of chapter forty-
one for the city or town where the project is located, shall
have found and the housing board shall have concurred in
such finding, or, if no planning board exists in such city or
town, unless the division of planning in the department of
commerce shall have found and the housing board shall have
concurred in such finding that the urban renewal plan is
based upon a local survey and conforms to a comprehensive
plan for the locality as a whole. The housing board shall
likewise not approve any urban renewal plan unless it shall
have found (a) the project area would not by private enter-
prise alone, and without the aid sought from the federal gov-
ernment or other subsidy, be made available for urban re-
newal ; (6) the proposed land uses and building requirements
in the project areas in the locahty where the project area
is located will afford maximum opportunity to privately
financed urban renewal consistent with the sound needs of
the locality as a whole; (c) the financial plan is sound;
(d) the project area is a substandard, decadent or blighted
open area ; and (e) the urban renewal plan is sufficiently com-
plete, as required by this section. The housing board shall,
within thirty days after submission of the plan, give written
notice to the redevelopment or housing authority of its de-
cision \vith respect to such plan. If the housing board shall
disapprove any such plan, it shall state in writing in such
notice its reasons for disapproval. A plan which has not been
approved by the housing board when submitted to it may
be again submitted to it with such modifications as are neces-
sary to meet its objections.

Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 654. 573

when the location of a proposed urban renewal project has
been determined, the redevelopment or housing authority
may, without awaiting the approval of the housing board,
proceed, by option or otherwise, to obtain control of such
property within the urban renewal project area as is neces-
sary to be acquired by the redevelopment or housing author-
ity to carry out the urban renewal plan; but it shall not,
without the approval of the housing board, unconditionally
obligate itself to purchase or otherwise acquire any such
property.

Section 26 A A A. Powers with Respect to Urban Renewal. — Powers regard-
A redevelopment or housing authority proceeding under sec- renewah"
tions twenty-six YY to twenty-six BBB, inclusive, shall have
all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and
carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects,
mcluding power to acquire and dispose of property, to issue
bonds and other obligations, to borrow and accept grants
from the federal government or other sources, and to exer-
cise the other powers which the housing authority law con-
fers on a housing or redevelopment authority with respect to
land assembly and redevelopment projects; provided, how-
ever, that nothing herein contained shall in any way impair
or limit the power or authority of any state or municipal
officer, board or commission with respect to the enforcement
of any law, ordinance, by-law or regulation. In connection
with the planning and undertaking of any urban renewal
plan or urban renewal project, the redevelopment or housing
authority and the city or town and all public and private
officers, agencies and bodies shall have all the rights, powers,
pri\'ileges and immunities which they have with respect to a
land assembly and redevelopment plan or a land assembly
and redevelopment project, in the same manner as though
all of the provisions of the housing authority law applicable
to a land assembly and redevelopment plan or a land assem-
bly and redevelopment project were applicable to an urban
renewal plan or urban renewal project; provided, that for
such purpose the words "land assembly and redevelop-
ment" as used in the housing authority law, except in sec-
tion twenty-six J, shall be construed to include "urban re-
newal". In addition to the surveys and plans which an
authority is otherwise authorized to make, a redevelopment
or housing authority is hereby specifically authorized to make
(i) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and
rehabihtation of buildings and improvements, and (ii) plans
for the enforcement of laws, codes and regulations relating
to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings
and improvements, and to the compulsory repair, rehabili-
tation, demolition or removal of buildings and improvements.
Such authority is further authorized to develop, test and re-
port methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations
for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban
blight.

Section 26BBB. Assistance to Urban Renewal. — Any Assistance to

urban renewal.

574

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 654.

city or town or other public body is hereby authorized,
without hmiting any provision in section twenty-six AAA,
to do any and all things necessary to aid and co-operate in
the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal project
in the area in which such city or town or public body is
authorized to act, including the furnishing of such financial
and other assistance as the city or town or public body is
authorized by the housing authority law to furnish for or in
connection with a land assembly and redevelopment plan
or project, A redevelopment or housing authority is hereby
authorized to delegate to a city or town or other public
body or to any board or officer of such city, town or other
pubhc body any of the powers or functions of the authority
with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban
renewal project in the area in which such city, town or other
public body is authorized to act, and such city, town or
other public body or any board or officer of such city, town
or other pubhc body is hereby authorized to carry out or
perform such powers or functions for the authority. Any
public body is hereby authorized to enter into agreements,
which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any
provision or rule of law to the contrary, with any other
public body or bodies respecting action to be taken pursuant
to any of the powers granted by sections twenty-six YY to
twenty-six BBB, inclusive, including the furnishing of funds
or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal
plan or urban renewal project.

A redevelopment or housing authority, to the greatest
extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provi-
sions of sections twenty-six YY to twenty-six BBB, inclu-
sive, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the
sound needs of the city or town as a whole, for the rehabihta-
tion or redevelopment of substandard, decadent or blighted
open areas by private enterprise.

Separability
of provisions.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 121A,
§ 7A, etc.,
amended.

Part IX. Effect of Partial Invalidity.

Section 26CCC. Separahiliiy of Provisions. — The pro-
visions of sections twenty-six I to twenty-six BBB, inclusive,
are hereby declared to be severable and if any such provision
or the application of such provision to any person or cir-
cumstances shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such invaUdity or unconstitutionality shall not be construed
to affect the validity or constitutionality of any of the re-
maining provisions of said sections or the appHcation of
such provisions to persons or circumstances other than
those as to which it is held invalid. It is hereby declared to
be the legislative intent that said sections would have been
adopted had such invalid or unconstitutional provisions not
been included therein.

Section 4A. Section 7A of chapter 121A ^f the General
Laws, inserted by section 3 of chapter 57-^ ' 9 acts of
1946, is hereby amended by striking out t. sentence

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 655, 656. 575

and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — A ;!^rta/n sites°^
corporation organized under section three or an insurance fro"' housing

^ • 1 1 c • 1 1 J. authorities.

company or a savings bank or group oi savings banks operat-
ing under this chapter may purchase or lease from a housing
authority, redevelopment authority, municipality or other
pubUc body real estate acquired by such authority, munici-
pality or public body for land assembly and redevelopment
or urban renewal purposes under chapter one hundred and
twenty-one, upon such terms and conditions, consistent
with this chapter, as shall be approved by the housing
board and may erect and maintain a project upon the land
so acquired.

Section 5. The provisions of this act shall be construed
to be in addition to and supplementary of the powers con-
ferred by other provisions of the law, including other pro-
visions of the housing authority law; and nothing in this
act shall be construed to limit the power of housing au-
thorities or redevelopment authorities to carry out low rent
housing projects or land assembly and redevelopment proj-
ects pursuant to any provision of the housing authority law.

Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act authorizing and directing the metropolitan Chap.Q55

DISTRICT COMMISSION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO FELLS-
MERE POND IN THE CITY OF MALDEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
and directed to construct a water line to Fellsmere pond,
located on the west side of Fellsway East in the city of
Maiden for the purpose of feeding water to said pond in
order to maintain a proper level thereat and to protect pub-
lic health aiid the fishlife therein. The said commission may
make such surveys essential for said purposes and may ex-
pend such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

The said commission is hereby authorized to enter into
such agreements, with the city of JMalden or others, as may
be essential for the purposes of this act; provided that the
commission shall not be obligated to furnish water to said
pond to replace water withdrawn by property owners or
others having water rights with reference to said pond.

Approved August 9, 1955.

An Act relative to the establishment of metropolitan Chap.65Q

OR REGIONAL PL.\NNING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE COMMON-
WEALTH.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for the p'"®*'"^'®-
establishmeiit '>f regional planning districts within the com-
monweals' I'der to promote and co-ordinate the orderly
develop!- x^t^ertain areas therein, therefore it is hereby

576

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 657.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 40B, § 2,
etc., amended.

Purpose of
chapter.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 40B, § 3,
etc., amended.

Regional
planning
districts by
cities and
towns, au-
thorized.

declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public welfare and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 40B of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as appearing in chapter
374 of the acts of 1955, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 2. The purpose of this chapter
is to permit a city or town to plan jointly with cities or
towns to promote with the greatest efficiency and economy
the co-ordinated and orderly development of the areas within
their jurisdictions and the general welfare and prosperity of
their citizens.

Section 2. Section 3 of said chapter 40B, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and
inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — Any
group of cities, towns, or cities and towns may, by vote of
their respective city councils or town meetings, vote to be-
come members of and thus to establish a planning district,
which shall constitute a public body corporate and the area
of which shall be coterminous with the area of the respective
cities and towns which compose it.

Section 3. This act shall take effect as of May nine-
teenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved August 10, 1965.

Chap.Q57 An Act authorizing the building and maintenance of

A RADIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY OF FRANK-
LIN TO AID IN FIRE PROTECTION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the availability of an appropria-
tion, the county commissioners of Franklin county are hereby
authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding four thousand dollars, for the establishment of a
radio broadcasting system to aid in the fire protection of
said Franklin county. The portion of said radio broadcast-
ing system other than the transmittal tower shall be installed
and located in such area and building in Greenfield as the
selectmen of the town of Greenfield may designate. The
transmittal tower shall be located within the town of Shel-
burne in such location as the selectmen of the town of
Shelburne shall designate.

Section 2. The system of radio broadcasting, authorized
to be established by section one of this act, shall be adminis-
tered and operated by the fire fighting personnel of the town
of Greenfield and the cost of their serAdces shall be borne by
said town.

Section 3. The county commissioners of Franklin county
are hereby authorized to expend such other sums as may be
necessary, subject to an appropriation, for the maintenance
and operation of the aforesaid radio broadcasting system
other than personnel and said expenses shall be assessed and

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 658, 659. 577

collected against the cities and towns of Franklin county in
the manner provided by law for the assessment and collec-
tion of the county tax.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved A v gust 10, 1955.

An Act accepting retrocession by the united states Chap.658

TO the commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS OF CONCUR-
RENT JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN LAND IN THE VICINITY
OF FORT DEVENS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In accordance with section 2 of the Act of
Congress of the United States approved June fifteenth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five (Public Law 72, 84th Congress,
Chapter 141, 1st Session) entitled: — "An Act to make
retrocession to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of juris-
diction over certain land in the vicinity of Fort Devens,
Massachusetts", the commonwealth of Massachusetts does
hereby accept the retrocession of concurrent jurisdiction over
certain land in the vicinity of Fort Devens as set forth,
bounded and described in section one of said public law.

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

Approved August 10, 1955.

An Act relative to the sale of land now used for Chap. 669

CEMETERY PURPOSES BY THE TOWN OF MARSHFIELD TO
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MARSHFIELD, INC.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUows:

Section 1. The town of Marshfield is hereby authorized
to sell and convey to The First Congregational Church of
Marshfield, Inc., the following parcel of land now used for
cemetery purposes : — Starting at a point on land now or
formerly of Gratto and running in a westerly direction a
distance of 50'; thence turning and running in a northerly
direction along land of The First Congregational Church of
Marshfield, Inc. a distance of 60'; thence turning and
running diagonally in a southeast direction across cemetery
land to the point of beginning. Containing 1,500 square
feet more or less.

Section 2. The said town is hereby further authorized
to disinter and rebury such bodies which may be buried in
the parcel of land described in section one.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the inhabitants of the town of Marshfield at an
annual town meeting or at a special town meeting called for
the purpose. Approved August 10, 1955.

578

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 660, 661.

Chap. 660 An Act authorizing the city of malden to use the

UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF A CERTAIN SCHOOL LOAN FOR
CERTAIN PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
twenty of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, the city
of Maiden is hereby authorized to appropriate, for the pur-
pose of purchasing school equipment, the unexpended bal-
ance of twenty-five thousand dollars remaining of a loan
made by said city under the provisions of chapter six hun-
dred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-eight for constructing, equipping and furnishing the
new Linden school, so called.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the city
council of the city of Maiden. Approved August 10, 1955.

Chap.66\ An Act relative to the disclosure of the contents of

INCOME TAX returns.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 58,
amended.

Penalty for
disclosure of
information,
except, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 58, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 58. The disclosure by the commissioner, or by
any deputy, assistant, clerk or assessor, or other employee
of the commonwealth, or of any city or town therein, to
any person but the taxpayer or his agent, except as herein-
after provided, of any information whatever contained in or
set forth by any return filed under this chapter, other than
the name and address of the person filing it, except in pro-
ceedings to collect the tax or for the purpose of criminal
prosecution under this chapter is prohibited. The commis-
sioner, however, may grant to the United States Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue, and other authorized officials
duly designated by him who are lawfully charged with the
administration of the United States income tax law, per-
mission to inspect income tax returns required to be filed
under this chapter. Said authorization shall, as to the
documents to be made available for inspection, be extended
on the same basis as the authority that may be lawfully
granted by the said United States commissioner to the
officials of the commonwealth to examine United States
income tax returns. Such inspection shall, however, be
limited exclusively to the purpose of administering the said
United States income tax law. Any violation of this section
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months,
or both, and by disqualification from holding office in the
commonwealth for such period, not exceeding three years,
as the court determines. Approved August 10, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 662. 579

An Act relative to the licensing and inspection of Chap.6Q2

CERTAIN BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES USED FOR THE HOUS-
ING OF AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 143 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by inserting after the paragraph defining ^ende^d.' ^ ^'
"Inspector of buildings", as appearing hi the Tercentenary
Edition, the following paragraph: —

"Institution", any hospital, sanatorium, convalescent or "institution"
nursing home, infirmary maintained in a city or town, private ^^s^^^-
infirmary or boarding home for the aged, licensed by and
under the supervision of the department of public health;
and any hospital, sanatorium or establishment, public or
private, licensed by and under the supervision of the de-
partment of mental health under the provisions of section
forty of chapter one hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. The first sentence of section 15 of said chap- g. l. (Xer.
ter 143, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 509 ^tcli'ai^eniedf'
of the acts of 1952, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "home", in line 7, the words: — infirmary
maintained in a city or town, private infirmary, — so as to
read as follows: — No building which is designed to be used, ^re^iation
or in which alteration shall be made for the purpose of using of buildings

. . ... . . . ,1 . * J IT used as board-

it, or continuing its use, m whole or in part, as a public ing homes

building, or as a factory, workshop or mercantile or other requlred.^^'^"
establishment, and to have accommodations for ten or more
employees, or as a hospital, sanatorium, convalescent or
nursing home, infirmary maintained in a city or town, private
infirmary or boarding home for the aged housing three or
more patients, licensed by and under the supervision of the
department of public health, grandstand, stadium, bleacher
or arena, and no building more than two stories in height
designed to be used above the second story, or in which al-
teration shall be made for the purpose of using it, or con-
tinuing its use, in whole or in part, as an office buildiiig,
dormitory, hotel, family hotel, apartment house, boarding
house, lodging house or tenement house, and to have eight
or more rooms above said story, shall be erected, and no al-
teration shall be made therein, until a copy of the plans and
specifications thereof has been deposited with a supervisor
of plans by the person causing its erection or alteration or
by the architect thereof.

Section 3. The first sentence of section 21 of said chap- g. l. (Ter.
ter 143, as most recently amended by section 2 of said chap- § 21.' etc.!
ter 509 of the acts of 1952, is hereby further amended by in- amended,
serting after the word "home", the first time it appears in
line 6, the words: — infirmary maintained in a city or town,
private infirmary, — so as to read as follows : — The owner. Boarding
lessee or mortgagee in possession of any building in whole aged^tomain-
or in part used as a public building or as a factory, work- egi-essM and
shop, mercantile or other establishment, and which has ac- fire escapes.
commodations for ten or more employees, or of a hospital,

580

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 662.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 143,
§ 33, etc.,
amended.

Enforcement
of laws re-
lating to
safety of
persons in
buildings.

sanatorium, convalescent or nursing home, infirmary main-
tained in a city or town, private infirmary or boarding home
for the aged, Ucensed by and under the supervision of the
department of public health, a grandstand, stadium, bleacher
or arena, or of an office building, dormitory, hotel, family
hotel, apartment house, boarding house, lodging house or
tenement house which has eight or more rooms above the
second story, or in which ten or more persons are accommo-
dated, lodge or reside above the second story, to which build-
ing sections fifteen to sixty, inclusive, apply, shall provide
such building with proper egresses or other means of escape
from fire sufficient for the use of all persons employed,
lodged or resident therein; provided, that in all buildings
subject to this section, other than mercantile establishments,
hotels and buildings used solely for office purposes, such
egresses or means of escape from fire shall also be sufficient
for the use of all persons accommodated or assembled therein;
and, in such mercantile establishments, hotels and build-
ings used solely for office purposes, shall be sufficient, to the
greatest extent compatible, in the opinion of the inspector,
with the reasonable use thereof, for the use of all persons
accommodated or assembled therein; and pro\dded, fur-
ther, that no owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession of a
building subject to any provision of this section shall be
deemed to have violated this provision unless he has been
notified in writing by an inspector as to what additional
egresses or means of escape from fire are necessary, and for
thirty days has neglected or refused to provide the same.

Section 4. Section 33 of said chapter 143, as most re-
cently amended by section 3 of chapter 509 of the acts of
1952, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"homes", in line 13, the words: — infirmary maintained in
a city or town, private infirmary, — so as to read as follows :
— Section S3. In every city, to^\^l and district wherein there
is in force a building code, so called, established under
authority of section three or corresponding pro\dsions of
earlier law or established by or under authority of any other
provision of law, the provisions of sections fifteen, seventeen,
twenty, twenty-one, twenty-one A, twenty-one B, twenty-
one C, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-eight, twenty-nine,
thirty, thirty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-nine, fifty-
one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-seven and fifty-
nine relative to buildings other than churches, theatres,
special halls, public halls, schoolhouses and buildings owned
or occupied by the commonwealth or by any county, or other
than hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent or nursing homes,
infirmary maintained in a city or town, private infirmary or
boarding homes for the aged, licensed by and under the
super\dsion of the department of public health, hotels,
family hotels, grandstands, stadia, bleachers or arenas, shall,
unless otherwise provided, be enforced by the inspector or
inspectors of buildings of such city, town or district and the
terms "supervisor of plans", "chief of inspections" and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 662. 581

"inspector", as used in said sections and in sections fifty-
five and fifty-six, shall include an inspector of buildings of
such city, town or district, and shall be enforced in accord-
ance with the regulations authorized by section fifty-four;
in all other cities and towns the provisions of said sections
shall be enforced in accordance \Nath their specific terms.

Section 5. Section 28 of said chapter 143, as most re- g. l. (Xer.
cently amended by chapter 648 of the acts of 1947, is hereby § 28.'e\c.,'
further amended by striking out the third sentence and a™<^n'ied.
insertmg in place thereof the following sentence: — Such Certificate of
certificate shall continue in force for two years for an insti- '"^p'^"*"'"-
tution as defined in section one and for other buildings and
structures for not more than five years after its date, but
while in force it shall be conclusive evidence of a compHance
^nth said sections by the person to whom it is issued.

Section 6. Section 4 of chapter 148 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 710 of the etc!, amended',
acts of 1945, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following paragraph: —

The marshal, or the head of a fire department to whom inspection of
he may delegate authority, shall make an inspection every wh^'lu^thor-
three months of institutions as defined in section one of '^'^^^■
chapter one hundred and forty-three, licensed by and under
the supervision of the department of public health, and shall
make a report of such inspection to said department on forms
submitted to the marshal by the department for this purpose.

Section 7. Section 71 of chapter 111 of the General Edo.iTr
Laws, as appearing in section 9 of chapter 602 of the acts l^g^jl*^-
of 1952, is hereby amended by striking out the eighth sen-
tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:
— Upon written request by an applicant who is aggrieved j^g^etc^^^'''
by the refusal to renew such a license, or by a holder who is
aggrieved by the revocation of such a license, as the case
may be, the commissioner and the council shall hold a public
hearing after due notice and thereafter may modify, affirm or
reverse the action of the department.

Section 8. Said section 71 of said chapter 111, as so g;,^!^^^-
appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the fifth sen- §71,' etc.,'
tence and inserting in place thereof the following three ^minded,
sentences : — Notwithstanding any of the foregoing pro- Licenses to
visions, however, no original license shall be issued hereunder hospS,
over the written disapproval of the local authorities having sanatoria, etc.
jursidiction and no license shall be issued or renewed here-
under unless there shall be first submitted to the department
by the authorities in charge of the hospital, sanatorium, con-
valescent or nursing home, infirmary, or boarding home for
the aged with respect to each building occupied by patients,
a certificate of inspection of the egresses, the means of pre-
venting the spread of fire and the apparatus for extinguishing
fire, issued by an inspector of the dixasion of inspection of
the department of public safety, and a certificate of inspection
issued by the head of the local fire department certifying com-
pliance with the local ordinances. Any applicant for an

582

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 663.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), Ill,
new § 71B,
added.

Review of
action by
board of
review by
petition to
district court.

original license who is aggrieved by rejection of his applica-
tion on the basis of such written disapproval may, within
thirty days, make an appeal in writing from such refusal to
a board of review which is hereby created for the department
of public health, said board to consist of the commissioner of
pubUc health, the commissioner of public safety, the attorney
general, tlie director of building construction in the commis-
sion on administration and finance and the state fire marshal
or such persons as they may respectively designate to act in
their stead. The board shall, within twenty days of the re-
ceipt of such appeal, give the parties in interest an opportu-
nity to be heard and shall, within thirty days after such hear-
ing, render a decision which shall be a matter of pubhc record.
Section 9. Said chapter 111 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 71 A, inserted by chapter 449
of the acts of 1955, the following section: — Section 71 B.
Within thirty daj^s after action by the board of review, as
provided for in section seventy-one, a person who is ag-
grieved by the refusal of said board to approve his application
may bring a petition in the district court within the judicial
district where the premises on which the application was
based are located, addressed to the justice of the court pray-
ing that the action of the board in refusing to approve his
application may be reviewed and after such notice as said
court shall direct to all parties interested a hearing may be
had before the court at an early and convenient time fixed
by it; or the court may appoint three disinterested persons
conversant with the subject matter of the controversy to
examine the matter and hear the parties and the decision of
said court or the written decision under oath of a majority
of those appointed by the court filed in the office of the clerk
of courts in said county within ten days after such hearing
may annul or affirm such refusal. Such decision, or a certi-
fied copy thereof, shall have the same authority, force and
effect as an original refusal or approval by the board. If
such decision results in the approval of an application for a
license which the board has denied, the court shall order
said license to be issued. Approved August 10, 1955.

Chap.Q6S An Act authorizing off-street parking facilities in

THE CITY OF HOLYOKE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purposes of constructing public park-
ing areas, including original pavement thereof and including
with such pavement the cost of demolition of buildings and
other structures and the clearing of said areas for such
pavement as well as the construction of facilities for off-
street pubhc parking, including lighting, sewer and drainage
facihties therefor, the city of Holyoke may acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise, or take by eminent domain under the
provisions of chapter seventy-nine or eighty A of the Gen-
eral Laws, lands and buildings located on such streets in

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 663. 583

said city as the board of aldermen of said city may deter-
mine. Said city may, for the purpose of this act, borrow
from time to time within a period of five years from the
passage of this act such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate seven hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on
their face the words, City of Holyoke Public Parking Loan,
Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa-
rate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be outside the statutory debt limit, but shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitations contained
in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.

Section 2. The city shall install parking meters in said
off-street parking areas and facilities and make a charge
for the use of space therein, and the receipts thereof to-
gether with the receipts from all other parking meters in-
stalled by said city shall be apphed annually, first, to re-
imbursing the city for its annual payments on account of
the above mentioned loan or loans, and secondly, for any
of the purposes for which parking meter receipts may be
used under sections twenty-two A, twenty-two B and twenty-
two C of chapter forty of the General Laws. No products
used in or for the servicing of motor vehicles shall be sold
or dispensed at or in connection with said off-street parking
areas or facilities.

Section 3. In the event that the city determines to con-
struct and operate any off-street public parking areas or
facihties, said city shall, by ordinance, establish rules and
regulations for the operation thereof.

Section 4. Upon liquidation of the loan authorized by
section one, the receipts from said parking meters, structures
or facilities may be used for the purposes prescribed by said
sections twenty-two A, twenty-two B and twenty-two C of
said chapter forty of the General Laws and the receipts from
all other parking units installed by the said city may be used
by the city as provided by said sections.

Section 5. This act shall be construed to be in addition
to all other rights granted by the General Laws pertaining
to the installation and operation of parking meters in on-
street and off-street areas, and the disbursement of receipts
therefrom.

Section 6. Said city may acquire said parking meters in
the manner provided by section twenty-two A of said chap-
ter forty.

Section 7. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the board of aldermen and the mayor of said
city, but not otherwise. Approved August 10, 1955.

584 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 664.

Ckap.Q64: An Act establishing the mount pleasant water dis-
trict IN THE TOWN OF LEICESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Leicester,
Hable to taxation in said town and residing within the terri-
tory comprised within the following boundary lines, to wit: —

Beginning at a point at the southwesterly corner of the
Leicester Water Supply District; thence in a southerly di-
rection by the westerly boundaries of the Hillcrest Water
District and the Rochdale section of the Cherry Valley and
Rochdale Water District to the southerly boundary line of
the town of Leicester; thence in a westerly direction by and
along said line, to the easterly line of the town of Spencer
boundary; thence by and along the Spencer and Leicester
boundary line to a point at the intersection of the Paxton
and Leicester town line; thence in an easterly direction by
and along the Leicester and Paxton boundary line, nine
thousand seven hundred and fifty feet to a point; thence
in a southeasterly direction twelve thousand feet, more or
less, to the northwesterly corner of the Leicester Water
Supply District; thence by and along the westerly line of
the Leicester Water Supply District five thousand two hun-
dred and eighty feet to the point of beginning, shall consti-
tute a water district and are hereby made a body corporate
by the name of Mount Pleasant Water District hereinafter
called the district, for the purpose of supplying themselves
with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic
and other purposes, with power to establish fountains and
hydrants and to relocate and discontinue the same, to regu-
late the use of such water and to fix and collect rates to be
paid therefor, and for the purposes of assessing and raising
taxes as provided herein for the payment of such services,
for defraying the necessary expenses of carrying on the
business of said district, subject to all general laws now or
hereafter in force relating to such districts, except as other-
wise provided herein. The district shall have power to
prosecute and defend all actions relating to its property
and affairs.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the district, act-
ing by and through its board of water commissioners herein-
after provided for, may contract with any municipality,
acting through its water department, or with any water
company, or with any water district, for whatever water
may be required, authority to furnish the same being hereby
granted, and may take by eminent domain under chap-
ter seventy-nine or chapter eighty A of the General Laws,
or acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise, and hold, the
waters, or any portion thereof, of any pond, spring or stream,
or of any ground sources of supply by means of driven,
artesian or other wells, within the town of Leicester and not
already appropriated for the purposes of a public supply,

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 664. 585

and the water and flowage rights connected with any such
water sources; and for said purposes may take as afore-
said, 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 quaUty of the water shall
be so taken or used without first obtaining the advice and
approval of the department of public health, and that the
location and arrangement of all dams, reservoirs, springs,
wells, pumping, purification and filtration plants, and such
other works as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
visions of this act, shall be subject to the approval of said
department. The district may construct and maintain on
the lands acquired and held under this act proper dams,
wells, springs, reservoirs, standpipes, tanks, pumping plants,
buildings, fixtures and other structures, including also the
establishment and maintenance of filter beds and purifica-
tion works or systems, 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 effec-
tive water works; and for that purpose may construct pipe
lines, wells and reservoirs and establish pumping works,
and may construct, lay, acquire 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 for the purposes of
constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and repairing
such aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works, and for
all proper purposes of this act, the 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 the manner in which
all things are done upon any such way shall be subject to
the direction of the selectmen of the town of Leicester.
The district shall not enter upon, or construct or lay any
conduit, pipe or other works within, the location of any
railroad corporation except at such time and in such manner
as it may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of
failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department
of public utilities. The district may enter upon any lands
for the purpose of making surveys, test wells or pits and
borings, and may take or otherwise acquire the right to
occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the construc-
tion of any work or for any other purpose authorized by
this act.

Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his prop-
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done
under authority thereof may recover such damages from
the district under said chapter seventy-nine, or said chapter

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 664.

eighty A of the General Laws, but the right to damages for
the taking of any water, water right or water source, or for
any injury thereto, shall not vest until water is actually
withdrawn or diverted under authority of this act.

Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and liabilities incurred under this act, other than
expenses of maintenance and operation, the district may
borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, six hundred thousand dol-
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Mount Pleasant Water District
Loan, Act of 1955. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more
than thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter
forty-four of the General Laws pertaining to such districts.

Section 5. The district shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac-
cordance with section four of this act; and, when a vote to
that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income
derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual
expense of operating 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 this act, shall without further vote be
assessed upon the district by the assessors of said town
of Leicester annually thereafter until the debt incurred by
said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such man-
ner as they shall deem for the best interest of the district.
All authority vested in said board by this section shall be
subject to section nine.

Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by the 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 on property within the district 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, due
notice whereof shall have been given, such estate is so
situated that it will 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, could not be suppHed with
water from said system in any ordinary or reasonable man-
ner; but all other estates in the district shall be deemed to
be benefited and shall be subject to such tax. A certified
list of the estates exempt from taxation under the provisions
of this section shall annually be sent by said board of water

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 664. 587

commissioners to said 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 maimer 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
the district. The district may collect interest on overdue
taxes in the manner in which interest is authorized to be
collected on town taxes.

Section 8. Any meeting of the voters of the territory
included within the boundaries set forth in section one to
be held prior to the acceptance of this act, and any meeting
of the voters of the district to be held prior to the qualifi-
cation of a majority of the water commissioners, shall be
called, 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 bj^ posting copies of the war-
rant 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. At any meeting held hereunder
prior to the acceptance of this act, after the choice of a
moderator for the meeting, the question of the acceptance of
this act shall be submitted to the voters, and if it is accepted
by a majority of the voters present and voting thereon
it shall thereupon take effect, and the meeting may then
proceed to act on the other articles in the warrant. After
the qualification of a majority of the water commissioners,
meetings of the district shall be called by warrant under
their hands, unless some other method be provided by by-
law or vote of the district.

Section 9. The district shall, after the acceptance of this
act as aforesaid, elect by ballot, either at the same meeting
at which this act shall have been accepted, or thereafter, at
an annual meeting or at a special meeting called for the pur-
pose, three persons, inhabitants of and voters in said district,
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 dis-
trict meeting, to constitute a board of water commissioners;
and at every annual district meeting following such next suc-
ceeding annual district meeting one such commissioner shall
be elected by ballot for the term of three years. The date
of the next annual meeting shall be fixed by by-law or by
vote of the board of water commissioners, but in no event
shall it be later than fifteen months subsequent to the date
on which the water commissioners were first elected. All
the authority granted to said district by this act, except
sections four and five, and not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for, shall be vested in said board of water commis-
sioners, who shall be subject, iiowever, to such instructions,

588 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 664.

rules and regulations as the district may by vote impose. At
the meeting at which said water commissioners are first
elected and at each annual district meeting held thereafter,
the district shall elect by ballot, each for a term of one
year, a clerk and a treasurer of the district. The treasurer
shall not be a water commissioner, and shall give bond to the
district in such an amount as may be approved by said water
commissioners and with a surety company authorized to
transact business in the commonwealth as surety. A ma-
jority of said water commissioners shaU constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. Any vacancy occurring in
said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder of
the unexpired term by said district at any legal meeting
called for the purpose. No money shall be drawn from the
treasury of the district on account of its water works except
upon a written order of said water commissioners or a ma-
jority of them.

Section 10. Said board of water commissioners shall fix
just and equitable prices and rates for the use of water, and
shall prescribe the time and manner of payment. The in-
come of the water 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 providing for the aforesaid charges, it may
be appropriated for such new construction as said water
commissioners may recommend, and in case a surplus should
remain after payment for such new construction the water
rates shall be reduced proportionately. If in any year there
should be a deficit of revenue, the water commissioner shall
in the following year fix the rate so as to meet such deficit
together with the estimated operating costs including interest
and debt. Said water commissioners shall annually, and as
often as the district may require, render a report upon the
condition of the works under their charge, and an account of
their doings, including an account of receipts and expendi-
tures.

Section 11. The district may adopt by-laws, prescrib-
ing by whom and how meetings of the district may be called,
notified and conducted; and, upon the application of ten
or more legal voters in the district, meetings may also be
called by warrant as provided in section eight. The dis-
trict may also establish rules and regulations for the man-
agement of its water works, not inconsistent with this act
or with any other provision of law, and may choose such
other ofl&cers not provided for in this act as it may deem
necessary or proper.

Section 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, well,
standpipe, aqueduct, pip)e or other property owned or used
by the district for any of the purposes of this act, shall for-
feit and pay to the district three times the amount of dam-

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ages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort,
and upon conviction of any of the above wilful or wanton
acts shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hun-
dred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year,
or both.

Section 13. Upon a petition in writing addressed to said
board of water commissioners requesting that certain real
estate, accurately described therein, located in said town
and abutting on said district and not otherwise served by a
public water supply be included within the limits thereof,
and signed by the owners of such real estate, or a major por-
tion of such real estate, said water commissioners shall cause
a duly warned meeting of the district to be called, at which
meeting the voters may vote on the question of including
said real estate within the 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; and thereupon said real estate
shall become and be part of the district and shall be holden
under this act in the same manner and to the same extent
as the real estate described in section one.

Section 14. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the territory
included within said district by section one of this act present
and voting thereon, by the use of a check list, at a district
meeting called, in accordance with section eight, within four
years after its passage. Approved August 10, 1955.

An Act authorizing the military reservation com- Chav 665

MISSION TO SELL OR TRANSFER CERTAIN LAND OF THE
COMMONWEALTH^SITUATED IN BARNSTABLE COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon recommendation of the commission on
administration and finance and with the approval of the
governor and council, the special military reservation com-
mission estabhshed by section one of chapter one hundred
and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-
five, as most recently amended by chapter twenty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-one, is hereby authorized
to dispose of, by sale at public auction, by sale or transfer to
other agencies of the commonwealth, or by sale or transfer
to poHtical subdivisions of the commonwealth in which the
properties are located any or all properties, including land
and buildings, under the jurisdiction of said military reser-
vation commission, which properties have been certified by
it to be no longer necessary for its program. Upon like
recommendation and \\'ith like approval, said military reser-
vation commission may dispose of, by sale, transfer or other-
wise, to agencies of the United States government any or
all properties, including land and buildings, under its juris-
diction.

590 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 665.

Section 2. In the event that any of said properties dis-
posed of, as provided in section one, by sale or transfer to
other agencies of the commonwealth ceases to be used for
the purposes for which sold or transferred, exclusive juris-
diction thereover shall revert to said military reservation
commission. In the event that any of said properties sold
or transferred to any pohtical subdivision of the common-
wealth or to any agency of the United States government
ceases to be used for the purposes for which sold or trans-
ferred, title to said property shall revert to the common-
wealth and exclusive jurisdiction thereover shall revert to
said military reservation commission.

Approved August 10, 1965.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston, August 17, 1955.

Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Sir : — I, Christian A. Herter, by virtue of and in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to
the Constitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency Meas-
ure", do declare that in my opinion, the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience requires that the law
signed by me on the tenth day of August in the year one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, being Chapter 665 of
the Acts of 1955, entitled, "An Act authorizing the Military
Reservation Commission to sell or transfer Certain Land of
the Commonwealth situated in Barnstable County", should
take effect forthwith, and that it is an emergency law, and
that facts constituting the emergency are as follows;

The Federal Government is in process of completing all
its necessary arrangements for taking certain of the lands and
the delayed operation of this legislation would hinder the
Commonwealth's action in relation to the transfer. It is,
therefore, necessarj?- that the legislation referred to above
should take effect forthwith.

Very truly yours,

Christl\n a. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth.

Office of the Secretary, Boston, August 17, 1955.

I, Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
hereby certify that the accompanying statement was filed in
this office by His Excellency the Governor of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts at ten o'clock and fifty-five min-
utes, A.M., on the above date, and in accordance with
Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitu-
tion said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter six
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-five.

Edward J. Cronin,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 666. 591

An Act requiring owners and operators of aircraft Chap.QQQ

INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS TO PROVIDE SECURITY, IN CERTAIN
CASES, FOR THE PAYMENT OF DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
THE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF SUCH AIRCRAFT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby S^^•iJ^'■•
amended by inserting after section 49A the following sec- §§49649x7
tions: — Section 498. The following words, as used in sec- ^^^''^•
tions forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall, unless the
context requires otherwise, have the f ollo\ving meanings : —

(a) "Judgment", any judgment which has become final Definitions,
upon a claim for damages suffered by a claimant arising out
of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of any air-
craft, including damages for care and loss of services, because
of bodily injury to or death of any person or injury to or
destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or
upon an agreement of settlement for such damages.

(6) "Non-resident's operating privilege", the privilege
conferred upon a non-resident by the commonwealth per-
taining to the operation by him of an aircraft, or the use of
an aircraft owned by him therein.

(c) "Operator", any person who is exercising actual physi-
cal control of an aircraft.

{d) "Owner", any of the following persons who may be
legally responsible for the operation of an aircraft : —

(1) A person who holds the legal title to an aircraft.

(2) A lessee of an aircraft.

(3) A conditional vendee, a trustee under a trust receipt
and a mortgagor or other person holding an aircraft subject
to a security interest.

(e) "Passenger", any person in, on or boarding an air-
craft for the purpose of riding therein, or alighting therefrom
following a flight or attempted flight therein.

(/) "Registration", a certificate of registration of aircraft
engaged in air navigation or of operators thereof, issued by
the commission.

{g) "Notice", notice in writing served upon a person by
either: —

(1) Actual delivery or offer of delivery to such person by
any disinterested person; or

(2) Registered mail addressed to the person at the last
address known to the commission.

{h) "State", any state, the District of Columbia, any ter-
ritory or possession of the United States and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico.

(i) "Claimant", any person having a claim for damages
as the result of an accident within the conamon wealth involv-
ing an aircraft.

Section J^C. (a) The commission shall administer and ^"SSlf^^es
enforce the p^visions of sections forty-nine B to forty- apd reguia-
nine R, inclusive, and may make rules and regulations neces- *'°'^'

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Amount of
security.

Exemption
from provi-
sions.

sary for the administration thereof, which shall become effec-
tive ten days after the filing of the same with the state
secretary.

(b) The commission shall provide for hearings upon re-
quest of any person who may be affected by its orders or acts
under the provisions of said sections, and shall provide for a
stay thereof until a hearing may be had.

(c) Any person aggrieved by any order or act of the com-
mission, or by a failure of the commission to act hereunder,
may have judicial review thereof as provided in the General
Laws for judicial review of the orders or acts of administra-
tive agencies.

Section 49D. (a) Not later than thirty days after re-
ceipt of an accident report, the commission shall determine
by an order entered of record (1) the amount of security
within the limits specified in section forty-nine E, which it
deems sufficient to satisfy any judgment for damages re-
sulting from such accident which may be recovered against
each owner or operator, and (2) the name and address of
each claimant.

(6) Not later than thirty days after the entry of the order
required by subsection (a) the commission, unless there is
deposited for the benefit of the owner or operator or both,
security in the sum so determined by the commission, upon
ten days' notice shall suspend : —

(1) If the owner is a resident, the registration of the owner
and the registration of all aircraft o^vned by him.

(2) If the owner is a non-resident, the non-resident's
operating privilege of the owner and of all aircraft owned by
him.

(3) The registration or non-resident's operating privilege
of the operator.

(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (6) shall not
apply: —

(1) To the operator or the owner of the aircraft if the com-
mission determines upon satisfactory evidence that he is not
charged with responsibility for the accident by a claimant, or
to the operator of an aircraft involved in an accident in
which no injury was caused to the person of any one other
than the operator, and no damage in excess of one hundred
dollars was caused to property not owned, rented, occupied
or used by such operator nor in his care, custody or control
nor carried in or on the aircraft.

(2) To the operator or owner of an aircraft if at the time
of the accident the aircraft was stationary, wdthout pas-
sengers thereon or boarding the aircraft or alighting there-
from, and the aircraft was parked in an area legally used for
aircraft parking with no engine running nor in the process
of being started,

(3) To the owner of an aircraft if at the time of the acci-
dent the aircraft was being operated, or was parked, without
his permission, express or imphed.

(4) To the owner if there is in effect at the time of the

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accident an aircraft liability policy or bond with respect to
the aircraft involved in the accident,

(5) To the operator, if not the owner of the aircraft, if
there is in effect at the time of the accident an aircraft
liability policy or bond with respect to his operation of the
aircraft involved in the accident.

(6) To the operator or owner if his liability for damages
resulting from such accident is covered by any other form of
liabiUty insurance policy or bond in effect at the time of the
accident.

(7) To any person quahfj'ing as a self-insurer under
section forty-nine G, or to any person operating an aircraft
for the self-insui"er for whose acts the self-insurer is legally
responsible; nor

(8) After there is filed with the commission satisfactory
evidence that the person otherwise required to deposit
security has been released from liability, or been adjudicated
not to be liable by judgment, or executed a written agree-
ment with all claimants providing for payment of an agreed
amount with respect to all claims for injuries or damages re-
sulting from the accident.

(d) The provisions of subsection (h) may be waived by
the commission, in its discretion, if there is filed with the
commission by all claimants consent in writing that the per-
son chargeable be allowed continuing operating privilege.
If such waiver is granted by the commission, it shall continue
for six months from the date of the consent and thereafter
unless the consent is revoked in writing.

(e) The commission may take the action authorized hereby
or may modify or rescind the same at any time necessary to
carry out the provisions of sections forty-nine B to forty-
nine R, inclusive, upon ten days' notice of the persons
affected thereby.

Section 49E. (a) A policy or bond provided under sec- Policies and
tion forty-nine D shall be issued by an insurer or surety
company authorized to do business in the commonwealth,
or issued by an insurer or surety company not authorized to
do business in the commonwealth, but found by the com-
mission to afford adequate protection, and which has filed
or shall file with the commission a power of attorney author-
izing the commission to accept service on its behalf of no-
tice or process in any action upon the policy or bond arising
out of such accident; and shall

(1) If the accident results in bodily injury to or death of
a person not a passenger, pro^^de coverage of not less than
five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of
one person in any accident, and ten thousand dollars be-
cause of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in
any one accident;

(2) If the accident involves an aircraft being operated
for hire and the accident results in bodily injury to or death
of a passenger, provide coverage of not less than ten thou-
sand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one per-

coverage.

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son in any one accident and not less than ten thousand dol-
lars multiplied by the number of passenger-seats in the air-
craft because of bodily injury to or death of two or more
persons in any one accident;

(3) If the accident involves an aircraft not being operated
for hire and the accident results in bodily injury to or death
of a passenger, provide coverage of not less than five thou-
sand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one per-
son in any one accident, and not less than five thousand
dollars multiphed by the number of passenger-seats in the
aircraft because of bodily injury to or death of two or more
persons in any one accident ; and

(4) If the accident results in damage to or destruction of
property, provide coverage of not less than five thousand
dollars because of damage to or destruction of property in
any one accident, with the exception of the following prop-
erty which is exempted from the security required under
section forty-nine D: — property owned, rented, occupied
or used by, or in the care, custody or control of the owner or
operator or carried in or on the aircraft.

(6) The policy or bond need not cover any liability on
account of bodily injury to or death of any employee of the
owner or operator while the employee is engaged in the duties
of his employment; or any obligation for which the owner
or operator or his insurer may be held liable under any work-
men's compensation law.
pnvifege^ Sectiofi Jf.9F . A registration or a non-resident's operating

renewed under privilege Suspended under section forty-nine D shall not be
^stanTCs. restored or renewed with respect to the aircraft involved in
or the owner or operator liable for the accident until : —

(a) Security is deposited as required under section forty-
nine D ; or

(6) One year shall have elapsed following the date of such
suspension and satisfactory evidence is filed with the com-
mission that during such period no action for damages aris-
ing out of the accident has been instituted; or

(c) Satisfactory evidence is filed with the commission of
a release from hability, or a judgment of non-liabihty as to
all persons damaged or injured in the accident, or a written
agreement, in accordance with paragraph (8) of sub-section
(c) of section forty-nine D. If there is a default in pay-
ment under such written agreement, then upon ten days'
notice of the owner or operator, the commission shall sus-
pend the registration or non-resident's operating privilege
of such person defaulting, and the same shall not be restored
unless and until (I) such person deposits and thereafter
maintains security as required under section forty-nine D
in such amount as the commission may then determine,
within the limits provided in section forty-nine E, or (2) one
year has elapsed following the time when such security was
required and during such period no action upon the agree-
ment has been instituted in a court of the commonwealth; or

(d) Satisfactory evidence is filed with the commission that

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any judgment against such person for damages resulting from
the accident has been satisfied in full or that there has been
paid thereon an amount equal to the applicable limits set
forth in section forty-nine E ; or

(e) Written consent thereto has been filed with the com-
mission by all claimants and the same is approved by the
commission.

Section 490. (a) Any person may at any time apply to Certificate of
the commission for a certificate of self-insurance, whether ^eif-insurance.
or not there has occurred an accident as a result of which
he might be affected by some other provision of sections
forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive.

(6) The commission may issue a certificate of self-insur-
ance when satisfied that the appUcant is possessed and will
continue to be possessed of abihty to pay judgments against
him within the limits provided in sections forty-nine B to
forty-nine R, inclusive.

(c) Upon not less than ten days' notice of a self-insurer
the commission may for reasonable cause cancel a certificate
of self-insurance, and shall cancel such certificate upon fail-
ure to pay any judgment within thirty days.

Section 49H. (a) In case the operator or owner of an Non-residenta,
aircraft involved in an accident witliin the commonwealth ^*''-
has no certificate of registration, or is a non-resident, he
shall not be allowed a certificate of registration or a non-
resident's operating privilege, until he has comphed with
the requirements of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R,
inclusive.

(h) When a non-resident's operating privilege is suspended
pursuant to section forty-nine D or section forty-nine F, the
commission shall transmit a certified copy of the record of
such action to the oflScial or department regulating the
operation of aircraft in the state in which the non-resident
resides, if the law of the other state provides for action in
relation thereto, similar to that provided for in subsection
(c).

(c) Upon receipt of notice that the operating privilege of
a resident of the commonwealth has been suspended or
revoked in any other state pursuant to a law providing for
its suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security
for the payment of judgments arising out of an aircraft
accident, under circumstances which would require the
commission to suspend a non-resident's operating privilege
had the accident occurred in the commonwealth, the com-
mission upon ten days' notice shall suspend his registration
if he were the operator of an aircraft involved in the accident,
or if he were the owner of an aircraft involved in the accident
and wa^ legally responsible for its operation. Such suspen-
sion shall continue until the resident furnishes evidence of
his comphance with the security requirements of the law of
the other state.

Section J^I. (a) The security required under section Security.
forty-nine D shall be cash or securities permissible under

596 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 666.

state law as security for deposit of state funds and in such
amount as the commission may require but in no case in
excess of the limits specified in section forty-nine E in refer-
ence to the limits of a policy or bond. If at the time of the
accident there is in effect a liability policy or a bond meeting
the requisites of section forty-nine E other than the amount
of coverage set forth in said section, the commission may
consider such policy or bond in fLxing the amount of security.
The person depositing security shall specify in writing the
person or persons on whose behalf the deposit is made and,
at any time wliile such deposit is in the custody of the state
treasurer the person depositing it may, upon approval of
the commission, amend in writing the specification of the
person or persons on whose behalf the deposit is made to
include an additional person or persons; provided, however,
that a single deposit of security shall be applicable only on
behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the
same accident. Interest and other income upon securities
deposited as herein provided shall be paid or inure to the
benefit of the person making the deposit.

(6) Upon ten days' notice of the parties concerned, the
commission may reduce, or, within the limits specified in
section forty-nine E, increase the amount of security ordered
in any case if in its discretion the amount ordered is excessive
or insufficient. In case the security originally ordered has
been deposited, the excess shall be returned to the depositor
notwithstanding the provisions of section forty-nine J.
Substitution of security shall be permitted.
S^!fi^f?,°^ Section 49 J- Security deposited in compliance with the

requirements of section forty-nine I shall be delivered to the
custody of the state treasurer and shall be released only: —

(a) Upon certificate of the commission in the payment of
a judgment rendered against the person or persons on whose
behalf the deposit was made, for damages arising out of the
accident in a civil action, begun not later than one year after
the date of the accident or within one year after the date of
deposit of any security under subsection (c) of section forty-
nine F or in the payment of a settlement, agreed to by the
depositor and all the claimants, of a claim or claims arising
out of the accident.

(6) Upon certificate of the commission issued after ten
days' notice to all claimants upon evidence satisfactory to
the commission that all claims arising from such accident
have been satisfied by either (1) a release from liability, or
(2) a judgment of non-Uability, or (3) a written agreement in
accordance with paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of section
forty-nine D or whenever, after the expiration of one year
from the time of the accident or from the date of deposit of
any security under subsection {c) of section forty-nine F,
the commission is given satisfactory evidence that there is no
such action pending and that no judgment rendered in any
such action is unpaid.

(c) Upon the certificate of the commission that other

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security complying "with subsection (a) of section forty-
nine I and satisfactory in form, character and amount, has
been deposited with it in lieu of the original security de-
posited.

Section J^9K. The commission shall, upon written re- Commission
quest, make available to persons whose legal rights may be avl?iab!e to
affected thereby, information and material developed in the ['„''/^°J't?j^"
course of its administration of sections forty-nine B to etc.
forty-nine R, inclusive.

Section 49L. No transfer of registration of aircraft of f"g^Pt"a^jon
which the owner's registration has been suspended shall be transfer of.'
deemed valid or accepted by the commission, unless the
transferor or transferee demonstrates to the satisfaction of
the commission that the transfer of registration is the result
of a bona fide transaction of purchase and sale, and not for
the purpose, or with the effect, of defeating the purposes of
sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive. Nothing in
this section shall affect the rights of any lessor or conditional
vendor, chattel mortgagee, or other person holding a security
interest in any aircraft registered in the name of another as
owner who becomes subject to the provisions of said sec-
tions.

Section 4.9M. Any person whose registration is suspended ^''^g[°^°i[,jj
shall immediately return his registration certificate to the certificate.
commission. If any person fails or refuses to return such
certificate to the commission it shall petition the superior
court for the county of Suffolk, sitting in equity, which court
may, after hearing, order such person to return such cer-
tificate to the commission.

Section I^BN. (a) Any owner or operator whose registra- Penalty for
tion or non-resident's operating privilege has been suspended p^fvUeK"^*^
or revoked and who, during such suspension or revocation, revoked.
operates any aircraft in the commonwealth or knowingly per-
mits any aircraft owned by him to be operated by another in
the commonwealth, except as permitted under sections
forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall be punished by
a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars.

(5) Any owner or operator wilfully faihng to return his
registrations as required in section forty-nine M shall be
punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars.

Section 490. Sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, in- Provisions not
elusive, shall not apply to (a) any aircraft owned and oper- certam pe°
ated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of the ^°"^-
United States or any ci\'il or military agency of the United
States or of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico or any territory or possession of the United
States ; (6) any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to
and subject to the sole control of any state or agency thereof
or any political subdivision or municipality of any state;
(c) any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and sub-
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Acts, 1955. — Chap. 666.

military agency thereof or any political subdivision or
municipality thereof; or (d) any aircraft owned or being
operated by a public air carrier engaged principally in
regularly scheduled inter-state or foreign air transportation
for hire under either a federal certificate of public con-
venience and necessity or under a letter of registration or
exemption order issued by the civil aeronautics board or its
successor.

Section J^9P. Nothing in sections forty-nine B to forty-
nine R, inclusive, shall be construed as precluding any party
in any action or proceeding from employing other processes
provided by law. The commission may proceed at law or in
equity in the enforcement of said sections.

Section Jt9Q. (a) Service of process as provided for in
section fifty shall be made by serving the original thereof
and a copy of the declaration upon the chairman of the com-
mission or by filing the same in his office, together with a
fee of two dollars and by the mailing of a copy of such
process and of the declaration by the plaintiff or his attorney
to the defendant, and to each of the defendants if more than
one, at his last known address, within ten days thereafter
by registered mail. In lieu of such maihng to such defendant
in another state, plaintiff may cause a copy of the declara-
tion and process to be served personally in such other state
upon such defendant by any disinterested person, by actually
delivering the same to such defendant or by offering to make
such deUvery in case the defendant refuses to accept dehvery.

(6) Proof of the service of such process upon the chair-
man of the commission or the filing thereof in his office, and
proof of the mailing or personal delivery thereof to the de-
fendant shall be made by the affidavit of the person doing
the acts, which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the
court in which the suit is filed. Process shall be deemed to
be completed upon the fifing of such affidavit and of the
original registry receipt if service is obtained by mail.

Section 49R. A discharge in bankruptcy shall not re-
lieve any person from the requirements of sections forty-
nine B to forty-nine Q, inclusive.

Section 49S. The provisions of sections forty-nine B to
forty-nine R, inclusive, are hereby declared to be severable
and if any such provision or the appHcation of any such pro-
vision to any person or circumstance shall be held to be
invafid or unconstitutional, such invafidity or unconstitu-
tionahty shall not be construed to affect the vafidity or con-
stitutionality of the remaining provisions of said sections.

Section 49T. Sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, in-
clusive, may be cited as the Uniform Aircraft Financial
Responsibifity Act, and shall be so interpreted and con-
strued as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform
the laws of those states enacting fike laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Approved August 10, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 667, 668, 669. 599

An Act authorizing the county commissioners of the C hap. 6Q7

COUNTY OF WORCESTER TO USE CERTAIN MONIES IN THE
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND FOR ADDITIONAL AC-
COMMODATIONS AND FACILITIES FOR THE COURTS AND
COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF WORCESTER COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 2 of chapter 98 of the acts of 1932, as most re-
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 129 of the acts of
1953, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following : — The count}'' commissioners of said county are
hereby authorized to sell bonds purchased by the county
under authority of chapter five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-three and apply the proceeds thereof, plus
any accumulated interest, to such extent as they deem ad-
visable, for the purposes set forth in section one.

Approved August 10, 1955.

An Act authorizing certain additional emergency ex- Chaj) 668

PENDITURES IN THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-SIX.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 497 of the acts of 1955,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 620 of the acts of the
current year, is hereby further amended by striking out the
figures "15", and inserting in place thereof the figures: —
31, — so as to read as follows: — Section 2. This act shall
cease to be operative upon the enactment into law of the
general appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1956 or on
August 31, 1955, whichever is the earlier, and all action
taken under this act shall apply against said appropriation
act.

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

Approved August 11, 1955.

An Act requiring water closets and washing facilities nhruj fifiQ
in railroad establishments. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 133, as amended by sec- f^sa/etc.,
tion 2 of chapter 373 of the acts of 1955, and inserting in amended. '
place thereof the following section: — Section 183. In every Toilet
industrial establishment and railroad estabhsbment there f'*'''^^*'^^-
shall be provided suitable, adequate and convenient water
closets and washing facihties, separate for each sex and
plainly so designated, of such number, in such location, and
so constructed, lighted, ventilated, arranged and maintained
as may be determined by such reasonable rules and regula-
tions as the department may adopt. No person shall be
allowed to use a closet or privy provided for the use of per-

600 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 670.

sons of the opposite sex. If any such estabhshment is so
located that a connection -with a sewer system is, in the
opinion of the department, impossible or impracticable, it
shall pro\dde such suitable toilet and washing facilities as
the department may require. For the purposes of this sec-
tion the term "industrial estabhshment" shall be deemed
to include public garages and premises used by express,
trucking and transportation companies where persons are
employed. For the purposes of this section the term "rail-
road establishment" shall be deemed to mean that part,
division or branch of any railroad in which three or more
persons are employed except where toilet and washing fa-
cilities are maintained for public use.

Section 2. The rules and regulations for toilets in in-
dustrial establishments, adopted by the department of labor
and industries, shall be appHcable to railroads on and after
the effective date of this act.
EdVieo'^' Section 3. Section one hundred and eighty-five A of

§ i'85A, etc., chapter one hundred and sixty of the General Laws, in-
repeaied. scrtcd by chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the acts

of nineteen hundred and forty-three, is hereby repealed.

Approved August 11, 1956.

Chap. 670 An Act relative to increasing the amounts of pen-
sions, RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES AND ANNUITIES PAYABLE
TO CERTAIN FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The annual amount of every pension, retire-
ment allowance or annuity payable under any general or
special law by the commonwealth or by any county, city,
town or district to any former employee who was separated
from the service prior to April first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, whose sole or principal employment was in the
service of the commonwealth or any of its pohtical subdivi-
sions, including teachers who at the time of their retirement
had attained age sixty and had at least twenty years of
creditable service, shall be increased by two hundred dollars;
provided, that no such increase shall be made in the case of
any pension, retirement allowance or annuity which is in
excess of two thousand dollars, exclusive of any amount of
additional annuity obtained by special purchase as provided
under paragraph (g) of subdivision (1) of section twenty-two
of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, or under any
similar law, and no such increase shall be made which will
make the total annual amount of such pension, retirement
allowance or annuity, exclusive of any such additional an-
nuity, exceed two thousand dollars; and provided, further,
that if the total annual amount of any such pension, retire-
ment allowance or annuity as so increased, payable to any
former employee, whose sole or principal employment was
in the service of the commonwealth or any of its political
subdivisions who was separated from the service by super-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 670. 601

annuation retirement, and at the time of such retirement
had attained age sixty and had at least twenty-five years of
creditable service, is less than fourteen hundred dollars, ex-
clusive of any additional annuity obtained by special pur-
chase, it shall be increased to fourteen hundred dollars, and
if the total annual amount of any such pension, retirement
allowance or annuity as so increased, payable to any former
employee, whose sole or principal employment was in the
service of the commonwealth or any of its political sub-
divisions who was separated from the service by superannua-
tion retirement, and at the time of such retirement had
attained age sixty-five and had at least thirty-five years of
creditable service, is less than seventeen hundred dollars,
exclusive of any additional annuity obtained by special pur-
chase, it shall be increased to seventeen hundred dollars.

Section 2. The annual amount of any pension, retire-
ment allowance or annuity payable under any general or
special law by the commonwealth, or by any county, city,
town or district to any former employee, including teachers,
who was retired from the service for disabihty caused by
accident or hazard undergone while in the performance of
his duties, regardless of years of creditable service, shall be
increased by two hundred dollars; provided, that no such in-
crease shall be paid under this section if a person is eligible
to an increase under section one of this act; and further pro-
vided, that no such increase shall be made if the pension,
retirement allowance or annuity, payable to such former em-
ployee is in excess of two thousand dollars, exclusive of any
additional annuity obtained by special purchase and no such
increase shall be made which will make the total annual
amount of such pension, retirement allowance or annuity ex-
ceed two thousand dollars, exclusive of any such additional
annuity.

Section 3. The annual amount of any annuity or allow-
ance in effect prior to April first, nineteen hundred and fifty-
one and paj^able under the provisions of section nine, eighty-
nine, eighty-nine A or under options (c) or (d) of subdivision
(2) of section twelve of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws, or any similar law, to the widow of any deceased em-
ployee of the commonwealth or of any county, city, town
or district, shall be increased by one hundred dollars; pro-
vided, that the total amount of such annuity or allowance
as so increased shall not exceed two thousand dollars and
that the member whose widow is receiving a pension under
said options (c) or {d\ had at least fifteen years of creditable
service; and further * provided, that such widow does not
remarry.

Section 4. The increases granted under this act with
respect to pensions, retirement allowances or annuities pay-
able by the commonwealth or by the teachers' retirement
system shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred
and fifty-six. The increases granted under this act with re-
spect to pensions, retirement allowances or annuities pay-

602 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 671.

able by any county, city, town or district shall toke effect
when accepted in a county by the county commissioners
thereof; in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter, by
the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the
city council; in a city not having such a charter by vote of
the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter of
such city; in a town, by a majority vote at a town meeting;
and in a district, by its prudential committee.

Section 5. Any former employee of the commonwealth
or any of its poUtical subdivisions who is entitled to the in-
crease granted by this act may waive and renounce for him-
self, his heirs and legal representatives his right to receive
such increase by fihng with the treasurer of the governmental
unit paying his pension, retirement allowance or annuity a
written statement wherein he waives and renounces such
right as aforesaid. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to otherwise affect the pension, retirement allowance or an-
nuity payable to the person fiUng such a written statement.

Section 6. This act shall not apply to the pension to be
used for reimbursement purposes under paragraph (c) of sub-
division (2) of section twenty of chapter thirty-two of the
General Laws on account of teachers retired by the city
of Boston. Approved August 11, 1956.

Chap. 671 An Act authorizi^^g the establishment of the mount

PLEASANT SEWER DISTRICT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE
TOWN OF LEICESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Leicester
liable to taxation in said town and residing within the terri-
tory comprised within the following lines, to wit:

Beginning at a point at the southwesterly corner of the
Leicester Water District ; thence in a southerly direction by
the westerly boundaries of the Hillcrest Water District and
the Rochdale section of the Cherry Valley and Rochdale
Water District to the southerly boundary line of the town of
Leicester; thence in a westerly direction by and along said
line to the easterly line of the town of Spencer boundary;
thence by and along the Spencer and Leicester boundary
line to a point at the intersection of the Paxton and Leices-
ter town line; thence in an easterly direction by and along
the Leicester and Paxton boundary line, nine thousand seven
hundred and fifty feet to a point; thence in a southeasterly
direction twelve thousand feet, more or less to the north-
westerly corner of the Leicester Water District; thence by
and along the westerly line of the Leicester Water District
five thousand two hundred and eighty feet to the point of
beginning, shall constitute a sewer district and are hereby
made a body corporate by the name of Mount Pleasant
Sewer District, hereinafter called the district, for the pur-
pose of laying out, constructing, maintaining and operating

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 671. 603

a system or systems of common sewers for a part or the
whole of the territory herein described with such connec-
tions and other works as may be required for a system of
sewage disposal, and may construct such sewers in said dis-
trict as may be necessary, and for the purpose of assessing
and raising taxes as provided herein for the payment of
such services, and for defraying the necessary expenses of
carrying on the business of said district, subject to all gen-
eral laws now or hereafter in force relating to such districts,
except as otherwise provided herein. The district shall have
power to prosecute and defend all actions relating to its
property and affairs.

Section 2. Any meeting of the voters of the territory
included within the boundaries set forth in section one to be
held prior to the acceptance of this act, and any meeting of
the voters of the district to be held prior to the quahfication
of a majority of the sewer commissioners, shall be called 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. At any meeting held hereunder prior
to the acceptance of this act, after the choice of a moderator
for the meeting the question of the acceptance of this act
shall be submitted to the voters, and if it is accepted by a
majority of the voters present and voting thereon it shall
thereupon take effect, and the meeting may then proceed to
act on the other articles in the warrant. After the qualifica-
tion of a majority of the sewer commissioners, meetings of
the district shall be called by warrant under their hands,
unless some other method be pro\dded by by-law or vote of
the district.

Section .3. The district shall elect by ballot at any dis-
trict meeting not later than the second annual meeting after
the commencement of construction hereunder of a system of
sewerage and sewage disposal, a board of three sewer com-
missioners who shall be citizens of the town, to hold office,
if elected at an annual meeting, one until the expiration of
one year, one until the expiration of two years, and one until
the expiration of three j'-ears, from such annual district meet-
ing, and until their successors are qualified, or, if elected at
a special meeting, one until the expiration of one year, one
until the expiration of two years, and one until the expira-
tion of three j^ears, from the next succeeding annual district
meeting, and until their successors are qualified, and there-
after, at each annual district meeting when the term of a
member expires, the district shall elect one member of the
board to serve for three years and until his successor is
qualified.

604 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 671.

Section 4. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting for
and on behalf of said district, may take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, any lands, rights of way or ease-
ments, public or private, in said district, necessary for ac-
complishing any purpose mentioned in this act, and may
construct such main drains and sewers under or over any
bridge, railroad, railway, boulevard or other pubUc way, or
wdthin the location of any railroad, and may enter upon and
dig up any private land, public way or railroad location,
for the purpose of laying such drains and sewers and of
maintaining and repairing the same, and may do any other
thing proper or necessary for the purposes of this act; pro-
vided, 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 cor-
poration except at such time and in such manner as they
may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of failure
to agree, as may be approved by the department of public
utilities.

Section .5. Until the board of sewer commissioners has
first been elected as provided in this act, but not in any
event later than the second annual meeting after the com-
mencement of the work of construction authorized hereby,
the district may carry on such work by a duly authorized
committee of the district. The committee shall serve with-
out pay and shall have all the powers and authority given
to the board of sewer commissioners in this act or by gen-
eral law. Whenever the phrase "said board of sewer com-
missioners" or "said board" hereinafter occurs, it shall mean
and include the board of sewer commissioners, or the com-
mittee of the district provided for in this section, as the case
may be.

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

Section 7. The district shall, by vote, determine what
proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage
and sewage disposal the district shall pay ; provided, that it
shall pay not less than one fourth nor more than two thirds
of the whole cost. In providing for the payment of the re-
maining portion of the cost of said system or systems, or for
the use of said system or systems, the district may avail it-
self of any or all of the methods permitted by general laws,
and the provisions of said general laws relative to the assess-
ment, apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and
collection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor and to in-
terest thereon, shall apply to assessments made under this
act, except that interest shall be at the rate of six per cent
per annum. At the same meeting at which it determines the
proportion of the cost which is to be borne by the district,
it may by vote determine V)y which of such methods the re-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 671. 605

maining portion of said cost shall be provided for. The col-
lector of taxes of said town shall certify the payment or pay-
ments of such assessments for apportionments thereof to the
sewer commissioners, who shall preserve a record thereof.
Whenever a tax is duly voted by the 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 on
property ^dthin the district in the same manner in all re-
spects 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 sewerage under this act, if, in the
judgment of the board of sewer commissioners herein pro-
vided for, after a hearing, due notice whereof shall have been
given, such estate is so situated that it will receive no aid
from the said sewerage system, or if such estate is so situated
that the buildings thereon, or the buildings that might be
constructed thereon, could not be connected with the said
system in any ordinary or reasonable manner; but all other
estates in the district shall be deemed to be benefited and
shall be subject to such tax. A certified hst of the estates
exempt from taxation under the provisions of this section
shall annually be sent by said board of sewer commissioners
to said assessors, at the same time at which the clerk shall
send a certified copy of the vote as aforesaid. The assess-
ment shall be committed to the town collector, who shall
collect said tax in the manner provided by law for the col-
lection of to^vn taxes, and shall deposit the proceeds thereof
with the district clerk for the use and benefit of the district.
The district may collect interest on overdue taxes in the man-
ner in which interest is authorized to be collected on town
taxes.

Section 8. For the purpose of paying the necessary
expenses and liabihties incurred under this act, the district
may from time to time, within five years after the passage
of this act, borrow such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words. Mount Pleasant Sewerage Loan, Act
of 1955. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan and such loans shall be payable in not more than thirty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws.

Section 9. The receipts from sewer assessments and
from payments made in lieu thereof shall be applied to the
payment of charges and expenses incident to the mainte-
nance and operation of said system of sewerage and sewage
disposal or to the extension thereof, to the payment of
interest upon bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes or to
the payment or redemption of such bonds or notes.

Section 10. Said board of sewer commissioners may
annually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 671.

of sewers who shall not be a member of the board, and shall
define their duties. It may remove the clerk or superin-
tendent at its pleasure. Said board may, in its discretion,
prescribe for the users of said sewer systems such annual
rentals or charges based on the benefits derived therefrom
as it may deem proper, subject, however, to such rules and
regulations as may be fixed by vote of the district.

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

Section 12. Said board may, from time to time, pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates
and buildings with main drains and sewers, and for 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
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 Leicester, if there be any, and if not, then in
some newspaper published in the county of Worcester, 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 for said
system of sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved
by the state department of public health. Upon application
to said department for its approval, it shall give a hear-
ing, after due notice to the public. At such hearing, plans
showing the work to be done in constructing said system
of sewerage and sewage disposal shall be submitted for ap-
proval by said department.

Section 14. Upon a petition in writing addressed to
said board of sewer commissioners requesting that certain
real estate, accurately described therein, located in said
town and abutting on said district and not otherwise served
by a suitable means of sewage disposal be included within
the Umits thereof, and signed by the owners of such real
estate, or a majority thereof, said sewer commissioners shall
cause a duly warned meeting of the district to be called, at
which meeting the voters may vote on the question of in-
cluding said real estate within the district. If a majority
of the voters present and voting thereon vote in the affirma-
tive the district clerk shall within ten days file with the
town clerk of said town and \vith the state secretary an
attested copy of said petition and vote; and thereupon said
real estate shall become and be part of tlie 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.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 672. 607

Section 15. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority of the voters of said district voting
thereon at an annual or special meeting within five years of
its passage. Approved August 11, 1965.

An Act extending certain powers of acquiring land Chap. 672

TO THE commissioner OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 3 of chapter 132A of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by f a'.^kmen^'ed.
striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence: — The commissioner may, from time Acquiring
to time within the limits of appropriations made therefor, [ecreitionai
acquire for the commonwealth, by purchase, lease or other- facilities,
wise except by eminent domain, any lands suitable for pur-
poses of conservation or recreation lying outside of the met-
ropolitan parks district, and may lay out and maintain such
lands for such purposes and erect and maintain such struc-
tures and other facilities thereon as may be necessary to
render such lands reasonably available and accessible
therefor. Approved August 11, 1955.

The Commonavealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston, September 1, 1955.

Hon. Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State House,
Boston, Massachusetts.

Sir: — I, Christian A. Herter, by virtue of and in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment
to the Constitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency
Measure", do declare that in my opinion, the immediate
preservation of the public convenience requires that the
law signed by me on the eleventh day of August m the
year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, being Chap-
ter G72 of the Acts of 1955, entitled, "An Act extending
Certain Powers of acquiring Land to the Commissioner of
Natural Resources", should take effect forthwith and that
it is an emergency law and that facts constituting the
emergenc}^ are as follows:

The Federal Government is in process of completing all
its necessary arrangements for conveying certain lands to
the Commonwealth which will come under the jurisdiction
of the Commissioner of Natural Resources and the delaj'^ed
operation of this legislation would hinder the Common-
wealth's action in relation to the transfer. It is, therefore,
necessary that the legislation referred to above should take
effect forthwith.

Very truly yours.

Christian A. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth.

60S Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 673, 674.

Office of the Secretary, Boston, September 1, 1955

I, Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
hereby certify that the accompanymg statement was filed in
this office by His Excellency the Governor of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts at three o'clock and forty-five
minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance with
Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution
said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter six hun-
dred and seventy-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-five.

Edward J. Cronin,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Chap.Q73 An Act providing for a civil service examination for

APPOINTMENT TO THE POLICE FORCE OF THE TOWN OF
LEE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any gen-
eral or special law, an examination shall be held by the
director of civil service for appointment to the police force
in the town of Lee witliin six months from the effective
date of this act, for which a maximum age limit of not more
than forty-five years shall be fixed.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the board of selectmen of said town of Lee.

Approved August 11, 1955.

Chap.Q74: An Act to permit judgment in actions of contract in
which there is no dispute of fact.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter. SECTION L Chapter 231 of the General Laws is hereby

§59,'etc^,' amended by striking out section 59, as amended by chapter
amended. 359 Qf ^]^q ^cts of 1955, and the caption immediately pre-
ceding it as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and in-
serting in place thereof, under the caption motion for judg-

New caption. MENT ON UNDISPUTED FACTS, the following SCCtion: SeC-

judgm'ent'on tton 59. Li any action of contract, except an action against
Fa^ts^''"^'"^ an executor or administrator for liability of the deceased, at
any time after the completion of the pleadings counsel for
either party may file an affidavit that in his belief there is no
genuine issue of material fact but only questions of law in
connection with all or some part of the action, or of some
issue determinative thereof, and may move for an immedi-
ate entry of judgment thereon. Said motion may be ac-
companied by affida\ats on personal knowledge of admissible
facts as to which it appears affirmatively that the affiants
would be competent to testify. The facts stated in the
accompanying affidavits shall be taken to be admitted for
the purpose of the motion unless within twenty-one days, or
such further time as the court mo-y order, contradictory

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 675. 609

affidavits are filed, or the opposing party shall file an affi-
davit showing specifically and clearly reasonable grounds
for believing that contradiction can be presented at the
trial but cannot be furnished by affidavits. Copies of all
motions and affidavits hereunder shall be furnished upon
filing to opposing counsel. If admissions in the pleadings,
interrogatories or admissions under section sixty-nine, stipu-
lations or affidavits hereunder show affirmatively, that ex-
cept as to the amount of damages no genuine issue of ma-
terial facts exists and that there is nothing to be decided
except questions of law, an order for default, or judgment
for the moving party, shall forthwith be entered if he shall
be entitled thereto as a matter of law, subject to an assess-
ment of damages, if required.

Section 2. Said chapter 231 is hereb}^ further amended ^^^2!^"
by striking out section 59A, as appearing in the Tercentenary § soAf
Edition, and inserting in place thereof, under the caption '^'"®"'^*^ •
ADVANCING CAUSES FOR SPEEDY TRIAL, the following Sec-
tion: — Section 59 A. In any action at law or suit in equity Advancing
in the supreme judicial court or in the superior court, the speedy trial,
court may, on motion for cause shown, advance said action
or suit for speedy trial. If, in an action removed by the
defendant from a district court, the court is satisfied, upon
an inspection of the declaration, that the plaintiff seeks to
recover solely for his personal labor, with or without interest,
the court shall, upon motion, advance such action for speedy
trial. In any action removed by the defendant from the
district court, in which the ad damnum is not more than two
thousand dollars, the court shall upon motion advance such
action for speedy trial. Approved August 15, 1955.

An Act establishing a board of schoolhouse struc- Chap.Q75

TURAL standards.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To promote the construction of schoolhouses
in the commonwealth by the establishment of reasonable
structural standards, there is herebj^ established for three
years in the department of public safety but not under the
control of the commissioner, a board of schoolhouse struc-
tural standards, which shall consist of the commissioner of
public safety, the chief of inspections of said department and
the administrator of the school building assistance commis-
sion, ex-officiis, with the same powers and duties as other
members of the board, and four members to be appointed
b}'- the governor, with the advice and consent of the council.
The governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
shall from time to time designate one member of said board
as chairman.

No member shall act as a member of the board, or vote
as such, in connection with any matter as to which his pri-
vate right, as distinct from the pubfic interest, is immedi-
ately concerned.

610 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 676, 677.

A majority of said board, constituted as above provided,
may transact business but a lesser number may adjourn
from time to time.

Each appointive member of said board shall be paid
twenty dollars for each day while in the actual performance
of his duties as such, but not exceeding one thousand dollars
in any fiscal year, and each member shall receive from the
commonwealth all expenses necessarily incurred by him in
connection with his official duties.

Such clerical, technical and other assistance as may be
required by the board shall be assigned to it by the com-
missioner.

Section 2. The regulations issued under section fifty-
four of chapter one hundred and forty-three of the General
Laws shall, in so far as they pertain to schoolhouses, be
issued for a period of three years by the board of school-
house structural standards, any provisions of said section
to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 3. The board of schoolhouse structural stand-
ards may, from time to time, make recommendations to the
general court for such legislation as may, in the opinion of
said board, tend to effectuate the purposes of said board.

Approved August 15, 1966.

Chap.Q7d An Act relative to the qualification of applicants

FOR registration AS CHIROPODISTS (PODIATRISTS).

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Edo.'nl'' Section 1. The first paragraph of section 16 of chapter

§ 16.' etc..' 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chap-
amen e . ^^^ gg^ ^^ ^-^^ ^^^^ ^^ 1950, is hereby amended by inserting

after the word "board", in line 10, the follov\dng words: —
Applications and hold a doctor's degree in chiropody (podiatry) from a
for registration. ggj^QQ}^ college or uuiverslty having the power to grant such

degree.
Section 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to

such students who graduate from the Massachusetts School

of Chiropody in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.
|^|<'<^»ve Section 3. This act shall take effect on January first,

nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

Approved August 15, 1955.

Chap. Q77 An Act further defining the powers and duties of
the commissioner and associate commissioners of

THE department OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G^L. (Ter. Chapter 16 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

etc!, 'amended. Striking out sectiou 4, as amended by section 1 of chapter

472 of the acts of 1947, and inserting in place thereof the
et^'? powerr"^' f oHowiug sectiou ! — SecttoTi 4- The commissioner and asso-
and' duties. ciate commissioners shall each devote his whole time during

business hours to the work of the department, and each shall

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 678, 679. 611

give to the state treasurer a bond for the faithful perform-
ance of his official duties in a penal sum and with sureties
approved by the governor and council. The commissioner
shall be the executive and administrative head of the de-
partment, and each division or section thereof shall be under
his direction, control and supervision. The commissioner
may appoint and remove such officials and employees, in-
cluding public works building police, as the work of the de-
partment may require. The commissioner shall from time
to time assign to each of the associate commissioners such
administrative duties as he may designate, and he may from
time to time authorize the associate commissioners, or either
of them, to exercise in his name any power or to perform in
liis name any duty which is or shall be assigned to him by
any pro\dsion of law, and may at any time revoke any such
authority. The commission by majority vote shall approve
all contracts made by the department.

Approved August 15, 1956.

An Act providing for additional assistant district Chap. Q78

ATTORNEYS IN THE NORTHERN AND* WESTERN DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 14 of chapter 12 of the General Laws g l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out lines 6 and 7, as appear- etc!, 'amended',
ing in section 2 of chapter 423 of the acts of 1948, and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — For the northern dis- officers ap-
trict, an assistant district attorney and nine second assistant S°it"ict at^
district attorneys., — and by striking out lines 23, 24 and tomeys.
25, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — For the western district, an assistant district attorney,
a second assistant district attorney and a third assistant
district attorney, of whom one shall reside in Berkshire
county and the other two in Hampden county.

Section 2. Section 16 of said chapter 12 is hereby g l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the ninth paragraph, as appearing etc'.,'aln4nded'.
in chapter 804 of the acts of 1951, and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph : —

For the western district, one first assistant, four thousand fs^s^^tant^'
dollars; second assistant, three thousand three hundred district
and eighty dollars; third assistant, three thousand dollars. ^"°'"°<'y^-

Approved August 17, 1955.

An Act changing part of the boundary line bettn^een (JJiqij 670

the town of BELMONT AND THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The boundary line between the town of
Belmont and the city of Cambridge is hereby changed
and estabHshed as follows : —

Beginning at a town bound in the present boundary line
between Belmont and Cambridge, said bound being Corner
#3 located near the center of Concord avenue at the inter-

612 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 679.

section of said Concord avenue and Blanchard road, and
being in latitude 42° 23' 26.925" and longitude 71° 09'
28.105"; thence bearing S. 13° 19' 12" E., 198.03 feet to
a point in the approximate present boundary line between
said Belmont and Cambridge, designated as Corner #3A;
thence on a curve of 300 feet radius bearing to the right
125.69 feet to a point approximately in the present boundary
line designated as Corner #3B; thence S. 10° 41' 08" W. on
the approximate present town-city Une, 248.72 feet to a
drill hole in a stone bound designated as Corner #3C ; thence
S. 10° 07' 18" W. in the said approximate boundary line,
216.24 feet to a point designated as Corner #3D; thence
S. 10° 50' 58" W., 405.27 feet to a point designated as Cor-
ner #3E; thence on a curve of 560 feet radius bearing to
the right 226.83 feet to a point of compound curvature des-
ignated as Corner #3F ; thence on a curve of 320 feet radius
bearing to the right 254.05 feet to a point designated as
Corner #3G, said point being in the present approximate
boundary line; thence S. 79° 32' 38" W., 431.60 feet to a
stone bound marking the new city-town Corner #4 as de-
fined by chapter seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and six, said corner being near the junction of Grove
street (formerly Huron avenue), Washington street and
Blanchard road.

The said new boundary hne as hereby estabHshed is
shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Proposed Change of
Boundary Line Between Belmont and Cambridge. Ap-
proximate Coordinates and Bearings Are Related to Mass.
Coordinate System. Scale 1 Inch = 40 ft. June 1955", and
is on file in the office of the Middlesex county commissioners.

A copy of said plan shall be filed in the office of the secre-
tary of the commonwealth and in the registry of deeds for
the southern district of the county of Middlesex within
thirty days after the passage of this act.

All that part of the town of Belmont lying between the
lines above described and the present boundary line between
the said city of Cambridge and the said town of Belmont is
hereby set off from the said town of Belmont and annexed
to the city of Cambridge.

Section 2. The city-town boundary line as hereby
changed shall be the westerly line of Blanchard road, and
the territory between the former boundary line of said
Belmont and Cambridge shall be a part of the public way.

Section 3. The costs and expenses incurred in estab-
lishing the lines herein defined and the erection of suitable
monuments at the new city-town corners and also all costs
and expenses which any party may obtain by reason of the
taking of land for a public way, shall be paid by the said
city of Cambridge.

Section 4. The city of Cambridge shall grant to the
town of Belmont the perpetual right, license and easements
to lay and maintain pipes and make needed connections to
the storm and sanitary sewers in said street. Also the per-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 680. 613

petual right, license and easement to lay and maintain
buried wires or water mains in said street. The city of •
Cambridge shall grant to the town of Belmont the right to
enter in or upon and to open said street for the purpose of
repairing, renewing or restoring said pipes, manholes or
buried wires. The city of Cambridge shall grant to the
town of Belmont the right to connect drainage pipes in the
town of Belmont to the storm sewer in Blanchard road.

The above rights and licenses are granted upon the express
condition that all expense of excavation, installation and
connection necessary, or in any way incidental, to the use
of said rights and licenses shall be borne by the town of
Belmont; provided, that all such connections, construction
and installation shall be subject to the approval of the com-
missioner of pubhc works of the city of Cambridge; and
provided, further, that the town of Belmont, by entering
upon said premises and making such installations and con-
nections shall be deemed to be specifically obligated to in-
demnify and save harmless the city of Cambridge, its suc-
cessors and assigns, from any and all claims for damages
from any cause whatsoever resulting from such use, includ-
ing legal costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by
said city of Cambridge in defending said claims.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved August 18, 1955.

An Act to facilitate and provide for on-farm training, C hap. Q80

so CALLED, FOR VETERANS OF THE KOREAN EMERGENCY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^™ambie*'^
to defeat its purpose which is to grant forthwith authority
to the division of vocational education of the department of
education to approve on-farm training, so called, so as to
enable veterans of the Korean emergency to be eligible for
assistance under federal law, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the pubhc convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 74 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g l. (Ter.
striking out section 54, inserted by chapter 630 of the acts etc!, amended'.
of 1949, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion : — Section 54- The division of vocational education of on-firm'agri-
the department of education, with the approval of the state cultural
board for vocational education, may estabhsh and maintain, be es°t fbu^hed
in co-operation with local public or vocational school au- ofedtTctuon"*
thorities, one or more schools for institutional on-farm train- for certain
ing for veterans of World War II and for veterans of the '^^^^'^^^^' ^*^*'-
Korean emergency. Said division may contract or agree
with said local school authorities, in such centers as may be
selected, for the establishment of such schools, for the use of
quarters therefor, for the payment of the cost of operation
thereof and equipment therefor, and for local supervision and

614

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 681.

administration of the training program. Said division shall
• appoint, and may remove, the teaching personnel of such
schools, shall determine the rates of salary for said per-
sonnel, shall pay the costs of instructional and supervisory
travel of such personnel, and shall purchase, or provide for
the purchase of, approved texts for trainees at said schools.
Said division shall employ such additional supervisory and
clerical personnel as may be needed by it in the carrying
out of the training programs under this section. Said divi-
sion may contract with the Veterans' Administration for the
purpose of procuring reimbursement to the commonwealth
for approvable costs of conducting and administering said
training courses for veterans of World War II. Said divi-
sion may contract with and collect from veterans of the
Korean emergency tuition for said training.

Approved August 18, 1955

Chap. 681 An Act extending workmen's compensation to employ-
ees FURNISHING AID TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.

Ed.), 152,

new § 74A,

added.

Workmen's

compensation

to employees

furnishing

aid to other

governmental

units.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to extend forthwith the pro-
visions of the workmen's compensation law to certain em-
ployees furnishing aid to other governmental units, therefore
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public welfare.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 74 the following section: — Section
74A. (a) Any governmental unit, which words as used in
this section shall mean the commonwealth or any political
subdivision thereof or any municipal gas or electric com-
mission, may by action of the executive or board having
jurisdiction in the commonwealth, the county commissioners
in a county, the mayor in a city, the board of selectmen in a
town, or by the action of any other executive or board hav-
ing jurisdiction, as the case may be, request and authorize
any employee in its service to go to the aid of a second
governmental unit if in the judgment of the head of the
department in which such employee is regularly employed
such action is necessary. While in the performance of his
duties pursuant to such request and authorization, any such
employee of the commonwealth and any county, city, town
or district having the power of taxation which has accepted
chapter eight hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen, or of any town or district having the
power of taxation which has accepted or accepts the provi-
sions of section sixty-nine shall be subject to the provisions
of and shall be paid the compensation provided by this
chapter, as if performing the same duties within the scope
of his regular employment.

(h) The governmental unit so requesting such assistance
shall reimburse in full, in accordance with the provisions of

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 682. 615

this paragraph, the first governmental unit for any com-
pensation payments lawfully made by it on account of any
injuries suffered by such employee in the course of rendering
such aid, or on account of his death as the result of such
injuries. The treasurer of the first governmental unit shall
annually, on or before January fifteenth, upon the certifica-
tion of the compensation agent or the insurer furnishing the
benefits due under sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, in-
clusive, notify the treasurer of the second governmental
unit of the amount of reimbursement due therefrom for the
previous fiscal year, and such latter treasurer shall forth-
with take such steps as may be necessary to insure prompt
payment of such amount. All such payments due under
the provisions of this paragraph from the second govern-
mental unit shall be paid by the insurer of the second govern-
mental unit, or if such governmental unit has not provided
for payment of compensation by insurance with an insurer
then they shall be paid by such governmental unit from a
special appropriation, or from an insurance fund established
under section thirteen A of chapter forty, and as received
they shall be credited to the insurer or the governmental
unit which made the payments. On default of any such
payment, the first governmental unit may maintain an
action of contract to recover the same.

Approved Augiist 18, 1956.

An Act providing funds for certain repairs to the C/iap. 682

NORTH metropolitan SEWER IN THE CITY OF CHELSEA.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of emergency repairs to and
the reconstruction of a certain section of the North Metro-
politan Sew^er in the city of Chelsea, and for projects directly
connected therewith, the metropolitan district commission
is hereby authorized to expend sums not exceeding in the
aggregate eight hundred thousand dollars, to be in addition
to funds provided under item 8702-33 of section two of
chapter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of the
current year. This authorization shall expire on June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and fiftj'^-six.

Section 2. To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act and to provide funds for
the expenditures authorized in item 8702-33 of section two
of chapter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of the
current year the state treasurer shall from time to time, on
request of the commission, and subject to the approval of
the governor and council, issue and sell at public or private
sale bonds of the commonwealth registered or with interest
coupons attached as he may deem best to an amount not
exceeding one million dollars. Such bonds shall be desig-
nated on the face. North IMetropohtan Sewerage Loan, Act
of 1955, shall be on the serial payment plan, and shall be
issued for such maximum term of years not exceeding ten

616

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 683, 684.

years from the date of issue as may be recommended by the
governor in accordance with section 3 of Article LXII of
the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth,
and shall bear interest at such rate as shall be fixed by the
state treasurer with the approval of the governor.

Section 3. The interest and serial bond requirements
on account of the moneys expended for the north metropoli-
tan sewerage system provided for under this act shall be
paid as a part of the interest, sinking fund or serial bond
requirements and costs specified in chapter four hundred
and thirty-nine of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-
nine, and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto
and affecting the same, and shall be apportioned, assessed and
collected in the manner provided by the provisions of chapter
ninety-two of the General Laws, relative to such system.

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

Approved August 18, 1955,

Chap.68S An Act defining registered mail to include certified

MAIL IN certain CASES.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 4, § 7,
etc., amended.
" Registered
mail" to in-
clude certified
mail.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to clarify immediately the
phrase "registered mail", 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 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by adding at the end the follomng clause: —

Forty-fourth, "Registered mail", when used with refer-
ence to the sending of notice or of any article having no
intrinsic value shall include certified mail.

Approved August 18, 1955.

Chav. 684: An Act to authorize the examination of the feet of

SCHOOL children BY CHIROPODISTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 57 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 502 of the acts of
1951, is hereby further amended by striking out the second
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence:— Tests of sight and hearing shall be performed by
"shTOi chUdren. tcachers, physicians, optometrists, nurses or other school
personnel who are approved by the department of public
health for this purpose and the examination of feet shall be
made by the school physicians or by chiropodists (podia-
trists), in accordance with regulations set up by the de-
partment. Approved August 18, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 71, § 57.
etc., amended.

Examination

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 685, 686, 687. 617

An Act authorizing housing authorities to provide Chap.68d

RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN HOUSING
PROJECTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 26FF of chapter 121 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after the first sentence, as appearing § 26FF!Vtc.,
in section 1 of chapter 574 of the acts of 1946, the following amended,
sentence: — A housing authority with the approval of the Maintenance
state housing authority may establish or provide such recre- o?hous1ng*^'°°
ational and community facilities in a project as it may deem projects,
necessary; provided, that it incurs no expense for the acqui-
sition of land for such facilities; and provided, further, that
the commonwealth shall not be responsible for any expendi-
tures incurred for such facilities.

Approved August 18, 1955.

An Act securing to the wives and children of pen- C/iap.686

SIGNERS residing OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES THE BENE-
FITS OF SUCH PENSIONS IN CERTAIN CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 92 the following section: — Section "^^^^^'^'^i^A,
92 A. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction added.
shall make an order for the support of the wife, child and Pepsioners
children of a recipient of a pension or annuity or retirement states, benefits
allowance under this chapter, and such recipient removes chiw^en^.etc.
from the commonwealth and resides without the United
States said amounts of said court order shall be deducted
from aforesaid pension, annuity or retirement allowance as
it becomes due and payable and the amount of such deduc-
tions shall thereupon be paid to the person or persons, board
or officer designated by aforesaid court, order. Said amounts
shall be paid until such time as the recipient shall present
an order of court revoking or amending the original order of
the court. Approved August 18, 1955.

An Act providing for the entry of the commonwealth Chap. G87

INTO compacts with ANY OTHER OF THE STATES RELA-
TIVE TO THE SUPERVISION, CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO
JUVENILES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The governor is hereby authorized and di-
rected to execute a compact on behalf of this common-
wealth with any other state or states legally joining therein
in the form substantially as follows:

interstate compact on juveniles.
The contracting states solemnly agree :

Article I. — Findings and Purposes.
That juveniles who are not under proper supervision and
control, or who have absconded, escaped or run away, are

618 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 687.

likely to endanger their own health, morals and welfare,
and the health, morals and welfare of others. The co-
operation of the states party to this compact is therefore
necessary to provide for the welfare and protection of ju-
veniles and of the public with respect to (1) co-operative
supervision of delinquent juveniles on probation or paroled;
(2) the return, from one state to another, of dehnquent ju-
veniles who have escaped or absconded ; (3) the return, from
one state to another, of non-delinquent juveniles who have
run away from home; and (4) additional measures for the
protection of juveniles and of the pubhc, which any two or
more of the party states may find desirable to undertake
co-operatively. In carrying out the provisions of this com-
pact the party states shall be guided by the non-criminal,
reformative and protective policies which guide their laws
concerning delinquent, neglected or dependent juveniles gen-
erally. It shall be the policy of the states party to this
compact to co-operate and observe their respective responsi-
bilities for the prompt return and acceptance of juveniles
and dehnquent juveniles who become subject to the pro-
visions of this compact. The provisions of this compact
shall be reasonably and liberally construed to accomplish the
foregoing purposes.

Article II. — Existing Rights and Remedies.

That all remedies and procedures provided by this com-
pact shall be in addition to and not in substitution for other
rights, remedies and procedures, and shall not be in deroga-
tion of parental rights and responsibilities.

Article III. — Definitions.

That, for the purposes of this compact, "delinquent juve-
nile" means any juvenile who has been adjudged dehnquent,
and who, at the time the provisions of this compact are
invoked, is still subject to the jurisdiction of the court that
has made such adjudication or to the jurisdiction or super-
vision of an agency or institution pursuant to an order of
such court; "probation or parole" means any kind of condi-
tional release of juveniles authorized under the laws of the
states party hereto; "court" means any court having juris-
diction over dehnquent, neglected or dependent children;
"state" means any state, territory or possession of the
United States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico; and "residence" or any variant
thereof means a place at which a home or regular place of
abode is maintained.

Article IV. — Return of Runaways.

(a) That the parent, guardian, person or agency en-
titled to legal custody of a juvenile who has not been ad-
judged delinquent, but who has run away without the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 687. 619

consent of such parent, guardian, person or agency, may
petition the appropriate court in the demanding state for
the issuance of a requisition for his return. The petition shall
state the name and age of the juvenile, the name of the
petitioner and the basis of entitlement to the juvenile's
custody, the circumstances of his running away, his location
if known at the time apphcation is made, and such other
facts as may tend to show that the juvenile who has run away
is endangering his own welfare or the welfare of others and is
not an emancipated minor. The petition shall be verified by
affidavit, shall be executed in duphcate, and shall be accom-
panied by two certified copies of the document or documents
on which the petitioner's entitlement to the juvenile's
custody is based, such as birth certificates, letters of guardi-
anship, or custody decrees. Such further afiidavits and other
documents as may be deemed proper may be submitted with
such petition. The judge of the court to which such petition
is addressed may hold a hearing thereon to determine
whether for the purposes of this compact the petitioner is
entitled to the legal custody of the juvenile, whether or not
it appears that the juvenile has in fact run away without
consent, whether or not he is an emancipated minor, and
whether or not it is in the best interest of the juvenile to
compel his return to the state. If the judge determines,
either with or without a hearing, that the juvenile should be
returned, he shall present to the appropriate court or to the
executive authority of the state where the juvenile is alleged
to be located a written requisition for the return of such
juvenile. Such requisition shall set forth the name and age
of the juvenile, the determination of the court that the
juvenile has run away without the consent of a parent,
guardian, person or agency entitled to his legal custody, and
that it is in the best interest and for the protection of such
juvenile that he be returned. In the event that a proceeding
for the adjudication of the juvenile as a dehnquent, neglected
or dependent juvenile is pending in the court at the time when
such juvenile runs away, the court may issue a requisition for
the return of such juvenile upon its own motion, regardless
of the consent of the parent, guardian, person or agency en-
titled to legal custody, reciting therein the nature and cir-
cumstances of the pending proceeding. The requisition shall
in every case be executed in duphcate and shall be signed by
the judge. One copy of the requisition shall be filed with
the compact administrator of the demanding state, there to
remain on file subject to the provisions of law governing
records of such court. Upon the receipt of a requisition de-
manding the return of a juvenile who has run away, the court
or the executive authority to whom the requisition is ad-
dressed shall issue an order to any peace officer or other ap-
propriate person directing him to take into custody and
detain such juvenile. Such detention order shall substan-
tially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issuance
hereunder. No juvenile detained upon such order shall be

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delivered over to the officer whom the court demanding him
shall have appointed to receive him, miless he shall first be
taken forthwith before a judge of a court in the state, who
shall inform him of the demand made for his return, and
who may appoint counsel or guardian ad litem for him. If
the judge of such court shall find that the requisition is in
order, he shall deliver such juvenile over to the officer whom
the court demanding him shall have appointed to receive
him. The judge, however, may fix a reasonable time to be
allowed for the purpose of testing the legality of the proceed -
Upon reasonable information that a person is a juvenile
who has run away from another state party to this compact
without the consent of a parent, guardian, person or agency
entitled to his legal custody, such juvenile may be taken
into custody without a requisition and brought forthwith
before a judge of the appropriate court who may appoint
counsel or guardian ad litem for such juvenile, and who shall
determine after a hearing whether sufficient cause exists to
hold the person, subject to the order of the court, for his
own protection and welfare, for such a time not exceeding
ninety days as will enable his return to another state party
to this compact pursuant to a requisition for his return from
a court of that state. If, at the time when a state seeks the
return of a juvenile who has run away, there is pending in
the state wherein he is found any criminal charge, or any
proceeding to have him adjudicated a delinquent juvenile
for an act committed in such state, or if he is suspected of
having committed Avithin such state a criminal offense or
an act of juvenile delinquency, he shall not be returned with-
out the consent of such state until discharged from prose-
cution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment, detention
or supervision for such offense or juvenile delinquency. The
duly accredited officers of any state party to this compact,
upon the establishment of their authority and the identity
of the juvenile being returned, shall be permitted to trans-
port such juvenile through any and all states party to this
compact, without interference. Upon his return to the state
from which he ran away, the juvenile shall be subject to such
further proceedings as may be appropriate under the laws
of that state.

(h) That the state to which a juvenile is returned under
this Article shall be responsible for payment of the trans-
portation costs of such return.

(c) That "juvenile" as used in this Article means any
person who is a minor under the law of the state of resi-
dence of the parent, guardian, person or agency entitled to
the legal custody of such minor.

Article V. — Return of Escapees and Absconders.

(a) That the appropriate person or authority from whose
probation or parole supervision a delinquent juvenile has

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absconded or from whose institutional custody he has es-
caped shall present to the appropriate court or to the execu-
tive authority of the state where the delinquent juvenile
is alleged to be located a written requisition for the return
of such delinquent juvenile. Such requisition shall state the
name and age of the delinquent juvenile, the particulars of
his adjudication as a delinquent juvenile, the circumstances
of the breach of the terms of his probation or parole or of his
escape from an institution or agency vested Avith his legal
custody or supervision, and the location of such delinquent
juvenile, if known, at the time the requisition is made. The
requisition shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed
in duphcate, and shall be accompanied by two certified
copies of the judgment, formal adjudication, or order of
commitment which subjects such delinquent juvenile to
probation or parole or to the legal custody of the institution
or agency concerned. Such further affidavits and other
documents as may be deemed proper may be submitted with
such requisition. One copy of the requisition shall be filed
with the compact administrator of the demanding state,
there to remain on file subject to the provisions of law gov-
erning records of the appropriate court. Upon the receipt
of a requisition demanding the return of a delinquent juve-
nile who has absconded or escaped, the court or the execu-
tive authority to whom the requisition is addressed shall
issue an order to any peace officer or other appropriate per-
son directing him to take into custody and detain such de-
linquent juvenile. Such detention order must substantially
recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issuance
hereunder. No delinquent juvenile detained upon such or-
der shall be delivered over to the officer whom the appro-
priate person or authority demanding him shall have ap-
pointed to receive him, unless he shall first be taken forthwith
before a judge of an appropriate court in the state, who shall
inform him of the demand made for his return and who may
appoint counsel or guardian ad htem for him. If the judge
of such court shall find that the requisition is in order, he
shall deliver such delinquent juvenile over to the officer
whom the appropriate person or authority demanding him
shall have appointed to receive him. The judge, however,
may fix a reasonable time to be allowed for the purpose of
testing the legality of the proceeding.

Upon reasonable information that a person is a delin-
quent juvenile who has absconded while on probation or
parole, or escaped from an institution or agency vested with
his legal custody or super\'ision in any state party to this
compact, such person may be taken into custody in any
other state party to this compact without a requisition.
But in such event, he must be taken forthwith before a
judge of the appropriate court, who may appoint counsel
or guardian ad litem for such person and who shall determine,
after a hearing, whether sufficient cause exists to hold the
person subject to the order of the court for such a time, not

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exceeding ninety days, as will enable his detention under
a detention order issued on a requisition pursuant to this
Article. If, at the time when a state seeks the return of a
delinquent juvenile who has either absconded while on pro-
bation or parole or escaped from an institution or agency
vested with his legal custody or supervision, there is pend-
ing in the state wherein he is detained any criminal charge
or any proceeding to have him adjudicated a dehnquent
juvenile for an act committed in such state, or if he is sus-
pected of having committed within such state a criminal
offense or an act of juvenile delinquency, he shall not be
returned without the consent of such state until discharged
from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment,
detention or supervision for such offense or juvenile delin-
quency. The duly accredited officers of any state party to
this compact, upon the establishment of their authority and
the identity of the delinquent juvenile being returned, shall
be permitted to transport such delinquent juvenile through
any and all states party to this compact, without mterfer-
ence. Upon his return to the state from which he escaped
or absconded, the delinquent juvenile shall be subject to
such further proceedings as may be appropriate under the
laws of that state.

(b) That the state to which a delinquent juvenile is re-
turned under this Article shall be responsible for payment
of the transportation costs of such return.

Article VI. — Voluntary Return Procedure.

That any dehnquent juvenile who has absconded while
on probation or parole, or escaped from an institution or
agency vested with his legal custody or supervision in any
state party to this compact, and any juvenile who has run
away from any state party to this compact, who is taken
into custody without a requisition in another state party to
this compact under the pro\isions of Article IV (a) or of
Article V (a), may consent to his immediate return to the
state from which he absconded, escaped or ran away. Such
consent shall be given by the juvenile or dehnquent juvenile
and his counsel or guardian ad litem if any, by executing or
subscribing a writing, in the presence of a judge of the ap-
propriate court, which states that the juvenile or dehnquent
juvenile and his counsel or guardian ad litem, if any, con-
sent to his return to the demanding state. Before such
consent shall be executed or subscribed, however, the judge,
in the presence of counsel or guardian ad litem, if any, shall
inform the juvenile or delinquent juvenile of his rights
under this compact. When the consent has been duly exe-
cuted, it shall be forwarded to and filed with the compact
administrator of the state in which the court is located and
the judge shall direct the officer having the juvenile or
dehnquent juvenile in custody to deliver him to the duly
accredited officer or officers of the state demanding his return,

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and shall cause to be delivered to such officer or officers a
copy of the consent. The court may, however, upon the
request of the state to which the juvenile or delinquent
juvenile is being returned, order him to return unaccompanied
to such state and shall provide him with a copy of such court
order ; in such event a copy of the consent shall be forwarded
to the compact administrator of the state to which said
juvenile or delinquent juvenile is ordered to return.

Article VII. — Co-operative Supervision of Probationers
and Parolees.

(a) That the duly constituted judicial and administrative
authorities of a state party to this compact, herein called
"sending state", may permit any delinquent juvenile within
such state, placed on probation or parole, to reside in any
other state party to this compact, herein called "receiving
state", while on probation or parole, and the receiving state
shall accept such dehnquent juvenile, if the parent, guardian
or person entitled to the legal custody of such delinquent
juvenile is residing or undertakes to reside within the re-
ceiving state. Before granting such permission, opportunity
shall be given to the receiving state to make such investiga-
tions as it deems necessary. The authorities of the sending
state shall send to the authorities of the receiving state
copies of pertinent court orders, social case studies and all
other available information which may be of value to and
assist the receiving state in supervising a probationer or
parolee under this compact. A receiving state, in its discre-
tion, may agree to accept supervision of a probationer or
parolee in cases where the parent, guardian or person en-
titled to the legal custody of the delinquent juvenile is not a
resident of the receiving state, and if so accepted the sending
state may transfer supervision accordingly.

(b) That each receiving state will assume the duties
of visitation and of supervision over any such delinquent
juvenile and in the exercise of those duties will be governed
by the same standards of visitation and supervision that pre-
vail for its own delinquent juveniles released on probation or
parole.

(c) That, after consultation between the appropriate
authorities of the sending state and of the receixdng state as
to the desirability and necessity of returning such a de-
linquent juvenile, the duly accredited officers of a sending
state may enter a receiving state and there apprehend and
retake any such delinquent juvenile on probation or parole.
For that purpose, no formalities will be required, other than
establishing the authority of the officer and the identity of
the dehnquent juvenile to be retaken and returned. The
decision of the sending state to retake a dehnquent juvenile
on probation or parole shall be conclusive upon and not re-
viewable within the receiving state, but if, at the time the
sending state seeks to retake a delinquent juvenile on pro-

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bation or parole, there is pending against him within the
receiving state any criminal charge or any proceeding to
have him adjudicated a dehnquent juvenile for any act com-
mitted in such state, or if he is suspected of having com-
mitted within such state a criminal offense or an act of
juvenile delinquency, he shall not be returned without the
consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecu-
tion or other form of proceeding, imprisonment, detention
or supervision for such offense or juvenile delinquency. The
duly accredited officers of the sending state shall be per-
mitted to transport delinquent juveniles being so returned
through any and all states party to this compact, without
interference.

(d) That the sending state shall be responsible under
this Article for paying the costs of transporting any delin-
quent juvenile to the receiving state or of returning any
delinquent juvenile to the sending state.

Article VIII. — ResponsihiUhj for Costs.

(a) That the provisions of Articles IV (6), V (6) and
VII (d) of this compact shall not be construed to alter or
affect any internal relationship among the departments,
agencies and officers of and in the government of a party
state, or between a party state and its subdivisions, as to
the payment of costs, or responsibihties therefor.

(6) That nothing in this compact shall be construed to
prevent any party state or subdivision thereof from assert-
ing any right against any person, agency or other entity in
regard to costs for which such party state or subdivision
thereof may be responsible pursuant to Articles IV (6),
V (6) or VII (d) of this compact.

Article IX. — Detention Practices.

That, to every extent possible, it shall be the policy of
states party to this compact that no juvenile or dehnquent
juvenile shall be placed or detained in any prison, jail or
lockup nor be detained or transported in association with
criminal, vicious or dissolute persons.

Article X. — Supplementary Agreements.

That the duly constituted administrative authorities of a
state party to this compact may enter into supplementary
agreements with any other state or states party hereto for
the co-operative care, treatment and rehabihtation of de-
linquent juveniles whenever they shall find that such agree-
ments will improve the facilities or programs available for
such care, treatment and rehabilitation. Such care, treat-
ment and rehabilitation may be provided in an institution
located within any state entering into such supplementary
agreement. Such supplementary agreements shall (1) pro-
vide the rates to be paid for the care, treatment and custody

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of such delinquent juveniles, taking into consideration the
character of facilities, services and subsistence furnished;
(2) provide that the delinquent juvenile shall be given a
court hearing prior to his being sent to another state for
care, treatment and custody; (3) provide that the state re-
ceiving such a delinquent juvenile in one of its institutions
shall act solely as agent for the state sending such delinquent
juvenile; (4) provide that the sending state shall at all times
retain jurisdiction over delinquent juveniles sent to an insti-
tution in another state; (5) provide for reasonable inspec-
tion of such institutions by the sending state; (6) provide
that the consent of the parent, guardian, person or agency
entitled to the legal custody of said delinquent juvenile shall
be secured prior to his being sent to another state; and
(7) make provision for such other matters and details as
shall be necessary to protect the rights and equities of such
delinquent juveniles and of the co-operating states.

Article XL — Acceptance of Federal and Other Aid.

That any state party to this compact may accept any
and all donations, gifts and grants of money, equipment and
services from the federal or any local government, or any
agency thereof and from any person, firm or corporation, for
anj^ of the purposes and functions of this compact, and may
receive and utilize the same subject to the terms, conditions
and regulations governing such donations, gifts and grants.

Article XII. — Compact Administrators.

That the governor of each state party to this compact
shall designate an officer who, acting jointly with like officers
of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations
to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of
this compact.

Article XIII. — ■ Execution of Compact.

That tills compact shall become operative immediately
upon its execution by any state as between it and any other
state or states so executing. When executed it shall have
the full force and effect of law within such state, the form of
execution to be in accordance with the laws of the executing
state.

Article XIV. — Renunciation.

That this compact shall continue in force and remain
binding upon each executing state until renounced by it.
Renunciation of this compact shall be by the same authority
which executed it, by sending six months* notice in writing
of its intention to withdraw from the compact to the other
states party hereto. The duties and obligations of a re-
nouncing state under Article VII hereof shall continue as
to parolees and probationers residing therein at the time of
withdrawal until retaken or finally discharged. Supple-

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mentary agreements entered into under Article X hereof
shall be subject to renunciation as provided by such supple-
mentary agreements, and shall not be subject to the six
months' renunciation notice of the present Article.

Article XV. — Severability.

That the provisions of this compact shall be severable and
if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact
is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any partici-
pating state or of the United States or the appHcability
thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance
is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact
and the applicability thereof to any government, agency,
person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If
this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of
any state participating therein, the compact shall remain
in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full
force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable
matters.

Section 2. Pursuant to said compact, the governor is
hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer
who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting
jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promul-
gate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the
terms of the compact. Said compact administrator shall
serve subject to the pleasure of the governor. The compact
administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed
to co-operate with all departments, agencies and officers of
and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in
facihtating the proper administration of the compact or of
any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into
by this commonwealth thereunder.

Section 3. The compact administrator is hereby author-
ized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements
with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to the
compact. In the event that such supplementary agreement
shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or
facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision
of any ser\dce by this state, said supplementary agreement
shall have no force or effect until approved by the head of
the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said in-
stitution or facihty is operated or whose department or
agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.

Section 4. The compact administrator, subject to the
approval of the governor and council, may make or arrange
for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obli-
gations imposed upon this commonwealth by the compact
or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.

Section 5. Any judge of this commonwealth who ap-
points counsel or guardian ad litem pursuant to the provisions
of the compact may, in his discretion, fix a fee to be paid out
of funds available for disposition by the court.

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Section 6. The courts, departments, agencies and officers
of this commonwealth and its subdivisions shall enforce this
compact and shall do all things appropriate to the effectuation
of its purposes and intent which may be within their re-
spective jurisdictions.

Section 7. Notwithstanding any provision of Article
XIV hereof, this act shall cease to be in effect upon the
adoption by both branches of the general court of a joint
resolution stating that it is no longer necessary for the
public good; or may be repealed.

Approved August 18, 1956.

An Act establishing a boaed of registration of dis- QJiQ/n ggg

PENSING opticians.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 13 of the General Laws is hereby q. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 47, as amended by sec- §§^48/49,'5o^
tion lA of chapter 722 of the acts of 1941, the following added,
three sections under the heading: —

board of registration of dispensing opticians.

Section 4^. There shall be a board of registration of dis- Board of
pensing opticians to be appointed by the governor, with the oFdisptnskig
ad\'ice and consent of the council. The board shall consist opticians.
of five members, citizens of the commonwealth, four of whom
shall have been principally engaged as dispensing opticians,
as defined in section seventy-three C of chapter one hundred
and twelve, for a period of not less than ten years and none
of whom shall be in any way connected with any ophthalmic
school or college. One member shall annually in January be
appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of
the council for a term of five years.

Section 49. The board shall annually meet in the month iv^etings,
of October at such time and places as it shall determine, ° °^"'
and shall organize by electing a chairman and secretary
who shall be members of the board and who shall hold their
respective offices for a period of one year. The board shall
hold additional meetings at such time and places as it shall
determine or upon call of the chairman. The secretary of
the board shall give the state treasurer a bond with sufficient
sureties, to be approved by the governor and council, for
the faithful performance of his duties.

Section 50. There shall be paid annually by the com- salaries and
monwealth to the secretary of the board a salary of three expenses.
hundred dollars and to each other member thereof an annual
salary of one hundred dollars and to each member the neces-
sary traveling expenses actually incurred in attending the
meetings of the board and such other expenses as shall be
incurred in the discharge of his duties.

Section 2. Chapter 1 12 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 73B, inserted by section n^J"|§^73c-

73L, added.

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3 of chapter 434 of the acts of 1938, the following sections
under the following heading: —

Dispensing

optician,

defined.

License.

Registration
and examina-
tion.

REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS.

Section 73C. A dispensing optician as referred to in
sections seventy-three D to seventy-three L, inclusive, is a
person who prepares and dispenses lenses, spectacles, eye-
glasses and appliances thereto to the intended wearer thereof
on written prescriptions from a duly registered physician
or optometrist, and, in accordance with such prescriptions,
interprets, measures, adapts, fits and adjusts such lenses,
spectacles, eyeglasses or appliances thereto to the human
face for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomaUes
of the human eyes. The services and appliances shall be
dispensed or furnished or supplied to the intended wearer
or user thereof only upon prescription issued by such physi-
cian or optometrist; but duplications, replacements, repro-
ductions or repetitions may be done at retail without pre-
scription, in which event any such act shall be construed as
that of a dispensing optician as if performed on the basis of
the original written prescription.

Section 73D. No person or corporation shall directly or
indirectly engage in practice as a dispensing optician, unless
he or the person employed by such corporation has been
granted a license by the board of registration of dispensing
opticians referred to in sections seventy-three E to seventy-
three L, inclusive, as the board.

Section 73E. Application for registration as a dispensing
optician may be made by any citizen over the age of twenty-
one years who pays a fee of twenty-five dollars and furnishes
the board with proof that he has received at least three years
training and experience in such dispensing under the personal
supervision of a licensed dispensing optician, registered phy-
sician or optometrist, or that he has completed a regular day
course of not less than twelve months or a regular night
course of not less than eighteen months nor in any case less
than six hundred hours in an approved school or college
which maintains educational requirements satisfactory to the
board. The board shall thereupon give such applicant a
written or practical examination, or both, to determine
whether he possesses the ability, knowledge and fitness prop-
erly to engage in practice as a dispensing optician. If the
applicant passes such examination, he shall be granted a
license signed by the chairman and secretary of the board.

Any applicant who fails to pass such examination shall be
entitled to take additional examinations, and for each sub-
sequent examination a fee of five dollars shall be paid by
such applicant.

Any person who shall have been a licensed or registered
optician in another state and shall present to the board a
copy of his certificate of registration or license, certified or
attested under the seal by the board of registration of opti-

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cians or similar board in any other state where the require-
ments for registration are, in the opinion of the board,
equivalent to those in this commonwealth, may be licensed
as provided herein, Avithout written examination, upon pay-
ment of a fee of twenty-five dollars; provided, that such
state accords similar pri\dlege to those holding licenses issued
by this commonwealth; and provided, further, that the ap-
plicant shall not have previously failed to pass an examina-
tion required in this commonwealth within five years, and
that he intends to reside and practice as a dispensing optician
in this commonwealth. Every dispensing optician shall con-
spicuously display his license in his place of business or em-
ployment, and shall, whenever so required, exhibit it to the
board or its authorized representatives.

Section 7SF. The board shall keep a record of the names Duties of
of all persons examined and Ucensed by it and all moneys re°port, etc "^'
received and disbursed by it, and a duplicate thereof shall
be open to public inspection in the office of the state secre-
tary. The board shall make an annual report of its doings
including a statement of its receipts and expenditures during
the preceding year. The board shall make such rules and
regulations consistent with law as may be necessary to ad-
minister sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, in-
clusive.

Section 73G. Every Hcensed dispensing optician shall, bi- License fee.
ennially, on or before his birthday, pay to the board a license
fee of five dollars, in default of which the board may, after
a hearing, revoke or suspend his license; but the payment
of the said fee at or before the time of hearing, with such
additional sum, not exceeding five dollars, as may be fixed by
the board shall remove the default, revocation or suspension.
A licensed dispensing optician whose license has not been
revoked but who shall have temporarily retired from prac-
tice or removed from the commonwealth for not exceeding
five years but who shall have notified the board of such re-
tirement or removal, may register upon paying the lapsed
annual license fees and filing with the board his affidavit as
to the facts aforesaid.

Section 78 H. The board may refuse to grant or may sus- Suspension or
pend for a definite time or may revoke any license of any [fcln^*'°° °^
person found guilty of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation or
in aiding or abetting the same in connection with any appH-
cation or taking of an examination for hcense, or who has
rendered himself unable to properly carry on his work as a
licensed dispensing optician as a result of the voluntary use
of intoxicating liquors or drugs, or for conviction in any
court of the commonwealth of a crime involving moral turpi-
tude or for the violation of any provision of sections seventy-
three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, or of any rule or reg-
ulation of the board; provided, that the board gives such
person a written notice, at least ten days before the date of
the hearing, specifying any charges that may have been made
against him, and setting forth the time and place for hearing

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Practice with-
out license
penalized.

Certain sec-
tions not
applicable.

Apprentices,
etc.

said charges. Such hearing shall be conducted by the board,
and three members shall constitute a quorum. The person
accused shall be given opportunity to produce testimony in
his own behalf, shall be confronted by witnesses against him,
and shall be allowed representation by counsel. The board
may compel the production of documents at any hearing,
and the attendance of witnesses who shall testify under
oath, administered by any member of the board. The fee
for witnesses shall be three dollars per day for attendance
and five cents per mile for travel. If the board after such
hearing refuses to grant, or revokes or suspends the license
of any person, it shall forthwith notify such person of its
decision in writing. The provisions of section sixty-four
shall apply to any person whose h cense or authority has been
refused, suspended or revoked.

Section 731. Whoever, not being duly licensed as a dis-
pensing optician, compounds and dispenses, at retail, pre-
scriptions of physicians or optometrists for eyeglasses and
lenses or makes duplicates thereof at retail, or holds himself
out as a dispensing optician as defined in section seventy-
three C, or violates any other provision of sections seventy-
three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, or any rule or regula-
tion of the board, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty -five dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than
three months, or both.

Section 73J. The provisions of sections seventy-three C
to seventy-three L, inclusive, shall not apply to registered
physicians or optometrists.

Section 7SK. Any person entering the employ of a
physician, optometrist, licensed dispensing optician as an
apprentice for the purpose of obtaining the experience and
training referred to in section seventy-three E, may make
written application for certification as an apprentice with
the board. Such application shall be made upon a form pre-
scribed by the board and shall be accompanied by a certifi-
cate of the employer, verifying the statements made by the
applicant. The applicant shall pay a filing fee of one dollar
with such application. The board shall, upon approval of
such apphcation, issue to the applicant an apprentice's
certificate, and thereupon the computation of any period of
training and experience referred to in section seventy-three E
shall begin. Any person who may have served part of his
apprenticeship in any state or country not requiring such
certification shall be obliged to give proof of such service
satisfactory to the board. Time spent as an apprentice in
the employ of a dispensing optician or a registered physician
or optometrist prior to January first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, shall be credited to the apprentice at such time of
certification upon satisfactory proof of such service furnished
to the board. A certified apprentice may perform any of the
acts set forth in section seventy-three C under the personal
supervision of a licensed dispensing optician, optometrist or
physician.

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Section 7SL. The board may, upon application and after New license,
hearing, revoke an order of suspension or grant a new license
to any person whose license has been revoked or suspended
under the provisions of section seventy-three H, if the board
is satisfied that this can be done consistently with the public
interest.

Section 3. The board of registration of dispensing op- certificate of
ticians shall issue a certificate of registration without ex- ^^^hout'^°°
amination to any person who makes application therefor examination.
prior to December first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, who
pays a fee of twenty-five dollars and submits evidence under
oath that he is more than twenty-one years of age and of good
moral character, and that he has actually prepared and dis-
pensed lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses and apphances thereto
to the intended w^earer thereof on written prescriptions from
duly registered physicians or optometrists, and in accordance
with such prescriptions has interpreted, measured, adapted,
fitted and adjusted such lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses or ap-
pliances thereto to the human face for the aid or correction
of visual or ocular anomalies of the human eyes; or was, on
the effective date of this act, engaged in the filling, com-
pounding or reproducing of prescriptions of physicians or
optometrists for ophthalmic lenses, eyeglasses or other
optical apphances intended for the correction or treatment
of defective vision or ocular anomaUes of the human eye,
and the mounting and fitting of the same to frames or sup-
porting materials, and the adapting of such lenses, eyeglasses
and appliances for the use of the wearer.

In case any person desiring to secure a certificate of regis-
tration without examination is unable to make apph cation
therefor by reason of the fact that he is in the armed forces
of the United States on December first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, the time within which he may make application
shall be extended until six months after the date of his dis-
charge from such service. The board shall issue such cer-
tificate without examination to any such person who makes
application therefor within six months after date of his dis-
charge from service and pays a fee of twenty-five doUars, and
submits evidence verified by oath and satisfactory to the
board as to his character and that he was actually engaged
in practice as a dispensing optician, as defined in section
seventy-three C of chapter one hundred and twelve of the
General Laws, as appearing in section two of this act, at the
time of his entry into the armed service.

Section 4. The governor, with the advice and consent Members of
of the council, shall forthwith appoint the five members of
the board of registration of dispensing opticians, estabhshed
by section forty-eight of chapter thirteen of the General
Laws, as appearing in section one of this act, to serve for
terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, as
he may designate, from the first day of January, nineteen
hundred and fifty-six. Upon the expiration of their respec-
tive terms, their successors shall be appointed as provided

632 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 689, 690, 691.

in said section forty-eight of said chapter thirteen of the
General Laws, as so appearing.

Approved August 18, 1955.

Chap.6S9 An Act to provide for an underpass or other suitable

TRAFFIC STRUCTURE JOINING NONANTUM ROAD AND WATER-
TOWN STREET AT THE SOUTHERLY END OF THE GALEN
STPEET BRIDGE IN WATERTOWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF RE-
LIEVING TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN W^ATERTOWN SQUARE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby author-
ized to construct an underpass or other suitable structure
joining Nonantum road and Watertown street at the
southerly end of the Galen Street bridge in Watertown for
the purpose of relieving traffic congestion in Watertown
square and for such purposes to expend such money as may
be appropriated therefor or such sum as may be necessary
from moneys already appropriated and allotted to said metro-
politan district commission for highway purposes.

Approved August 18, 1955.

Chap.QQO An Act relative to the retirement rights of harry l.

ESCOTT, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN OF MONTAGUE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the con-
trary, the town of Montague may reinstate Harry L. Escott
of said town for the sole purpose of retirement. Said Harry
L. Escott shall thereupon become eligible to membership in
the Montague retirement system upon his application and
payment by him into the annuity savings fund of said sys-
tem of an amount equal to five per cent of the salary received
by him from the effective date of the system until his separa-
tion from service, plus interest. Upon such payment he shall
thereupon be retired with full credit for all service rendered
to the town and shall receive a retirement allowance in ac-
cordance with the provisions of sections one to twenty-eight,
inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws.

Approved August 18, 1955.

Chap.Q91 An act relative to the retirement rights of george

E. MUHR, a former employee of the city of WORCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Any provision of law to the contrary not-
withstanding, the city of Worcester may reinstate George
E. Muhr as a member of the fire department of said city for
the sole purpose of retirement and in order to correct a mis-
take made at the time of his original retirement. Upon said
reinstatement, the city of Worcester may retire said George
E. Muhr for disability caused by injuries sustained or hazards

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 692. 633

undergone in the actual performance of his duties as a mem-
ber of said fire department. Said retirement shall be under •
the provisions of paragraph (a) of section eighty-one A of
chapter thirty-two of the General Laws in effect in said city
on the date of his original retirement.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Worcester, subject to the
provisions of its charter. Approved August 18, 1955.

An Act providing a simplified income tax return form Chap. Q92

FOR THE USE OF CERTAIN TAXPAYERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after chapter 62 the following chapter: — dfapter^62A.

added.

Chapter 62A.
Simplified Method of computing Individual Income individual

TaXFS income taxes.

Section 1. Definitions. — Whenever used in this chapter Definitions,
the following words shall have the following meanings : —

"Commissioner", the commissioner of corporations and
taxation.

"Commission", the state tax commission.

"Ehgible individual", any individual who is required to
file a return of his income under the provisions of section
twenty-two of chapter sixty-two, whose only taxable income
is derived from compensation for personal services rendered
one or more employers, provided the total amount of such
individual's gross taxable income does not exceed eight
thousand dollars.

"Dependent", a spouse of the ehgible taxpayer, provided
such taxpayer is entitled to a deduction of five hundred
dollars for such spouse under the provisions of clause (h) of
section six of chapter sixty-two, and any other person on
account of whom the taxpayer is entitled to a deduction of
four hundred dollars within the definitions set forth in said
clause (h).

"Gross taxable income", the gross taxable income shall
be the total gross compensation for personal services rendered
one or more employers which was received during the calendar
year immediatelj' preceding the date on which the return
required by this chapter is due without any of the deductions
allowed under the provisions of chapter sixty-two, including
taxes, expenses or any other amounts withheld therefrom.

Section 2. Optional Tax Table. — In lieu of computing Tax tabic,
the income tax imposed by chapter sixty-two and any addi-
tional taxes imposed upon income determined under the
provisions of said chapter, together with any surtaxes im-
posed upon such income or taxes, any ehgible individual
electing to have his income taxes determined under this
chapter shall be assessed a total tax, surtaxes included, as
shown in the following table : —

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Returns to be
made under
penalties of
perjury.

Due date.

Certain provi-
sions of
chapter 62
to apply.

Distribution
of taxes.

Constitution-
ality.

Section S. Any eligible individual who is married and
does not join with his or her spouse in the fiUng of a joint
return as permitted under section twenty-two of chapter
sixty-two, and who is entitled to claim a deduction for his
or her spouse under the provisions of clause (h) of section
six of said chapter and elects to have his or her income taxes
determined under this chapter, shall be entitled to a re-
duction from the tax assessed by section two in the amount of
three dollars or the amount of the tax, whichever is smaller.

Section 4- Returns made by eligible individuals under
this chapter shall be accompanied by a written declaration
that they are made under the penalties of perjury, and shall
be filed wdth the commissioner. They shall be made in such
form as the commissioner, with the approval of the commis-
sion, shall prescribe, and shall contain such further informa-
tion as the commissioner deems pertinent. Any eligible
individual who files on the form as prescribed by this section
shall be deemed to have elected to report his income and
have his income taxes and surtaxes determined in accordance
with this chapter, and shall be excused from filing a return
under chapter sixty-two.

The liability for the taxes as determined under this chap-
ter shall be in lieu of the taxes for which such eligible indi-
vidual is liable under chapter sixty-two, and all additional
taxes or surtaxes on individual income or taxes determined
in accordance with the provisions of said chapter.

Section 5. Due Date of Returns and Tax. — Returns of
income filed under this chapter must be filed on or before
the fifteenth day of April of each year, and the tax computed
on such income is due and payable at the time of filing the
return.

Section 6. Application of Certain Provisions of Chapter
Sixty-two. — All provisions of chapter sixty-two not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable
to any individual who elects to have his income taxes de-
termined under this chapter, and more specifically to the
extent that such provisions apply to (a) time for making
assessments and applying for abatements, (h) assessment of
penalties, both civil and criminal, for filing fraudulent or
incomplete returns or filing a return after the due date,
(c) additional assessments and interest thereon, (d) abate-
ments and interest thereon, and (e) the collection and re-
funding of any taxes assessed or abated under this chapter.

Section 7. Distribution of Taxes Collected. — For each
thousand dollars collected on account of returns filed under
this chapter, four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and
eighty-five cents shall be credited as taxes on incomes under
all sections except section seven A of chapter sixty-two, and
shall be made available for distribution as set forth in section
eighteen of chapter fifty-eight. The balance of the taxes
collected under this chapter shall be credited to the General
Fund of the commonwealth.

Section 8. Constitutionality. — If any part, subdivision or

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 693, 694. 639

section of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional, the
validity of its remaining provisions shall not be affected
thereby.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and shall apply to income
received during the calendar year nineteen hundred and
fifty-five and thereafter. Approved August 18, 1955.

An Act providing for reimbursement for lands trans- C/?ar). 693

FERRED BY STATE DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, ex-
cept the provisions of chapter three hundred and fifty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two and amend-
ments thereto, authorizing the taking by eminent domain or
otherwise of certain public lands for highway improvements
without the payment of damages therefor, the state depart-
ment of public works or such other department, authority
or public agency as may be involved is hereby authorized
and directed to pay to the city, town, department, authority
or agency in possession of lands so taken, transferred or used
an amount to be mutually agreed upon.

Section 2. With respect to lands so taken, transferred
or used, which were acquired by the metropolitan district
commission for the purposes of section thirty-three or
thirty-five of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, the
money paid for such lands, as provided in section one of
this act, shall be deposited in the Metropolitan Parks Trust
Fund to be expended under the direction of said commission
as provided under section thirty-four of said chapter ninety-
two for the purchase of other lands to replace the areas so
taken, transferred or used.

Section 3. The metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to deposit the proceeds of
the sale of any land acquired for the purposes of section
thirty-three or thirty-five of chapter ninety-two of the Gen-
eral Laws in the Metropolitan Parks Trust Fund to be ex-
pended as provided in section thirty-four of said chapter
ninety-two. Approved August 18, 1955.

An Act authorizing off-street parking facilities in C/iap. 694

THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For tlie purposes of constructing and operat-
ing public parking areas, including original pavement thereof,
the cost of demolition of buildings and other structures and
the clearing of said areas for such pavement, as well as the
construction and operation of facilities for off-street public
parking, including purchase and installation of parking
meters, lighting, sewer and drainage facilities therefor, the

640 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 694.

city of Pittsfield may acquire by purchase or otherwise, or
take by eminent domain under the provisions of chapter
seventy-nine or eighty A of the General Laws, lands and
buildings located on such streets in said city as the city
council of said city may determine.

Section 2. Said city may, for the purposes of this act,
borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding in the aggregate seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor
which shall bear on their face the words. City of Pittsfield
Off-Street Parking Facilities Loan, Acts of 1955. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be payable in not more than twenty years from
their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
within the statutory debt limit, but shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the h'mitations contained in the first
paragraph of section seven thereof.

Section 3. The city may install parking meters in said
off-street parking areas and facilities and make a charge for
the use of space therein, and the receipts thereof, together
with the receipts from all other parking meters installed by
said city, shall be applied annually, first, to annual payments
on account of the above mentioned loan or loans, and sec-
ondly, for any of the purposes for which parking meter re-
ceipts may be used under sections twenty-two A, twenty-
two B and twenty-two C of chapter forty of the General
Laws.

Section 4. In the event that the city determines to
construct and operate any off-street pubHc parking areas or
facihties, said city shall, by ordinance, establish rules and
regulations for the operation thereof. No products used in
or for servicing of motor vehicles shall be sold or dispensed
at or in connection with said off-street parking areas or
facihties.

Section 5. Upon Uquidation of the loan authorized by
section two, the receipts from said parking meters or fa-
cihties may be used for the purposes prescribed by said sec-
tions twenty-two A, twenty-two B and twenty-two C of
said chapter forty of the General Laws, and the receipts
from all other parking units installed by the said city may
be used by the city as provided by said sections.

Section 6. This act shah be construed to be in addition
to all other rights granted by the General Laws pertaining
to the installation and operation of parking meters in on-
street and off-street areas, and the disbursement of receipts
therefrom.

Section 7. Said city may acquire said parking meters
in the manner provided by section twenty-two A of said
chapter forty.

Section 8. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Pittsfield, but not otherwise.

Approved August 18, 1956.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 695. 641

An Act providing for make-up payments by members (J}iar) 695

OF CERTAIN CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS IN ^ '

ORDER TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PAST SERVICES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately available p''^^"^^'''^-
the privileges conferred thereby, therefore it is hereby de^
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out subdivision (3), as most ^toli'amended.
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 684 of the acts of
1954, and inserting in place thereof the following: — •

(3) Notmthstanding his fiUng of notice and waiver under MembereWp
paragraph (6) of subdi\'ision (2) of this section, any em- iributory*'
ployee who, having or having had the right to become a mem- ^^^^I^^^^^
ber, failed to become or elected not to become a member, regulated,
may apply for and be admitted to membership if under the
maximum age for his group on the date of his application;
provided, that during his present period of service he had
previously been eligible for membership; and any employee
who, having had the right to become a member of any gov-
ernmental unit other than that by which he is presently em-
ployed, and who failed to become or elected not to become a
member, may apply for and be admitted to membership.
No employee shall otherwise be admitted to membership ex-
cept by vote of the retirement board of the system for which
appHcation is made, and then only if that board finds that
his failure to become or his election not to become a member
was caused by circumstances other than those generally ap-
pHcable to employees. No such member shall be entitled to
full credit for service rendered prior to the date of his be-
coming a member, unless before the date any retirement al-
lowance becomes effective for him he shall have paid into
the annuity sa\'ings fund of the system in one sum, or in
instalments, upon such terms and conditions as the board
may prescribe, make-up payments of an amount equal to
that which would have been withheld as regular deductions
from his regular compensation had he joined the system at
his earliest opportunity, together with regular interest. Upon
the completion of such make-up payments such member
shall be entitled to all creditable servdce to which he would
have been entitled had he joined the system when first
eligible to become a member. In the event any retirement
allowance becomes effective for him before the completion of
such make-up payments, such member shall, in addition to
credit for his actual membership service, be entitled to credit
for that proportion of his service rendered prior to the date
of his becoming a member which the total amount of his
make-up payments actually made, together with regular in-
terest thereon to the date his retirement allowance becomes
effective, bears to the total amount of what his make-up

642

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 695.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 3,
etc., further
amended.

Retirement of
certain public
employees,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 3,
etc., further
amended.

payments, together with regular interest thereon to such
latter date, would have been had he made payment thereof
in one sum on such latter date.

Section 2. Said section 3 of said chapter 32 is hereby
further amended by striking out subdivision (5), as most
recently amended by section 3 of said chapter 684, and in-
serting in place thereof the following: —

(5) Any member of any system who had rendered serv-
ice as an employee of any governmental unit other than that
by which he is presently employed, for any previous period
during which the first governmental unit had no contribu-
tory retirement system or during which he had inchoate
rights to a non-contributory pension or in a position which
was not subject to an existing retirement system, or which
was specifically excluded therefrom but which would be
covered under the law now in effect, or any member who
during any period of service for the governmental unit by
which he is presently employed had such inchoate rights or
was so excluded from membership, or any employee who had
a right to become a member of an existing system in any
other governmental unit and who did not exercise such right,
and who, when he left the service of such other governmental
unit, had such right, may, before the date any retirement
allowance becomes effective for him, pay into the annuity
savings fund of the system in one sum, or in instalments,
upon such terms as the board may prescribe, an amount
equal to that which would have been withheld as regular de-
ductions from his regular compensation for such previous
period, or most recent portion thereof, as he may elect, in no
event aggregating more than twenty years, had such service
been rendered in the governmental unit by which he is
presently employed and in a position subject to the pro-
visions of this chapter, or to corresponding provisions of
earher laws. In addition to the payment of such sum or
instalments thereof, such member shall also pay into the
annuity savings fund an amount of interest such that at the
completion of such payments the value of his accumulated
payments, together with regular mterest thereon, actually
made on account of such previous intrastate service shall
equal the value of his accumulated regular deductions which
would have resulted if regular deductions had been made
when regular compensation for such service was actually re-
ceived. Upon the completion of such payments such mem-
ber shall receive the same credit for such period of his previous
intrastate service or portion thereof elected as would have
been allowed if such service had been rendered by him in the
governmental unit by which he is presently employed. Such
member shall furnish the board with such information as it
shall require to determine the amount to be paid and the
credit to be allowed under this subdivision.

Section 3. Said section 3 of said chapter 32 of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby further amended by striking out sub-
division (4), as most recently amended by section 2 of said
chapter 684, and inserting in place thereof the following : —

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 695. 643

(4) Any member in service, or any member inactive on credit for
authorized leave of absence of the teachers' retirement sys- ?h7common^^
tern, or any member in service, or any member inactive on wealth, ai-
authorized leave of absence of any other contributory retire-
ment system who is employed in a teaching position or as a
principal, supervisor or president in a school or college, or
employed in the department of education as supervisor of
teachers or of educational methods, who had rendered serv-
ice in any other state for any previous period as a teacher,
principal, supervisor or superintendent in the public day
schools or other day school under exclusive public control
and supervision, or as a teacher, principal, supervisor or
president in a state normal school, state teachers college or
like institution, or other college under exclusive public con-
trol and supervision, or who was employed in a state depart-
ment of education as supervisor of teachers or of educational
methods, may, before the date any retirement allowance be-
comes effective for him, pay into the annuity savings fund
of the system in one sum, or in instalments, upon such
terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount
equal to that which would have been withheld as regular
deductions from his regular compensation for such previous
period, or most recent portion thereof, as he may elect, had
such service been rendered in a pubUc school of the common-
wealth and had he been a member of the teachers' retire-
ment system during the period the service was rendered;
provided, that for such service which was rendered prior to
July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, payment shall be
made equal to the regular deductions which would have been
withheld from his regular compensation if the teachers' re-
tirement system, as estabhshed by chapter eight hundred
and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen,
had been in effect during the period the service was rendered,
and the interest to July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
shall be computed at the rate of three per cent. Pa3anent
shall not be made and no credit shall be allowed for service
in other states in excess of the total Massachusetts service
to which the member would be entitled to receive credit if
he remained in service to age sixty-five, with a maximum
credit for service in other states not to exceed ten years;
provided, that no credit shall be allowed and no payment
shall be accepted for any service for which the member shall
be entitled to receive a retirement allowance from any other
state. In addition to the payment of such sum or instal-
ments thereof, such member shall also pay into the annuity
savings fund an amount of interest such tJiat at the comple-
tion of such payments the value of his accumulated pay-
ments, together with regular interest thereon, actually made
on account of such previous out-of-state service, shall equal
the value of his accumulated regular deductions which would
have resulted if regular deductions had been made when reg-
ular compensation for such service was actually received.
Upon the completion of such payments, such member shall
receive the same credit for such period of his previous out-

644

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 695.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 3.
etc., further
amended.

Reinstatement
in service.

of-state service, or portion thereof elected, as would have
been allowed if such service had been rendered by him in a
pubhc school of the commonwealth. Such member shall fur-
nish the board with such information as it shall require to
determine the amount to be paid and the credit to be al-
lowed under this subdivision. At the time a retirement al-
lowance becomes due to a member or to a beneficiary under
option (d) of subdivision (2) of section twelve, if the Massa-
chusetts service on the date either retirement allowance be-
comes effective, or on the date the member attained age
sixty-five, whichever first occurs, is less than the service in
other states for which the member has paid, credit shall be
allowed only for the most recent service rendered in other
states equal to such Massachusetts service, and the amount
paid for additional service shall be refunded with accumu-
lated interest, refund to be made only when the retirement
allowance becomes due to the member or to the beneficiary
under option (d) of subdivision (2) of section twelve, and if
it is found that payment has been accepted for any service
for which the member is entitled to a retirement allowance
from any other state, the amount paid for such service with
accumulated interest shall also be refunded with no retire-
ment credit allowed.

Section 4. Subdivision (6) of said section 3 of said chap-
ter 32 is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (d), as
most recently amended by section 4 of said chapter 684, and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

(d) Any former member who is reinstated to or who re-
enters the active service of the governmental unit in which
he was formerly employed to serve in a position which is
subject to the provision of this chapter, more than two years
after the date of his last separation therefrom, but not less
than two years prior to the date he will attain the maximum
age for his group, may, before the date any retirement allow-
ance becomes effective for him, pay into the annuity savings
fund of the system in one sum, or in instalments, upon such
terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, make-up
payments of an amount equal to the accumulated regular
deductions withdrawn by him, together with regular interest.
Upon such re-employment and upon making such payment
in one sum or upon making provision for payment thereof in
instalments, as the case may be, such former member shall
again become a member. Upon the completion of such
make-up payments such member shall be entitled to all
creditable service resulting from his previous employment.
In the event any retirement allowance becomes effective for
him before the completion of such make-up payments, such
member shall, in addition to credit for his actual membership
service rendered since the date of his last becoming a mem-
ber, be entitled to credit for that proportion of his previous
creditable service rendered prior to such date which the
total amount of his make-up paj'^ments actually made, to-
gether with regular interest thereon to the date his retirement

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 695. 645

allowance becomes effective, bears to the total amount of
what his make-up payments, together with regular interest
thereon to such latter date, would have been had he made
payment thereof in one sum on such latter date.

Section 5. Subdivision (8) of said section 3 of said chap- g. l. (Xer.
ter 32 is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (b), as etc".,'further '
most recently amended by section 5 of said chapter 684, and amended,
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —

(6) Any former member of any contributory retirement Payments
system established under the provisions of this chapter, or '° ° ^° •
under corresponding provisions of earlier laws or of any
special law, who subsequently becomes employed in a posi-
tion in any other governmental unit in which such a system
is operative, may, before the date any retirement allowance
becomes effective for him, pay into the annuity savings fund
of the system pertaining to his new employment in one sum,
or in instalments, upon such terms and conditions as the
board may prescribe, make-up payments of an amount equal
to the accumulated regular deductions withdrawn by him
from the system from which he last became separated, to-
gether with regular interest ; provided, that such position is
subject to the provisions of the law relating to the system
pertaining to his new employment, and that the date of com-
mencement of his new employment is not less than two years
prior to the date he will attain the maximum age for his
group. Upon commencing such employment and upon mak-
ing such payment in one sum, or upon making provision for
payment thereof in instalments, as the case may be, such
former member shall become a member of the system per-
taining to his new employment. Upon the completion of
such make-up payments such member shall be entitled to
all creditable service resulting from his previous employ-
ment. In the event any retirement allowance becomes effec-
tive for him before the completion of such make-up pay-
ments, such member shall, in addition to credit for his actual
membership service rendered since the date of his becoming
a member of the system pertaining to his new employment,
be entitled to credit for that proportion of his pre\'ious
creditable service attributable to his former membership in
the system from which he last became separated which the
total amount of his make-up payments actually made, to-
gether with regular interest thereon to the date his retire-
ment allowance becomes effective, bears to the total amount
of what his make-up payments, together with regular in-
terest thereon to such latter date, would have been had he
made payment thereof in one sum on such latter date.

Section 6. Subdivision (2) of section 4 of said chapter g. l. (Xer.
32 is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (c), as most ^to.'!'^ended.
recently amended by section 6 of said chapter 684, and in-
serting in place thereof the follo\\dng paragraph: — •

(c) In the case of any employee of any governmental unit ^°=^rf.*^
who is a member of the system pertaining thereto, or who amount to be
becomes a member before January first, nineteen hundred ^^Jn^MM.

646 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 696.

and fifty-one, the board may allow credit, upon whatever
proportionate basis it shall determine under appropriate
rules and regulations which shall be subject to the approval
of the actuary, for any previous period of part-time, provi-
sional, temporary, temporary provisional, seasonal or inter-
mittent employment or service rendered by him before Jan-
uary first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and after such
system became operative and while he was not eligible for
membership excluding any prescribed waiting period under
the provisions of the law or under the board's rules and regu-
lations in effect during such previous period before eligibility
for membership, established either by law or board ruHng,
prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, for
which such service credit was given upon attaining member-
ship; provided, that after becoming a member or being re-
instated as such, and before the date any retirement allow-
ance becomes effective for him, he pays into the annuity
savings fund of the system in one sum, or in instalments,
upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe,
make-up payments of an amount equal to that which would
have been withheld as regular deductions from his regular
compensation had he been eligible for membership and been
a member of such system during such previous period, to-
gether with regular interest. In the event any retirement
allowance becomes effective for him before the completion of
such make-up payments, such member shall, in addition to
credit for his actual membership service, be entitled to credit
for that proportion of his service rendered prior to the date
of his becoming a member which the total amount of his
make-up payments actually made, together with regular in-
terest thereon to the date his retirement allowance becomes
effective, bears to the total amount of what his make-up
payments, together with regular interest thereon to such
latter date, would have been had he made payment thereof
in one sum on such latter date.

Section 7. Nothing contained in this act shall supersede
the limitations of chapter five hundred and twenty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-seven or chapter three
hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty or chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-two or section seven of chap-
ter six hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four. Approved August 22, 1955.

Chap. 696 An Act to strengthen the activities of cities and

TOWNS IN THE PREVENTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

Emergency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

pream e. ^^ dcfcat its purpose, which is to enable cities, towns and
regional school districts to employ immediately school ad-
justment counsellors, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 696. 647

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Tcf.
inserting after section 46F, inserted by section 2 of chapter f^lecf added.
626 of the acts of 1955, the following section: — Section 46G.
To facilitate the early detection of children manifesting cities and
traits tending toward juvenile delinquency and to assist in take°cenam
the prevention of such children becoming juvenile delin- action to pre-
quents, any city or town acting by its school committee and definqulncy.*
out of funds appropriated for general school purposes, and
any regional school district, may employ such number of
school adjustment counsellors as the school committee, with
the written approval of the director of the division of youth
service in the department of education, shall deem neces-
sary. Each such school adjustment counsellor shall be
responsible for (a) counselling and helping children in the
primary and elementary grades who are neglected, mal-
adjusted, emotionally disturbed, neurotic or otherwise
potentially delinquent and are referred to him by a teacher,
principal or other school personnel, (b) co-operating with
teachers, principals and all other school personnel in assist-
ing and readjusting such children, (c) establishing helpful
and kindly relationships with the home for the purpose of
assisting parents to improve spiritual, moral, economic,
physical or social conditions that threaten the welfare of
the child and of society, (d) enhsting the interest and the
help of clergymen and other local leaders and officials in a
mutual community effort to save such children from delin-
quency, and (e) serving as a referral agent to obtain neces-
sary aid from specialized public or private organizations in
serious cases which appear to be beyond the resources of
the community. No person shall be employed under this
section unless his professional and personal qualifications
have been approved by the commissioner of education and
the director of said division of youth service. If said com-
missioner or said director disapproves the qualifications of
such person, he shall state in writing his reasons. Any
town or regional school district not requiring the services
of a school adjustment counsellor on a full time basis may
join with one or more other towns or regional school dis-
tricts in employing a school adjustment counsellor under
the limitations of this section. Any city, town and regional
school district employing one or more school adjustment
counsellors in accordance with this section shall aimually
receive for salary and expenses through the department of
education upon attested claim made therefor by the school
committee on a form provided by said department reim-
bursement from the commonwealth not exceeding forty-five
hundred dollars for the first such counsellor and not exceed-
ing twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars for each addi-
tional counsellor. Approved August 22, 1956.

648

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 697, 698.

Chap. 697 An Act relativb to debt pooling plans.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 221,
new § 46C,
added.

Debt pooling
plans for-
bidden except
to members
of the bar.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 221,
§ 46B, etc.,
amended.

Courts may

restrain

violations.

Section 1. Chapter 221 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 46B the following sec-
tion : — Section 46C. The furnishing of advice or services
for and in behalf of a debtor in connection with any debt
pooling plan, whereby such debtor deposits any funds for
the purposes of making pro rata payments or other dis-
tributions to his creditors, shall be deemed to be the practice
of law within the provisions of sections forty-six and forty-
six A. Any person who, not being a member of the bar of
the commonwealth, furnishes or offers to furnish any such
advice or services, shall be punished by a fine of not more
tlian five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not^more
than six months or both.

Section 2. Section 46B of said chapter 221, as amended
by chapter 75 of the acts of 1947, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in line 7, the words "or forty-six A" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — , forty-six A or
forty-six C, — so as to read as follows: — Section 46B. The
supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have
concurrent jurisdiction in equity, upon petition of any bar
association within the commonwealth, or of three or more
members of the bar of the commonwealth, or of the attorney
general, or of the district attorney within his district, to
restrain \'iolations of section forty-six, forty-six A or forty-
six C. Approved August 22, 1955.

Chap.QQS An Act providing funds for highway work made nec-
essary BY THE FLOODS CAUSED BY THE RAINS OF AUGUST
eighteen and NINETEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-
FIVE.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide immediately for
the reUef of the disaster caused by the floods of August,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for the purposes of disaster relief
in the areas stricken by the floods caused by the rains of
August eighteen and nineteen of the current yearj'as more
clearly specified hereinafter, the sum of twenty-five million
dollars is hereby made available for transfer by the com-
mission on administration and finance, at its discretion, for
the following purposes: —

(1) To the director of civil defense such amounts as may
be necessary to provide for expenditures or reimbursements
and other expenses authorized by section four of this act;

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 698. 649

(2) To reimburse the appropriation accounts available for
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the several
other state departments, boards and commissions such
amounts as, in the opinion of the commission are necessary
and have been expended therefrom for purposes of disaster
relief or repair of flood damage, including the expense of the
services of national guard units duly called for service in the
stricken area.

Section 2. To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of tliis act, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered
or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best,
to an amount to be specified by the governor and council
from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, the
sum of twenty-five million dollars. All bonds issued by the
commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face,
Highway Flood ReUef Loan, Act of 1955, and shall be on
the serial payment plan for such maximum term of years
not exceeding twenty years from the date of issue as the
governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to
section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to
be so arranged that the amounts payable in the several
years of the period of amortization other than the final year
shall be as nearly equal as in the opinion of the state treas-
urer it is practicable to make them. Said bonds shall bear
interest payable semi-annually at such rate as the state
treasurer wiih the approval of the governor shall fix. The
initial maturities of such bonds shall be payable not later
than one year from the date of issue thereof, and the entire
issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.

All interest payments and payments on account of princi-
pal on such obligations shall be paid from the Highway
Fund; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, such
obligations shall be general obligations of the common-
wealth.

Section 3. The proceeds of the additional excise levied
under the provisions of chapter six hundred and ninety-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one and the pro-
ceeds of the additional excise levied under the provisions of
chapter five hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-two shall be paid into the treasury and
credited to the Highway Fund, and, in addition to the
purposes specified in said acts, shall be used in so far as
available toward meeting the interest and serial payments
on the bonds of the commonwealth issued under authority
of section two of this act.

Section 4. The commonwealth shall, subject to the ap-
proval of a board consisting of the director of civil defense,
the director of accounts of the department of corporations
and taxation, the commissioner of administration, and the

650 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 699.

commissioner of public works, reimburse or allocate for the
benefit of the political subdivisions of the commonwealth
affected by said August floods, an amount equal to their
obligations of repajonent of any indebtedness incurred under
the provisions of chapter six hundred and thirty-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty, as amended, or incurred
under the provisions of section thirty-six (A) of chapter
thirty-five or of clause (9) of section eight of chapter forty-
four of the General Laws as a result of an emergency created
by said floods, and shall reimburse them for any expenditures
from available funds and from sums raised by taxation for
the purposes authorized under said chapter six hundred and
thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty, as
amended, or authorized under the provisions of section
thirty-one of chapter forty-four of the General Laws as a
result of highway repairs necessitated by said floods, and,
in addition, the commonwealth may expend amounts ap-
proved by said board referred to above for purposes of
disaster relief or repair of flood damage, for the benefit of
the political subdivisions of the commonwealth affected by
said August floods; provided, that the total amount to be
paid by the commonwealth for such purposes shall not ex-
ceed twenty-five million dollars.

Section 5. The reimbursement provisions of section four
of this act shall be extended to cover reimbursements to the
political subdivisions of the commonwealth annually in an
amount necessary to cover their obligations of repayment of
principal and interest of any indebtedness authorized by
such political subdivisions prior to the effective date of this
act without approval of the emergency finance board; pro-
vided, such approval is obtained prior to such reimburse-
ment. Approved August 23, 1955,

Chap.Q99 An Act relative to the alleviation of certain financla.l

BURDENS IMPOSED BY THE FLOODS CAUSED BY THE RAINS
OF AUGUST EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY-FIVE.

Emergency Whereus, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

preamble. defeat its purpose, which is to provide immediately for the
relief of the (hsaster caused by the floods of August, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health, safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for the purposes of disaster relief
in the areas stricken by the floods caused by the rains of
August eighteen and nineteen of the current year, as more
clearly specified hereinafter, the sum of thirty million dol-
lars is hereby made available for transfer by the commission
on administration and finance, at its discretion, for the fol-
lowing purposes: —

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 699. 651

(1) To the director of civil defense such amounts as may-
be necessary to provide for expenditures or reimbursements
and other expenses authorized by section four of this act;

(2) To the commissioner of corporations and taxation such
amounts as may be necessary to provide for reimbursements
authorized by section seven of this act;

(3) To reimburse the appropriation accounts available for
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the several
other state departments, boards and commissions such
amounts as, in the opinion of the commission are necessary
and have been expended therefrom for purposes of disaster
relief or repair of flood damage, including the expense of the
services of national guard units duly called for service in the
stricken areas;

(4) To reimburse or to expend such sums for authorities
of the commonwealth estabb'shed by special act for such
amounts as in the opinion of the commission are necessary
and have been expended for purposes of disaster relief or
repair of flood damage.

Section 2. Any unencumbered funds remaining in the
hands of the commission on June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-seven, shall be available for the payment of
any principal and interest due thereafter on bonds author-
ized by this act.

Section 3. To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered
or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to
an amount to be specified by the governor and council from
time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, the sum of
thirty milhon dollars. All bonds issued by the common-
wealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face, August
Flood Relief Loan, Act of 1955, and shall be on the serial
payment plan for such maximum term of years, not exceed-
ing twenty years, the initial maturities of which shall be
payable not later than one year from their date of issue, as
the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant
to section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be
so arranged that the amounts payable in the several years
other than the final year shall be as nearly equal as in the
opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them.
Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as
the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall
fix, and shall be payable not earlier than July first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and seventy-seven.

Section 4. The commonwealth shall, subject to the ap-
proval of a board consisting of the director of civil defense,
the director of accounts of the department of corporations
and taxation, the commissioner of administration, and the
commissioner of pubhc works, reimburse or allocate for the

652 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 699.

benefit of the political subdivisions of the commonwealth
affected by said August floods, an amount equal to their
obligations of repayment of any indebtedness incurred under
the provisions of chapter six hundred and thirty-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty, as amended, or incurred
under the provisions of section thirty-six (A) of chapter
thirty-five, or of clause (9) of section eight of chapter forty-
four of the General Laws as a result of an emergency cre-
ated by said floods, and shall reimburse them for any ex-
penditures from available funds and from sums raised by
taxation for the purposes authorized under said chapter six
hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty, as amended, or authorized under the provisions of sec-
tion thirty-one of chapter forty-four of the General Laws as
a result of an emergency created by said floods, and, in addi-
tion, the commonwealth may expend amounts approved by
said board referred to above for purposes of disaster relief
or repair of flood damage, for the benefit of the political sub-
divisions of the commonwealth affected by said August
floods; provided, that the total amount to be paid by the
commonwealth for such purposes shall not exceed thirty
million dollars.

Section 5, The reimbursement provisions of section four
of this act shall be extended to cover reimbursements to the
pohtical subdivisions of the commonwealth annually in an
amount necessary to cover their obhgations of repayment of
principal and interest of any indebtedness authorized by such
pohtical subdivisions prior to the effective date of this act
without approval of the emergency finance board; provided,
such approval is obtained prior to such reimbursement.

Section 6. The board of assessors in each city or town
affected by the floods of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, may, on application for abatement in respect to the tax
on real estate and personal property for the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, filed"^ in compliance with the pro-
visions of section fifty-nine of chapter fifty-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, grant an abatement in such amount as in the
opinion of the assessors provides an equitable adjustment of
taxes on property, both real and personal, wholly or partially
destroyed by said floods; provided, that such abatement
shall not exceed that portion of the tax which relates to the
assessment on buildings destroyed on said real estate and on
personal property; or the assessors may request the state
tax commission under the provisions of section eight of chap-
ter fifty-eight of the General Laws to give authority to abate
in whole or in part that portion of the tax on property wholly
or partially so destroyed which relates to the tax on build-
ings on said real estate and on personal property and which
tax may be or has been levied against those who were the
owners of record of property on January first, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, or subsequent owners who have assumed
a part of the tax, as in their opinion provides an equitable
adjustment. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 700. 653

application for abatement under this act shall be filed before
October first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Section 7. In the event the board of assessors grants
abatements under the authority of section six of this act in
respect to applications for abatement filed under the pro-
visions of section fifty-nine of chapter fifty-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, or is authorized to make abatements of the taxes
levied in accordance with the provisions of section eight of
chapter fifty-eight of the General Laws, the commonwealth
shall, with the approval of the state tax commission, reim-
burse the municipaUties for the abatements provided in this
act from funds appropriated therefor.

Approved August 23, 1956.

An Act authorizing the commonwealth to enter into Chap. 700

AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDU-
CATION AND WELFARE TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF
THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT RELATING TO THE
MAKING OF DETERMINATIONS OF DISABILITY UNDER TITLE II
OF SAID ACT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 22 A of chapter 74 of the General ^^^•ij^'"-
Laws, as most recently amended by section 12 of chapter § 22A, etc.,
652 of the acts of 1947, is hereby further amended by add- amended,
ing at the end the following two sentences: — The state Common-
board for vocational education, through the division of vo- ^TeHnTo*^
cational rehabilitation, is hereby authorized to enter into contract with
an agreement on behalf of the commonwealth with the sec- Sth^lduca-
retary of health, education and welfare to carry out the pro- ^effal^e^eto
visions of the federal Social Security Act relatmg to the
making of determinations of disabihty under title II of said
act. The state board for vocational education is authorized
to appoint such agents or assistants as may be necessary to
administer the provisions of said agreement.

Section 2. Section 20 of said chapter 74, as amended by g. l. (Ter.
section 9 of said chapter 652 of the acts of 1947, is hereby ^to!!'amend^'.
further amended by adding at the end the following sen-
tence : — The state treasurer is hereby authorized and di- state t^eMiwer
rected to act as custodian of the moneys allotted by the of federal
federal government to the commonwealth to carry out the ^'^^^' ^^'
agreement referred to in section twenty-two A and shall dis-
burse such moneys without specific appropriation, under the
order or approval of the state board for vocational education.

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

Approved August 23, 1955.

654

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 701.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 30,
§ 39F, etc.,
amended.

Provisions of
certain public
building con-
tracts, regu-
lated.

Payments for
same, regu-
lated.

Chap. 7 01 An Act providing a method of payment to certain

SUBCONTRACTORS ON CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION,
RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERING, REMODELING AND REPAIR OF
CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS BY THE COMMONWEALTH OR ANY
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 30 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 39F, inserted by chapter 609 of the acts
of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 39F. Every contract for the construction, recon-
struction, alteration, remodeling or repair of any public
building or public works by the commonwealth, or by any
county, city, town, district, board, commission or other
pubhc body, and estimated to cost more than five thousand
dollars in the case of the commonwealth, and more than one
thousand dollars in the case of any county, city, town, dis-
trict, board, commission or other public body, shall contain
the following in its entirety : Within ten days after the gen-
eral contractor receives payment on account of a periodic
estimate of the value of the work done, he shall pay to each
subcontractor the sum contained therein for the value of
said subcontractor's work, less any amount retained there-
from by the awarding authority under the terms of the
contract or in consequence of any legal proceedings or statu-
tory hens, and less any amounts due the general contractor
under said subcontracts; not less than sixty-five nor more
than seventy-five calendar days after a subcontractor fully
completes his portion of the work, and payment therefor
has been made to the general contractor, payment shall be
due the subcontractor and the general contractor shall pay
to the subcontractor the entire balance due said subcontrac-
tor less the amount which the awarding authority deter-
mines shall be retained pending its determination that said
portion of the work is satisfactory or in consequence of any
legal proceedings or statutory liens, and less any amounts
due the general contractor under said subcontracts; and,
in the event the general contractor does not pay the sub-
contractor within seventy-five calendar days the entire bal-
ance due the subcontractor on the completed work, less the
aforesaid amounts, the subcontractor shall give the award-
ing authority written notice of such event and of the amount
80 payable, but not paid, by the general contractor and
thereupon the awarding authority shall make out of sums
payable to the general contractor on the contract direct
payment of the entire balance due the subcontractor for the
work, less the aforesaid amounts.

Approved August 23, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 702. 655

An Act to provide security for payments to laborers, Chap. 702

SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN
PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION.

Be it enacted f etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 39 of chapter 30 of the General EdV 30I39
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter etc., amended'.
472 of the acts of 1935, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out, in line 5, the words "or otherwise", and by striking
out, in line 17, the word "sixty" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — ninety.

Section 1A, The fourth sentence of section 39G of said g^L. cvct.
chapter 30, as appearing in chapter 597 of the acts of 1955, § 396, etc.,
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "thirty- '''"^''^^'*-
nine A" the words: — of this chapter or section twenty-nine
of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.

Section 2. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 29, as most recently amended etc.',^ amendld^'
by chapter 361 of the acts of 1938, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 29. Officers or security for
agents contracting in behalf of any county, city, town, dis- Fa*bo'?onVub-
trict or other political subdivision of the commonwealth or ''*= ^^ot^^-
other public instrumentality for the construction or repair
of public buildings or other public works shall obtain suffi-
cient security, by bond, for payment by the contractor and
subcontractors for labor performed or furnished and mate-
rials used or employed in such construction or repair, in-
cluding lumber so employed which is not incorporated in
the construction or repair work and is not wholly or neces-
sarily consumed or made so worthless as to lose its identity
but only to the extent of its purchase price less its fair
salvage value, and for payment by such contractor and
subcontractors of any sums due for the rental or hire of
vehicles, steam shovels, rollers propelled by steam or other
power, concrete mixers, tools and other appliances and
equipment employed in such construction or repair; but in
order to obtain the benefit of such security the claimant
shall file with the county treasurer in the case of a contract
with a county, with the city or town clerk in the case of a
contract with a city or town, and with the contracting
officer or agent in the case of a contract with a district or
other political subdivision or other public instrumentality a
sworn statement of his claim within ninety days after the
claimant ceases to perform labor or furnish labor, materials,
appliances and equipment as aforesaid, and shall, within
one year after the filing of such claim, file a petition in the
superior court for the proper county to enforce his claim or
intervene in a petition already filed; provided, that not-
withstanding the foregoing, in case a petition has been duly
filed hereunder, any other person who has duly filed a claim
solely for labor performed or furnished on or in connection
with a certain public work may obtain his rights in the

656 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 703.

following manner : — The court, before making final dis-
position of such petition, shall examine all claims which may
arise under this section and which have been duly filed in
accordance heremth, and determine the respective amounts
due such claimants and their rights to participate in the
security and apply the security to the claimants held en-
titled thereto; and the court shall have power to compel
the attendance of any official with whom such claims may
be on file, with such claims. The court may require such
officials to furnish for the use of the court copies of any
such claims as may be on file. Any claimant whose claim
has been duly filed shall have the right to appear at hearings
on any petition without formally intervening by any plead-
ings, and may object, except or appeal from any ruling or
decision adversely affecting his claim to the same extent
and in the same manner as though he had intervened by
formal pleadings.

Any person employing persons on any public works
hereinbefore referred to shall post conspicuously, at such
place or places as will provide reasonable opportunity for
all employees to read the same, a correct copy of this sec-
tion. The department shall enforce this paragraph.

Section 3. Section tliirty-nine of chapter thirty of the
General Laws and section twenty-nine of chapter one hun-
dred and forty-nine of the General Laws, as amended by
sections one and two of this act, shall apply only to con-
tracts executed on and after the effective date of this act.
Contracts executed prior to the effective date of this act
shall be subject to the provisions of section thirty-nine of
chapter thirty of the General Laws and section twenty-nine
of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws,
as in effect immediately prior to said effective date.

Approved August 23, 1966.

Chap. 7 OS An Act authorizing the chairman of the industrial

ACCIDENT BOARD TO DESIGNATE AN ACTING SUPERVISOR OF
workmen's COMPENSATION AGENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^'2?^§"i6 Section 16 of chapter 23 of the General Laws, inserted by
etc!, 'amended', scction 1 of chapter 314 of the acts of 1953, is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following sentence: —
Acting During the temporary absence or disability of the supervisor

of workmen s compensation agents, the chairman or acting
chairman may designate an employee or official of the divi-
sion as acting supervisor of workmen's compensation agents.

Approved August 2S, 1956,

supervisor.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 704, 705.

657

An Act authorizing the city of malden to reinstate (Jhnrt 704

DENNIS C. HOLLAND, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE POLICE ^'
department of said CITY, FOR PURPOSES OF RETIREMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of general or
special law to the contrary, and notwithstanding any action
taken by the retiring authority of the city of Maiden with
reference to the retirement of Dennis C. Holland, a former
heutenant in the jMalden police department, who was retired
for superannuation on January twentieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-five, the said Dennis C. Holland is hereby reinstated
as a lieutenant in the police department of the said city for
the sole purpose of retirement, and the pohce commissioner
of the said city may reinstate said Dennis C. Holland for
said purpose only.

Upon his reinstatement as a lieutenant the said Dennis C.
Holland shall thereupon be retired by the retiring authority
of said city, and the retirement allowance to be paid to said
Dennis C. Holland shall be computed as of the effective date
of said retirement.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved August 23, 1955.

An Act relating to the taxation of forest products Qhav 705

AND wild land.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first paragraph of section 1 of chapter 61 g. l. (Ter.
of the General Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 461 ^tci.^'a^eided.
of the acts of 1943, is hereby amended by striking out, in
line 4, the word *' twenty-five " and inserting in place thereof
the word : — fifty.

Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter 61 is hereby amended g- l. (Ter.
by striking out the first schedule, as appearing in section 2 etc!. 'amended,
of said chapter 461, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing schedule: —

Schedule. Forest Products Cut from Land Classified.

In the year of classification

In the first year following such year

In the second year following such year

In the third j'ear following such year

In the fourth year following such year

In the fifth year following such year and thereafter

Schedule.

Per Cent.
1
2
3

Section 3. Said chapter 61 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Ter.
adding at the end the following section: — Section 7. One l^y'^added^
engaged exclusively in the business of farming in any of its ^hose en-
aspects shall have the right to take advantage of the provi- eaged ex-
sions of this chapter as respects wild land, and any land so '''"^'^^'^ '°

658 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

farming may Focky, 80 filled with boulders, so hilly and with soil so lack-
ofpro^^sfoni^^^ ing in fertility or in the ability to grow farm crops of any
of chapter. kind, to the extent of having said land valued at five dollars
or less per acre. Approved August 23, 1955.

Chap. 70Q An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, FOR THE MAINTE-
NANCE OF DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITU-
TIONS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIRE-
MENTS, 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 sun-
dry other services, and for certain permanent improvements,
and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth
in section two, for the several purposes and subject to the
conditions specified in said section two, are hereby appro-
priated from the funds designated in said section, subject
to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of
pubhc funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, in this
act referred to as the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six, or
for such period as may be specified.

Section 2.

STATE PURPOSES APPROPRIATIONS.

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE GENERAL FUND,
Service of the Legislature.

Senate.

Item

0101-01 For the compensation of senators, prior ap-
propriation continued .... $191,250 00

0101-02 For the salary of the clerk of the senate . 10,480 00

0101-03 For the salary of the assistant clerk of the

senate 8,380 00

0101-04 For clerical assistance to the clerk of the
senate, including not more than two per-
manent positions ..... 10,980 00

0101-05 For the salary of the chaplain of the senate 1,980 00

0101-06 For personal services of the counsel to the
senate and assistants, including not more
than four permanent positions; provided,
that notwithstanding any provisions of
law to the contrary, the present counsel to
the senate may continue to serve in said
office subject to the will of the senate 33,720 00

0101-07 For clerical and other assistance to the senate
committee on rules, including not more
than seven permanent positions; provided,
that notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, the present clerk of the
senate committee on rules may continue

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

659

Item

to serve in said office subject to the will of
the senate .....

0101-30 For expenses of senators, including travel,
prior appropriation continued .

0101-51 For stationery for the senate, purchased by
and with the approval of the clerk .

0101-52 For expenses of the committee on rules on the
part of the senate .....

0101-53 For expenses of the counsel to the senate

0101-54 For expenses of the senate clerk's office

0101-56 For the expenses of the senate committee on
ways and means, including not more than
one permanent position ....

0101-60 For traveling and such other expenses of the
committees of the senate as may be au-
thorized by order of the senate

Total

$39,860 00

32,500 00

600 00

1,500 00

1,000 00

200 00

11,000 00

2,000 00

$345,460 00

House of Representatives.

0102-01 For the compensation of representatives,
prior appropriation continued .

0102-02 For the salary of the clerk of the house of
representatives .....

0102-03 For the salary of the assistant clerk of the
house of representatives ....

0102-04 For clerical assistance to the clerk of the
house of representatives, including not
more than four permanent positions

0102-05 For the salary of the chaplain of the house
of representatives .....

0102-06 For personal services of the counsel to the
house of representatives and assistants,
including not more than seven permanent
positions ......

0102-07 For clerical and other assistance to the house
committee on rules, including not more
than seven permanent positions

0102-08 For clerical and other assistance to the house
committee on ways and means, including
not more than four permanent positions,
prior appropriation continued .

0102-30 For expenses of representatives, including
travel, prior appropriation continued

0102-51 For stationery for the house of representa-
tives, purchased by and with the approval
of the clerk ......

0102-52 For expenses of the committee on rules on the
part of the house of representatives

0102-53 For expenses of the counsel to the house of
representatives .....

0102-54 For expenses of the clerk's office, house of
representatives .....

0102-56 For expenses of the house committee on ways
and means, prior appropriation continued

0102-60 For traveling and such other expenses of the
committees of the house of representatives
as may be authorized by order of the house
of representatives .....

Total

$1,093,500 00

10,480 00

8,380 00

20,340 00

1,980 00

59,960 00

56,080 00

30,680 00

206,500 00

1,300 00

5,000 00

1,600 00

500 00

7,500 00

2,000 00

$1,605,700 00

660

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Sergeant-at-A mis .
Item

0103-01 . For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms . $7,680 00

0103-02 For clerical and other assistance employed by
the sergeant-at-arms, including not more
than six permanent positions . . . 28,740 00

0103-03 For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the sen-
ate and house of representatives, with the
approval of the sergeant-at-arms, including
not more than two permanent positions . 13,160 00

0103-04 For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers of
the senate and house of representatives and
of general court officers, with the approval
of the sergeant-at-arms, including not more
than thirty-two permanent positions . 155,240 00

0103-05 For compensation of the pages of the senate
and house of representatives, with the ap-
proval of the sergeant-at-arms, including
not more than twenty-three permanent
positions 34,880 00

0103-06 For the salaries of clerks employed in the
legislative document room, including not
more than three permanent positions . 16,620 00

0103-51 For contingent expenses of the senate and
house of representatives and necessary ex-
penses in and about the state house, with
the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, prior
appropriation continued .... 20,800 00

0103-52 For the payment of witness fees to persons
summoned to appear before committees of
the general court, and for expenses inci-
dental to summoning them, with the ap-
proval of the sergeant-at-arms . . 200 00

Total $277,320 00

Legislative Research Council.

0104-01 For expenses of the legislative research coun-
cil . $500 00

0104-02 For personal services and other expenses of
the legislative research bureau, as author-
ized by chapter six hundred and seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four; provided, that the unexpended bal-
ance remaining in item 0104-01 of section
two of chapter six hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four is hereby transferred and made
available for the purposes of this item . 40,500 00

Total $41,000 00

0110-02

0110-04

Other Expenses.

For printing, binding and paper ordered by
the senate and house of representatives, or
by concurrent order of the two branches,
with the approval of the clerks of the re-
spective branches, prior appropriation
continued ......

For expenses in connection with the publica-
tion of the bulletin of committee hearings
and of the daily list, with the approval of

$180,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

661

Item

0110-05
0110-12

0110-30

the joint committee on rules, including not

more than two permanent positions . $38,760 00

For telephone service .... 22,000 00

For the emergency services of a physician,

for medical supplies in the state house and

for expenses including the purchase of

equipment in connection therewith, sub-
ject to the approval of the joint committee

on rules; provided, that section twenty-
one of chapter thirty of the General Laws

shall not apply to the payments made

under this item 4,200 00

For traveling and such other expenses of

joint committees of the general court as

may be authorized by joint order of the

general court 6,000 00

Total $250,960 00

Total, Legislative .... $2,420,430 00

Service of the Judiciary.

Supreme Judicial Court.

0301-01 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the

six associate justices .... $130,500 00
0301-02 For traveling allowances and expenses . 2,700 00
0301-03 For the salary of the clerk for the common-
wealth 10,420 00

0301-04 For clerical assistance to the clerk . 3,490 00

0301-05 For law clerks and clerical assistance for the

justices 50,830 00

0301-06 For office suppHes, services and equipment . 6,000 00

0301-07 For the salaries of the officers and messengers 6,190 00

0301-08 For the commonwealth's part of the salary

of the clerk for the county of Suffolk . 1,500 00

0301-10 For facilities provided by the Social Law

Library 3,500 00

0302-01 For the salary of the reporter of decisions . 10,000 00

0302-02 For the service of the reporter of decisions,
including not more than four permanent
positions 18,475 00

Total $243,605 00

Superior Court.

0305-01 For the salaries of the chief justice and of

the thirty-one justices .... $511,50000

0305-02 For traveling allowances and expenses . 30,000 00

0305-03 For the salary of the assistant clerk and the

probation officer of Suffolk county . . 2,500 00

0305-04 For expenses authorized by section twenty-
eight of chapter two hundred and twelve
of the General Laws . . . . 20,200 00

0305-1 1 For compensation of justices of district courts
while sitting in the superior court, prior
appropriation continued .... 11,000 00

0305-12 For expenses of justices of district courts
while sitting in the superior court, prior
appropriation continued. . . . 1,800 00

Total

$577,000 00

662

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

Judicial Council.

0308-01 For the service of the judicial council

$7,000 00

Administrative Committee of District Courts.

0310-01 For the service of the administrative com-
mittee of district courts ....

$12,000 00

Administrative Committee of Probate and Insolvency Courts.

0320-01 For the compensation of judges of probate

when acting for other judges of probate $5,000 00

0320-02 For expenses of judges of probate when act-
ing for other judges of probate . . 1,500 00

0320-03 For reimbursing officials for premiums paid
for procuring sureties on their bonds, as
provided by law ..... 500 00

0320-04 For expenses of the administrative committee

of probate courts ..... 500 00

Total $7,500 00

Probate and Insolvency Courts.

For the salaries of j udges of probate, regis-
ters of probate, assistant registers and
clerical assistance to registers of the
several counties:

Barnstable:

0321-01 Judge of probate $9,500 00

0321-02 Register 6,000 00

0321-03 Assistant register 4,000 00

0321-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than three permanent positions . 8,990 00

Berkshire:

0322-01 Judge of probate 9,500 00

0322-02 Register 6,500 00

0322-03 Assistant register 4,500 00

0322-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than five permanent positions . 15,380 00

Bristol:

0323-01 Two judges of probate .... 23,000 00

0323-02 Register 8,000 00

0323-03 Two assistant registers .... 10,500 00
0323-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than thirteen permanent positions 41,490 00

Dukes:

0324-01 Judge of probate 4,000 00

0324-02 Register 4,000 00

0324-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than one permanent position . 3,000 00

Essex:

0325-01 Two judges of probate .... 23,000 00

0325-02 Register 8,500 00

0325-03 Three assistant registers . . 16,500 00
0325-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than sixteen permanent positions . 50,040 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

663

Item

0326-01
0326-02
0326-03
0326-04

Franklin:

Judge of probate .....

Register ......

Assistant register .....

Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than two permanent positions

Hampden :
0327-01 Two judges of probate ....

0327-02 Register ......

0327-03 Three assistant registers
0327-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than thirteen permanent positions

Hampshire:

0328-01 Judge of probate

0328-02 Register

0328-03 Assistant register .....
0328-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than two permanent positions

$9,500 00
6,000 00
4,000 00

6,420 00

23,000 00

8,000 00

15,000 00

42,150 00

9,500 00
6,000 00
4,000 00

6,780 00

Middlesex:

0329-01 Three judges of probate .... 40,500 00

0329-02 Register 10,000 00

0329-03 Five assistant registers .... 29,000 00
0329-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than forty permanent positions . 131,340 00

0330-01 Judge of probate 4,000 00

0330-02 Register . . . . . . 4,000 00

0330-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than one permanent position . 2,760 00

Norfolk :

0331-01 Two judges of probate .... 27,000 00

0331-02 Register 8,500 00

0331-03 Three assistant registers . . . 16,500 00
0331-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than fifteen permanent positions . 47,820 00

Plymouth:

0332-01 Judge of probate

0332-02 Register

0332-03 Assistant register .....

0332-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than seven permanent positions .

Suffolk:
0333-01 Three judges of probate ....

0333-02 Register

0333-03 Five assistant registers ....
0333-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than forty-eight permanent posi-
tions ......

Worcester:
0334-01 Two judges of probate ....

0334-02 Register

0334-03 Three assistant registers
0334-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than fifteen permanent positions .

Total

9,500 00
6,500 00
4,500 00

22,040 00

43,500 00
10,000 00
29,000 00

151,655 00

23,000 00

8,500 00

16,500 00

47,640 00

$1,090,505 00

664

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
0340-01

0340-02

0345-01

0350-01
0351-01

0352-01
0354-01
0355-01
0356-01

0357-01

0358-01
0359-01

0365-01

0370-01

0380-01

Land Court.

For the salaries of the judge, associate judges
and the recorder, including not more than
four permanent positions . . . $56,500 00

For the service of the land court, including
not more than thirty-six permanent posi-
tions 211,635 00

Total $268,135 00

Pensions for Certain Retired Justices.

For pensions of retired judges, as authorized
by law $82,000 00

District Attorneys.

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the Suffolk district, including
not more than fifteen permanent positions $103,200 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the northern district, includ-
ing not more than seven permanent posi-
tions 46,400 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the eastern district, including
not more than five permanent positions . 24,880 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the southern district, includ-
ing not more than four permanent positions 23,540 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the middle district, including
not more than five permanent positions . 23,880 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the western district, includ-
ing not more than three permanent posi-
tions 15,580 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistant for the northwestern district, in-
cluding not more than two permanent posi-
tions 9,180 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the Norfolk district, including
not more than four permanent positions 18,000 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the Plymouth district, in-
cluding not more than three permanent
positions . . . . . . 14.500 00

For traveling expenses necessarily incurred
by the district attorneys, except in the
Suffolk district, including expenses in-
curred in previous years . . . 10,000 00

Total $289,160 00

Board of Probation.

For the service of the board, including not
more than forty-eight permanent positions $170,618 00

Board of Bar Examiners.

For the service of the board, including not

more than six permanent positions . . $37,225 00

Total, Judiciary .... $2,784,748 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

665

Item

0401-01
0401-02

0401-03

0401-04

Service of the Executive Department.

Governor.

For the salary of the governor . . . $20,000 00

For the salaries of officers and employees in

the governor's office .... 125,000 00

For postage, printing, office and other con-
tingent expenses, including travel, of the
governor 35,000 00

For maintenance expenses of the governor's
automobile 1,300 00

Total $181,300 00

Lieutenant-Governor.

0402-01 For the salary of the lieutenant-governor . $8,000 00

0402-02 For personal services for the lieutenant-
governor's office ..... 18,060 00

Total $26,060 00

Governor's Council.

0403-01 For the salaries of the eight councilors . $24,000 00
0403-02 For personal services for the council . . 27,050 00

0403-03 For postage, printing, stationery, traveling
and contingent expenses of the governor
and council . . . . . 14,000 00

0403-05 For travel and expenses of the lieutenant-
governor and council from and to their
homes 4,000 00

Total $69,050 00

Extraordinary Expenses.

0405-01 For the cost, not to exceed fifteen thousand
dollars, of entertainment of distinguished
visitors to the commonwealth, provided
that no expenditure shall be allowed for a
party exceeding fifty visitors; for the pay-
ment of extraordinary expenses not other-
wise provided for; and for transfers to
appropriation accounts where the amounts
otherwise available are insufficient, pro-
vided that requests for such transfers shall
be referred to the commission on adminis-
tration and finance which, after investi-
gation, shall submit for the approval of the
governor and council its written recom-
mendation as to the amount of funds re-
quired, with facts pertinent thereto

$100,000 00

Civil Defense Agency.

0406-01 For the service of the civil defense agencj', as
authorized by chapter six hundred and
thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty and chapter five hundred and
twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-one as further amended by chap-
ter four hundred and ninetj'-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-three .

$276,000 00

666

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
0406-10

For the training of air ground observer corps
and an aircraft warning service, and for
expenses related thereto, to be expended
under the direction of the director of civil
defense ......

Total

Total, Executive Department

$16,070 00
$291,070 00
$667,480 00

Service of the Military Division.

Adjutant General.
0420-01 For the salary of the adjutant general . $11,916 00

0420-02 For the office of the adjutant general, includ-
ing not more than thirty-eight permanent
positions 166,244 00

Militia:

0421-01 For allowances to companies and other ad-
ministrative units, to be expended under
the direction of the adjutant general . 188,000 00

0421-02 For officers' uniform allowances, as author-
ized by paragraph (c) of section one hun-
dred and twenty of chapter thirty-three
of the General Laws .... 77,000 00

0421-05 For certain camps of instruction . . . 68,650 00

0421-07 For transportation of officers and non-com-
missioned officers to and from military
meetings and regimental and battalion
drUls . . . 3,000 00

0421-13 For compensation for special and miscel-
laneous duty, including not more than six
permanent positions, and for expenses of
operation of the twenty-sixth division . 34,937 00

0421-14 For compensation for accidents and injuries
sustained in the performance of military
duty 3,500 00

0421-15 To cover certain small claims for damages to
private property arising from military
maneuvers ...... 1,000 00

0421-17 For the military reservation, located in Barn-
stable county, including compensation of
the commissioner ..... 1,020 00

0421-21 For the service of the air national guard, in-
cluding not more than one permanent posi-
tion 8,929 00

Total $564,196 00

State Quartermaster.

0423-01 For the office of the state quartermaster $3,785 00

0423-02 For the operation of armories of the first
class, including not more than eighty-seven
permanent positions .... 606,570 00

Militia:

0424-01 For reimbursement for rent and maintenance

of armories not of the first class . . 27,800 00

0424-02 For the Camp Curtis Guild rifle range, in-
cluding not more than seven permanent
positions 31,320 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 667

Item

0424-05 For certain storage and maintenance facili-
ties, including not more than thirty-one
permanent positions ... $107,560 00

0424-08 For certain national guard aviation facilities,
including not more than five permanent
positions 41,350 00

Total $818,385 00

Armory Commission.

0428-01 For compensation of one member and for

expenses of the armory commission . $200 00

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter
thirty of the General Laws, certain mili-
tary personnel in the military division may
be paid salaries according to military pay
grades, so called.

Total, Military Division . . . $1,382,781 00

Boards and Commissions serving under Governor and Council.

Commission on Administralion and Finance.

0440-31 For personnel appeal boards, as authorized
by chapter four hundred and eighty-five
of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
five $100 00

0440-32 For awards to state employees to be granted
as provided by chapter five hundred and
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three, prior appropriation continued 2,500 00

0441-01 For the office of the commissioner of admin-
istration, including not more than fifteen
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of thirty-seven thousand
and four dollars from the Highway Fund . 123,345 00

0441-03 For telephone service in the state house, prior

appropriation continued .... 126,500 00

0442-01 For the bureau of the comptroller, including
not more than one hundred and seventeen
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of one hundred fifty-eight
thousand three hundred and one dollars
from the Highway Fund . _ ._ . 527,668 00

0443-01 For the bureau of the budget commissioner,
including not more than eleven permanent
positions; provided, that the comptroller
shall transfer to the General Fund the
sum of twenty-two thousand three hundred
and sixty-eight dollars from the Highwav
Fund /. 74.560 00

0444-01 For the bureau of the purchasing agent, in-
cluding not more than seventy-two per-
manent positions: provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of eighty-eight thousand six
hundred and thirty-five dollars from the
Highway Fund 293,450 00

668 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

0444-02 For the purchase of paper used in the execu-
tion of the contracts for state printing,
other than legislative .... $70,000 00

0445-01 For the division of personnel and standard-
ization, including not more than forty-
seven permanent positions; provided, that
the comptroller shall transfer to the Gen-
eral Fund the sum of seventy-four thou-
sand nine hundred and seventy-five dol-
lars from the Highway Fund . . . 243,255 00

0446-01 For the division of building construction, in-
cluding not more than thirty-seven per-
manent positions ..... 221,136 00

0447-01 For the division of hospital costs and finances,
as authorized by chapter six hundred and
thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, including not more than
three permanent positions . . . 15,975 00

Total $1,698,489 00

State Superintendent of Buildings.

0450-01 For the office of the superintendent of build-
ings and for the maintenance of the state
house and the Ford building, including not
more than one hundred and sixty-nine per-
manent positions ..... $781,605 00

0450-02 This item included in item 0450-01.

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

0455-01 For expenses of the New England interstate
water pollution control commission, as
authorized by chapter four hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, and for compensation and
expenses of the commissioners, as pro-
vided by section four of said chapter . $7,820 00

Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
0457-01 For the expenses of the commissioners . $1,825 00

State Library.

0459-01 For the service of the state library, including
not more than thirty-one permanent posi-
tions .'J140,210 00

Art Commission.

0460-01 For expenses of the commission, notwith-
standing the limitation of section nineteen
of chapter six of the General Laws . . $500 00

Ballot Law Commission.

0461-01 For compensation and expenses of the com-
missioners, including not more than three
permanent positions .... $3,085 00

Massachusetts Commission on Discrimination.

0462-01 For the service of the Massachusetts com-
mission on discrimination, including not
more than fourteen permanent positions . $72,642 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

669

Item
0464-01

Outdoor Advertising Authority.

For the service of the outdoor advertising
authority, including not more than ten
permanent positions ....

Council for the Aging.
0465-01 For expenses of the council for the aging

0466-01

0467-01

0470-01

0471-01

0473-01

0474-01

0490-01

0490-02

0492-01

Mount Greylock Reservation Commission.

For the maintenance of the Mount Greylock
war memorial .....

Old State House.

For the contribution of the commonwealth
toward the maintenance of the old pro-
vincial state house ....

Weather Amendment Board.

For the expenses of the board, as authorized
by chapter five hundred and eleven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one

Contributory Retirement Appeal Board.

For the service of the contributory retire-
ment appeal board ....

S45,730 00
$11,740 00

$1,527 00
$1,500 00

$100 00
$200 00

Rent Control Agency.

For the administration of a program of rent
control, as authorized by chapter four hun-
dred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-three as continued by
chapter two hundred and twenty-five of
the acts of the current year, prior appro-
priation continued .... $5,000 00

Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission.

For expenses of the commission and for reim-
bursement for loss of taxes, as authorized
by chapter six hundred and ninetj^-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one

Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.

For the compensation and expenses of mem-
bers of the Massachusetts aeronautics com-
mission, including not more than five per-
manent positions .....

For the service of the Massachusetts aero-
nautics commission, including not more
than nine permanent positions

Total

State Airport Management Board.

For the service of the state airport manage-
ment board, as authorized by chapter six
hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, including
not more than eight permanent positions

$10,828 00

$6,800 00

58,585 00
$65,385 00

$45,299 00

670

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Itwn
0493-01

0494-01

For the operation of the Logan airport, in-
cluding not more than one hundred and
twenty permanent positions . $770,000 00

For the operation of the Hanscom field, in-
cluding not more than eight permanent
positions 49,120 00

Total $864,419 00

Total, Boards and Commissions serving

under Governor and Council . . $3,712,605 00

Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

0501-01 For the salary of the secretary .

0501-02 For the office of the secretary, including not
more than seventy-six permanent positions

0501-10 For the expenses of the decennial census,
prior appropriation continued .

0502-01 For the purchase of certain supplies, equip-
ment and repairs necessary in connection
with the reproduction of the manuscript
collection designated "Massachusetts Ar-
chives", and for the furnishing of photo-
static copies of corporation papers, election
papers and acts and resolves .

0502-02 For the purchase and distribution of copies of
certain journals of the house of representa-
tives of Massachusetts Bay from seventeen
hundred and fifteen to seventeen hundred
and eighty, inclusive, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and thirteen of the
acta of nineteen hundred and twenty, as
amended ......

Total

$9,000 00

350,425 00

10,390 00

7,050 00

2,250 00

$379,115 00

Printing Laws, etc.:

0503-01 For printing and distributing the pamphlet
edition and for printing and binding the
blue book edition of the acts and resolves
of the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six,
prior appropriation continued . . . S30,350 00

0503-02 For the printing of reports of decisions of the
supreme judicial court, prior appropriation
continued 13,400 00

0503-03 For printing and binding public documents,

prior appropriation continued . . . 7,475 00

Total $60,225 00

Matters Relating to Elections:

0504-01 For preparing, printing and distril^uting bal-
lots, and other miscellaneous expenses for
primarj- and other elections, including not
more than five permanent positions, prior
appropriation continued ....

$339,913 00

Medical Examiners:
0505-01 For medical examiners' fees

$1,500 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

671

Commisaion on InterttaU Co-operation
Item

0506-01 For the service of the commission, inchiding

not more than two permanent positions . $30,025 00

Total, Department of the Secretary of

the Commonwealth .... $810,778 00

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.

0601-01 For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-
general " $9,000 00

0601-02 For the office of the treasurer and receiver-
general, including not more than fifty-eight
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of one hundred five thousand
six hundred and seventy-nine dollars from
the Highway Fund ....

Total

Commissioners on Firemen's Relief.

0602-01 For expenses of administration and for rehef
disbursed by the commissioners on fire-
men's relief ......

State Board of Retirement.

0604-01 For the administrative office of the board,
including not more than twenty perma-
nent positions, prior appropriation con-
tinued .......

0604-03 For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the state emploj^ees' re-
tirement system, as provided by chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws, prior ap-
propriation continued; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of four hundred and ninety-
five thousand dollars from the Highway
Fund; and, provided further, that the
amounts of reimbursements received from
the metropolitan district commission, in
accordance with the provisions of section
nine A of chapter twenty-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, and from the federal govern-
ment on account of the retirement of em-
ployees of the division of employment se-
curity are to be in addition to this item
and to be available for expenditure without
further appropriation ....

Total

Emergency Finance Board.

0605-01 For administrative expenses of the board,
including not more than one permanent
position ......

Total, Department of the Treasurer and
Receiver-General ....

352,261 00
$361,261 00

$15,250 00

$74,240 00

3,300,000 00
$3,374,240 00

$20,350 00

$3,771,101 00

672

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

0701-01
0701-02

0701-23
0701-24

Service of the Auditor of the Commonwealth.

For the salary of the auditor . . $9,000 00

For the office of the auditor, including not
more than forty permanent positions; pro-
vided, that the comptroller shall transfer
to the General Fund the sum of seventy-
two thousand seven hundred and thirty-five
dollars from the Highway Fund . . 243,115 00

For an audit of the accounts of the Metro-
politan Transit Authority . . . 24,610 00

For the expense of an audit of the books of
the New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's
Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Au-
thority, to be reimbursed by said authority
as provided by law .... 4,206 00

Total, Department of the Auditor . $280,930 00

Service of the Department of the Attorney General.

0801-01 For the salary of the attorney general . $12,000 00

0801-02 For the office of the attorney general, includ-
ing not more than forty-one permanent
positions 288,150 00

0802-01 For the settlement of certain claims, as pro-
vided by law, on account of damages by
cars owned by the commonwealth and op-
erated by state employees; provided, that
the comptroller shall transfer to the Gen-
eral Fund from the appropriate funds sums
equal to the payments made under this
item for claims against agencies whose ap-
propriations are derived from other funds 35,000 00

0802-02 For the settlement of certain small claims,
as authorized by section three A of chapter
twelve of the General Laws . . . 15,000 00

Total, Department of the Attorney Gen-
eral $350,150 00

0901-01
0901-02

0901-11
0901-21

0901-22

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

For the salary of the commissioner . . $9,000 00

For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than thirty-two permanent posi-
tions 173,239 00

For expenses of the board of agriculture . 600 00

For apiary inspection, including not more
than one permanent position, and for the
reimbursement of owners of diseased bees
as provided in section thirty-four of chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-eight of the
General Laws 7,915 00

For a program of soil conservation, as au-
thorized by chapter five hundred and
thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-five, as amended . . . 1,685 00

0905-01

Total $192,439 00

Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry.

For the service of the division, including not

more than five permanent positions . $27,195 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

673

Item
0905-03

0906-01

0907-01

0907-06

0907-07

0908-01

0909-01

0910-01
0910-21

For administering the law relative to inspec-
tion of barns and dairies bj^ the department
of agriculture, including not more than fif-
teen permanent positions

Total

Milk Control Commission.

For the service of the commission, including
not more than thirty-four permanent posi-
tions .......

Division of Livestock Disease Control.

For the office of the director^ including not
more than twenty-six permanent positions
and not more than fifty permanent inter-
mittent positions . . . .

For reimbursement of owners of horses killed
during the year nineteen hundred and fifty-
six and previous years, travel, when al-
lowed, of inspectors of animals, incidental
expenses of killing and burial, quarantine
and emergency services, and for laboratory
and veterinary supplies and equipment

For reimbursement of owners of tubercular
cattle killed, as authorized by section
twelve A of chapter one hundred and
twenty-nine of the General Laws and in
accordance with certain provisions of law
and agreements made under authority of
section thirty-three of said chapter one
hundred and twenty-nine, prior appro-
priation continued

Total

Division of Markets.

For the service of the division, including not
more than nine permanent positions

Division of Plant Pest Control and Fairs.

For the service of the division, including not
more than four permanent positions

State Reclamation Board.

For the service of the board, including not
more than four permanent positions

For the control of the greenhead fly, as au-
thorized by chapter three hundred and
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four . . . ^ .

Total

Total, Department of Agriculture

$81,116 GO
$108,311 00

$169,463 00

$224,130 00

10,600 00

$234,730 00

$68,520 00

$32,360 00

$16,070 00

2,500 00

$18,570 00

$824,393 00

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

1001-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $10,000 00

1001-02 For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than twenty-five permanent
positions 119,525 00

674

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
1001-04

For the expenses of the natiiral resources
board $1,400 00

Total $130,925 00

Division of Forests and Parks.

1002-01 For the office of the director, including not

more than five permanent positions . $23,050 00

1002-12 For the service of the state fire warden, in-
cluding not more than twenty-two perma-
nent positions, and for expenses of the
Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Com-
mission, as authorized by chapter four
hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-nine, and for com-
pensation of commissioners, as provided
by section four of said chapter . 336,155 00

1002-14 For the expenses of forest fire patrol, as
authorized by section twenty-eight A of
chapter forty-eight of the General Laws . 46,270 00

1002-21 For the development of forests, including not
more than thirty-eight permanent posi-
tions . . ■ 205,400 00

1002-26 For certain farm forestry projects in co-
operation with the United States Forest
Service and the county of Berkshire, in-
cluding not more than one permanent
position; provided, that no expenditure
shall be made under this item until the
county of Berkshire shall have deposited
the sum of one thousand five hundred and
fourteen dollars in the state treasury for
this project ...... 6,055 00

1002-27 For certain farm forestry projects in co-
operation with the United States Forest
Service and the county of Essex, including
not more than one permanent position;
provided, that no expenditure shall be
made under this item until the county of
Essex shall have deposited the sum of one
thousand five hundred and twenty-six
dollars in the state treasury for this proj-
ect 6,105 00

1002-31 For the suppression of insect pests and shade
tree diseases, including gypsy and brown
tail moths and Japanese beetles under any
general or special law, and including not
more than fifteen permanent positions;
provided, that notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section two of chapter twenty-nine
of the General Laws as amended, assess-
ments received from cities and towns in the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-five
and thereafter representing their portion
of the cost of gypsy moth program estab-
lished under chapter one hundred and
forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four as amended shall be applied
to the amortization of the authorization of
notes under section four of said chapter
one hundred and forty-eight as amended,
provided, however, that when this has been
accomplished, said assessments shall be
credited to tne General Fund; and, pro-

Item

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 675

vided further, that from the beginning of
the aforesaid program to its completion all
charges shall be apportioned equally be-
tween item 1002-31 and sums made avail-
able by section two of chapter one hundred
and forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, prior appropriation
continued $152,855 00

Total $775,890 00

Division of Law Enforcement.

1003-01 For the office of the director, including not

more than five permanent positions . $20,610 00

1003-02 For the administration and enforcement of
laws relative to shellfish and other marine
fisheries, and for regulating the sale and
cold storage of fresh food fish, including
not more than twenty-seven permanent
positions . . . . . . 149,195 00

1003-03 For conservation officers, including not more
than thirty-nine permanent positions; pro-
vided, that the comptroller shall transfer
to the General Fund a sum equal to fifty
per cent of the payments made under this
item from the Inland Fisheries and Game
Fund, as provided by section three A of
chapter one hundred and thirtv-one of the
General Laws . . '. . . 189,435 00

Total $359,240 00

Division of Marine Fisheries.

1004-70 For the service of the office of the director,
including not more than fifteen permanent
positions, and for the administration of the
activities provided for under item 2610-04 $84,200 00

1004-93 For experimental work with and consultant
services of the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute for the purpose of increasing the
supply of shellfish in the commonwealth . 20,000 00

Total $104,200 00

Total, Department of Natural Resources $1,370,255 00

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Division of Banks.

1101-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $12,000 00

1101-02 For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than one hundred and fifty-eight
permanent positions .... 834,110 00

1102-01 For the office of the supervisor of loan agen-
cies, including not more than nine perma-
nent positions ..... 43,760 00

Total $889,870 00

676 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Division of Insurance.
Item

1103-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $12,000 00
1103-02 For the service of the division, including ex-
penses of the board of appeal and certain
other costs of supervising motor vehicle
liability insurance, and including not more
than two hundred and thirty-nine perma-
nent positions; provided, that contracts or
orders for the purchase of statement blanks
for the making of annual reports to the
commissioner of insurance shall not be sub-
ject to the restrictions prescribed by sec-
tion one of chapter five of the General
Laws; and, provided further, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of two hundred twenty-three
thousand and forty-seven dollars from the
Highway Fund 1,115,235 00

Total $1,127,235 00

Division of Savings Bank Life Insurance.

1105-01 For the service of the division, including not

more than thirty permanent positions . $130,647 00

Total, Department of Banking and In-
surance $2,147,752 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

1201-01 For the salary of the commissioner and asso-
ciate commissioners .... $43,000 00

1201-02 For personal services of the department ex-
cept as otherwise provided, including not
more than six hundred and sixty-six per-
manent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of one hundred and thirty-
four thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one dollars from the Highway Fund, the
sum of one hundred and thirty-four thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars
from amounts collected under chapter
sixty-four B of the General Laws and the
sum of one million six hundred and ninety-
four thousand dollars from the receipts of
the income tax 2,697,620 00

1201-03 For expenses of the department except as
otherwise provided for; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of twenty-five thousand
eight hundred and seventy dollars from
the Highway Fund, and the sum of
twenty-eight hundred and forty dollars
from amoimts collected under chapter
sixty-four B of the General Laws . . 178,565 00

1202-02 For expenses of the income tax division; pro-
vided, that a sum equivalent to the pay-
ments under this item shall be transferred
to the General Fund from receipts of the
income tax ...... 581,765 00

Total $3,500,950 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

677

Item
1203-01

1203-11

1203-12

1203-21

Division of Accounts.

For the service of the division, including not
more than one hundred and twenty-two
permanent positions, partly chargeable to
item 1203-11 . . . . . $611,105 00

For expenses of auditing and installing sys-
tems of municipal accounts, the cost of
which is to be assessed upon the munici-
palities for which the work is done . . 63,000 00

For the expenses of certain books, forms and
other material which may be sold to cities
and towns requiring the same for maintain-
ing their system of accoimts . . 45,000 00

For the service of the county personnel board,
including not more than six permanent
positions 16,935 00

Total $736,040 00

Appellate Tax Board.

1204-01 For the service of the board, including not
more than twenty-nine permanent posi-
tions .......

Total, Department of Corporations and
Taxation .....

$180,154 00

$4,417,144 00

-10

Service of the Department of Education.

For the salary of the commissioner . . $11,000 00

For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than sixty-six permanent posi-
tions 362,540 00

For extension courses in the methods used in
the art of teaching and related subjects, to
be conducted by the division of teachers
colleges, for graduates of teachers colleges
or for such students or graduates of other
colleges as may be approved by the state
board of education; provided, that such
courses may be furnished free of charge to
veterans, as authorized in sections seven
and seven A of chapter sixty-nine of the
General Laws; and, provided further, that
the division may, in addition to the sums
appropriated for the purpose in this item,
expend from the receipts, without appro-
priation, income derived from such courses
as may be conducted at no net expense to
the commonwealth to an amount not ex-
ceeding one hundred and twenty-five thou-
sand dollars with the approval of the state
board of education ... 10,000 00

For printing school registers and other school
blanks for cities and towns . . . 4,900 00

For expenses of holding teachers' institutes . 905 00

For aid to certain pupils in state teachers'
colleges, under the direction of the depart-
ment of education ..... 4,000 00

For the service of the state building on New-
bury Street, Boston, including not more
than four permanent positions . 29,830 00

678

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
1301-20

1301-21

1301-23

1301-25

1301-29
1302-01

For the Board of Education, including not
more than two permanent positions . . $9,965 00

For the service of the Massachusetts Re-
habilitation Commission, including not
more than six permanent positions . . 12,730 00

For printing guides for school curricula, prior

appropriation continued .... 10,350 00

For expenses of the board of collegiate au-
thority 400 00

For a program of sight saving classes . . 1,250 00

For a summer school to be conducted at
Hyannis or elsewhere, with the approval of
the commissioner of education . , 7,800 00

Total $465,670 00

School Lunch and Commodity Distribution Program.

1305-01 For the administration of the program, in-
cluding not more than twenty-two perma-
nent positions ..... $98,515 00

1305-05 For partial assistance in the furnishing of
lunches to school children, as authorized
by chapter five hundred and thirty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
one; provided, that notwithstanding any
provisions of law to the contrary, pay-
ments so authorized to be paid from state
funds shall not exceed fifty per cent of the
total reimbursement authorized by the
national school lunch act; and, further
provided, that a sum equivalent to the
payments under this item shall be trans-
ferred to the General Fund from the re-
ceipts of the income tax ....

Total

283,150 00
$381,665 00

Division of Vocational Education.

1307-01 For the training of teachers for vocational
schools, to comply with the requirement of
federal authorities under the provisions of
the Smith-Hughes act, so called, including
not more than thirty-one permanent posi-
tions .......

1307-02 For expenses required for the operation of an
agency for surplus property

Total

$103,156 00

18,820 00

$121,976 00

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

1309-01 For the expenses of the division of vocational
rehabilitation, prior appropriation con-
tinued .......

$257,000 00

Education of Deaf and Blind Pupils.

1311-01 For education of deaf and blind pupils of the
commonwealth, as provided by section
twenty-six of chapter sixty-nine of the
General Laws, prior appropriation con-
tinued .......

$924,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

679

Dwision of Univeraily Extension.

For the university extension courses, includ-
ing not more than forty permanent posi-
tions; provided, that the division may, in
addition to the sums appropriated for the
purpose in this item, expend from the re-
ceipts, without appropriation, income de-
rived from such courses as may be con-
ducted at no net expense to the common-
wealth to an amount not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars with the ap-
proval of the state board of education

$277,435 00

Division of Immigration and Americanization.

For the service of the division, including not
more than nineteen permanent positions .

$87,970 00

Division of Public Libraries.

For the service of the division, including not
more than twenty-five permanent positions

$115,490 00

Division of the Blind.

For general administration and for instruc-
tion of the adult blind in their homes, in-
cluding not more than sixty-five perma-
nent positions $263,895 00

For aiding the adult blind, subject to the
conditions provided by law, including the
cost of certain medical assistance and sup-
plies, prior appropriation continued . . 1,280,000 00

For expenses of administering and operating
the service of piano tuning under section
twenty-five of chapter sixty-nine of the
General Laws ... 22,500 00

For the operation of local shops, including

not more than eleven permanent positions 169,525 00

For the operation of the Woolson House in-
dustries, including not more than three
permanent positions .... 96,690 00

For the operation of the salesroom and other
expenses in connection with the sale of ma-
terials made by blind persons, including
not more than four permanent positions . 38,410 00

For the operation of certain industries for
men, including not more than seven perma-
nent positions . . . . 361,470 00

For the operation of a workshop for the blind
in the city of Springfield, as authorized by
chapter six hundred and sixty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in-
cluding not more than two permanent posi-
tions 52,120 00

For the promotion of vocational rehabilita-
tion of the blind in co-operation with the
federal government .... 30,000 00

Total $2,314,610 00

680

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
1319-01

1319-08

Teachers' Retirement Board.

For the service of the board, including not

more than thirty permanent positions . $114,721 00
For the payment of the commonwealth's

share in financing the teachers' retirement

system, as provided by chapter thirty-two

of the General Laws as amended, prior

appropriation continued .... 7,300,000 00

Total $7,414,721 00

Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

1327-01 For administration, including not more than

two permanent positions . . . $10,605 00

1327-10 For maintenance of the academy and ship,
including not more than forty-nine per-
manent positions, with the approval of the
commissioner of education . , . 349,845 00

Total $360,450 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following state teachers'
colleges, and the boarding halls attached
thereto, with the approval of the commis-
sioner of education:

1330-01 State teachers' college at Bridgewater, includ-
ing not more than eighty-two permanent
positions $472,040 00

1330-21 State teachers' college at Bridgewater, board-
ing hall, including not more than thirty-
seven permanent positions . . . 177,945 00

1331-01 State teachers' college at Fitchburg, including

not more than eighty permanent positions 430,929 00

1331-21 State teachers' college at Fitchburg, board-
ing hall, including not more than eleven
permanent positions .... 95,610 00

1332-01 State teachers' college at Framingham, in-
cluding not more than eighty-one perma-
nent positions ..... 364,935 00

1332-21 State teachers' college at Framingham,
boarding hall, including not more than
thirty permanent positions . . . 148,895 00

1333-01 State teachers' college at Lowell, including

not more than fifty-six permanent positions 249,270 00

1334-01 State teachers' college at North Adams, in-
cluding not more than thirty-six perma-
nent positions 152,070 00

1334-21 State teachers' college at North Adams,
boarding hall, including not more than five
permanent positions .... 26,360 00

1335-01 State teachers' college at Salem, including not

more than sixty-one permanent positions 293,737 00

1336-01 State teachers' college at Westfield, includ-
ing not more than thirty-nine permanent
positions 163,030 00

1336-21 State teachers' college at Westfield, boarding
hall, including not more than two perma-
nent positions ..... 7,290 00

1337-01 State teachers' college at Worcester, includ-
ing not more than fifty-four permanent
positions 240,095 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

681

Item
1338-01

1339-01

1340-01

1342-01

State teachers* college at Boston, including

not more than sevent3'-two permanent

positions . . ... . $408,987 00

Massachusetts school of art, including not

more than forty permanent positions . 225,816 00

Total $3,457,009 GO

For the maintenance of and for certain iin-
provements at the following institutes, with
the approval of the comynissioner of edu-
cation and the trustees thereof:

Bradford Durfee technical institute, includ-
ing not more than thirty-five permanent
positions, and including the sum of ten
thousand dollars which is to be assessed
upon the city of Fall River as a part of the
charges to be paid by said city to the com-
monwealth in the calendar year nineteen
hundred and fifty-five . . . . $224,170 00

New Bedford institute of textiles and tech-
nology, including not more than thirty-six
permanent positions, and including the sum
of ten thousand dollars which is to be as-
sessed upon the city of New Bedford as a
part of the charges to be paid by said city
to the commonwealth in the calendar year
nineteen hundred and fifty-five . . 228,185 00

Total $452,355 00

Lowell Technological Institute of Massachusetts.

1345-01 For the maintenance of the Lowell Tech-
nological Institute of Massachusetts, with
the approval of the trustees, including not
more than one hundred and thirty-four
permanent positions, and including the
sum of ten thousand dollars which is to be
assessed upon the city of Lowell as a part
of the charges to be paid by said city to the
commonwealth in the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five; provided, that
said institute is hereby authorized to con-
duct a summer school at no expense to the
commonwealth, and for said purpose the
institute may receive and expend income
derived therefrom ..... $908,660 00

1345-42 For certain scholarships at the Lowell Tech-
nological Institute of Massachusetts, as au-
thorized by chapter four hundred and
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three 7,500 00

Total

$916,160 00

University of Massachusetts.

1350-01 For the maintenance of the University of
Massachusetts, with the approval of the
trustees, including not more than nine
hundred and sixty permanent positions;
provided, that notwithstanding the limi-

682 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

It«m

tation of section four of chapter seven
hundred and fifteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-one and chapter four
hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fiifty-four, authorization is
hereby granted to allow payment from this
account of the increase provided under said
chapter seven hundred and fifteen to all
employees at the University of Massachu-
setts classified under sections forty-five to
fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty of the
General Laws, as amended; and, pro-
vided further, that notwithstanding any
other provision of law to the contrary,
there shall be included a paj^ment of two
himdred and seventy-five dollars for a cer-
tain prior-year salary earned but not paid $6,250,609 00

1350-21 For expenses in connection with research
projects for which the commonwealth will
be fully reimbursed by the federal govern-
ment, with the approval of the commission
on administration and finance, prior appro-
priation continued .... 50,000 00

1350-22 This item included in item 1360-01.

1350-25 For certain additional improvements to farm
and dairy buildings, including furnishings
and equipment, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 7613-11 of
chapter six hundred and four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-two, prior ap-
propriation continued.

1350-96 For certain scholarships at the University of
Massachusetts, as authorized by chapter
five hundred and twenty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-one . . 25,000 00

Total $6,325,609 00

Youth Service Board.

1380-01 For administration of the youth service
board, as authorized by chapter six hun-
dred and five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-two, including not more
than sixty-eight permanent positions . $556,760 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the institutions under the
control of the youth service board, with the
approval of said board; provided, however,
that the governor, upon the recommenda-
tion of the commission on administration
and finance and with the approval of the
council, may make allocations of sums by
transfer, or otherwise, and may transfer
permanent positions from the appropria-
tions made available to the Lyman school
for boys, item 1S8S-01, to the appropria-
tion item available for the detention center,
item IS8/1-OI:

1381-01 Industrial school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and ten permanent posi-
tions $539,380 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

683

Item

1382-01 Industrial school for girls, including not more
than fifty-seven permanent positions

138.3-01 Lyman school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and forty-three perma-
nent positions .....

1384-01 For the operation of a detention center, in-
cluding not more than eight permanent
positions ......

1385-01 For the operation of the institute of juvenile
guidance, including not more than forty-
eight permanent positions

Total

Total, Youth Service Board

$333,795 00

738,210 00

154,810 00

227,335 00
$1,993,630 00
$2,550,290 00

Board of Educational Television.
1391-01 This item postponed.

School Building Assistance Commission.

1393-01 For the school building assistance commis-
sion .......

Total, Department of Education .

$65,750 00
$26,488,160 00

Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Division of Civil Service.

1402-01 For the salary of the director and for the com-
pensation of members of the commission . $33,400 00

1402-02 For the service of the division, including not
more than two hundred and thirteen per-
manent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of one hundred and twenty-
four thousand dollars from the Highway
Fund 820,658 00

1402-21 For expenses of hearings, as authorized by
section one of chapter six hundred and
sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-five 5,000 00

Total $859,058 00

Division of Registration.

1403-01 For the salary of the director . . $5,000 00

1403-02 For the service of the division, including not

more than forty-four permanent positions 229,024 00

Total $234,024 00

1404-01

For the service of the folloxtnng agencies in
the division:

Board of registration in medicine, including
not more than seven permanent positions

$8,060 00

684

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

1405-01 Board of dental examiners, including not

more than five permanent positions . . $4,800 00

1406-01 Board of registration in chiropody, including

not more than five permanent positions 2,800 00

1407-01 Board of registration in pharmacy, including

not more than nine permanent positions . 26,390 00

1408-01 Board of registration of nurses, including not

more than ten permanent positions . 4,300 00

1409-01 Board of registration in embalming and fu-
neral directing, including not more than
five permanent positions . . . 11,100 00

1410-01 Board of registration in optometry, including

not more than five permanent positions . 2,250 00

1411-01 Board of registration in veterinary medicine,
including not more than five permanent
positions . . . . . . 2,345 00

1412-01 Board of registration of professional engineers

and land surveyors .... 4,010 00

1413-01 Board of registration of architects, including

not more than five permanent positions . 3,160 00

1414-01 Board of registration of certified public ac-
countants, including not more than five
permanent positions . . . . 15,030 00

1416-01 State examiners of electricians, including not

more than two permanent positions . 8,000 00

1417-01 State examiners of plumbers, including not

more than three permanent positions . 6,250 00

1420-01 Board of registration of barbers, including not

more than eight permanent positions . 36,860 00

1421-01 Board of registration of hairdressers, includ-
ing not more than seventeen permanent
positions 71,405 00

Total $206,760 00

Total, Department of Civil Service and

Registration $1,299,842 00

Service of the Department of Commerce.

1551-01 For the service of the department, including
not more than twenty-eight permanent
positions ......

1551-10 For the commonwealth's share of the expenses
of the New England textile committee

1551-11 For the commonwealth's share of the ex-
penses of the New England regional atomic
energy committee .....

Total, Department of Commerce

$551,049 00
10,920 00

2,500 00
$564,469 00

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

1601-01 For general administration and for the divi-
sion of employment of the aging, as author-
ized by chapter five hundred and seventy-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, including not more than thirteen
permanent positions .... $81,520 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 685

Item

1603-01 For the diviaion of industrial inspection, in-
cluding not more than sixtv-seven perma-
nent positions . . " . . . $340,910 00

1605-01 For the division of occupational hygiene, in-
cluding not more than fourteen permanent
positions 72,000 00

1607-01 For the division of statistics, including not

more than thirty-four permanent positions 138,790 00

1609-01 For administration of the division on neces-
saries of life, including not more than five
permanent positions .... 23,800 00

1609-05 For administration, by said division, of sec-
tions two hundred and ninety-five A to two
hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, of
chapter ninety-four of the General Laws,
relating to the advertising and sale of motor
fuel at retail, including not more than
twelve permanent positions . . . 61,760 00

161 1-01 For the board of conciliation and arbitration,
including not more than sixteen permanent
positions 96,200 00

1613-01 For the commission on minimum wage and
for expenses of wage boards, including not
more than thirty-four permanent positions 144,035 00

1615-01 For the division of standards, including not

more than fifteen permanent positions . 79,405 00

Total $1,038,420 00

Labor Relations Commission.

1619-01 For the service of the commission, including
not more than nineteen permanent posi-
tions $100,143 00

Division of Industrial Accidents.

1651-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than nine per-
manent positions $73,000 00

1651-02 For the service of the board, including not
more than one hundred and forty-five per-
manent positions; provided, that not-
withstanding the provisions of chapter six
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-two, the board shall
provide such clerical service from time to
time as may be required by the Massachu-
setts rehabilitation commission . 652,585 00

1651-05 For expenses of impartial examinations, prior

appropriation continued .... 21,500 00

1651-06 For the compensation of certain public em-
ployees for injuries sustained in the course
of their employment, as provided by sec-
tion sixty-nine of chapter one hundred and
fifty-two of the General Laws, prior ap-
propriation continued; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of one hundred and seventy-
five thousand dollars from the Highway
Fund 500,000 GO

Total $1,247,085 00

686

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
1651-21

Division of Self-Insurance.

For the service of the division, including not
more than six permanent positions, as au-
thorized by chapter sixty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five

Total, Department of Labor and Indus-
tries ......

S29,430 00

$2,415,078 00

Service of the Department of Mental Health.

1701-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $15,000 00
1701-02 For administration, including the division of
mental hygiene, and including not more
than one hundred and ninety-one perma-
nent positions, and for the transportation
and medical examinations of patients and
certain feeble-minded persons; provided,
that the position of supervisor of laundry
service shall not be subject to the civil
service laws and rules .... 1,582,377 00
1701-03 For therapy treatment of sexual offenders
including those now incarcerated in insti-
tutions of the department of correction or
youth service board and for outpatient
service connected therewith . . . 49,860 00

Total $1,647,237 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions
under the control of the department of
mental health:

1710-00 Boston psychopathic hospital, including not
more than one hundred and ninety-four
permanent positions .... $992,590 00

1711-00 Boston state hospital, including not more
than seven hundred and seventy-six per-
manent positions ..... 4,033,865 00

1712-00 Danvers state hospital, including not more
than six hundred and fifty-five permanent
positions 3,283,580 00

1713-00 Foxborough state hospital, including not
more than four hundred and fifteen per-
manent positions ..... 1,921,900 00

1714-00 Gardner state hospital, including not more
than four hundred and twenty-two per-
manent positions ..... 2,022,135 00

1715-00 Grafton state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and thirty-seven perma-
nent positions 2,417,285 00

1716-00 Medfield state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and twenty-eight per-
manent positions ..... 2,295,015 00

1716-21 For certain additions and alterations to the
kitchen, including the cost of furnishings
and equipment, prior appropriation con-
tinued 17,000 00

1717-00 Metropolitan state hospital, including not
more than five hundred and seventy per-
manent positions 2,508,883^00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

687

Item
1718-00

1719-00

1720-

-00

1721-00

1722-

-00

1722-

-25

1723-

-00

1723-

-23

1724-00
1725-00
1726-00
1727-00

Northampton state hospital, mcluding not
more than five hundred and thirty perma-
nent positions $2,621,956 00

Taunton state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and twenty-nine perma-
nent positions; provided, that notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the
contrary, there shall be included a pay-
ment of two hundred and fifty-two dollars
and forty-one cents for a certain prior-j'^ear
salary earned but not paid . . . 2,525,590 00

Westborough state hospital, including not
more than six hundred and thirty-seven
permanent positions .... 2,875,827 00

Worcester state hospital, including not more
than six hundred and eighty-three perma-
nent positions . . . . 3,119,415 00

Monson state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and six permanent posi-
tions _. . 2,345,065 00

For fire protection improvements in the
women's hospital, men's hospital and
women's cottage, prior appropriation con-
tinued 8,000 00

Belchertown state school, including not more
than three hundred and eighty-two perma-
nent positions 1,885,970 00

For the renovation of the milk processing
system, including the purchase and instal-
lation of cooling equipment and certain
alterations to the boiler plant, prior ap-
propriation continued, expires June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . 10,000 00

Walter E. Femald state school, including not
more than seven hundred and fifty-nine
permanent positions .... 3,274,518 00

Wrentham state school, including not more
than five hundred and fourteen permanent
positions 2,519,135 00

Myles Standish state school, including not
more than five hundred and two perma-
nent positions 2,297,505 00

Gushing hospital, for the purpose of caring
for elderly persons, as authorized by chap-
ter four hundred and sixty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fiftj'^-four . 1,014,580 00

Total $43,989,814 00

Total, Department of Mental Health . $45,637,051 00

Service of the Department of Correction.

1801-01 For the salary of the commissioner $8,000 00

1801-02 For administration, including not more than
forty-three permanent positions ; provided,
that the persons employed under the divi-
sion of classification of prisoners shall not
be subject to the civil service laws and
rules 212,205 00

688

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

1801-21

1802-01

Non-Contributory Pensions:

For the compensation of certain prison of-
ficers and instructors formerly in the serv-
ice of the commonwealth, now retired, prior
appropriation continued . . . $22,500 00

For the operation of prison camps, as author-
ized by chapter seven hundred and fifty-
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, including not more than twenty-
four permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
1801-05 of section two of chapter four hun-
dred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four . . . . 94,175 00

Total $336,880 00

Parole Board.

1805-01 For the service of the board, including not

more than forty permanent positions . $213,040 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions
under the control of the department of cor-
rection:

1810-01 State farm, including not more than four
hundred and nineteen permanent posi-
tions $2,299,970 00

1812-01 State prison, including not more than one
hundred and eighty-nine permanent posi-
tions . . ... . 1,275,020 00

1814-01 Massachusetts reformatory, including not
more than two hundred and twenty perma-
nent positions 1,228,775 00

1816-01 Reformatory for women, including not more
than one hundred and thirty-eight perma-
nent positions ..... 709,415 00

1818-01 State prison colony, including not more than
two hundred and thirty-seven permanent
positions 1,337,770 00

Total $6,850,950 00

Total, Department of Correction . . $7,400,870 00

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

1901-01 For the salary of the commissioner
1901-03 For administration of the program of old age
assistance provided by chapter one hundred
and eighteen A of the General Laws, and
for the office of the commissioner and ex-
penses of the department of public welfare,
including not more than five hundred and
forty-seven permanent positions; pro-
vided, that the comptroller shall transfer
to the General Fund the sum of seven hun-
dred and twentj'^-three thousand two hun-
dred and twenty-one dollars from the Old
Age Assistance Fund; and, further pro-

$10,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

689

Item

1901-04

vided, that any revenue resulting from
the administration of old age assistance
shall be credited to the Old Age Assistance

Fund $2,410,735 00

For administrative cost of a program for total
and permanent disability assistance and
for payments made in accordance with sec-
tion three of chapter one himdred and
eighteen D of the General Laws . . 90,000 00

Total $2,510,735 00

Division of Child Guardianship.

1906-04 For the care and maintenance of children
under the jurisdiction of the division of
child guardianship, prior appropriation
continued ......

$3,092,500 00

Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary.

1919-00 For the maintenance of the Tewksbury state
hospital and infirmary, including not more
than seven hundred and seven permanent
positions ......

$3,091,910 00

Total, Department of Public Welfare . $8,695,145 00

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Bureau of Administration.

2001-01 For the salary of the commissioner . $12,500 00

2001-02 For the service of the bureau of administra-
tion, including not more than thirty-six
permanent positions .... 169,363 00

Total $181,863 00

Bureau of Environmental Sanitation.

2002-01 For the service of the bureau, including not
more than one hundred permanent posi-
tions .......

$559,350 00

Bureau of Preventive Disease Control.

2003-01 For the service of the bureau of preventive
disease control and for the operation of cer-
tain clinics in the out-patient departments
of certain general hospitals, including not
more than forty-seven permanent positions

$895,156 00

Bureau of Health Services.

2004-01 For the service of the bureau of health serv-
ices, including not more than fifty-one per-
manent positions .....

$373,491 00

690

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
2005-01

Bureau of Hospital Facilities.

For the service of the bureau of hospital fa-
cilities, including not more than eighteen
permanent positions ....

$99,405 00

Bureau of Tuberculosis and Institutions.

2006-01 For the service of the bureau of tuberculosis
and institutions and for the common-
wealth's share of the operation of certain
tuberculosis clinics, including not more
than twenty-seven permanent positions .

$149,455 00

2007-01

2010-01
2010-10
2010-30
2010-40
2010-60
2015-01
2020-01

2020-10
2020-30

2022-00
2023-00
2024-00
2025-00
2026-00
2027-00
2031-00

Institute of Laboratories.

For the service of the institute of labora-
tories, including not more than one hun-
dred and twenty-four permanent positions $595,483 00

This item included in item 2006-01.

This item included in item 2007-01.

This item included in item 2005-01.

This item included in item 2003-01.

This item included in item 2003-01.

This item included in item 2002-01.

This item included in part in item 2003-01
and item 2004-01, and item 2004-01 in-
cludes part of 2001-02.

This item mcluded in item 2003-01.

This item included in item 2003-01.

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions
under the control of the department of
public health:

Lakeville state sanatorium, including not

more than two hundred and thirty-four

permanent positions .... $930,352 00
North Reading state sanatorium, including

not more than two hundred and three per-
manent positions ..... 831,815 00
Rutland state sanatorium, including not more

than two hundred and fifty permanent

positions 1,040,755 00

Westfield state sanatorium, including not

more than two hundred and seventy-seven

permanent positions .... 1,277,724 00
Lemuel Shattuck hospital, including not

more than five hundred and seventy-four

permanent positions . . . . 2,825,765 00
Massachusetts Hospital School, including not

more than one hundred and ninety-nine

permanent positions .... 847,650 00

PondvUle hospital, including not more than

two hundred and forty-five permanent

positions 1,232,432 00

Total $8,986,493 00

Total, Department of Public Health . $11,840,696 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 691

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

Item
2101-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $10,000 00

2101-02 For administration, including not more than

eighty-two permanent positions . 343,205 00

Total $353,205 00

Division of State Police.

2102-04 For expert assistance to the commissioner,
and for maintenance of laboratories, in-
eluding not more than ten permanent posi-
tions $67,320 00

Division of Fire Prevention.

2103-01 For the fire prevention service, including not

more than twenty-five permanent positions $166,035 00

Division of Inspection.

2104-01 For administration, including not more than

one permanent position .... $8,680 00

2104-11 For the building inspection service, including
not more than thirty-three permanent
positions 195,480 00

2104-21 For the boiler inspection service, including
not more than twenty-five permanent posi-
tions 150,860 00

2104-31 For the board of boiler rules, including not

more than four permanent positions 1,375 00

Total $356,395 00

State Boxing Commission.

2105-11 For the service of the commission, including

not more than five permanent positions . $25,850 00

Board of Standards.

2106-01 For the service of the board, including not

more than seven permanent positions . $4,350 00

Board of Elevator Regulations.

2107-01 For the service of the board, including not

more than seven permanent positions . $4,200 00

Board of Fire Prevention Regulations.

2108-01 For the service of the board, including not

more than six permanent positions . . $3,600 00

Division of Subversive Activities.

2109-01 For the service of the division of subversive
activities, including not more than three
permanent positions .... $23,990 00

Total, Department of Public Safety . $1,004,945 00

692

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
2202-03

2202-06
2202-07
2202-20

2202-21
2202-22
2202-23

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Division of Waterways.

For administration, including not more than
fifty-nine permanent positions; provided,
that an amount equal to the expenditures
for personal services properly chargeable
to item 2202-05, as certified by the director
of the division, shall be credited as revenue
to the General Fund ....

For the maintenance and repair of certain
property in the town of Plymouth, includ-
ing not more than two permanent positions

For the operation and maintenance of the
New Bedford state pier, including not more
than four permanent positions

For the care and maintenance of the province
lands and of the lands acquired and struc-
tures erected by the Provincetown tercen-
tenary commission, including not more
than five permanent positions

This item included in item 2202-03.

This item included in item 2202-03.

This item included in item 2202-03.

Total, Department of Public Works

$282,910 00

8,180 00

21,680 00

16,920 00

$329,690 00

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

2301-01 For personal services of the commissioners,
including not more than five permanent
positions ......

2301-02 For administration, including not more than
seventy permanent positions .

2301-09 For hearings and special investigations; pro-
vided, that no salaries or expenses of per-
manent employees shall be chargeable to
this item ......

2301-11 For the administration of certain rules and
regulations, as authorized by section sev-
enty-five E of chapter one hundred and
sixty-four of the General Laws, pertaining
to the construction and operation of natu-
ral gas pipe lines in the commonwealth .

Total

$46,500 00
375,505 00

30,000 00

14,925 00
$466,930 00

Commercial Motor Vehicle Division.

2304-01 For the service of the division, including not
more than thirty-two permanent positions

$168,300 00

Securities Division.

2308-01 For the service of the division, including not
more than nine permanent positions

Total, Department of Public Utilities .

$44,450 00
$679,680 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

693

Item
2805-01

2805-02

Annuities and Payments.

For the payment of certain annuities and
pensions of soldiers and others under the
provisions of certain acts and resolves . $14,100 00

For payment of any claims, as authorized by
sections eighty-nine and eighty-nine A of
chapter thirty-two of the General Laws,
for allowances to the families of certain em-
ployees killed or fatally injured in the dis-
charge of their duties .... 19,000 00

Total, Annuities and Payments . . $33,100 00

Non- Contributory Pensions.

2811-02 For the compensation of veterans who may
be retired by the governor under the pro-
visions of sections fifty-six to fifty-nine,
inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the
General Laws, and for the cost of medical
examinations in connection therewith;
provided, that the comptroller shall trans-
fer to the General Fund the sum of three
hundred and forty-seven thousand one
hundred and sixty dollars from the High-
way Fund $1,578,000 00

Total, Non-Contributory Pensions . $1,578,000 00

Miscellaneous.

2820-02 For the payment, with the approval of the
comptroller, of expenses for which no fimds
or insufficient funds were allotted or re-
served; provided, that such expenses were
not in excess of the appropriation account

2820-06 For reimbursement of persons for funds pre-
viously deposited in the treasury of the
commonwealth and escheated to the com-
monwealth, prior appropriation continued.

2820-08 For the payment of claims for impaid checks,
with the approval of the state treasurer and
certification by him to the comptroller of
the amount due, where pajonent has other-
wise been prevented as a result of the apn
plication of section thirty-two of chapter
twenty-nine of the General Laws

Total, Miscellaneous ....

$25,000 00

1,000 00

$26,000 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE HIGHWAY FUND.
Service of the Department of Public Works.

Highway Activities.

Expenditures made from the following ap-
propriations for highway activities shall be
coded according to the manual entitled
"Subsidiary Accounts and Expenditure

694

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

2900-01
2900-02

2900-04

2900-07

2900-08

2900-09

2900-12

Code Numbers" approved by the Joint
Committee on Ways and Means on March
second, nineteen hundred and fifty-four;
provided, that the salaries of all officers and
employees of the department engaged in
projects or activities relating to highways
shall be charged for the 1966 fiscal year
in full to appropriations authorized under
the heading of "Highivay Activities" in
this act:

For the salaries of the commissioner and the
associate commissioners, including not
more than three permanent positions . $31,000 00
For administration and engineering in con-
nection with all highway activities, for the
offices of the commissioner, department
secretary, personnel officer and business
agent, including telephone service in the
public works building; and for the pay-
ment of damages caused by defects in state
highways, with the approval of the attor-
ney general; and including not more than
one thousand five hundred and three per-
manent positions, partly chargeable to this
item and to other highway activity ac-
counts as determined by the commissioner,
prior appropriation continued . . . 12,840,780 00

For the maintenance and repair of state high-
ways and bridges, traffic signs and signals,
including traffic safety devices on town and
city ways as the department may deem
necessary; for work for which the Highway
Fund is reimbursed other than work in con-
nection with the projects included in fed-
eral aid programs; and for the purchase,
construction and repair of shelters for de-
partmental equipment and material, the
cost of which is less than ten thousand dol-
lars for each project, and including not
more than one thousand five hundred and
seventy permanent positions, prior appro-
priation continued .... 9,760,000 00

For the construction, improvement and main-
tenance by the department of public works
of public roads in state forests, parks and
reservations outside of the Metropolitan
Parks districts, as authorized by section
thirteen of chapter eighty-one of the Gen-
eral Laws, prior appropriation continued . 200,000 00

For the cost of snow and ice control on state
highways and town roads, including the re-
moval of sand and other additional ex-
penses in connection therewith, prior ap-
propriation continued .... 4,200,000 00

For the construction, improvement and main-
tenance by the department of public works
of public roads within limits of property
owned by the commonwealth, as authorized
by an act of the current year . . . 300,000 00

For projects for improving state highways
and through routes, including bridges, and
including construction and reconstruction,
it being the intent of the general court that

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 695

Item

state highways shall be made continuous
whether or not sections to be made state
highways require construction work; for
turnouts or rest areas within highway
rights of way, including contingent ex-
penses therefor; and upon agreement with
city or town officials, for construction of
needed improvements on other through
routes not designated as state highways
and without acceptance by the common-
wealth of responsibility for maintenance;
provided, that any portion of the sum ap-
propriated herein may be used in conjunc-
tion with city or town funds, prior appro-
priation contmued .... $2,500,000 00

2900-36 For the construction or reconstruction of
state highway and other bridges, including
certain bridges placed under the authority
of the department of public works by chap-
ter si.x hundred and ninety of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five and by
chapter four hundred and eighty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-eight;
provided, that sums herein appropriated
may be used, upon agreement with city or
town officials, in conjunction with city or
town funds without acceptance by the com-
monwealth of responsibility for mainte-
nance, prior appropriation continued . 1,000,000 00

2900-38 For expenses in connection with research and
investigational work to be done on a co-
operative basis with the Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology, appropriation ex-
pires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-seven 30,000 00

2900-41 For stream clearance projects as authorized
by sections one to four, inclusive, of chap-
ter five hundred and thirteen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, prior
appropriation continued . . . 100,000 00

2900-48 For the construction of ten foremen's section
garages, including the cost of furnishings
and equipment and the purchase of land,
appropriation expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven . . . 750,000 00

2900-49 For the construction of a maintenance depot
in Charlestown, including the cost of fur-
nishings and equipment, appropriation ex-
pires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-seven 200,000 00

2900-50 This item omitted.

2900-55 The e.xistence of the public works stores and
equipment account, established by items
2900-50 and 2900-55 of section two of
chapter sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-three, is hereby con-
tinued for the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six under the terms and conditions
prescribed by said items of said chapter
sixty-eight; provided, that the total
amount to be expended for capital outlay
for the purchase of equipment from this
account in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six shall not exceed one million dollars.

696

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
2900-61

2900-80

For the compensation of former employees of
the department of public works, now re-
tired, as authorized bj'- chapter four hun-
dred and three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-eight, as amended by chap-
ter four hundred and forty-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-three .

For the operation and maintenance of the
public works building, including not more
than eighty-three permanent positions

$36,540 00
382,355 00

Total, Department of Public Works . $32,320,675 00

2924-01

Service of the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

For the service of the registry, including not
more than eight hundred and thirty-two
permanent positions .....

Total, Registry of Motor Vehicles

$4,490,790 00
$4,490,790 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

Division of State Police.

2926-01 For the service of the division, including not
more than five hundred and thirty-one
permanent positions .... $3,215,592 00

2926-07 For certain further improvements in the
state-wide radio communication system,
prior appropriation continued, expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven 66,000 00

2926-11 For the compensation of state police officers
formerly in the service of the common-
wealth, now retired .... 54,245 00

2926-18 This item postponed.

The comptroller is hereby authorized to trans-
fer to the Highway Fund the sum of six
hundred and thirty-seven thousand one
hundred and sixty-seven dollars from the
General Fund and the sum of thirty thou-
sand dollars from the Old Age Assistance
Fund on account of the expenditures under
the division of state police.

Total, Department of Public Safety . $3,335,837 00

Service of the Metropolitan District Commission.

The following items are to be paid with the
approval of the Metropolitan District Com-

2931-01 For general administration, including not
more than sixty-sLx permanent positions;
provided, that the comptroller shall trans-
fer to the Highway Fund seventy-five per
cent of the cost of payments made under
this item from the Metropolitan District
Commission Funds, to be assessed by
methods fixed by law ....

$311,320 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 697

Item

2931-06 For the maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways, including the installation of traffic
lights and including Bunker Hill and the
property adjacent, and for the maintenance
of parks reservations and the Charles River
basin, including the retirement of metro-
politan police and veterans under the pro-
visions of the General Laws, and including
not more than nine hundred and nineteen
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the Highway
Fund proportions of pajTnents made under
this item, as provided by section fifty-five
of chapter ninety -two of the General Laws;
and, provided further, that notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law to the con-
trary, there shall be included a payment of
twenty dollars and seventy cents for a cer-
tain prior-year salary earned but not paid $5,931,260 00

2931-32 This item included in item 2931-06.

Total, Metropolitan District Commission $6,242,680 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE PORT OF BOSTON

FUND.

Service of the Port of Boston Commission.

3140-01 For expenses of administration, including not
more than thirty-seven permanent posi-
tions; provided, that no compensation or
expenses of consultants for legal services
shall be chargeable to this item . $208,975 00

3150-01 For the operation and maintenance of prop-
erty under the control of the commission,
including not more than sixty-five perma-
nent positions 300,400 00

Total, Port of Boston Commission , $509,375 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE INLAND FISHERIES
AND GAME FUND.

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

Division of Fisheries and Game. (It is
hereby provided that federal funds received
as reimbursements under the following
items are to be credited as income to the
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund):

3304-01 For the service of the division, including not

more than ten permanent positions . $101,500 00

3304-06 For expenses of the board, as authorized by

chapter twenty-one of the General Laws . 2,500 00

3304-31 For expenses of game farms and fish hatch-
eries, including not more than sixty-six
permanent positions .... 516,135 00

3304-42 For the improvement and management of
lakes, ponds and rivers, including not more
than three permanent positions 119,303 00

3304-44 For the contribution of the department of
natural resources towards a wild life co-

698

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

3304-45

3304-47

3304-51

3304-63

operative research project, in accordance
with a contract with the federal govern-
ment, to be expended by the University of
Massachusetts $6,250 00

For the establishment and maintenance of
public fishing grounds, including not more
than one permanent position; provided,
that none of the money appropriated imder
this item shall be used for the purchase of
land 10,625 00

For certain stream surveys and inventory
work, as authorized by chapter two hun-
dred and seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-one, including not more
than one permanent position; provided,
that the comptroller shall transfer to the
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund the sum
of six thousand dollars from the General
Fund 51,330 00

For wild life research and management, in-
cluding not more than sixteen permanent
positions . . . . 107,815 00

For expenses of establishing and conducting
wild life restoration projects, as authorized
by chapter three hundred and ninety-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-
eight, including not more than sixteen per-
manent positions ..... 145,135 00

Total $1,060,593 00

Division of Law Enforcement.

3308-05 For the payment of damages caused by wild
deer and wUd moose, prior appropriation
continued, including not more than one
permanent jjosition .... $13,770 00

3308-07 For the supervision of public fishing and hunt-
ing grounds ...... 8,400 00

Total $22,170 00

Total, Department of Natural Resources $1,082,763 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Service of the Conunissioner of Veterans' Services.

3501-01 For personal services of the commissioner and
deputies, including not more than three
permanent positions .... $19,845 00

3501-02 For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than eighty-three permanent
positions 345,785 00

3501-03 For the payment of annuities to certain dis-
abled war veterans, as authorized by sec-
tions six A to six C, inclusive, of chapter
one hundred and fifteen of the General
Laws, prior appropriation continued . 75,000 00

Total, Commissioner of Veterans' Serv-
ices $440,630 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

699

Item
3504-21

3504-25

Service of the Adjutant General.

For the operation of the war records project,

so-called, including not more than eight

permanent positions .... $24,360 00

For expenses of the United Spanish War

veterans, as authorized by section sixteen

of chapter thirty-three of the General Laws 1,500 00

Total, Adjutant General . . . $25,860 00

Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.

3506-01 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home
in Massachusetts, including not more than
five hundred and seventy-six permanent
positions ......

$2,464,230 00

Total, Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts $2,464,230 00

Service of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke.

3508-01 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home
in Holyoke, including not more than
eighty-four permanent positions

Total, Soldiers' Home in Holyoke

$827,500 00
$827,500 00

Service of the State Housing Board.

3510-01 For the service of the board, including not
more than thirteen permanent positions;
provided, that all compensation and ex-
penses for legal services shall be by direc-
tion and under the control of the attorney
general ......

Total, State Housing Board

$323,675 00
$323,675 00

Service of the Veterans' Bonus Commission.

3511-01 For personal services and other expenses of
the commission in connection with the pay-
ment of the veterans' bonus, so-called, as
authorized by chapter four hundred and
forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three; provided, that requisitions for
persons to be employed under the provi-
sions of this item shall be issued under the
provisions of chapter thirty for periods not
to exceed six months and may from time to
time be renewed for like periods

Total, Veterans' BonuB Commission

$148,800 00
$148,800 00

700 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Service of the Department of the Treasurer
and Receiver-General.

Item

3512-13 For making payments to soldiers in recog-
nition of service during World War I and
the Spanish War, as provided by law . $750 00

Total, Department of the Treasurer and

Receiver-General .... $750 00

Service of the Department of the Auditor.

3513-01 For an audit of certain housing authorities,
as authorized by chapter six hundred and
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-nine $73,150 00

Total, Department of the Auditor . $73,150 00

Service of the Department of the Attorney General.

3514-01 For the cost of providing certain legal assist-
ance for the benefit of veterans, their wives
and dependents $18,940 00

Total, Department of the Attorney Gen-
eral $18,940 00

Service of the Department of Education.

3516-01 For assistance to children of certain war vet-
erans, prior appropriation continued, as
authorized by section seven B of chapter
sixty-nine of the General Laws and cor-
responding provisions of earlier laws . $81,000 00

3516-22 For certain educational services to certain

war veterans . . . . . 60,170 00

Total, Department of Education . $141,170 00

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

Division of Apprentice Training.

3520-01 For the service of the division, including not
more than thirty-seven permanent posi-
tions; provided, that all of the positions of
this division, with the exception of the head
clerk, shall not be subject to chapter thirty-
one of the General Laws; and, provided
further, that the comptroller shall transfer
to the Veterans' Services Fund the sum of
seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and
fifty-seven dollars from the General Fund $157,913 00

Total, Department of Labor and Indus-
tries $157,913 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 701

APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE CREDITED
TO THE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE FUND.

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

Item
3601-20 For payments on account of old age assist-
ance grants made in accordance with sec-
tion one C of chapter one hundred and
eighteen A of the General Laws . $75,000 00

Total, Department of Public Welfare . $75,000 00

Service of the Alcoholic Beverag'es Control Commission.

3604-01 For the service of the commission, including
not more than sixty-five permanent posi-
tions ....... $339,060 00

Total, Alcoholic Beverages Control Com-
mission $339,060 00

Service of the State Racing Commission.

3605-01 For the service of the commission, including
not more than eleven permanent positions;
provided, that fees paid to veterinarians
for services in connection with horse racing
shall not exceed twenty-five dollars per
diem, and in connection with dog racing,
shall not exceed twenty dollars per diem . $145,570 00

Total, State Racing Commission . . $145,570 00

APPROPRIATION PAYABLE FROM THE AGRICULTURAL
PURPOSES FUND.

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

Division of Plant Pest Control and Fairs.

3809-21 For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, in-
cluding allotment of funds for the 4 — H
activitie.s, including not more than one per-
manent position ..... $93,645 00

Total, Department of Agriculture . $93,645 00

APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE FROM THE MOSQUITO CON-
TROL FUND.

Service of the State Reclamation Board.

3901-00 For the maintenance and construction of
drainage ditches, as authorized by chapter
three hundred and seventy-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty, as amended
by section one of chapter two hundred and
fifty of the acta of nineteen hundred and
thirty-five, to be assessed in the calendar
year nineteen hundred and fifty-five . $66,870 00

702 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item
3915-00 For the maintenance and construction of
drainage ditches, as authorized by chapter
four hundred and fifty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, as
amended by chapter seven hundred and
thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty, to be assessed in the calendar
year nineteen hundred and fifty-five . $54,890 00

Total, State Reclamation Board . . $121,760 00

APPROPRIATION PAYABLE FROM THE PARKS AND SALIS-
BURY BEACH RESERVATION FUND.

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

Division of Forests and Parks.

4010-01 For the service of the bureau of recreation,
including not more than sixty-seven perma-
nent positions; provided, that the comp-
troller shall transfer to the Parks and
Salisbury Beach Reservation Fund the sum
of fifty-one thousand dollars from the Gen-
eral Fund $450,735 00

Total, Department of Natural Resources $450,735 00

Service of the Department of Public Works.

4050-01 For the service of the division of public
beaches, including not more than two per-
manent positions ..... $16,110 00

4050-02 For the maintenance of Salisbury beach res-
ervation, including not more than three
permanent positions .... 117,290 00

4050-03 For the operation of the bathhouse and serv-
ices connected therewith at the province
lands 32,680 00

Total, Department of Public Works . $166,080 00

APPROPRIATION PAYABLE FROM THE SMOKE INSPECTION

FUND.

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Division of Smoke Inspection.

4311-01 For the service of the division, including not

more than nine permanent positions . $46,713 00

Total, Department of Public Health . $46,713 00

APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE FROM THE PRISON INDUS-
TRIES FUND,

Service of the Department of Con-ection.

4901-01 For salaries of persons employed in the de-
partment of correction in certain super-
visory and administrative work in prison

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 703

Item

industries, including not more than six
permanent positions; provided, that of the
amount herein appropriated, the propor-
tions properly chargeable to the prison in-
dustries fund at the Massachusetts re-
formatory, the reformatory for women, the
state prison and the state prison colony
shall be determined by the comptroller . $31,860 00

4910-02 For salaries of persons employed in indus-
tries at the Massachusetts reformatory, in-
cluding not more than twenty-six perma-
nent positions 112,300 00

4920-02 For salaries of persons employed in industries
at the reformatory for women, including
not more than twelve permanent positions 50,315 00

4930-02 For salaries of persons employed in industries
at the state prison, including not more than
twenty-five permanent positions . . 103,105 00

4940-02 For salaries of persons employed in industries
at the state prison colonj^, including not
more than twenty-seven permanent posi-
tions 117,210 00

Total, Department of Correction . . $414,790 00

APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE FROM THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION FUNDS.

The following appropriations are to be as-
sessed upon the several districts in accord-
ance with the methods fixed by law, unless
otherwise provided, and to be expended
under the direction of the Metropolitan
District Commission:

Metropolitan Parks, GeneraL

8601-23 For projects and improvements in connection
with the development of certain recreation
areas, prior appropriation continued . $200,000 00

8601-27 For certain payments for the use of facilities

of the museum of science . . . 50,000 00

8601-32 For certain improvements to the recreation
area authorized to be acquired by the Met-
ropolitan District Commission under the
provisions of chapter six hundred and twen-
ty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, prior appropriation continued . 75,000 00

8602-37 For the expenses of holding band concerts . 25,000 00

8602-57 For an addition to the police station, Charles

River Lower, prior appropriation continued 7,000 00

8602-58 of section two of chapter six hundred and
thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-two, as reappropriated by section
two A of chapter six hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, is hereby reappropriated and
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following words: "on land of the common-
wealth on Winthrop Parkway at or near
Endicott Avenue in the city of Revere".

704 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Item

8602-65 For certain heating equipment repairs, Nan-
tasket, appropriation expires June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . $15,000 00

8602-82 For the construction of a bathhouse, Hough-
ton's Pond, appropriation expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven 70,000 00

8602-84 For certain bathhouse renovations. Revere
Beach, appropriation expires June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . 200,000 00

8602-85 For the paving of the slopes of the Alewife
Brook, prior appropriation continued, ex-
pires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-seven . . . . . . 50,000 00

8602-86 For certain bathhouse renovations, Nahant
Beach, appropriation expires June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven 150,000 00

8602-88 For the enlargement of the club house and
for certain miscellaneous improvements,
Ponkapoag Golf Club, appropriation ex-
pires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-seven 75,000 00

8602-89 For the construction of a bathhouse, Tenean
Beach, appropriation expires June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . 60,000 00

Total, Metropolitan Parks, General . $977,000 00

Metropolitan Sewerage, North System.

8702-00 For the maintenance and operation of a sys-
tem of sewage disposal for the north met-
ropolitan sewerage district, including re-
tirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws, and including not
more than three hundred and seventeen
permanent positions for the north and
south systems, partly chargeable to this
item and to item 8807-00. . . $1,112,030 00

8702-10 For the payment to Percival H. Mosher, as
authorized by chapter one hundred and one
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four; provided, that a sum equal to
the paj^ments under this item shall be as-
sessed upon the north and south metropoli-
tan sewerage districts according to methods
fixed by law . . . . . . 1,500 00

8702-25 For the purchase and installation of a diesel
pumping unit, Charlestown, appropriation
expires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven 135,000 00

Total, Metropolitan Sewerage, North

System $1,248,530 00

Metropolitan Sewerage, South System.

8807-00 For the maintenance and operation of the
system of sewage disposal for the south
metropolitan sewerage district, including
retirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws, and including certain
permanent positions as enumerated in item
8702-00 $1,012,200 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 705

Item

8807-22 For the purchase and installation of a diesel
pumping unit, Quiney, appropriation ex-
pires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-seven $50,000 00

8807-23 For the purchase and installation of a diesel
pumping unit, Braintree-Weymouth, ap-
propriation expires June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-seven .... 50,000 00

Total, Metropolitan Sewerage, South

System $1,112,200 00

Metropolitan Water System.

8902-00 For the maintenance and operation of the
metropolitan water system, including the
retirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws and including not
more than five hundred and eighty-nine
permanent positions .... $3,069,640 00

8902-28 For the purchase and installation of meters,
Chicopee line, appropriation expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven 7,000 00

8902-29 For certain repairs, Quabbin Aqueduct, shaft
two, appropriation expires June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . . 10,000 00

8902-34 For the construction of additions and im-
provements to certain supply and distri-
bution mains, prior appropriation con-
tinued, expires June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-seven .... 100,000 00

8902-35 For certain repairs to the pumping systern,
Sudbury, appropriation expires June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . 2,500 00

8902-38 For the replacement of certain water meter
registers, prior appropriation continued,
expires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven 19,000 00

8902-42 For certain repairs to Echo Bridge, Sudbury,
appropriation expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven . . . 20,000 00

8902-44 For the purchase and installation of certain
diesel pumping equipment, appropriation
expires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven . . . . , . 80,000 00

8902-81 For the construction of a garage and main-
tenance building, Clinton, appropriation
expires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven 50,000 00

Total, Metropolitan Water System . $3,358,140 00

LOCAL AID APPROPRIATIONS.

The following appropriations are for reim-
bursements and grants to local governments
and for certain other purposes, and are to
be in addition to any unexpended balance
of appropriations heretofore made for the
purpose:

706 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

appropriations made from the general fund.

Service of the Judiciary.

Superior Court.
Item

2603-01 For reimbursing certain counties for compen-
sation of certain special justices for services
in holding sessions of district courts in place
of the justice, while sitting in the superior
court $6,000 00

Suffolk County Court House.

2603-02 For reimbursing the city of Boston for thirty
per cent of the cost of maintenance of the
Suffolk county court housCj as provided
by and subject to the conditions of section
six of chapter four hundred and seventy-
four of the acts of nineteen himdred and
thirty-five; provided, that this appropria-
tion shall not be construed as fixing the
specific amount for which the common-
wealth shall be liable on account of said
maintenance ...... 185,000 00

Total, Judiciary $191,000 00

Boards and Commissions serving under Governor and Council.

Rent Control Agency.

2604-01 For the reimbursement of cities and towns,
as provided by section four of chapter four
hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-three as continued
by chapter two hundred and twenty-five
of the acts of the current year . . $75,000 00

Service of the State Housing Board.

2604-02 For the reimbursement of housing authori-
ties, as authorized by chapter six hundred
and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-three; provided, that
the unexpended balance in item 2820-15
of section two of chapter six himdred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-three is hereby reappro-
priated and made available for the pur-
poses of this item.

Total, Boards and Commissions serving

under Governor and Council . . $75,000 00

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

Division of Livestock Disease Control.

2609-01 For the reimbursement of certain towns for

compensation paid to inspectors of animals $5,000 00

Total, Department of Agriculture . $5,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 707

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

Division of Forests and Parks.
Item

2610-01 For aiding towns in the purchase of equip-
ment for extinguishing forest fires, as pro-
vided by section eleven of chapter fortj' of
the General Laws . . . . . $1,000 00

2610-02 For reimbursement to certain towns for ex-
tinguishing forest fires .... 1,000 00

2610-03 For the reimbursement to cities and towns of
a proportion of their expenses for the sup-
pression of insect pests, as provided by
law 3,000 00

Total 15,000 00

Division of Marine Fisheries.

2610-04 For the reimbursement to certain coastal
cities and towns of a part of the cost of
projects for the suppression of enemies of
shellfish and for propagation, as authorized
by section twenty of chapter one hundred
and thirty of the General Laws; provided,
that the expenditure by said cities and
towns of funds herein provided shall not
be subject to appropriation as required by
section fifty-three of chapter forty-four of
the General Laws $20,000 00

2610-06 For bounties on seals .... 400 00

Total $20,400 00

Total, Department of Natural Resources $25,400 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes.

2612-01 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of
taxes on land used for state institutions
and certain other state activities, as certi-
fied by the commissioner of corporations
and taxation for the calendar year nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, and for the reim-
bursement of certain towns as authorized
by section seventeen B of chapter fifty-
eight of the General Laws; provided, that
the commissioner shall not include in any
distribution under this item any amounts
on account of land not included in such
distributions prior to January one, nine-
teen hundred and fiftj'', unless specifically
so authorized by legislative act . . $600,000 00

2612-02 For the reimbursement of cities and towns
for abatements granted, as provided by
chapter five hundred of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-one .... 40,000 00

Total $640,000 00

Total, Department of Corporations and
Taxation $640,000 GO

708 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Service of the Department of Education.
Item

2613-01 For reimbursement to cities and towns of a
portion of the cost of a program for ex-
tended school services for certain children
of certain employed mothers, as authorized
by sections twentj^-six A to twenty-six F,
inclusive, of chapter seventy-one of the
General Laws . . . . . $12,500 00

2613-02 For the reimbursement of certain cities and
towns for sight saving classes, as provided
by law 25,000 00

2613-03 For assisting small towns in providing them-
selves with school superintendents, as pro-
vided by law 185,000 00

2613-04 For the reimbursement of certain towns for
the transportation of pupils as provided by
law; provided, that a sum equivalent to
the payments under this item shall be
transferred to the General Fund from the
receipts of the income tax . . . 3,000,000 00

2613-05 For the reimbursement of certain cities and
towns for a part of the expenses of main-
taining agricultural and industrial voca-
tional schools, as provided by law . . 3,990,041 00

2613-06 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns

for adult English-speaking classes . . 95,000 00

2613-07 For the reimbursement of certain towns for
the transportation of pupils, as authorized
by section eight A of chapter seventy-four
of the General Laws; provided, that a sum
equivalent to the payments under this item
shall be transferred to the General Fund
from the receipts of the income tax . . 89,410 00

Total $7,396,951 00

School Building Assistance Commission.

2613-08 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns
for part of the cost of construction of school
projects, as authorized by chapter six hun-
dred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-eight as amended; pro-
vided, that a sum equivalent to the pay-
ments under this item shall be transferred
to the General Fund from the receipts of
the income tax $4,000,000 00

School Lunch and Commodity Distribution Program.

2613-09 For the reimbursement of cities and towns for
partial assistance in the furnishing of
lunches to school children, as authorized
by chapter five hundred and thirty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one;
provided, that notwithstanding any pro-
visions of law to the contrary, reimburse-
ments so authorized to be paid from state
funds shall not exceed fifty per cent of the
total reimbursement authorized by the
national school lunch act; and, provided
further, that a sum equivalent to the pay-
ments under this item shall be transferred
to the General Fund from the receipts of
the income tax $1,486,540 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

Education of Deaf and Blind Pupils.
Item

2613-10 For the reimbursement of certain cities and
towns for day classes of the deaf, as pro-
vided by section twenty-eight of chapter
sixty-nine of the General Laws . . $45,000 00

Teachers' Retirevient Board.

2613-1 1 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns

for pensions to retired teachers . . $1,650,000 00

Youth Service Board.

2613-12 For reimbursement of cities and towns for
tuition of children attending the public
schools $15,000 00

Total, Department of Education . . $14,593,491 00

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

2619-01 For the payment of suitable aid to certain de-
pendent children $6,325,000 00

2619-02 For the burial by cities and towns of indigent

persons who have no legal settlement . 6,000 00

2619-03 For expenses in connection with smallpox and
other diseases dangerous to the public
health . ... . . . 350,000 00

2619-04 For the support of sick indigent persons who

have no legal settlement . . . 450,000 00

2619-05 For temporary aid given by cities and towns
to indigent persons with no legal settle-
ment, and to shipwrecked seamen, and for
the transportation of indigent persons un-
der the charge of the department . . 1,700,000 00

2619-06 For the reimbursement of cities and towns
for total and permanent disability assist-
ance, as provided by chapter one hundred
and eighteen D of the General Laws . 4,340,000 00

Total $13,171,000 00

Division of Child Guardianship.

2619-07 For tuition in the public schools, including
transportation to and from school, of chil-
dren boarded by the department, for the
twelve months ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five . . . $600,000 00

Total, Department of Public Welfare . $13,771,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Bureau of Tuberculosis and Institutions.

2620-01 For the payment of subsidies for tubercular

patients in certain hospitals . . . $400,000 00

Total, Department of Public Health . $400,000 00

710 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

appropriations made from the highway fund.

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Highway Activities.
Item

Expenditures made from the following ap-
propriations for highway activities shall be
coded according to the manual entitled
"Subsidiary Accounts and Expenditure
Code Numbers" approved by the Joint
Committee on Ways and Means on March
second, nineteen hundred and fifty-four:

2900-17 For projects for the construction and main-
tenance of town and county ways, as pro-
vided in subdivision two (a) of section
thirty-four of chapter ninety of the Gen-
eral Laws; provided, that amounts made
available by this item in any fiscal year
shall be available for expenditure in the
succeeding fiscal year; and, further pro-
vided, that not less than three hundred
thousand dollars of the sum herein appro-
priated shall be available for maintenance
projects on said town and county ways . $7,000,000 00

2900-18 For aiding cities and towns in the repair and
improvement of public ways, as provided
by section twenty-six of chapter eighty-one
of the General Laws; except, that the
state's contribution shall be at an annual
rate not to exceed two hundred and sev-
enty-five dollars per mile for the calendar
year nineteen hundred and fifty-six, the
provisions of chapter six hundred and
eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-five and chapter seven hundred
and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-nine notwithstanding; and, pro-
vided, that the amount appropriated for
the purpose in any fiscal year shall be avail-
able for expenditure in the succeeding fiscal
year 2,600,000 00

Total, Department of Public Works . $9,600,000 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Service of the Commissioner of Veterans' Services.

3526-01 For reimbursing cities and towns for money
paid for veterans' benefits, as provided in
section six of chapter one himdred and fif-
teen of the General Laws . . . $4,000,000 00

3526-02 For reimbursing cities and towns for money
paid on account of war allowance, state and
military aid and soldiers' relief to certain
residents of the commonwealth and their
dependents, as authorized by chapter
eleven of the acts of the special session of
nineteen hundred and forty-two.

Total, Commissioner of Veterans' Serv-
ices $4,000,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 711

Service of the State Housing Board.

Item

3526-03 For reimbursement to certain cities and
towns, as provided by chapter two hundred
of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, as amended ..... $3,280,000 00

Total, State Housing Board . . $3,280,000 00

Service of the Department of Education.

3526-05 For the payment of retu-ement assessments
of teachers formerly in military or naval
service, as authorized by section nine of
chapter seven hundred and eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-one, as
amended.

APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE CREDITED
TO THE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE FUND.

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

3626-01 For reimbursement to cities and towns for

old age assistance, as provided by law . $30,400,000 00

3626-02 Notwithstanding the provisions of section
ten of chapter sixty-four B of the General
Laws regulating payments from receipts
under said chapter to cities and towns,
heretofore made without appropriation, a
sum not exceeding one million dollars is
hereby appropriated from the Old Age
Assistance Fund for such payments, and
the total amounts to be paid by the state
treasurer on or before November twen-
tieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, from
the sum herein appropriated, shall be not
less than one million dollars . . 1,000,000 00

Total, Department of Public Welfare . $31,400,000 00

DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

2410-00 For the payment of interest on the direct
debt of the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amounts appropriated in items
2951-00, 3180-02 and 3590-02, prior ap-
propriation continued .... $2,042,629 00

2420-00 For certain serial bonds maturing, to be in
addition to the amounts appropriated in
items 2952-00, 3180-01 and 3590-03, prior
appropriation continued .... 10,230,809 00

Total, Interest and Redemption of Debt $12,273,438 00

712 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE HIGHWAY FUND.

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

Item

2951-00 For the payment of interest on the direct debt
of the commonwealth, to be in addition to
the amounts appropriated in items 2410-00,
3180-02 and 3590-02, prior appropriation
continued . $4,127,140 00

2952-00 For certain serial bonds maturing, to be in
addition to the amounts appropriated in
items 2420-00, 3180-01 and 3590-03, prior
appropriation continued .... 14,168,380 00

Total, Interest and Redemption of Debt $18,295,520 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE PORT OF BOSTON

FUND.

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

3180-01 For certain serial bonds maturing, to be in
addition to the amounts appropriated in
items 2420-00, 2952-00 and 3590-03, prior
appropriation continued .... $969,000 00

3180-02 For the payment of interest on the direct
debt of the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amounts appropriated in items
2410-00, 2951-00 and 3590-02, prior ap-
propriation continued .... 295.511 00

Total, Interest and Redemption of Debt $1,264,511 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

3590-02 For the payment of interest on the direct debt
of the commonwealth, to be in addition to
the amounts appropriated in items 2410-00,
2951-00 and 3180-02, prior appropriation
continued $425,700 00

3590-03 For certain serial bonds maturing, to be in
addition to the amounts appropriated in
items 2420-00, 2952-00 and 3180-01, prior
appropriation continued .... 5,595,316 00

Total, Interest and Redemption of Debt $6,021,016 00

Section 2A. For the purpose of making available for
expenditure in the i&scal year nineteen hundred and fifty-
six certain balances of appropriations which otherwise would
revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five,

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

713

the unexpended balances of the items shown below are
hereby reappropriated:

0110-20
0401-31
0450-22
0493-02
1330-23
1331-22
1383-21
1391-01
1710-22
1715-21
1716-21
1716-22
1716-23
1719-24
1720-23
1722-21
1722-24
1722-26
1723-23
1724-23
1724-24
1814-21

1919-28
2023-23
2301-25
2900-10
293 1-m
2931-12
2931-25
2931-44
2931-52
2931-53
2931-56
2931-59
2931-61
2931-65
8601-05
8601-08
8601-11
8601-24
8601-25
8601-28
8601-31

8602-08
8602-11
8602-14
8602-15
8602-19
8602-35
8602-36
8602-39
8602-41
8602-42
8602-61
8602-68
8602-99
8702-21
8702-22
8702-23
8902-22
8902-37
8902-55
8902-58
8902-75

Section 2B. For the purpose of making available for
expenditure certain balances of bond issue authorizations
which would otherwise revert on June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, and, notwithstanding the provisions
of section fourteen of chapter twenty-nine of the General
Laws, the unexpended balances of the items shown below
are hereby made available for expenditure until June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

7918-07

7918-36

7918-56

7918-17

7918-50

7918-67

7918-33

Section 3. Wherever, in section two of this act, it is
provided that transfers shall be made from a fund, account
or receipts, of a specific sum, a percentage of payments, or
a sum equivalent to payments, such transfers of a specific
sum shall be made upon the effective date of this act, and
all others shall be made quarterly unless otherwise provided;
except, that at the close of a fiscal year, the amount equiva-
lent to payments in a continuing account shall be construed
to mean the amount of such appropriation.

Section 4. No moneys appropriated under this act shall
be expended for reimbursement for the expenses of meals for
persons while traveUng within or ^vithout the common-

714 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706.

wealth at the expense thereof, unless such reimbursement is
in accordance with rules and rates established in accordance
with section twenty-eight of chapter seven of the General
Laws.

Section 5. The allowance to state employees for ex-
penses incurred by them in the operation of motor vehicles
owned by them and used in the performance of their official
duties shall not exceed seven cents a mile.

No payment shall be made or obligation incurred for the
garaging of any passenger vehicle owned by the common-
wealth and operated by an employee thereof as transporta-
tion from his place or places of employment to the vicinity
of his residence, and no payment shall be made or obUga-
tion incurred for the garaging of any motor vehicle in private
garages under any circumstances except upon prior approval
by the commission on administration and finance.

Section 6. Amounts included for permanent positions in
sums appropriated in section two for personal services are
based upon schedules of permanent positions and salary
rates as approved by the joint committee on ways and means,
and, except as otherwise shown by the files of said committee,
a copy of which shall be deposited with the division of
personnel and standardization, no part of sums so appropri-
ated in section two shall be available for payment of salaries
of any additional permanent position, or for payments on
account of reallocations of permanent positions, or for pay-
ments on account of any change of salary range or compensa-
tion of any permanent position, notmthstanding any special
or general act to the contrary; provided, that no vacancy
occurring in any permanent position included in said sched-
ules of permanent positions, excepting in the services of the
legislature or the judiciary, or of institutions under the
jurisdiction of the departments of mental health, correc-
tion, public welfare and public health, and the youth service
board, the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and the Soldiers'
Home in Holyoke, and excepting positions which are sub-
ject to appointment by the governor, with or without the
consent of the council, may be filled in any manner without
approval by the commission on administration and finance.

Section 7. In addition to the payment of regular salaries,
sums appropriated for personal services in the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and fifty-six shall be available for the
pajrment of such other forms of compensation as may be
due under existing statutes, or under the provisions of rules
and regulations made in accordance with said statutes.

Section 8. All federal subventions and grants available
to the commonwealth under any act of congress and not
otherwise authorized to be received shall be paid into the
treasury of the commonwealth; provided, however, that
appUcations for such subventions and grants, and for trans-
fers within such subventions and grants, shall be subject to
the approval of the commission on administration and fi-
nance. All federal subventions and grants received by the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 706. 715

commonwealth may be expended without specific appropria-
tion if such expenditures are otherwise in accordance with
law. All income, including federal subventions and grants,
received by the commonwealth from or on account of vet-
erans in payment for veterans' services, shall be credited to
the veterans' services fund.

Section 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
fifty-one of chapter thirty of the General Laws, or any other
provision of law, the state purchasing agent is hereby au-
thorized during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-
six to incur liabilities and incidental expenses for the pur-
chase of suppHes, as provided by said section fifty-one,
including material to be disposed of as surplus, so-called,
by the federal government through agencies of the federal
government, in an amount not exceeding three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, in addition to any amount heretofore
provided for the purpose, and the comptroller may certify
for payment such incidental expenses and liabiHties so in-
curred to an amount not exceeding three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, in addition to any amount heretofore
provided for the purpose.

Section 10. No agency of the commonwealth receiving
an appropriation under section two of this act shall make
any expenditure for any document regularly printed, mimeo-
graphed or prepared in any other way, whether for outside
or interdepartmental circulation unless publication of such
document shall have been approved by the state purchasing
agent.

Section 11. As of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, the comptroller is authorized to transfer from the
Highway Fund to the General Fund the sum of five hundred
and twenty-seven thousand dollars on account of Highway
Fund expenditures authorized in chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

Section 12. As of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, the comptroller shall charge the surplus account of
the General Fund with the amounts of the deficits in the
Port of Boston Fund, Veterans' Services Fund and the Old
Age Assistance Fund.

Section 13. The effective date of the appropriation ac-
counts, subsidiary accounts and authorizations in section
two of this act shall be July first, nineteen hundred and fiftj'-
five. However, beginning June first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, obUgations may be incurred against these appro-
priation accounts or subsidiary accounts, if any, thereunder,
for items to be delivered or for services to be rendered on
and after July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five; pro-
vided, they are in accordance ^vith law and the amounts
thereof do not exceed the amount of the appropriation ac-
count or subsidiary account. Where the allotment of an
appropriation account or subsidiary account is a condition
precedent to expenditure, the obhgations shall not exceed
the amount allotted for said appropriation account or sub-

716 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 707.

sidiary account. The certified copies of the schedules as
provided for in section twenty-seven of chapter twenty-nine
of the General Laws shall be filed with the comptroller and
the budget commissioner to permit the effective operation
of this section on June first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.
Where the allotment of an appropriation account or sub-
sidiary account is required by law, allotments shall be made
to permit the effective operation of this section on June first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Section 14. The budget commissioner is hereby directed
to send a copy of sections three to thirteen, inclusive, of this
act to each departmental, divisional and institutional head
immediately following the passage of this act.

Section 15. Sections one to twelve of this act shall take
effect on July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, sections
thirteen and fourteen shall take effect upon the passage of
this act. Approved August 24, 1965.

Chap. 7 07 An Act to provide funds for state activities by con-
tinuing CERTAIN TAXES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There is hereby imposed upon all domestic
manufacturing corporations, foreign manufacturing corpora-
tions, domestic business corporations and foreign corpora-
tions, as defined in chapter sixty-three of the General Laws,
as amended, in addition to the taxes levied under the provi-
sions of sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, of said chapter
sixty-three and all acts in amendment thereof and in addi-
tion thereto, and in addition to the taxes imposed upon such
corporations under section nine of chapter seven hundred
and twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
one, an additional excise tax equal to three per cent of the
net income of each such corporation determined to be tax-
able in accordance with the provisions of said chapter sixty-
three; provided, that the tax imposed by this section shall
not apply to corporations taxable under section thirty-
eight B of said chapter sixty-three. All provisions of law
relative to the assessment, payment, collection and abate-
ment of the taxes imposed under said chapter sixty-three
upon corporations taxable hereunder shall apply to the addi-
tional taxes herein imposed. This section shall apply only
to taxes levied in or on account of the calendar year nineteen
hundred and fifty-six. The surtaxes imposed under section
nine of chapter seven hundred and twenty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-one shall apply to the taxes
imposed by this section.

Section 2. There is hereby imposed, in addition to the
taxes levied under subsection (6) of section five of chapter
sixty-two of the General Laws, upon income derived from
professions, employments, trade or business, and all acts in
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and in addition

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 707. 717

to any surtaxes, an additional tax equal to one per cent of
such income. All provisions of law relative to the assess-
ment, payment, collection and abatement of the taxes im-
posed under said chapter sixty-two shall apply to the addi-
tional taxes herein imposed. This section shall apply only
to income received in the calendar year nineteen hundred
and fifty-five. The surtaxes imposed under section nine of
chapter seven hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-one shall apply to the taxes imposed
by this section.

Section 3. There is hereby imposed in addition to the
taxes levied under subsection (c) of section five of chapter
sixty-two of the General Laws, upon the excess of gains over
losses received by the taxpayer from purchases or sales of
intangible personal property, whether or not said taxpayer
is engaged in the business of dealing in such property, and
all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and
in addition to any surtaxes, an additional tax equal to three
per cent of such income. All provisions of law relative to
the assessment, payment, collection and abatement of the
taxes imposed under said chapter sixty-two shall apply to
the additional taxes herein imposed. This section shall apply
only to income received in the calendar year nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five. The surtaxes imposed under section
nine of chapter seven hundred and twenty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-one shall apply to the taxes
imposed by this section.

Section 4. Notwithstanding the provision of section
forty-eight of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws, or
any other provision of law to the contrary, all taxes required
to be paid thereunder or in connection therewith shall, ex-
cept as otherwise provided by section seventy-six, be due
and payable in advance of assessment at the time when the
tax return is required to be filed. Notwithstanding the pro-
visions of section three of chapter sixty-three A of the
General Laws, or any other provision of law to the contrary,
all taxes required to be paid thereunder or in connection
therewith shall be due and payable in advance of assessment
at the time when the tax return is required to be filed. This
section shall apply only to such taxes collected or collectible
during the calendar year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Section 5. There is hereby imposed, in addition to the
taxes levied under the provisions of chapter sixty-two of the
General Laws, and all acts in amendment thereof and in
addition thereto, and taxes levied under the provisions of
sections thirty to sixty, inclusive, of chapter sixty-three of
the General Laws, and all acts in amendment thereof and
in addition thereto, an additional tax equal to twenty per
cent of the taxes assessed under the provisions of said sec-
tions, acts and chapters in or on account of the calendar
year nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and all provisions of law
relative to the assessment, payment, collection and abate-
ment of the said taxes shall apply to the taxes imposed by

718 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 707.

this section. This additional tax shall apply also to taxes
levied under sections one, two and three of this act.

Section 6. All property subject to a legacy and succes-
sion tax under the provisions of chapter sixty-five of the
General Laws, and of any further amendments thereof or
additions thereto, shall be subject to an additional tax of
twenty per cent of all taxes imposed by said provisions with
respect to property or interests therein passing or accruing
upon the death of persons who died durmg the period begin-
ning January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and end-
ing December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.
All provisions of law relative to the determination, certifica-
tion, payment, collection and abatement of such legacy and
succession taxes shall apply to the additional taxes imposed
by this section.

Section 7. There is hereby imposed, in addition to the
taxes levied under the provisions of chapter sixty-three A
of the General Laws, and all acts in amendment thereof
and in addition thereto, an additional tax equal to twenty
per cent of the taxes assessed under the provisions of said
chapter and acts in or on account of the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six, and all provisions of law relative
to the assessment, payment, collection and abatement of
the said taxes shall apply to the taxes imposed by this
section.

Section 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
two of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by section three of chapter five hundred
and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-one, every
bank taxed thereunder shall pay a tax assessed in the calendar
year nineteen hundred and fifty-six measured by its net in-
come, as defined in section one of said chapter sixty-three
at the rate assessed upon other financial corporations; pro-
vided, that such rate shall not be higher than the highest of
the rates assessed upon mercantile and business corporations
doing business in the commonwealth, and provided, further,
that such rates shall not be higher than eight per cent.
During the period that the provisions of this section are in
effect, trust companies having a savings department shall
not be subject to the excise imposed by section eleven of
said chapter sixty-three, nor to the requirements of sections
eleven to sixteen, inclusive, of said chapter sixty-three.

Section 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
twenty-two of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws, as
most recently amended by section one of chapter three hun-
dred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-six and in lieu thereof, every domestic insurance com-
pany coming within the scope of the definition of a domestic
company in section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-
five of the General Laws, except life insurance companies
with respect to business taxable under section twenty, and
marine, or fire and marine, insurance companies with respect
to business taxable under section twenty-nine A, shall pay

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 707. 719

for the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six an excise of two
per cent upon the gross premiums for all policies written or
renewed, all additional premiums charged, and all assess-
ments made by such company on policyholders during the
preceding calendar year, exclusive of reinsurance; but such
premiums and assessments for policies written or renewed
for insurance, exclusive of reinsurance, of property or in-
terests in other states or countries where a tax is actually
paid by such company, or its agents, shall not be so taxed.

Section 10. If any part, section or subsection of this act
or the application thereof shall be held to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such invaliditj^ or unconstitutionality shall
not be construed to affect the validity or constitutionality
of any of the remaining provisions of said sections or the
application of such provisions to persons or circumstances
other than those as to which it is held invalid. It is hereby
declared to be the legislative intent that said sections would
have been adopted had such invalid or unconstitutional pro-
visions not been included therein.

Section U. In addition to the excise tax imposed by
chapter sixty-four C of the General Laws, and in addition
to the additional excise tax imposed by section nine of
chapter seven hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-five, there is hereby imposed a further
additional excise tax of one half mill for each cigarette sold,
used, received as gift or gifts, or through exchange or barter
in the commonwealth during the one-year period beginning
September first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, the same
to be le\'ied and collected as provided in said chapter sixty-
four C, and the provisions of said chapter shall apply to said
further additional excise to the same extent as to the normal
excise levied thereunder. All the provisions of said chapter
sixty-four C relative to the collection, verification and ad-
ministration of the tax thereunder imposed shall, in so far
as pertinent, be applicable to the tax imposed by this act.
All cigarette taxes paid in pursuance of this act and other
statutes of the general or special laws shall conclusively be
presumed to be a direct tax on the retail consumer, pre-
collected for the purpose of convenience and facility only.

Approved August 24, 1955.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston. August 24, 1956.

The Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Christian A. Herter, pursuant
to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the amendments to
the Constitution, the Referendum, II, Emergency Measures,
hereby declare that in my opinion the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience requires the law entitled "An
Act to provide Funds for State Activities by continuing

720 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 708.

Certain Taxes", and the enactment of which received my
approval this date should take effect forthwith.

I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emer-
gency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as
follows : —

Postponement of the operation of this act for ninety days
would deprive the Commonwealth of certain temporary
taxes which would expire within the said ninety day period.
Very truly yours,

Christian A. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth.

Office of the Secretabt, Boston, August 24, 1955.

I, Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
hereby certify that the accompanying statement was filed
in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts at two o'clock and five minutes,
P.M., on the above date, and in accordance with Article
Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution said
chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter seven hundred
and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Edward J. Cronin,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Chap. 7 08 An Act further defining the rights and privileges

OF VETERANS.

^reambfe"^ ^^ereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend

to defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for cer-
tain rights and privileges for veterans, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 627 of the acts of 1954 is hereby
amended by striking out section 41 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 4i- The provisions
of this act shall not affect adversely any rights, benefits or
privileges, or the entitlement to any rights, benefits or priv-
ileges, of any person in the employ of the commonwealth or
any political subdivision thereof, immediately prior to the
effective date of this act, to receive such rights, benefits or
privileges.

Section 2. Chapter 688 of the acts of 1954 is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following section : — Sec-
tion 6. The provisions of this act shall not affect adversely
any rights, benefits or privileges, or the entitlement to any
rights, benefits or privileges, of any person in the employ of
the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, im-
mediately prior to the effective date of chapter six hundred
and twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four, to receive such rights, benefits or privileges.

Approved August 21^, 1956.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 709, 710, 711. 721

An Act authorizing the town of Carlisle to use cer- Chap. 709

TAIN PARK land FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Carlisle is hereby authorized to
use for school purposes that portion of Spalding Park,
bounded and described as follows: — Beginning at the
northerly corner of the intersection of Church and School
streets, thence along Church street S. 62° 18' 00" E. 82.95
feet; thence along Church street S. 56° 24' 30" E. 124.56
feet; thence along Church street S. 51° 59' 00" E. 21.92 feet;
thence by land deeded to the town of Carlisle by Oscar R.
Spalding S. 23° 33' 40" W. 545.29 feet; thence by land
deeded to the town of Carhsle by Samuel Browni N. 51° 51'
10" W. 198.54 feet; thence by land deeded to the town of
Carlisle by WilHe A. and Marie C. Prescott N. 54° 52' 00" W.
85.17 feet; thence by land of the original schoolhouse lot
N. 54° 21' 20" W. 119.83 feet; thence along School street
N. 25° 11' 10" E. 234.74 feet; thence along School street
N. 27° 57' 20" E. 266.00 feet to the point of beginning.

The land described above comprises 4.7 acres, more or
less.

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

Approved August 24, 1955.

An Act validating the acts and proceedings at an Chap. 7 10
adjourned annual town meeting of the town of
dedham held in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-five.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The acts and proceedings of the town of Ded-
ham at the adjourned sessions of the annual town meeting
held in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and all acts
done in pursuance thereof, are hereby confirmed and made
valid, notwithstanding the inadequacies of the notice of ad-
journments as required by section three of chapter three
hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, as amended, to the same extent as if the said
adjourned sessions had been called, held, conducted and ad-
journed in strict compliance with law.

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

Approved August 24) 1955.

An Act relative to the importation of shellfish. Chap. 7 11

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 81 of chapter 130 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out, in line 9, as appearing in section 1 ^'l;^- g\^°;
of chapter 598 of the acts of 1941, the words ", country or amended.'

722 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 712, 713, 714.

province"; and by adding after the word "agents.", in
line 27, as so appearing, the following sentence : — In the
case of a foreign country or a province certification by the
United States public health service shall be acceptable.

Approved August 24, 1955.

(^ Ik ip. 7 12 An Act relative to betterment assessments for sewers
IN the town of north andover.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 380 of the acts of 1906 is hereby
amended by inserting after section 8 the following two
sections: — Section 8 A. The said board may extend the
time for the payment of such assessments upon land which
is not built upon until it is built upon or for a fixed time.
Interest at the rate of four per cent per annum shall be
paid annually to the treasurer upon the assessment from
the time it was made, and the assessment shall be paid when
the land is built upon or at the expiration of such fixed time.

Section 8B. Assessments made under this chapter shall
bear interest at the rate of four per cent per annum.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of a majority of the voters of the town of
North Andover at any town meeting called for the purpose,
but not otherwise. Approved August 21^, 1955.

Chap. 7 IS ^^ AC'^ AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
GALEN STREET BRIDGE OVER THE CHARLES RIVER IN
WATERTOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of public works is hereby authorized and
directed to make such improvements to the Galen Street
bridge over the Charles river in Watertown, as may be
necessary to relieve traffic congestion in Watertown square,
and for such purpose may expend such sums as may be
appropriated therefor, or such sums as may be necessary for
such purpose from moneys already appropriated and al-
lotted to it for highway purposes.

Approved August 24, 1956.

Chap. 7 14 A^ "^^^ PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC
HEALTH CENTER IN THE TO"V\TSr OF STOUGHTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Appleton C. Woodward, John W. Wood,
James H. McGarth, Gertrude Malcolm and Stephen G.
Burke, all of the town of Stoughton, and their successors

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 714. 723

who shall be residents of said town, are hereby made a cor-
poration by the name of Stoughton Health Center, for the
purposes of establishing and maintaining a public health
center for the use of the inhabitants of said town and others
who may be admitted thereto under such rules and regu-
lations as may be promulgated by the trustees thereof.

Section 2. Said corporation shall have authority for the
purpose aforesaid, and no other, to hold real and personal
property to the value of five hundred thousand dollars.

Section 3. The corporators named in section one shall
constitute the board of trustees, and they shall annually
after March fifteenth elect from their own number a chair-
man of said board and the terms of office of said trustees shall
be as follows : — The first two in the order named shall hold
for the term of three years, the second two in the order
named, shall hold for the term of two years, and the fifth of
their number shall hold for the term of one year from the
fifteenth day of March and they shall severally hold for their
respective terms and until their successors are chosen, and
thereafter, as the terms of office expire, the town moderator
shall annually reappoint or appoint before the fifteenth day
of March, trustees to fill such vacancies as may occur, and
such appointments shall be for the term of three years.

Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the board of trustees by
reason of death, resignation or otherwise, the town moderator
shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. No member of
the board, as such, shall receive compensation for his serv-
ices. The town of Stoughton is hereby authorized and em-
powered to place in trust in the hands of the trustees of said
corporation all funds, gifts and bequests which are held by
it in trust and which a court of competent jurisdiction has
decreed may be used for the purpose of estabhshing and
maintaining said health center. Said corporation shall, upon
the acceptance of this act by the town of Stoughton as here-
inafter provided, receive and hold all past and future be-
quests and gifts that may be made for the maintenance of
said health center, and the same shall be appropriated, held
and used by said corporation for the sole use and purpose
aforesaid as a trust in behalf of and for the inhabitants of
said town and such other persons as may be permitted to
enjoy the benefits of said health center. Said trustees shall
render to the board of selectmen annually, as of the first
of January, a report of their proceedings, with a statement
of the condition of the health center, the property and funds
pertaining to the same, with an accurate account of all re-
ceipts and expenditures, together with such other informa-
tion as they may deem desirable, which report shall be pub-
lished by the board of selectmen in the annual town report.

Section 4. Said trustees shall appoint from their own
number a treasurer, and shall require of him a bond with
satisfactory sureties in the penal sum of not less than twenty-
five thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties,

724 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 715.

and his books of account and vouchers shall at all times be
open to the trustees aforesaid, or any one of them. The
trustees shall also appoint from their own number a board
of audit and control of not less than three, who shall examine
all bills and pay rolls, and no such bills or pay rolls shall be
paid by the treasurer unless approved by a majority of said
board.

Section 5. The trustees shall appoint a clerk whose duty
it shall be to keep a full and fair record of the proceedings
of the board, and to discharge such other duties as they shall
from time to time prescribe. The compensation of the
treasurer and clerk, if any, shall be fixed by the board of
trustees.

Section 6. The trustees shall have power to elect such
other officers as they may from time to time think necessary
or expedient, and to determine and fix the tenure of their
offices, to remove any trustee who shall be incapable through
age, removal from the town, infirmity or otherwise for the
discharge of his duties as said trustee, or who by unreason-
able absence from the meetings of the board shall fail to dis-
charge the duties of his office, and generally to do all acts
and things necessary or expedient to be done for the purpose
of carrying into full effect the provisions and purposes of
this act.

Section 7. It shall be the duty of the trustees to safely
and securely invest, or to hold invested, any trust funds
which may become available for the use in the establishment
or maintenance of said health center.

Section 8. The corporation hereby created, acting
through its trustees and proper officers, shall be deemed to
be the agent of said town of Stoughton for the proper execu-
tion of all trusts placed by said town in the hands of the
trustees.

Section 9. The board of trustees may let or lease for not
more than ten years, on such terms as they may determine,
any part or parts of said health center.

Section 10. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority of the town meeting members of the
town of Stoughton present and voting thereon at a meeting
legally called for this purpose not later than five years after
the date of the passage of this act, but not otherwise.

Approved August 24, 1965.

Chap. 7 Id An Act authorizing the department of public works
TO construct certain playgrounds in the city of

CHELSEA.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding certain provisions of law
authorizing the taking by eminent domain or otherwise
of certain public lands for highway improvements without
the payment of damages therefor, the state department of

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 716, 717. 725

public works is hereby authorized and directed to construct
in various sections of the city of Chelsea, playgrounds and
playground facilities to replace the loss of playground facili-
ties and recreational areas resulting from the taking of
Carter park in said city of Chelsea in connection with the
construction of the Northeast Expressway, so called.

Section 2. For the purposes of this act the department
may expend such sums, not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars, as may be appropriated therefor.

Section 3. Before any expenditure of funds authorized
under the provisions of this act the commissioner of the
department of public works, or his representative, shall
meet at a joint meeting of the park commissioners, the board
of aldermen and the mayor of the city of Chelsea and shall
make recommendations as to the locus of proposed play-
ground and recreational facilities to be constructed in said
city. Approved August 24, 1955.

An Act authorizing cities and towns to construct, Chap. 71^

MAINTAIN AND OPERATE OUTDOOR ARTIFICIAL ICE-SKATING
RINKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by inserting after clause (47), inserted f t.^et^,'
by section 2 of chapter 297 of the acts of 1954, the following amended,
clause : —

(48) For the construction, maintenance and operation of cities and
an outdoor artificial ice-skating rink for which refrigeration appropriate
equipment is required; provided, however, that the cost of ^'idoo/"'^
maintenance and operation of said outdoor artificial ice- artificial
skating rink, including maturing debt and interest, shall be etc.*"^^ "" ^'
defrayed by charges established by the city or town upon
persons using said rink.

Section 2. Section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by inserting after clause (2), as appearing amendeli.* ^*
in the Tercentenary Edition, the following clause : —

(2 A) For the construction of an outdoor artificial ice-
skating rink for which refrigeration equipment is required
on land owned by the city or town, fifteen years.

Approved August 24, 1955.

An Act providing that certain medical expenses be Chap. 117

ALLOWABLE DEDUCTIONS FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by inserting after clause Qi) the following ^tl! 'amended.
clause: —

(t) Expenses paid within the year, not compensated for Deductions
by insurance or otherwise, for medical care and medicines mec^^fex-

penaes.

726

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 718.

allowed as a deduction in the determination of the tax-
payer's net income under the federal Internal Revenue
Code of nineteen hundred and fifty-four applicable for said
year.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-seven and shall apply to re-
turns made on account of income received during the cal-
endar year nineteen hundred and fifty-six and thereafter.

Approved Augiist 24, 1955.

Chap. 7 18 A.N Act providing that certain drugs shall be deemed

HARMFUL, AND MAKING A CRIMINAL OFFENCE THE FORGING
OF A PRESCRIPTION FOR SUCH DRUGS.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L.[(Ter.
Ed.), 94,
S 187A, etc.,
amended.

"Harmful
drug" defined.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94,
new $U87D,
added.

Forging pre-
scription for
harmful drugs,
penalized.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is in part to immediately further
define a harmful drug, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the pubhc health.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first paragraph of section 187A of chap-
ter 94 of the General Laws, as amended by section 3 of
chapter 577 of the acts of 1954, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end the following sentence : — The term
"harmful drug" shall in particular include any derivative,
active principal, preparation, compound or mixture of bar-
bituric acid, amphetamines, ergot or any hypnotic or somni-
facient drug.

Section 2. Said chapter 94 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 187C, inserted by chapter 610 of
the acts of 1955, the following section: — Section 187D.
Whoever for the purpose of evading or assisting in the eva-
sion of any provision of sections one hundred and eighty-six
to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, falsely represents
that he is a physician, dentist or veterinarian, or that he is
a manufacturer or a jobber in drugs, or a licensed wholesale
druggist, or that he is a pharmacist actively engaged in the
business as such, or that he is a superintendent or official in
immediate charge of an incorporated hospital, college or
scientific institution, or whoever not being an authorized
physician, dentist or veterinarian, makes or alters a prescrip-
tion or written order for a harmful drug as defined in section
one hundred and eighty-seven A without authorization so
to do from the prescriber shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail
or house of correction for not more than two years or both.

Approved August 25, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 719. 720, 721. 727

An Act providing for notice and a public hearing for Chap.719

THE approval OF INCREASE IN RATES OF FARE BY THE
METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 11 of chapter 544 of the acts of 1947
is hereby amended by adding at the end the following para-
graph : —

No general increase in rates of fare as distinguished from
an increase in rates of fare or charges for special service shall
be approved until the department has held a public hearing
thereon after notice has been given by the department to the
mayors, city managers, boards of selectmen and town mana-
gers of the cities and towns constituting the authority and
to members of the general court representing any portion of
the territory constituting the authority and has been adver-
tised by the department in at least one daily Boston news-
paper at least fourteen days before such pubUc hearing is to
be held by the department.

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

Approved August 25, 1956

An Act authorizing the trustees of the soldiers' home Chav.720

IN MASSACHUSETTS TO PROVIDE LIMITED TRANSPORTATION
FOR PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF SAID HOME, AND VISI-
TORS THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
the trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts are
hereby authorized, upon compliance with the provisions of
section eight A of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws,
and with the approval of the commission on administration
and finance, to contract with a common carrier of persons
for the transportation of patients and employees of the said
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, and visitors thereto from
Bellingham square in the city of Chelsea to said Home, and
return. The carrier so selected by said trustees shall, except
as otherwise specifically provided herein, be subject to all
the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine A of
the General Laws. The carrier may make such stops on
Washington avenue in said city as are necessary to pick up
passengers proceeding to the Soldiers' Home in Massa-
chusetts. Approved August 25, 1955.

An Act relative to the eligibility of members of the Chav 721

SCHOOL committee OF THE CITY OF PEABODY TO HOLD
CERTAIN OTHER POSITIONS IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 37 of chapter 300 of the Special Acts
of 1916 is hereby amended by striking out the second sen-

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tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
No member of the school committee, except the mayor,
shall, while a member thereof, hold any other office or posi-
tion the salary or compensation for which is payable out of
the city treasury.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the qualified voters of the city of Peabody at the regular
city election to be held in the current year in the form of the
following question, which shall be placed upon the official
ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by
the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, entitled 'An Act relative to the eligibility of members
of the school committee of the city of Peabody to hold
certain other positions in said city', be accepted?" If a
majority of the votes in answer to said question are in the
affirmative, then this act shall take full effect, but not other-
wise. Approved August 25, 1955.

Chap. 122 An Act providing for the construction, operation,

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF A GOLF COURSE IN THE
TOWN OF LONGMEADOW, THE CREATION OF THE SPRING-
FIELD RECREATION AUTHORITY, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
FINANCING OF SAID PROJECT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Springfield Recreation Authority, here-
inafter created, is hereby authorized and empowered to con-
struct, maintain, repair and operate a golf course on land
hereinafter described and to issue its golf course revenue
bonds, payable solely from revenue, to pay the cost of such
golf course and appurtenances thereto.

Section 2. Golf course revenue bonds issued under the
provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a
debt of the commonwealth or of anj^ political subdivision
thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the common-
wealth or of any such political subdivision, but such bonds
shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided there-
for from revenues. All such golf course revenue bonds shall
contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that
neither the authority nor the commonwealth nor any po-
litical subdivision thereof shall be obligated to pay the same
or the interest thereon except from revenue of the golf
course, and that neither the faith, the credit nor the taxing
power of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision
thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the
interest on said bonds.

Section 3. There is hereby created a bodj'' politic and
corporate to be known as the Springfield Recreation Au-
thority, which shall be deemed a public instrumentality for
the purposes of this act, and b}^ that name the authority
may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and
be contracted with, and shall have an official seal and may
alter the same at pleasure.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 722. 729

Section 4. The Springfield Recreation Authority, here-
inafter referred to in this act as the authority, shall consist
of five members appointed by the mayor of the city of
Springfield subject to confirmation by the city council and
not more than three of whom shall be of the same political
party. The members of the authority first appointed shall
continue in office for terms expiring on July first in the years
nineteen hundred and sixty, nineteen hundred and sixty-one,
nineteen hundred and sixty-two, nineteen hundred and sixty-
three and nineteen hundred and sixty-four, respectively, as
the mayor may designate, and until their successors are
duly appointed and qualified. The successor of each such
member shall be appointed in like manner for a term of
eight 5'ears, except that any person appointed to fill a va-
cancy shall be appointed to serve only for the unexpired
term. A member shall be eligible for reappointment. The
mayor shall designate one of the members of the authority
as chairman, and he shall serve as such during his term of
office. Each member of the authority before entering upon
his duties shall take an oath before the mayor to admin-
ister the duties of his office faithfullj'' and impartially, and
a record of such oaths shall be filed in the office of the city
clerk of Springfield.

Section 5. As used in this act the following words and
terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context
shall indicate another or different meaning or intent : —

(a) "Authority", the Springfield Recreation Authority,
created by section three of this act, or, if said authority shall
be abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to
the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given
by this act to the authoritj' shall be given by law;

(b) "Project", the golf course and appurtenant facilities;

(c) "Cost of the project", the cost of construction, the
cost of acquisition of all land, rights of waj'', property, rights,
easements and interests acquired by the authority for such
construction, cost of all machinery and equipment, financing
charges, interest prior to and during construction, and for
one year after the completion of the project, cost of engineer-
ing and legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys and
other expenses necessary or incidental to determining the
feasibility or practicability of construction, the authority's
administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be
necessary or incidental to the construction of the project,
the financing thereof, and the placing of the project in op-
eration.

Section 6. The authority is hereby authorized and em-
powered —

(a) To acquire by purchase, gift or by right of eminent
domain from the city of Springfield land of said city which
is under the jurisdiction of the city park department, and
more particularly described as follows : — land west of
Dwight road beginning at a stone bound on the westerly
line of Dwight road on the southerly line of land now or

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formerly owned by Mrs. E. L. Cook and being on a line
bearing south 9° 26' west, 2.15 feet from a stone bound
marking an angle point in the said westerly Hne of said
Dwight road, and running thence south 9° 26' west, 291.65
feet to a stone bound and thence continuing along said
westerly line of said Dwight road by a curve to the left,
radius 250.06 feet, arc 147.9 feet to a stone bound, thence
south 24° 27' 20" along said westerly hne of said Dwight
road 131.63 feet to a stone bound, thence south 6° 40' 50"
along said westerly line of said Dwight road 937.92 feet to
a stone bound, thence north 74° 18' 30" west, 375.3 feet to a
point, thence north 78° 6' 50" west 567.93 feet to an iron
rod, thence north 86° 11' 20" west, 1063.82 feet to a drill
hole in a rock, thence north 4° 10' 15" east, 413.5 feet to a
stone bound, thence north 77° 45' 45" east, 228 feet to a
stone bound, thence north 74° 18' 30" east, 285.28 feet to a
stone bound, thence north 66° 53' 40" east, 166.25 feet to
a stone bound, thence north 57° 31' 50" east, 162.62 feet
to a stone bound, thence north 17° 43' 40" east, 355.67 feet
to a stone bound, thence north 1° 38' 31" east, 149.71 feet to
a stone bound, thence north 75° 52' 40" east, 557.95 feet
to a stone bound, thence south 10° 17' 40", 117.5 feet to a
stone bound, thence south 89° 53' 30" east, 385.02 feet to a
stone bound, the place of beginning. The above described
parcel of land contains 43.394 acres, more or less, of which
9.791 acres, more or less, are in Springfield and 33.603 acres,
more or less, are in Longmeadow ;

(h) To construct, maintain, repair and operate a golf
course and appurtenances thereto on the tract of land
acquired under paragraph (a) ;

(c) To issue revenue bonds of the authority, payable solely
from revenues for the purpose of pa5dng all or any part of
the cost of said golf course project;

(d) To fix and revise from time to time fees and charges
for the use of said golf course and charges for other services
made available in connection with said golf course;

(e) To adopt by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and
the conduct of its business ;

(/) To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal
property for its corporate purposes;

(g) To acquire in its own name by purchase or otherwise,
on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may
deem proper, or by the exercise of the power of eminent do-
main in accordance with the provisions of chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws in so far as such provisions may be
apphcable, the tract of land authorized to be acquired under
paragraph (a) of section six;

(h) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements
necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and
the execution of its powers under this act, and to employ
consulting engineers, construction and accounting experts,
and attorneys, and such other employees and agents as may
be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 722. 731

provided, that all such expenses shall be payable solely from
the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under the provisions
of this act or from the revenues of the golf course ;

(i) To receive and accept from any federal agency grants
for or in aid of the construction of the project, and to receive
and accept contributions from any source of either money,
property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and
applied only for the purposes for which such grants and
contributions may be made ; and

(j) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to
carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.

Section 7. The authority is hereby authorized to pro-
vide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the
issuance of revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose
of paying all or any part of the cost of the project. The
principal and interest of such bonds shall be payable solely
from the funds herein provided for such payment. The bonds
of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rates
not exceeding five per centum per annum, shall mature at
such time or times not exceeding twenty-five years from their
date or dates, as may be determined by the authority, and
may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of
the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms
and conditions as may be fixed by the authority prior to the
issuance of the bonds. The authority shall determine the
form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be at-
tached thereto, and the manner of execution of the bonds, and
shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and
the place or places of payment of principal and interest,
which may be at any bank or trust company within or with-
out the commonwealth. In case any officer whose signature
or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds
or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery
of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall never-
theless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if
he had remained in office until such delivery. All revenue
bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall have and
are hereby declared to have all the quahties and incidents of
negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments law
of the commonwealth. The bonds may be issued in coupon
or in registered form, or both, as the authority may deter-
mine, and provision may be made for the registration of
any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both
principal and interest, and for the reconversion into coupon
bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and in-
terest. The authority may sell such bonds in such manner,
either at pubhc or at private sale, and for such price, as it
may determine to be for the best interests of the authority,
but no such sale shall be made at a price so low as to require
the payment of interest on the money received therefor at
more than five per centum per annum, computed with rela-
tion to the absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with
standard tables of bond values, excluding, however, from

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such computation the amount of any premium to be paid
on redemption of any bonds prior to maturity.

The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the
payment of the cost of the project, and shall be disbursed in
such manner and under such restrictions, if any, as the au-
thority may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, bj'- error
of estimates or otherwise, shall be less than such cost, addi-
tional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the
amount of such deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the
resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the
trust agreement hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed to
be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from
the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds
first issued. If the proceeds of the bonds shall exceed the
cost of the project, the surplus shall be used for the retire-
ment of such bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive
bonds the authority may, under like restrictions, issue in-
terim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons,
exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have
been executed and are available for delivery. The authority
may also pro\dde for the replacement of any bonds which
shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost. Rev-
enue bonds may be issued under the provisions of this act
without obtaining the consent of any department, division,
commission, board, bureau or agency of the commonwealth,
and without any other proceedings or the happening of any
other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions
or things which are specifically required by this act.

The authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolu-
tion for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the au-
thority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds then
outstanding and issued under the provisions of this act, in-
cluding the payment of any redemption premium thereon
and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemp-
tion of such bonds. The issuance of such bonds, the maturi-
ties and other details thereof, the rights of the holders
thereof, and the duties of the authority in respect of the
same, shall be governed by the provisions of this act in so
far as the same may be applicable.

While any bonds issued by the authority remain out-
standing, the powers, duties or existence of the authority
shall not be diminished or impaired in any way that will
affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of
such bonds.

Section 8. The exercise of the powers granted by this
act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the
commonwealth, for the increase of their commerce and pros-
perity, and for the improvement of their health and living
conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of the golf
course by the authority will constitute the performance of
essential governmental functions, the authority shall not be
required to pay any taxes or assessments upon the project
or any property acquired or used by the authority under

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 722. 733

the provisions of this act or upon the income therefrom, and
the revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds issued under
the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income
therefrom, inchiding any profit made on the sale thereof,
shall at all times be free from taxation within the common-
wealth.

Section 9. In the discretion of the authority such rev-
enue bonds or revenue refunding bonds may be secured by a
trust agreement by and between the authority and a cor-
porate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank
having the powers of a trust company within the common-
wealth. Such trust agreement may pledge or assign the rev-
enues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the
golf course or any part thereof. Either the resolution provid-
ing for the issuance of bonds or such trust agreement may
contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the
rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable
and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants
setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the
construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair
and uisurance of the project and the custody, safeguarding
and application of all moneys. It shall be la^\iul for any
bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
commonwealth to act as depository of the proceeds of bonds
or of revenues and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to
pledge such securities as may be required by the authority.
Such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies
of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the
individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in
trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds and de-
bentures of corporations. In addition to the foregoing, such
trust agreement may contain such other pro\'isions as the
authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security
of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrjdng out
the provisions of such trust agreement may be treated as a
part of the cost of the operation of the golf course.

Section 10. The authority is hereby authorized to fix,
revise, charge and collect fees and charges for the use of the
golf course and to contract with any person, partnership,
association or corporation desiring the use of the golf course
and appurtenances of any part thereof, for any purpose, and
to fix the terms, conditions, rents and rates of charges for
such use. Such fees and charges shall be so fixed and adjusted
in respect of the aggregate of fees and charges from the golf
course as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues of
the golf course, if any, to pay (o) the cost of maintaining,
repairing and operating the golf course, (6) the principal of
and the interest on such revenue bonds as the same shall
become due and payable, and (c) reserves for such purposes.
Such fees and charges shall not be subject to super\asion
or regulation by any department, division, commission,
board, bureau or agency of the commonwealth or any pohti-
cal subdivision thereof. The fees and charges and all other

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 722.

revenues derived from the golf course, except such part
thereof as may be necessary to pay such cost of mainte-
nance, repair and operation and to provide such reserves
therefor as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing
the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement, shall be
set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in such
resolution or such trust agreement in a sinking fund which
is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the payment of:
(1) the interest upon such bonds as such interest shall fall
due ; (2) the principal of the bonds as the same shall fall due ;
(3) the necessary charges of paying agents for paying prin-
cipal and interest ; and (4) the redemption price or the pur-
chase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein
provided. Subject to the provisions of the resolution author-
izing the issuance of revenue bonds or of the trust agreement,
such sinking fund shall be a fund for all such bonds without
distinction or priority of one over another. The moneys in
the sinking fund, less such reserve as may be provided in
such resolution or trust agreement, if not used within a
reasonable time for the purchase of bonds for cancellation as
above provided, shall be applied to the redemption of bonds
at the redemption price then applicable.

Section 11. All moneys received pursuant to the au-
thority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of
revenue bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust
funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in this act.
The authority shall, in the resolution authorizing the issu-
ance of revenue bonds or in the trust agreement, provide
for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of such bonds
and all revenues to be received to any ofl&cer who, or to any
agency, bank or trust company which, shall act as trustee of
such funds and shall hold and apply the same to the pur-
poses hereof, subject to such regulations as this act and such
resolution or trust agreement may provide.

Section 12. Revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds
issued under the provisions of this act are hereby made
securities in which all pubhc officers and pubHc bodies of
the commonwealth and its pohtical subdivisions, all insur-
ance companies, trust companies in their commercial depart-
ments and within the limits set by section forty of chapter
one hundred and seventy-two of the General Laws, banking
associations, investment companies, executors, trustees and
other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are
now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or
other obligations of a similar nature may properly and
legally invest funds, including capital in their control or be-
longing to them, and such bonds are hereby made obliga-
tions which may properly and legally be made ehgible for
the investment of savings deposits and the income thereof
in the manner provided by clause Fifteenth (c) of section
fifty-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the
General Laws. Such revenue bonds are hereby made securi-
ties which may properly and legally be deposited with and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 722. 735

received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or
political subdivision of the commonwealth for any purpose
for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the
commonwealth now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

Section 13. Any holder of revenue bonds or revenue re-
funding bonds issued under the provisions of this act or of
any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee
under the trust agreement, if any, except to the extent the
rights herein given may be restricted by such resolution or
trust agreement, may, either at law or in equity, by suit
action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce
any and all rights under the laws of the commonwealth or
granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust agree-
ment, and may enforce and compel the performance of all
duties required by this act or by such resolution or trust
agreement to be performed by the authority or by any officer
thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of fees
and charges for the use of the golf course and appurtenances.

Sectiox 14. When constructed, the golf course shall be
maintained and kept in good condition and repair by and
at the expense of the authority.

Section 15. Until the golf course shall have been turned
over to the city of Springfield under the provisions of section
sixteen, the authority, as the person obliged by law to repair
the same, shall be liable to any person sustaining bodily
injury or damage in his property by reason of a defect or
want of repair therein or thereupon, and shall be liable for
the death of any person caused by such defect or want of
repair as provided in chapter two hundred and twentj^-nine
of the General Laws.

Any person damaged in his property by the exercise of
any of the powers granted by this act may recover his
damages from the authority under chapter seventy-nine of
the General Laws.

On or before the thirtieth day of Januar}'- in each year
the authority shall make an annual report of its activities
for the preceding calendar j'ear to the general court and to
the mayor of Springfield. Each such report shall set forth
a complete operating and financial statement covering its
operations during the year. The authority shall cause an
audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in
each year by the department of the state auditor. Such
audits shall be deemed to be public records within the
meaning of chapter sixty-six of the General Laws.

Any member, agent or employee of the authority who con-
tracts with the authority or is interested, either directly
or indirectly, in any contract with the authority or in the
sale of any property, either real or personal, to the authority
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both.

Section 16. When all golf course revenue bonds or golf
course revenue refunding bonds issued under the provisions

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of this act and the interest thereon shall have been paid or
a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and
the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been
set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, the golf
course, if then in good condition and repair to the satisfaction
of the mayor of the city of Springfield, shall be turned over
to, and shall thereafter be maintained by, said city and
thereupon the authority shall be dissolved and all funds of
the authority not required for the payment of the bonds
shall be paid into the treasury of said city and all machinery,
equipment and other property belonging to the authority
shall be vested in and delivered thereto.

Section 17. To provide for the preUminary expenses of
the authority in carrying out the provisions of this act, the
authority may borrow from the city of Springfield, and said
city may loan to the authority, such sums, not exceeding in
the aggregate ten thousand dollars as the city council of
said city \vith the approval of the mayor shall deem neces-
sary; and anj^ sum so borrowed by the authority shall be
repaid by the authority to said city as soon as the authority
receives proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds issued under
the provisions of this act.

Section 18. This act, being necessary for the welfare of
the commonwealth and its inhabitants, shall be liberally
construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Section 19. The provisions of this act are severable, and
if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any
court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court
shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

Section 20. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of the city of Spring-
field, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved August 25, 1955.

Chap. 72^ An Act providing for a second assistant clerk for the

district court of somerville.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter. The third sentence of section 10 of chapter 218 of the

§io,'ftc^,' General Laws, as appearing in chapter 444 of the acts of
amended. 1950, is hcrcb}^ amended by inserting after the word "Nor-

folk", in line 14, the words: — , the district court of Somer-
District courts, ville, — SO as to read as follows : — Second assistant clerks
ai^s^^ant^iierks ^^^^ Salaries payable by the county may be appointed in
the municipal court of the Roxbur}^ district, the East Boston
district court, the municipal court of the Charlestown dis-
trict, the municipal court of the Dorchester district, the
municipal court of the Brighton district, the municipal court
of the West Roxbury district, the municipal court of the
South Boston district, the central district court of Worcester,
and, subject to the approval of the county commissioners,
in the first district court of eastern Middlesex, the third

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 724, 725. 737

district court of eastern Middlesex, the first district court of
Essex, the district court of southern Essex, the district court
of Springfield, the second district oourt of Bristol, the third
district court of Bristol, the district court of East Norfolk,
the district court of Somerville and the district court of
Chelsea. Approved August 25, 1955.

An Act making edwin prokop eligible for appointment Chap. 7 24:

AS A POLICE OFFICER IN THE TOWN OF LUDLOW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The name of Edwin Prokop shall be restored
to the eligible civil service list for appointment to the police
force in the town of Ludlow for a period of six months from
the effective date of this act, notwithstanding any general
or special law to the contrary.

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

Approved August 29, 1955.

An Act relative to the membership of the board of Qfidj) 725

TRUSTEES AND THE POWERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF
THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 404 of the acts of 1952
is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following three sentences : —
When requested by said board or by the trustees of said au-
thority the members of the board hereby established may
appear before said trustees with reference to matters per-
taining to the fixing of rates of fare and charges for service.
No general increase in rates of fare as distinguished from an
increase in rates of fare or charges for special service shall be
established by the trustees unless approved by the affirma-
tive vote of said board as herein provided. Upon request
of the board or of the trustees of said authority the members
of said board may also appear before said trustees with refer-
ence to matters pertaining to the character and extent of
the services and facilities furnished by said authority for the
purpose of enabling the members of said board to advise
said tiTistees and to express to them their views and rec-
ommendations relative to said matters.

Section 2. Section 2 of chapter 544 of the acts of 1947,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 197 of the acts of 1953,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence the following sentence: — Each member appointed to
the board of trustees after November first, nineteen hundred
and fift3''-five shall be a resident of a city or town within the
territory of and constituting a part of the authority.

Section 3. Section 11 of said chapter 544 is hereby
amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting

738 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 725.

in place thereof the following paragraph : — The trustees,
subject to the approval of the department and subject to
the approval of the advisory board of the Metropolitan
Transit Authority, in case of a general increase in rates of
fare as provided by section one of chapter four hundred and
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two, as
amended, shall from time to time fix such rates of fare and
charges for service furnished or operated as in their judg-
ment will produce as much income as is feasible considering
the effect of such rates of fares and charges for service upon
the use of the service furnished or operated and the economic
welfare of the territory constituting the authority and con-
sidering all other factors deemed pertinent by the trustees;
provided, however, that rates of fare and charges for service
shall at all times be so fixed that they shall not produce in
any year an income of more than two million dollars in
excess of the amount necessary to meet the cost of the serv-
ice in such year and the restoration of the reserve fund pro-
vided for by section thirteen to the amount originally estab-
lished for such fund; and pro\'ided, further, that rates of
fare and charges for service may at all times be so fixed that
they may produce sufficient income to meet at least that
portion of the cost of the service which is determined by ex-
cluding from the cost of the service the following: — (1)
payments of interest and payments in reduction of princi-
pal on the bond of the authority issued to the district under
section seven A; (2) payments of interest on the bond of
the authority executed and delivered to the district under
paragraph (c) of section eight A and payments of all sums
payable by the authority on its note executed and delivered
to the district under said paragraph (c); (3) payments of
interest (with credit or charge, if any, for amortization of
premium, discount and expense) and payments of principal
on bonds and notes of the authority issued to the district
under section twentj^^-two ; (4) payments of interest (with
credit or charge, if any, for amortization of premium, dis-
count and expense) on all bonds of the authority issued to
the district under paragraph (j) of section eight A and under
section six of chapter six hundred and forty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-nine; (5) payments of rentals
and other charges under leases or contracts for use of sub-
way and rapid transit facilities owned by the commonwealth.

Section 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
two of chapter five hundred and forty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-seven, as amended by section
two of this act, relative to residential qualifications, any
member of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Transit
Authority holding office immediately prior to the effective
date of this act, may, upon the expiration of his term of
office, be reappointed to said board.

Section 5. This act shall take effect on November first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved August 29, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 726. 739

An Act further extending the opportunity to cities C hap. 72Q

AND towns to borrow UNDER THE ACT CREATING THE
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD.

Whereas, The provisions of law sought to be extended by Emergency
this act would, but for this act, shortly cease to be effective, p''*'^""''^^-
but the circumstances and conditions which made advisable
their enactment still continue and it is accordingly desirable
that said provisions continue in effect without interruption,
therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 49 of the acts of 1933 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 262 of the acts of 1955, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 2. The
treasurer of any city or town, if authorized by a two-thirds
vote, as defined by section one of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, and with the approval of the mayor or the
selectmen, may, on behalf of such city or town, petition the
board to approve of its borrowing money from the common-
wealth for ordinary maintenance expenses and revenue loans,
and the board may, if in its judgment the financial affairs of
such city or town warrant, grant its approval to the borrow-
ing as aforesaid of specified sums not at any time exceeding,
m the aggregate, the total amount represented by tax titles
taken or purchased by such city or town and held by it;
provided, that such borrowing is made at any time or times
prior to July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven. In case
of such approval, the treasurer of such city or town shall,
without further vote, issue notes, with interest at such rate
as may be fixed by the treasurer with the approval of the
board, in the amount approved by the board, for purposes of
sale to the commonwealth only, and said notes, upon their
tender to the state treasurer, shall forthwith be purchased
by the commonwealth at the face value thereof. Such notes
shall be payable in not more than one year, and may be
renewed from time to time, if authorized by the board, but
no renewal note shall be for a period of more than one j^ear,
and the maturity of any loan or renewal shall not be later
than July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight. Such notes
shall be general obligations of the city or town issuing the
same, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions. Indebted-
ness incurred by a cit}^ or town under authority of this act
shall be outside its limit of indebtedness as fixed by chapter
forty-four of the General Laws. The excess, if anj'-, of the
amount of interest payments received by the commonwealth
on account of notes issued by cities and towns hereunder
over the cost to the commonwealth for interest on money
borrowed under section five, expenses of the board, including
compensation paid to its appointive members, and expenses

740 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 727.

of administration of the funds provided by sections three
and five shall be distributed to such cities and towns in
Kovember, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, or earlier at
the discretion of the board, in the proportion which the ag-
gregate amounts payable by them on account of interest on
such notes bear to the total amounts so payable by all cities
and towns hereunder.

Section 2. Said chapter 49 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 5, as most recently amended by sec-
tion 2 of said chapter 262, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 5. The state treasurer, with
the approval of the governor and council, may borrow from
time to time, on the credit of the commonwealth, such sums
as may be necessary to provide funds for loans to munici-
palities as aforesaid, and may issue and renew notes of the
commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such
times and at such rate as shall be fixed by the state treas-
urer, with the approval of the governor and council; pro-
vided, that the total indebtedness of the commonwealth
under this section, outstanding at any one time, shall not
exceed ten million dollars. Such notes shall be issued for
such maximum term of years as the governor may recom-
mend to the general court in accordance with section 3 of
Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth, but such notes, whether original or renewal,
shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and sixty. All notes issued under this section shall be
signed by the state treasurer, approved by the governor and
countersigned by the comptroller.

Section 3. Chapter two hundred and sixty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-five is hereby repealed.
All proceedings, votes and acts heretofore had, taken or
done under section one of said chapter two hundred and
sixty-two in so far as the same may be invalid bj'' reason of
said chapter two hundred and sixty-two not being enacted
by vote, taken by the yeas and nays, of two thirds of each
branch of the general court, are hereby validated and con-
firmed. Approved Aiigust SO, 1955.

Chav 727 ^^ ^^^ providing for the purchase by the common-

WEALTH OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS ONLY FROM INDUS-
TRIES BASED ON PREVAILING WAGE RATES AND WORKING
HOURS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Edw^"' Section 22 of chapter 7 of the General Laws is hereby

§ 22." etc., amended by inserting after clause (17) the following clause: —

amended. Qg^ Coutracts or ordcrs for meats and meat products

weStb°to shall be given to such establishments only as pay the prevail-

S^afproducts ^^^g ^^^^ of wagcs, bascd on a working day of eight hours,

from certain with not morc than forty hours in any one week. The pre-

^ay^certai^'^" vailiug rate of wages shall be determined by the commis-

wage rates,
etc.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 728. 741

sioner of labor and industries as herein provided. Said pre-
vailing rates shall be based on wage rates and working hours
that have been established in the meat and meat products
industry by collective agreement or understanding between
organized labor and employers. At least once in six months
said commissioner shall prepare and furnish for the use of
said commission, or other awarding officials, a list of the
several classifications usually performed by the emplo3'ees
in the meat and meat products industry together with the
prevailing rate of wages and working hours.

Every contractor, subcontractor or other employer, en-
gaged in any work to which this section applies shall keep a
true and accurate record of all employees, showing the name,
address and occupational classification of each employee,
and the hours worked by, and the wages paid to, each such
employee, and shall furnish to said commissioner upon his
request a true statement of the contents of such record. Such
records shall be kept in such manner as said commissioner
shall prescribe, and shall be open to inspection by any
authorized representative of said commission or of the de-
partment of labor and industries at any reasonable time and
as often as may be necessary.

Whoever, for himself or as an agent, superintendent or
foreman for another, violates any provision of this section
shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and for a sub-
sequent offense by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than
three months, or both. Whoever shall have been convicted
of a second violation of any provision of this section shall be
prohibited from contracting, directly or indirectly, with the
commonwealth for, or from performing, any work covered
by this section as contractor or subcontractor for a period
of two j^ears from the date of said con\dction.

Bonds, satisfactory to said commission, or other awarding
official, may be required to be given by the party to whom
any contract is awarded, to secure its faithful performance.

Approved August SO, 1956.

An Act authorizing a monthly transportation allow- QJiq^jj 728

ance under the old age assistance law. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The third paragraph of section 1 of chapter g. l. (Ter.
118A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by f i;^;"^^'
section 2 of chapter 801 of the acts of 1951, is hereby fur- amended,
ther amended by inserting after the word "section", in line 6,
the following words: — and an item, to be known as "Trans- Transportation
portation Allowance", under which there shall be paid to cemhfre-^"'^
each recipient who is not an inmate of a nursing home or cipients.
institution the sum of two dollars and fifty cents monthly.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Approved August SO, 1955.

742

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 729, 730.

Chap. 72^ An Act providing for the payment of an annuity by

PLYMOUTH COUNTY TO THEODORE W. BISBEE, SPECIAL
JUSTICE OF THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF PLYMOUTH
COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public
good, and in consideration of his long and meritorious service
as a special justice of the third district court of Plymouth
county, the county of Plymouth is hereby authorized to pay
to Theodore W. Bisbee an annuity of one thousand dollars
for a period of five years beginning July first, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, and payable in equal monthly instal-
ments.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the county commissioners of Plymouth county.

{The foregoing ivas laid before the governor on the twenty-
fourth day of August, 1955, and after five days it had "the
force of a law", as prescribed by the constitution, as it was not
returned by him with his objections thereto within that time.)

C hap. 7dO An Act revising certain statutory salaries.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, § 2,
etc., amended.

Salary of

lieutenant

governor.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, § 48,
etc., amended.

Chairman's
salary.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, § 66,
etc., amended.

Chairman's
salary.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 7, § 3,
etc., amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 6 of the General La-ws,
as amended by chapter 722 of the acts of 1949, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "eight"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — eleven, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 2. The lieutenant governor
shall receive a salary of eleven thousand dollars; but if the
office of governor shall be vacant for a period of more than
thirty days he shall, for the time during which he performs
the duties of governor, receive at the rate allowed to the
governor.

Section 2. The third paragraph of section 48 of said
chapter 6, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 374 of the
acts of 1934, is hereby amended by striking out the first
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence : — The chairman shall receive a salary of seven
thousand dollars and each other member shall receive a
salary of six thousand dollars.

Section 2A. Section 66 of said chapter 6, as amended
by section 2 of chapter 605 of the acts of 1952, is hereby
further amended by striki/ig out the second sentence and
inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — The
chairman shall receive a salary of twelve thousand dollars,
and each of the other members shall receive a salary of
eleven thousand dollars, and each member shall also be re-
imbursed for his expenses actually and necessarily incurred
by him in the performance of his official duties.

Section 3. Section 3 of chapter 7 of the General Laws,
as appearing in section 1 of chapter 717 of the acts of 1051,
is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sentence and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 730. 743

inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — ■ He shall Salary of
receive such salary not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars, '=°™™'^»'°n«'"-
as the governor and council may determine, and shall devote
his entire time to the duties of his office.

Section 4. Section 4 of said chapter 7, as most recently g. l. (Ter.
amended by section 2 of said chapter 717 of the acts of 1951, ftc'^'^^g^^fil^j
is hereby further amended by striking out the third sentence '^ *^ ' '^'"''°'
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — salaries of
Each of such commissioners shall receive such salary not commissioners.
exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars as the gov-
ernor and council may determine.

Section 5. Section 1 of chapter 9 of the General Laws, g l (Ter
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 789 of the Ed.) ,"9, § i.
acts of 1949, is hereby further amended by striking out the *^*''" ''°^^°'^*'^-
third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — The state secretary shall receive a salary of Salary of state
eleven thousand dollars. secretary.

Section 6. Section 1 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 2 of said chapter 789, ^io'^'ameidld
is hereby further amended by striking out the second sen-
tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — saiary of state
The state treasurer shall receive a salary of eleven thousand *'^^surer.
dollars.

Section 7. Section 1 of chapter 11 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 3 of said chapter 789, ftc.! 'amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out the second sen-
tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — Salary of state
The state auditor shall receive a salary of eleven thousand ^"^^'^^o*"-
dollars and shall give to the state treasurer a bond for the
faithful performance of his official duties in a penal sum and
with sureties approved by the governor and council.

Section 8. Section 1 of chapter 12 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 4 of said chapter 789, ftci^'ameided.
is hereby further amended by striking out the second sen-
tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — Salary of
The attorney general shall receive a salary of fifteen thou- gene™if
sand dollars.

Section 9. The second paragraph of section 2 of chap- g. l. (Ter.
ter 13 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by ftl! amended
chapter 716 of the acts of 1951, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the
following sentence : — The said director shall receive such Salary of the
salary, not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars, ''"^''*°'"-
as the governor and council may determine.

Section 10. Section 2A of said chapter 13 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the fourth sentence, as most re- § 2Aflti.,
cently amended by chapter 473 of the acts of 1952, and amended.'
inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — The Salaries of
chairman shall receive thirty-five dollars a day, and each com^s^s^onera.
other commissioner shall receive thirty dollars a day, while
attending meetings of the commission or while performing
any duties of his office required of him by the chairman or
by this chapter or chapter thirty-one, but in any state fiscal

744

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 730.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 13. § 8,
etc., amended.

Salary of the
director.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 13. § 11,
etc., amended.

Salaries of
secretary,
chairman and
members.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 13,
§ 12C, etc.,
amended.

Salaries of the
secretary and
members.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 13, § 15,
etc., amended.

Compensation
of members.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 13,
§ 15C, etc.,
amended .

ComiJensation
of appointive
members.

year, not more than six thousand dollars shall be paid to
the chairman and not more than five thousand dollars shall
be paid to any other commissioner.

Section 11. Section 8 of said chapter 13, as most re-
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 627 of the acts of
1952, is hereby further amended by striking out the first
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence: — The division of registration shall be under the super-
vision of a director, to be known as the director of registra-
tion, at such salary, not exceeding six thousand dollars, as
the governor and council may determine.

Section 12. Section 11 of said chapter 13 is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence, as amended by
chapter 529 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence : — There shall be paid by the com-
monwealth to the secretary of the board a salary of four
thousand five hundred dollars, to the chairman of the board
a salary of one thousand dollars, to each of the other mem-
bers thereof a salary of eight hundred dollars, and to each
member thereof his necessary traveling expenses actually
incurred in attending the meetings of the board.

Section 13. Said chapter 13 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 12C, inserted by section 1 of chapter
425 of the acts of 1937, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 12C. There shall be paid by
the commonwealth to the secretary of the board a salary of
four hundred dollars, and his necessary expenses incurred in
the discharge of his official duties, and to each of the other
members thereof a salary of two hundred dollars, and his
necessary expenses so incurred; provided, that the salaries
and expenses of the members of the board, and the expenses
of the board, shall not be in excess of the receipts for regis-
tration and from other sources received by the state treas-
urer from the board.

Section 14. Said chapter 13 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 15, as most recently amended by
section 2 of chapter 620 of the acts of 1941, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 15. Each
member of the board, except the secretary, shall receive as
compensation four hundred dollars a year for the perform-
ance of his duties, and also his necessary traveling expenses
actually incurred in attending the meetings of the board, but
subject to section fifteen D.

Section 15. Said chapter 13 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 15C, inserted by said section 2 of
said chapter 620 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 15C. Each appoin-
tive member of the approving authority shall receive eight
dollars for each day actually spent in the performance of his
duties, and also his necessary traveling expenses actually in-
curred in attending the meetings of the approving authority
and inspections by the approving authority, but subject to
section fifteen D.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 730. 745

Section 16. Said chapter 13 is hereby further amended E;i^'^J^§ig
by striking out section 18, as appearing in the Tercentenary amended.
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the foHowing section:
— Section IS. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to Salaries of the
the secretary of the board a salary of six hundred dollars, to ^embera ^^'^
each other member thereof a salary of four hundred and
fifty dollars and to each member thereof his necessary travel-
ing expenses actually incurred in attending the meetings of
the board, not exceeding four cents a mile each way, and
such other expenses of the board as are incurred under sec-
tion sixteen or seventeen or under sections sixty-six to
seventy-three, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and twelve.

Section 17. Section 21 of said chapter 13, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and amended * ^^*
inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — There o„, ,• .

1111-11 1 11 1 1- ci oalanes ol

shall be paid by the commonwealth to the chairman of the chairman,
board a salary of one thousand dollars, to the secretary members. "°
thereof fifteen hundred dollars, and to the other members
thereof eight hundred dollars each, and to each member
thereof his necessary traveling expenses actually incurred in
attending meetings of the board.

Section 18. Section 32 of said chapter 13 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the fifth sentence, as appearing in ftl'! amended,
section 1 of chapter 420 of the acts of 1935, and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence: — The members, ex Salaries of
officiis, shall receive no compensation for their services under memblrs^^
chapter one hundred and forty-one, but the appointive mem-
bers shall each receive for their services thereunder a salary
of six hundred dollars.

Section 19. Section 38 of said chapter 13, as appearing S^^-^p^
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking amended. '
out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing sentence: — There shall be paid by the commonwealth f^^^J^^^'^a d
to the chairman of the examiners a salary of six hundred members,
dollars and to each other member thereof a salary of four
hundred dollars, and to each member thereof his necessary
traveling expenses actually incurred in attending meetings
of the examiners.

Section 20. Said chapter 13 is hereby further amended Ed^i3!^§'44.
by striking out section 44, as most recently amended by etc", amended!
chapter 561 of the acts of 1951, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 44- The members of the Salaries of
board shall devote their full time to the duties of the oflSces, me^'mi^rs. ^^^
and they shall receive from the commonwealth the following
salaries: — the chairman, four thousand dollars and his
necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his official
duties, and each of the other two members, thirty-five
hundred dollars and his necessary expenses so incurred;
provided, that the salaries and expenses of the members of
the board, and the expenses of the board, shall not be in
excess of the receipts for registration and from other sources
received by the state treasurer from the board.

Section 21. Section 44D of said chapter 13, inserted by

746

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 730.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 13.
§ 44D, etc.,
amended.

Compensation
of members.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 15,
§ IB, etc.,
amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 16, § 5,
etc., amended.

Salary of the
registrar.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 17, § 2,
etc., amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 18, § 2,
etc., amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 20, § 2,
etc., amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 22, § 2,
etc., amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 22, § 10,
amended.

section 1 of chapter 696 of the acts of 1941, is hereby amended
by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following sentence : — Each member of the board
shall receive fifteen dollars for each day or portion thereof
spent in the performance of his official duties; provided,
that the total sum paid to any member thereof shall not
exceed six hundred dollars in any one year; and, in addition,
all proper traveling and incidental expenses actually in-
curred by him in connection with said duties.

Section 22. Section IB of chapter 15 of the General
Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 585 of the acts of
1952, is hereby further amended by striking out the second
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence : — The commissioner shall receive such salary, not
exceeding fourteen thousand dollars, as the board may
determine.

Section 23. Section 5 of chapter 16 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence, as
amended by chapter 708 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence: — The registrar shall
receive such salary, not exceeding twelve thousand five
hundred dollars, as the governor and council may determine.

Section 24. Section 2 of chapter 17 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by chapter 794 of the acts of 1950,
is hereby further amended by striking out the third sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
The commissioner shall receive a salary of fourteen thousand
dollars.

Section 25. Section 2 of chapter 18 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended b}'' section 2 of chapter 646 of the
acts of 1954, is hereby further amended by striking out the
third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — The commissioner shall receive such salary,
not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars, as the
governor and council determine.

Section 26. Section 2 of chapter 20 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 674 of the
acts of 1954, is hereby further amended by striking out the
second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — The commissioner shall receive such salary, not
exceeding ten thousand dollars, as the governor and coun-
cil may determine, and travehng expenses incurred in his
official duties.

Section 27. Section 2 of chapter 22 of the General
Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 570 of the acts
of 1951, is hereby further amended by striking out the sec-
ond sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — The commissioner shall receive such salary, not
exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars, as the gov-
ernor and council determine.

Section 28. Section 10 of said chapter 22, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 730. 747

following sentence: — The associate members shall receive Compensation
as compensation for service and reimbursement for expenses membTrs!**^
such sums as the governor and council shall determine, not
exceeding in all twelve hundred dollars a year.

Section 29. Section 11 of said chapter 22, as amended Sj^/Pl' ,,
by section 1 of chapter 643 of the acts of 1945, is hereby etc!, 'amended*.
further amended by striking out the fourth paragraph and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: — ■

Each member of said board shall be paid twenty-five dol- Compensation
lars for each day while in the actual performance of his ° '^^^ ''"■
duties as such, but not exceeding one thousand dollars in
any fiscal year, and shall also receive from the common-
wealth all expenses necessarily incurred by him in connec-
tion with his official duties.

Section 30. Section 13 of said chapter 22 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the fourth paragraph, as appearing ^tc'^'am^ndld
in section 1 of chapter 645 of the acts of 1945, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : —

Each member of said board shall be paid twenty-five dol- Same subject,
lars for each day while in the actual performance of his
duties as such, but not exceeding one thousand dollars in
any fiscal year, and shall also receive from the commonwealth
all expenses necessarily incurred by him in connection with
his official duties.

Section 31. Section 14 of said chapter 22, inserted by g. l. (Ter.
section 1 of chapter 710 of the acts of 1945, is hereby amended ^tci^amended.
by striking out the fourth paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph : —

Each member of said board shall be paid twenty-five dol- Same subject.
lars for each day while in the actual performance of his
duties as such, but not exceeding one thousand dollars in
any fiscal year, and shall also receive from the common-
wealth all expenses necessarily incurred by him in connec-
tion with his oSicial duties.

Section 32. Section 2 of chapter 23 of the General Laws, q. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by chapter 560 of the acts of 1951, ^tc'^'amendfd
is hereby further amended by striking out the second sen-
tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — salary of the
The commissioner shall receive such salary not exceeding commissioner,
twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and the assistant com-
missioner and the associate commissioner such salaries not
exceeding eight thousand dollars, as the governor and coun-
cil may determine.

Section 33. Section 91 of said chapter 23, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by chapter 792 of the acts of 1950, is hereby ^'^-^'^^^
further amended by striking out paragraph (6) and insert- amekded!
ing in place thereof the following paragraph: —

(b) The director shall receive a salary of eleven thousand Salary of

, ,\ ' "^ director.

dollars.

Section 34. Section 9P of said chapter 23 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the first sentence, as amended by fgp'Jfc..
chapter 709 of the acts of 1950, and inserting in place thereof ameAded.'
the following sentence : — The chairman of the commission

748

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 730.

Salaries of
chairman and
members.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 23.
§ HE, etc.,
amended.

Compensation
of council
members.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 23, § 15,
etc., amended.

Industrial
accident
board, mem-
bership,
salaries, etc.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 23 A,
§ 2, etc.,
amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 25, § 2,
etc., amended.

Salaries of
chairman and
commissioners.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 26. § 2,
etc.. amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 26. § 6.
etc., amended.

Salary of the
commissioner.

shall receive a salary of eight thousand dollars, and each of
the other members shall receive a salary of seventy-five hun-
dred dollars a year, and each member shall be eligible for re-
appointment, and shall not engage in any other business,
vocation or employment.

Section 35. Section HE of said chapter 23, inserted by
section 2 of chapter 707 of the acts of 1941, is hereby amended
by striking out the sixth sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following sentence : — Each member of the coun-
cil not otherwise compensated by the commonwealth shall
be reimbursed for transportation and other necessary ex-
penses, and shall be paid not more than fifteen dollars per
day for each day spent in attendance at meetings of the
apprenticeship council.

Section 36. Section 15 of said chapter 23, inserted by
section 1 of chapter 314 of the acts of 1953, is hereby amended
by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following sentence : — The industrial accident
board shall consist of nine members, one of whom shall be a
woman, at such salaries not exceeding nine thousand dol-
lars each, as the governor and council determine, except that
the chairman, who shall be designated by the governor, shall
receive such salary, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, as
the governor and council determine.

Section 37. Section 2 of chapter 23A of the General
Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 409 of the acts
of 1953, is hereby amended by striking out the second sen-
tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
The commissioner shall receive a salary not exceeding twelve
thousand five hundred dollars, as the governor and council
determine.

Section 38. Section 2 of chapter 25 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 296 of the
acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by striking out the
fifth sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — The chairman shall receive such salary, not ex-
ceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and each of
the other commissioners such salary, not exceeding nine
thousand dollars, as the governor and council determine.

Section 39. Section 2 of chapter 26 of the General Lav/s,
as most recently amended by chapter 786 of the acts of 1949,
is hereby further amended by striking out the second sen-
tence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: —
The commissioner shall receive such salary, not exceeding
twelve thousand five hundred dollars, as the governor and
council determine.

Section 40. Section 6 of said chapter 26, as most re-
cently amended by chapter 776 of the acts of 1951, is hereby
further amended by striking out the second sentence and
inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — The
commissioner shall receive such salary, not exceeding twelve
thousand five hundred dollars, as the governor and council
determine.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 730. 749

Section 41. The first paragraph of section 1 of chapter g. l. (Ter.
58 A of the General Laws, as appearmg in chapter 784 of ftc.!'am4'dld.'
the acts of 1950, is hereby amended by striking out the
fourth sentence and niserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — The chairman of said board shall receive a Salaries of
salary of ten thousand dollars and each other member shall and'Tembers.
receive a salary of nine thousand dollars.

SectiOxN 41 a. Section 12 of chapter 75A of the General Edo^ysA^
Laws, as appearing in section 3 of chapter 407 of the acts of 1^^^;^^^}*^-
1953, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following
sentence : — The president shall be paid an annual salary of Salary.
twelve thousand dollars.

Section 42. On and after the effective date of this act,
each appointive member of the emergency finance board,
established under section one of chapter forty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, shall receive from the
commonwealth as compensation for each day's attendance
at board meetings, when acting as a member of the board as
provided by law, the sum of thirty-two dollars; provided,
that the total amount paid hereunder to any member for
compensation as aforesaid shall not exceed three thousand
dollars in any period of twelve months.

Section 43. This act shall take effect as of July first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved August 31, 1955.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department. State House,

Boston, September 9, 1955.

The Honorable Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State
House, Boston, Massachxisetts.

Dear Mr. Secretary: — I, Christian A. Herter, pur-
suant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the Amend-
ments to the Constitution, the Referendum, II, Emergency
Measures, hereby declare that in my opinion the immedi-
ate preservation of the public convenience requires the law
being Chapter 730 of the Acts of the current year, entitled,
"An Act revising Certain Statutory Salaries", and the
enactment of which received my approval August 31, 1955,
should take effect forthwith.

I further declare that in my opinion said law is an emer-
gency law and the facts constituting the emergency are as
follows : —

Postponement of the operation of this act for ninety days
would, in view of the fact that the law is retroactive to
July 1, 1955, make the act ineffective until November 30,
1955.

Very truly yours,

Christian A. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth,

750 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 731.

Office of the Secretary, Boston, September 9, 1955.

I, Leo M. Harlow, Deputy Secretary of the Common-
wealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement
was filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at five o'clock and
fifteen minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance
with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter
seven hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-five.

Leo M. Harlow,

Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Chap. 7 SI An Act authorizing and directing the metropolitan

DISTRICT commission TO CONSTRUCT AND IMPROVE PLAY-
GROUNDS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to construct, improve and
maintain such playgrounds, beach areas, skating rinks and
other recreational facilities as may be determined by said
commission to be needed at any place under the jurisdiction
and control of said commission. Said commission may ex-
pend funds herein provided for said construction and im-
provements regardless of whether or not at present facilities
may exist at the location selected. Expenditure from funds
provided in this act are to be in addition to the amounts
appropriated in item 8601-23 of section two of chapter two
hundred and sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four. Projects constructed as herein provided shall not
be subject to section thirty A of chapter seven of the Gen-
eral Laws and shall include two skating rinks which shall
meet the minimum standards for playing ice hockey, but
shall be available at specified hours for fancy, speed and
general pubUc skating. For said purposes the said commis-
sion, on behalf of the commonwealth, may take by eminent
domain, under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, watercourses,
rights of way or easements.

Section 2. The metropolitan district commission shall
charge reasonable fees to cover costs of maintenance and
operation of said skating rinks and amortizing so much of
the loan authorized in section three as may be required for
the construction thereof.

Section 3. To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the construction and improvements authorized in
section one of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon request
of the governor and council, issue and sell at public or pri-
vate sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered or with
interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to an

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 732, 733. 751

amount to be specified by the governor and council from
time to time, but not exceeding in the aggregate, the sum of
one million dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth,
as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face, Metropolitan
District Commission Recreational Loan Act of 1955, and
shall be on the serial payment plan for such maximum term
of years, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may
recommend to the general court pursuant to section 3 of
Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be so arranged
that the amounts payable in the several years of the period
of amortization other than the final year, shall be as nearly
equal as in the opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable
to make them. Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually
at such rate as the state treasurer, mth the approval of the
governor, shall fix. The initial maturities of such bonds shall
be payable not later than one year from the date of issue
thereof, and the entire issue not later than June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and eighty. All interest payments and
payments on account of principal on such obb'gations shall
be paid from the metropolitan district commission park
funds, to be assessed by methods fixed by law.

Section 4. This act shall take efi'ect upon its passage.

Approved August 81, 1955.

An Act authorizing the trustees op the Bristol county (Jjin^ 730

TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL TO PENSION EDWARD D. BRIGGS. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The trustees of the Bristol county tubercu-
losis hospital are hereby authorized to pay Edward D.
Briggs, a former employee of the Bristol county tubercu-
losis hospital in Attleboro, an annual pension in the sum
of twelve hundred dollars, the same to be paid in monthly
installments of one hundred dollars.

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

Approved August 31, 1956.

An Act establishing the salaries of justices and Phn^ 733

CLERKS OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS, ^'
OF JUDGES AND RECORDERS OF THE LAND COURT, AND OF
THE JUDGES OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 211 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 22, as most recently amended f 22,' eu.',
by section 1 of chapter 742 of the acts of 1951, and inserting amended".'
in place thereof the following section : — Section 22. The salaries of
chief justice of the court shall receive a salary of twenty- andVs^ciMe
three thousand dollars and each associate justice a salary of justices of the
twenty-two thousand dollars, and the chief justice and each cSi'o^!" '"

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 733.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 212,
§ 27, etc.,
amended.

Salaries of
chief justice
and associate
justices of
the superior
court.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 186,
§ 14, etc..
amended.

Salaries of
judge, asso-
ciate judges
and recorder
of the land
court.

associate justice shall annually receive from the common-
wealth, upon certificate of the chief justice, the amount of
the expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their
duties. Such justices shall devote their entire time during
ordinary business hours to their respective duties and shall
not, directly or indirectly, engage in the practice of law.

Section 2. Chapter 212 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 27, as most recently amended
by section 2 of said chapter 742 of the acts of 1951, and in-
serting in place thereof the following section : — Section 27.
The chief justice shall receive a salary of twenty thousand
dollars and each associate justice a salary of nineteen thou-
sand dollars, and the chief justice and each associate justice
shall annually receive from the commonwealth, upon the
certificate of the chief justice, the amount of the expense
incurred by them in the discharge of their duties. Such
justices shall devote their entire time during ordinary busi-
ness hours to their respective duties and shall not, directly
or indirectly, engage in the practice of law.

Section 3. Chapter 185 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 14, as most recently amended
by section 3 of said chapter 742 of the acts of 1951, and
inserting in place thereof the following section: — Section 14-
The judge and associate judges of the land court shall each
receive a salary of nineteen thousand dollars and each shall
annually receive, upon the certificate of the judge, the
amount of the expenses incurred by him in the discharge of
his duties, to be paid by the commonwealth. Such judges,
the recorder and the deputy recorders shall devote their
entire time during ordinary business hours to their respective
duties and shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in the
practice of law. The recorder and each deputy recorder
shall receive such salary or compensation as shall be fixed
by the judge, subject to the approval of the governor and
council. Except as provided in section ten A, the compensa-
tion and salaries of examiners of title and all assistants and
messengers shall be fixed by the governor and council. All
salaries and expenses of the court shall be paid by the com-
monwealth, except the salaries of the assistant recorders and
the expenses incurred by them under this chapter and the
compensation and expenses of their technical assistants ap-
pointed under section ten A, which shall be paid by the re-
spective counties. All fees collected by the assistant re-
corders, except those received upon the filing of petitions,
which shall be transmitted with the petitions to the recorder,
shall be paid to their respective counties.

Section 4. Notwithstanding any provision of this act to
the contrary, the provisions of section twenty-two of chapter
two hundred and eleven, section twenty-seven of chapter
two hundred and twelve, and section fourteen of chapter
one hundred and eighty-five of the General Laws in effect
immediately prior to the effective date of chapter seven
hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 734. 753

fifty-one and the provisions of section thirty-four of chapter
two hundred and seventeen of the General Laws in effect im-
mediately prior to the effective date of this act, shall remain
in effect and apply to appointment to the offices, other than
the chief justiceships, referred to therein which are made on
or after the effective date of this act.

Section 5. Section four of chapter seven hundred and
forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one is
hereby repealed.

Section 6. Chapter 221 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 93, as most recently amended f'U'eto.l
by chapter 559 of the acts of 1951, and inserting in place amended.
thereof the following section: — Section 93. The clerk of Salaries of
the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall re- assistant
ceive from the commonwealth as salary a sum equivalent to supreme^fudi-
sixty-five per cent of the salary of an associate justice of the cjai court for

r ■,. . , , n • 1 1 1 1 the commoo-

supreme judicial court. Said clerk may employ necessary wealth,
clerical assistance and may expend for said purpose such
sums as may be appropriated therefor, subject, however, to
the approval of the chief justice.

Section 7. Chapter 217 of the General Laws is hereby Sj^J^^'-
amended by striking out section 34, as most recently amended § 34,' etc.,'
by section 1 of chapter 745 of the acts of 1951, and inserting amended.
in place thereof the following section: — Section 34- The sal- fud^es^of*^
aries of all judges of probate shall be paid by the common- probate and
wealth and are hereby established as follows : — '"^^ ^^''°^'

County. Salaries.

Group I Suffolk $15,250

Group II Middlesex 14,500

Norfolk 14,500

Group III Bristol 13,000

Essex 13,000

Hampden 13,000

Worcester 13,000

Group IV Barnstable 11,500

Berkshire 11,500

Franklin 11,500

Hampshire 11,500

Plymouth 11,500

Group V Dukes 4,500

Nantucket 4,500

Section 8. This act shall take effect on September first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved September 1, 1955.

An Act relative to the membership of the Gloucester QJiav 734
industrial development commission.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 786 of the acts of 1951 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 1. There is hereby
created a body pohtic and corporate to be known as the

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 735.

Gloucester Industrial Development Commission, and to
have corporate succession, which commission shall be deemed
to be a public instrumentality for the purposes of this act,
and by that name the commission may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with,
and shall have an official seal which may be altered at the
pleasure of the commission.

The Gloucester Industrial Development Commission shall
consist of seven persons, citizens of the city of Gloucester,
to be elected by vote of the city council or other municipal
governing board of said city, three to be elected for a term
of one year, two for a term of two years and two for a term
of three years, all terms commencing with February first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Annually thereafter the said
city council or other municipal governing board shall elect
for terms of three years each commencing on February first
such number of persons as is necessary to constitute the full
membership of the commission. Any person so appointed
shall serve until his successor is duly appointed.

As soon as it is convenient to do so, upon the election of
the full membership of the commission on February first in
each year, said commission shall meet and from its member-
ship elect a chairman, a vice chairman, a treasurer and a
secretary, but the secretary need not be a member of the
commission. No meeting of the commission shall be legal
unless a quorum is present and four members shall constitute
a quorum. The terms of the chairman, vice chairman, treas-
urer and secretary shall be one year and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified. Any vacancy in the commis-
sion shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by vote of the city council or other municipal governing
board as soon as notice is received that such vacancy exists.
A vacancy in the office of chairman, vice chairman, treasurer
or secretary shall be filled by the members of the commission,
the person elected to serve until the next annual meeting of
the commission, which annual meeting shall be held on the
third Wednesday of February. Between meetings of the
commission, the business of said commission shall be per-
formed by the chairman or vice chairman, who shall also
determine questions of policy, but all acts and decisions, ex-
cepting routine matters, shall be submitted for ratification
to the next meeting of the commission.

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

Approved September 1, 1955.

Chap. 735 An Act relative to the salaries of probation officers

IN THE municipal COURT OF THE ROXBURY DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed.^,'276T' Section 1. The first paragraph of section 83 of chapter

J 83.' etc.,' 276 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out
amence . ^j^^ j^^^ Sentence, as most recently amended by section 1

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 735. 755

of chapter 420 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place
thereof the following sentence : — In every district court in Salaries of
Suffolk county, other than the municipal court of the city blt\on oflToers.
of Boston and the municipal court of the Roxbury district,
the chief probation officer, if any, shall be compensated for
his services as if he held an office classified under the classi-
fication and compensation plans of said county in the same
grade as the clerk of court in which said chief probation
officer serves; and the assistant chief probation officer, if
any, shall be compensated for his services as if he held an
office classified under said classification and compensation
plans in the same grade as the first assistant clerk of said
court; and every other probation officer shall receive upon
appointment an annual salary of three thousand dollars or
such higher annual salary, not exceeding fifty-two hundred
dollars, as, because of his years of similar service in allied
fields, the mayor of Boston with the approval of the justices
of the court may determine, and annually thereafter, upon
the anniversary of his appointment, shall receive an increase
of two hundred dollars until a maximum annual salary of
fifty-two hundred dollars shall have been reached.

Section 2. Said section 83 of said chapter 276 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
further amended by inserting after said first paragraph the fgs.'etc^;
following paragraph : — further

In the municipal court of the Roxbury district such pro- g™*° ^ , .
bation officers shall receive as an annual salary the following : ^™^ ^^ ^^^ '
chief probation officer, seventy-five per cent of the salary
of a justice of said court; assistant chief probation officer,
fifty-five per cent of the salary of a justice of said court, and
every other probation officer shall receive upon appointment
an annual salary of four thousand dollars, and annually
thereafter, upon the anniversary of his appointment, shall
receive an increase of two hundred and twenty dollars until
his salary shall be equal to forty -eight per cent of the salary
of a justice of said court.

Section 3. Any person serving as a probation officer in
the municipal court of the Roxbury district on the effective
date of this act who has reached the maximum salary pro-
vided by section eighty-three of chapter two hundred and
seventy-six of the General Laws, as in effect immediately
prior to said effective date, shall receive a salary increase
of five hundred and sixty dollars, and every person so serving
who has not reached the maximum salary provided by said
section eighty-three of said chapter two hundred and seventy-
six, as in effect immediately prior to said effective date, shall
receive on the next anniversary of his appointment an increase
of four hundred and forty dollars, and annually thereafter
shall receive on the anniversary of his appointment an in-
crease of two hundred and twenty dollars until the maximum
salary provided by section eighty-three of chapter two
hundred and seventy-six of the General Laws, as amended
by sections one and two of this act, shall have been reached.

Approved September 1, 1956.

756

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 736.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 90,
§ 19A, etc.,
amended.

Certain motor
vehicles
exempt from
permit to
travel upon
public ways.

Chap.lSd An Act relative to the permissible load limits of

CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES USING THE PUBLIC WAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 19A of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out the first paragraph, as appearing
in section 1 of chapter 397 of the acts of 1946, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph: — Any provision
of section thirty of chapter eighty-five to the contrary not-
withstanding, a motor vehicle having two axles, which ve-
hicle with its load weighs not more than twenty-three tons,
and a semi-trailer unit or a motor vehicle having three or
more axles, which unit or vehicle with its load weighs not
more than thirty tons, may travel on a pubhc way without
a permit as required by said section thirty; provided, that
no such motor vehicle or semi-trailer unit, the weight on any
axle of which, measured at the ground, exceeds twenty-two
thousand four hundred pounds, or, in case of axles spaced
less than six feet apart, eighteen thousand pounds, shall so
travel without such a permit; and provided further that the
gross weight of any such vehicle together with its load ex-
pressed in pounds shall not exceed that shown on the follow-
ing table without such a permit : — (Table is based on the for-
mula W= 1,000 (LH-25) where L equals distance in feet be-
tween axles and W equals maximum gross weight in pounds.)

Distance in Feet between
THE First and Last Axles
OF A Motor Vehicle or Semi-
Trailer Unit (L)

Maximum Gross Weight in
Pounds (W)

7

32,000

8

33,000

9

34,000

10

35,000

11

36,000

12

37,000

13

38,000

14

39,000

15

40,000

16

41,000

17

42,000

18

43,000

19

44,000

20

45,000

21

46,000

22

47,000

23

48,000

24

49,000

25

50,000

26

51,000

27

52,000

28

53,000

29

54,000

30

55,000

31

56,000

32

57,000

33

68,000

34

59,000

35 or 0^

ver

60,000

Approved September 1, 1965.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 737, 738. 757

An Act authorizing the department of public health Chap. 737

TO ACQUIRE ASSISTANCE IX COMBATING POLIOMYELITIS,

Be it etiacled, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of combating the current epidemic of
poUomyehtis and affording proper care and nursing for the
victims of said disease, the department of pubUc health is
hereby authorized and directed to hire on a temporary basis
such physiotherapists, nurses and other personnel as said
department may deem necessary to give proper treatment
and care to the victims of said disease. For the purposes of
this act, said department may expend such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Approved September 6, 1965.

An Act to provide for a special capital outlay pro- Chav. 7SS

GRAM FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, which is to provide funds immediately
for a special capital outlay program for the commonwealth,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the pubhc con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. To provide for a special program of construc-
tion, reconstruction, alteration and improvement of various
state institutions and properties, and for the purchase of
certain property, the sums set forth in section two of this act,
for the several purposes and subject to the conditions speci-
fied in said section two, are hereby made available, subject
to the pro^dsions of law regulating the disbursement of
public funds and the approval thereof.

Section 2.

Civil Defense Agency.

Item

8256-01 For the construction of a central headquarters
and communications center, including the
cost of furnishings and equipment and in-
cluding the acquisition of land; provided,
that the director shall accept any federal
funds available for the purpose, and such
federal funds when received shall be
credited to the General Fund . . . $1,452,000 00

Service of the Armory Commission,

8256-02 For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the ar-
mory commission in accordance with rec-
ommendations of the department of public
safety to comply with the provisions of
chapter five hundred and eighty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-eight,
as amended, and for certain other improve-
ments to eliminate fire hazards, to be des-
ignated by the director of building con-
struction $100,000 00

758 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item
8256-03 For the construction of armories, including
furnishings and equipment, to be expended
in connection with federal funds available
for this purpose, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-01 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four; provided, that the
provisions of section thirty A of chapter
seven of the General Laws shall not apply
to expenditures made from this item . $415,000 00

Service of the State Superintendent of Buildings.

8256-04 For certain automatic controls and improve-
ments to the heating system in the State
House and Ford Building . . . $40,000 00

8256-05 For certain plumbing and certain other re-
lated improvements in the State House
and Ford Building, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-03 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four 85,000 00

8256-06 For the preparation of plans for certain im-
provements to the electrical distribution
system in the State House . . . 16,000 00

8256-07 For certain repairs and improvements to the
Bulfinch front and to the Annex of the
State House, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 0450-22 of
section two of chapter six hundred and
eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four .... 90,000 00

8356-27 For air conditioning the house and senate
chambers, to be expended subject to the
approval of the sergeant-at-arms . . 200,000 00

Service of the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.

8356-28 For the reimbursement to cities and towns
for the state's share of airport construction
as provided in sections thirty-nine F and
fifty-one K of chapter ninety of the General
Laws as amended, to be available for
matching federal funds for the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and fifty-six and suc-
ceeding years; provided that this item
shall not be subject to section thirty A of
chapter seven of the General Laws . . $160,000 00

Service of the State Airport Management Board.

8256-08 For the further development of the General
Edward Lawrence Logan International
Airport; provided, that any improvement
or development of the airport under tliis
item shall not permit the extension of the
existing bounds towards the town of Win-
throp or the mainland of the East Boston
district of the city of Boston; and, further
provided, that the board shall accept any
federal funds available for the purpose, and
such federal funds, when received, shall be

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738. 759

credited to the General Fund, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
0493-03 of section two of chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five of the acts of the
current year $750,000 00

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

825&-09 For the acquisition and development of cer-
tain areas as authorized by chapters five
hundred and twenty-three, five hundred
and thirty-eight, five hundred and sixty-six
and five hundred and seventy-eight of the
acts of the current year, for the acquisition
of certain land on Plum Island, and for the
development and improvement of certain
recreation areas; provided, however, that
from the amount appropriated by this item
the sum of forty-one thousand and nine
hundred dollars shall be allocated for the
purpose of acquiring by transfer, purchase
or by eminent domain, under chapter sev-
enty-nine of the General Laws, Watson's
pond and a certain parcel of land contigu-
ous to and bounding Watson's pond in the
city of Taunton, and for construction on
said pond and land of a swimming area and
recreation center, including fishing; pro-
vided that to cover this item the comp-
troller shall include in the assessment made
under the provisions of section five of chap-
ter one hundred and thirty-two A of the
General Laws the sum of forty-one thou-
sand seven hundred and sixteen dollars for
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six
and the sum of eighty thousand five hun- .
dred and fourteen dollars yearly for the
years nineteen hundred and fifty-seven to
nineteen hundred and seventy-five, inclu-
sive, and shall credit said amount to the
General Fund, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-05 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four; and, provided fur-
ther, that the provisions of section thirty A
of chapter seven of the General Laws shall
not apply to expenditures made from this
item $1,341,900 00

Service of the Department of Education.

8256-10 For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the de-
partment of education in accordance with
recommendations of the department of
public safety to comply with the provisions
of chapter five hundred and eighty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, as amended, and for certain other
improvements to eliminate fire hazards, to
be designated by the director of building
construction, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-06 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four $19,000 00

760

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item
8256-11

8256-12
8256-13

Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

For the acquisition of land, for the prepara-
tion of plans for a dormitory and for cer-
tain repairs and improvements to the prop-
erty at Buzzards Bay, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 7713-01
of section two of chapter seven hundred
and fifty-sLx of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-one .....

State Teachers' College at Bridge-water.

For certain renovations and improvements
to the boiler plant .....

For certain plumbing renovations in Wood-
ward Hall ......

$90,000 00

$30,000 00
90,000 00

State Teachers' College at Fitchburg.

8256-14 For certain plumbmg improvements in

MiUer Hall $35,000 00

State Teachers' College at Lowell.
8256-15 For the renovation of toUets and washrooms $25,000 00

State Teachers' College at North Adams.

8256-16 For certain renovations and improvements
to the boiler plant .....

$44,000 00

State Teachers' College at Salem.

8256-17 For the construction of a library, auditorium,
gymnasium, cafeteria and administration
building, including certain renovations to
existing buildings and including the cost of
furnishings and equipment, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
8654-06A of section two of chapter six hun-
dred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-three .... $1,150,00000

State Teachers' College at Worcester.

8256-18 For the preparation of plans for a gymnasium,
Hbrary, cafeteria and administration build-
ing, including furnishings and equipment;
and for plans for certain renovations in
existing buildings $45,000 00

State Teachers' College at Boston.

8256-19 For certain renovations including certain roof
and e.xterior work and the removal of the
cupola base, plumbing, wiring and lighting
improvements and refitting additional
classrooms, including the cost of furnish-
ings and equipment, to be in addition to
the amounts appropriated in item 1338-21
of section two of chapter four hundred and
fifty-three and item 8255-10 of section two
of chapter four hundred and seventy-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fiftj'^-
four $175,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

761

Item
8256-20

Massachusetts School of Art.

For the reconstruction of a certain roof and
for the installation of an elevator

$60,000 00

New Bedford Institute of Textiles and Technology.

8256-21 For the construction of a certain building, in-
cluding the acquisition of land and the
cost of furnishings and equipment, to be
in addition to the amount appropriated in
item 7918-17 of section two of chapter
seven hundred and ninety-five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty . . . $75,000 00

Lowell Technological Institute of Massachusetts.

8256-22 For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the
Lowell Technological Institute of Massa-
chusetts in accordance with recommenda-
tions of the department of public safety to
comply with the provisions of chapter five
hundred and eighty-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, as
amended, and for certain other improve-
ments to eliminate fire hazards, to be desig-
nated by the director of building construc-
tion, to be in addition to the amount
appropriated in item 8255-12 of section
two of chapter four hundred and seventy-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four .....

8256-23 For the purchase of certain furnishings and
equipment .....

8256-24 For the construction of an underground chem^
ical storage facility, including equipment

8256-25 For the purchase and installation of a library
book stack tower ....

8356-29 For the purchase and installation of chem-
istry benches .....

8356-30 For the preparation of plans for an industrial
research building ....

$15,000 00
100,000 00
20,000 00
40,000 00
70,000 00
80,000 00

University of Massachusetts.

8256-26 For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the
University of Massachusetts in accordance
with recommendations of the department
of public safety to comply with the provi-
sions of chapter five hundred and eighty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, as amended, and for certain
other improvements to eliminate fire haz-
ards, to be designated by the director of
building construction, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 8255-15
of section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four .....

8256-27 For the preparation of plans for an addition
to the library .....

$18,000 00
88,000 00

762

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item
8256-28

8256-29
8256-30

8256-31
8256-32

For the construction of a liberal arts class-
room building, including the cost of fur-
nishings and equipment .... $2,000,000 00

For the purchase of a certain parcel of land,

including buildings thereon . 12,000 00

For certain improvements and additions to
the power plant and the utihty system, to
be in addition to the amount appropriated
in item 8255-13 of section two of chapter
four hundred and seventy-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fiftj'-f our . . 1,169,000 00

For the construction of a vegetable gardening
classroom building and greenhouse, includ-
ing the cost of furnishings and equipment 250,000 00

For the purchase of certain laboratory equip-
ment 100,000 00

Division of Youth Service.

8256-33 For fire protection improvements m certain
buildings under the supervision of the di-
vision of youth service in accordance with
recommendations of the department of
public safety to comply with the provi-
sions of chapter five hundred and eighty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, as amended, and for certain
other improvements to eliminate fire haz-
ards, to be designated by the director of
building construction, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 8255-18
of section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four .... $30,000 00

8356-31 For the construction of a detention unit, or
for the purchase and renovation of an
existing building for this purpose, in the
county of Hampden in accordance with
the provisions of chapter five hundred and
seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, including the cost of
furnishings and equipment . . . 120,000 00

Industrial School for Boys.

8256-34 For the preparation of plans for a staff house

and central cafeteria .... $18,000 00

8256-35 For the preparation of plans for an addition
to the administration building for class
and vocational rooms .... 24,000 00

Lyman School for Boys.

8256-36 For the renovation of the underground elec-
trical system and for certain improvements
to steam lines and heating systems . . $130,000 00

8256-37 For certain improvements to plumbing fa-
ciUties, to be in addition to the amount ap-
propriated in item 0483-21 of section two
of chapter six hundred and thirty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two 60,000 00

8256-38 For the renovation of the g^onnasium, to be
in addition to the amount appropriated in
item 8654-15 of section two of chapter six
hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-three .... 20,000 00

Acts,, 1955. — Chap. 738. 763

Detention Center.
Item
8256-39 For the renovation of the detention center,
South Huntington Avenue, including the
cost of furnishings and equipment . . $129,000 00

Institute of Juvenile Guidance, Bridgewater.

8256-40 For the renovation of buildings at Bridge-
water, including the cost of furnishings and
equipment $100,000 00

Service of the Department of Mental Health.

8256-41 For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the de-
partment of mental health in accordance
with recommendations of the department
of public safety to comply with the pro-
visions of chapter five hundred and eighty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, as amended, and for certain
other improvements to eliminate fire haz-
ards, to be designated by the director of
building construction, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 8255-21
of section two of chapter four hundred and
seventv-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four .... $218,000 00

Boston Psychopathic Hospital.

8256-42 For an addition to provide therapeutic fa-
cilities and for certain renovations and im-
provements to existing buildings, including
the cost of furnishings and equipment, to
be in addition to the amount appropriated
in item 8654-35 of section two of chapter
six hundred and sixty of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fiftj^-three . . . $860,000 00

Boston State Hospital.

8256-43 For the renovation of the East Cafeteria, in-
cluding the cost of furnishings and equip-
ment $125,000 00

8256-44 For improvements to the power plant and
steam distribution S3''stem, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
8255-23 of section two of chapter four hun-
dred and seventy-one of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four . _ . . 280,000 00

8256-45 For the replacement of certain sash in the A
and I Buildings, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 1711-22 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
eightv-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three 135,000 00

8256-46 For the replacement of the elevator in the

storehouse 16,000 00

8256-47 For certain rewiring in the A and I Buildings . 50,000 00

764

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item
8256-48

For the construction of a garage, including
the cost of certain equipment, to be in ad-
dition to the amount appropriated in item
8255-24 of section two of chapter four hun-
dred and seventy-one of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four

$15,000 00

Foxborough State Hospital.

8256-49 For the construction of an admission-treat-
ment building, including the cost of furnish-
ings and equipment ....
8256-50 For certain plumbing renovations
8256-51 For certain improvements to the electrical
distribution system, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 8654-19
of section two of chapter six hundred and
sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three ......

J, 187,000 00
80,000 00

50,000 00

Gardner State Hospital.

8256-52 For certain improvements to the hot water

distribution system .... $90,000 00

8256-53 For certain improvements to the ventilation

of Thompson Hall 25,000 00

8256-54 For certain sewage disposal improvements, to
be in addition to the amount appropriated
in item 8255-29 of section two of chapter
four hundred and seventy-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-four . . 73,000 00

Grafton State Hospital.

8256-55 For certain improvements to the power

plant $95,000 00

8256-56 For certain plumbing renovations, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 8255-31 of section two of chapter four
hundred and seventy-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four . . 82,000 00

8256-57 For the renovation of certain heating units . 50,000 00

8256-58 For the replacement of the power switchboard
and installation of a turbine, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
7717-15 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-one . . . 75,000 00

8356-32 For improvements in the heating system of
the Oaks Group, including the installation
of an additional boiler .... 15,000 00

Medfield State Hospital.

8256-59 For the renovation of certain plumbing $40,000 00

8256-60 For certain improvements to the refrigeration

system 35,000 00

8256-61 For certain improvements to the sewage dis-
posal system 65,000 00

8256-62 For certain improvements to the power plant

and utility distribution system . . 285,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

765

Item
8256-63

8256-64

8256-65
8256-66

Metropolitan State Hospital.

For certain renovations to the medical and
surgical building, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 1717-30 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three ..... $92,000 00

For the renovation and repair of certain cor-
ridors, to be in addition to the amount ap-
propriated in item 7717-22 of section two
of chapter seven hundred and fifty-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one 85,000 00

For certain improvements to the power plant 65,000 00

For the preparation of plans for a building for

sexual ofiFenders 107,000 00

Northampton State Hospital.

8256-67 For the construction of a paint shop and
storage building, including the cost of fur-
nishings and equipment .... $20,000 00

8256-68 For certain roof repairs to the main group
and the power plant, including certain re-
construction of parapets and copings 50,000 00

8256-69 For certain improvements to the electrical

system 20,000 00

8256-70 For certain improvements to the hot and

cold water distribution system . 80,000 00

8356-33 For certain fireproofing and improvements to
plumbing facilities, and related work in-
cidental thereto, including the installation
of detention screens, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 7918-36
of section two of chapter seven hundred and
ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty 18,000 00

Taunton State Hospital.

8256-71 For the preparation of plans for the renova-
tion of kitchens, including an elevator . $22,000 00

8256-72 For certain improvements to the refrigeration
system, to be in addition to the amount
appropriated in item 1719-24 of section
two of chapter four hundred and eighty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three 45,000 00

8356-34 For the replacement and improvement of the
hot and cold water distribution systems in
the Main Group 30,000 00

Westborough State Hospital.

8256-73 For the construction of an admission-treat-
ment building, including the cost of fur-
nishings and equipment .... $2,187,000 00

8256-74 For certain plumbing renovations, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 1720-23 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four . 75,000 00

8256-75 For the remodeling of the Durfee heating

system 24,000 00

766

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item
8256-76

Worcester State Hospital.

For the construction of a building on the
grounds of the Worcester State Hospital to
replace the Summer Street Extension and
for certain other additions, alterations and
improvements, including the cost of fur-
nishings and equipment for such building,
additions, alterations and improvements,
to be in addition to the amounts appro-
priated in items 7617-20 and 7617-21 of
section two of chapter six hundred and four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
two and item 8255-43 of section two of
chapter four hundred and seventy-one of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four

$10,000 00

Monson State Hospital.

8256-77 For certain improvements to the power plant
and utility distribution systems, including
the cost of equipment .... $532,000 00

8256-78 For the preparation of plans for a laundry

building 25,000 00

8256-79 For the renovation of certain plumbing, to
be in addition to the amount appropriated
in item 8255-47 of section two of chapter
four hundred and seventy-one of the acts
of nineteen hrmdred and fifty-four . . 75,000 00

8256-80 For the installation of an elevator and for
certain renovations in the Hodskins Build-
ing, including the cost of furnishings and
equipment 110,000 00

8256-81 For the enclosure of certain porches and the
installation of a heating s}''stem, including
the cost of furnishings and equipment 150,000 00

8256-82 For certain alterations in the cafeteria and
Women's Building, including the cost of
furnishings and equipment . . 25.000 00

8256-83 For the preparation of plans for a certain

building for the housing of emploj'^ees . 45,000 00

Belchertown State School.

8256-84 For the remodeling of the kitchen and can-
nery, including the cost of furnishings and
equipment $300,000 00

8256-85 For the renovation of plumbin'g and the im-
provement of food services in certain build-
ings, including the cost of equipment . 50,000 00

8256-86 For detention screens, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 1723-22 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three _ 30,000 00

8356-35 For the construction of a livestock feed stor-
age building including the cost of equipment 17,500 00

Walter E. Fernald State School.

8256-87 For certain improvements to the steam and
hot water distribution systems, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 8654-21 of section two of chapter six
hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fiftv-three ....

$400,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

767

For the replacement of certain wiring, to be
in addition to the amount appropriated in
item 7717-47 of section two of chapter
seven hundred and fifty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-one

For certain renovations to the heating system

For certain renovations in the Research
Building, including the cost of furnishings
and equipment .....

For certain improvements to the power plant,
including equipment, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 7717-44
of section two of chapter seven hundred
and fifty-sLx of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-one .....

For an addition to the kitchen, the construc-
tion of a central bakery and the construc-
tion of a cannery, including the cost of
furnishings and equipment, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
8255-53 of section two of chapter four
hundred and seventy-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four

For the preparation of plans for a dormitory
building and appurtenant facilities at the
Templeton Colony .....

$15,000 00
75,000 00

40,000 00

52,000 00

68,000 00
91,000 00

Wrentham State School.

For the enlargement and for certain improve-
ments to the power plant, including the
cost of equipment $476,000 00

For the preparation of plans for a school

building and gymnasium . . . 36,000 00

For renovation of plumbing . . , 30,000 00

Myles Standish State School.

For the installation of certain street lighting,
to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in item 8255-59 of section two of
chapter four hundred and seventy-one of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four

For the renovation of certain buildings used
for surplus property ....

$20,000 00
25,000 00

Service of the Department of Correction.

For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the de-
partment of correction in accordance with
recommendations of the department of
pubUc safety to comply with the provisions
of chapter five hundred and eighty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, as amended, and for certain other
improvements to ehminate fire hazards, to
be designated by the director of building
construction, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-62 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four .....

$24,000 00

768

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item

8356-37 For the construction of a reception classifica-
tion building on a site to be selected by the
commissioner of correction with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, includ-
ing the cost of furnishings and equipment .

8356-38 For the construction of a sixty-cell segrega-
tion building on a site to be selected by the
commissioner of correction with the ap-
proval of the governor and councU, includ-
ing the cost of furnishings and equipment .

8356-39 For the remodeling of certain cells in the cor-
rectional institutions of the commonwealth
to provide Ught and plumbing facilities,
including cost of furnishings and equipment

8356-40 For the construction of three prison camps in
accordance with section eightj'^-three A of
chapter one hundred and twenty-seven,
including the cost of furnishings and equip-
ment .......

8356-41 For the purchase of machinery and equip-
ment for the expansion and modernization
of prison industrial programs at the cor-
rectional institutions of the commonwealth,
including the cost of installation and neces-
sary building alterations

8356-42 For the remodeling of the farm dormitory at
the Massachusetts Correctional Institu-
tion, Norfolk, to provide quarters for an
in-service training program for correction
officers and to provide quarters for a com-
plement of state police ....

8356-43 For the renovation and alteration to the front
entrance and to replace the present visitors
room at the Massachusetts Correctional
Institution, Concord, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 8255-64
of section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four .....

8256-98

8256-99

8356-01
8356-02

Massachusetts Reformatory.

For certain plumbing renovations, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 8255-65 of section two of chapter four
hundred and seventy-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four

For certain improvements to the wall towers
and repairs to the prison walls, including
the cost of equipment ....

For certain improvements to the bakery

For the preparation of plans for a new power
plant .......

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

8356-03 For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the de-
partment of public welfare in accordance
with recommendations of the department
of pubUc safety to comply with the provi-
sions of chapter five hundred and eightj'^-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

769

Item

forty-eight, as amended, and for certain
other improvements to eliminate fire haz-
ards, to be designated by the director of
buUding construction, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 8255-68
of section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four .....

$35,000 00

Tewkshury State Hospital and Infirmary.

For certain plumbing renovations, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 8255-67 of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four . . . . _ . $50,000 00

For certain renovations to the electrical dis-
tribution system to enable the summer pur-
chase of power, including the cost of equip-
ment, to be in addition to the amount
appropriated in item 1919-28 of section
two of chapter six hundred and seventy-
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fiftj^-three 16,000 00

For the construction of an incinerator . . 18,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Health.

For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the de-
partment of public health in accordance
with recommendations of the department
of public safety to comply with the provi-
sions of chapter five hundred and eighty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, as amended, and for certain
other improvements to eliminate fire haz-
ards, to be designated by the director of
building construction, to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item 8255-69
of section two of chapter four hundred
and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four .... $41,000 00

North Reading State Sanatorium,

8356-08 For the fireproofing of the exterior of certain

buildings $25,000 00

8356-09 For the construction of facilities for the treat-
ment of water, including the cost of equip-
ment 30,000 00

Rutland State Sanatorium.

8356-10 For certain improvements to the power plant,

including equipment .... $35,000 00

8356-11 For certain improvements to the exterior of

buildings 16,000 00

770

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item
8356-12

Massachusetts Hospital School.

For the construction of an industrial build-
ing, including the cost of furnishings and
equipment ......

Pondville Hospital.

8366-13 For the conversion of the heating plant from
coal to oil, including the cost of equipment

8356-14 For certain improvements to the electrical
distribution system ....

SIOO.OOO 00

$20,000 00
70,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

8356-15 For certain improvements to the exterior of

the Headquarters Building , . . $40,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Works.

8356-16 For the improvement, development, mainte-
nance and protection of rivers, harbors,
tidewaters and shores; construction, re-
construction or removal of dams; con-
struction, reconstruction or repair of town
or city piers and wharves; within the
commonwealth; as authorized by section
eleven of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws, to be used in conjunction with any
federal funds made available for the pur-
pose, to be expended either with or with-
out contributions from municipaUties or
other organizations and individuals; pro-
vided, that this item shall not be subject to
section thirty A. of chapter seven of the
General Laws, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-76 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four $4,000,000 00

8356-17 For the purpose of pajdng the state's share of
the cost of dredging and improvements in
Town River in the city of Quincy, in ac-
cordance with an agreement to be entered
into with the federal government; pro-
vided, that payments by the common-
wealth for this project shall not exceed
twenty-five per cent of the total cost
thereof 175,000 00

8356-44 For the improvement and development of
Scusset beach; provided, that to cover this
item the comptroller shall include in the
assessment made under the provisions of
section five of chapter one hundred and
thirty-two A of the General Laws the sum
of forty-five thousand dollars yearly for
the years nineteen hundred and fifty-seven
to nineteen hundred and seventy-six, in-
clusive, and shall credit said amount to the
General Fund; and provided, further, that
the provisions of section thirty A of chap-
ter seven of the General Laws shall not
apply to expenditures made from this item 750,000 00

Acts. 1955. — Chap. 738. 771

Service of the Port of Boston Commission.

Item
8356-18 For certain repairs and replacements at
Hoosac Pier Number 1 and to the Mystic
piers, to be in addition to the amount ap-
propriated in item 8255-77 of section two
of chapter four hundred and seventy-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four; provided, that, notwithstanding the
provisions of sections thirty A to thirty K,
inclusive, of chapter seven of the General
Laws, and sections forty-four A to forty-
four D, inclusive, of chapter one hundred
and forty-nine of the General Laws, there
shall be paid out of this item to the Boston
and Maine Railroad Company the sum of
fifty-four thousand, three hundred and
sixty-two dollars and forty-one cents for
expenditures made by said railroad com-
pany, with the approval of the port of
Boston commission, for the purpose of re-
pairing damage to the Hoosac grain ele-
vator, being property owned by the com-
monwealth and leased to said railroad
company, said damage having been caused
by storms occurring on November tenth
and December seventh in the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-three, and said repairs
being necessary for the immediate protec-
tion of life and property .... $35,000 00

Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.

8356-19 For fire protection improvements in certain
buildings under the supervision of the Sol-
diers' Home in Massachusetts in accord-
ance with reconxmendations of the depart-
ment of public safety to comply with the
provisions of chapter five hundred and
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, as amended, and for cer-
tain other improvements to eUminate fire
hazards, including the construction of a
transformer vault and certain other im-
provements to the electrical distribution
system, to be designated by the director
of building construction, to be in addition
to the amount appropriated in item
8255-80 of section two of chapter four
hundred and seventy-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four . . $11,000 00

8356-20 For certain improvements to the head-
quarters cafeteria and kitchen and for the
construction of a storeroom, inchiding the
cost of furnishings and equipment . . 90,000 00

8356-21 For certain improvements to parking areas,
sidewalks and curbings, including land-
scaping, grading and the construction of a
retaining wall 25,000 00

Service of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke.

8356-22 For the construction of a storage building,
including the cost of furnishings and equip-
ment, and for the disposal of a certain sur-
plus buUding $40,000 00

772 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

Item
8356-45 For the construction of a soldiers' home, in-
cluding a nurses' home in the city of Hol-
yoke, and including the cost of furnishings
and equipment, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-83 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four .... $75,000 00

Service of the Division of Building Construction.

8356-23 For the cost of installation and other ex-
penses connected therewith, in various
state institutions, of certain surplus diesel
engine generators, including the cost of
appurtenant equipment .... $150,000 00

8356-24 For the preparation of preliminary plans and
descriptive specifications, as authorized by
section thirty H of chapter seven of the
General Laws, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item 8255-84 of
section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four 125,000 00

Contingent Reserve.

8356-25 To cover unexpected contingencies in the
cost of projects authorized by this act and
by chapters seven hundred and ninety-five
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty,
seven hundred and fifty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-one, six hun-
dred and four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-two, six hundred and sixty
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
three, and four hundred and seventy-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four, to be allocated by the commission on
administration and finance with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, to be
in addition to the amount appropriated in
item 8255-85 of section two of chapter
four hundred and seventy-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-four . . $618,200 00

Section 3. The state treasurer may borrow from time
to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of
money as may be necessary for the purpose of meeting pay-
ments as authorized by section two of this act, and may
issue and renew from time to time notes of the common-
wealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at
such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes
shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for
such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may
recommend to the general court in accordance with section 3
of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes,
whether original or renewal, shall be not later than June

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738. 773

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight. Notwithstand-
ing an,y provisions of this act, such notes shall be general
obligations of the commonwealth.

Section 4. To meet the expenditure necessary m carry-
ing out the provisions of section two of this act or to re-
finance notes issued as provided in section three of this act,
the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor and
council, issue and sell at public or private sale bonds of the
commonwealth, registered or with interest coupons attached,
as he may deem best, to an amount to be specified by the
governor and council from time to time, but not exceeding
in the aggregate, the sum of thirty million eight hundred and
eighty-five thousand dollars. All bonds issued by the com-
monwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face.
Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1955, and shall be on the serial
payment plan for such maximum term of years, not ex-
ceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend to
the general court pursuant to section 3 of Article LXIl of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth,
the maturities thereof to be so arranged that the amounts
payable in the several years of the period of amortization
other than the final year, shall be as nearly equal as in the
opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them.
Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as
the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall
fix. The initial maturities of such bonds shall be payable
not later than one year from the date of issue thereof and the
entire issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and eighty.

Section 5. On and after the effective date of this act,
the state treasurer shall not sell any additional bonds under
the provisions of section four of chapter six hundred and four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two. To meet the
additional expenditures necessary in carrying out the pro-
visions of said chapter six hundred and four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-two, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, regis-
tered or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem
best, to an amount to be specified by the governor and council
from time to time, but not exceeding in the aggregate the
balance authorized to be issued under said chapter six
hundred and four and remaining unsold on the effective date
of this act. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as
aforesaid, shall be designated on the face, Capital Outlay
Loan Act of 1952-1955, and shall be on the serial payment
plan for such maximum term of years, not exceeding twenty
years, as the governor may recommend to the general court
pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments
to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, the maturities
thereof to be so arranged that the amounts payable in the
several years of the period of amortization other than the
final year, shall be as nearly equal as in the opinion of the

774 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 738.

state treasurer it is practicable to make them. Said bonds
shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as the state
treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall fix. The
initial maturities of such bonds shall be payable not later
than one year from the date of issue thereof and the entire
issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
eighty.

Section 6. On and after the effective date of this act,
the state treasurer shall not sell any additional bonds under
the provisions of section four of chapter six hundred and sixty
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three. To meet the
additional expenditures necessary in carrying out the pro-
visions of said chapter six hundred and sixty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-three, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered
or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to
an amount to be specified by the governor and council from
time to time, but not exceeding in the aggregate the balance
authorized to be issued under said chapter six hundred and
sixty and remaining unsold on the effective date of this act.
All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be
designated on the face, Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1953-
1955, and shall be on the serial payment plan for such maxi-
mum term of years, not exceeding twenty years, as the gov-
ernor may recommend to the general court pursuant to
section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Consti-
tution of the Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be so
arranged that the amounts payable in the several years of the
period of amortization other than the final year, shall be as
nearly equal as in the opinion of the state treasurer it is prac-
ticable to make them. Said bonds shall bear interest semi-
annually at such rate as the state treasurer, with the ap-
proval of the governor, shall fix. The initial maturities of
such bonds shall be payable not later than one year from the
date of issue thereof and the entire issue not later than June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty.

Section 7. On and after the effective date of this act,
the state treasurer shall not sell any additional bonds under
the provisions of section four of chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four.
To meet the additional expenditures necessary in carrying
out the provisions of said chapter four hundred and seventy-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four or to re-
finance notes issued as provided in section three of said
chapter four hundred and seventy-one, the state treasurer
shall, upon request of the governor and council, issue and
sell at public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth,
registered or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem
best, to an amount to be specified by the governor and
council from time to time, but not exceeding in the ag-
gregate the balance authorized to be issued under said chap-
ter four hundred and seventy-one and remaining unsold on

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 739. 775

the effective date of this act. All bonds issued by the com-
monwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face,
Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1954-1955, and shall be on the
serial payment plan for such maximum term of years, not
exceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend
to the general court pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of
the Amendments to the Constitution of the Common-
wealth, the maturities thereof to be so arranged that the
amounts payable in the several j'-ears of the period of amorti-
zation other than the final year, shall be as nearly equal as in
the opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make
them. Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such
rate as the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor,
shall fix. The initial maturities of such bonds shall be pay-
able not later than one year from the date of issue thereof
and the entire issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and eighty.

Approved September 8, 1955.

An Act clarifying the purposes of the highway flood pi ^qq

RELIEF LOAN, ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY- ^ '^(^V ' * '^^
FIVE.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to provide immediately for the preamble,
relief of the disaster caused by the floods of August, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health, safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 698 of the acts of 1955 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 1 . To provide for
certain repairs upon public highways in the areas stricken
by the floods caused by the rains of August eighteenth and
nineteenth of the current year, as more clearly specified
hereinafter, the sum of twenty-five million dollars is hereby
made available for transfer by the commission on adminis-
tration and finance, at its discretion, for the following pur-
poses : —

(1) To the director of civil defense such amounts as may
be necessary to provide for expenditures or reimbursements
and other expenses authorized by section four of this act.

(2) To reimburse the appropriation accounts available
for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the sev-
eral other state departments, boards and commissions
such amounts as, in the opinion of the commission, are
necessary and have been expended therefrom for purposes of
construction, reconstruction or repair of public highways
damaged by said floods.

Section 2. Said chapter 698 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the

776 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 740.

following section : — Section 4- The commonwealth shall,
subject to the approval of a board consisting of the director
of civil defense, the director of accounts of the department of
corporations and taxation, the commissioner of adminis-
tration, and the commissioner of public works, reimburse or
allocate for the benefit of the political subdivisions of the
commonwealth affected by said August floods, an amount
equal to their obligations of repayment of any indebtedness
incurred under the provisions of chapter six hundred and
thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty, as
amended, or incurred under the provisions of section thirty-
six A of chapter thirty-five or of clause (9) of section eight of
chapter forty-four of the General Laws as a result of emer-
gency highway repairs necessitated by said floods, and shall
reimburse them for any expenditures from available funds
and from sums raised by taxation for the purposes authorized
under said chapter six hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty, as amended, or authorized under
the provisions of section thirty-one of chapter forty-four of
the General Laws as a result of such repairs, and, in addi-
tion, the commonwealth may expend amounts approved by
said board referred to above for purposes of construction,
reconstruction or repair of public highways damaged by
said floods, for the benefit of the pohtical subdivisions of the
commonwealth affected by said August floods; provided,
that the total amount to be paid by the commonwealth for
such purposes shall not exceed twenty-five milhon dollars.

Approved September 8, 1955.

Chap. 7 40 An Act relative to the settlement of veterans.

Emergency Whersos, The deferred operation of this act would tend

to defeat its purpose, which is to provide without delay cer-
tain benefits for veterans and their dependents, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:

G L. (Ter. SECTION L Sectiou 1 of chapter 116 of the General

etc;;'ameAded'. Laws is hereby amended by striking out clause Fifth, as
most recently amended by section 5 of chapter 403 of the
acts of 1955, and inserting in place thereof the following
clause: —
Settlement Fifth, (A) A persou who enlisted or was commissioned and

was mustered into or continued in the military or naval
service of the United States, as a part of the quota of a town
in the commonwealth under any call of the president of the
United States during' the war of the rebellion, between the
nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
and the first day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-
five, both dates inclusive, or who was assigned as a part
of the quota thereof after having enlisted or having been

of veterans.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 740. 777

commissioned and mustered into said service, or continuing
therein, and his wife or widow and minor children, shall be
deemed thereby to have acquired a settlement in such town ;
a person who would otherwise be entitled to a settlement
hereunder but who was not a part of the quota of any town,
shall, if he served as a part of the quota of this common-
wealth, be deemed thereby to have acquired a settlement for
himself, his wife or widow and minor children, in the town
where he actually resided in this commonwealth at the time
of his enhstment or commissioning or continuance in active
federal service, between said dates; (B) A person who en-
Usted or was commissioned and was mustered into or con-
tinued in the miUtary or naval service of the United States
during the Spanish War, including the period of the Philip-
pine Insurrection and the China Relief Expedition, between
the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight, and the fourth day of July, nineteen hundred and two,
both dates inclusive, whether he served as a part of the
quota of this commonwealth or not, and his wife or widow
and minor children shall be deemed thereby to have acquired
a settlement in the town where he actually resided in this
commonwealth at the time of his entry into or continuance
in active federal service, between said dates; (C) A person
who enlisted or was commissioned or inducted and was
mustered into or continued in the miUtary or naval service
of the United States, and a member of the National Guard of
the commonwealth who responded to the call of the president
of the United States, during World War I, between the third
day of February, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and the
eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen,
both dates inclusive, whether he served as a part of the quota
of this commonwealth or not, and his wife or widow and
minor children shall be deemed thereby to have acquired a
settlement in the town where he actually resided in this
commonwealth at the time of his entry into or continuance
in active federal service, between said dates; (D) A person
who enlisted or was commissioned or inducted and was
mustered into or continued in the military or naval service
of the United States, and a member of the National Guard
of the commonwealth who responded to the call of the presi-
dent of the United States, during World War II, between the
sixteenth day of September, nineteen hundred and forty,
and the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and
forty-six, both dates inclusive, whether he served as a part
of the quota of the commonwealth or not, and his wife or
widow and minor children shall be deemed thereby to have
acquired a settlement in the town where he actually resided
in this commonwealth at the time of his entry into or con-
tinuance in active federal service, between said dates;
(E) A person who enlisted or was commissioned or inducted
and was mustered into or continued in or was recalled into,
the armed forces of the United States, and a member of the
National Guard of the commonwealth called to duty and

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 740.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 116, § 2,
etc., amended.

Settlement not
acquired while
receiving
public relief.

actually serving with the said armed forces, either indi-
vidually or as a member of his respective unit, during the
Korean Emergency, between the twenty-fifth day of June,
nineteen hundred and fifty, and the thirty-first day of Jan-
uary, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, both dates inclusive,
whether he served as a part of the quota of the common-
wealth or not, and his wife or widow and minor children shall,
as of the date of his termination of active duty with the said
armed forces, either by death, release or discharge, be deemed
thereby to have acquired a settlement in the town where
he actually resided in the commonwealth at the time of his
entry into or continuance in active federal service, between
said twenty-fifth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifty,
and said thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five; provided, that the provisions of this clause shall
apply only where active federal service was terminated by
death under circumstances other than dishonorable, by
reason of disability not the result of the person's own mis-
conduct, or by release or discharge under honorable con-
ditions; and provided, further, that the provisions of this
clause shall not apply to any person who enlisted and re-
ceived a bounty for such enlistment in more than one town
unless the second enlistment was made after an honorable
discharge from the first term of service, nor to any person
who has been proved guilty of wilful desertion, nor to any
person who when he entered active federal service was a
subject or citizen of a neutral country, had filed his intention
to become a citizen of the United States, and afterward
withdrew such intention under the act of Congress approved
on July ninth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, nor to any
person designated on his last discharge or release from active
federal service as a conscientious objector, nor to any person
who was discharged or released on his own application or
solicitation by reason of his being an enemy alien.

Section 2. If any person gained a settlement under the
provisions of clause Fifth of section one of chapter one hun-
dred and sixteen of the General Laws, as appearing in sec-
tion six of chapter five hundred and ninety of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-one, or as amended by section
forty-six of chapter six hundred and twenty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, who would not be
eligible for the acquisition of a settlement under clause
Fifth, as amended by section one of this act, said gained
settlement is hereby defeated, and the settlement, if any, of
such person existing on the seventh day of August, nineteen
hundred and fifty-one, or the ninth day of June, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, as the case may be, is hereby revived.

Section 3. Section 2 of chapter 116 of the General
Laws, as most recently amended by section 4 of chapter
584 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the
following sentence : — No person shall acquire a settlement,
or be in the process of acquiring a settlement, while receiving

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 741. 779

public relief, unless within two years after receiving such
relief, he tenders reimbursement of the cost thereof to the
commonwealth or to the town furnishing it; provided, that
benefits received under chapter one hundred and fifteen
shall not be considered public relief for the purposes of this
section; and provided, further, that receipt of pubhc relief
by a veteran whose service qualifies him to receive benefits
under said chapter one hundred and fifteen, or by a depend-
ent of a veteran qualified by his service to receive such
benefits, shall not prevent such veteran or dependent, in
accordance with the provisions of this section, from ac-
quiring, or being in the process of acquirmg, a settlement,
unless the veterans' agent of the town of settlement, if any,
of such veteran or dependent, or the commissioner of vet-
erans' services, if such veteran or dependent has no settle-
ment, shall notify, in writing, the pubhc weKare authorities
of the town furnishing such public relief that such veteran
or dependent is not eligible for benefits under said chapter
one hundred and fifteen, in answer to a notice, in writing,
which, in addition to any notice required by law to be given
to the public welfare authorities of the town of settlement,
if any, and to the commissioner of public welfare, shall, in
the case of such veteran or dependent, be given forthwith
to the veterans' agent of the town of settlement, if any,
and to the commissioner of veterans' services by the town
granting such public relief. Approved September 8, 1955.

Chap.74:l

G. L. (Ter.

An Act increasing the salaries of certain justices

OF THE district COURTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 218 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 78, as most recently amended Ed.T.'2i8."§ 78,
by chapter 453 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place ®*°' ^™^°'^®'*-
thereof the following section : — • Section 78. The salary of salaries of
the justice of the municipal court of the Dorchester dis- district wiutl
trict shall be eighty-seven hundred dollars. The salary of
the justice of each of the following district courts shall be
seventy-eight hundred and ninety dollars: district court of
southern Essex, district court of Somerville, district court
of Lowell; the salary of the justice of each of the following
district courts shall be seventy-five hundred and forty-five
dollars: third district court of Bristol, first district court of
Essex, second district court of eastern Middlesex, district
court of Chelsea; the salary of the justice of each of the
following district courts shall be seventy-four hundred dol-
lars: East Boston district court, municipal court of the
West Roxbury district, municipal court of the South Boston
district, district court of Lawrence, district court of Newton,
district court of Brockton, municipal court of the Charles-
town district, municipal court of the Brighton district; the
salary of the justice of each of the following district courts
shall be sixty-six hundred dollars : municipal court of Brook-

780 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 741.

line, fourth district court of eastern Middlesex, district court
of central Berkshire, district court of northern Norfolk, cen-
tral district court of northern Essex; the salary of the justice
of each of the following district courts shall be six thousand
dollars: second district court of Plymouth, first district
court of southern Middlesex, district court of Holyoke, dis-
trict court of Hampshire, district court of Fitchburg, first
district court of Bristol, first district court of southern
Worcester; the salary of the justice of each of the following
district courts shall be fifty-five hundred dollars: district
court of eastern Essex, first district court of northern Worces-
ter, fourth district court of Bristol, district court of Newbury-
port, district court of western Norfolk, district court of
Chicopee, district court of central Middlesex, district court
of Franklin; the salary of the justice of each of the follow-
ing district courts shall be forty-nine hundred dollars: first
district court of Barnstable, fourth district court of Plym-
outh, district court of western Hampden, district court of
Marlborough, third district court of Plymouth; the salary
of the justice of each of the following district courts shall be
forty-six hundred and forty dollars: first district court of
northern Middlesex, district court of Leominster, district
court of northern Berkshire, district court of Natick, district
court of southern Norfolk, district court of western Worces-
ter, third district court of southern Worcester, district court
of eastern Hampden, second district court of eastern Worces-
ter, second district court of Essex, second district court of
southern Worcester, fourth district court of Berkshire, first
district court of eastern Worcester, district court of eastern
Hampshire; the salary of the justice of each of the following
district courts shall be thirty-nine hundred dollars: second
district court of Barnstable, district court of Lee, third dis-
trict court of Essex, district court of Winchendon, district
court of eastern Franklin, district court of WiUiamstown;
the salary of the justice of the district court of southern
Berkshire shall be forty-six hundred and forty dollars; the
salary of the justice of the district court of Peabody shall be
fifty-five hundred dollars. The salary of the justice of the
district court of Dukes county shall be forty-three hundred
and forty dollars and the salary of the justice of the district
court of Nantucket shall be thirty-five hundred dollars.

Section 1A. Section seventy-seven of said chapter two
hundred and eighteen is hereby repealed.

Section 2. Notwithstanding any provisions of this act
to the contrary the provisions of sections seventy-seven and
seventy-eight of chapter two hundred and eighteen of the
General Laws in effect immediately prior to the effective
date of chapter seven hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-one shall remain in effect and
apply to appointments to the offices referred to therein which
are made on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on October first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved September 8, 1965.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 742, 743. 781

An Act relative to exhibiting motion pictubbs and Chap. 7 42

USING RADIO OR TELEVISION ON THE LORD's DAY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^ambi°°^
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith that the
exhibition of motion pictures on the Lord's day be excluded
from certain provisions of law regulating certain other enter-
tainment on said day, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the inmiediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 4 of chapter 136 of the General Laws, as most ^•^^- {J|'j ^
recently amended by chapter 303 of the acts of 1954, is etc!, ameided!
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
sentence: — ^The foregoing provisions, insofar as they au- Licensing of
thorize any person to refuse to grant, or to suspend, revoke ent'ertaiSSt
or annul a license upon the ground that the proposed enter- ^ ^ord^s day,
tainment is not in keeping with the character of the Lord's ^^ ^^ ■
day or not consistent with its due observance, and insofar
as they require written approval of the proposed entertain-
ment by said commissioner, shall not apply to any person
making an application for a license to exhibit motion pic-
tures or for the use of radio or television on said day, nor to
any license issued upon such appUcation.

Approved September 9, 1955.

An Act authorizing the metropolitan district commis- Chap. 7 43

SION TO improve THE NEPONSET RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
THEREOF, SO AS TO PERMIT RECLAMATION OF CERTAIN
LANDS IN THE NEPONSET RIVER VALLEY AND FLOOD CON-
TROL THEREIN, AND ESTABLISHING THE NEPONSET RIVER
DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL APPORTIONMENT BOARD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission, here-
inafter called the commission, is hereby authorized and di-
rected to dredge and otherwise improve the Neponset river
channel and the tributaries of said Neponset river, including
Mother brook, so called, to reheve flood conditions and per-
mit the reclamation of the lands adjacent thereto in the city
of Boston and in the towns of Dedham, Canton, Westwood,
Norwood, Milton and Sharon. The commission may make
application for federal assistance in the construction of any
project authorized by this act and any federal funds so re-
ceived shall be credited to the metropoUtan district park
funds and be used to pay debt service costs incurred as
authorized by this act.

Section 2. The commission, for the purposes of this act,
may, on behalf of the commonwealth, take by eminent do-
main under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, waters, water

782 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 743.

rights, watercourses, rights of way, easements, or other
property or interest in property, and shall have all the
rights, powers and duties and be subject to the limitations
of section thirty-two of chapter ninety-two of the General
Laws; provided, however, that cities and towns in the area
or areas within which construction may occur shall grant to
the commission the right to enter upon any public land and
to construct such facihties as may be necessary without re-
course to damages therefor. The commission, however, shall,
as provided in said section thirty-two, heed all reasonable
requests of officials of said cities and towns to restore, so far
as practicable, such pubUc property to as good condition as
the same was in when such construction was commenced.

Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special
or general law to the contrary, the commission, for the pur-
poses of flood control and the regulation of the water level
in the Neponset river and Mother brook, is hereby author-
ized to estabhsh rules and regulations governing the con-
struction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of dams
on the Neponset river and Mother brook, and the storage
and discharge of water therefrom into said streams.

Section 4. The commission shall determine, as nearly as
may be, what portion of the improvement provided for by
this act is to permit the reclamation of land and what por-
tion thereof is to protect the Neponset river watershed and
valley from floods, and shall divide the cost of the whole
improvement accordingly. As used in sections five and six,
the words "improvement provided for by this act" and "such
improvement" shall be construed to mean only such portion
of the whole improvement provided for by this act as is to
permit the reclamation of land.

Section 5. There shall be in the metropoHtan district
commission but not subject to its direction or control, the
Neponset River Drainage and Flood Control Apportionment
Board, hereinafter called the board, consisting of the chair-
men of the boards of assessors of the several cities and towns
named in section one. Said board shall determine the sev-
eral estates in said cities and towns especially benefited by
the improvement provided for by this act, including all such
estates pubhcly owned and the value of the benefit or advan-
tage, other than the general advantage to the community,
received by each of said estates and shall apportion the total
cost of such improvement among said estates in proportion
to the value of said benefit or advantage received by each
of them. The metropolitan district commission shall fur-
nish said board all information and assistance necessary for
the performance of its duties. Upon the completion of its
work, said board shall certify its determinations and appor-
tionment to each of said cities and towns.

The share of the cost of the improvement provided for by
this act apportioned as aforesaid to estates in each of said
cities and towns other than estates under the jurisdiction of
the metropolitan district commission shall be assessed upon

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 743. 783

such city or town in the manner provided in section fifty-
nine A of chapter ninety- two of the General Laws. Such
assessment shall be made in equal installments over a twenty-
year period and shall be payable in the fiscal year in which
payments are due on bonds authorized to be issued under
section eight; provided, however, if the board fails to submit
its final report on the apportionment as authorized by this
section, the metropolitan district commission may for any
fiscal year make an assessment on an estimated basis in order
to provide payments as required by this act. All payments
received by the state treasurer shall be credited to the met-
ropolitan district commission park funds.

Section 6. Within one year after the board certifies its
determination and apportionment as aforesaid, each of the
several cities and towns named in section one shall deter-
mine, in the case of a city, by vote of its city council with
the approval of its mayor, and in the case of a town, by vote
at a regular or special town meeting, whether betterments
shall be assessed upon the several estates in such city or
town especially benefited by the improvement provided for
by this act. The assessors of each such city or town in
which it is so voted to assess betterments for such improve-
ment shall within six months thereafter assess upon each
such estate its proportionate share of the cost of such im-
provement; provided, that no such assessment shall exceed
the value of the benefit or advantage received by the estate
upon which it is made. The order of assessment shall con-
tain a description sufficiently accurate for identification of
each estate assessed, the value of the benefit or advantage
received by such estate, and the amount of the assessment
thereon; and a copy of such order shall be recorded within
thirty days after its adoption in the registry of deeds of the
county or district in which the city or town lies. Every
assessment made under this section shall constitute a lien
upon the estate assessed from and after the recording of the
copy of such order as aforesaid. Such lien shall continue
for the same period and under the same conditions as a lien
established under chapter eighty of the General Laws and
acts in amendment or revision thereof. The provisions of
said chapter eighty relative to the apportionment, division,
reassessment, abatement and collection of assessments, and
to interest, shall apply to assessments made under this
section.

Section 7. The commission may sell at public or private
sale, or exchange or lease any property, real or personal, or
any easement or water right, acquired under the provisions
of this act, which in the opinion of said commission is no
longer needed for the purposes of this act and any sums re-
ceived from such sale, exchange or lease shall be credited to
the metropolitan district commission park funds.

Section 8. To meet the expenditure necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at

784 Acts, 1955— Chap. 744.

public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered
or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to
an amount to be specified by the governor and council from
time to time, but not exceeding in the aggregate, the siun
of two milhon dollars. All bonds issued by the common-
wealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face, Nepon-
set River Drainage and Flood Control, Act of 1955, and shall
be on the serial payment plan for such maximum term of
years, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may
recommend to the general court pursuant to section 3 of
Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be so arranged that
the amounts payable in the several years of the period of
amortization other than the final year shall be as nearly equal
as in the opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to
make them. Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at
such rate as the state treasurer, with the approval of the
governor, shall fix. The initial maturities of such bonds shall
be payable not later than one year from the date of issue
thereof and the entire issue not later than June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and eighty. All interest payments and
payments on account of principal on such obhgations shall
be paid from the metropoUtan district commission park
funds, to be assessed by methods fixed by law.
Section 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved September 9, 1955.

Chap. 7^4: An Act relative to fees and charges of registers of

PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.

Emergency Wliereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

pream e. defeat its purpose, which is to change forthwith certain fees
and charges of registers of probate and insolvency in certain
cases, 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:

Ed ^'262% 40 Section 1. Section 40 of chapter 262 of the General
etc'., 'amended.' Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter
418 of the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended
by striking out the eighth paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph : —
^®^^- For a petition or application for allowance of any ac-

count, except when the petitioner or accountant certifies
that the estate does not exceed one thousand dollars in
value, five dollars; such fee to be charged for each year or
major fraction thereof covered by such account.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of September
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved September 9, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 745, 746. 785

An Act providing for reimbursement to certain per- Chap. 7 4:5

SONS OF excise TAXES PREPAID ON CERTAIN MERCHANDISE
LOST, RENDERED UNMARKETABLE OR CONDEMNED AS A
RESULT OF RECENT FLOODS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergenoy
to defeat its purpose, which is to reimburse forthwith cer- '^'^^^
tain persons for excise taxes prepaid on certain merchandise
lost, rendered unmarketable or condemned as a result of re-
cent floods, 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 folloivs:

Whenever it appears that a person who has been Ucensed
under the General Laws to sell cigarettes, alcoholic bev-
erages or gasoline on which the excises owing to the com-
monwealth have been paid and who at the time of the floods
which were caused by the rains of August eighteenth and
nineteenth of the current year was the owner of any such
property within the commonwealth, and which property
was lost or rendered unmarketable or condemned by a duly
authorized public health authority, and which losses are not
compensated for by insurance or otherwise, the state tax
commission may, in its discretion, upon proof of loss, issue
a certificate to reimburse said person for the amount of the
excise which has been paid on the said lost, unmarketable
or condemned property. The state treasurer shall pay the
amount thus certified in such manner as the certificate shall
provide, without any appropriation therefor by the general
court. No such certificate shall be issued under this chapter
unless application is made for such reimbursement to the
state tax commission on a form approved by it giving such
pertinent information as the said tax commission may re-
quire, filed with the said commission within ninety days of
the effective date of this act. In issuing certificates here-
under, the said commission may, if it deems it expedient,
equalize the burden of reimbursement by providing in the
certificate for postponement of reimbursement, or for re-
imbursement by instalments. The decision of said commis-
sion regarding the implementation of any of the provisions
of said act shall be final. Approved Septejnher 9, 1955.

An Act reviving the hadley special tool co., inc. Chav.74:Q
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to allow The Hadley Special p^^ambie.
Tool Co., Inc., to be revived forthmth for certain purposes,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the pubhc con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Hadley Special Tool Co., Inc., a corporation dissolved
on May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, by

786 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 747, 748.

a decree of the supreme judicial court of Suffolk county, is
hereby revived and continued for a period of one year from
the effective date of this act in order to allow suits to be
brought against it and to allow it to bring a suit or suits to
recover funds but not for the purpose for which it was estab-
lished. Approved September 9, 1955.

Chap. 7 4:7 An Act authorizing the city of Springfield to convey

CERTAIN PARK LAND TO PETER S. SHEEHAN.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:

The city of Springfield is hereby authorized, through its
mayor, to convey to Peter S. Sheehan of said city, a certain
parcel of park land located on the northerly street line of
St. James Boulevard in said city, hereinafter described;
provided, that the board of park commissioners of said city
shall, by vote at a regular meeting of said board, assent
to such conveyance. Said parcel of land is bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at a stone bound in the
northerly street line of St. James Boulevard at the southwest
corner of land now or formerly of Peter S. Sheehan; thence
running north 9° 12' 35" west along land of said Sheehan
a distance of one hundred and three and 71/100 (103.71)
feet to a point at land now or formerly of Jennie I. Mominee;
thence running north 80° 47' 25" east along land now or
formerly of the city of Springfield a distance of nine and
77/100 (9.77) feet to a point; thence running south 11"
57' 16" east along land of said city of Springfield a distance
of ninety-six and 90/100 (96.90) feet to a point in the
northerly street line of said St. James Boulevard; thence
running south 55° 06' 25" west along the northerly street
line of said St. James Boulevard a distance of sixteen (16)
feet to a stone bound at the point of beginning, and contain-
ing about twelve hundred and twenty square feet.

Approved September 9, 1955.

Chap. 7 48 An Act increasing the salaries of the justices of the

MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, AND FURTHER
DEFINING THEIR DUTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Ed ^218% 75 Section 1. Chapter 218 of the General Laws is hereby

etc., amended. ' amended by striking out section 75, as most recently amended

by section 1 of chapter 749 of the acts of 1951, and inserting

Salaries of in place thereof the following section : — Section 75. The

and aisocirte Salary of the chief justice of the municipal court of the city

i^*idcfai court ^^ Bostou shall be sixteen thousand dollars, and the salary

of Boston. of each of the associate justices shall be fifteen thousand

dollars. Such justices shall devote their entire time during

ordinary business hours to their respective duties and shall

not, directly or indirectly, engage in the practice of law.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 749, 750. 787

Section 1A. The second sentence of section seventy-five
of chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General Laws,
as appearing in section one of this act, sliall not apply to any
justice of the municipal court of the city of Boston holding
office on the effective date of this act until January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

Section IB. Notwithstanding any provisions of this act
to the contrary, the provisions of sections seventy-five and
seventy-five A of chapter two hundred and eighteen of the
General Laws m effect immediately prior to the effective
date of this act shall remain in effect and apply to appoint-
ments to the offices referred to therein which are made on
or after said effective date.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of the first day
of September, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved September 9, 1955.

An Act relative to the salary of the judge of probate Chap. 7 49

AND INSOLVENCY OF BRISTOL COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Notwithstanding the provisions of section
one A of chapter seven hundred and forty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-one and section four of chapter
seven hundred and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, the judge of probate appointed to fill the
vacancy in the probate court for Bristol county, which va-
cancy occurred on or about August seventh of the current
year, shall receive such salary as is provided by section
thirty-four of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the
General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on November first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved September 9, 1955.

An Act authorizing the town of Plymouth to appro- Chav.750

PRIATE MONEY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING IN
SAID TOWN THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN
LEGION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Notwithstanding the limitations as to amount
contained in clause (37) of section five of chapter forty of the
General Laws, the town of Plymouth may appropriate a
sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the purpose of
providing proper facilities for public entertainment at the
time of the state convention of The American Legion, to be
held in said town during the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, and of paying expenses incidental to such enter-
tainment. Money so appropriated shall be expended under
the direction of the selectmen of said town.

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

Approved September 10, 1955.

788 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 751, 752, 753.

Chap. 7 51 An Act further relating to the non-criminal disposi-
tion OF PARKING VIOLATIONS.

^reambk*^^ TF/iereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

defeat its purpose, which is to make its provisions effective
on the effective date of chapter three hundred and eighty-
six of the acts of the current year, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Ed^'gJ^'' Section 1. The first paragraph of section 20 A of chap-

§2bA, etc., ter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking

amended.

out the last sentence, added by section 1 of chapter 386 of

the acts of the current year, and inserting in place thereof

Non-criminal the f ollowing Sentence : — No other form of notice, except

paridng viofa- as provided in this section, shall be given to the offender.

tions. regulated. Section 2. This act shall take effect on the effective date

of chapter three hundred and eighty-six of the acts of the

current year. Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap. 152 An Act authorizing and directing the approval of
payment of overtime to certain policemen and fire
fighters.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary, the board created by section four of chapter
six hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four is hereby authorized and directed to approve
overtime pay rather than time off for all regular city and
town police and fire fighters who performed overtime duties
during the emergency periods in the cities and towns affected
by the hurricanes on August thirty-first and September
eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and to approve
reimbursement to cities and towns for such payments out of
the emergency funds appropriated or to be appropriated by
the general court to assist cities and towns affected thereby.

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

Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap.75S An Act providing for the care of premature babies

BY BOARDS OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

EdYin^' Section 67C of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as most

§67C, eti.. recently amended by section 3 of chapter 601 of the acts

amended. ^^ ^g^g^ .^ j^gj-^j^y farther amended by striking out, in line 2,

the words "four and one half" and inserting in place thereof

the word: — five. Approved September 10, 1955.

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 754, 755, 756. 789

An Act authorizing the town of ashland to retain (Jfi^'n 754

ALEXANDER DZINDOLET IN THE SERVICE OF THE PARK
DEPARTMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
the park commissioners of the town of Ashland are hereby
authorized to retain in the service of the park department
of said town Alexander Dzindolet, and he may continue to
serve as an employee thereof subject to the will of the park
commissioners of said town, notwithstanding the fact that
he may have reached the age for retirement.

Approved September 10, 1955.

An Act relative to the coverage of certain domestic (Jjidj) 755

SERVANTS under THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloxms:

Paragraph (4) of section 1 of chapter 152 of the General ^^- (J|% j
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the third para- etc!, 'amended.
graph, as most recently amended by chapter 366 of the
acts of 1955, and inserting in place thereof the following
paragraph : —

The provisions of this chapter shall remain elective as to workmen's
the employers of the following: — three or less persons, and extended''to°°
persons other than laborers, workmen and mechanics em- certain persons.
ployed by religious, charitable or educational institutions,
except that in the case of employers of farm laborers or
domestic servants the provisions of this chapter shall con-
tinue to remain elective with respect to the hiring of seasonal
or casual laborers and seasonal, casual or part-time domestic
servants. For the purposes of this paragraph, a part-time
domestic servant is one who works in the employ of the
employer less than sixteen hours per week.

Approved September 10, 1955.

An Act authorizing the city of peabody to pay a pen- Chap.75Q

SIGN to MARY L. PIERCE.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public
good, the city of Peabody is hereby authorized to pay to
Mary L. Pierce, widow of George A. Pierce, who died on
May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
from electrocution while an employee of the electric light
department of said city, a pension as long as she remains
unmarried of a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
per year.

Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of the city of Peabody,
subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved September 10, 1955.

790

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 757.

Cha,p.757 An Act relating to milk standards, licensing and

CONTAINERS.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94, § 1,
etc., amended.

"Half-and-
half" defined.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94. § 12,
amended,
§§ 12A, 12B,
added.

Standard for
cream, milk
and skimmed
milk.

' ' Fortified
non-fat milk'
defined, etc.

"Standardized
milk" defined,
etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 94 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after the paragraph deJSning
"Gypsum or land plaster", inserted by section 4 of chapter
67 of the acts of 1933, the following paragraph: —

"Half-and-half" shall be a product consisting of a blend
of milk and cream which contains not less than ten per cent
of milk fat.

Section 2. Said chapter 94 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 12, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following three
sections: — Section 12. The Massachusetts legal standard
for milk shall be milk which upon analysis is shown to con-
tain not less than twelve per cent of milk solids and not less
than three and thirty-five hundredths per cent of milk fat.
The Massachusetts legal standard for skimmed milk shall
be milk containing less than three and thirty-five hundredths
per cent of milk fat. The Massachusetts legal standard for
non-fat milk shall be skimmed milk which contains not more
than one tenth of one per cent of milk fat. The Massachu-
setts legal standard for cream or ungraded cream shall be
cream which upon analysis is shown to contain not less than
sixteen per cent of milk fat. The Massachusetts legal stand-
ard for the grades to be known as light cream, medium
cream, heavy cream and extra heavy cream shall be cream
which upon analysis is shown to contain not less than six-
teen, twenty-five, thirty-four and thirty-eight per cent, re-
spectively, of milk fat.

Section 12A. "Fortified non-fat milk" shall be non-fat
milk which comes from sources approved for sale in the com-
monwealth to which has been added not more than three
per cent by weight of non-fat milk solids. Non-fat milk
solids shall be milk solids derived from non-fat milk obtained
from milk which comes from sources approved for sale in
this commonwealth. The department of public health is
hereby authorized to estabhsh reasonable rules and regula-
tions for sanitary standards, and notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary the milk regulation board
is authorized to establish requirements for labehng of con-
centrated non-fat milk, non-fat dry milk sohds and fortified
non-fat milk.

Whoever violates any provision of this section or any rule
or regulation of the department of public health or the milk
regulation board made hereunder shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for
each offence.

Section 12 B. "Standardized milk" shall be milk which
is standardized by the addition to it of milk, skimmed milk
or cream. Said milk, skimmed milk or cream must be de-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 757. 791

rived from the same day's reception as the milk which is to
be standardized. Said standardization shall not reduce or
increase the fat content of said milk by more than one half
of one per cent, and it shall meet the standard for milk set
forth in section twelve. Milk to be standardized shall come
from sources approved for sale in the commonwealth. Said
"standardized milk" shall be labeled "standardized" and
it shall meet the standard of milk set forth in section twelve.

No person shall prepare, bottle or sell "standardized milk"
which does not conform with the above definition for the
same or that is prepared from any ingredient other than
those prescribed above. Whoever violates any provision of
this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence.

Section 3. Section 19 of said chapter 94, as appearing g. l. (Xer.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking ^mend*!^ ^^'
out the last paragraph and inserting in place thereof the
following paragraph : —

Nothing in this section referring to heated milk shall be useof
construed as applying to condensed milk or to milk which H^"^^ °
has been concentrated to one half its volume or less, or to regulated.
milk pasteurized by the high-temperature, short-time proc-
ess or other processes approved by the department of public
health. Nothing in tliis section shall prevent the use of
vitamin D in milk, skimmed milk and non-fat milk. Only
sources of vitamin D and methods approved by the commis-
sioner of pubHc health shall be used in increasing the vita-
min D content of milk, skimmed milk or non-fat milk, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the milk regulation board is hereby authorized to establish
requirements for labeling said vitamin D milk.

Section 4. Section 40 of said chapter 94, as amended by g. l. (Ter.
chapter 298 of the acts of 1941, is hereby further amended ^tl! 'amended.
by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following sentence: — 'Whoever in such a town License to seu
engages in the business of selling milk, skimmed milk or "''"'• '''•''•
cream from any vehicle shall display conspicuously on the
outer side of each vehicle so used the name and principal
place of business of the hcensee in Gothic letters not less
than one and one half inches in height.

Section 5. Section 46 of said chapter 94, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding f^le^ded} '^^'
at the end the following sentence: — Milk handhng equip- mil- handling
ment may be used for handlmg and processing milk, cream, equipment to
skimmed milk and other wholesome products in which dairy ^ *' '^'^'^'
products constitute the major portion thereof; provided, (1)
that all such products conform with sanitary standards
adopted by the milk regulation board and the department
of public health; and (2) that when equipment is used for
the processing and handhng of products in which dairy
products constitute the major portion thereof, it shall be
thoroughly cleaned before it is again used for handling and
processing of milk, cream or skimmed milk.

792

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 757.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94, § 48,
amended.

Placing of
offal, etc., in
milk cans, etc.,
prohibited.

Penalty.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 94, § 48C,
etc., amended.

M anufaoture,
etc., of milk
beverages,
regulated.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 94, new
S 48D, added.

Section 6. Said chapter 94 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 48, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 48. Whoever
himself or by his servant or agent having custody of any
vessel used as a container for milk intended for sale, places
or causes or permits to be placed therein offal, swill, kero-
sene, vegetable matter or any article other than milk,
skimmed milk, buttermilk, cream, other wholesale products
in which dairy products constitute the major portion thereof,
or water or other agent used for cleaning said vessel, or
sends, ships, returns or dehvers, or causes or permits to be
sent, shipped, returned or delivered to any producer of
milk any vessel used as a container for milk and containing
any offal, swill, kerosene, vegetable matter or other offensive
material, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten
dollars for each such vessel.

Section 7. Said chapter 94 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 48C, inserted by chapter 317 of the
acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section 4SC. For the purposes of this section,
flavored milk is hereby defined as consisting of milk to
which has been added a syrup or flavor consisting of whole-
some ingredients. Flavored dairy drink is defined as con-
sisting of skimmed milk, to which has been added a syrup
or flavor consisting of wholesome ingredients. No person,
himself or by his agent, shall sell, deliver or distribute, or
have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, deliver
or distribute, any flavored milk or flavored dairy drink con-
tained in a sealed bottle or other sealed container unless he
is hcensed under section forty by an inspector of milk, in
any town wherein such an inspector is appointed, nor unless
the milk or skimmed milk, as the case may be, contained
in the flavored milk or flavored dairy drink conforms to the
legal standard fixed therefor by section twelve, nor unless
said milk shall come from sources approved for sale in the
commonwealth, nor unless the container thereof bears a
label, cap or tag on which is printed in legible type the
words "Flavored Milk" if the product is made from milk,
or "Flavored Dairy Drink (Skimmed Milk)" if the product
is made from skimmed milk, and the word "Flavored" to
be substituted by the word "chocolate", "coffee" or other
word as the true name of the flavor may be. The board of
health of any city or town may make reasonable regulations
pertaining to the manufacture, sale and delivery or distribu-
tion therein of any flavored milk or flavored dairy drink.
The department of public health is empowered to estabhsh
sanitary standards, and to establish requirements for label-
ing of "Flavored Milk" and "Flavored Dairy Drink".
Whoever violates any provision of this section, or any regu-
lation made under authority thereof, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 8. Said chapter 94 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 48C the following section : — Sec-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 757. 793

Hon 4SD. No person shall blend milk and cream for sale Saieof
except in an establishment licensed for the pasteurization of anTcreaS*^''
milk under the provisions of section forty-eight A, and such regulated.
blends shall meet the standard for "half-and-half" as de-
fined in section one or of "standardized milk" as defined in
section twelve B. The department of public health is hereby
authorized to establish sanitary standards, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary the milk
regulation board is hereby authorized to establish require-
ments of labehng for said "half-and-half ". Whoever violates
any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars for each offence.

Section 9. Subsection (3) of section 2 of chapter 94A of Ed.h94A'§2.
the General Laws, as amended by section 3 of chapter 604 etc., 'amended.'
of the acts of 1953, is hereby further amended by adding at
the end thereof the following sentence : — In the administra-
tion and enforcement of this section, the commission may
appoint and consult and advise with representative commit-
tees and groups in the milk industry, which persons shall
serve voluntarily and without compensation.

Section 10. Section 9 of said chapter 94A is hereby ^j^-^J^'"-.g
amended by striking out paragraphs (a) and (6), as so etc!, 'amended.'
amended, and inserting in place thereof the following two
paragraphs : —

(a) Each milk dealer required to be licensed under this Fee for
chapter shall pay an annual license fee, consisting of an ''°^°^-
amount to be from time to time determined by the commis-
sion, but not more than five dollars, which shall accompany
his application for license, and, in the case of each milk
dealer other than one who is also a producer selling to con-
sumers not more than fifty quarts of milk daily, of such fur-
ther amount payable to the commission on or before the
twenty-fifth day of each month, for the month immediately
preceding, as the commission deems equitable for the mar-
ket or markets involved, equivalent to not more than two
cents per hundred weight of the milk which the milk dealer
during such month (1) pasteurized, processed, bottled or
otherwise packaged for sale, and sold or distributed, or
(2) sold or distributed to persons other than milk dealers
who are not eligible for exemption under subsection (6) of
section four, in any market or markets of the commonwealth,
irrespective of where such milk was produced, or upon such
portion thereof as the commission by order, rule or regulation
determines to be equitable.

(6) One half of any such payment made by any milk
dealer on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month in
which such payment is due, on account of milk sold or dis-
tributed by him in the highest use classification from time
to time determined by the commission for such market, or
markets, may be deducted ratably by him from amounts
due from him to producers for such milk.

Section 11. Chapter 101 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Xer.

794 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 758.

Ed.), 101. § 15, amended by striking out section 15, as most recently amended
etc.. amended. ^^ chapter 333 of the acts of 1937, and inserting in place
a^^ucif/ion thereof the following section: — Section 15. The provisions
of chapter. of this chapter relating to hawkers and peddlers shall not
apply to wholesalers or jobbers selling to dealers only, nor
to commercial agents or other persons selling by sample,
lists, catalogues or otherwise for future deUvery, nor to any
dealer regularly engaged in supplying customers with fuel
oil for heating or cooking purposes from a fixed place of busi-
ness within the commonwealth and who does not customarily
solicit direct sales from house to house or by means of
outcry, sign or signal, nor to any person who peddles only
fish obtained by his own labor or that of his family, fruits,
vegetables or other farm products raised or produced by
himself or his family, nor to persons selhng articles for chari-
table purposes under section thirty-three, nor to persons
licensed under section forty of chapter ninety-four with re-
spect to the sale by them of eggs, or milk, skimmed milk,
cream, butter, cheese or other milk products, except frozen
desserts as defined in section sixty-five G of said chapter
ninety-four. Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap. 7 58 ^^ Act extending to certain persons the privilege of

BECOMING registered AS PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 656 of the acts of 1951 is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of
sections twenty-three A to twenty-three P of chapter one
hundred and twelve of the General Laws, inserted by sec-
tion one of this act, the board of registration in medicine
shall register as a physical therapist any person who applies
for such registration on or before November first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five, who on the effective date of this act
is practicing physical therapy in this commonwealth and
was so practicing for three years immediately prior to said
effective date. Such applicant shall pay the board a fee of
five dollars and shall be entitled to a certificate of regis-
tration. Approved September 10, 1955.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,

Boston, September 14, 1955.

Hon. Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State House,
Boston, Massachusetts.

Sir: — I, Christian A. Herter, by virtue of and in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to
the Constitution, "The Referendum 11, Emergency Meas-
ure", do declare that in my opinion, the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience requires that the law signed

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 759. 795

by me on the tenth day of September in the year one thou-
sand nine hundred and fifty-five, being Chapter 758 of the
Acts of the current year, entitled, "An Act extending to
Certain Persons the Pri\dlege of becoming Registered as
Physical Therapists" should take effect forthwith and that
it is an emergency law and that facts constituting the emer-
gency are as follows;

The Act requires that the persons desiring registration as
Physical Therapists should be practicing for three years
immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, and
further that application for registration shall be made on
or before November 1st of this year. It would be impossible
to meet the requirements of the Act as the effective date is
December 10, 1955. The delayed operation of this legisla-
tion until December 10, 1955 would make the entire Act
ineffective. It is, therefore, necessary that the legislation
referred to above should take effect forthwith.

Very truly yours.

Christian A. Herter,
Governor of the Commonwealth,

Office of the Secretary, Boston, September 14, 1955.

I, Leo M. Harlow, Deputy Secretary of the Common-
wealth, hereby certify that the accompanying statement
was filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at twelve o'clock and
thirty minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance
with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Consti-
tution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter
seven hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-five.

Leo M. Harlow,

Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth,

An Act relative to schools for the training of medi- nhrjj) T^oQ

CAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS. ^"

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 2A the following section : f 2b, added^"^
— Section 2B. No person shall operate or maintain a schools for
school for training medical laboratory technologists unless the training of
such school has been approved in writing by the approving u.ry'technoTo'^^'
authority established by section two, provided, however, that ^'^'^^' ""cg^^^ted.
for the purposes of this section only, the membership of
said authority shall be increased by three members to be
appointed for a term of three years each by the governor
with the advice and consent of the council, one member to
be a hospital administrator or hospital trustee, who shall be
a member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association; one
member to be a medical laboratory technologist meeting
the training and experience requirements of the American
Medical Association, to be appointed from a fist submitted

796 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 760.

by the Massachusetts Association of Technologists and
Laboratory Technicians, Incorporated; and one member to
be a physician, appointed from a list submitted by the sec-
tion of physiology and pathology of the Massachusetts Medi-
cal Society. Said additional members shall serve without
compensation, but may be reimbursed for their travel and
other reasonable expenses incidental to the performance of
their duties.

A school for training of medical laboratory technologists
shall mean a school maintained or classes conducted for the
purpose of training two or more individuals to perform or
assist in the performance of various medical laboratory pro-
cedures used in the diagnosis, treatment and study of disease,
but shall not be construed to apply to duly accredited col-
leges and graduate schools teaching courses in physiology,
biochemistry, bacteriology, clinical pathology or the various
other medical sciences.

The provisions of section two relating to the inspection
and approval of colleges, universities and medical schools by
the approving authority shall apply to schools for the train-
ing of medical laboratory technologists.

Whoever being the educational director or the business
director of a school for training of medical laboratory tech-
nologists violates the provisions of this section shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.

Section 2. Notwithstanding any provision of section
two B of chapter one hundred and twelve of the General
Laws, as appearing in section one of this act, any person
operating or maintaining a school for the training of medical
laboratory technologists on the effective date of this act shall
be allowed to continue to operate or maintain said school
without the written approval of the approving authority
until January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

Approved September 10, 1965,

Chap.7Q0 A.N Act providing for contributory group life, acci-
dent, HOSPITALIZATION, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSUR-
ANCE FOR PERSONS IN THE SERVICE OF A COUNTY, CITY,
TOWN OR DISTRICT AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVnlw'' Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by in-

chap'ter 32B. sertiug after chapter 32A the following new chapter : —

added.

Chapter 32B.

Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance

FOR Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities,

Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents.

Contributory Sectiou 1. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a

anoe for certain plan of group life iusurauce, group accidental death and dis-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 760. 797

memberment insurance and group general or blanket hos- public empioy-
pital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons in dtpendente!'
the service of counties, cities, towns and districts and their
dependents.

Section 2. The following words and phrases as used in Definitions.
this chapter shall have the meanings as defined herein:

(a) "Appropriate pubhc authority", as to a county, the
county commissioners; as to a city, the mayor; as to a
town, the selectmen; and as to a district, the governing board
thereof.

(6) "Dependents", an employee's spouse and an em-
ployee's unmarried children under nineteen years of age.

(c) "District", any water, sewer, hght, fire, veterans'
services or other improvement district or public unit cre-
ated within one or more poHtical subdivisions of the com-
monwealth for the purpose of providing public services or
conveniences.

{d) "Employee", any person in the service of a govern-
mental unit, whether such person be employed, appointed or
elected by popular vote ; provided, the duties of such person
require that a substantial part of his time be devoted to the
service of the governmental unit during the regular work
week of permanent employees. A determination by the ap-
propriate pubhc authority that a person is eligible for par-
ticipation in the plan of insurance shall be final.

(e) "Employer", the governmental unit.

(f) "Governmental unit", any pohtical subdivision of the
commonwealth.

(fir) "Pohtical subdivision", any county, city, town or
district.

Section S. Upon acceptance of this chapter as herein- Appropriate
after provided, the appropriate public authority of the gov- \^^^i° p^oha'se
emmental unit shall negotiate with and purchase, on such insurance.
terms as it deems to be in the best interest of the govern-
mental unit and its employees, from one or more insurance
companies, savings banks or non-profit hospital or medical
service corporations, a policy or pohcies of group life and
accidental death and dismemberment insurance covering
employees, and group general or blanket insurance providing
hospital, surgical and medical benefits covering employees
and their dependents, and shall, subject to the availability
of appropriation, execute all agreements or contracts per-
taining to said policies or any amendments thereto for and
on behalf and in the name of such governmental unit. Ar-
rangements may be made with the carrier or carriers issuing
such policy or policies purchased under this chapter to rein-
sure, by reinsurance agreement, under conditions approved
by the appropriate public authority, portions of the total
amount of such insurance with such other carriers as may
elect to participate in such insurance.

For the purposes of this chapter, anj'' savings bank author-
ized to engage in the insurance business in accordance with
chapter one hundred and seventy-eight and any non-profit

798

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 760.

Employees to
be automati-
cally insured
with certain
exceptions.

Amount of
insurance on
each employee.

Employee o
provide certain
information.

Part of

premium to be
withheld from
employee.

Certain em-
ployees not on
pay roll may
continue in-
surance, etc.

hospital service corporation or non-profit medical corpora-
tion organized under chapter one hundred and seventy-six A
or one hundred and seventy-six B shall be and is hereby au-
thorized to enter into a reinsurance agreement as herein pro-
vided in the same manner as any other insurance company.

Section 4- All employees shall be automatically insured
for all insurance coverages provided under said policy or
policies, commencing on the date they first become eligible
or on the effective date of such coverage or coverages (in-
cluding dependent benefits), whichever last occurs; pro-
vided, that any employee desiring not to be so insured shall,
on an appropriate form prescribed by the appropriate public
authority, give written notice to the treasurer of the govern-
mental unit that he is not to be insured for any of such
coverages (including dependent benefits) provided under
such policy or policies. If such notice is received before the
employee shall have become insured under such poHcy, he
shall not be so insured; otherwise his insurance shall cease
to be effective at the end of the pay period during which the
notice is received.

Section 5. The amount of group life insurance on each
employee shall be two thousand dollars, and the amount of
group accidental death and dismemberment insurance on
each employee shall be two thousand dollars. The amount
of the hospital benefits to be provided each employee and
his dependents shall provide coverage against not less than
an estimated sixty per cent nor more than an estimated
eighty-five per cent of the average of all hospital bills. The
amount of the surgical and medical benefits to be provided
each employee and his dependents shall be not less than a
standard two hundred dollar surgical schedule nor more
than a standard three hundred dollar surgical schedule with
provision for in-hospital medical coverage. Subject to the
foregoing the amount of the hospital, surgical and medical
benefits to be provided each employee and his dependents
shall be determined by the appropriate public authority sub-
ject to the amount of the appropriation available for the
purpose.

Section 6. Each employee to whom this chapter applies
shall furnish the treasurer of the governmental unit, in such
form as he shall prescribe, such information as is necessary
to enroll himself alone, or himself and his dependents, under
the policy or policies of insurance.

Section 7. (a) With respect to any period of insurance
which is in effect for an employee, there shall be withheld
from each payment of salary, wages or other compensation
of such employee fifty per cent of the premium for the insur-
ance of the employee and his dependents and the govern-
mental unit shall contribute the remaining fifty per cent of
such premium.

(6) If an employee is not entitled to receive, during a
premium pajdng period, any salary, wages or other compen-
sation, he may continue his insurance in effect by paying

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 760. 799

directly to the treasurer of the governmental unit a sum
equal to the amount which would otherwise have been de-
ducted from his salary, wages or other compensation, except
that if an employee is granted a leave of absence without
pay he shall, during the period of such leave of absence, pay
the entire cost of his insurance to the treasurer as aforesaid
and there shall be no contribution by the governmental unit
for such employee's insurance during such period.

(c) All amounts withheld from an employee's salary, withholdings
wages or other compensation as provided in paragraph (a) oarl^fe^en'titi'ed
of this section and all amounts paid by an employee as pro- *° premium.
vided in paragraph (6) of this section and all amounts with-
held from retired employees as retirement allowances under
the provisions of section nineteen A of chapter thirty-two
together with the contribution of the governmental unit as
provided in paragraph (a) shall be paid by the treasurer of
the governmental unit to the carrier or carriers entitled to
the premium.

Section 8. Any dividend or other refund or rate credit
shall inure to the benefit of the goverimiental unit.

Section 9. The poUcy or poUcies of insurance shall pro- Coverage
vide that upon retirement of an employee the group hfe ?eti^ement"etc'.
coverage of such employee shall be reduced fifty per cent and
the group general or blanket insurance providing hospital,
surgical and medical benefits shall be continued, except that
the employee shall pay the entire average premium per one
thousand dollars for group life coverage, and the entire
premium for the hospital, surgical and medical benefits for
such employee or for such employee and his dependents.
The poHcy or policies shall also provide that upon termina-
tion of employment an employee shall be entitled to convert
his insurance to an individual type of policy, subject to the
provisions of section one hundred and thirty-four of chapter
one hundred and seventy-five with respect to life insurance,
and subject to the requirements of the appropriate pubHc
authority with respect to the other insurance coverages pro-
vided in this chapter.

Section 10. This chapter may be accepted in a county Acceptance of
by vote of the county commissioners; in a city by vote of the cit?M?towM,
city council, approved by the mayor; in a district by vote etc
of the district at a district meeting; and in a town by sub-
mission for acceptance to the registered voters in the form
of the following question which shall be printed upon the
official ballot to be used at an election: — "Shall chapter
thirty-two B of the General Laws, authorizing any county,
city, town or district to provide a plan of group life insur-
ance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance,
and group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical
insurance for certain persons in the service of such county,
city, town or district and their dependents, be accepted by
this town?" If a majority of the voters voting on the ques-
tion shall vote in the affirmative, this chapter shall take
effect in such town.

800 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 761.

Section 11. When any town having a population of less
than ten thousand accepts this chapter and does not directly
provide such insurance coverages, the employees of such
town shall become entitled to the insurance coverages pro-
vided under the policy or pohcies in effect in the county in
which such town lies. Such employees shall have all rights
and obhgations under such insurance coverages in the same
manner as if such coverages had been directly provided by
such town.

Section 12. When any district accepts this chapter and
does not directly provide such insurance coverages, the em-
ployees of such district shall become entitled to the insur-
ance coverages provided under the policy or policies in effect
in the city or town within whose territory the district lies or
in the largest of such cities or towns which provide such cov-
erages if the district lies withui more than one city or town.
Such employees shall have all rights and obligations under
such insurance coverages in the same manner as if such cov-
erages had been directly provided by such district.
Premiums to be Scction 13. The appropriate public authority of each
appropriMk)n. governmental unit which pays part of the premiums for the
insurance of employees of another governmental unit shall,
on or before January first of each year, certify to the appro-
priate public authority of the latter unit the amount neces-
sary to cover its portion of such premiums. Items of appro-
priation providing for any amounts allocated to such govern-
mental unit shall be included in the appropriations for each
fiscal year for each such governmental unit.
G. L. (Ter. SECTION 2. Sectiou 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws

ftl! 'amended, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (44), added by
chapter 239 of the acts of 1952, the following clause: —

(44A) For the purpose of paying part of the premiums
for group life insurance, accident, hospitalization, medical
and surgical insurance for certain employees and their de-
pendents under the provisions of chapter thirty-two B.

Section 3. Section four A of chapter forty of the Gen-
eral Laws shall be construed to authorize agreements be-
tween governmental units, as defined in chapter thirty-
two B of the General Laws, to accompUsh the purposes of
said chapter thirty-two B. Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap. 7 61 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to grant

TO the commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS A CERTAIN
EASEMENT IN GREEN HILL PARE IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
general or special law, the city of Worcester, acting through
its city manager, may, upon recommendation of the board
of park commissioners of said city, grant, without consid-
eration, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the
purpose of providing an easement for the construction, main-

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 762, 763. 801

tenance and operation of a water line, sewer line, pole line
and wires, for the distribution of water, sewage, power and
communications in, on, over and across a portion of Green
Hill park, in said city, the location of said easement to be a
twenty-five foot strip of land running parallel to Skyline
drive on the westerly side of said road and extending south
from a parcel of land deeded to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, as authorized by chapter four hundred and
sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, to the
intersection of Skyline drive and Belmont street.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
during the current year, by the city council of said city,
subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved September 10, 1955.

An Act increasing the minimum fair wage rates. Chav 762
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The second sentence of section 1 of chapter o. l. (Ter.
151 of the General Laws, as amended by section 1 of chap- ^tciiameiied.
ter 558 of the acts of 1952, is hereby further amended by
striking out the word "seventy-five" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — ■ ninety.

Section 2. The second paragraph of section 7 of said S^^■|Jfi7
chapter 151, as amended by chapter 515 of the acts of 1953, etc!, 'ameAded'.
is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 2, the word
"sixty-five" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
seventy-five, — and by striking out, in line 5, the word
"fifty" and inserting in place thereof the word: — fifty-five.

Section 3. Paragraph (2) of section 19 of said chapter g. l. (Ter.
151, as most recently amended by section 12 of said chapter ftc."!'ameAded^'
558 of the acts of 1952, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in line 5, the word "seventy-five" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — ninety.

Section 4. This act shall take effect on April first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six. Approved September 10, 1955.

An Act providing a mandatory prison sentence for Chap. 7 63
persons convicted of certain sex crimes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 87 of chapter 276 of the General gj^-^Jl""-. 87^
Laws, as amended by section 2 of chapter 264 of the acts etc!, amended. '
of 1941, is hereby further amended b}'- adding after the word
"resides", in line 14, the words: — ; and provided, further,
that no person convicted under section twenty-two A or
twenty-four A of chapter two hundred and sixty-five, or
section thirty-five A of chapter two hundred and seventy-
two shall, if it appears that he has previously been convicted
under said sections and was over twenty-one years of age at

802

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 764.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.;, 265, new
§ 22A, added.

Carnal know-
ledge of female
under sixteen
by force.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 265, new
§ 24B, added.

Assault of a
female imder
sixteen with
intent to rape.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 272, new
§ 36A, added.

Lascivious act
with a child
under sixteen.

the time of committing the offence for which he was so con-
victed, be released on parole or probation prior to the com-
pletion of five years of his sentence.

Section 2. Chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 22 the following section:

— Section 22 A. Whoever ravishes and carnally knows a
female child under sixteen by force and against her will shall
be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or
for any term of years ; and whoever over the age of twenty-
one commits a second or subsequent such offence shall be
sentenced to state prison for life or for any term of years,
but not less than five.

Section 3. Said chapter 265 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 24A the following section : — Sec-
tion 24B. Whoever assaults a female child under sixteen
with intent to commit a rape shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the state prison for life or for any term of years;
and whoever over the age of twenty-one commits a second
or subsequent such offence shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the state prison for life or for any term of years,
but not less than five.

Section 4. Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 35 the following section :

— Section 35 A. Whoever commits any unnatural and las-
civious act with a child under the age of sixteen shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the
state prison for not more than five years or in jail or the house
of correction for not more than two and one half years, and
whoever over the age of twenty-one commits a second or
subsequent such offence shall be sentenced to imprisonment
in the state prison for a term of not less than five years.

Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap.7Q4: ^n Act relative to industrial homework.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 143, etc.,
amended.

Definitions.

Section 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 143, as amended by sec-
tion 1 of chapter 600 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section I4S. The fol-
lowing words, as used in this section and in sections one
hundred and forty-three A and one hundred and forty-four
to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the following mean-
ings:—

"Employer", any person who, directly or indirectly, or
through an employee or agent, furnishes to another person
any materials or articles to be manufactured or worked upon
in a home, and thereafter to be returned to himself or on his
order, for use other than the personal use of himself or of a
member of his family.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 764. 803

"Home", any room, house, apartment or other premises,
whichever is most extensive, used in whole or in part as a
place of dwelling.

"Industrial homework", any manufacture of or work upon
materials or articles in a home for an emplo5''er, exclusive of
domestic service.

The verb "to manufacture", as used in its different
moods and tenses, includes to prepare, alter, repair or finish
in whole or in part.

Section 2. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended g. l. (Ter.
by inserting after said section 143 the following section: — ne1i^§Y43A,
Section USA. Protection of factory industries from undue added,
competition and protection of the health and well-being of standards of

,11 . ,, 1 • 1 ji 1 ic workers raised.

the workers is a matter which concerns the general welfare
of the public. Remedy for this evil has been sought through
the enactment of laws to protect health and to raise living
standards for workers engaged in industrial homework.

Section 3. Section 144 of said chapter 149, as amended g. l. (Ter.
by section 2 of said chapter 600 of the acts of 1945, is f 144/eta.
hereby further amended by striking out, in line 18, the amended.
word "factory".

Section 4. Section 145 of said chapter 149, as amended by g. l. (Ter.
chapter 429 of the acts of 1937, is hereby further amended by ^do^ h9,
striking out, in line 11, and lines 19 and 20, the word "factory ". amended."

Section 5. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended g. l. (Ter.
by inserting after section 146 the following section: — Sec- fueA.^addeT
tion 146 A. The employer shall, wherever industrial home- Employer to
work is permitted, distribute directly to his homeworkers all ^f^eriai*
material and articles of homework. No employer shall give directly to
out any material or articles for homework through any home- '^°^^^^-
work contractors or distributors. No person other than an
employer shall distribute to anyone any materials or articles
for industrial homework.

Industrial homework shall be performed only if the em-
ployer maintains a plant or factory in this commonwealth or
maintains a place of employment in this commonwealth other
than a home.

Section 6. The first paragraph of section 147 of said 9\\'[J^^-
chapter 149, as amended by section 3 of said chapter 600 of §'147, etc.,
the acts of 1945, is herebj'' further amended by inserting after amended.
the word "of", in line 4, the words: — or located within, —
by inserting after the word "permit", in line 25, the words:
— or has \'iolated anj'' rule or regulation adopted for control
of industrial homework, — and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing sentence : — No original permit shall be granted by Original
the commissioner to an)'' employer at whose plant there is a to™'^"n*ted
strike, unless he finds such strike to be unlawful under the etc.
provisions of paragraph (e) of section twenty C of chapter
one hundred and forty-nine.

Section 7. Said section 147 of said chapter 149 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
further amended by striking out the second paragraph, as ^■''^-^j ^^^^ f^^.
amended by chapter 247 of the acts of 1953, and inserting ther amended,
in place thereof the following paragraph : —

804

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 764.

Fee for
permit.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 147A, etc.,
amended.

Original
certificate
not to be
granted, etc.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 147C, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 147D, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 147E, etc.
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 147G, etc.,
amended.

A fee of fifty dollars shall be paid to the commissioner for
the original issuance of an employer's permit. For each an-
nual renewal of such permit the employer shall pay to the
commissioner a fee of fifty dollars, plus two dollars for each
homeworker with whom the employer directly or indirectly
had business relations during the preceding calendar year.
Any such fees received by the commissioner shall be paid
into the treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

Section 8. Section 147A of said chapter 149, as most
recently amended by section 12 of chapter 461 of the acts
of 1939, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following paragraph : —

No original certificate shall be granted by the commis-
sioner to any person for work to be done for an employer at
whose plant there is a strike, unless he finds such strike to
be unlawful under the provisions of paragraph (e) of section
twenty C.

Section 9. Section 147C of said chapter 149, as amended
by section 5 of said chapter 600 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word " commissioner ",
in line 5, the words : — or his authorized representative.

Section 10. Section 147D of said chapter 149, as amended
by section 6 of said chapter 600 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in lines 11 and 12, the
words "of the net" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— the hours worked, of the gross, — and by striking out,
in lines 12 to 17, inclusive, the words ", of all agents or
contractors to whom such permittee has furnished materials
to be manufactured or worked upon by industrial homework,
and of all persons from whom he has received materials to
be so manufactured or worked upon".

Section 11. Section 147E of said chapter 149, inserted
by said chapter 429 of the acts of 1937, is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "inclusive", in line 3, the follow-
ing: — , and to maintain existing wage, hour and other la-
bor standards established by law or regulation for workers in
the industry.

Section 12. Section 147G of said chapter 149, as amended
b}"" section 7 of said chapter 600 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "employer", in line 4,
the words: — or his agent, — and by striking out, in line 20,
the word "fifty" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
not less than fifty nor more than five hundred.

Section 13. If any provision of this act or application
thereof to any person or circumstance, shall, for any reason,
be held invalid, the remainder of this act or application of
such provision to persons or circumstances other than those
as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected.

Approved September 10, 1966.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

805

An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of Chap. 7 65

CERTAIN COUNTIES, THEIR DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COM-
MISSIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, OF SUNDRY OTHER SERVICES,
FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, FOR INTEREST
AND DEBT REQUIREMENTS, AND TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIRE-
MENTS OF LAW AND GRANTING A COUNTY TAX FOR SAID
COUNTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of certain
counties, their departments, boards, commissions and insti-
tutions, of sundry other services, for certain permanent im-
provements, for interest and debt requirements, and to meet
certain requirements of law, the following sums for the sev-
eral purposes and subject to the condition specified in section
two are hereby appropriated subject to the provisions of
law regulating the disbursement of county funds and the ap-
proval thereof for the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five: —

Barnstable County.

Item
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.

7.

9.
10.

12.
13.

14.
15.
16.

17.
18.

20.

22.
23.

24.
25.

26.
27.

28.
29.

For interest on county debt
For reduction of county debt
For county commissioners, salaries and expenses
For transportation and expenses of county and act-
ing commissioners ....

For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses
For county treasurer, salaries and expenses
For sheriff, salary and expenses
For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses
For registry of probate, salaries and expenses
For law libraries, salaries and expenses
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages ....

For criminal costs in superior court

For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,

masters and referees .....

For district courts, salaries and expenses
For medical examiners and commitments of insane
For jails and houses of correction, maintenance
and operation .....

For training school .....

For court houses and registry buildhigs, mainte
nance and operation ....

For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and
operation ......

For hospital or sanatorium

For county health service ....

For non-contributory pensions .
For contributory retirement systems and super
visory expenses .....

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses .

For unpaid bills of previous years

For reserve fund .....

For advertising recreational advantages of the
county .......

$6,670 00
25,000 00
16,210 00

800 00

13,879 88

17,477 81

8,376 50

93,005 23

6,275 00

2,500 00

201,250 00
23,533 10

25,190 00

55,841 66

3,552 50

129,210 00
500 00

20,612 90

41,540 00

452,674 53

41,662 00

1,272 33

12,375 63

9,328 59

308 73

10,000 00

50,000 00

806

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

Barnstable County — Continued.

Item

30. For state fire patrol .....

31. For maintenance forest fire apparatus

32. For police training school and bureau of criminal

identification .....

33. For police radio station ....

36. For beach commission ....

37. For surfacing and resurfacing driveways and park-

ing areas ......

38. For airplane ......

And the county commissioners of Barnstable
county are hereby authorized to levy as the
county tax of said county for the current year, in
the manner provided by law, the following sum
to be expended, together with the cash balance
on hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes .....

$4,000 00
1,000 00

17,630 00

26,745 00

790 00

5,000 00
3,694 41

$826,809 85

Berkshire County.

Item

1. For interest on county debt .... $1,500 00

3. For county commissioners, salaries and expenses . 16,102 50

4. For transportation and expenses of county and act-

ing commissioners ..... 1,000 00

5. For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses . . 20,745 00

6. For county treasurer, salaries and expenses . 10,002 25

7. For sheriff, salary and expenses . . . 6,850 00

8. For registries of deeds, salaries and expenses . 90,616 00
8a. For registry of probate, expenses . . . 5,054 20

9. For law libraries, salaries and expenses . . 7,112 80

10. For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages ..... 205,335 00

11. For examination of dams ..... 1,000 00

12. For criminal costs in superior court . . . 23,903 50

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,

masters and referees ..... 27,440 00

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses . . 118,347 30

15. For medical examiners and commitments of insane 8,000 00

16. For jails and houses of correction, maintenance

and operation ...... 104,926 69

17. For training school 2,000 00

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-

nance and operation ..... 46,195 95
20. For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and

operation ... . . . . 43,822 50

21a. For state reservation, maintenance and operation.

Mount Greylock 32,740 50

21b. For state reservation, maintenance and operation,

Mount Everett 4,275 00

22. For hospital or sanatorium .... 119,451 74

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory expenses ...... 17,763 42

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses . . 7,450 00

27. For unpaid bills of previous years . . . 350 00

28. For reserve fund 6,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765. 807

Berkshire County — Continued.

Item

29. For advertising recreational advantages of the

county $30,000 00

30. For forest development in co-operation with the

state 1,500 00

32. For Dutch elm disease 4,500 00

34. For forest fire patrol 4,000 00

And the county commissioners of Berkshire county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be ex-
pended, together with the cash balance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes $761,027 34

Bristol County.

Item

1. For interest on county debt .... $10,090 00

2. For reduction of county debt .... 45,000 00

3. For county commissioners, salaries and expenses . 14,264 00

4. For transportation and expenses of county and

acting commissioners ..... 500 00

5. For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses . . 59,984 00

Sums appropriated under Code 560 of this item
shall be expended under the direction of the
clerk of the courts. Bills incurred under said
code shall be paid by the Treasurer of Bristol
County whether or not approved by the
County Commissioners of Bristol County,
any provision of law to the contrary not-
withstanding.

6. For county treasurer, salaries and expenses . 33,880 00

7. For sheriff, salary and expenses . . . 8,975 00

8. For registries of deeds, salaries and expenses . 175,353 50
8a. For registry of probate, salaries and expenses . 15,030 00

9. For law libraries, salaries and expenses . . 22,086 00
10. For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages 222,350 00

12. For criminal costs in superior court . . . 101,846 37

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,

masters and referees . . . . . 88,135 00

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses . . 246,036 18

15. For medical examiners and commitments of insane 28,500 00

16. For jaUs and houses of correction, maintenance

and operation 188,966 00

17. For training school . . . . . . 2,000 00

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-

nance and operation ..... 239,297 79

20. For agricultural school, maintenance and operation 291,950 00

24. For non-contributory pensions .... 19,043 85

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory expenses . . . . . . 46,719 77

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses . . 14,525 00

27. For unpaid bills of previous years . . . 2,500 00

28. For reserve fund 10,000 00

808

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

Bristol County — Continued.

Item

29.

32.

For county forest fire patrol .... $4,000 00

For police training school ..... 500 00

And the county commissioners of Bristol county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes $1,436,710 99

Dukes County.

Item

1. For interest on county debt .... $4,700 00

2. For reduction of county debt .... 8,306 39

3. For county commissioners, salaries and expenses 6,250 00

4. For transportation and expenses of county and

acting commissioners ..... 500 00

5. For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses . . 6,320 00

6. For county treasurer, salaries and expenses . 3,435 00

7. For sheriff, salary and expenses . . . 3,455 57

8. For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses . 10,690 50
8a. For registry of probate, expenses . . . 1,110 00

9. For law libraries, salaries and expenses . . 500 00
10. For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages ..... 24,000 00

12. For criminal costs in superior court . . . 2,861 75

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,

masters and referees ..... 1,500 00

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses . . 12,692 50

15. For medical examiners and commitments of in-

sane . . 500 00

16. For jails and houses of correction, maintenance

and operation 7,612 70

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-
nance and operation . . . . . 3,500 00

20. For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and

operation ... . . . . 14,605 00

21a. For state reservation, maintenance and operation,

Gay Head 3,600 00

21b. For state reservation, Indian burial ground . 400 00

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory expenses . . . . . . 2,414 86

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses . . 3,000 00

27. For unpaid bills of previous years . . . 2,264 50

28. For reserve fund 2,600 00

29. For advertising recreational advantages of the

county 17,930 00

30. For county rodent control .... 5,500 00

31. For county airport, maintenance and operation . 41,160 00

32. For woodtick control 1,250 00

34. For Dukes county soil conservation district . 250 00

And the county commissioners of the county of
Dukes county are hereby authorized to levy as

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

809

Dukes County — Continued.

Item

the county tax of said county for the current
year, in the manner provided by law, the fol-
lowing sum to be expended, together with the
cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes

$147,954 24

Essex County.

Item

1. For interest on county debt

2. For reduction of county debt

3. For county commissioners, salaries and expenses

4. For transportation and expenses of county and

acting commissioners ....

5. For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses

6. For county treasurer, salaries and expenses

7. For sheriff, salary and expenses

8. For registries of deeds, salaries and expenses
8a. For registry of probate, salaries and expenses

9. For law libraries, salaries and expenses
10. For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages ....

12. For criminal costs in superior court .

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,
masters and referees .....

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses

15. For medical examiners and commitments of insane

16. For jails and houses of correction, maintenance

and operation .....

17. For training school .....

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-

nance and operation ....
20. For agricultural school, maintenance and opera-
tion .......

24. For non-contributory pensions .

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory e.xpenses .....

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses .

27. For unpaid bills of previous years

28. For reserve fund .....

29. For forest development ....

30. For fire patrol ......

31. For advertising recreational advantages of the

county .......

And the county commissioners of Essex county are
hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for the
above purposes ......

$18,362 50

190,000 00

31,690 00

1,200 00
75,166 34
34,639 00
9,115 00
320,696 25
10,158 00
17,925 00

428,304 00
97,055 00

132,480 00

363,963 00

28,000 00

210,353 00
182,378 00

154,921 00

462,390 00
30,082 96

89,268 65
9,209 53
2,000 00

15,000 00
1,600 00
4,000 00

1,500 00

$2,164,310 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

Franklin County.

Item

1. For interest on county debt .... $1,000 00

2. For reduction of county debt .... 3,600 00

3. For county commissioners, salaries and expenses . 10,430 00

4. For transportation and expenses of county and act-

ing commissioners ..... 500 00

5. For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses . . 15,400 00

6. For county treasurer, salaries and expenses . 10,968 75

7. For sheriff, salary and expenses . . . 5,037 50

8. For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses . 29,158 00
8a. For registry of probate, salaries and expenses . 2,625 00

9. For law libraries, salaries and expenses . . 5,450 00

10. For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages ..... 108,775 00

11. For examination of dams ..... 400 00

12. For criminal costs in superior court . . . 13,381 00

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,

masters and referees ..... 14,000 00

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses . . 35,260 39

15. For medical examiners and commitments of in-

sane . . . ... . . 3,000 00

16. For jails and houses of correction, maintenance and

operation ....... 55,503 50

17. For training school 200 00

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-

nance and operation ..... 24,505 00

20. For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and

operation . . . . . . . 42,030 00

21. For state reservation, maintenance and operation,

Mount Sugarloaf ...... 3,650 00

22. For hospital or sanatorium .... 21,424 58

23. For preventorium, health service, Greenfield

Health Camp 2,200 00

24. For non-contributory pensions .... 1,500 00

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory expenses ...... 9,995 97

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses . . 3,525 00

27. For unpaid bills of previous years . . . 700 00

28. For reserve fund 5,000 00

29. For advertising recreational advantages of the

county ....... 5,266 66

33. For fire protection, radio system . . . 4,000 00

And the county commissioners of Franklin county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for the
above purposes ...... $364,682 38

Hampden County.

Item
1.
2.
3.

For interest on county debt .... $6,500 00

For reduction of county debt .... 36,000 00

For coimty commissioners, salaries and expenses . 22,861 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

811

Hampden County — Continued.

Item
4.

5.

6.

7.

9.
10.

11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
16.

17.
18.

20.

21.

23.
24.
25.

26.

27.
28.
29.

30.

For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners ....

For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses

For county treasurer, salaries and expenses

For sheriff, salary and expenses .

For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses

For registry of probate, salaries and expenses

For law libraries, salaries and expenses

For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages ....

For examination of dams ....

For criminal costs in superior court

For civU expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts, including auditors,
masters and referees . . . . .

For district courts, salaries and expenses

For medical examiners and commitments of insane

For jails and houses of correction, maintenance and
operation ......

For training school .....

For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-
nance and operation ....

For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and
operation ......

For state reservation, maintenance and operation
Mount Tom .....

For preventorium, health service

For non-contributory pensions .

For contributory retirement systems and super-
visory expenses .....

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses .

For unpaid bills of previous years

For reserve fund .....

For advertising recreational advantages of the
county ......

For Dutch elm disease ....

And the county commissioners of Hampden county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the
manner provided by law, the following sum to
be expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes . . . . .

$550 00
54,397 50
21,010 00
9,150 00
138,820 00
16,642 00
19,830 00

227,550 00

3,600 00

75,540 55

106,050 00

353,195 37

22,500 00

190,345 84
81,910 00

117,025 00

91,338 60

25,673 04

3,000 00

16,060 00

46,364 21
8,810 85
1,500 00

10,000 00

4,600 00
500 00

$1,296,696 85

Hampshire County.

Item

1. For interest on county debt .... $1,200 GO

3. For county commissioners, salaries and expenses 10,275 00

4. For transportation and expenses of county and

acting commissioners ..... 750 00

5. For clerk of courts, saliries and expenses . . 21,515 00

6. For county treasurer, salaries and expenses . 14,400 00

7. For sheriff, salary and expenses .... 5,337 50

8. For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses . 36,980 00
8a. For registry of probate, expenses . . . 3,080 00

9. For law Ubraries, salaries and expenses . . 5,080 00

812

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

Hampshire County — Continued.

Item

10. For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages $127,375 00

11. For examination of dams ..... 1,500 00

12. For criminal costs in superior court . . . 20,938 00

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,

masters and referees ..... 20,345 00

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses . . 56,505 27

15. For medical examiners and commitments of in-

sane ........ 11,000 00

16. For jails and houses of correction, maintenance

and operation ...... 83,455 40

17. For traming school 375 00

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-

nance and operation ..... 36,261 50

20. For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and

operation ....... 45,515 00

21. For state reservation, maintenance and operation.

Mount Tom 4,738 96

21a. For soil conservation, Hampshire county district . 100 00

22. For hospital or sanatorium .... 132,397 09

23. For preventorium, health service . . . 1,600 00

24. For non-contributory pensions .... 2,064 35

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory expenses ...... 10,360 47

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses . . 1,781 54

28. For reserve fund 5,000 00

29. For advertising recreational advantages of the

county 4,600 00

And the county commissioners of Hampshire
county are hereby authorized to levy as the
county tax of said county for the current j'ear,
in the manner provided by law, the following
sum to be expended, together with the cash
balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes . . . $542,722 05

Middlesex County.

Item
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.

7.

8b.

9.
10.

12.

For interest on county debt

For reduction of county debt

For county commissioners, salaries and expenses

For transportation and expenses of count}'' and

acting commissioners ....
For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses
For county treasurer, salaries and expenses
For sheriff, salary and expenses
For registries of deeds, salaries and expenses
For registry of probate, salaries and expenses
For classified and consolidated indices, southern

registry of deeds .....
For law libraries, salaries and expenses
For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages ....

For criminal costs in superior court .

$11,000 00

265,000 00

35,400 00

1,000 00

154,790 62

47,535 00

9,575 00

622,938 00

37,300 00

175,000 00
34,750 00

677,302 00
296,650 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

813

Middlesex County — Continued.

Item

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,
masters and referees .....

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses

15. For medical examiners and commitments of insane

16. For jails and houses of correction, maintenance and

operation .......

17. For training school ......

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-

nance and operation and office supplies .

20. For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and

operation .......

21. For state reservation, maintenance and operation,

Walden Pond ......

24. For non-contributory pensions ....

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory expenses ......

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses .

27. For unpaid bills of previous years

28. For reserve fund ......

30. For fire patrol .......

And the county commissioners of Middlesex
county are hereby authorized to levy as the
county tax of said county for the current year,
in the manner provided by law, the following
sum to be expended, together with the cash
balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes

$304,600 00

922,452 00

62,800 00

776,055 00
226,840 00

329,303 00

86,759 00

63,701 00
75,000 00

102,015 00
13,500 00

6,000 00
40,000 00

5,000 00

$4,169,518 42

Norfolk County.

Item
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.

7.
8.
8a.
9.
10.

12.
13.

14.
15.
16.

17.
18.

For interest on county debt
For reduction of county debt
For covinty commissioners, salaries and expenses
For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners ....

For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses
For county treasurer, salaries and expenses
For sheriff, salary and expenses .
For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses
For registry of probate, salaries and expenses
For law Ubraries, salaries and expenses
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages ....

For criminal costs in superior court

For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors

masters and referees ....

For district courts, salaries and expenses

For medical examiners and commitments of insane

For jails and houses of correction, maintenance

and operation ......

For training school ......

For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-
nance and operation .....

$10,000 00
25,000 00
19,180 00

500 00

45,743 50

27,052 00

8,300 00

285,450 00

16,425 00

4,784 00

345,480 00
102,152 50

77,600 00

341,870 85

28,500 00

172,428 88
25,000 00

171,680 00

814

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

Norfolk County — Continued.

Item

20. For agricultural school, maintenance and opera-
tion ........

24. For non-contributory pensions ....

25. For contributory retirement systems and super-

visory expenses ......

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses .

27. For unpaid bills of previous years

28. For reserve fund ......

30. For forest fire patrol .....

And the county commissioners of Norfolk coimty
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes .....

$297,723 00
23,500 00

32,693 15
5,708 69
3,000 00

20,000 00
5,000 00

$1,386,387 73

Plymouth County.

Item
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.

7.

9.
10.

11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
16.

17.
18.

19.

20.

24.
25.

26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

For interest on county debt

For reduction of county debt

For county commissioners, salaries and expenses

For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners ....

For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses

For county treasurer, salaries and expenses

For sheriff, salary and expenses

For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses

For registry of probate, salaries and expenses

For law libraries, salaries and expenses

For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages ....

For examination of dams ....

For criminal costs in superior court

For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts, including auditors,
masters and referees .....

For district courts, salaries and expenses

For medical examiners and commitments of insane

For jails and houses of correction, maintenance
and operation .....

For training school .....

For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-
nance and operation ....

For construction of county buildings and/or pur
chase of land . . . .

For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and
operation ......

For non-contributory pensions .

For contributory retirement systems and super-
visory expenses .....

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses .

For unpaid bills of previous years

For reserve fund .....

For police training school ....

For forest fire control ....

$5,947 24

113,250 00

24,535 10

1,074 00
44,991 00
18,480 75

8,245 00

156,962 50

10,965 00

8,260 00

243,801 52

750 00

69,295 13

63,530 00

182,413 81

15,160 00

199,425 00
10,000 00

72,013 01

10,000 00

58,331 77
1,216 12

28,912 19

2,324 75

1,000 00

10,000 00

16,297 00

6,593 96

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

815

Plymouth County — Continued.

Item

And the county commissioners of Plymouth county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for the
above purposes ......

$1,087,100 24

Worcester County.

Item

1. For interest on county debt

2. For reduction of county debt

3. For county commissioners, salaries and expenses

4. For transportation and expenses of county and

acting commissioners ....

5. For clerk of courts, salaries and expenses

6. For county treasurer, salaries and expenses

7. For sheriff, salary and expenses

8. For registry of deeds, salaries and expenses
8a. For registry of probate, salaries and expenses

9. For law libraries, salaries and expenses

10. For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages ....

1 1 . For examination of dams ....

12. For criminal costs in superior court .

13. For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, including auditors,
masters and referees ....

14. For district courts, salaries and expenses

15. For medical examiners and commitments of in

sane .......

16. For jails and houses of correction, maintenance

and operation .....

17. For training school .....

18. For court houses and registry buildings, mainte-

nance and operation ....
20. For county aid to agriculture, maintenance and

operation ......

21a. For state reservation, maintenance and operation

Mount Wachusett ....

21b. For state reservation, Purgatory Chasm

23. For preventorium, health service

24. For non-contributory pensions .

26. For contributory retirement systems and super-
visory expenses .....

26. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses .

27. For unpaid bills of previous years

28. For reserve fund .....

29. For bindery department ....

And the county commissioners of Worcester
county are hereby authorized to levy as the
county tax of said county for the current year,
in the manner provided by law, the following
sum to be expended, together with the cash
balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes

$24,497 59
60,000 00
30,006 00

2,966 00
84,354 60
32,757 60

9,695 00

276,742 00

13,267 00

26,540 00

603,875 00

1,200 00

108,819 00

190,237 00
408,622 87

43,760 00

269,570 00
38,774 00

144,209 00

90,944 00

31,035 00

16,390 00

2,000 00

37,670 00

56,584 00
17,159 00

4,000 00
15,000 00

7,380 00

$2,093,471 37

816 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 765.

Section 2. Sums appropriated in section one are based
upon detailed schedules approved by the joint committee on
counties, copies of which are deposited with the director of
accounts.

Said director shall file with the county commissioners and
the county treasurer of each county a certification of the
amounts above appropriated as set forth in the approved
schedules for such county. Except as provided by this act
or except as otherwise provided by law, no liability may be
incurred and no expenditure shall be made in excess of the
amount available in an existing appropriation for a function,
a main group, a class or a sub-class.

Transfers within an appropriation from a main group to
another main group may be made upon written request of
the authorized official of the organization unit with the
written approval of said county commissioners, and copies
of said request and approval shall be filed with the county
treasurer; provided, however, that no transfer shall be made
from the main group "personal services" to another main
group nor shall any transfer be made from any other main
group into the main group "personal services".

Transfers within an appropriation between classes and
between sub-classes within a main group may be made by
the authorized official of the organization unit whenever in
his opinion public necessity and convenience so requires;
provided, however, that no transfer shall be made within
the classes of the main group "personal services".

Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary,
transfers within the detailed schedules for the appropriation
for the Bristol County Agricultural School, the Essex County
Agricultural School and the Norfolk County Agricultural
School may be made solely upon the written approval of the
commissioner of education for the commonwealth.

No direct drafts against the account known as the reserve
fund shall be made, but transfers from this account to other
accounts may be made to meet extraordinary or unforeseen
expenditures upon the request of the county commissioners
with the approval of the director of accounts.

Section 3. No expense incurred for mid-day meals by
county employees, other than those who receive as part of
their compensation a non-cash allowance in the form of full
or complete boarding and housing, and those employees who
are stationed beyond commuting distance from their homes
for a period of more than twenty-four hours, shall be allowed
by any county; provided, that officers or employees who
have charge of juries or who have the care and custody of
prisoners, insane persons or other persons placed in their
charge by a court or under legal proceedings for transfer to
or from court to an institution or from institution to insti-
tution and persons certified by a district attorney as engaged
in investigation shall be reimbursed for the expense of mid-
day meals when necessarily engaged on such duty; and
provided, further, that officers and employees in attendance

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 766. 817

at meetings and conferences called by or for any group or
class on a state-wide basis shall be so reimbursed.

Section 4. The allowance to county employees for ex-
penses incurred by them in the operation of motor vehicles
owned by them or by any member of their immediate f amiUes
and used in the performance of their official duties shall not
exceed seven cents a mile, except in cases where a higher
allowance is specifically provided by statute; provided, that
in the case of commitments of the insane the justice of the
court ordering the commitment may order a higher rate.

Approved September 10, 1956.

Chap.im

An Act relative to the functions and duties of the
youth service board and pr0vtl)ing for the reorgan-
ization of the advisory committee on service to

YOUTH.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately effective preamble,
certain changes in the law relating to wayward and delin-
quent children, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
pubHc safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section 65 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as q l (Xer.
amended by section 1 of chapter 605 of the acts of 1952, is Eci.), e, § 65,
hereby further amended by striking out the first paragraph ° ' '*™^°
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —
There shall be a board, to be known as the youth service youth service
board, in this section and in sections sixty-six to sixty-nine, board,
inclusive, called the board, to consist of three members one
of whom shall be a woman, each to be appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the council. One
member appointed, to be designated by the governor, shall
be the chairman of the board and the director of the division
of youth service in the department of education, established
under section four A of chapter one hundred and twenty.
Each of the other members shall act as deputy director of said
division. Each member, including the chairman, shall serve
for a term of six years. Any vacancy occurring during said
term shall be filled by appointment in the manner aforesaid
for the unexpired portion of the term.

Section 2. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 67, as amended by section 17 of said ^^■'^' ^' * ^7\

n ,. .' . , 1 p ,^ !• ^^ • etc., amenaeu.

chapter 60o, and msertmg m place thereof the following sec-
tion : — Section 67. It shall be the function and duty of the
board : —

(1) To develop constructive programs to reduce and pre- Functions and
vent delinquency and crime among youth, and to that end ||"'j.!f °^ *■'"*
it shall co-operate with existing agencies, pubhc and pri-
vate, and encourage the establishment of new agencies, both
local and state- wide, having as their object the control and

818

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 766.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, § 69,
etc., amended.

Advisory
committee
on service
to youth.

Members.

prevention of delinquency and crime; and the board shall
assist local authorities of any county or municipality, when
so requested by the governing body thereof or when in
the opinion of the board assistance is deemed desirable,
in strengthening and co-ordinating its educational, welfare,
health and recreational programs which have as their object
service to youth, control and prevention of dehnquency and
crime.

(2) To visit the county training schools for the purpose
of co-ordinating the efforts of the schools with the program
of the board for the treatment, control and prevention of
juvenile delinquency. The board shall give advice and as-
sistance to the schools and make recommendations in the
public interest.

Section 3. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended by
striking out section 69, as appearing in section 2 of chapter
310 of the acts of 1948, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — • Section 69. There shall be a committee,
to be known as the advisory committee on service to youth,
whose functions are to make specific evaluations of the per-
formance by the board of its functions and duties; to advise
and make recommendations to said board and to advise,
assist and recommend co-ordination of all appropriate de-
partments and agencies of the government on any matter
affecting the behavior, care or welfare of children or youth;
to interpret the work of the board to the pubhc; and to
enlist public co-operation therein.

The committee shall consist of fifteen members, who shall
be influential citizens in their communities and recognized
for their interest in youth, of whom three shall be from the
county of Suffolk, two shall be from the county of Middle-
sex, one shall be from the county of Barnstable, Dukes or
Nantucket, and one shall be from each of the counties of
Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Frankhn, Hampden, Hampshire,
Norfolk, Plymouth and Worcester, The governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint
five to serve for six years, five to serve for four years, and
five to serve for two years. Thereafter each member shall
be appointed and confirmed for six years. Vacancies shall
be filled by the governor for the unexpired term, subject to
the advice and consent of the council. Failure to attend four
successive regular meetings shall disqualify a member for
further service and his position shall thereby be vacated.
The committee shall elect from its members a chairman and
a vice-chairman. The chairman or a member of the youth
service board, designated by the chairman of said board,
shall serve as secretary to the committee. A majority shall
constitute a quorum. The committee shall hold meetings at
the call of its chairman or of the youth service board or at
the request of any three members of the committee at such
times and places as its chairman may determine, but it shall
hold not less than six meetings annually. The committee
shall make such rules and orders for the regulation of its

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 766. 819

own proceedings as it shall deem necessary. The several
members of the committee shall serve without compensation
but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred
in connection with travel in the discharge of their official
duties.

Before the convening date of each regular session of the
general court, the committee shall make a report to the gov-
ernor and general court of its activities and accomplishments.
The report to the general court shall be filed with the clerk
of the house of representatives. The report shall include
specific recommendations for legislation, if any, planned and
drafted as a part of an integrated, unified and consistent
program to serve the best interests of youth; and recom-
mendations for the repeal of any conflicting, obsolete or
otherwise undesirable legislation affecting youth.

Section 4. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended EdV'e^new
by inserting after section 69 the following section : — Sec- § 69a, kddrd.
Hon 69 A. The board shall divide the commonwealth into Board to divide
juvenile districts, one of which shall comprise the city of futlnlk"
Boston, as may best suit the purposes herein provided, and districts.
may change such districts from time to time as experience
may require. The board shall appoint a field agent and
senior clerk-stenographer for each district, except that the
district comprising the city of Boston shall have such addi-
tional field agents as the board, within the limits of the
amount appropriated therefor, shall from time to time deter-
mine. It shall be the duty of the field agent tp provide ex-
pert advice and service to every city and town and agency
therein, both public and private, within his district, to co-
operate with and aid the local communities in the preven-
tion and control of juvenile delinquency, and to carry out
the deUnquency prevention program and purposes of the
board. Each field agent shall assist the local communities in
surveying dehnquency-producing situations and in estabhsh-
ing such services as will help to detect and treat dehnquent
children at an early age before they become involved in
serious deUnquency. The field agents and their staffs shall
be provided with adequate quarters in a suitable public
building within their respective districts.

Section 5. Section 11 of chapter 120 of the General g^^- (t^^-
Laws, as amended by section 13 of chapter 605 of the acts etc', 'ameAded. '
of 1952, is hereby further amended by adding after the
word "existence", in fine 11, the following words: — ; {d) es- Establishment
tabUsh, on land under the control of the department of ^icmties^when
natural resources or upon other sites approved by the com- authorized.
missioner of natural resources, forest or farm school camps
to which children placed in the custody of the youth serv-
ice board may be sent for such education and training as
may be deemed best for their readjustment, the work
projects of which may be assigned in farming or reforesta-
tion, maintenance and development of state forests and
recreational areas as may be approved by the commissioner
of natural resources.

preamble.

820 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 767, 768.

Section 6. Members of the advisory committee on serv-
ice to youth appointed prior to the effective date of this
act under the provisions of section sixty-nine of chapter six
of the General Laws shall continue to hold office until the
expiration of their respective terms.

Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap.7Q7 An Act providing for the extension of the date of

TERMINATION OF THE ACT TO MEET CERTAIN CONTINGEN-
CIES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE OF PUBLIC
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
IN THE MILITARY OR NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND EXTENDING THE BENEFITS OF SAID ACT.

Emergency Whereus, The deferred operation of this act would tend

to defeat its purpose, which is in part to extend certain bene-
fits to certain persons in the military or naval forces of the
United States, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
pubhc convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 708 of the acts of 1941 is hereby
amended by striking out section 25, as most recently amended
by section 8 of chapter 550 of the acts of 1953, and inserting
in place thereof the f ollowdng section : — Section 25. Serv-
ice in the mihtary or naval forces of the United States re-
ferred to in this act shall, except as otherwise provided
thereby, mean such service occurring between January first,
nineteen hundred and forty and July first, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of July first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap.7Q8 An Act relative to flood control of the charles river

AND tributaries THEREOF.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropohtan district commission, here-
inafter called the commission, is hereby authorized and
directed to dredge and otherwise improve the Charles river
and its tributaries, including Mother brook and Long Ditch,
so-called, between the upstream end of the Charles River
Basin in the town of Watertown to, and including, the dam
of said river in the town of Natick, so as to relieve flood con-
ditions, and to construct, reconstruct and repair such dams
and gates as may be required for such purpose. The com-
mission may make application for federal assistance in the
construction of any project authorized by this act and any
federal funds so received shall be credited to the metro-
politan district commission park funds and be used to pay
debt service costs incurred as authorized by this act.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 768. 821

Section 2. The commission, for the purposes of this act,
may, on behalf of the commonwealth, take by eminent do-
main under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, waters, water
rights, watercourses, rights of way, easements, or other prop-
erty or interest in property, and shall have all the rights,
powers and duties and be subject to the limitations of section
thirty-two of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws; pro-
vided, however, that cities and towns in the area or areas
within which construction may occur shall grant to the com-
mission the right to enter upon any pubhc land and to con-
struct such facilities as may be necessary without recourse
to damages therefor. The commission, however, shall, as
provided in said section thirty-two, heed all reasonable re-
quests of officials of said cities and towns to restore such public
property to its present condition in so far as is practicable.

Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special
or general law to the contrary, the commission for the pur-
poses of flood control and to regulate the water level in the
Charles river and Mother brook is hereby authorized to es-
tabhsh rules and regulations governing the construction,
reconstruction, maintenance and repair of dams on the
Charles river and Mother brook and the storage and dis-
charge of water thereby in said streams.

Section 4. To meet the expenditure necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at
pubhc or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered
or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to
an amount to be specified by the governor and council from
time to time, but not exceeding in the aggregate, the sum of
one milUon dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth,
as aforesaid, shall be designated on the face, Charles River
Flood Control, Act of 1955, and shall be on the serial pay-
ment plan for such maximum term of years, not exceeding
twenty years, as the governor may recommend to the general
court pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of the Amend-
ments to the Constitution of the commonwealth, the maturi-
ties thereof to be so arranged that the amounts payable in
the several years of the period of amortization other than
the final year shall be as nearly equal as in the opinion of
the state treasurer it is practicable to make them. Said
bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as the
state treasurer, with the approval of the governor, shall fix.
The initial maturities of such bonds shall be payable not
later than one year from the date of issue thereof and the
entire issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and eighty. All interest payments and payments on account
of principal on such obligations shall be paid from the metro-
politan district commission park funds, to be assessed by
methods fixed by law.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved September IS, 1966.

822 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 769.

Chap, 7 69 An Act authorizing the state airport management

BOARD TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL HANGAR AND SHOPS AT
THE LAURENCE G. HANSCOM FIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commissioner of airport management is
hereby authorized and directed to further develop the
Laurence G. Hanscom Field by having built thereon a
hangar and shops with the approval of the state airport
management board; provided, however, that before any
money provided for by this act is expended for any purpose
whatsoever said commissioner shall secure a binding lease
for a term of not more than twenty-five years, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, with a responsible com-
mercial aviation company providing, in addition to all other
airport charges, annual rental thereunder for the said build-
ings sufficient to amortize the cost of said buildings, includ-
ing the interest provided for in section two of this act, within
the term of such lease. No such lease shall be assigned or
transferred except with the approval of the governor and
council.

Section 2. To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act, the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered
or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to
an amount to be specified by the governor and council from
time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, the sum of
three hundred thousand dollars. AH bonds issued by the
commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their
face, Laurence G. Hanscom Field Improvement Loan of
1955, and shall be on the serial payment plan for such maxi-
mum term of years, not exceeding twenty-five years, as the
governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to
section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Consti-
tution of the Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be
so arranged that the amounts payable in the several years
other than the final year shall be as nearly equal as in the
opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them.
Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate as
the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor shall
fix, but such bonds shall be payable not earlier than July
first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

Section 3. Any funds received by the commonwealth
from the federal government for airport purposes for projects
authorized by this act shall be used to reduce the amount of
bonds issued under this act.

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

Approved September 12, 1966.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 823

An Act relative to the penal and reformatory in- Chap.770

STITUTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is in part to make certain necessary preamble.
changes in the correctional system of the commonwealth
effective on October twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 27 of the General Laws is hereby g.l. (Ter.
amended by striking out sections 1 to 6, inclusive, and in- fj^iie^.'^to.,
serting in place thereof the following six sections : — Sec- amended.
tion 1. There shall be a department of correction, under Department
the supervision and control of a commissioner of correction, clmm^issfoner
The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative term, etc
head of the department and all officers and employees of the
department and all of the correctional institutions of the
commonwealth shall be under his supervision and control.
He shall receive such salary, not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars, as the governor and council may determine. Upon
the expiration of the term of office of a commissioner, his
successor shall be appointed for three years by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council. Any person ap-
pointed to said office shall, at the time of his appointment,
have had at least five years of adult correctional adminis-
trative experience and have an established record of high
character and qualities of leadership.

Section 2. The commissioner shall, with the approval of Deputy
the governor and council, appoint and may, with like ap- quaKfications, '
proval, remove a deputy commissioner for institutional serv- ^*°-
ices, a deputy commissioner for classification and treatment,
and a deputy commissioner for personnel and training, each
of whom shall receive such salary, not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars, as the governor and council may determine.
All such deputy commissioners shall possess qualifications
of character and ability similar to that required of the com-
missioner, and shall have had training and experience in
work generally similar to those required of the commissioner
or otherwise suitably preparing them for the work of their
respective offices. They shall not be subject to the provisions
of chapter thirty. The commissioner may designate any
deputy commissioner to discharge the duties of the commis-
sioner during his absence or disabihty.

Subject to appropriation and to all applicable requirements
of chapter thirty or thirty-one, the commissioner shall ap-
point and may remove such other officers and such employees
as the work of the department shall require ; and from time
to time he may, subject to appropriation, employ such con-
sultants as he deems necessary.

Section 3. There shall be in the department an advisory Advisory

committee on
coneotion.

824

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

Parole board,
members.

Parole board
to supervise
parole of
prisoners, etc.

committee on correction consisting of nine members ap-
pointed by the governor for terms of three years each, except
that of the first appointed members three shall be appointed
for a term of one year, three for a term of two years and three
for a term of three years. The committee shall meet at
least twice a year upon call of the chairman who shall be
designated by the governor and shall meet at any time upon
call of the governor. The committee shall visit at least
annually each correctional institution of the common-
wealth. Its function shall be to give advice and to make
recommendations to the governor and to the commissioner
regarding any matter affecting the department, and it shall
have no other powers or duties. For services on the com-
mittee, its members shall be paid no compensation but they
shall receive their expenses necessarily incurred in rendering
such service.

Section 4- There shall be in the department, but not
subject to its jurisdiction, a parole board, consisting of five
members, two of whom shall be women. Upon the expira-
tion of the term of office of a member, his or her successor
shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and
consent of the council, for five years. The governor shall
designate one of the men members chairman, who shall have
authority and responsibility to direct assignments of mem-
bers of the board with respect to hearings and other duties,
and who shall also direct the work of the director of parole
service. The chairman shall receive a salary of eleven thou-
sand dollars. The two men members of the board shall each
receive a salary of ten thousand dollars and the women
members of the board shall each receive a salary of five
thousand dollars. The chairman and the two men members
shall devote full time to their duties.

All the members of the board shall constitute the parole
board having jurisdiction over the granting and revocation
of paroles for women, and only the men members of the
board shall constitute the parole board having jurisdiction
over the granting and revocation of paroles for men. The
board shall act as a whole on procedural matters.

Section 5. The parole board shall (a) within its juris-
diction, as defined in section one hundred and twenty-eight
of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, determine what
prisoners in the correctional institutions of the common-
wealth or transferred therefrom to jails or houses of correc-
tion may be released on parole, and when and under what
conditions, and the power to grant a parole permit to any
prisoner transferred from an institution of the common-
wealth, and to revoke, revise, alter or amend the same, and
the terms and conditions on which it was granted shall
remain in the parole board until the expiration of the maxi-
mum term of the sentence or sentences for the service of
which such prisoner was committed, or until the date which
has been determined by deductions from the maximum term
of his sentence or sentences for good conduct, or unless

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 825

otherwise terminated; (6) supervise all prisoners released on
parole permits granted by it, make such investigations as
may be necessary in connection therewith, determine whether
violation of parole terms and conditions exist in specific
cases, decide the action to be taken with reference thereto,
and aid paroled prisoners to secure employment; (c) be the
advisory board of pardons with the power and duties in
relation thereto set forth in section one hundred and fifty-
four of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven; (d) super-
vise all prisoners pardoned on parole conditions, and report
to the governor violations by any such prisoner of the parole
conditions applicable to his pardon; (e) make rules relative
to the performance of its duties, the caUing and conduct of
meetings and for the conduct of its employees in the per-
formance of their duties; (/) print its rules and the statutes
relating to its powers and duties, in convenient form, from
time to time, and annually during the month of January
mail or deliver one copy thereof to each justice of the su-
perior and district courts, each sheriff and to the master,
keeper or principal officer of each penal institution in the
commonwealth, and two hundred copies thereof to the board
of probation ; (g) make an annual report to the commissioner.

Section 6. Said board may appoint and remove a director Director of

/. 1 • 1 1 . 1 1 • parole service,

of parole service and such other case work supervisors, supervisors,
agents and employees as its work may require. The director ^*"'-
of parole service shall supervise the work of case work super-
visors and other agents as may be employed by the board,
and shall be responsible for development and operation of
staff orientation and a continuing in-service training program
for agents employed by the board.

Section 2. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby g.l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 46, as amended by section 1 etoi! amended'.
of chapter 344 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 4.6. The commis- Pensions
sioner of correction may, with the approval of the governor emifioye°s.
and council, retire from active service and place upon a
pension roll any officer of the Massachusetts correctional
institutions or any jail or house of correction, or any person
employed to instruct the prisoners in any Massachusetts
correctional institution, as provided in section fifty-two of
chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, or any other em-
ployee of the IVIassachusetts state correctional institutions,
who has attained the age of sixty-five and has been employed
in prison service in the commonwealth, with a good record
for not less than twenty years; or who, without fault of his
own, has become permanently disabled by injuries sustained
in the performance of his duty ; or who has performed faith-
ful prison service for not less than thirty years; provided,
that no officer of any jail or house of correction shall so be
retired except upon the recommendation of the sheriff and
county commissioners of the county, except in the county of
Suffolk, where the recommendation as to the officers of the
jail shall be made by the sheriff and the mayor of Boston,

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G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 48,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 120, § 2,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 102, etc.,
amended.

Transfer of
certain insane
prisoners
to other
institutions.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 117, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 124, § 1,
etc., amended.

Additional
powers and
duties of the
commissioner.

and, as to the officers of the house of correction, by the penal
institutions commissioner and the mayor of Boston; and
provided, further, that no such officer, instructor or employee
shall be retired unless he began employment as such in one
of the above named institutions or the prison camp and
hospital, or as an officer or instructor in one of the institu-
tions named in section forty-seven, on or before June seventh,
nineteen hundred and eleven. The word "officer", as used
in this section and sections forty-seven and forty-eight, shall
extend to include prison officer, correction officer and matron.

Section 3. Section 48 of said chapter 32, as amended by
chapter 379 of the acts of 1938, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in lines 12 and 13, the words "the state prison, the
Massachusetts reformatory, state farm or reformatory for
women," and inserting in place thereof the words: — a
correctional institution of the commonwealth.

Section 4. Section 2 of chapter 120 of the General Laws,
as amended by section 5 of chapter 605 of the acts of 1952,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 6, the
words "the Massachusetts reformatory" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — correctional institutions of the
commonwealth.

Section 5. The first paragraph of section 102 of chapter
123 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out,
in lines 3, 4 and 5, as appearing in chapter 15 of the acts
of 1934, the words "state prison, state prison colony, the
Massachusetts reformatory or the reformatory for women"
and inserting in place thereof the following words : — cor-
rectional institutions of the commonwealth, — and by strik-
ing out the last sentence and insertmg in place thereof the
following sentence: — For the purposes of this section and
section one hundred and three, "superior court" may, in
respect to a prisoner in the correctional institution at Nor-
folk or the correctional institution at Walpole, include the
district court of western Norfolk, in respect to a prisoner in
the correctional institution at Concord, the district court of
central Middlesex, and in respect to a prisoner in the cor-
rectional institution at Framingham, the first district court
of southern Middlesex.

Section 6. Section 117 of said chapter 123, as amended
by section 2 of chapter 655 of the acts of 1941, is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out, in line 2, the words "Massa-
chusetts reformatory, the state farm" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — correctional institutions of the com-
monwealth.

Section 7. Chapter 124 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 1, as most recently amended
by section 4 of chapter 344 of the acts of 1941, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 1. In addi-
tion to the powers and duties given him by chapter twenty-
seven and other provisions of law, the commissioner of cor-
rection, in this chapter called the commissioner, shall have
the following powers and duties: —

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 827

(a) He shall have general supervision of jails and houses
of correction;

(h) He shall, with the approval of the governor and coun-
cil, make and publish, and from time to time may revise,
rules and regulations for directing the work of the officers
and employees of the department of correction, in this chap-
ter called the department, and the correctional institutions
of the commonwealth, for the government, discipline and in-
struction of the inmates of the said institutions, for the cus-
tody and preservation of the property of the department and
the said institutions, for the supply of food, clothing and bed-
ding in the said institutions, for teaching reading and writing
to prisoners who are committed to a jail or house of correc-
tion for six months or more, and for securing proper exercise
for unemployed sentenced prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection; and jailers, keepers of houses of correction, county
commissioners and the penal institutions commissioner of
Boston shall make no rules inconsistent with the said rules;

(c) He shall cause to be conducted studies furthering
the department's knowledge of rehabilitation of the criminal
offender;

{d) He shall seek to develop civic interest in the work of the
department and the correctional institutions of the common-
wealth, and shall make as much use as feasible of specialized
community agencies qualified to further the work of the de-
partment and the said institutions;

(e) He shall visit the institutions under his supervision at
least once every sixty days, and shall investigate and keep
informed as to the management, condition and discipline of
such institutions and the treatment of the inmates thereof,
and the books of the said institutions shall be open for his
examination;

(/) He or any representative designated by him may at-
tend any meeting of the parole board; and

(g) He may expend annually in the performance of his
duties and for necessary work of the department and the
correctional institutions of the commonwealth such sums as
may be appropriated therefor by the general court.

Section 8. Said chapter 124 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Xer.
striking out section 2, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edi- ^^^^l^^' ^ ^'
tion, and inserting in place thereof the following section: —
Section 2. Subject to the supervision and control of the com- Duties of
missioner, the deputy commissioner for institutional services ^®:P"1^™'"'
shall be responsible for planmng and directmg the efncient
administration of each correctional institution of the com-
monwealth by the officers and employees of the institution.

Subject to the supervision and control of the commis-
sioner, the deputy commissioner for classification and treat-
ment shall be responsible for planning and directing the re-
habilitation services of all the correctional institutions of the
commonwealth, including the classification, medical, educa-
tional, industrial, vocational and recreational programs of
each such institution.

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Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 124, § 6,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 124. § 6,
etc., amended.

Annual report
of commiaioner
to general
court.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 126, etc.,
amended.

Correctional
institutions
of the com-
monwealth.

Principal officer
and deputy
appointed by
eommisffloner.

Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner,
the deputy commissioner for personnel and training shall
be responsible for planning and directing departmental pro-
cedures for the appointment, assignment, transfer, training,
supervision, discipline and compensation of officers and em-
ployees of the department and the correctional institutions
of the commonwealth.

Each of the said deputy commissioners shall perform such
other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time
by the commissioner.

Section 9. Section 5 of said chapter 124 is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 2, 3 and 4, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, the words "state prison, Mas-
sachusetts reformatory, state prison colony, state farm and
reformatory for women" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — correctional institutions of the commonwealth.

Section 10. Section 6 of said chapter 124 is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out, in lines 3, 4 and 5, as appearing
in section 2 of chapter 23 of the acts of 1936, the words "the
state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, state prison colony,
state farm and reformatory for women" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — each correctional institution of
the commonwealth, — and by striking out the last sentence,
as amended by section 39 of chapter 451 of the acts of 1939,
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
The report shall include the reports made to him by the
officers of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth,
of the other penal institutions, and of the parole board.

Section 11. The General Laws are hereby amended by
striking out chapter 125 and inserting in place thereof the
following chapter : —

Chapter 125.

Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth.

Section 1. In this chapter and elsewhere in the General
Laws the following words shall have the following meanings:
"Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Boston", the state
prison; "Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole",
the state prison; "Massachusetts Correctional Institution,
Norfolk", the state prison colony; "Massachusetts Correc-
tional Institution, Concord", the Massachusetts reformatory;
"Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham", the
reformatory for women; "Massachusetts Correctional Insti-
tution, Bridgewater", the state farm; "Massachusetts Cor-
rectional Institution, Plymouth", the state prison camp at
Plymouth; "Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Mon-
roe", the state prison camp at Monroe. The above-named
institutions shall constitute the correctional institutions of
the commonwealth.

In this chapter the word "commissioner" shall mean the
commissioner of correction.

Section 2. The principal officer and the deputy of each cor-
rectional institution of the commonwealth shall be appointed

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 829

by the commissioner, shall hold office during his pleasure,
and shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty.

Each principal officer shall, before entering on the per-
formance of his official duties, give bond to the common-
wealth, in such sum as the comptroller may prescribe, with
sureties approved by the commissioner, conditioned faith-
fully to perform the duties of his office. The approval of the
sureties shall be endorsed on the bond, and it shall be filed
with the state treasurer.

Section 3. All other officers and all employees in the said other officers
institutions shall be appointed by the commissioner, and, '^^ empoyees.
except as otherwise provided in chapter thirty and thirty-
one, shall hold office during his pleasure.

Section 4- In certifying the names of persons eligible for persons
appointment to offices or positions in the said institutions appo^ilTtment
having responsibihty of the custody of prisoners, the director
of civil service shall certify the names of persons over the
age of twenty-two and under the age of forty.

Section 5. If the office of the principal officer of any of vacancies
the said institutions is vacant, or if the said officer is absent principal*
from the institution or is unable to perform his duties, an officer,
acting principal officer designated by the commissioner shall
have the powers to perform the duties and be subject to the
liability of the said office ; and the commissioner may require
such acting principal officer, before entering on the per-
formance of his official duties, to give a bond to the common-
wealth in such sum as the comptroller may prescribe, with
sureties approved by the commissioner, conditioned on the
faithful performance of such duties, and faithfully to account
for all money received by him, as such acting principal offi-
cer. After the approval of such bond, the acting principal
officer shall, as long as he performs the duties of the office, re-
ceive the salary of the principal officer in heu of his salary
prior to his designation as acting principal officer.

Section 6. The commissioner shall appoint a treasurer of J''^^?^g5 ^
each correctional institution of the commonwealth, who shall commissioner,
give bond with surety for the faithful performance of his
duties. In each such institution the said treasurer shall re-
ceive and disburse all moneys paid by the commonwealth
for the support of the institutions, and shall cause to be
kept such books of account of the property, expenses, in-
come and business thereof as may be approved by the comp-
troller.

Section 7. The principal officer of each such institution Alterations
shall from time to time suggest to the commissioner in writ- "* '■"'*^-
ing such alterations in the commissioner's rules as he con-
siders advisable for the direction of the officers and emplo3^ees
of the institution and its government.

Section 8. Officers and emploj^ees in each such insti- Uniforms
tution required to wear uniforms while on duty shall be cm^n^
furnished at the expense of the commonwealth with such employees.
uniforms of standard pattern as shall be prescribed by the
commissioner.

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Training school
for officers to
be established.

Oath of office.

Institutions
maintained for
confinement
of prisoners.

Section 9. The commissioner shall establish a training
school for officers of the department of correction. In ac-
cordance with section four the division of civil service shall
certify the names of apphcants from an established list for
correction officers to the commissioner, who shall appoint
said applicants as provisional correction officers. Those em-
ployees shall be assigned to a period of training not to exceed
eight weeks, to include the use of firearms, judo training
and a course of lectures relating to the problems of crime,
and criminal detention, rules and regulations of the said de-
partment, together with its procedures, policies and prac-
tices. After completing a training period the employee shall
be assigned to a correctional institution of the common-
wealth. The training period shall be considered a part of
the probationary period which he must serve before becom-
ing a permanent emploj'^ee of the department.

Additional courses of training shall be instituted for exist-
ing permanent correction officers, employees of said depart-
ment who have not reached their fiftieth birthday.

The commissioner is authorized to expend money to main-
tain an employee during the period of in-service training.

The deputy commissioner in charge of personnel and train-
ing shall organize, establish and maintain the training
school; and may be assisted by other employees appointed
by the commissioner as instructors.

Any employee as an instructor, or others assigned for a
period of training, shall be responsible to and under the con-
trol of the said deputy commissioner during the period so
assigned.

The commissioner may expend such sums as may be appro-
priated to maintain and operate said training school.

Section 10. All officers of such institutions, before enter-
ing upon the performance of their official duties, shall take
and subscribe the following oaths: — "I, A. B., do solemnly
swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the consti-
tution thereof. So help me, God." "I, A. B., do solemnly
swear that I will obey the lawful orders of all my superior
officers. So help me, God." "I, A. B., do solemnly swear
and affirm that I will faithfully and impartially discharge
and perform all duties incumbent on me in the office to which
I have been appointed according to the best of my abilities
and understanding, agreeably to the requirements of the
constitution, the laws of the commonwealth, and the rules
provided in accordance with law for the government of the
correctional institutions of the commonwealth. So help
me, God." The oath may be administered by any officer
authorized by law to administer oaths, and a record thereof
shall be in the possession of the principal officer of the appro-
priate institution.

Section 11. The department of correction shall maintain,
for the security and confinement of prisoners of the common-
wealth, the correctional institutions of the commonwealth.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 831

A person convicted and sentenced in a court of the United
States need not be received in any such institution unless the
United States agrees with the commissioner to pay all ex-
penses incurred by the commonwealth in maintaining him
therein.

Section 12. All persons sentenced to any of the correc- Sentenced
tional institutions of the commonwealth shall be held in p''''^°"^-
accordance with the sentences or orders of the courts and
the rules and regulations of the commissioner.

Section 13. The officers of each correctional institution officers of the
shall be a principal officer, a deputy, chaplains and such •°«*»*"'»°'^^-
other officers as the commissioner may find necessary; pro-
vided, that there shall be employed therein such additional
officers as the commissioner shall consider necessary to com-
ply with section thirty-nine of chapter one hundred and
forty-nine.

Section 14- Subject to rules and regulations established fOTTusTody**^
by the commissioner and according to law, the principal ^nd control
officer shall be responsible for the custody and control of all
prisoners in the correctional institution, and shall govern and
employ them pursuant to their respective sentences until
their sentences have been performed or they are otherwise
discharged by due course of law, or they are removed by the
commissioner, and shall also have the charge and custody
of the institution and of the land, buildings, furniture, tools,
implements, stock, provisions, and all other property belong-
ing to it or within its precincts.

Section 15. The principal officer, and his deputy, shall prlncip"f officer
reside constantly within the precincts of the correctional in- and deputy,
stitution, unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner.

Section 16. The Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Female
Framingham, shall be the institution of the commonwealth fmp?rsoned°at^
where all females convicted of crimes in the courts of the Framingham.
commonwealth, and duly sentenced or removed thereto, shall
be imprisoned and detained. A department for defective
delinquents shall be maintained for the custody of persons
committed thereto under sections one hundred and thirteen,
one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and seventeen to
one hundred and twenty-four, inclusive, of chapter one
hundred and twenty-three.

Section 17. The commissioner may, in behalf of the com- Land for
monwealth hold not more than one acre of land within the tau» prisoners,
town of Sherborn which may be used for the burial of pris-
oners who die in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution,
Framingham.

Section 18. The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part ,^irl'|,\''orat
of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. Bridgewater.
The commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of
mental health, shall appoint a physician as medical director
of the Bridgewater state hospital. The medical director
shall have the care of the inmates thereof and govern them
in accordance with rules and regulations approved by the
commissioner.

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Clinic for
treatment
of certain
alcoholics at
Bridgewater.

Commissioner
to make
certain con-
tracts for the
institutions.

Bills for
supplies.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 126, § 24,
amended.

Temporary
control of
jail, etc.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 2,
etc., amended.

Records of
prisoners
to be kept.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 4,
amended.

Section 19. The department of correction shall maintain
at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater,
in accordance with standards fixed by the department of
public health, a clinic for the examination, diagnosis and
treatment of chronic alcoholics, sentenced to any of the cor-
rectional institutions for drunkenness. The professional
personnel of said chnic shall be appointed by the commis-
sioner with the advice and approval of the pubhc health coun-
cil of the department of public health. Any person who has
received an examination or treatment at such chnic shall,
upon his release from said institution, be referred for fur-
ther treatment to an alcoholic chnic estabhshed by the de-
partment of pubhc health.

Section 20. All contracts on account of any correctional
institution of the commonwealth, except those required to be
made by the state purchasing agent, shall be made by the
commissioner in writing. The commissioner and his suc-
cessors in office may sue or be sued upon any contract made
in accordance with this chapter. No such suit shall abate
by reason of said office becoming vacant, but the successor
of the commissioner, pending such suit, may, and, upon mo-
tion of the adverse party and notice, shall, prosecute or de-
fend it. The commissioner may submit any controversy
relative to any such contract, or any action pending on any
such contract, to the final determination of arbitrators or
referees appointed by the commissioner and the adverse
party and approved by the commissioner of administration.

Section 21. At the time supphes for any of the said in-
stitutions are dehvered, bills of the quantity and price of
such supplies shall be taken and compared at the institution.
Bills for all services rendered shall be taken and checked in
like manner. Bills found to be correct shall be entered in
the accounts of the institution, and appropriate notice of
bills found to be incorrect shall be given so that any errors
may be corrected.

Section 12. Section 24 of chapter 126 of the General
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence: — The jailer, master
or keeper appointed by the governor shall give bond, with
sureties as the governor directs and approves, for the faith-
ful performance of the duties of his office.

Section 13. Chapter 127 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as amended by section 10
of chapter 344 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 2. The principal
officers of correctional institutions of the commonwealth and
the masters and keepers of jails, houses of correction and of
all other penal or reformatory institutions shall keep full
and accurate records of all prisoners committed thereto,
maintained therein or discharged therefrom.

Section 14. Section 4 of said chapter 127, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 833

out, in line 2 and in line 3, the words "solitary imprison-
ment" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the
word : — isolation.

Section 15. Section 6 of said chapter 127, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, amended! '
the words "warden, superintendent" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — principal officer.

Section 16. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Ed^'iJ?''
by striking out section 10, as most recently amended by §i6,'etc.,'
section 15 of chapter 656 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in ''''^'^°' ^ '
place thereof the following section: — Section 10. Annually, Annual report
on or before August fifteenth, the sheriffs, county commis- miMionTr?"
sioners and the penal institutions commissioner of Boston,
shall make a report to the commissioner of the salaries of
prison officers, of the number and cost of support of pris-
oners, and of such other details relative to the management
and discipline of the several prisons as the commissioner
may prescribe.

Section 17. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Ed^'iJ?''
by striking out section 12, as amended by section 12 of §12,' etc,'
chapter 344 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof ''™^°^^^-
the follo^^'ing section: — Section 12. Any officer or ena- ^°au Timove^'
ployee in any correctional institution of the commonwealth certain em-
who is unfaithful or incompetent, or uses intoxicating liquor P'°y^^^-
to excess, shall be forthwith removed by the commissioner.

Section 18. Section 16 of said chapter 127, as naost Edo,' m,''
recently amended by section 8 of chapter 129 of the acts of § ^^''f°^'
1948, is hereby further amended by striking out the first ^™^°
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence : — The principal officers of the correctional institu- Physical ex-
tions of the commonwealth, and the keepers and masters of certafnTn-^ °
jails and houses of correction shall cause a thorough physical ^^t^^-
examination to be made by a competent physician of each
inmate in their respective institutions committed for a term
of thirty days' imprisonment or more.

Section 19. Section 17 of said chapter 127, as amended Ed.),'i27T'
by section 2 of chapter 77 of the acts of 1933, is hereby Imlided.'
further amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence: — He shall
cause records to be made of such examinations and investi-
gations. ^ ^

Section 20. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Ed), 127. '§20,
by striking out section 20, as appearing in the Tercentenary amended.
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section :
— Section 20. There shall be established at one of the cor- ^nferlo?
rectional institutions of the commonwealth by the commis- male prisoners
sioner, with the approval of the governor and council, a t^Jn^pu^pMe's
reception center for all male prisoners, except those sentenced i^h^ed^^**^
to the ]\'Iassachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater.
Any male con\'ict who is sentenced to any correctional insti-
tution of the commonwealth, except the Massachusetts Cor-
rectional Institution, Bridgewater, shall be delivered by the
sheriff or other officer authorized to execute sentence to said

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G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 21,
amended.

Sheriffs, etc.,
may classify
prisoners.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127. § 27,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 127, § 28,
amended.

Records of
description
and finger-
prints to be
kept.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 127, § 32,
amended.

Treatment of
prisoners.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 33
amended.

center for the purpose of proper classification of the prisoner.
Classification of female prisoners shall be made at the Massa-
chusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, under the
supervision of the deputy commissioner for classification and
treatment.

The deputy commissioner for classification and treatment,
under the general supervision of the commissioner, shall di-
rect the professional staff assigned to said reception center,
and shall be responsible for grading and classifying all pris-
oners sentenced to any of the correctional institutions of the
commonwealth, and shall in addition have general charge of
the reception center.

Section 21. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 21, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 21 . The sher-
iffs and the penal institutions commissioner of Boston may
so classifj'' prisoners sentenced and committed to jails and
houses of correction, with reference to their sex, age, char-
acter, condition and offences, as to promote their reforma-
tion and safe custody and the economy of their support, and
to secure the separation of male and female prisoners, sub-
ject to the approval of the deputy commissioner for classifi-
cation and treatment. The master or keeper of a jail or
house of correction shall ascertain whether a prisoner com-
mitted thereto upon a sentence of six months or more can
read or write.

Section 22. Section 27 of said chapter 127, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the
words "officer in charge of the prison to which he is sen-
tenced" and inserting in place thereof the words: — depart-
ment of correction.

Section 23. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 28, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 28. The prin-
cipal officers of the correctional institutions of the common-
wealth and the keepers of jails and houses of correction shall
keep a record of the descriptions and fingerprints taken under
section twenty-three and of the criminal history of prisoners
so described and fingerprinted, as shown by the records of
the courts of the commonwealth, or of any other state, or
by any other official records which are accessible, and shall
attach to the record a photograph of such prisoner or file
such photograph in such manner as to be readily found.

Section 24. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 32, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 32. The prin-
cipal officers of the institutions under the supervision of the
department of correction shall treat the prisoners with the
kindness which their obedience, industry and good conduct
merit.

Section 25. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 33, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section S3. The prin-

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cipal officers of all institutions under the jurisdiction of the officera to
department of correction and the masters and keepers of ^de"*'^etc.
jails and houses of correction shall cause all necessary means
to be used to maintain order in the institutions under their
supervision, enforce obedience, suppress insurrection and pre-
vent escapes, and for that purpose they may at all times
require the aid and utmost exertions of all the officers of the
institution except the chaplain and the physician.

Section 26. Section 36 of said chapter 127, as amended S-.^jB'"'
by section 1 of chapter 237 of the acts of 1941, is hereby §36,' etc'
further amended by striking out the first sentence and in- amended,
serting in place thereof the following sentence: — No person visitors to
except the governor, a member of the governor's council, a '"stitutions.
member of the general court, a justice of the supreme ju-
dicial, superior or district court, the attorney general, a
district attorney, the commissioner, a deputy commissioner
of correction, a member of the parole board, or a parole
or probation officer may visit any of the correctional institu-
tions of the commonwealth without the permission of the
commissioner or of the principal officer of such institution.

Section 27. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended ec/)"i27'^'
by inserting after section 36 the following section : — Section new '§ seA,
36 A. The principal officer shall not abridge the right of an '■''''^^'^■
inmate of any correctional or penal institution in the com- rigw^to^
monwealth to confer with any attorney at law engaged or Jitroraey^**"
designated by him, and such attorney may visit such inmate
at such times as may be established under rules promulgated
by the commissioner.

Section 28. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended ^j^- [J:^^-
by striking out section 37, as amended by section 2 of said §37,'et*c..'
chapter 237 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof ^°^^''''^^-
the following section: — Section 37. The principal officer Records of
of each correctional institution shall cause a record to be brkept*°
kept of the names and residences of all visitors, which record
shall always be open to the commissioner, and may refuse
admission to a person having a permit if in his opinion such
admission would be injurious to the best interests of the
institution, but such principal officer shall forthwith report
such refusal to the commissioner.

Section 29. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Edo,' iJ?,*^'
by striking out section 39, as amended by chapter 357 of § ^9- ^t^.'
the acts of 1955, and inserting in place thereof the follow- '
ing section: — ^Sec^zon 39. At the request of the principal fn^X*'"" °^
officer of any correctional institution of the commonwealth,
the commissioner may authorize the transfer, for such period
as he may determine, to a segregated unit within any cor-
rectional institution of the commonwealth, of any inmate
whose continued retention in the general institution popu-
lation is detrimental to the program of the institution.

Such segregated unit shall provide regular meals, fully fur-
nished cells, limited recreational facilities, rights of visitation
and communication by those properly authorized, and such
other privileges as may be established by the commissioner.

836 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

Under the supervision of the department of mental health, all

inmates confined to a segregated unit shall be given periodic

medical and psychiatric examinations, and shall receive such

medical and psychiatric treatment as may be indicated.

EdV' i'^7"'§ 40 Section 30. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended

amended.' ' by Striking out section 40, as appearing in the Tercentenary

Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:

fnmatiT °^ — Sectiou 40. For the enforcement of discipline, an inmate

in any correctional institution of the commonwealth may,

at the discretion of its principal officer, be confined, for a

period not to exceed fifteen days for any one offence, to an

isolation unit.

Such isolation units must provide light, ventilation and
adequate sanitary facilities, may contain a minimum of fur-
niture, and shall provide at least one full meal daily.
g^L. (Tcr ^^ Section 31. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
amended.' ' by striking out section 41, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 41. The
master or keeper of a jail or house of correction may set
aside in such jail or house of correction one or more cells to
be used as isolation units, and for the enforcement of disci-
pline may confine any inmate thereto; but no prisoner shall
unft^*'°° be confined to such isolation unit for more than three days

without informing the sheriff or the county commissioners
thereof and of the reasons therefor; and in no case for more
than ten days for any one offence.

Such isolation units shall provide light, ventilation and
adequate sanitary facilities, may contain a minimum of fur-
niture, and shall provide at least one full meal daily.
Ed^' m^\ 48 Section 32. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
amended.' ' by Striking out scctiou 48, as so appearing, and inserting in
Prisoners place thereof the following section: — Section 48. Prisoners

^ployed. ill the correctional institutions of the commonwealth shall
be constantly employed for the benefit of the commonwealth,
but no prisoner shall be employed in engraving.
EdV 127'" Section 33. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended

§ 48A, etc., by striking out section 48A, as amended by section 1 of chap-
amended. ^gj. ^Q^ q£ ^^iQ acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof

on^maTes*'^" the following section: — Section 48 A. Subject to appropri-
who do good ation from the General Fund, the commissioner shall estab-
lish a system of compensation for inmates of the correctional
institutions of the commonwealth who perform good and
satisfactory work either within the industrial program or in
the servicing and maintenance of the correctional institutions
or in the prison camps. Upon the recommendation of any
principal officer, the commissioner may establish a graduated
scale of compensation to be paid inmates in accordance ^"ith
their skill and industry, and the commissioner shall estab-
lish, and may at any time amend or annul, rules and regula-
tions for carrying out the purposes of tliis section. No money
shall be paid directly to any inmate during the term of his
imprisonment.

The principal ofl&cer of any correctional institution may

work.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 837

expend one half of the money so earned by any inmate on
behalf of the inmate for articles for the use of the inmate.
The remainder of the moneys so earned, after deducting
amounts expended on behalf of the inmate as aforesaid, shall
be accumulated to the credit of the inmate and shall be de-
posited by the principal officer as trustee in a bank approved
by the state treasurer and paid to the inmate upon his re-
lease from such institution in such instalments and at such
times as may be described in such rules and regulations.

Subject to appropriation from the General Fund, the com-
missioner may expend such amounts as are appropriated to
rearrange or enlarge the shops and to provide storage room
needed for the manufacturing of prison goods in an estab-
lished industry. The commissioner may employ such addi-
tional employees as shall be approved by the governor and
council to make arrangements with the offices, departments
and institutions named in sections fifty-three and fifty-seven.

Section 34. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended EdVi27'§49
by striking out section 49, as appearing in the Tercentenary amended.'
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:

— Section 49. Prisoners in the correctional institutions of work'Jfn Vub-
the commonwealth or in any jail or house of correction may lie premises.
be employed, in the custody of an officer, on any part of the
premises of the institution or in the care of public lands and
buildings, and any prisoner who escapes from such premises,

land or building shall be deemed to have escaped from the
institution of which he is an inmate. No prisoner, except
as provided in sections eighty-three, eighty -four, eighty-five
and eighty-six, shall be employed outside the precincts of
the place of his imprisonment doing work of any kind for
private persons.

Section 35. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended %^^[ iJf^'
by striking out section 51, as amended by section 16 of chap- |^g^|*^'
ter 344 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the
foUomng section: — Section 51. The commissioner, and the F°™r'uf''i^®''
principal officers of the correctional institutions of the com- prison in-
mon wealth, keepers or masters of jails and houses of correc- ''"^*"^^-
tion, shall determine the industries to be established and
maintained in the respective institutions under the super-
vision of said officers. The prisoners in said institutions shall
be employed in said industries under regulations which shall
be estabhshed by the commissioner; but no contract shall be
made for the labor of prisoners.

Section 36. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended %^] {J"j 52,
by striking out section 52, as appearing in the Tercentenary amended.'
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:

— Section 52. Supervisors and instructors to instruct the fo^^p'^^ohir^'^
prisoners in industries determined upon in accordance with instructors in
section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven dusT^es"'

in the correctional institutions of the commonwealth shall be
appointed by the commissioner, and in jails and houses of
correction by the masters and keepers thereof, with the
approval of the commissioner. Such supervisors and in-

838

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 54,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, §01,
amended.
Prisoners to
learn trades.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 66,
amended.

State pur-
chasing agent
may buy tools
and materials
for prison
industries.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
new § 66A,
added.
Tools and
materials for
jails may be
bought by
keeper, etc.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 127, § 67,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127, § 68,
amended.

structors shall have the same authority relative to the pris-
oners as the subordinate officers of the institution where they
are employed. In the correctional institutions of the com-
monwealth they may be removed by the commissioner, and
in jails and houses of correction by the master or keeper
thereof.

Section 37. Section 54 of said chapter 127, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in hues 15, 16 and
17, the words '', and any other expense of the meetings shall
be paid from the Prison Industries Funds upon the approval
of the commissioner".

Section 38. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 61, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 61. The com-
missioner shall endeavor to establish in all institutions under
his jurisdiction such industries as will enable prisoners em-
ployed therein to learn valuable trades.

Section 39. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 66, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 66. Subject
to appropriation from the General Fund, the tools, imple-
ments and materials required for use in manufacturing in
any of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth,
and such necessary machinery to replace any which becomes
unfit for use or is destroyed by fire or by malicious acts of
prisoners or to establish new trades or industries, may be
purchased through the state purchasing agent as provided
by section twenty-two of chapter seven, or with his ap-
proval as provided by section fifty-two of chapter thirty,
or by or under the direction of the purchasing bureau as
provided in section fifty-one of chapter thirty, by the com-
missioner, or by the principal officer, or anj'' agent appointed
by such principal officer with the approval of the commis-
sioner.

Section 40. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by inserting after said section 66 the following section : —
Section 66 A. The tools, implements and materials required
for use in manufacturing in any jails or houses of correction,
and such necessary machinery to replace any which becomes
unfit for use or is destroyed by fire or by malicious acts of
prisoners or to establish new trades or industries, may be
purchased for any jail or house of correction by the master
or keeper, or any agent appointed by such master or keeper,
under supervision of the commissioner, and subject to any
applicable provisions of law relative to purchases for the
county, city or town, as the case may be, after estimates or
requisitions, in such form as the commissioner shall require,
have been approved by him.

Section 41. Section 67 of said chapter 127, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out, in line 3, the words "warden, superintendent" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — principal officer.

Section 42. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 839

by striking out section 68, as so appearing, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 68. In the Agents to
correctional institutions of the commonwealth the commis- procfucts"
sioner, and in jails and houses of correction the master or
keeper, with the approval of the commissioner, may appoint
agents who under such regulations as the commissioner shall
estabhsh shall sell, subject to the provisions of sections
sixty-seven and sixty-seven A, goods manufactured therein.
Any such agent may be removed at the pleasure of the offi-
cers by whom he was appointed.

Section 43. Section 69 of said chapter 127, as so appear- g. l. (Xer.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words amended.'
"warden, superintendent" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — principal officers.

Section 44. Section 71 of said chapter 127, as most re- g. l. (xer.
cently amended by section 2 of chapter 461 of the acts of §71, etc'
1946, is hereby further amended by striking out the first ''tended.
paragraph, and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph: — At least once in each month the receipts from the Receipts from
labor of prisoners in the correctional institutions of the com- to'beV^d°to
mon wealth shall be paid to the General Fund of the com- General Fund.
monwealth, and the receipts from the labor of prisoners in
a jail or house of correction to the county. So much thereof
as is necessary to pay the expenses of maintaining the in-
dustries in said jails and houses of correction shall be expended
from the county treasury for that purpose, but not until
schedules of such expenses have been sworn to by the princi-
pal officer and approved by the commissioner. Whenever,
in the opinion of the master or keeper of a jail or house of
correction and the county commissioners and county treas-
urer, the accumulated funds in the county treasury from the
receipts from the labor of prisoners in jails and houses of
correction exceed the sums necessary to pay the expenses of
maintaining the industries by which they were produced,
the master or keeper of a jail or house of correction and the
county commissioners and the county treasurer shall direct
that the surplus shall be transferred into the general revenue
of the county.

Section 45. Section 72 of said chapter 127, as most re- ^dViJ?'^'
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 436 of the acts of §72,' etc'
1941, is hereby further amended by striking out the first ''™<'"^^'^-
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence:— -Subject to appropriation, the bills for tools, i^a- J^jif^^o" to"oig
plements, machinery and materials purchased for, and the machinery,
salaries of persons employed in, the correctional institutions °*°'
of the commonwealth, under sections fifty-one to fifty-eight,
inclusive, sections sixty, sixty-one, and sixty-six to sixty-nine,
inclusive, shall be paid monthl}' by the commonwealth, upon
schedules prepared and sworn to by the principal officers
and approved by the commissioner, — and by striking out
the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing sentence : — The schedule of bills for tools, implements
and machinery and of bills for materials and salaries shall

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Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127. § 73,
amended.

Suits by and
against keeper
of institution.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127.
§ 83B, etc.,
amended .

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 85, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 86, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 87, etc.,
amended.

Inmates may-
write letters to
public officials.

be kept separate from each other and from the schedules
of bills incurred for the maintenance of the correctional
institutions of the commonwealth, jails or houses of cor-
rection.

Section 46. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 73, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion : — Section 73. The principal officer, master or keeper
of any institution named in section fifty-one may sue or be
sued upon any contract of purchase or sale made by him
under sections fifty-one to seventy, inclusive. No suit shall
abate by reason of a vacancy in any such office, but the
successor of any such officer may, and upon motion of the
adverse party shall, prosecute or defend it. The principal
officer, master or keeper may submit a controversy relative
to such contract or an action thereon to the final determina-
tion of arbitrators or referees, who shall, if the claim or suit
is made or brought by or against the principal officer, be
approved by the governor, or, if made or brought by or
agsinst the master or keeper, be approved by the county
commissioners.

Section 47. Section 83B of said chapter 127, inserted by
chapter 755 of the acts of 1951, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in lines 2 and 3, the words "the state prison, Massa-
chusetts reformatory, state prison colony, state farm" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — a correctional insti-
tution of the commonwealth, except the Massachusetts
Correctional Institution, Framingham, — and by striking out
the first two sentences of the second paragraph.

Section 48. Section 85 of said chapter 127, as amended
by section 1 of chapter 727 of the acts of 1950, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words
"superintendent of the reformatory for women" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — principal officer of the
Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, — and
by striking out, in lines 5, 9 and 15, the word "reformatory"
and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the words: —
correctional institution.

Section 49. Section 86 of said chapter 127, as amended
by section 2 of said chapter 727 of the acts of 1950, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in lines 4 and 13, the
words "reformatory for women" and inserting in place
thereof, in each instance, the words: — Massachusetts Cor-
rectional Institution, Framingham, — and by striking out,
in lines 15, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 23, the word "reformatory"
and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the words : —
correctional institution.

Section 50. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 87, as amended by section 20 of
chapter 344 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 87. Every inmate of a
correctional institution of the commonwealth or any other
penal institution in the commonwealth shaU be allowed to

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write letters to the governor, a member of the general court,
the commissioner, parole board and the principal officer,
master or keeper of the institution. A locked letter box,
accessible to the inmates, shall be placed in each institution,
in which they may deposit such letters and such letters
shall be duly delivered according to the address thereon.

Section 51. Section 88 of said chapter 127, as appearing ^^^ jTer. ^^
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking amended.'
out, in hne 2, the words "or public charitable or reformatory
institution", — ^ and by striking out, in hne 8, the words
"warden, superintendent" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — principal officer.

Section 52. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Ed.x i2"'§ 89
by striking out section 89, as so appearing, and inserting ameAded.'
in place thereof the following section: — Section 89. The Schools for

-. ifY' n X- I'j-ii- /•.! the instruction

principal onicer oi any correctional institution of the com- of inmates.
monwealth, with the consent of the commissioner, may
cause a sabbath school to be maintained in the institution
for the instruction of the inmates in their religious duties,
and may permit such persons as he considers suitable to
attend it as instructors, under such regulation as the com-
missioner may establish. The principal officer may also,
except on Sunday, and subject to the approval of the com-
missioner, maintain schools of instruction for the prisoners.

Section 53. Section 90 of said chapter 127, as so ap-G,L. (Xer
pearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, ameAded.' ^'
the words "or public charitable or reformatory institution",
— and by striking out, in hues 6 and 7, the words "free
exercise of their religious behefs by inmates of such institu-
tions and to the religious instruction of inmates of the state
prison" and inserting in place thereof the words: — religious i^glr^uction
instruction and free exercise of their religious beliefs by
inmates of all the correctional institutions of the common-
wealth.

Section 54. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Ed.h i27T§ 92.
by striking out section 92, as so appearing, and inserting amended.
in place thereof the following section : — Section 92. The ^nn°striction
county commissioners may include, among the items re- of inmates.
quested to be appropriated for their respective counties, an
amount to cover the expenses of furnishing instruction for
one hour each evening except Sunday, in reading and writing
to prisoners in jails and houses of correction who may be
benefited thereby and who wish to receive it. In the county
of Suffolk, the mayor of Boston may include such an item
in his annual budget submitted to the city council. q l (Ter

Section 55. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Ed.)," 127, § 93,
by striking out section 93, as so appearing, and inserting "™®'"^®'^
in place thereof the following section: — Section 93. The ^^nmatll'^'^
keeper or master of a jail or house of correction shall in his
statement of his requirements submitted to the county com-
missioners under section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-five
include a sum to cover the expenses of providing a copy of
the version which be wishes of the Bible or of the New

842

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 96A, etc.,
amended.

Unclaimed
monies of
inmates.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 96B, etc.,
amended.

Unclaimed
property of
inmates.

Testament for each prisoner in his charge who is able and
■s^dshes to read, which may be used by him at proper seasons
during his confinement, and such keeper or master may also
include therein a sum to cover the expenses of providing
books and papers for such prisoners. The county commis-
sioners may include such amounts, and an amount to cover
the expense of providing moral and rehgious instruction for
prisoners in jails and houses of correction within their
county, among the items requested to be appropriated for
their respective counties.

Section 56. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 96A, as amended by chapter 290 of
the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 96 A. So much of any funds as represent
monies belonging to, or deposited for the benefit of, inmates
who have died or have been discharged or have escaped
from any correctional institution of the commonwealth,
which shall have remained unclaimed for more than two
years, shall be paid by the principal officer of such institu-
tion to the state treasurer to be held subject to be paid
to the person establishing a lawful right thereto. After six
years from the date when any such monies were paid to the
state treasurer the same or any balance thereof then remain-
ing in his hands may be used as a part of the ordinary
revenue of the commonwealth. Any person may, however,
estabhsh his claim after the expiration of the six years above
mentioned, and any claim so established shall be paid from
the ordinary revenue of the commonwealth. Any person
claiming a right to money deposited with the state treasurer
under this section may establish the same by a petition to
the probate court; provided, that in cases where claims
amount to less than fifty dollars, the claims may be pre-
sented to the comptroller, who shall examine the same and
allow and certify for payment such as may be proved to his
satisfaction.

Section 57. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 96B, inserted by chapter 383 of the
acts of 1936, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 96 B. Property belonging to, or deposited
for the benefit of, former inmates of any correctional institu-
tion of the commonwealth, which shall have remained un-
claimed for more than one year, shall be disposed of as
heremafter provided, by the principal ofl&cer of the institu-
tion and a representative of the department of correction
designated by the commissioner, acting as a special board
for said purpose, but only if all known next of kin of the
former prisoner shall have been notified in writing by said
principal officer. The board shall ascertain whether the
property has any sale value, and, if so, shall solicit from at
least three reputable dealers in like property offers for the
purchase thereof, and shall sell the same to the dealer offer-
ing the highest price. The proceeds of such sale shall be
disposed of as provided in section ninety-six A. The board

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 843

may dispose of such of said property as, in its opinion, has
no sale value, or any of said property for which no offer,
soHcited as aforesaid, has been received, in such manner as
it may deem proper. A complete record of each transaction
hereunder shall be made and signed by both members of
the board and filed with the other records at such institution
relating to the former prisoner whose property shall have
been disposed of as aforesaid.

Section 58. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended Ej^j'fy''"
by striking out section 97, as amended by chapter 113 of igT-'efc'
the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof the following '''^^°^^''-
section: — Section 97. The commissioner may transfer any Transfer of
prisoner from one correctional institution of the common- othe"r°fnstitu-
wealth to another and with the approval of the sheriff of the ti^i^s.
county, from any such institution to any jail or house of cor-
rection or from any jail or house of correction to any such
institution, or from any jail or house of correction to any
other jail or house of correction; provided, that no person
sentenced to the state prison other than prisoners trans-
ferred in accordance with sections eighty-three B and one
hundred and eleven A shall be so removed to any other in-
stitution except the Massachusetts Correctional Institution,
Walpole, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Nor-
folk, or the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord,
except with the approval of the governor and council. Pris-
oners so removed shall be subject to the terms of their origi-
nal sentences and to the provisions of law governing parole
from the correctional institutions of the commonwealth.

Section 59. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended ecuiJt"^'
by striking out section 113, as appearing in the Tercentenary § us. '
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section: ""^^^ ^
— Section 113. The commissioner may remove from one jail Transferor
or house of correction to another, or to any correctional insti- oner^.'^ ^"^
tution of the commonwealth a prisoner convicted and sen-
tenced by a United States court and thereafter transferred
by the Attorney General of the United States to such jail or
house of correction.

Section 60. Section 122 of said chapter 127, as so ap- g. l. (Ter.
pearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in hues 2 and 3, §^122/^^'
the w^ords "state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, re- amended.
formatory for women or state farm" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — correctional institutions of the com-
monwealth.

Section 61. Section 123 of said chapter 127, as most g. l. (Ter.
recently amended by section 3 of chapter 510 of the acts of § i23,\"7c.,
1941, is hereby further amended by striking out the second amended. '
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence: — The expense of removing a prisoner to or from any Payment of
of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth by llmo^Xoi
order of the commissioner shall be paid upon bills approved prisoners.
by him, out of the appropriation for the removal of pris-
oners, except that when a removal of a prisoner is made
under section one hundred and seventeen or one hundred

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Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 127,
§124.
amended.

Payment of
expense of
support of
transferred
prisoner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 125, etc.,
amended.

Same subject.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 126,
amended.

Payment by
county for
support of
transferred
prisoner.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 127, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127.
§ 129, etc.,
amended.

Reduction of
sentence.

and eighteen, the expense thereof shall be borne by the in-
stitution from which the prisoner is removed.

Section 62. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 124, as appearing in the Tercen-
tenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 124- The expense of supporting a pris-
oner transferred from a correctional institution of the com-
monwealth to a jail or house of correction shall be paid by
the commonwealth, if the prisoner was not originally sen-
tenced from the county where such jail or house of correction
is situated; but before payment the bills therefor shall be
approved by the commissioner.

Section 63. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 125, as amended by chapter 148 of
the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 125. The expense of supporting a pris-
oner transferred from a jail or house of correction in one
county to another, removed from the Massachusetts Cor-
rectional Institution, Bridgewater to a house of correction,
or sentenced to a jail or house of correction in a county other
than that in which he was convicted, may be paid by the
county where he was sentenced. If the amount to be paid
cannot be agreed upon by the county commissioners of the
two counties, it may be determined by the superior court
sitting in either county.

Section 64. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 126, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 126. The expense of supporting a prisoner re-
moved from a jail or house of correction to the Massachu-
setts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater shall be paid to
the commonwealth by the county from which he is removed,
and the amount thereof shall be determined by the commis-
sioner. The expense of supporting a sick prisoner removed
to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater
from a jail or house of correction, not exceeding three dollars
and twenty-five cents a week, shall be paid by the county
from which he is removed.

Section 65. Section 127 of said chapter 127, as most re-
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 215 of the acts of
1953, is hereby further amended by striking out the last two
sentences.

Section 66. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 129, as most recently amended by
section 4 of chapter 567 of the acts of 1954, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 129. The
officer in charge of each correctional institution or other
place of confinement, except a defective dehnquent depart-
ment, shall keep a record of each prisoner in his custody
whose term of imprisonment is four months or more. Every
such prisoner whose record of conduct shows that he has
faithfully observed all the rules of his place of confinement,
and has not been subjected to punishment., shall be entitled

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 845

to have the term of his imprisonment reduced by a deduction
from the maximum term for which he may be held under his
sentence or sentences, which shall be determined as follows:
Upon a sentence of not less than four months and less than
one year, two and one half days for each month ; upon a
sentence of not less than one year and less than two years,
five days for each month; upon a sentence of not less than
two years and less than three years, seven and one half days
for each month ; upon a sentence of not less than three years
and less than four years, ten days for each month; upon a
sentence of four years or more, twelve and one half days
for each month. If a prisoner has two or more sentences to
be served concurrently or otherwise, the maximum period of
time for which he may be held under his sentences shall be
the basis upon which the deduction shall be determined;
except that when a prisoner on parole is sentenced for a new
crime, the sentence on which he was paroled shall be con-
sidered separately, and shall not be aggregated with any
new sentence for the purposes of determining the deductions.
If a prisoner violates any rule of his place of confinement,
the commissioner of correction, the county commissioners,
and, in Suffolk county, the penal institutions commissioner
of Boston, upon the recommendation and evidence submitted
to them respectively, in writing by the principal officer, or
officer in charge, shall decide what part, if any, of such good
conduct deduction from sentence or sentences shall be for-
feited by such violation, and may likewise determine, in the
event of the prisoner's subsequent good conduct, whether
any or all of such deduction shall be restored.

A prisoner in a correctional institution of the common-
wealth who is entitled to have the term of his imprisonment
reduced shall receive from the commissioner of correction a
certificate of discharge and shall be released from the cor-
rectional institution in which he has been confined, upon the
date which has been determined by such deductions from
the maximum term of his sentence or sentences. A pris-
oner in a county penal institution who is entitled to have the
term of his imprisonment reduced shall receive from the
county commissioners or, in Suffolk county, the penal in-
stitutions commissioner of Boston, a certificate of discharge,
and shall be released from the institution in which he has
been confined, upon the date which has been determined by
such deductions from the maximum term of his sentence or
sentences. A prisoner released on parole from a correctional
institution of the commonwealth who has faithfully ob-
served all the rules of his parole, and has not been returned
to prison for the violation of his parole, shall be entitled to
have the term of his imprisonment reduced by a deduction
from the maximum term for which he may be held under the
sentence or sentences, but only for that period of the sen-
tence or sentences during which he was actually confined, and
in such case, the parole board shall notify the commissioner
of correction who shall issue a certificate of final discharge

846

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 130. etc.,

amended.

Parole permit.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
new § 130A,
added.
Parole board
may issue
certificate of
termination
of sentence.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 133, etc.,
amended.

Parole permits
not to be
granted certain
prisoners.

and release from further supervision upon the date which
has been determined by such a deduction from the maximum
term of his sentence or sentences; provided, however, that
when any person serving a sentence imposed for a violation
of section twenty-three of chapter two hundred and sixty-
five or for an attempt to commit the crime referred to in said
section twenty-three is released in accordance with the pro-
visions hereof, he shall not be given any certificate of dis-
charge hereunder, but shall be released on parole and shall
be subject to the provisions of law governing parole until the
expiration of the term of imprisonment to which he has been
sentenced.

Section 67. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 130, as most recently amended by
section 2 of chapter 450 of the acts of 1948, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 130. No
prisoner shall be granted a parole permit merely as a re-
ward for good conduct but only if the board or officer hav-
ing jurisdiction is of the opinion that there is a reasonable
probability that, if such prisoner is released, he will five and
remain at liberty without violating the law, and that his re-
lease is not incompatible with the welfare of society. A
prisoner to whom a parole permit is granted shall be allowed
to go upon parole outside prison walls and inclosure upon
such terms and conditions as the board or officer having ju-
risdiction shall prescribe, but shall remain, while thus on
parole, subject to the jurisdiction of such board or officer
until the expiration of the term of imprisonment to which he
has been sentenced or until the date which has been deter-
mined by deductions from the maximum term of his sen-
tence or sentences for good conduct or until such earher
date as the board shall determine that it is in the pubhc in-
terest for such prisoner to be granted a certificate of ter-
mination of sentence.

Section 68. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by inserting after said section 130 the following section : —
Section ISO A. The parole board may, by a unanimous vote
of all of the members, issue to a parolee under its supervision
a certificate of termination of sentence, provided that in the
judgment of the board such termination of sentence shall be
in the pubhc interest; and provided, further, that in no
case will such certificate of termination of sentence be issued
unless the parolee has completed at least one year of satis-
factory parole. The parole board shall furnish to the com-
missioner of correction and to the judge who pronounced
sentence upon the parolee a copy of such certificate of termi-
nation of sentence.

Section 69. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 133, as amended by chapter 254 of
the acts of 1946, and inserting m place thereof the following
section: — Section 133. Parole permits may be granted by
the parole board to prisoners subject to its jurisdiction at
such times as the board in each case may determine; pro-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 847

vided, that no prisoner held under a sentence containing a
minimum sentence shall receive a parole permit until he
shall have served two thirds of such minimum sentence, but
in any event not less than one year, or, if he has two or more
sentences to be served otherwise than concurrently, two
thirds of the aggregate of the minimum terms of such several
sentences, but in any event not less than one year for each
such sentence. Such minimum term shall be computed after
allowing for deductions for good conduct as pro\dded in
section one hundred and twenty-nine of this chapter.

Section 70. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended ej^^.T^'"-
by inserting after said section 133 the following two sec- new'§§"i33A,
tions: — Section 1S3A. Every prisoner who is sentenced i^sb, added.
to a correctional institution of the commonwealth for life, prisoners
except prisoners confined to the hospital at the Massachu- sentenced for
setts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater or a prisoner sen- for parole!'
tenced for life for murder in the first degree whose sentence
has not been commuted by the governor and council, shall
be eligible for parole, and the parole board shall, within
sixty days before the expiration of twenty years of such
sentence, and thereafter at least once in each ensuing three-
year period, consider carefully and thoroughly the merits of
such case on the question of releasing such person on parole.
After such consideration, the parole board may grant to such
prisoner a parole permit to be at liberty upon such terms and
conditions as it may prescribe for the unexpired term of his
sentence. Such terms and conditions may be re\dsed, altered
and amended, and may be revoked by the parole board at
any time. The violation by the holder of such permit of
any of its terms or conditions, or of any law of the common-
wealth, shall render such permit void, and thereupon, or if
such permit has been revoked, the parole board may order
his arrest and his return to prison, in accordance with the
provisions of section one hundred and forty-nine.

Section 133 B. In the case of every prisoner sentenced hab?tua*i^
under the provisions of section twenty-five of chapter two criminals,
hundred and seventy-nine the parole board shall, within
sixty days before the expiration of half of his maximum
sentence, and thereafter at least once in each ensuing two-
year period, consider carefully and thoroughly the merits of
such case on the question of releasing such person on parole.
After such consideration, the parole board may grant to such
prisoner a parole permit to be at liberty upon such terms
and conditions as it may prescribe for the unexpired term
of his sentence. Such terms and conditions may be revised,
altered and amended, and may be revoked by the parole
board at any time. The violation by the holder of such
permit of any of its terms or conditions, or of any law of the
commonwealth, shall render such permit void, and there-
upon, or if such permit has been revoked, the parole board
may order his arrest and his return to prison, in accordance
with the provisions of section one hundred and forty-nine.
The period which must be served before such prisoner be-

848

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.;, 127,
§ 134, etc.,
amended.

Parole board
to see inmate
before granting
parole permit.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
§ 154A, etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127.
§ 136. etc.,
amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 127,
1:158. etc.,
amended.

Duties and
powers of
agents of the
parole board.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 127,
§ 160. etc.,
amended.

Assistance to

released

prisoners.

comes eligible for parole shall be calculated with deductions
applicable to other sentences for good conduct.

Section 71. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 134, as amended by section 4 of
chapter 543 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 134- No parole permit shall
be granted by the parole board to an inmate under its
jurisdiction until the inmate has been seen by a majority
of said board. Each member of the parole board shall
record in clear and concise form the reasons for his decision
in the matter of granting a parole permit to a prisoner
serving a sentence for a felony or to a defective delinquent.

Section 72. Section 154A of said chapter 127 is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, as appearing in
chapter 225 of the acts of 1935, the words "penal institution
except Bridgewater state hospital" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — correctional institution of the com-
monwealth except the state hospital at the Massachusetts
Correctional Institution, Bridgewater.

Section 73. Section 136 of said chapter 127, as amended
by section 5 of chapter 543 of the acts of 1946 is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 7, the word "after"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — before, — and by
striking out, in line 13, the words "one month" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — ninety days.

Section 74. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 158, as amended by section 24 of
chapter 344 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 158. The agents employed
by the parole board shall, in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the board, supervise, counsel and advise pris-
oners released on parole from the correctional institutions of
the commonwealth, or from any institution to which they
were removed therefrom, and shall assist them in securing
employment. They shall also render assistance and counsel
to discharged prisoners who are in need of such help, and
perform such other duties relative to discharged or released
prisoners as the parole board requires.

They shall obtain information for the use of the parole
board relative to prisoners sentenced to correctional insti-
tutions of the commonwealth, especially as to the details of
their offences and their previous character and history.
They may for that purpose require of the pohce authorities
any facts in their possession relative to such prisoners if
the communication thereof will not, in the opinion of said
authorities, be detrimental to the public interest.

Section 75. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 160, as most recently amended by
chapter 512 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 160. The parole board may
expend such sum as may be appropriated for the assistance
of prisoners released from any correctional institution of the
commonwealth, or from any institution to which they were

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 849

removed therefrom. Such assistance may be in the form of
a loan on such conditions as the board may determine.

Section 76. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended g.l. (Ter.
by striking out section 162, as amended by chapter 467 of §i62. etc'.,
the acts of 1951, and inserting in place thereof the following ''^^"•^ed.
section: — Section 162. The principal officer of any cor- Payment to
rectional institution of the commonwealth may pay from re'i^Sf"u-''°'*
the treasury of the institution not more than fifty dollars to thorized.
every prisoner leaving the institution. A prisoner who leaves
the institution shall be provided with decent clothing.

Section 77. Section 44 of chapter 208 of the General Ed.h 208.'"§44.
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby ameAded."
amended by striking out, in line 6, the words "in the jail".

Section 78. Section 2 of chapter 265 of the General gj^JJl'j 2
Laws, as amended by chapter 203 of the acts of 1951, is etcVameAded'.
hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — A ^nwa'^ntl^ioed
person sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime of mur- for life not
der in the first degree shall not be eligible for parole under pafok! ^°'
section one hundred and thirty-three A of chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-seven unless his sentence shall have been
commuted as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four
of said chapter.

Section 79. Chapter 266 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 129, as appearing in the f'129,^^^'
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the fol- amended,
lowing section: — Section 129. An inmate of a correctional Penalty for
institution of the commonwealth who wilfully and maliciously ^ruction of
destroys or injures the property of the commonwealth at |te!^ p^pe^y.
such correctional institution, or the property of any person
who furnishes materials for the employment of the prisoners,
may be sentenced to the state prison for not more than three
years.

Section 80. Said chapter 266 is hereby further amended Ed^Jel^
by striking out section 130, as so appearing, and inserting in § i^o,
place thereof the followng section: — Section 130. Who- j™^'^,*' '
ever, being a prisoner at a jail or house of correction, wilfully p?ol^rty°
and maliciously injures or destroys any public property or fnstitutions.
any materials furnished for the emplo3Tnent of prisoners in
such jail or house of correction may be punished by im-
prisonment for not less than six months nor more than two
and one half years.

Section 81. Section 15 of chapter 268 of the General EJ^Jel""-! is^
Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, amended.'
in lines 1 and 2, the words "the state prison, the Massachu-
setts reformatory or reformatory for women" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words: — a correctional institution
of the commonwealth, — and by striking out, in lines 11
and 14, the word "in" and inserting in place thereof, in
each instance, the word : — to.

Section 82. Section 16 of said chapter 268, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 19 of the acts of ne.'lfc^;
1943, is hereby further amended by striking out, in fine 3, amended.

850 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

the words "reformatory for women" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — Massachusetts Correctional Institution,
Framingham.
G.L.^Ter. SECTION 83. Section 16A of said chapter 268, inserted by

§ 16 Arete., section 2 of said chapter 19 of the acts of 1943, is hereby
amended. amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words "re-
formatory for women" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framing-
ham, — and by striking out, in lines 5 and 7, the word
"reformatory" and insertmg in place thereof, in each in-
stance, the words : — correctional institution.
G- L. (Ter. SECTION 84. Scction 26 of said chapter 268, as amended

§26,' etc.,' by section 24 of chapter 328 of the acts of 1934, is hereby
amended. further amended by striking out, in line 3, the Avord "prison"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — correctional in-
stitution, — and by striking out, in line 5, the words "warden
of a prison" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
principal officer of a correctional institution.
G.L. (Ter SECTION 85. Sectiou 28 of said chapter 268, as appear-

ameAded.' ' ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words "the state farm, in
the prison camp and hospital" and mserting in place thereof
the words : — any correctional institution, — and by strik-
mg out, in lines 5 and 6, the word "superintendent" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — principal officer.
G- L. (Ter SECTION 86. Scction 29 of said chapter 268, as amended

etc!. 'amended^' by scctiou 26 of chapter 328 of the acts of 1934, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in lines 2, 9 and 18, the
word "prison" and inserting in place thereof, in each in-
stance, the words : — correctional institution, — and by
striking out, in line 7, the word "prison" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — penal institution.
G.L. (Ter. SECTION 87. Sectiou 30 of Said chapter 268, as appear-

ameided.' ' ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words "the state prison,
state prison colony, Massachusetts reformatory, reforma-
tory for women, state farm" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — any correctional institution of the common-
wealth, the, — and by striking out, in line 4, the words : —
"prison camp and hospital".
G.L.(Ter. SECTION 88. Section 31 of Said chapter 268, as SO appear-

am'ended.' ' ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 10, the words
"warden, superintendent or" and by inserting in place
thereof the word: — principal.
G L. (Ter. Section 89. Section 37 of said chapter 268, as so appear-

ameided.' ' ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 5, the word
"prison" and inserting in place thereof the words: — any
correctional or penal institution.

Section 90. The schedule of forms and pleadings at the
end of chapter 277 of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out the paragraph entitled "Escape", as appear-
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph : —

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 851

Escape. (Under Chap. 268, § 16). — That A. B., being
lawfully imprisoned in the House of Correction (or the
Massachusetts correctional institution) in said county, did
break therefrom and escape.

Section 91. Section 28C of chapter 278 of the General EciJ.iTsT'
Laws, as amended by section 3 of chapter 255 of the acts of § 28C, etc.,
1945, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 3 '"^^" ^
and 4, the words "warden of the state prison or the superin-
tendent of the reformatory for women, as the case may be"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — principal offi-
cer of the correctional institution in which the appellant is
confined.

Section 92. The second paragraph of section 4 of chap- g. l. (Ter.
ter 279 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 3 of etcl.'amencied'.
chapter 437 of the acts of 1935, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in lines 9 and 10, the word "warden" and inserting
in place thereof the words : — principal officer.

Section 93. Section 6 of said chapter 279, as appearing g. l. (Xer.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking amended.' ^'
out, in line 3, the words "solitary imprisonment and".

Section 94. Section 9 of said chapter 279, as amended S;, ^- ^ J^""-. „
by section 2 of chapter 221 of the acts of 1932, is hereby etc., 'amended',
further amended by inserting after the word "prison", in line
2, the following words : — or other correctional institution.

Section 95. Section 19 of said chapter 279, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by strik- f^ekdll'. ^ ^^'
ing out, in line 2, the words "reformatory for women" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — !Massachusetts Cor-
rectional Institution, Framingham.

Section 96. Section 20 of said chapter 279, as so ap- g. l. (Ter.
pearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the fmenle^d' ^ ^^'
words "reformatory for women" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — Massachusetts Correctional Institu-
tion, Framingham.

Section 97. Section 27 of said chapter 279, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 5, the words ^mend^e^l.' ^ ^^'
"state prison" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
reception center established under section twenty of chapter
one hundred and twenty-seven.

Section 98. Section 28 of said chapter 279, as amended ^^V^Jg^-
by chapter 275 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended § 28,' etc.,'
by striking out the second sentence, and by striking out, in ''^^^'^^'^■
lines 9, 10 and 16, the word "reformatory" and inserting in
place thereof, in each instance, the words : — Correctional
Institution, Concord.

Section 99. Said chapter 279 is hereby further amended %;^\-^Jq^-
by striking out section 31, as amended by section 35 of §31,' etc.,'
chapter 319 of the acts of 1953, and inserting in place thereof ^'^'''"^'"^■
the following section: — Section SI. A male not previously Certain males
sentenced for felony more than three times, convicted of a tence'^for"
crime punishable by imprisonment in any correctional in- "^ indefinite
stitution of the commonwealth or by imprisonment m a jail " ™"
or house of correction may be sentenced for an indefinite

Indeterminate
sentence.

852 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770.

term. District courts shall have the same jurisdiction to
sentence such person to a correctional institution of the
commonwealth for an indefinite term as they have to sen-
tence him to such jail or house of correction.
G. L. (Ter. SECTION 100. Said chapter 279 is hereby further amended

amended.' "' by Striking out sectiou 32, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— ■ Section 32. The court imposing a sentence of commit-
ment for an indefinite term shall not fix the maximum term
unless it exceeds five years, but shall merely impose an in-
definite sentence or commitment.
Ed^" 279"^' Section 101. Said chapter 279 is hereby further amended

new § 33A, by inserting after section 33 the following section : — Sec-
added. lion 33 A. The court on imposing a sentence of commitment

deemed^o' '^'^ to a correctional institution of the commonwealth may, in
^^J'^^ ^served {^q discretion, order that the prisoner be deemed to have
sentence. servcd a portiou of said sentence, such portion to be deter-

mined by the court and not to exceed the number of days
spent by the prisoner in confinement prior to such sentence
awaiting and during trial.
EdV279%34 Section 102, Section 34 of said chapter 279, as appear-
amended.' ' iug in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
Certain con- adding at the end the following sentence : — When such
ddfvered^^ couvict is Sentenced to be imprisoned in a correctional in-
to reception stitution of the commonwealth, except the Massachusetts
Correctional Institution, Bridgewater and the Massachu-
setts Correctional Institution, Framingham. the oflficer au-
thorized to execute such sentence shall deliver him to the
reception center established in accordance with the pro-
visions of section twenty of chapter one hundred and twenty-
seven for examination and classification.
Ed.K 279T§ 35 Section 103. Section 35 of said chapter 279, as so appear-
amended.' ' ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the
words "state prison, the Massachusetts reformatory, the
reformatory for women" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — any correctional institution of the commonwealth.
Ed)" 279% 36 Section 104. Section 36 of said chapter 279. as so ap-
am'eAded.' ' peariug, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the

words "or trial justice".
Ed^'279'i39 Section 105. Section 39 of said chapter 279, as so ap-
ameAded.' ' peariug, is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"the", the second time it occurs in line 5, the words: — prin-
cipal ofiicer.
G.L.(Ter SECTION 106. Sectiou 40 of said chapter 279, as so ap-

am'eided.' ' pcariug, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4 and in
hne 5, the words "warden, superintendent" and inserting in
place thereof, in each instance, the words: — principal officer.
Eci.^,'279T' Section 107. Section 43 of said chapter 279, as most re-

§43.' etc.,' cently amended by section 4 of chapter 437 of the acts of
amen e 1935, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 15

and 17, the word "warden" and inserting in place thereof,
in each instance, the words: — principal officer.
Ed.K279T" Section 108. Section 44 of said chapter 279, as most re-

§ 44. etc., cently amended by section 5 of said chapter 437 of the acts

amended. ^ ^ x

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 770. 853

of 1935, is hereby further amended by striking out, in hnes
14, 15, 27, 28 and 31, the word "warden" and inserting
in place thereof, in each instance, the words : — principal
officer, — ;and by striking out, in hne 32, the words "used
for sohtary confinement" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — provided for the purpose.

Section 109. Section 45 of said chapter 279, as appear- g. l (Ter.
ing in section 6 of said chapter 437 of the acts of 1935, is §45,' etc'
hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 5, 8 and 21, amended,
the word "warden" and inserting in place thereof, in each
instance, the words: — principal officer.

Section 1 10. Section 46 of said chapter 279, as appear-, g. l. (Ter
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by am'eAded.' '
striking out, in line 8, the word "warden" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — principal officer.

Section 111. Section 48 of said chapter 279, as amended ecu'AJq^'
by chapter 515 of the acts of 1951, is hereby further amended l^^f^J*^-
by striking out, in lines 12 and 13, the words "Bridgewater
state hospital" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
hospital at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution,
Bridgewater, — and by striking out, in lines 19 and 21, the
word "warden" and inserting in place thereof, in each in-
stance, the words : — principal officer.

Section 112. Section 50 of said chapter 279, as appear- Ed.h279?§50.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by ameAded.*
striking out, in line 2, the words "warden, deputy warden"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — principal officer,
deputy, — and by inserting after the word "necessary", in
line 3, the words: — , the commissioner of correction or his
representative, — and by striking out, in hnes 3, 4, 6 and 10,
the word "warden" and inserting in place thereof, in each
instance, the words : — principal officer.

Section 113. Section 52 of said chapter 279 of the Gen- gj^^?!'"^ 53
eral Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking amended.'
out, in line 1, the word "warden" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — principal officer.

Section 114. The offices of commissioner of correction ^^^\°!,^„

, , » . > • presenTi coin~

and of the deputy commissioners of correction existing un- missioner
der section one of chapter twenty-seven of the General Laws aCoii'shed!'^*
immediately prior to the effective date of this act are hereby
abolished. After this act takes effect, the governor, with
the advice and consent of the council, shall forthwith ap-
point a commissioner of correction who, notwithstanding
the provisions of section one of said chapter twenty-seven,
as amended by section one of this act, shall serve until Janu-
ary thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.

Section 115. Nothing in this act shall affect the terms ^^^^^^10"^°'^
of office of the members of the parole board in office im- main in office,
mediately prior to the effective date of this act, who shall
continue in office until the expiration of the terms of office
for which they were appointed.

Section 116. Notwithstanding the provisions of this ^*^e^fn'°°/ce
act, all orders, rules and regulations made by the depart- untu revoked.
ment of correction or any institution thereunder or by any

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Validity of
provisions of
act.

Receipts from
prisoners'
labor to go to
general fund.

Additional
camps au-
thorized.

Status of
certain em-
ployees not to
be impaired.

officer or employee thereof, whatever his title, prior to the
effective date of this act, shall remain in force until revoked,
modified, amended or superseded by the department of cor-
rection under this act.

Section 117. If any provisions of this act or the applica-
tion of such provisions to any person or circumstance shall
be invalid, the validity of the remainder of this act and the
appUcability of such provisions to other persons or circum-
stances shall not be affected thereby.

Section 118. In order to insure an efficient manage-
ment of the department of correction from the date of
passage of this act until the eft'ective date of the same there
shall be no removals of personnel, except for good cause.

Section 119. Beginning ninety days after the effective
date of this act all receipts from the labor of prisoners
theretofore credited to the Prison Industries Fund shall be
thereafter credited to the general funds of the common-
wealth and such expenditures, including expenditures for
tools, materials, implements, services and wages of prisoners,
as were formerly paid from the Prison Industries Fund shall
be paid subject to appropriation from the general funds of
the commonwealth. Any unexpended balance remaining in
the Prison Industries Fund ninety days after the effective
date of this act shall be credited to the general funds of the
commonwealth.

Section 120. The department of correction, in con-
formance with the provisions of sections eighty-three A,
eighty-three B, eighty-three C, and eighty-three D, of
chapter one hundred and twenty-seven of the General
Laws, is hereby authorized and directed to establish and
maintain three additional camps as correctional institu-
tions, and to expend therefor such sums as may be appro-
priated therefor.

Section 121. The provisions of this act shall not be
construed to impair the status, seniority, retirement or
other rights of any permanent civil service employee or of
any veteran with tenure under section nine A of chapter
thirty of the General Laws or of an employee with tenure
under section nine B of said chapter thirty or of any other
permanent employee who on the effective date of this act
shall be in the employ of the department of correction, the
parole board, state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, state
prison colony, state prison camps, state farm or reformatory
for women; provided, that in order to carry out the re-
organization provided by this act the commissioner may
transfer, subject to the provisions of said chapter thirty and
chapter thirty-one of the General Laws any such person to
any office or position in the said department as so reorgan-
ized; provided, further, however: (1) that no such person's
salary shall be reduced as a result of any such transfer;
and (2) that no such person shall, as^the result of such
transfer, be placed in an office or position of higher or lower

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 771. 855

salary grade except in accordance with said chapter thirty-
one.

No employee of the department, except a principal officer
or deputy, after having served a probationary period or
having attained tenure under said chapter thirty shall be
assigned by the commissioner from one correctional institu-
tion to another without his consent except in accordance
with the provisions of said chapter thirty-one; provided,
however, that in cases of emergency the commissioner may
make immediate temporary transfers of employees from one
institution to another institution under his jurisdiction.

Section 121 A. Good conduct credits as provided in this Good conduct
act shall apply only to time served subsequent to the effec- credits.
tive date of this act; provided, that good conduct and good
work credits accumulated by any prisoner before said
effective date shall, subject to the rules and regulations of
the department, continue to be credited at the rate in effect
prior to the passage of this act.

Section 122. Sections 3 and 4 of chapter 124 of the certain sec-
General Laws are hereby repealed. t^'irchioters

Sections 11, 15, 34, 35, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 59, 62, repealed!^
63, 64, 65, 70, 74, 75, 76, 77, 91, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,
104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109A, 109B, 110, 111, 114, 132 and
159 of chapter 127 of the General Laws are hereby repealed.

Sections 22 and 29 of chapter 279 of the General Laws
are hereby repealed.

Section 123. This act shall take effect on October
twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved September 12, 1955.

An Act establishing a criminal information bureau Chav 771
within the division of state police in the depart-

MENT OF public SAFETY.

Be it enacted, etc, as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 22 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 3 the following section: new'^^ik,
— Section SA. There shall be within the division of state added.
police a criminal mformation bureau. The head of said pr'minai

r 1 11 1 1 • 111 • • c intormation

bureau shall be designated by the commissioner from state bureau of
police personnel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank ^^'"^^^ ^° ^^'
as the commissioner may determine. The commissioner may
from time to time assign to said bureau such members of
the state police and other assistants as in his opinion are
necessary to carry out its duties. The head of said bureau
shall report annually, and at other times in his discretion,
to the governor, the attorney general and the commissioner.

Section 2. Chapter 147 of the General Laws is hereby %^-^^^'
amended by inserting after section 4B the following section : new '§ 4c',
— Section J^C. The criminal information bureau within the '''^'^'^''■
division of state police shall be charged with the following
duties and functions: —

856 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 772.

f^nctloM of (^) S^^<^ bureau shall collect, by investigation of its own

bureau. and by receipt from other law-enforcement agencies, informa-

tion concerning organized crime, organized illegal gambling,
and other illegal activities generally described as rackets,
including information as to the identity and doings of per-
sons who engage in, promote, operate or participate in such
activities.

(6) Said bureau shall maintain files of all such information
which it collects and receives, and shall serve as a clearing
house of intelligence for all law enforcement agencies within
the commonwealth concerning such activities and such per-
sons, and may provide to and receive from similar agencies
outside the commonwealth any such information. Any
police department of the commonwealth, or any of its polit-
ical subdivisions, may, by request, in the form and manner
prescribed by said bureau, receive such information as is in
the files of said bureau concerning such activities and such
persons in which said police department has an official in-
terest. The clearing-house functions of this bureau shall
constitute a co-operative relationship between said bureau
and said police departments; and if in the discretion of the
head of said bureau, responding to such request for informa-
tion might interfere with an investigation being carried on
by some other department or by said bureau, he may, with
the approval of the commissioner, deny the request.

(c) Said bureau shall from time to time advise the local
police departments of new schemes or rackets which may
come to its attention, and of new devices, techniques, meth-
ods of operation, and other matters of interest relating to
such activities and such persons, so that the police of the
commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall be better
informed and thus better able to enforce the laws with respect
to such activities and such persons.

Approved September 12, 1955.

Chap. 172 An Act belative to special classes for the physically

HANDICAPPED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVu^^' Section 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby

§ 4'6A, etc., amended by striking out section 46A, as most recently
amen e . amended by section 2 of chapter 296 of the acts of 1954, and

inserting in place thereof the following section : — Section
fjfphysyaur 46A. The school committee of every town shall annually
chSdren^au^ ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the department,
thorizedin after consultatiou with the commissioners of public health
and public welfare, the number of children of school age resi-
dent therein who are physically handicapped. In any town
where there is a child of school age resident therein, including
a child classified under section forty-six, so physically handi-
capped as to make attendance at a public school not feasible,
and who is not otherwise provided for, the school committee
shall employ a teacher or teachers, on full or part-time, who

towns.

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 772. 857

shall, with the approval in each case of the departments of
education and public health, offer instruction to each such
child in his home or at such place and under such conditions
as the committee may arrange.

In every town where there are five or more physically
handicapped children unable to attend regular classes, but
who are able to attend special classes for physically handi-
capped children, such children may be given such special
class training upon approval by the department of education.

In any town where there is a child of school age resident
therein physically able to attend school, but who is physi-
cally handicapped to such an extent as to prevent normal
educational growth and development, such child may be
given that type of training recommended by the state de-
partment of education.

If a to-wn furnishing instruction under this section to a
child confined in a hospital, sanatorium or similar institution
located therein is not the legal residence of the parent or
guardian of such child, the town where the parent or guard-
ian has a legal residence shall pay tuition to the town fur-
nishing such instruction. On or before the fifteenth day of
July in each year the to\vn furnishmg such instruction shall
submit to the department an itemized statement of the fol-
lowing items of actual cost of instruction to children confined
in hospitals, sanatoria and similar institutions located therein
for the preceding school year: teachers, textbooks, supplies
and general control. The department shall determine the
reasonableness of such cost, and shall, on or before the first
day of September following, either notify said town that the
cost is approved or shall send to the town its own determina-
tion of reasonable cost. Such cost as approved or deter-
mined shall be di\dded by the pupil days of instruction
given, and the result shall constitute the daily tuition for
each pupil to be paid by the to^\^n where the parent or
guardian has a legal residence to the town furnishing such
mstruction.

Section 2. Said chapter 71 is hereby amended by strik- Edh'ri"^''
ing out section 46B, inserted by section 1 of chapter 296 of § 46b, etc.,
the acts of 1954, and inserting in place thereof the following *™^°^^'^-
section : — ■ Section 46B. If a child of school age, handi- men't^^cities
capped as described in sections forty-six and forty-six A, or f^/ce?t^"n
afflicted with cerebral palsy, attends a school approved by transportation
the department ■uathin or ^\'ithout the city or town of resi- i;°ed! *"* °^'
dence of his parent or guardian, the school committee of the
towTi where the child resides may provide transportation once
each day to and from such school while the child is in at-
tendance. The city or town providing transportation under
this section shall be eligible for reimbursement for one half
the cost of transportation upon determination by the de-
partment of amounts due in accordance wiih. attested claims
by the school committee on forms provided by the depart-
ment, and said reimbursements shall be paid out of the
proceeds of the tax on income . A pproved September 18,1 965.

858 Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 773, 774, 775.

Chap.77S An Act repealing certain provisions relating to the

LOCATION OF THE REFUSE DISPOSAL INCINERATOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo ,■ 92^' Section 1. Section 9 A of chapter 92 of the General Laws

§9A etc., is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence, as
amen e . amended by section 1 of chapter 495 of the acts of 1954, and
Location of inserting in place thereof the following sentence : — The com-

certain refuse • • i 1 1 j ±_ • i • i ^ x j^i • j_

disposal mission shall construct, maintain and operate, at the exist-

L"uthori^zeT ^"§ dump on Grovc street in the town of Watertown, pro-
vided said town of Watertown accepts this section, on the
wastelands in the vicinity of the line between the city of
Revere and the toA,vn of Saugus, in the vicinity of the Mystic
Valley parkway in the city of Medford, such refuse disposal
incinerators as shall be required to provide adequate dis-
posal facilities for such of the cities of Boston, Chelsea,
Everett, Lynn, Maiden, Medford, Quincy, Revere and Som-
erville and of the towns of Arlington, Belmont, Lexington,
Milton, Nahant, Swampscott, "Watertown and Winthrop as
accept this section.

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

Approved September 14, 1955.

Chap. 77 4: An Act reviving joseph aurelio costanzo club.

preambk^^ Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would delay

the corporation revived thereby in resuming the exercise of
its former corporate powers, 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:

Joseph Aurelio Costanzo Club, a corporation dissolved on
April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and forty-four, by
decree of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county, is
hereby revived, with the same powers, duties and obliga-
tions as if said decree had not been entered.

Approved Sepiemher I4, 1955.

Chap. 77^ An Act relative to the terms of certain bonds and
notes to be issued by the commonwealth.

preambfe''^ TF/icreas, The deferred operation of this act would cause

great inconvenience in the issues of bonds and notes to carry
out the purposes of various acts passed at the current session
of the General Court, 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. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section five of chapter four hundred and ten
of the acts of the current year, to include the town of Ran-

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 775. 859

dolph within the south metropolitan sewerage district, shall
be issued for maximum terms of thirty years, as recom-
mended by the governor in a message to the general court,
dated September twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five,
in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments
to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section five of chapter five hundred and nine-
teen of the acts of the current year, providing for the acqui-
sition and development for a «tate park of certain land and
buildings adjacent to Lake Quinsigamond in the city of
Worcester and the town of Shrewsbury, shall be iseued for
maximum terms of ten years, the initial maturities of which
shall be payable not later than one year from the date of
issue thereof, and the entire issue not later than June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and seventy, as recommended by
the governor in a message to the general court, dated Sep-
tember twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursu-
ance of section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the
constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section two of chapter five hundred and fifty-
one of the acts of the current year, providing additional
funds to cover the cost of certain sewerage works within
the south metropolitan sewerage district, shall be issued for
maximum terms of thirty years, as recommended by the
governor in a message to the general court, dated September
twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of
section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the consti-
tution of the commonwealth.

Section 4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section three of chapter five hundred and
seventy-four of the acts of the current year, authorizing the
metropolitan district commission to construct certain drain-
age and flood control facilities in Stoneham, Wakefield,
Melrose, Maiden, Everett and Revere, shall be issued for
maximum terms of forty years, the initial maturities of
which shall be payable not later than one year from the
date of issue thereof and the entire issue not later than
June thirtieth, two thousand, as recommended by the
governor in a message to the general court, dated September
twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of
section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the consti-
tution of the commonwealth.

Section 5. Not-^dthstanding any provision of law to the
contrar}", the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section two of chapter five hundred and
eighty-three of the acts of the current year, providing for cer-
tain recreational facihties at Horseneck Beach in the town
of Westport, shall be issued for maximum terms of thirty

860 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 775.

years and shall be payable not earlier than July first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and eighty-five, as recommended by the
governor in a message to the general court, dated September
twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of
section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the consti-
tution of the commonwealth.

Section 6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section three of chapter five hundred and
eighty-three oi the acts of the current year, pro\'iding for
certain recreational facilities at Horseneck Beach in the
town of Westport, shall be issued for maximum terms of
ten years and shall be payable not earlier than July first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and sixty-five, as recommended by the
governor in a message to the general court, dated September
twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of
section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the consti-
tution of the commonwealth.

Section 7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section two of chapter six hundred and twenty-
five of the acts of the current j^'ear, authorizing the acquisi-
tion by the state superintendent of buildings of certain
premises to be used by agencies of the commonwealth, shall
be issued for maximum terms of fifteen years, and shall be
payable not earher than July first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-seven, and not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and seventy-three, as recommended by the governor
in a message to the general court, dated September twelfth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of section 3 of
Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution of the
commonwealth.

Section 8. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section two of chapter six hundred and eighty-
two of the acts of the current 3^ear, providing tunds for cer-
tain repairs to the north metropolitan sewer in the city of
Chelsea, shall be issued for maximum terms of ten years, as
recommended by the governor in a message to the general
court, dated September twelfth, nmeteen hundred and fifty-
five, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the amend-
ments to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 9. Notwithstanding any pro\dsion of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section two of chapter six hundred and ninety-
eight, as amended, of the acts of the current year, providing
funds for highway work made necessary by the floods caused
by the rains of August eighteen and nineteen, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, shall be issued for maximum terms of
twenty years, the initial maturities of which shall be pay-
able not later than one year from the date of issue thereof,

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 775. 861

and the entire issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and eighty-one, as recommended by the governor
in a message to the general court, dated September twelfth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of section 3 of
Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution of the
commonwealth.

Section 10. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is author-
ized to issue under section three of chapter six hundred and
ninety-nine of the acts of the current year, relative to the
alleviation of certain financial burdens imposed by the floods
caused by the rains of August eighteen and nineteen, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five, shall be issued for maximum
terms of twenty years, the initial maturities of which shall
be payable not later than one year from their date of issue
and shall be payable not earlier than July first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and seventy-seven, as recommended by the gov-
ernor in a message to the general court, dated September
twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of sec-
tion 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution
of the commonwealth.

Section 11. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the notes which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section five of chapter forty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, as most recently
amended by section two of chapter seven hundred and
twenty-six of the acts of the current year, further extend-
ing the opportunity to cities and to\vns to borrow under the
act creating the emergency finance board, shall be issued
and may be renewed one or more times for terms not exceed-
ing one year, and the final maturities of such notes, whether
original or renew^al, shall be not later than June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and sixty, as recommended by the gov-
ernor in a message to the general court, dated September
twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of sec-
tion 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitu-
tion of the commonwealth.

Section 12. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section three of chapter seven hundred and
thirty-one of the acts of the current year, authorizing and
directing the metropolitan district commission to construct
and improve playgrounds and other recreational facilities,
shall be issued for maximum terms of twenty j^ears, the
initial maturities of which shall be payable not later than
one year from the date of issue thereof, and the entire issue
not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty,
as recommended by the governor in a message to the general
court, dated September twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the amend-
ments to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 13. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

862 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 775.

contrary, the notes which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section three of chapter seven hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of the current year, providing for a
special capital outlay program for the commonwealth, shall
be issued and may be renewed one or more times for terms
not exceeding one year, and the final maturities of such
notes, whether original or renewal, shall be not later than
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and the
bonds which the state treasurer is authorized to issue under
section four of said chapter seven hundred and thirty-eight,
shall be issued for maximum terms of twenty years, the
initial maturities of which shall be payable not later than
one year from the date of issue thereof, and the entire issue
not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty,
as recommended by the governor in a message to the general
court, dated September twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the amend-
ments to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 14. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized to
issue under section five of said chapter seven hundred and
thirty-eight, to meet the additional expenditures necessary
in carrying out the provisions of chapter six hundred and
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two, shall be
issued for maximum terms of twenty years, the mitial
maturities of which shall be payable not later than one
year from the date of issue thereof, and the entire issue not
later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty, as
recommended by the governor in a message to the general
court, dated September twelfth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the
amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 15. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is author-
ized to issue under section six of said chapter seven hundred
and thirty-eight, to meet the additional expenditures neces-
sary in carrying out the provisions of chapter six hundred
and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three,
shall be issued for maximum terms of twenty years, the in-
itial maturities of which shall be payable not later than one
year from the date of issue thereof, and the entire issue not
later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty, as
recommended by the governor in a message to the gen-
eral court, dated September twelfth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the
amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 16. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under section seven of said chapter seven hundred
and thirty-eight, to meet the additional expenditures neces-
sary in carrying out the provisions of chapter four hundred
and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four or to refinance notes issued as provided in section three

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 775. 863

of said chapter four hundred and seventy-one, shall be is-
sued for maximum terms of twenty years, the initial ma-
turities of which shall be payable not later than one year
from the date of issue thereof, and the entire issue not later
than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty, as recom-
mended by the governor in a message to the general court,
dated September twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five,
in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments
to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 17. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is author-
ized to issue under section eight of chapter seven hundred
and forty-three of the acts of the current year, authorizing
the metropolitan district commission to improve the Neponset
river and tributaries thereof, so as to permit reclamation of
certain lands in the Neponset river valley and flood control
therein, and establishing the Neponset river drainage and
flood control apportionment board, shall be issued for max-
imum terms of twenty years, the initial maturities of which
shall be payable not later than one year from the date
of issue thereof, and the entire issue not later than June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty, as recommended by
the governor in a message to the general court, dated Septem-
ber twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of
section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the con-
stitution of the commonwealth.

Section 18. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is au-
thorized to issue under section four of chapter seven hun-
dred and sixty-eight of the acts of the current year, relative
to flood control of the Charles river and tributaries thereof,
shall be issued for maximum terms of twenty years and the
initial maturities of such bonds shall be payable not later
than one year from the date of issue thereof and the entire
issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hmidred and
eighty, as recommended by the governor in a message to the
general court, dated September twelfth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-five, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of
the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth.

Section 19. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is au-
thorized to issue under section two of chapter seven hundred
and sixty-nine of the acts of the current year, authorizing
the state airport management board to build an additional
hangar and shops at the Laurence G. Hanscom Field, shall
be issued for maximum terms of twenty-five years but such
bonds shall be payable not earlier than July first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and eighty-one, as recommended by the governor
in a message to the general court, dated September twelfth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five, in pursuance of section 3
of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution of
the commonwealth. Approved September 14, 1955.

864

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 776, 777.

Chap. 77 6 An Act designating a portion of the highway known

AS route 3a as the GEORGE T. WALSH HIGHWAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

So much of the highway known as Route 3A commencing
at Chelmsford and running therefrom through Lowell to
BurHngton shall upon its completion be designated and
known as the George T. Walsh Highway, and suitable tab-
lets and markers bearing said designation shall be erected
thereon in appropriate places by the department of public
works. Approved September 14, 1955.

Chap. 777 An Act increasing maximum weekly benefits under

THE workmen's COMPENSATION ACT.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed), 152, § 34,
etc., amended.

Weekly
benefits for
total disability.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 152,
§ 34A, etc.,
amended.

Weekly
benefits for
total and
permanent
disability.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 162, § 35,
etc., amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 34, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 520 of the acts of 1949, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section SJf.. While
the incapacity for work resulting from the injury is total,
the insurer shall pay the injured employee a weekly compen-
sation equal to two thirds of his average weekly wages, but
not more than thirty-five dollars nor less than twenty dol-
lars a week, unless the weekly wages of the injured employee
are less than twenty dollars, in which case said weekly com-
pensation shall be equal to his average weekly wages, but
not less than ten dollars where the number of normal work-
ing hours of the injured employee in a week are fifteen or
more; provided, that the amount does not exceed ten thou-
sand dollars.

Section 2. Section 34 A of said chapter 152 is hereby
amended by striking out the first paragraph, as most re-
cently amended by section 2 of said chapter 520 of the acts
of 1949, and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : — While the incapacity tor work resulting from the
injury is both permanent and total, the insurer shall pay to
the injured employee, following payment of the maximum
amount of compensation provided in sections thirty-four
and thirty-five, or either of them, a weekly compensation
equal to two thirds of the average weekly wages, but not
more than thirty-five dollars nor less than twenty dollars,
during the continuance of such permanent and total in-
capacity. Application for payments under this section may
be made by an injured employee before he has received the
maximum compensation to which he is or may be entitled
under the aforesaid sections.

Section 3. Said chapter 152 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 35, as most recently amended by sec-
tion 3 of said chapter 520 of the acts of 1949, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 35. While

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 778, 779. 865

the incapacity for work resulting from the injury is partial, benefit^ for
the insurer shall pay the injured employee a weekly com- p^^I^\.
pensation equal to the entire difference between his average '^'^ ' ' ^'
weekly wage before the injury and the average weekly wage
he is able to earn thereafter, but not more than thirty-five
dollars a week; and the amount of such compensation shall
not be more than ten thousand dollars.

Approved September 14, 1955.

An Act providing foe the transfer of certain metro- (JJiaj) 778

POLITAN district COMMISSION LAND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission, act-
ing on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized
and empowered to sell and transfer in whole or in part to
the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for a
sum not less than fifteen thousand dollars per acre approxi-
mately nine and one half acres of land of the common-
wealth, under its care and control, in the Neponset River
Reservation in the towns of Dedham and Westwood and
lying in the area bounded southeasterly by the location of
the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad right of
way and northeasterly by the new location of Route 128;
provided, that no part of said land shall be sold or conveyed
under the authority of this act until the commissioner of the
department of public works certifies in writing to the said
commission that the land proposed to be sold is not needed
for highway purposes.

Section 2. The proceeds from this sale shall be deposited
by the metropolitan district commission in the special
account provided for by section forty-eight of chapter
ninety-two of the General Laws.

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

Approved September 15, 1955.

An Act relative to the reconstruction of a sewage Qjid^p 'j'jQ
treatment plant in the town of southbridge de- *

molished by the recent flood.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general
law to the contrary, in order to provide needed relief to the
town of Southbridge, the board created under section four
of chapter six hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of the
current year is hereby authorized and directed to supple-
ment any federal funds received for the purpose of con-
structing a new sewage treatment plant in said town, as
ordered by the state department of public health, to replace
the plant demohshed by the recent flood. The total contribu-

866

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 780.

tion of the commonwealth when combined with funds re-
ceived from the federal government for the purposes of
this act shall not exceed four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars; and the expenditures authorized by the board for
the purpose of this act shall be construed to be relief granted
under the provisions of said section four of chapter six
hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of the current year.

Approved September 15, 1955.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, new
§ 5 A, added.

Taxation of
earned income
of non-
residents.

Chap. ISO An Act relative to the taxation of income earned in

THE COMMONWEALTH BY NON-RESIDENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 5 the following section : —
Section 5 A. Income received or earned within the common-
wealth, during the preceding calendar year, by any natural
person not an inhabitant, resident or citizen of the com-
monwealth, shall be taxed according to the following pro-
visions : —

(a) As used in this chapter, the word "resident" or "in-
habitant" shall mean every natural person domiciled in the
commonwealth. The word "non-resident" shall mean any
natural person whose domicile is outside of the common-
wealth.

{b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the
compensation paid by the United States of America to its
uniformed military, air force and naval personnel, assigned
to duty at military posts, military air bases and naval sta-
tions within the commonwealth, for services rendered by
said personnel when on active dut3^

(c) On the am^ounts by which income derived by non-
residents from professions, employment, trade or business,
as defined in section six, and carried on in person or by a
partnership, association or trust, of which he is a member,
within the commonwealth, exceeds the exemptions provided
by this section, there shall be levied, assessed and collected
a tax at the rate prescribed by subsection (&) of section five.
Said non-residents shall be entitled to the same deductions
and exemptions under this chapter generally, as are in-
habitants, except in the instance of a non-resident, such
deductions as are allowable in accordance with the provisions
of section six are limited to that portion associated with the
production of taxable income within the commonwealth. In
determining such income, the rental value of living quarters
furnished to any non-resident as part of his compensation
shall be included. Retirement allowances, however de-
scribed, from the commonwealth, or any county, city, town
or district thereof, or from any person or entity, including a
present or former employer of the recipient, shall be exempt
from taxation under this section.

{d) In the event a non-resident individual fails to file

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 780, 867

a return of the income derived by hitn from sources within
the commonwealth, as required by section twenty-two, the
tax imposed by this section shall be collected on the basis
of his gross income from sources within the commonwealth.
The commissioner shall cause an estimate of the taxable in-
come of such non-resident taxpayer to be made, such estimate
to include the income of such a non-resident from professions,
employment, trade or business carried on within the com-
monwealth concerning which the commissioner has in-
formation, and for such purpose may examine or cause to be
examined the books, accounts and records of such taxpayer,
if the same are within the commonwealth, and may compute
the tax of such non-resident taxpayer without allowance for
deductions or exemptions and with penalties and interest.

Section 2. The first paragraph of section 6 of said chap- g. l. (Xer.
ter 62, as most recently amended by chapter 611 of the acts ^tc.■^amended.
of 1954, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 2,
after the word "five" the words: — and subsection (c) of
section five A, — and by inserting, in line 10, after the
word "five" the words: — or subsection (c) of section five A.

Section 2A. Said chapter 62 is hereby further amended g. l. (Ter.
by inserting after section 6 the following section: — Section §6a, ad'ded!^
6 A. A credit shall be allowed against' taxes imposed on in- certain credits
come derived from professions, employment, trade or busi- allowed, etc.
ness, as defined in section six, to a resident for taxes paid to
any other state on that part of such income earned in such
other state, subject to the following restrictions and limita-
tions:

(a) If the credit allowed by this section is claimed, the
deduction specified in subsection (c) of section six for taxes
paid to any other state shall not be allowed.

(6) The amount of taxes paid on such income shall exclude
interest and penalties.

(c) The amount of credit allowed shall be the lesser of the
following :

(1) the amount of such taxes paid to any other state, or

(2) the result of a fraction, whose numerator is the total
amount of all items of such income taxed by any other state
and whose denominator is the total amount of all items of
such income, multiplied by the tax computed on income
defined in section six.

Section 3. Section 10 of said chapter 62, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 2 of chapter 592 of the acts of ^tl! 'amended.
1955, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following paragraph : —

The income received from professions, emplojinent, trade Taxation on
or business carried on within the commonwealth by estates estates of"™
held in trust or other fiduciaries, within or without the com- deceased non-
monwealth, under the will of a person who was not a resident
of the commonwealth at the time of his death, shall be taxed
at the same rate and in the same manner as is provided in
section five A, and subject to the same exemptions and
deductions.

868

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 780.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62. § 17,
amended.

Tax on certain

partnership

income.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 62, § 22,
etc., amended.

Annual return
of non-
residents.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 33,
etc., amended.

G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 68, § 18.
etc., amended.

Section 4. Sai(i chapter 62 is hereby further amendeci
by striking out section 17, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 1 7. Partnerships having a usual place of business
in the commonwealth shall be subject to the tax as imposed
by this chapter.

The entire income derived from the profession, employ-
ment, trade or business of the partnership, as defined in
section six, shall be taxed at the rate prescribed by sub-
section (6) of section five.

For the purposes of taxing income from sources defined in
section one, subsection (a) of section five and subsection (c)
of section five, only so much of such income as is assignable
to partners who are inhabitants of the commonwealth shall
be taxed. In order to determine the income from such
sources which shall be taxed, the total income from such
sources shall be multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is
the aggregate interest of the partners who are inhabitants of
the commonwealth and whose denominator is the aggregate
interest of all partners.

The tax shall be assessed on such a partnership by the
name under which it does business, and the partners shall
not be taxed with respect to income derived by them from
such partnership.

Section 5. Section 22 of said chapter 62, as most recently
amended by section 1 of chapter 648 of the acts of 1954, is
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
paragraph : —

Eveiy non-resident subject to section five A whose an-
nual income from professions, employment, trade or business,
as defined in section six, carried on in person or by a partner-
ship, association or trust, of which he is a member, within
the commonwealth shall exceed two thousand dollars shall
annually make a return of his income from these sources.

Section 6. The first paragraph of section 33 of said chap-
ter 62, as most recently'' amended by section 1 of chapter 391
of the acts of 1954, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "in", in line 6, the words: — or gainfully em-
ployed by him in.

Section 7. The additional tax imposed under section two
of chapter seven hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-five shall apply to the net income as de-
fined in subsection (c) of section five A of chapter sixty-two
of the General Laws.

Section 8. The surtaxes imposed under section nine of
chapter seven hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-one and the surtaxes imposed un-
der section five of chapter seven hundred and seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-five shall apply to taxes
imposed by section five A of chapter sixty-two of the Gen-
eral Laws.

Section 9. Section 18 of chapter 58 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "refunds", in

Acts, 1955. — Chaps. 781, 782, 783. 869

line 16, as appearing in section 4 of chapter 735 of the acts of
1945, the following words: — , a sum determined by the state
tax commission to be the equivalent of the tax derived from
the taxation of income from professions, employment, trade
or business income of non-residents.

Section 10. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and shall apply to all income
defined in section six of chapter sixty-two of the General Laws
and received during the calendar year nineteen hundred and
fifty-five and thereafter. Approved September 16, 1955.

An Act extending the statute of limitations relating Chap.781
TO robbery and certain related crimes.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section 63 of chapter 277 of the General G^L.(Ter^^
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended.'
amended by inserting after the first sentence the following
sentence : — An indictment for the crime or crimes set forth statute of

, •!, ., Til i- umitations on

m sections seventeen, eighteen, nineteen a)id twentj^-one oi indictments for

chapter two hundred and sixty-five, or for conspiracy to '■°'^^^'">'' ''^°-

commit such crime or crimes, or as accessory thereto, or

any one or more of them may be found and filed within

ten years of the date of commission of said crime or crimes. •

Section 2. The second sentence of section sixty-three of
chapter two hundred and seventy-seven of the General Laws,
as appearing in section one of this act, shall apply to indict-
ments for such crimes committed within the six years next
prior to the effective date of this act as well as thereafter.

Approved September 16, 1955.

An Act providing for the number of appointees of the (Jfidnj 782
sergeant-at-arms of the general court.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 19 of chapter 3 of the General Laws, as most re- q. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 3 of chapter 806 of the acts of et'c.!'araeided.
1949, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 3,
the word "sixty" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
sixt3'-one, — so as to read as follows: — Section 19. The Number of
number of doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers, general court ^''rge'a"n^rt-°^
officers and pages of the senate and of the house shall not armaof
exceed sixty-one in all. Approved September 16, 1955. ^^'*"* °°^ •

An Act authorizing the mayor of the city of woburn nhnr. yoo

TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH LOUIS PROIA CONSTRUC- ^'

TION CO., INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL BUILD-
ING IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section forty-four B
of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws
requiring the award of any contract by a city for the con-

870 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

struction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling or repair
of any public building estimated to cost more than one
thousand dollars to be made within thirty days after the
opening of bids therefor, the mayor of the city of Woburn
is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Louis
Proia Construction Co., Inc., a IMassachusetts corporation,
for the construction of a school in said citj'' to be known as
the Daniel P. Hurld Elementary School, which contract
shall be based on the bid submitted by said corporation,
which bid was the lowest bid submitted.

Approved September 16, 1955.

Chap. 7 S^ An Act in addition to the general appropriation act

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO SUPPLEMENT CERTAIN ITEMS
contained THEREIN, AND FOR CERTAIN NEW ACTIVITIES
AND PROJECTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for supplementing certain items
in the general appropriation act, and for certain new activi-
ties and projects, the sums set forth in section two, for the
particular purposes and subject to the conditions stated
therein, are hereby appropriated from the general fund or
ordinary revenue of the commonwealth, unless some other
source of revenue is expressed, subject to the provisions of
law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the
approval thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, in this act referred to as the
year nineteen hundred and fifty-six, or for such period as
may be specified, the sums so appropriated to be in addition
to any amounts at present available for the purposes.

Section 2.

state purposes appropriations.

appropriations made from the general fund.

Service of the Legislature.

Senate.

Item
0101-02 For the salary of the clerk of the senate . $1,520 00

0101-03 For the salary of the assistant clerk of the

senate 1,120 00

0101-04 For clerical assistance to the clerk of the
senate, including not more than two per-
manent positions ..... 1,500 00
0101-05 For the salary of the chaplain of the senate 770 00
0101-30 For expenses of senators, including travel,

prior appropriation continued . . . 8,000 00

0101-52 For expenses of the committee on rules on

the part of the senate . . . 160 00

House of Representatives.

0102-01 For the compensation of representatives,

prior appropriation continued . $2,450 00

0102-05 For the salary of the chaplain of the house of

representatives ..... 770 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 871

Item

0102-06 For personal services of the counsel to the
house of representatives and assistants, in-
cluding not more than seven permanent
positions . . . . . . S5,000 00

0102-20 For certain payments aa authorized by chap-
ters forty-three, sixty-one and sLxty-two of
the resolves of the current year . . 24,550 00

0102-30 For expenses of representatives, including

travel, prior appropriation continued , 45,000 00

Sergeant^at-Arms.

0103-04 Item 0103-04 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is herebj^ amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers of
the senate and house of representatives and
of general court officers, with the approval
of the sergeant-at-arms, including not more
than thirt5'-three permanent positions . $4,490 00

0103-05 For compensation of the pages of the senate
and house of representatives, with the ap-
proval of the sergeant-at-arms, including
not more than twenty-three permanent
positions 18,000 00

0103-51 For contingent expenses of the senate and
house of representatives and necessary ex-
penses in and about the state house, with
the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, prior
appropriation continued .... 10,000 00

Legislative Research Council.

0104-01 For expenses of the legislative research coim-

cil $500 00

0104-02 For personal services and other expenses of
the legislative research bureau, as author-
ized by chapter six hundred and seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four;
provided, that the unexpended balance re-
maining in item 0104-01 of section two of
chapter six hundred and eightj^-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four
is hereby transferred and made available
for the purposes of this item . . . 30,000 00

Other Expenses.

0110-11 For the compilation, indexing, annotating,
printing and distribution of veterans' laws
subject to the joint committee on rules as
provided by a joint order . . , $3,000 00

0110-12 For the emergency services of a physician,
for medical supplies in the state house and
for expenses including the purchase of
equipment in connection therewith, sub-
ject to the approval of the joint committee
on rules; provided that section twenty-one
of chapter thirty of the General Laws shall
not apply to the payments made under
this item 500 00

0110-17 For certain renovations to the house chamber

and adjoining rooms .... 1,000 00

872

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

ItMD

0110-44

0110-59

0110-60

For an investigation and study by the com-
mittee on conservation relative to estab-
lishing a state park and reservation, as au-
thorized by chapter one hundred and
eleven of the resolves of the current year $1,000 00

For expenses of the joint committee on pen-
sions and old age assistance, as authorized
by an order of the two branches for the
year nineteen hundred and fifty-six and
the previous year . . . . 1,297 00

For an investigation and study of the reor-
ganization of the correctional system of the
commonwealth, as authorized by chapter
one hundred and thirty-two of the resolves
of the current year .... 20,000 00

Special Investigations.

0239-00 For the continuation of an investigation and
study by the special commission on taxa-
tion, as authorized by chapter thirty-two
of the resolves of the current year and for
an investigation and study relating to the
equahzation and apportionment as a basis
of levying state and county taxes, as
authorized by chapter eighty-one of the
resolves of the current year . . . $10,000 00

0245-00 For an investigation and study relative to
training facilities for retarded children,
as authorized bj' chapter one hundred and
fourteen of the resolves of the current
year 3,000 00

0255-02 For an investigation and study of the feasi-
bility of erecting a memorial in honor of
Maurice J. Tobin, as authorized by chapter
fortj^-six of the resolves of the current year 7,000 00

0255-06 For an investigation and study of the method
of committing persons to mental hospitals
and the care, treatment and release or dis-
charge of the same, as authorized by chap-
ter one hundred and nine of the resolves of
the current year; provided that, notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the
contrary, the commission estabUshed by
chapter one hundred and eight of the re-
solves of nineteen hundred and fifty-four
and continued by chapter thirty-five of the
resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five
may expend funds reserved under item
0255-06 of chapter six hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four for expenses incurred during the
period between January nineteenth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five and April sixth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five . . 5,000 00

0256-01 For an investigation and study of certain
matters pertaining to the blind, as author-
ized by chapter twenty-two of the resolves
of the current year .... 7,500 00

0256-02 For an investigation and study relative to
making improvements to portions of the
Blackstone river, as authorized by chap-
ter seventy-two of the resolves of the cur-
rent year 2,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

873

Item
0256-03

0256-04

0256-05

0256-OG

0256-07

0256-08

0256-09

0256-10

0256-11

0256-12

0256-13

0256-14

0256-15

For an investigation and study relative to the
establishment of uniform boat regulations,
as authorized by chapter seventy-three or
the resolves of the current year . . $250 00

For an investigation and study of local
transit companies, as authorized by chap-
ter seventy-seven of the resolves of the
current year ..... 2,500 00

For an investigation and study relative to
certain provisions of fire insurance policies,
as authorized by chapter eighty of the re-
solves of the current year . . . 1,500 00

For an investigation and study relative to
hunting and fishing within the common-
wealth and certain related matters, as
authorized by chapter eighty-four of the
resolves of the current year . . . 2,000 00

For an investigation and study of state and
local relationships in government, as au-
thorized by chapter eighty-six of the re-
solves of the current year . . . 2,500 00

For an investigation and study of a state
medical and dental school, as authorized by
chapter eighty-seven of the resolves of the
current year 3,000 00

For an investigation and study relative to a
steel mill and atomic plants within the
commonwealth, as authorized by chapter
eighty-eight of the resolves of the current
year 500 00

For an investigation and study relative to
the advancement in grade and maximum
salary rates for certain state officers
and employees, as authorized by chapter
ninety-three of the resolves of the current
year 100 00

For an investigation and study relative to
the leasing of privately owned buildings
or the necessity of a new state office build-
ing, as authorized by chapter ninety-four
of the resolves of the current year . . 500 00

For an investigation and study of the indus-
trial and economic development of the
commonwealth, as authorized by chapter
ninety-six of the resolves of the current
year 10,000 00

For an investigation and study relative to
establishing the uniform commercial code,
as authorized by chapter eighty-nine of the
resolves of the current year . . . 200 00

For an investigation and study relative to
the administration of health and welfare
trust funds, as authorized by chapter one
himdred and seven of the resolves of the
current year 2,000 00

For expenses of the commission authorized
to arrange appropriate exercises to com-
memorate the one hundred and seventy-
fifth anniversary of the adoption of the
constitution of the commonwealth, as au-
thorized by chapter seventy-six of the re-
Bolvee of the current year . . . 5,000 00

874

Acts, 1955.— Chap. 784.

Item
0256-16

0256-17

0256-18

0298-00

For an investigation and study relative to
putting power lines underground and to
other related problems, as authorized by
chapter one hundred and thirteen of the
resolves of the current yea,T . _ . $25,000 00

For an investigation and studj^ of certain
matters relating to retirements and pen-
sions, as authorized by chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-eight of the resolves of
the current year ..... 2,000 00

For an investigation and study relative to
the miUtia laws and the veterans' laws of
the commonwealth, as authorized by chap-
ter one hundred and thirty-three of the
resolves of the current year . . . 2,000 00

For an investigation and study of com-
munism in the commonwealth, as author-
ized by chapter fifty-two of the resolves
of the current year .... 40,000 00

Service of the Judiciary.

Supreme Jitdicial Court.

0301-01 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the
six associate justices ....

0301-03 For the salary of the clerk for the common-
wealth .......

$20,417 00
3,234 00

Superior Court.

0305-01 For the salaries of the chief justice and of
the thirty-one justices ....

0305-02 Item 0305-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the words: — , prior appro-
priation continued .....

Probate and Insolvency Courts.

For the salaries of judges of probate, regis-
ters of probate, assistant registers and
clerical assistance to registers of the
several counties:

Barnstable:

0321-01 Judge of probate

0321-02 Register

0321-03 Assistant register

0321-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than three permanent positions

Berkshire:

0322-01 Judge of probate

0322-02 Register

0322-03 Assistant register

Bristol:
0323-01 Two judges of probate ....

0323-02 Register

0323-03 Two assistant registers ....

$81,500 00

2,200 00

$1,667 00
334 00
334 00

1,735 00

1,667 00
334 00
334 00

2,500 00
334 00
667 00

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Item

Dukes:

0324-01 Judge of probate $417 00

0324-02 Register 334 00

Essex:

0325-01 Two judges of probate .... 2,500 00

0325-02 Register 334 00

0325-03 Three assistant registers . . . 1,000 00

Franklin :

0326-01 Judge of probate 1,667 00

0326-02 Register 334 00

0326-03 Assistant register 334 00

Hampden :

0327-01 Two judges of probate . . . . 2,500 00

0327-02 Register 334 00

0327-03 Tliree assistant registers . . . 1,000 00

Hampshire:

0328-01 Judge of probate 1,667 00

0328-02 Register 334 00

0328-03 Assistant register 334 GO

Middlesex:

0329-01 Three judges of probate . . . . 2,500 00

0329-02 Register 334 00

0329-03 Five assistant registers .... 1,667 00
0329-04 Clerical assistance to register, including not

more than forty permanent positions . 7,890 00

Nantucket:

0330-01 Judge of probate 417 00

0330-02 Register 334 00

Norfolk:

0331-01 Two judges of probate .... 1,667 00

0331-02 Register 334 00

0331-03 Three assistant registers . . . 1,000 00

Plymouth:

0332-01 Judge of probate 1,667 00

0332-02 Register 334 00

0332-03 Assistant register 334 00

0332-04 Clerical assistance to register, including

not more than seven permanent positions 1,728 00

Suffolk:

0333-01 Three judges of probate .... 2,625 00

0333-02 Register 334 00

0333-03 Five assistant registers .... 1,667 00

Worcester :

0334-01 Two judges of probate . . . . 2,500 00

0334-02 Register 334 00

0334-03 Three assistant registers . . 1,000 00

Land Court.

0340-01 For the salaries of the judge, associate judges
and the recorder, including not more than
four permanent positions . . . $10,000 00

0340-02 For the service of the land court, including
not more than thirty-six permanent posi-
tions 8,270 00

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Item

0350-01

0351-01

0356-01

District Attorneys.

Item 0350-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the Suffolk district, including
not more than twenty-five permanent posi-
tions . $37,500 00

Item 0351-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the northern district, includ-
ing not more than eleven permanent posi-
tions 19,336 00

Item 0356-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the western district, includ-
ing not more than four permanent posi-
tions 2,500 00

Service of the Executive Department.

Governor.

0401-02 For the salaries of officers and emploj-ees in

the governor's office . . . . $2,160 00

Lieutenant-Governor.
0402-01 For the salary of the lieutenant-governor . $3,000 00

Civil Defense Agency.

0406-01 For the service of the civil defense agency, as
authorized by chapter six hundred and
thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty and chapter five hundred and
twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-one as further amended by chap-
ter four hundred and ninety-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fifty-three .

0406-07 For matching certain funds allocated to the
state civil defense program bj' the federal
civil defense administration, prior appro-
priation continued ....

$150,000 00

205,778 00

New England Governors' Committee on Public Transportation.

0408-01 For the commonwealth's share of the New
England Governors' Committee on Public
Transportation .....

$20,165 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

877

Item

0420-01
0420-02

0421-13

0421-21

Service of the Military Division.
Adjutant General.

For the salary of the adjutant general . $1,002 00

For the office of the adjutant general, includ-
ing not more than thirty-eight permanent
positions ...... 4,769 00

Militia:

For compensation for special and miscellane-
ous duty, including not more than six per-
manent positions, and for expenses of
operation of the twenty-sixth division . 2,056 00

For the service of the air national guard, in-
cluding not more than one permanent posi-
tion 691 00

Boards and Commissions serving under Governor and Council.

Commission on Administration and Finance.

0440-33 For conducting an experiment in the trans-
portation of state employees by the rental
of motor vehicles; provided, that the com-
mission on administration and finance shall
estabhsh and maintain by contract a pool
of such rental motor vehicles, and, on appli-
cation approved bj'^ the commission, any
department, board or commission may use
such transportation in preference to other
methods $25,000 00

0441-01 For the office of the commissioner of admin-
istration, including not more than fifteen
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of thirty-seven thousand and
four dollars from the Highway Fund . 5,000 GO

0441-03 For telephone service in the state house,

prior appropriation continued . . . 8,000 00

0442-01 For the bureau of the comptroller, including
not more than one hundred and seventeen
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of one hundred fifty-eight
thousand three hundred and one dollars
from the Highway Fund . . . 2,900 00

0443-01 For the bureau of the budget commissioner,
including not more than eleven permanent
positions; provided, that the comptroller
shall transfer to the General Fund the sum
of twenty-two thousand three hundred and
sixty-eight dollars from the Highway Fimd 2,500 00

0444-01 For the bureau of the purchasing agent, in-
cluding not more than seventy-two perma-
nent positions; provided, that the comp-
troller shall transfer to the General Fund
the sum of eighty-eight thousand six hun-
dred and thirty-five dollars from the High-
way Fund 2,500 00

0444-03 For the purchase by the state purchasing
agent of motor vehicles for which funds
are not otherwise available. Motor vehi-
cles purchased under this item are to be
allocated, with the approval of the com-

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Item

mission on administration and finance, to
the departments and agencies of the com-
monwealth whose appropriations are made
from the General Fund, and transfers of
the sums required for said purchases are
to be authorized by said commission from
the amount herein appropriated to appro-
priations made for the services of said de-
partments and agencies. Said commission
is hereby authorized to provide for the
transfer of motor vehicles from one such
agency or department to another when, in
its opinion, such a transfer is for the best
interests of the commonwealth . . $150,000 00

0445-01 Item 0445-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
j^ear is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the division of personnel and standard-
ization, including not more than fifty-five
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of seventy-four thousand
nine hundred and seventy-five dollars from
the Highway Fund .... 15,460 00

0445-02 For the preparation of reports by the division
of personnel and standardization, as re-
quired by section forty-six A of chapter
thirty of the General Laws, on special re-
quests of the committee on ways and
means filed with the division on May
nineteenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, and on certain subsequent dates; pro-
vided, that such reports shall be filed by the
director of said division as required in said
section forty-six A on or before the first
Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred
and fifty-six and for consultant fees for
classification studies, appropriation ex-
pires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven 100,000 00

0446-01 Item 0446-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the division of building construction, in-
cluding not more than thirty-eight per-
manent positions and including as perma-
nent the present incumbent appointed on
requisition number 49054, notwithstanding
the provisions of any other law to the con-
trary 25,400 00

0448-01 For administration of the state employees'
group insurance, as authorized by chapter
six hundred and twenty-eight of the acts
of the current year .... 10,000 00

0448-02 For the commonwealth's share of the state
employees' group insurance; provided,
that tiie employees' group insurance com-
mission shall charge the di-'/ision of em-
ployment security and other departments
and divisions which have federal funds al-

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879

Item

located to them for this purpose for that
portion of the cost of the program as it de-
termines should be borne by such funds,
and shall notify the comptroller of the
amounts to be transferred, after similar
determination, from the Highway, Inland
Fisheries and Game, and Metropolitan
District Commission Fimds, and amounts
received in payment of all such charges
shall be credited to the General Fund

$1,000,000 00

0450-01

0450-03

State Superintendent of Buildings.

For the office of the superintendent of build-
ings and for the maintenance of the state
house and the Ford building, including not
more than one hundred and sixty-nine per-
manent positions ..... $37,500 00

For certain alterations and additions to legis-
lative quarters in the state house including
furnishings and equipment, subject to the
approval of the committees on rules acting
concurrently 50,000 00

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

0455-01 For expenses of the New England interstate
water pollution control commission, as au-
thorized by chapter four hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fortj^-seven, and for compensation and
expenses of the commissioners, as provided
by section four of said chapter . . $1,000 00

Coxincilfor the Aging.

0465-01 Item 0465-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — ; provided,
that notwithstanding the effective date of
chapter five hundred and ninetj^-one of the
acts of the current year, reimbursements
may be made for expenditures for equip-
ment and expenses incurred from the date
of establishment of said council.

Rent Control Agency.

0473-01 Item 0473-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the administration of a program of rent
control, as authorized by chapter four hun-
dred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-three, and continued by
chapter two hundred and twenty-five of
the acts of the current year, prior appro-
priation continued; provided, that, upon
termination of the provisions of said
chapter four himdred and thirty-four, as
amended, the unexpended amount in this
item may be available for personal services

880

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item

0476-01

0490-02
0490-03

0492-01

0493-01

0494-01

and expenses under the authority of the
commission on administration and finance,
who shall have all the rights, powers and
duties necessary to carry out to conclusion
the purposes of said chapter four hundred
and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-three, as amended . . $10,000 00

New England Board of Higher Education.

For expenses of the New England board of
higher education, as authorized by chapter
five hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and for
compensation and expenses of the com-
missioners, as provided by section four of
said chapter $10,000 00

Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.

This item included in item 0490-03.

For expenses of preparing and presenting
certain exhibits before the civil aeronau-
tics board for the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-six and the previous year . . $2,500 00

State Airport Management Board.

For the service of the state airport manage-
ment board, as authorized by chapter six
hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, includ-
ing not more than eight permanent posi-
tions . $25,000 00

Item 0493-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — , for the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-six and the
previous year ..... 13,536 00

This item omitted.

Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

$2,000 00
32,000 00

0501-01 For the salary of the secretary .
0501-10 For the expenses of the decennial census,
prior appropriation continued .

Printing Laws, etc.:

0503-01 For printing and distributing the pamphlet
edition and for printing and binding the
blue book edition of the acts and resolves
of the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six,
prior appropriation continued . . . $7,193 00

Commission on Interstate Co-operation.

0506-01 For the service of the commission, including

not more than two permanent positions . $488 00

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver- General.

$2,000 00

0601-01 For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-
general ......

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Item

0601-02 For the office of the treasurer and receiver-
general, including not more than fifty-
eight permanent positions; provided, that
the comptroller shall transfer to the Gen-
eral Fund the sum of one hundred five
thousand six hundred and seventy-nine
dollars from the Highway Fund . . $10,000 00

State Board of Retirement.

0604-01 For the administrative office of the board,
including not more than twenty perma-
nent positions, prior appropriation con-
tinued $13,490 00

0604-03 Item 0604-03 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the pajonent of the commonwealth's
share in financing the state employees' re-
tirement system, as provided by chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws, prior ap-
propriation continued; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of five hundred and forty
thousand dollars from the Highway Fund;
and, provided further, that the amounts of
reimbursements received from the metro-
politan district commission, in accordance
with the provisions of section nine A of
chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws,
and from the federal government on ac-
count of the retirement of employees of the
division of employment security are to be
in addition to this item and to be avail-
able for expenditure without further ap-
propriation 300,000 00

Service of the Auditor of the Commonwealth.

0701-01 For the salary of the auditor . . , $2,000 00

0701-02 For the office of the auditor, including not
more than forty-two permanent positions;
provided that the comptroller shall transfer
to the General Fund the sum of seventy-
two thousand seven hundred and thirty-
five dollars from the Highway Fund . 4,560 00

Service of the Department of the Attorney General.

0801-01 For the salary of the attorney general . $3,000 00

0801-02 For the office of the attorney general, includ-
ing not more than forty-one permanent
positions ..."... 10,000 00

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

0901-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $1,000 00
0901-02 For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than thirty-two permanent posi-
tions 860 00

882

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item
0901-21

For apiary inspection, including not more
than one permanent position, and for the
reimbursement of owners of diseased bees
as provided in section thirty-four of chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-eight of the
General Laws .....

$165 00

Division oj Livestock Disease Control.

0907-01 For the office of the director, including not
more than twenty-six permanent positions
and not more than fifty permanent inter-
mittent positions .....

$10,000 00

Division of Markets.

0908-21 For a cranberry survey, to be expended in
co-operation with funds received from the
federal government ....

$5,000 00

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

1001-02 Item 1001-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof
the following: —
For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than twenty-six permanent posi-
tions .......

1001-05 For a survey and inventory of the natural
resources of the commonwealth, as author-
ized by chapter four hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of the current
year

$34,500 00

20,000 00

Division of Forests and Parks.

1002-12 For the service of the state fire warden, in-
cluding not more than twenty-two perma-
nent positions, and for expenses of the
Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Com-
mission, as authorized by chapter four hun-
dred and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-nine, and for compensa-
tion of commissioners, as provided by sec-
tion four of said chapter

1002-14 For the expenses of forest fire patrol, as au-
thorized by section twenty-eight A of chap-
ter forty-eight of the General Laws .

1002-22 For the removal of fire hazards and the re-
planting of trees, as authorized by chapter
three hundred and nineteen of the acts
of the current year ....

1002-31 For the suppression of insect pests and shade
tree diseases, including gypsy and brown
tail moths and Japanese beetles under any
general or special law, and including not
more than fifteen permanent positions;
provided, that notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section two of chapter twenty-nine
of the General Laws as amended, assess-
ments received from cities and towns in the

$15,240 00
10,000 00

5,000 00

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Item

fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-five
and thereafter representing their portion
of the cost of gypsy moth program estab-
lished under chapter one hundred and
forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, as amended, shall be applied
to the amortization of the authorization of
notes under section four of said chapter one
hundred and forty-eight, as amended, pro-
vided however, that when this has been
accomplished, said assessments shall be
credited to the General Fund; andj pro-
vided further, that from the beginnmg of
the aforesaid program to its completion all
charges shall be apportioned equally be-
tween item 1002-31 and sums made avail-
able by section two of chapter one hundred
and forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, prior appropriation

continued $78,700 00

1002-33 Item 1002-33 of section two of chapter three
hundred and seventy-two of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following: — , for
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six and
the previous year ..... 16,000 00

Division o/ Law Enforcement.

1008-02 For the administration and enforcement of
law relative to shellfish and other marine
fisheries, and for regulating the sale and
cold storage of fresh food fish, including not
more than twenty-seven permanent posi-
tions $5,000 00

1003-03 For conservation officers, including not more
than thirty-nine permanent positions ; pro-
vided, that the comptroller shall transfer
to the General Fund a sum equal to fifty
per cent of the payments made under this
item from the Inland Fisheries and Game
Fund, as provided by section three A of
chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws 13,000 00

Division of Marine Fisheries.

1004-70 Item 1004-70 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the service of the office of the director,
including not more than sbcteen permanent
positions, and for the administration of the
activities provided for under item 2610-04 $4,915 00

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Division of Banks.

1101-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $500 00

1101-02 For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than one hundred and fifty-eight
permanent positions .... 3,000 00

884

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item

1103-01
1103-02

Division of Insurance.

For the salary of the commissioner . . $500 00

Item 1103-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — ; and, pro-
vided further, to authorize charging against
this appropriation certain shortages in the
amount of two thousand seven hundred
and thirty-three dollars and fifty-eight
cents, determined by the auditor of the
commonwealth to be the shortage as of
January tenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, and to authorize the department to
charge off from its records an amount of
seventeen thousand four hundred and
seventy-three dollars and thirty-five cents,
determined by said auditor to be the short-
age in receipts of the divisions . . 4,734 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

1201-03 Item 1201-03 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For expenses of the department except the
income tax division; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of twenty-five thousand
eight hundred and seventy dollars from
the Highway Fund, and the sum of twenty-
eight thousand and forty dollars from
amounts collected under chapter sixty-
four B of the General Laws . , . $118,650 00

Appellate Tax Board.

1204-01 For the service of the board, including not
more than twenty-nine permanent posi-
tions .......

$8,000 00

Special Investigation.

1205-01 For an investigation and study relating to
the equalization and apportionment as a
basis of levying state and county taxes, as
authorized by chapter eighty-one of the
resolves of the current year

$15,000 00

Service of the Department of Education.

1301-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $3,000 00
1301-02 For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than sixty-six permanent posi-
tions 18,000 00

1301-10 For the service of the state building on
Newbury Street, Boston, including not
more than four permanent positions . 10,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

885

Item

1305-05

1307-02

1309-01

1313-01

School Lunch and Commodity Distribution Program.

Item 1305-05 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For partial assistance in the furnishing of
lunches to school children, as authorized
by chapter five hundred and thirty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
one, and if necessary for supplementing
federal funds allocated for the special milk
program; provided, that notwithstanding
any provisions of law to the contrary, pay-
ments so authorized to be paid from state
funds shall not exceed fifty per cent of the
total reimbursement authorized by the na-
tional school lunch act; and, provided fur-
ther that a sum equivalent to the payments
under this item shall be transferred to the
General Fund from the receipts of the in-
come tax, prior appropriation continued.

Division of Vocational Education.

For expenses required for the operation of an

agency for surplus property . . . $1,450 00

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

For the expenses of the division of vocational
rehabihtation, prior appropriation con-
/ tinned $15,000 00

Division of University Extension.

Item 1313-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For the university extension courses, includ-
ing not more than forty-one permanent
positions; provided, that the division may
in addition to the sums appropriated for
the purpose in this item, expend from the
receipts, without appropriation, income de-
rived from such courses as may be con-
ducted at no net expense to the common-
wealth to an amount not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars with the ap-
proval of the state board of education.

1315-01

Division of Immigration and Americanization.
This item omitted.

Division of Public Libraries.

1316-01 For the service of the division, including not
more than twenty-five permanent positions

$700 00

Division of the Blind.

1317-01 For general administration and for instruc-
tion of the adult blind in their homes, in-
cluding not more than sixty-five permanent
positions ......

$12,930 00

886

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item
1317-08

1317-17

For aiding the adult blind, subject to the
conditions provided by law, including the
cost of certain medical assistance and sup-
plies, prior appropriation continued . . $80,000 00

For the operation of a workshop for the blind
in the city of Springfield, as authorized by
chapter six hundred and sixty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in-
cluding not more than two permanent
positions 11,200 00

Teachers' Retirement Board.

1319-01 For the service of the board, including not

more than thirty permanent positions . $3,700 00

1319-08 For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the teachers' retirement
system, as provided by chapter thirty-two
of the General Laws as amended, prior
appropriation continued .... 195,000 00

Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

1327-10 For maintenance of the academy and ship,
including not more than forty-nine perma-
nent positions, with the approval of the
commissioner of education

$1,200 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following state teachers'
colleges, and the boarding halls attached
thereto, with the approval of the commis-
sioner of education:

1330-01 State teachers' college at Bridgewater, includ-
ing not more than eighty-two permanent
positions $46,400 00

1331-01 State teachers' college at Fitchburg, includ-
ing not more than eighty permanent posi-
tions 38,750 00

1332-01 State teachers' college at Framingham, in-
cluding not more than eighty-one perma-
nent positions ..... 26. 150 00

1333-01 State teachers' college at Lowell, including

not more than fifty-six permanent positions 21, 100 00

1334-01 State teachers' college at North Adams, in-
cluding not more than thirty-six perma-
nent positions ..... 7,750 00

1335-01 State teachers' college at Salem, including
not more than sixty-one permanent posi-
tions 35,000 00

1336-01 State teachers' college at Westfield, including
not more than thirty-nine permanent posi-
tions 26,800 00

1337-01 State teachers' college at Worcester, includ-
ing not more than fifty-four permanent
positions ...... 17,500 00

1338-01 State teachers' college at Boston, including
not more than seventy-two permanent
positions 64,750 00

1339-01 Massachusetts school of art, including not

more than forty permanent positions . 5,800 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 887

Item

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutes, with
the approval of the commissioner of educa-
tion and the trustees thereof:

1340-01 Bradford Durfee technical institute, includ-
ing not more than thirty-five permanent
positions, and including the sum of ten
thousand dollars which ia to be assessed
upon the city of Fall River as a part of the
charges to be paid by said city to the com-
monwealth in the calendar year nineteen
hundred and fifty-five .... $25,000 00

1342-01 New Bedford institute of textiles and tech-
nology, including not more than thirty-six
permanent positions, and including the
sum of ten thousand dollars which is to be
assessed upon the city of New Bedford aa a
part of the charges to be paid by said city
to the commonwealth in the calendar year
nineteen hundred and fifty-five . . 25,000 00

Lowell Technological Institute of Massachusetts.

1345-01 For the maintenance of the Lowell Techno-
logical Institute of Massachusetts, with
the approval of the trustees, including not
more than one hundred and thirty-four
permanent positions, and including the
sum of ten thousand dollars which is to be
assessed upon the city of Lowell as a part
of the charges to be paid by said city to the
commonwealth in the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five; provided, that
said institute is hereby authorized to con-
duct a summer school at no expense to the
commonwealth, and for said purpose the
institute may receive and expend income
derived therefrom $96,000 00

University of Massachusetts.

1350-01 For the maintenance of the University of
Massachusetts, with the approval of the
trustees, including not more than nine hun-
dred and sixty permanent positions; pro-
vided, that notwithstanding the limitation
of section four of chapter seven hundred
and fifteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fiftj^-one and chapter four hundred and
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, authorization is hereby granted
to allow payment from this account of the
increase provided under said chapter seven
hundred and fifteen to all employees at the
University of Massachusetts classified un-
der sections fortj'-five to fiftj^ inclusive, of
chapter thirty of the General liaws, as
amended; and, provided further, that not-
withstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, there shall be included a pay-
ment of two hundred and seventy-five
dollars for a certain prior-year salary
earned but not paid .... $127,230 00

888

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item
1380-01

1381-01

1382-01
1383-01

1384-01

1385-01

1387-01
1388-01

Youth Service Board.

Item 1380-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following : —

For administration of the youth service
board, as authorized by chapter six hun-
dred and five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-two, including not more than
seventy permanent positions . . . $75,114 00

Section two of chapter seven hundred and six
of the acts of the current year is hereby
amended by striking out the heading pre-
ceding item 1381-01 and inserting in place
thereof the following: —

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the institutions under the
control of the youth service board, with the
approval of said board; provided, however,
that the governor, upon the recommendation
of the commission on administratian and fi-
nance and with the approval of the council,
may make allocations of sums by transfer,
or otherwise, and may transfer permanent
positions from the appropriations made
available to the Lyman school for boys, item
1383-01, to the appropriation item available
for the reception and detention facilities,
item 1384-01:

Industrial school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and ten permanent posi-
tions $10,445 00

Industrial school for girls, including not more

than fifty-seven permanent positions . 23,890 00

Lyman school for boj^s, including not more
than one hundred and forty-three per-
manent positions ..... 21,940 00

Item 1384-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For the operation of reception and detention
facilities in the city of Boston, including
not more than eight permanent positions 41,505 00

For the operation of the institute of juvenile
guidance, including not more than forty-
eight permanent positions . . . 6,000 00

For the operation of a detention center in

Hampden county ..... 3,735 00

For the operation of a residential treatment

unit for sntiall boys in Oakdale . . 94,900 00

Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Division of Civil Service.

1402-01 For the salary of the director and for the com-
pensation of members of the commission .

$5,100 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 889

Item
1402-02 For the service of the division, induding not
more than two hundred and thirteen
permanent positions; provided, that the
comptroller shall transfer to the General
Fund the sum of one hundred and twenty-
four thousand dollars from the Highway
Fund $35,000 00

Division of Registration,

1403-01 For the salary of the director . . . $1,000 00

1403-02 For the service of the division, including not

more than forty-four permanent positions 6,000 00

For the service of the following agencies in the
division:

1404-01 Board of registration in medicine, including

not more than seven permanent positions
1405-01 Board of dental examiners, including not

more than five permanent positions
1406-01 Board of registration in chiropody, including

not more than five permanent positions
1408-01 Board of registration of nurses, including not

more than ten permanent positions .
1410-01 Board of registration in optometry, including

not more than five permanent positions .
1413-01 Board of registration of architects, including

not more than five permanent positions .
1416-01 State examiners of electricians, including not

more than two permanent positions
1417-01 State examiners of plumbers, including not

more than three permanent positions
1421-01 Board of registration of hairdressers, includ-
ing not more than seventeen permanent

positions ......

1422-01 Board of registration of dispensing opticians,

including not more than five permanent

positions ......

Service of the Department of Commerce.

1551-01 For the service of the department, including
not more than twenty-eight permanent
positions $6,440 00

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

1601-01 For general administration and for the divi-
sion of employment of the aging, as author-
ized bj' chapter five hundred and seventy-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, including not more than thirteen
permanent positions .... $6,500 00

161 1-01 For the board of conciliation and arbitration,
including not more than sixteen permanent
positions 3,500 00

Labor Relations Commission.

1619-01 For the service of the commission, including
not more than nineteen permanent posi-
tions $4,550 00

$2,540 00

1,100 00

300 00

760 00

500 00

500 00

1,000 00

300 00

1,500 00

4,150 00

890 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item

Division of Industrial Accidents.

1651-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than nine per-
manent positions ..... $9,000 00

Service of the Department of Mental Health.

1701-02 Item 1701-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For administration, including the division of
mental hygiene, and including not more
than one hundred and ninety-one perma-
nent positions, and for the transportation
and medical examinations of patients and
certain feeble-minded persons; provided,
that notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, the person ap-
pointed on requisition number 31526 as
supervisor of laundry service shall be
deemed to be permanently employed under
chapter thirty-one of the general laws . $540 00

1701-10 For the continuation of a study relative to
psychiatric services for district courts, as
authorized by chapter ninety-two of the
resolves of the current year . . . 500 00

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions un-
der the control of the department of mental
health:

1716-00 Item 1716-00 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — ; provided,
that notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, there shall be in-
cluded payments totaling four hundred and
thirty-six dollars and seventy-five cents for
certain prior-year salaries earned but not
paid $6,000 00

1719-00 Taunton state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and twenty-nine perma-
nent positions; provided, that notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the
contrary, there shall be included a payment
of two hundred and fifty-two dollars and
forty-one cents for a certain prior-year
salary earned but not paid . . 12,000 00

1722-00 Item 1722-00 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
Monson state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and seven permanent
positions 3,240 00

Service of the Department of Correction.
1801-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $4,667 GO

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

891

Item
1801-02

1805-01

1810-01
1812-01

1814-01

1818-01

Item 1801-02 of section two of chapter seven

hundred and six of the acts of the current

year is hereby amended bj^ striking out the

wording and inserting in place thereof the

following: —
For administration, including not more than

forty-four permanent positions; provided,

that the persons employed under the di-
vision of classification of prisoners shall

not be subject to the civil service laws and

rules S45,000 00

Parole Board.

Item 1805-01 of section two of chapter seven

hundred and six of the acts of the current

year is hereby amended by striking out the

wording and inserting in place thereof the

following: —
For the service of the board, including not

more than fifty-one permanent positions . $27,000 00

Section two of chapter seven hundred and six

of the acts of the current year is hereby

amended bj'' striking out the heading pre-
ceding item 1810-01 and inserting in place

thereof the following: —

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the department of correction; pro-
vided, however, that the governor, upon the
recommendation of the commission on admin-
istration and finance, may allocate funds by
transfer or otherwise and may transfer per-
manent positions between appropriations
made available to the department of correc-
tion for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six, in appropri-
ation items 1810-01, 1812-01, I8I4-OI and
1818-01:

State farm, including not more than four

hundred and nineteen permanent positions $65,000 00

Item 1812-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

State prison, including not more than two
hundred and thirty-eight permanent posi-
tions . . _ 82,000 00

Item 1814-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
5-ear is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
follonnng: —

Massachusetts reformatory, including not
more than two hundred and twentj^-one
permanent positions, for the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-six and the previous year 99,785 00

State prison colony, including not more than
two hundred and thirty-seven permanent
positions 53,840 00

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
1901-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $2,500 00

892

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item
1901-03

1901-05

Item 1901-03 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For administration of the program of old age
assistance provided by chapter one hun-
dred and eighteen A of the General Laws,
and for the office of the commissioner and
expenses of the department of pubhc wel-
fare, including not more than five hundred
and forty-eight permanent positions; pro-
vided, that the Incumbent on requisition
number 08880 shall have permanent status
under chapter thirty-one of the General
Laws subject to passing a qualifying ex-
amination; and, provided further, that
the comptroller shall transfer to the
General Fund the sum of seven hundred
and twenty-three thousand two hundred
and twenty-one dollars from the Old Age
Assistance Fund; and, provided further,
that any revenue resulting from the ad-
ministration of old age assistance shall be
credited to the Old Age Assistance Fund .

For the paj^ment of a certain claim for rent
for the office formerly occupied by the de-
partment in the city of Pittsfield, with the
approval of the attorney general

$18,040 00
2,000 00

Tewkshury Slate Hospital and Infirmary.

1919-00 Item 1919-00 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the maintenance of the Tewksbury state
hospital and infirmary, including not more
than seven hundred and nine permanent
positions ......

$26,555 00

Service of the Department of Public Health.

2001-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $1,500 00

2001-03 For a poliomyelitis vaccine (Salk) program,
as authorized by chapter four hundred and
eighty-one of the acts of the current year,
and for the development of programs for
the care, treatment and rehabilitation of
victims of the current poliomyelitis epi-
demic, to be expended either with or with-
out grants or contributions from public or
private agencies ; provided that such grants
or contributions may be expended without
appropriation, expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven; and, pro-
vided further, that the amount appropri-
ated in item 2007-10 of section two of
chapter three hundred and seventy-two
of the acts of the current year is hereby
transferred and made available for the
purposes of this item .... 300,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

893

Item
2002-01

2002-25

2002-26

2003-01

2004-01

2005-01

2007-01
2007-10

2023-00

Bureau of Environmental Sanitation.

Item 2002-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For the service of the bureau, including not
more than one hundred and one permanent
positions; provided, that the bureau may
make special air pollution surveys upon
request of municipalities; and, provided
further, that any city or town requesting
such a survey shall pay in advance the esti-
mated cost thereof, the amounts so received
to be in addition to this item and to be
available for expenditure without further
appropriation . . . . . $22,460 00

For the continuation of certain studies, as
authorized by chapter twenty-eight of the
resolves of the current year, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
2015-25 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fiftv-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four . . 25,000 00

For certain studies as authorized by chapter
sixty-eight of the resolves of the current
year, to be in addition to the amount ap-
propriated in item 2015-26 of section two
of chapter six hundred and eighty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four 25,000 00

Bureau of Preventive Disease Control.

For the service of the bureau of preventive
disease control and for the operation of
certain chnics in the outpatient depart-
ments of certain general hospitals, includ-
ing not more than forty-seven permanent
positions $30,000 00

Bureau of Health Services.

For the service of the bureau of health serv-
ices, including not more than fifty-one
permanent positions .... $15,000 00

Bureau of Hospital Facilities.

For the service of the bureau of hospital fa-
cilities, including not more than eighteen
permanent positions .... $5,000 00

Institute of Laboratories.
For the service of the institute of laboratories,

including not more than one hundred and

twenty-four permanent positions . . $4,860 00

This item included in item 2001-03.

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions
under the control of the department of
public health:
North Reading state sanatorium, including
not more than two hundred and three per-
manent positions ..... $3,540 00

894 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item

2025-00 Westfield state sanatorium, including not
more than two hundred and seventy-seven
permanent positions .... $8,000 00

2026-21 For a research program relative to high blood
pressure and its control, to be conducted at
the Lemuel Shattuck hospital; provided,
that the recess commission, established by
chapter thirty-two of the resolves of nine-
teen hundred and forty-nine and most re-
cently extended by chapter one hundred
and thirteen of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, shall be provided
with medical and other experts and assist-
ants to complete the reports and studies
therein authorized, and on the termination
of the commission all reports and docu-
ments shall be transferred and preserved
with the records of the hospital; and, pro-
vided further, that the amount appropri-
ated in item 0253-00 of section two of
chapter six hundred and eighty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four
will be transferred and made available for
the purposes of this item upon the expira-
tion of the commission; and, provided fur-
ther, that this project and a unit of the
hospital which shall be set aside for the
purposes of this program shall be desig-
nated as the Paul A. McCarthy Memorial,
appropriation expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven . . . 25,000 00

2027-00 Massachusetts Hospital School, including not
more than one hundred and ninety-nine
permanent positions .... 12,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

2101-01 For the salary of the commissioner . . $2,500 00

2101-02 Item 2101-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For administration, including not more than
eighty-four permanent positions and in-
cluding as permanent the present incum-
bent appointed on requisition number
65450, notwithstanding the provision of
any other law to the contrary . . 6,244 00

Division of Inspection.

2104-31 For the board of boiler rules, including not

more than four permanent positions . $200 00

Board of Standards.

2106-01 For the service of the board, including not

more than seven permanent positions . $1,000 00

Board of Elevator Regulations.

2107-01 For the service of the board, including not

more than seven permanent positions . $1,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

895

Item

2108-01

2109-01

2110-01

Board of Fire Prevention Regulations.

For the service of the board, including not
more than six permanent positions . . $600 00

Division of Subversive Activities.

For the service of the division of subversive
activities, including not more than three
permanent positions .... $720 00

Board of Schoolhouse Structural Standards.

For the service of the board, as authorized by
chapter six hundred and seventy-five of
the acts of the current year . , . $2,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Division of Waterways.

2202-03 Item 2202-03 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For administration, including not more than
sixty permanent positions, and including
as permanent the present incumbent ap-
pointed on requisition number 46995 not-
withstanding the provisions of any other
law to the contrary; provided, that an
amount equal to the expenditures for per-
sonal services properly chargeable to item
2202-05, as certified by the director of the
division, shall be credited as revenue to the
General Fund $2,000 00

2202-06 For the maintenance and repair of certain
property in the town of Plymouth, includ-
ing not more than two permanent posi-
tions 1,000 00

2202-07 For the operation and maintenance of the
New Bedford state pier, including not more
than four permanent positions . . 12,000 00

2220-21 For the continuation of a survey of the great
ponds of the commonwealth, including the
rights of way thereto, as authorized by
chapter twenty-eight of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and fifty-one, prior ap-
propriation continued, expires June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . 20,000 00

2220-59 For an investigation and study of certain
drainage projects, as authorized by chap-
ters one hundred and two and one hundred
and five of the resolves of the current j^ear 5,000 00

2220-60 For an investigation and study of the pro-
posed pier extension at the state fish pier
in Gloucester, as authorized by chapter
sixty-nine of the resolves of the current
year 5,000 00

Outdoor Advertising Division.

2230-01 For the service of the outdoor advertising
division, as authorized by chapter five hun-
dred and eighty-four of the acts of the

896

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item

current year, including not more than ten
permanent positions; provided, that the
amount appropriated in item 0464-01 of
section two of chapter seven hundred and
six of the acts of the current year is hereby
transferred and made available for the pur-
poses of this item .....

$1,500 00

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

2301-01 For personal services of the commissioners,
including not more than five permanent
positions ... . . . $2,000 00

2301-02 For administration, including not more than

seventy permanent positions . . . 10,000 00

Securities Division.

2308-01 For the service of the division, including not
more than nine permanent positions

$4,000 00

Annuities and Pasrments.

2805-01 For the payment of certain annuities and
pensions of soldiers and others under the
provisions of certain acts and resolves

$2,300 00

Miscellaneous.

2813-01 This item included in item 2931-06.

2820-03 For certain claims and other payments, as
authorized by chapters thirty-three, thirty-
six, sixty-six and seventy-eight of the re-
solves of the current year . . . $17,068 00

2820-34 For a reserve for expenses arising from possi-
ble increases in the cost of fuel, the sum of
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated and made available
for transfer, with the approval of the com-
mission on administration and finance, to
appropriation items where the amounts
otherwise available for such purchases are
insufficient for the purpose; provided, that
no such transfer shall limit the power of
the budget commissioner to increase or de-
crease the amounts of subsidiary accounts,
as authorized by section twenty-nine of
chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws 150,000 00

2820-35 For the reimbursement of Plymouth county,
as authorized by chapter five hundred and
twenty-five of the acts of the current year 21,295 00

2820-36 For the establishment of a memorial to Calvin
Coolidge in the city of Northampton, as
authorized by chapter five hundred and
forty-seven of the acts of the current year 32,000 00

2842-01 For a certain payment to the Boston Arena
Authority, as authori7ed by chapter five
hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the
current year . . . . . . 65,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

897

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE HIGHWAY FUND.
Service of the Department of Public Works.

Item

2900-01

2900-02

2900-11

2900-12

Highway Activities.

Expenditures made from the following appro-
priations for highway activities shall be coded
according to the manual entitled "Subsidiary
Accounts and Expenditure Code Numbers"
approved by the Joint Committee on Ways
and Means on March second, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four; provided, that the sal-
aries of all officers and employees of the de-
partment engaged in projects or activities
relating to highways shall he charged for the
1956 fiscal year in full to appropriations
authorized under the heading of "Highway
Activities" in this act:

For the salaries of the commissioner and the
associate commissioners, including not
more than three permanent positions . $4,000 00

Item 2900-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For administration and engineering in con-
nection with all highway activities, for the
offices of the commissioner, department
secretary, personnel officer and business
agent, including telephone service in the
public works building; and for the pay-
ment of damages caused by defects in state
highways, with the approval of the at-
torney general; and including not more
than one thousand five hundred and forty-
eight permanent positions, partly charge-
able to this item and to other highway ac-
tivity accounts as determined by the com-
missioner, and including as permanent the
present incumbents appointed on requisi-
tion numbers 28097, 45712, 36806, 56028
and 91760 notwithstanding the provision of
an J' other law to the contrary; provided,
that the position of personnel director,
public works department, shall not be
subject to the civil service laws and rules,
prior appropriation continued.

For the establishment of a system of tourist
routes, as authorized by chapter one hun-
dred and ten of the resolves of the current
year ....... 50,000 00

For projects for improving state highways
and through routes, including bridges, and
including construction and recon.''truction,
it being the intent of the general court that
state highways shall be made continuous
whether or not sections to be made state
highways require construction work; for
turnouts or rest areas within highway
rights of way, including contingent ex-
penses therefor; and upon agreement with

898

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784,

Item

2900-35

2900-80

city or town officials, for construction of
needed improvements on other through
routes not designated as state highwaj'^s
and without acceptance by the common-
wealth of responsibility for maintenance;
provided, that any portion of the sum ap-
propriated herein may be used in conjunc-
tion with city or town funds, prior appro-
priation continued . . . . . $500,000 00

For resurfacing existing state highways with
not less than two inches of bituminous
bound aggregate, using present traveled
ways as a base; provided, that the state
purchasing agent may buy the required
bituminous-treated aggregate, notwith-
standing the provisions of section eight A
of chapter twenty-nine of the General
Laws 500,000 00

Item 2900-80 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For the operation and maintenance of the
public works building, including not more
than eighty-three permanent positions,
and including as permanent the present
incumbent appointed on requisition num-
ber 46994 notwithstanding the provision
of any other law to the contrary . . 10,000 00

Service of the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

2924-01 Item 2924-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the service of the registry, including not
more than eight hundred and thirty-two
permanent positions; provided, that not-
withstanding any special or general law to
the contrary, the individual employed on
requisition number 51962 shall, for the
purpose of establishing his rate in the gen-
eral salary schedule, be credited with con-
tinuous service from his date of original
employment on February first, nineteen
hundred and forty-nine .... $59,033 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

Division of State Police.

2926-01 Item 2926-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the service of the division, including not
more than six hundred and one permanent
positions $175,200 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 899

Item
2926-18 For the construction of a state police sub-
station on land now owned by the common-
wealth in Leominster, including the cost of
furnishings and equipment, expires June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven $160,000 00

Service of the Metropolitan District Commission.

The following items are to be paid with the
approval of the Metropolitan District Com-
mission:

2931-00 Item 2931-06 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways, including the installation of traffic
lights and including Bunker Hill and the
property adjacent, and for the maintenance
of parks reservations and the Charles River
basin, including the retirement of metro-
politan police and veterans under the pro-
visions of the General Laws, and including
not more than nine hundred and nineteen
permanent positions, and including as per-
manent under chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws the present incumbent ap-
pointed on requisition number 35416 sub-
ject to passing a qualifying examination;
provided, that the comptroller shall trans-
fer to the Highway Fund proportions of
paj-ments made under this item, as pro-
vided by section fifty-five of chapter ninety-
two of the General Laws; and, provided
further, that notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, there shall
be included a pajTnent of twenty dollars
and seventy cents for a certain prior-year
salary earned but not paid . . . $105,400 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE PORT OF BOSTON

FUND.

Service of the Port of Boston Commission.

3140-01 For expenses of administration, including not
more than thirty-seven permanent posi-
tions; provided, that no compensation or
expenses of consultants for legal services
shall be chargeable to this item . . $51,930 00

3145-01 For expenses of making investigations and
presenting the commonwealth's case in
connection with differential freight rates,
appropriation expires June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven . , . 30,000 00

900

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE INLAND FISHERIES
AND GAME FUND.

Item

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

Division of Fisheries and Game. ( It is hereby
provided that federal funds received as reim-
bursements under the following items are to
be credited as income to the Inland Fisheries
and Game Fund):

3304-01 For the service of the division, including not

more than ten permanent positions . . $12,675 00

3304-31 For expenses of game farms and fish hatch-
eries, including not more than sixty-six
permanent positions .... 34,450 00

3304-42 For the improvement and m.anagement of
lakes, ponds and rivers, including not more
than three permanent positions . . 3,000 00

3304-45 For the establishment and maintenance of
public fishing grounds, including not more
than one permanent position; provided,
that none of the money appropriated under
this item shall be used for the purchase of
land 480 00

3304-47 For certain stream surveys and inventory
work, as authorized by chapter two hun-
dred and seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-one, including not more
than one permanent position; provided,
that the comptroller shall transfer to the
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund the sum
of six thousand dollars from the General
Fund 11,500 00

3304-51 For wild life research and management, in-
cluding not more than sixteen permanent
positions ...... 6,694 00

3304-53 For expenses of establishing and conducting
wild life restoration projects, as author-
ized by chapter three hundred and ninety-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty-eight, including not more than six-
teen permanent positions . . . 7,680 00

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.

3506-01 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home
in Massachusetts, including not more than
five hundred and seventy-six permanent
positions ......

$13,500 00

Service of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke.

3.508-01 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home
in Holyoke, including not more that eighty-
four permanent positions . . . $10,000 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

901

Service of the Depaitment of Labor and Industries.

Item
3520-01

Division of Apprentice Training.

For the service of the division, including not
more than thirty-seven permanent posi-
tions; provided, that all of the positions
of this division, with the exception of the
head clerk, shall not be subject to chapter
thirty-one of the General Laws; and, pro-
vided further, that the comptroller shall
transfer to the Veterans' Services Fund
the sum of seventy-eight thousand nine
hundred and fifty-seven dollars from the
General Fund .....

$450 00

Miscellaneous.

3530-33 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans, Department of Massachu-
setts, Inc., as authorized by chapter four
of the resolves of the current year . . $1,000 00

3530-34 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the national convention of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States, as
authorized by chapter six of the resolves
of the current year .... 45,000 00

3530-35 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Federal Em-
ployees Veterans Association, Inc., as au-
thorized by chapter ten of the resolves of
the current year ..... 1,000 00

3530-36 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the 101st Airborne
Division Association, as authorized by
chapter twelve of the resolves of the cur-
rent year 750 00

3530-37 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the 63rd Division
Association, as authorized by chapter
twenty-four of the resolves of the current
year 200 00

3530-38 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the 55th Artillery
A. E. F. Veterans' Association, as author-
ized by chapter fifty-eight of the resolves
of the current year .... 500 00

3530-39 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Franco-American
War Veterans, Inc., as authorized by chap-
ter fifty-nine of the resolves of the current
year ...-.• • • ; • 500 00

3530-40 For an investigation and study relating to
the proposed mural in commemoration of
Colonel Thomas Cass and the officers and
men of the Ninth Regiment of Infantry, as
authorized by chapter seventy of the re-
solves of the current year . . . 500 00

3530-41 For the representation of the commonwealth
at the convention of the Military Order of
the Purple Heart, as authorized by chapter
seventy-one of the resolves of the current
year 500 00

902 Acts, 1955. —Chap. 784.

Item
3549-00 For repayments to claimants, as authorized
by section one hundred and forty-nine D
of chapter one hundred and seventy-five of
the General Laws $1,000 00

Service of the State Racing Coimnission.

3605-01 For the service of the commission, including
not more than eleven permanent positions;
provided, that fees paid to veterinarians for
services in connection with horse racing
shall not exceed twenty-five dollars per
diem, and in connection with dog racing,
shall not exceed twenty dollars per diem . $6,000 00

APPROPRIATION PAYABLE FROM THE STATE RECREATION
AREAS FUND.

Service of the Department of Natural Resources.

Division of Forests and Parks.

4010-01 For the service of the bureau of recreation,
including not more than sixty-seven perma-
nent positions; provided, that the comp-
troller shall transfer to the State Recreation
Areas Fund the sum of fifty-one thousand
dollars from the General Fund . . $10,500 00

4010-03 For certain repairs and improvements in the

October Mountain state forest . . 15,000 00

4010-08 Item 4010-08 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby
amended by striking out the wording and
inserting in place thereof the following: —
For certain improvements in the Mount
Grace state forest, prior appropriation con-
tinued, expires June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fiftv-seven.

APPROPRIATION PAYABLE FROM THE PRISON INDUS-
TRIES FUND.

Service of the Department of Correction.

4940-02 For salaries of persons employed in industries
at the state prison colony, including not
more than twenty-seven permanent posi-
tions $2,880 00

APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE FROM THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION FUNDS.

The following appropriations are to be assessed
upon the several districts in accordance with
the methods fixed by law, unless otherwise
provided, and to be expended under the di-
rection of the Metropolitan District Com-
mission:

Metropolitan Parks, General.

8601-33 For the repurchase of certain land from the
Medford housing project, as authorized by
chapter five hundred and seventy-two of
the acts of the current year . . . $7,400 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 903

Item

8601-34 For certain improvements to Furnace Brook,

as authorized by chapter six hundred of

the acts of the current year . . . $50,000 00

8602-82 Item 8602-82 of section two of chapter seven

hundred and six of the acts of the current

year is hereby amended by striking out the

wording and inserting in place thereof the

following: —
For certain improvements at Houghton's

Pond; provided, that the provisions of

section thirtj^ A of chapter seven of the

General Laws shall not apply to expendi-
tures made from this item, appropriation

expires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred

and fifty-seven.
8602-84 Item 8602-84 of section two of chapter seven

hundred and six of the acts of the current

year is hereby amended by striking out the

wording and inserting in place thereof the

following: —
For certain improvements at Revere Beach;

provided, that the provisions of section

thirty A of chapter seven of the General

Laws shall not apply to expenditures made

from this item, appropriation expires June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.
8602-86 Item 8602-86 of section two of chapter seven

hundred and six of the acts of the current

year is hereby amended by striking out the

wording and inserting in place thereof the

following: —
For certam improvements at Nahant Beach;

provided, that the provisions of section

thirty A of chapter seven of the General

Laws shall not apply to expenditures made

from this item, appropriation expires June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.
8602-89 Item 8602-89 of section two of chapter seven

hundred and six of the acts of the current

year is hereby amended by striking out the

wording and inserting in place thereof the

following: —
For certain improvements at Tenean Beach;

provided, that the provisions of section

thirty A of'chapter seven of the General

Laws shall not apply to expenditures made

from this item, appropriation expires June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

Metropolitan Water System.

8902-00 For the maintenance and operation of the
metropolitan water system, including the
retirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws and including not
more than five hundred and eightj'^-nine
permanent positions .... .$25,000 00

8902-47 For a certain claim, as authorized by chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-four of the re-
solves of the current year . . . 900 00

8902-82 For certain improvements to the Turkey Hill

standpipe 18,000 00

904 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item

LOCAL AID APPROPRIATIONS.

The following appropriations are for reim-
bursements and grants to local governments
and for certain other purposes, and are to
be in addition to any unexpended balance
of appropriations heretofore made for the
purpose:

APPROPRIATIONS MADE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

Service of the Judiciary.

Superior Court.

2603-01 For reimbursing certain counties for com-
pensation of certain special justices for
services in holding sessions of district
courts in place of the justice, while sitting
in the superior court .... $12,135 00

Boards and Commissions serving under Governor and Council.

Rent Control Agency.

2604-01 Item 2604-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the reimbursement of cities and towns as
provided by section four of chapter four
hundred and thirt5'-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-three as continued
by chapter two hundred and twenty-five
of the acts of the current year; provided,
that upon termination of the provisions of
said chapter four hundred and thirty-four
as amended, the unexpended amount in
this item shall be available for reimburse-
ments, obligated by said chapter four hun-
dred and thirty-four as amended, and shall
be expended under the authority of the
commission on administration and finance $90,000 00

Service of the Department of "lEducation.

School Building Assistance Commission.

2613-08 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns
for part of the cost of construction of school
projects, as authorized by chapter six hun-
dred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-eight as amended; pro-
vided, that a sum equivalent to the pay-
ments under this item shall be transferred
to the General Fund from the receipts of
the income tax $2,000,000 00

School Lunch and Commodity Distribution Program.

2613-09 Item 2613-09 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out
the wording and inserting in place thereof
the following: —

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 905

Item

For the reimbursement of cities and towns
for partial assistance in the furnishing of
lunches to school children, as authorized
by chapter five hundred and thirty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
one, and if necessary for supplementing
federal funds allocated for the special milk
program: provided, that notwithstanding
any provisions of law to the contrary, reim-
bursements so authorized to be paid from
state funds shall not exceed fifty per cent
of the total reimbursement authorized by
the national school lunch act; and, pro-
vided further, that a sum equivalent to
the payments under this item shall be
transferred to the General Fund from the
receipts of the income tax.

APPROPRIATION MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Service of the State Housing Board.

3526-11 For the liquidation of certain abandoned
housing projects, as authorized bj'' chapters
five hundred and sixty-seven and five hun-
dred and seventy-two of the acts of the
current year $50,700 00

APPROPRIATION PAYABLE FROM REVENUE CREDITED TO
THE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE FUND.

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

3626-02 Item 3626-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
Notwithstanding the provisions of section ten
of chapter sixty-four B of the General Laws
regulating payments from receipts under
said chapter to cities and towns, heretofore
made without appropriation, a sum not
exceeding two million dollars is hereby
appropriated from the Old Age Assistance
Fund for such payments, and the total
amounts to be paid by the state treasurer
on or before November twentieth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five, from the sum
herein appropriated, shall be not less than
one milUon dollars .... $1,000,000 00

DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS.

APPROPRIATION MADE FROxM THE GENERAL FUND.

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

2410-00 For the payment of interest on the direct
debt of the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amounts appropriated in items
2951-00, 3180-02 and 3590-02, prior ap-
propriation continued .... $71,568 00

906

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

APPROPRIATION MADE FROM THE VETERANS' SERVICES

FUND.

Item
3590-02

Interest and Redemption of Debt.

For the payment of interest on the direct
debt of the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amounts appropriated in items
2410-00, 2951-00 and 3180-02, prior ap-
propriation continued ....

$457,000 00

Miscellaneous.

0101-56 For the expenses of the senate committee on
ways and means, including not more than
one permanent position .... $3,600 00

0102-02 For the salary of the clerk of the house of

representatives ..... 1,520 00

0102-03 For the salary of the assistant clerk of the

house of representatives . . . 1,120 00

0102-08 Item 0102-08 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For clerical and other assistance to the house
committee on ways and means, including
not more than five permanent positions,
prior appropriation continued . . . 1,300 00

0102-04 For clerical assistance to the clerk of the
house of representatives, including not
more than four permanent positions . 2,300 00

0110-10 For the purchase and distribution of an index

of laws passed in the current session . 950 00

0110-52 For expenses of the committee on judiciary
in its investigation and study and for the
committee sitting as a special committee to
review the recommendations of the com-
missioners established by chapter ninety-
four of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, as authorized by joint
orders of the general court; provided, that
the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars
may be paid to the counsel of the com-
mittee, notwithstanding the requirement
that the final report of the committee shall
be filed not later than June eighth, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five, for the year
nineteen hundred and fifty-six and the
previous year ..... 250 00

0255-03 For an investigation and studj'^ relative to
the erection of a steel mill and aluminum
mill within the commonwealth, as author-
ized by chapter one hundred and thirty-six
of the resolves of the current year . . 500 00

0255-08 For an investigation and study of the laws
relating to industrial homework, as au-
thorized by chapter one hundred and forty
of the resolves of the current year . . 250 00

0256-19 For an investigation and study relative to
the future use of the Brookline-Newton
water lands, as authorized by chapter
thirty-eight of the resolves of the current
year 250 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 907

Item

0256-20 For an investigation and study relative to
juvenile delinquency and publications por-
traying crime, as authorized by chapter
one hundred and thirty-seven of the re-
solves of the current year . . . $2,500 00

0501-02 For the office of the secretary, including not
more than seventy-six permanent posi-
tions 4,000 00

0901-22 Item 0901-22 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For a program of soil conservation, as
authorized by chapter one hundred and
twenty-eight B of the General Laws, as
amended 325 00

1201-02 For personal services of the department, ex-
cept as otherwise provided, including not
more than six hundred and sixty-six per-
manent positions ; provided that the comp-
troller shall transfer to the General Fund
the sum of one hundred thirty-four thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-one dol-
lars from the Highway Fund, the sum of
one hundred thirty-four thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one dollars from
amounts collected under chapter sixty-
four B of the General Laws and the sum
of one million six hundred ninety-four
thousand dollars from the receipts of the
income tax ...... 73,000 00

1203-01 Item 1203-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the service of the division, including not
more than one hundred and thirty-one
permanent positions, partly chargeable to
item 1203-11 20,000 00

1203-11 For expenses of auditing and installing sys-
tems of municipal accounts, the cost_ of
which is to be assessed upon the munici-
palities for which the work is done . . 4,000 GO

1651-02 Item 1651-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
For the service of the board, including not
more than one hundred and forty-seven
permanent positions; provided, that the
incumbent on requisition number 56098
shall have permanent status under chapter
thirty-one of the General Laws subject
to passing a qualifying examination; and,
provided further, that notwithstanding the
provisions of chapter six hundred and
thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-two, the board shall provide such
clerical service from time to time as may be
required by the Massachusetts rehabilita-
tion commission

908

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item
1802-01

For the operation of prison camps, as author-
ized by chapter seven hundred and fifty-
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, including not more than twenty-
four permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
1801-05 of section two of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four

$24,225 00

Ninety days after the effective date of section one
hundred and nineteen of chapter seven hun-
dred and seventy of the acts of the current
year, the following seven items shall be avail-
able for the industries of the several cor-
rectional institutions, and any permanent
positions authorized in section two of chapter
seven hundred and six of the acts of the cur-
rent year shall be transferred, consistent with
the corresponding transfers of appropria-
tions authorized in said items:

1801-03 For the administration of industries in cor-
rectional institutions, including not more
than six permanent positions; provided,
that the amount appropriated in item
4901-01 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year shall be transferred and made avail-
able for the purposes of this item.

1802-02 For the service of industries in prison camps $3,000 00

1810-02 For the service of industries at the state farm 22,000 00

1812-02 For the service of industries at the state
prison, including not more than twenty-
five permanent positions; provided, that
the amount appropriated in item 4930-02
of section two of chapter seven hundred
and six of the acts of the current year shall
be transferred and made available for the
purposes of this item .... 286,253 00

1814-02 For the service of industries at the Massachu-
setts reformatory, including not more than
twenty-six permanent positions; provided,
that the amount appropriated in item
4910-02 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year shall be transferred and made avail-
able for the purposes of this item . . 177,389 00

1816-02 For the service of the industries at the re-
formatory for women, including not more
than twelve permanent positions; pro-
vided, that the amount appropriated in
item 4920-02 of section two of chapter
seven hundred and six of the acts of the
current year shall be transferred and made
available for the purposes of this item . 109,000 00

1818-02 For the service of the industries at the state
prison colony, including not more than
twenty-seven permanent positions; pro-
vided, that the amount appropriated in
item 4940-02 of section two of chapter
seven hundred and six of the acts of the
current year shall be transferred and made
available for the purposes of this item . 233,373 00

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

909

Item
2025-23

2102-04

2900-13

3501-02

362&-01
8602-30

8602-90

8602-91

8602-92

0110-63
0256-21

For the razing of certain obsolete buildings
and the relocation of certain eteam DOiains,
prior appropriation continued, appropria-
tion expires June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-seven .... $8,000 00

Item 2102-04 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and six of the acts of the current
year is hereby amended by striking out the
wording and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

For expert assistance to the commissioner,
and for maintenance of laboratories, in-
cluding not more than eleven permanent
positions 3,640 00

For the construction of playgrounds in the
city of Chelsea as authorized by chapter
715 of the acts of the current year; pro-
vided that the comptroller shall transfer to
the Highway Fund a sum equal to the ex-
penditures made from this item from the
General Fund . . . . . 100,000 00

For the office of the commissioner, including
not more than eighty-three permanent po-
sitions 1,260 GO

For reimbursement to cities and towns for

old age assistance, as provided by law . 1,350,000 00

For the construction of a certain fence along
the banks of the Neponset river, appropria-
tion expires June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-seven; provided, that the
provisions of section thirty A of chapter
seven of the General Laws shall not apply
to expenditures made from this item . 5,000 00

For certain improvements at the Charles
River basin dam, including the purchase
and installation of equipment; provided,
that the provisions of section thirty A of
chapter seven of the General Laws shall
not apply to expenditures made from this
item, appropriation expires June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-seven . . 100,000 00

For certain improvements and flood control
protective work in the Mystic River drain-
age area; provided, that the provisions of
section thirty A of chapter seven of the
General Laws shall not apply to expendi-
tures made from this item, appropriation
expires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven 450,000 00

For the development of certain recreation
areas, as authorized by chapter five hun-
dred and fifty-eight of the acts of the cur-
rent year; provided, that the provisions
of section tmrty A oi chapter seven of the
General Laws shall not apply to expendi-
tures made from this item, appropriation
expires June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-seven . . . . . 150,000 00

For certain travel expenses of the committee
on public welfare, as authorized by a joint
order of the general court . . . 500 00

For a survey of certain dams, dam sites and
reservoirs, as authorized by chapter one
hundred and forty-two of the resolves of
the current year 2,500^00

910

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

Item
0256-23

3010-01
0501-03

2820-33

3513-01

For an investigation and study relative to the
construction of an additional crossing be-
tween Boston and East Boston and relative
to the creation of the Massachusetts Port
Authority, as authorized by chapter one
hundred and forty-six of the resolves of the
current year $2,500 00

For the service of the administrative com-
mittee of district courts .... 2,000 00

For a survey and study relative to the dis-
position of certain documents and papers,
as authorized by chapter one hundred and
four of the resolves of the current year . 5,000 00

For rental of office space outside of the state
house, including the cost of moving and
expenses incidental thereto, the sum of ten
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
and made available for transfer, with the
approval of the commission on administra-
tion and finance, to appropriations where
the amounts otherwise available are in-
sufficient for the purpose . . . 10,000 00

For an audit of certain housing authorities
as authorized by chapter six hundred and
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-nine ..... 1,765 00

2899-00
2999-00
4099-00

DEFICIENCIES

For deficiencies in certain appropriations of

previous 3^ears, in certain funds, as follows:

General Fund ......

Highway Fund .....

State Recreation Areas Fund

$12,155 00
2,960 00
1,286 00

Section 3. Wherever, in section two of this act, it is
provided that transfers shall be made from a fund, account
or receipts, of a specific sum, a percentage of payments, or
a sum equivalent to payments, such transfers of a specific
sum shall be made upon the effective date of this act, and
all others shall be made quarterly unless otherwise pro-
vided; except, that at the close of a fiscal year, the amount
equivalent to payments in a continuing account shall be
construed to mean the amount of such appropriation.

Section 4. No moneys appropriated under this act
shall be expended for reimbursement for the expenses of
meals for persons while traveling T\dthin or without the
commonwealth at the expense thereof, unless such reim-
bursement is in accordance with rules and rates established
in accordance with section twenty-eight of chapter seven of
the General Laws.

Section 5. The allowance to state employees for ex-
penses incurred by them in the operation of motor vehicles
owned by them and used in the performance of their official
duties shall not exceed seven cents a mile. No payment
shall be made or obhgation incurred for the garaging of any
passenger vehicle owned bj'' the commonwealth and oper-
ated by an employee thereof as transportation from his

Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784. 911

place or places of employment to the vicinity of his resi-
dence, and no payment shall be made or obligation incurred
for the garaging of anj'' motor vehicle in private garages
under any circumstances except upon prior approval by
the commission on administration and finance.

Section 6. Amounts included for permanent positions
in sums appropriated in section two for personal services
are based upon schedules of permanent positions and salary
rates as approved by the joint conmiittee on ways and
means, and, except as otherwise shown by the files of said
committee, a copy of which shall be deposited with the
division of personnel and standardization, no part of sums
so appropriated in section two shall be available for pay-
ment of salaries of any additional permanent position, or
for payments on account of reallocations of permanent posi-
tions, or for payments on account of any change of salary
range or compensation of any permanent positions, not-
withstanding any special or general act to the contrary;
p^o^dded, that no vacancy occurring in any permanent posi-
tion included in said schedules of permanent positions, ex-
cepting in the services of the legislature or the judiciary, or of
institutions under the jurisdiction of the departments of
mental health, correction, public welfare and public health,
and the youth service board, the Soldiers' Home in Massa-
chusetts and the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, and excepting
positions which are subject to appointment by the governor,
with or without the consent of the council, may be filled in
any manner without approval by the commission on ad-
ministration and finance.

Section 7. In addition to the payment of regular sala-
ries, sums appropriated for personal services in the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and fifty-six shall be available for
the payment of such other forms of compensation as may
be due under existing statutes, or under the provisions of
rules and regulations made in accordance with said statutes.

Section 8. All federal subventions and grants available
to the commonwealth under any act of congress and not
otherAvise authorized to be received shall be paid into the
treasury of the commonwealth; provided, however, that
applications for such subventions and grants, and for trans-
fers within such subventions and grants, shall be subject to
the approval of the commission on administration and fi-
nance. All federal subventions and grants received by the
commonwealth may be expended without specific appro-
priation if such expenditures are otherwise in accordance
with law. All income, including federal subventions and
grants, received by the commonwealth from or on account
of veterans in payment for veterans' services, shall be cred-
ited to the veterans' services fund.

Section 9. Notwithstanding any special or general law
to the contrary, the commissioner of education may approve
the payment of travel expenses of the members of the
Massachusetts committee appointed to attend the White

912 Acts, 1955. — Chap. 784.

House Conference on Education to be held in Washington,
D. C, from funds received for the purpose from the federal
government and credited by the comptroller to item 4159-00.

Section 10. No agency of the commonwealth receiving
an appropriation under section two of this act shall make
any expenditure for any document regularly printed, mimeo-
graphed or prepared in any other way, whether for outside
or interdepartmental circulation unless publication of such
document shall have been approved by the state purchasing
agent.

Section 11. Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this act, the appropriations and authorizations in this act
shall become effective upon its passage.

Approved September 16, 1955.

RESOLVES.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the judi- Qhap. 1

CIAL COUNCIL relative TO THE EXAMINATION OF PERSONS
CALLED AS JURORS.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered eleven hundred and fifteen, relative to the ex-
amination of persons called as jurors, and to include its
conclusions and its recommendations, if any, in relation
thereto, with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary
to give effect to the same, in its annual report for the current
year. Approved February 2, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the judi- Chap. 2

CIAL council relative TO PERMITTING A VERDICT IN
CIVIL cases by ten members OP A JURY.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered eleven hundred and seventeen, relative to per-
mitting a verdict in civil cases by ten members of a jury, and
to include its conclusions and its recommendations, if any,
in relation thereto, with drafts of such legislation as may be
necessary to give effect to the same, in its annual report for
the current year. Approved February 2, 1955.

Resolve providing for a proper representation of Chap. 3
the commonwealth at the state convention of the

AMERICAN veterans OF WORLD WAR II, AMVETS, TO BE
HELD IN THE CITY OF HOLYOKE IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the state convention
of the American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, to
be held in the city of Holyoke in the current year, and to
ensure, in arranging entertainment and other events in con-
nection therewith, proper co-operation between the Massa-
chusetts Department of the American Veterans of World
War II, AMVETS, and the commonwealth, after an ap-
propriation has been made therefor, there may be expended,
with the approval and under the direction of the governor
and council, such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved February 3, 1955.

914 RESOLVES; 1955. — Chaps. 4, 5, 6.

Chap. 4 Resolve providing for a proper representation of the

COMMONWEALTH AT THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE DIS-
ABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHU-
SETTS, INC., TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE
CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the state conven-
tion of the Disabled American Veterans, Department of
Massachusetts, Inc., to be held in the city of Boston in the
current year, and to ensure, in arranging entertainments and
other events in connection therewith, proper co-operation
between the Disabled American Veterans, Department of
Massachusetts, Inc. and the commonwealth, there may be
expended, with the approval and under the direction of the
governor and council, for said purpose such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Approved February 3, 1955.

Chap. 5 Resolve providing for a proper representation of

THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF
THE RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED
STATES, TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE CUR-
RENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the national con-
vention of the Reserve Officers Association of the United
States, to be held in the city of Boston from June twenty-
second to June twenty-fifth in the current year, and to en-
sure, in arranging entertainments and other events in con-
nection therewith, proper co-operation between the Reserve
Officers Association of the United States and the common-
wealth, there may be expended, with the approval and under
the direction of the governor and council, such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Approved February 3, 1955.

Chap. 6 Resolve providing for a proper representation of the

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
VETERANS OP FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the national con-
vention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States, to be held in the city of Boston in the current year,
and to ensure, in arranging entertainments and other events
in connection therewith, proper co-operation between the
Massachusetts Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States and the commonwealth, there may be
expended, with the approval and under the direction of the
governor and council, such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved February 3, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 7, 8, 9. 915

Resolve providing for a proper representation of the Chap. 7

COMMONWEALTH AT THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF REVERE
IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the state conven-
tion of The American Legion to be held in the city of Revere
in the current year, and to ensure, in arranging entertain-
ments and other events in connection therewith, proper co-
operation between the Massachusetts Department of The
American Legion and the commonwealth, there may be ex-
pended, with the approval and under the direction of the
governor and council, for said purpose such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Approved February S, 1955.

Resolve providing for a proper representation of Chap. 8

THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD IN THE CURRENT
YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the state convention
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to be
held in the city of Springfield in the current year, and to
ensure, in arranging entertainments and other events in
connection therewith, proper co-operation between the
Massachusetts Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States and the commonwealth, there may be
expended, with the approval and under the direction of the
governor and council, for said purpose such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Approved February 3, 1955.

Resolve further continuing the special commission Chap. 9

ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE THE EXISTENCE AND EX-
TENT OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND GAMBLING, AND OTHER
RELATED MATTERS, WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, estabhshed
by chapter one hundred of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three and most recently continued by chapter
eighty of the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, is
hereby revived and continued until August first, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five.

For the purpose of this resolve said commission may ex-
pend the balance available in item 0275-00 of section two of
chapter six hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, and in addition thereto may expend
the further sum of five thousand dollars, which is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund of the commonwealth.

Approved February 9, 1956.

916 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 10, 11, 12.

Chap. 10 Resolve providing for a proper representation of the

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES VETERANS ASSOCIATION, INC., TO BE
HELD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the national con-
vention of the Federal Employees Veterans Association,
Inc., to be held in the city of Boston on September thirtieth
and October first and second of the current year, and to
ensure, in arranging entertainments and other events in con-
nection therewith, proper co-operation between the Federal
Employees Veterans Association, Inc., and the common-
wealth, there may be expended, with the approval and
under the direction of the governor and council, such sums
as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved February 9, 1966.

Chap. 11 Resolve providing for a proper representation of the

COMMONWEALTH AT THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE ARMY
AND NAVY UNION, U. S. A., TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
WORCESTER IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the state convention
of the Army and Navy Union, U. S. A., to be held in the city
of Worcester in May of the current year, and to ensure, in
arranging entertainments and other events in connection
therewith, proper co-operation between Army and Navy
Union, U. S. A,, Department of Massachusetts, Inc. and the
commonwealth, there may be expended, with the approval
and under the direction of the governor and council, such sum
as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved February 9, 1966.

Chap. 12 Resolve providing for a proper representation of the

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
10 1st airborne division ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the national con-
vention of the 101st Airborne Division Association to be
held in the city of Boston on September second and third in
the current year, and to ensure, in arranging entertainments
and other events in connection therewith proper co-operation
between said association and the commonwealth, there may
be expended, with the approval and under the direction of
the governor and council, such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved February 9, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 13, 14, 15, 16. 917

Resolve validating the acts of Beatrice l. burns as a (jfiQnj^ 13

NOTARY PUBLIC.

Resolved, That the acts of Beatrice L. Burns of Fitchburg
as a notary pubhc between August seventh, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight and December seventeenth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, both dates inclusive, in so far as the same
may have been invahd by reason of the fact that, upon the
change of her name from Beatrice L. Andrews, she failed to
re-register under her new name and pay to the secretary of
the commonwealth the fee of one dollar as required by section
thirteen of chapter thirty of the General Laws, are hereby
confirmed and made valid. Approved February 10, 1955.

Resolve designating the proposed interchange in QJiap^ 14

EVERETT ON ROUTE 1 AND ROUTE 1a AS THE GENERAL

e. leroy sweetser interchange.

Resolved, That the interchange, when constructed, at
Main street and Broadway in the city of Everett, on parts
of Route 1 and Route lA shall thereafter be known as the
General E. Leroy Sweetser interchange, in honor of said
soldier, who served his state and nation as warrior, adminis-
trator and jurist. The metropoUtan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to place and maintain suit-
able markers on said interchange.

Approved February 10, 1955.

Resolve validating the acts of Gladys n. forgham of Qfi^j)^ 15

ARLINGTON AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Resolved, That the acts of Gladys N. Forgham of Arhngton,
as a notary public between January ninth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-four and August thirteenth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, both dates inclusive, in so far as the same may have
been invahd by reason of the fact that, upon the change of her
name from Gladys N. Dalton she failed to re-register under her
new name and pay to the state secretary a fee of one dollar as
required by section thirteen of chapter tliirty of the General
Laws, are hereby confirmed and made valid.

Approved February 10, 1955.

Resolve validating the acts of mildred f. Goldstein Chap. 16
OF boston as a notary public.

Resolved, That the acts of Mildred F. Goldstein of Boston
as a notary pubhc between January eighteenth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-two and November seventeenth, nineteen
hundred and fiftj^-four, both dates inclusive, in so far as the
same may have been invalid by reason of the fact that, upon
the change of her name from Mildred Finkovitch, she failed
to re-register under her new name and pay to the state

918 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 17, 18, 19.

secretary a fee of one dollar as required by section thirteen
of chapter thirty of the General Laws, are hereby confirmed
and made valid. Approved February 11, 1955.

Chap. 17 Resolve validating the acts of mary l. leiber of

WORCESTER AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Resolved, That the acts of Mary L. Leiber of Worcester as
a notary public between April nineteenth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-three and September tenth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, both dates inclusive, in so far as the same may
have been invalid by reason of the fact that, upon the
change of her name from Mary L. Solomon, she failed to
re-register under her new name and pay to the state secre-
tary a fee of one dollar as required by section thirteen of
chapter thirty of the General Laws, are hereby confirmed and
made valid. Approved February 16, 1956.

Chap. 18 Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial

COUNCIL relative TO THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
after change OF NAME.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered six hundred and sixteen, relative to the issuance
of certificates after change of name, and to include its con-
clusions and its recommendations, if any, in relation thereto,
together with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary
to give effect to the same, in its annual report for the current
year. Approved February 23, 1956.

Chap. 19 Resolve in favor of henry r. hayes.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the pubhc
good and in consideration of his long and meritorious service,
Henry R. Hayes, former superintendent of the metropohtan
district commission police, is hereby made eligible to receive
payment for vacation allowances notwithstanding the pro-
visions of section twenty-eight of chapter seven and section
thirty-one A of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws,
or rules and regulations made thereunder, and for the purpose
of carrying into effect the provisions of this resolve there shall
be allowed and paid out of the state treasury to said Henry R.
Hayes, from the amount appropriated by item 2931-06 of
section two of chapter four hundred and fifty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, the sum of nine
hundred and twenty-two dollars and five cents.

Approved February 23, 1956.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 20, 21, 22. 919

Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial Qjiav 20

COUNCIL relative TO PROVIDING FOR A REASONABLE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COM-
PENSATION LAW.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi-
gate the subject matter of current senate document numbered
three hundred and two, relative to providing for a reasonable
statute of limitations under the workmen's compensation
law, and to include its conclusions and its recommendations,
if any, in relation thereto, together with drafts of such legis-
lation as may be necessary to give effect to the same, in its
annual report for the current year.

Approved March 1, 1955.

Resolve reviving and continuing the fiscal survey Chap. 21

COMMISSION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter twenty of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four is hereby revived and continued for the purpose of
continuing its mvestigation and study relative to certain
fiscal practices and pohcies of the commonwealth, as set
forth in said resolve. Said commission may expend the
balance available in item 0299-00 of section two of chapter
six hundred and eighty- seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four for expenses and legal, clerical and other
assistance. Said commission shall be provided with quarters
in the state house or elsewhere, shall hold public hearings,
and may travel within and without the commonwealth.
Said commission shall report its findings and recommenda-
tions, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to
carry such recommendations into effect simultaneously to
the governor, and to the general court by filing the same with
the clerk of the house of representatives on or before March
twenty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved March 9, 1955.

Resolve providing for a further study by a special Chap. 22

COMMISSION RELATIVE TO CERTAIN MATTERS PERTAINING
TO THE BLIND.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, consisting
of one member of the senate, to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives,
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making a further study of matters pertaining to
blind persons in this commonwealth.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may travel within and without the
commonwealth, and may expend for clerical and other assist-
ance and expenses such sums as may be appropriated there-

920 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 23, 24, 25.

for. Said commission shall report to the general court the
results of its investigation and study, and its recommenda-
tions, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to
carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the same
with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the
first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved March 22, 1955.

Chap. 23 Resolve providing for .\n investigation by the judi-
cial COUNCIL relative TO THE APPOINTMENT OF ATTOR-
NEYS BY THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER IN CERTAIN CASES.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi-
gate the subject matter of current house document numbered
eighteen hundred and forty-six, relative to the appointment of
attorneys by the insurance commissioner in certain cases, and
to include its conclusions and recommendations, if any, in
relation thereto, with drafts of such legislation as may be
necessary to give effect to the same, in its annual report for
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved March 23, 1955.

Chap. 24 Resolve providing for a proper representation of the

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
63rd DIVISION ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD AT BOSTON IN
THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented at the national convention of the 63rd
Division Association to be held at the city of Boston during
the month of July in the current year, and to ensure, in ar-
ranging entertainments and other events in connection there-
with, proper co-operation between the 63rd Division Associa-
tion and the commonwealth, there may be expended, with the
approval and under the direction of the governor and council,
such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved March 23, 1955.

Chap. 25 Resolve designating the traffic circle at the junc-
tion OF powder house boulevard and alewife brook

PARKWAY in the CITY OF SOMERVILLE AS THE TECHNICAL
sergeant victor J. COZZA AND STAFF SERGEANT SALVA-
TORE E. COZZA CIRCLE.

Resolved, That the traffic circle at the junction of Powder
House boulevard and Alewife Brook parkway in the city of
Somerville be known and designated as the Technical
Sergeant Victor J. Cozza and Staff Sergeant Salvatore E.
Cozza circle, and that the metropohtan district commission
be authorized and directed to place a suitable tablet or
marker bearing said designation thereat. For said pur-
poses said commission may expend such sum as may be
appropriated therefor. Approved April 1, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 26, 27, 28. 921

Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial QJidj) 26

COUNCIL relative TO THE INHERITANCE OF PROPERTY
BY ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered 2144, relative to the inheritance of property by
illegitimate children, and to include its conclusions and its
recommendations, if any, in relation thereto, together with
drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect
to the same, in its annual report for the year nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five. Approved April 1, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the judi- Chap. 27

CIAL COUNCIL relative TO PROTECTING UNREGISTERED
TITLES TO LAND AGAINST FORMAL DEFECTS, IRREGULARI-
TIES AND OMISSIONS IN INSTRUMENTS RECORDED MORE
THAN TEN YEARS, AND RELATIVE TO PROTECTING LAND
AGAINST OBSOLETE RIGHTS OF ENTRY AND POSSIBILITIES
OF REVERTER.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered thirteen hundred and eighty-nine, relative to
protecting unregistered titles to land against formal defects,
irregularities and omissions in instruments recorded more
than ten years, and of current house document numbered
thirteen hundred and ninety, relative to protecting titles to
land against obsolete rights of entry and possibilities of
reverter. Approved April 4, 1955.

Resolve authorizing the continuance of an investi- QJiaj) 28

GATION relative TO THE STUDY OF THE ELIMINATION OR
control of SUBMERGED WEEDS IN CERTAIN GREAT PONDS
OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the department of pubHc health, the
department of public works and the department of natural
resources, acting as a joint board, and directed by chapter
sixty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-
three and chapter sixty-five of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, to make a survey and investigation
relative to the elimination and control of submerged weeds
in certain great ponds and tidal estuaries of the common-
wealth, is hereby authorized and directed to continue these
investigations and surveys. The said joint board shall re-
port to the general court the final results of its investigation
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry out the same by filing the same
with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the
first Wednesday in December, nineteen hundred and fifty-
seven. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of
this resolve the said joint board may expend the unex-

922 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 29, 30, 31.

pended balance in budget item 2015-25 of chapter four
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four and such sums as may hereafter be appropriated
therefor. Approved April 4, 1955.

Chap. 29 Resolve providing for an investigation by the judi-
cial COUNCIL RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHING THE COSTS IN
CERTAIN COURT CASES.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current senate document
numbered thirty-nine, relative to establishing the costs in
certain court cases, and to include its conclusions and
recommendations in relation thereto, with drafts of such
legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the same,
in its annual report for the current year.

Approved April 4, 1955.

Chap. 30 Resolve validating the acts of henry h. da vis of

BOSTON as a notary PUBLIC.

Resolved, That the acts of Henry H. Davis of Boston as a
notary public between November seventh, nineteen hundred
and fifty-three and February twenty-eighth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five, both dates inclusive, are hereby con-
firmed and made vahd to the same extent as if during said
time he had been quahfied to discharge the duties of said
office. Approved April 4, 1955.

Chap. 31 Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-
sion established to make an investigation and study
of certain laws relative to city budgets.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter 107 of the resolves of 1954 is hereby revived and
continued for the purpose of continuing the investigation
and study of the provisions of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws relative to budgetary procedure in cities, with
a view to making such changes therein or additions thereto
as may appear necessary or desirable. In the course of its
study said commission shall consider the subject matter of
house document numbered 1278 of 1954. Said commission
may expend for clerical and other expenses the balance
available in item 0255-01 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four and such other sums as may be appropriated
therefor, and shall be furnished with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation and study, and
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legisla-
tion necessary to carry the same into effect, by filing the
same with the clerk of the senate on or before the first
Wednesday in April in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-
five. Approved April 4, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 32, 33. 923

Resolve further continuing the special commission (JliQ^ry 32

ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY
RELATIVE TO THE PROBLEMS OF TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter
eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, whose membership was increased by chapter fifty-one
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and which
was most recently continued by chapter ninety-three of the
resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, is hereby further
continued for the purpose of continuing its investigation and
study relative to the problems of taxation. Said commission
shall make an investigation and studj'^ of the general subject
of taxation in the commonwealth, including among other
things the assessment and collection of taxes and the dis-
tribution of such taxes. Said commission shall also make
such investigation and study with a view to the revision and
codification of the laws relating to taxation and to the
recommending of such changes therein and additions thereto
as may appear necessary or desirable.

Said commission may hold public hearings and may call
upon officials of the commonwealth or its subdivisions for
such information as it may desire in the course of its investi-
gation and study, shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, and shall have the power to summon
witnesses and to require the production of books, records,
contracts and papers and the giving of testimony under oath.
Said commission may expend for expert, clerical and other
services and expenses the balance available in item 0239-00
of section two of chapter six hundred and eighty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four. Said com-
mission shall report to the general court the results of its
investigation and study and its recommendations, if any,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives from time to time and
by filing a final report on or before the first Wednesday in
December in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved April 6, 1955.

Resolve in favor of john e. costello and carl m. (JJiQnj 33

CURRIER OF MILTON. ^'

Resolved, That for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth, there be allowed and paid
out of the state treasury, subject to appropriation, to John
E. Costello and Carl M. Currier, both of Milton, in satisfac-
tion of executions issued on final judgment from the superior
court of Suffolk county at Boston on June twenty-second,
nineteen hundred and fifty-four, in actions commenced by
said John E. Costello and Carl IVI. Currier against Bernard
J. O'Rourke for damages resulting from an accident occur-

924 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 34, 35.

ring August twenty-third, nineteen hundred and fifty-one,
involving a state-owned motor vehicle operated by said
O'Rourke while in the performance of his duties as a state
employee the sums of six thousand four hundred and eight
dollars and fiifty-nine cents, and six thousand five hundred
and four dollars and nineteen cents, respectively. No pay-
ment shall be made hereunder until there has been filed with
the comptroller a release of all claims approved by the attor-
ney general, and an agreement signed by said John E. Costello
and Carl M. Currier that the amount, if any, paid or to be
paid for legal services rendered in connection with the pas-
sage of this resolve shall not exceed ten per cent of the sum
paid or payable hereunder. Approved April 6, 1955.

Chap. 34 Resolve providing for a proper representation of

THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE, TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SPRING-
FIELD IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the state conven-
tion of the Marine Corps League, to be held in the city of
Springfield on June seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth
in the current year, and to ensure, in arranging entertain-
ments and other events in connection therewith, proper
co-operation between said Marine Corps League and the
commonwealth, there may be expended, with the approval
and under the direction of the governor and council, for
said purpose such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved April 6, 1955.

Chap. 35 Resolve further continuing the special commission

TO STUDY the METHOD OF COMMITTING PERSONS TO MENTAL
hospitals, and THE RIGHTS, CARE, TREATMENT AND RE-
' LEASE OR DISCHARGE OF PERSONS SO COMMITTED.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter one hundred and eight of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four to make an investigation and study
of the method of committing persons to mental hospitals,
and the rights, care, treatment and release or discharge of
persons so committed is hereby continued for the purpose of
continuing said investigation and study. Said commission
shall be provided with quarters in the state house or else-
where, may hold hearings, and may expend for clerical and
other assistance and for expenses the balance of the amount
appropriated in item 0255-06 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, and such additional sums as may be ap-
propriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation and study, and
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legis-
lation necessary to carry its recommendations into effect,

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 36, 37, 38. 925

by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before
the first Monday of May in the current year.

Approved April 6, 1955.

Resolve in favor of edwin e. drewniak of west Chap. 36

SPRINGFIELD.

Resolved, That for the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation of the commonwealth and subject to appropriation,
there shall be paid from the state treasury the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars to Edwin E. Drewniak of West Springfield, '
who received severe personal injury resulting in the loss of
his left eye by reason of an explosion on August twenty-first,
nineteen hundred and fifty, in the chemistry laboratory of the
University of Massachusetts, where said Drewniak was at
work, as compensation to said Drewniak for all hospital,
medical and surgical bills contracted by him as a result of
said explosion. Approved April 7, 1955. *

Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial Chap. 37

COUNCIL RELATIVE TO THE DAMAGES RECOVERABLE UNDER
THE DEATH STATUTES AND FOR INJURIES SUFFERED BY
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi-
gate the subject matter of current house document numbered
thirteen hundred and fifty-seven, relative to correcting cer-
tain errors in the death statutes and making certain provi-
sions as to the maximum damages recoverable for death uni-
form, and the subject matter of current house document
numbered sixteen hundred and seven, relative to increasing
the safety of workmen in industry by providing a supple-
mentary remedy for injuries resulting from the negHgence of
the employer or his agents, and to include its conclusions
and its recommendations, if any, in relation thereto, with
drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect
to the same, in its annual report for the current year.

Approved April 7, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by Chap. 38
A special commission relative to the future use of

THE BROOKLINE-NEWTON WATER LANDS.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the pres-
ident thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and one member to
be designated by each of the boards of selectmen of the
towns of Brookhne, Dedham and Needham, and one by the
mayor of the city of Newton, is hereby estabhshed for the
purpose of making an investigation and study of the Brook-
fine and Newton water lands, lying along the banks of the
Charles river, which are no longer required by those com-

926 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 39, 40.

munities for water supply purposes. Said commission shall
consider the future use of this land and the most desirable
pubHc purposes for which some or all of this land could be
made available, including the feasibihty of the acquisition
of said land by the metropohtan district commission for
park purposes. Said commission shall report to the general
court the results of its investigation and study, and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before the first Wednesday in December of the current year.

Approved April 15, 1955.

Chap. 39 Resolve further reviving and continuing the special

COMMISSION established TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION
AND STUDY RELATIVE TO THE STATE TEACHERS' COLLEGES.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter forty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three to make an investigation and study relative
to the state teachers' colleges, including the Massachusetts
School of Art, and most recently revived and continued by
chapter sixty-four of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, is hereby further revived and continued for the
purpose of continuing its investigation and study. Said com-
mission shall be provided with quarters in the state house or
elsewhere, may hold public hearings, may travel within and
without the commonwealth, and may expend for professional,
clerical and other services and expenses the balance available
in item 0241-00 of section two of chapter six hundred and
eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four
and such other sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said
commission shall, from time to time, report to the general
court the results of its investigation and study, and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry such recommendations into effect by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives, the
final report to be filed not later than the twenty-seventh day
of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved April 28, 1955.

Chap. 40 Resolve providing for a study by the commissioner

OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
CERTAIN PROPOSED LABOR LAWS.

Resolved, That the commissioner of labor and industries
is hereby authorized and directed to make a study of the
subject matter of current house document numbered 28,
relative to further defining "Employment" under the labor
laws to include the preparation and marketing of crops; of
current house document numbered 31, relative to correcting
the weekly payment of wages statute; of current house
document numbered 32, relative to requiring the proper

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 41, 42. 927

shoring of trenches; and of current house document num-
bered 1364, relative to establishing a lunch period after eight
hours of labor. Said commissioner shall report to the general
court the results of said study, and his recommendations, if
any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with
the clerk of the house of representatives on or before June
first in the current year. Approved April 28, 1956.

Resolve providing for the continuance of an investi- Qhn^Q 41

GATION AND STUDY RELATIVE TO PLANS AND PROPOSALS "'

FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY CIRCUIT, SO CALLED.

Resolved, That the division of planning in the department
of commerce, the department of natural resources, the de-
partment of public works and the metropolitan district com-
mission, sitting as a joint board, are hereby authorized and
directed to continue the study and investigation authorized
by chapter forty-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four concerning the suggested public improvement
known as "The Bay Circuit". In the course of its study,
said joint board shall investigate further the detailed de-
velopment of the Bay Circuit with specific reference to the
development of existing open spaces and to the acquisition
and development of additional open spaces and areas to
meet the recreational needs and demands of the state's
growing population. The joint board shall make its study
and investigation without any appropriation therefor. The
board shall report the results of its study and investigation
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts (rf
legislation to carry such recommendations into effect by
filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives
on or before the first Wednesday in January, nineteen
hundred and fifty-six. Approved April 28, 1956.

Resolve Reviving and continuing the specla.l com- CJicm, 42

MISSION ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND
STUDY RELATIVE TO PROPERTIES ABUTTING ON BOULEVARDS
UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
COMMISSION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, established
by chapter seventy-nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, is hereby revived and continued for the pur-
pose of continuing its investigation and study relative to
properties abutting on boulevards under the control of the
metropolitan district commission. Said commission shall
report to the general court the results of its investigation
and study, and its recommendations, if any, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommenda-
tions into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the
house of representatives on or before June first in the current
year. Approved April 28, 1965.

928 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 43, 44.

Chap. 43 Resolve in favor of the wroow of the late anthony

PARENZO AND THE ESTATE OF THE LATE WILLIAM A. GLYNN.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public
good, and after an appropriation has been made therefor,
there be paid out of the state treasury to the widow of the
late Anthony Parenzo and to the estate of the late William
A. Glynn, who died while members of the house of repre-
sentatives and after they had been re-elected for another
term, the salaries to which they would have been entitled
if they had been sworn in and had served until the end of
the nineteen hundred and fifty-five session of the legislature.

Approved April 28, 1955.

Chap. 44 Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation

AND STUDY BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ON TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter
eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, and most recently continued by chapter thirty-two of
the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, shall, in
making its investigation and study, consider the subject mat-
ter of current senate document numbered 85, relative to
further exempting from taxation certain property of certain
disabled veterans and of veterans who have been awarded
the purple heart; of current senate document numbered 89,
relative to providing pro-rata exemptions on certain real es-
tate tax assessed to disabled veterans; of current senate
document numbered 514, relative to providing further ex-
emption from the income tax law for physically disabled
and mentally retarded children; of current house document
numbered 251, relative to providing for the reimbursement
by the commonwealth of cities and towns on account of tax
exemptions granted to veterans; of current house document
numbered 375, relative to increasing the deduction for de-
pendents allowed for income tax purposes; of current house
document numbered 380, relative to providing further ex-
emptions from taxation for certain persons sixty-five years
of age or over; of current house document numbered 475,
relative to allowing a deduction for dependents attending
school and increasing deductions for dependents for income
tax purposes; of current house document numbered 759,
relative to increasing the deduction for dependents allowed
for income tax purposes; of current house document num-
bered 761, relative to increasing the deductions for de-
pendents allowed for income tax purposes ; of current house
document numbered 772, relative to providing that certain
exemptions and deductions relating to the taxation of in-
comes shall be applied to income received from annuities
and certain intangibles; of current house document num-
bered 975, relative to providing for a state income tax de-
duction for certain children contributing to the support of

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 45. 929

their parents; of current house document numbered 979,
relative to providing for certain deductions under the law
relating to income taxes; of current house document num-
bered 985, relative to further defining the veterans' tax
abatement law; of current house document numbered 1234,
relative to increasing tax exemptions in cases of certain de-
pendents; of current house document numbered 1235, rela-
tive to increasing the income tax exemption for dependents,
including foster children; of current house document num-
bered 1243, relative to exempting from taxation certain real
property of certain veterans and other persons; of current
house document numbered 1244, relative to exempting from
taxation certain real property of certain veterans and other
persons; of current house document numbered 1491, rela-
tive to increasing the deduction for dependents allowed for
income tax purposes; of current house document numbered
1495, relative to increasing the tax deduction for a husband
or wife under the income tax law; of current house docu-
ment numbered 1497, relative to providing reimbursement
to towns on account of tax exemptions to veterans; of cur-
rent house document numbered 1503, relative to increasing
the amounts of tax deduction for certain dependents on cer-
tain classes of income; of current house document numbered
1996, relative to increasing income tax deductions for men-
tally and physically handicapped children; of current house
document numbered 2253, relative to exempting from taxa-
tion certain real property of certain veterans and other per-
sons; of current house document numbered 2259, relative
to disabled veterans' tax exemption rights; of current house
document numbered 2260, relative to tax abatements for
veterans; and of current house document numbered 2261,
relative to providing a full real estate tax exemption for
paraplegic veterans and their surviving spouses.

Approved April 28, 1955.

Resolve authorizing and directing the department Qhnqj 45
of public works to continue an investigation and ^'

study relative to improving fairhaven harbor.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby
authorized and directed to continue its investigation and
stud}^ relative to the advisability and expediency of provid-
ing for the improvement of the port facilities at Fairhaven
Harbor. Said department shall report to the general court
the results of its investigation and study and its recommen-
dations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary
to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before the first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved May 2, 1955.

930 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 46, 47, 48.

Chap. 46 Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-

SIGN ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY
RELATIVE TO THE ERECTION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH
OF A STATUE OR OTHER SUITABLE MEMORIAL TO COMMEM-
ORATE THE LATE MAURICE J. TOBIN.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter ninety-five of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four is hereby revived and continued for the pur-
pose of making an investigation and study relative to the
erection within the state house or elsewhere within the com-
monwealth of a statue or other suitable memorial to com-
memorate the late Maurice J. Tobin. Said commission shall
be provided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere,
may travel within and without the commonwealth and may
expend for clerical and expert services, and for such plans,
designs and models, and for such other services and expenses
as may be necessary or desirable to accompHsh the purposes
of this resolve the balance available in item 0255-02 of sec-
tion 2 of chapter 687 of the acts of 1954 and such other sums
as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall re-
port to the general court the results of its investigation and
study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to carry said reconunendations into
effect, by fifing the same with the clerk of the house of rep-
resentatives not later than the first Wednesday of Decem-
ber in the current year. Approved May 5, 1955.

Char). 47 Resolve in favor of Frederick a. wentzell, an em-
ployee OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Resolved, That the director of the division of emplojonent
security be authorized to adjust the salary paid to Frederick
A. Wentzell, an employee of the division of empJojTnent
security for the period from December sixteenth, nineteen
hundred and forty-eight to September eighth, nineteen
hundred and fifty, inclusive, in the amount of four hundred
and ninety-two dollars and forty-four cents, notwithstanding
the provision of section three A of chapter two hundred and
sixty of the General Laws. Approved May 6, 1955.

Chap. 48 Resolve providing for a study by the industrial acci-
dent BOARD OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF CERTAIN PRO-
POSED LAWS RELATING TO THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
LAW.

Resolved, That the industrial accident board is hereby
authorized and directed to make a study of the subject
matter of current senate document numbered 328, relative
to amending the workmen's compensation law by further
regulating the procedure of examinations by impartial physi-
cians; of current senate document numbered 329, relative
to providing an impartial physicians' panel in cardiac cases

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 49, 50. 931

before the industrial accident board; of current house docu-
ment numbered 17, relative to the appointment of impartial
physicians to examine injured employees under the work-
men's compensation law; and of current house document
numbered 1367, relative to the appointment of impartial
physicians under the workmen's compensation law. Said
board shall report to the general court the results of said
study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives on or before June first in the current year.

Approved May 9, 1956.

Resolve providing for a proper representation of the Qhav 49

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE ^'

AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR, INC.
HELD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the national conven-
tion of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor,
Inc., held in the city of Boston in the current year, and to
ensure, in arranging entertainments and other events in con-
nection therewith, proper co-operation between the Ameri-
can Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc., and the
commonwealth, there may be expended, with the approval
and under the direction of the governor and council, such
sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved May 12, 1955.

Resolve reviving and further continuing the special QJiq/q 59

COMMISSION established TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND "*

STUDY RELATIVE TO THE PREVENTION OF CHILD DELIN-
QUENCY, THE REHABILITATION OF DELINQUENT CHILDREN
AND AS TO THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING INSTITU-
TIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, established
by chapter seventy-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and forty-seven and most recently revived and continued by
chapter eighty-four of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fiftj'^-four, is hereby further revived and continued for the
purpose of continuing its investigation and study relative to
the prevention of child delinquency, the rehabilitation of
delinquent children, and as to the advisabiUty of establish-
ing institutions for the treatment of such children. The
commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may require by sum-
mons the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the
production of books and papers, and may expend the balance
available in item 0246-00 of section two of chapter six hun-
dred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four and such other sums as may be appropriated there-

932 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 51, 52.

for. Said commission shall report to the general court the
results of its investigation and study, and its recommenda-
tions, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing one or more re-
ports with the clerk of the house of representatives at such
time or times as the commission may elect; provided, that
the commission shall so file its final report on or before the
first Wednesday of June in the current year.

Approved May 12, 1955.

Chap. 51 Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-
sion ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY
RELATIVE TO THE RETARDED CHILDREN AND THE TRAINING
FACILITIES AVAILABLE THEREFOR AND INCREASING THE
MEMBERSHIP OF SAID COMMISSION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter seventy-seven of the resolves of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-two, and most recently revived and continued
by chapter one hundred and ten of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, is hereby further revived and con-
tinued for the purpose of continuing its investigation and
study relative to the number of retarded children in the
commonwealth and the training facilities available for their
instruction, and fitting said children for community living.
The membership of said commission shall be increased by
the addition of one person to be appointed by the governor.
Said commission shall be provided with suitable quarters in
the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may require
by summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
the production of books and papers, may travel within and
without the commonwealth, and may expend for clerical and
other services the unexpended balance available in item
0245-00 of section two of chapter six hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four and such
other sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commis-
sion shall report to the general court the results of its investi-
gation and study, and its recommendations, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations
into effect, by filing one or more reports with the clerk of the
house of representatives from time to time, and by filing its
final report on or before the first Monday in June of the
current year. Approved May 12, 1955.

Chap. 52 R.ESOLVE reviving AND CONTINUING AND INCREASING THE
SCOPE OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO STUDY
AND INVESTIGATE COMMUNISM AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
AND RELATED MATTERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter eighty-nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three and revived and continued by chapter one
hundred and twenty-three of the resolves of nineteen hundred

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 52. 933

and fifty-four is hereby revived and continued for the pur-
pose of continuing its investigation and study of the extent,
character and objects of communism and subversive ac-
tivities and related matters within the commonwealth; the
diffusion within the commonwealth of subversive and un-
American propaganda that is instigated from foreign coun-
tries, or of a domestic origin, and attacks the principle of the
form of government as guaranteed by our constitution and
all other questions in relation thereto that would aid the
general court in enacting any necessary remedial legislation.

Said commission in making its investigation shall consider
all the aspects of such activities, including, but not limiting
its investigation thereto, educational, governmental, indus-
trial and political activities. Said commission shall, in the
course of its investigation and studj'', consider the subject
matter of current house document numbered 140, relative
to candidates for public office making known any communist
affiliation; of current house document numbered 459, rela-
tive to disqualifying for employment by the commonwealth
or of any of its political subdivisions any officer or employee
who refuses to answer certain questions concerning the con-
duct of his office or the performance of his duties ; of current
house document numbered 1571, relative to registration of
voters in cities and towns, and of current house document
numbered 1802, relative to disqualifying for employment by
the commonwealth or any of its subdivisions any person who
refuses to answer certain questions relative to his acts while
an official or employee of the commonwealth or of its sub-
divisions. Said commission shall be provided with quarters
in the state house or elsewhere, shall hold public hearings,
may travel within and without the commonwealth, may sit
during the session and recess of the general court, may re-
quire by summons the attendance of such witnesses and the
production of such books, papers and documents, and take
such testimony as it deems necessary.

Upon a majority vote of the commission, summonses shall
be issued under the signature of the chairman or vice chair-
man, and shall be served by an officer of the general court or
by any person designated by the commission. The chair-
man or any member of the commission may administer oaths
to witnesses. Every person who behaves in a disorderly or
contemptuous manner before such commission shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in
section twenty-eight A of chapter three of the General Laws.

The subject of any investigation in connection with which
witnesses are summoned shall be clearly stated before the
commencement of any hearings and the evidence sought to
be ehcited shall be relevant and germane to the subject as
so stated.

Any witness summoned at a public hearing and any wit-
ness before a private hearing shall have the right to be ac-
companied by counsel, who shall be permitted to advise the
witness while on the witness stand of his rights.

934 Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 53.

Every witness shall have the opportunity at the con-
clusion of the examination by the commission to supplement
the testimony which he has given by making a written or
oral statement, which shall be made part of the record, but
such statement shall be confined to matters with regard to
which he has previously been examined.

Any person whose name is mentioned or who is specifically
identified and who believes that testimony or other evidence
given in a pubhc hearing before the commission or any sub-
committee thereof or comment made by any member of the
commission or its counsel tends to defame him or otherwise
adversely affects his reputation, shall be afforded the fol-
lowing privileges : —

(a) He may file with the commission a sworn statement
concerning such testimony, evidence or comment, which shall
be made part of the record of such hearing.

(b) He may appear personally before the commission
and testify in his own behalf.

Said commission, during its investigation, shall have
the assistance of the attorney general, the department of
education and such other departments, boards, commissions
and officers of the state government as may be requested by
said commission to assist and co-operate.

Said commission shall report its findings to the general
court at such time or times as it may deem advisable, but in
any event shall file a final report not later than the first day
of February, nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Such report
shall include the name and all other identifying data avail-
able to the commission, of any individual, concerning whom,
the commission, during the course of the investigation, has
received creditable evidence that such individual was or is a
member of the coraimunist party, a communist or a sub-
versive. Said commission may expend for expenses and legal,
clerical and other assistance, the balance available in item
0298-00 of section two of chapter one hundred and ninety-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four and such
sums as may hereafter be appropriated therefor.

Approved May IS, 1955.

Chap. 53 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by
A special commission relative to the state board

OF RETIREMENT.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission to consist of
two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, the commissioner
of administration, and two persons to be appointed by the
governor, at least one of whom shall be familiar ■wdth the
administration of private retirement plans, is hereby estab-
lished to make a survey and study of the administration of
the state board of retirement, with a view to determining
the most efficient and economical methods of administering

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 54. 935

said system. Said commission shall, in the course of its
study, consider the subject matter of current senate docu-
ment numbered 504, relative to the state board of retire-
ment. Said commission shall be provided with quarters in
the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may re-
quire by summons the attendance and testimony by wit-
nesses and the production of books and papers, may call on
state officials for advice and assistance, may travel within
the commonwealth, and may expend for clerical and other
services and expenses such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Said commission shall report to the general
court the results of its investigation and study, and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing
the same with the clerk of the senate from time to time but
not later than the first Wednesday of June in the current
year. Approved May 13, 1955.

Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis- nhf.^ r.A

SIGN established FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AN IN- ^'

VESTIGATION AND STUDY RELATIVE TO THE USE OF TELE-
VISION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, estab-
lished by chapter ninety-six of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and fifty-two, and most recently revived and con-
tinued by chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the
resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, is hereby further
revived and continued for the purpose of continuing its in-
vestigation and study relative to the use of television for
educational purposes. Said commission ma}'', in the course
of its investigation and study, conduct such engineering and
other surveys as it deems necessary to petition the Federal
Communications Commission to allocate and reserve addi-
tional television channels for non-commercial educational
television purposes in central Massachusetts, the Connecticut
valley, and Berkshire county, and to prepare the necessary
application or apphcations for the utiUzation of the non-com-
mercial television channel or channels allocated to Massa-
chusetts. Said commission shall be provided with quarters
in the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may re-
quire by summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses
and the production of books and papers, may travel within
and outside the commonwealth, and may expend for clerical,
engineering, legal and other services the unexpended balance
available in item 0229-00 of section two of chapter six hun-
dred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fifty-two and such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall report to the general court the results
of its investigation and study hereunder, and its recommenda-
tions, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing one or more re-
ports with the clerk of the senate at such time or times as the

936 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 55, 56, 57.

commission may elect; provided, that the commission shall
so file its final report on or before the first day of June, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-five.

Approved May 16^ 1955.

Chap. 55 Resolve validating the acts of e. viola liddell of

HINGHAM AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Resolved, That the acts of E. Viola Liddell of Hingham
as a notary public between March nineteenth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four and July twenty-eighth, nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, both dates inclusive, in so far as
the same may have been invaUd by reason of the fact that,
upon the change of her name from E. Viola Yule, she failed
to re-register under her new name and pay to the state
secretary a fee of one dollar as required by section thirteen
of chapter thirty of the General Laws, are hereby confirmed
and made valid. Approved May 20, 1955.

Chap. 56 Resolve authorizing a joint board to study the feasi-
bility OF draining certain lands near the neponset

RIVER and developing THE SAME.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission, the
department of public works, the department of public health
and the department of commerce, acting as a joint board,
are hereby authorized and directed to continue their study
of the feasibility of draining the lands adjacent to the Ne-
ponset river in the areas of Hyde Park, Readville, Dedham,
Canton, Westwood, Norwood, Dorchester, Neponset, Milton
and Sharon by means of water controls in said river or other-
wise; and the advisability, in view of existing uses of land
bordering and neighboring such areas, of developing them
for highway, health, recreation, school, park, business, indus-
try, wildlife reservation or other public or private purposes.
Said joint board shall report to the general court the results
of its study and its recommendations, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into ef-
fect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives on or before June thirtieth in the current year.
Said joint board may expend for the purposes of this resolve
such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved May 26, 1955.

Chap. 57 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RELATIVE TO
reconstructing THE DAM AT THE SITE OF THE OLD RES-
ERVOIR IN THE MIDDLEFIELD STATE FOREST IN THE TOWN
OF MIDDLEFIELD.

Resolved, That the department of natural resources is
hereby authorized to make an investigation and study of
the subject matter of current house document numbered

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 58, 59, 60. 937

2405, relative to authorizing the department of natural re-
sources to reconstruct the dam at the site of the old reservoir
in the Middlefield State Forest in the town of jNIiddletield.
Said department may expend for the purpose of this resolve
such sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said depart-
ment shall report to the general court the results of its in-
vestigation and study, and its recommendations, if any, to-
gether with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first
Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved May 26, 1955.

Resolve providing for a proper representation of the fhri^y) kc

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE "'

55th ARTILLERY A. E. F. VETERANS' ASSOCIATION TO BE
HELD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the national conven-
tion of The 55th Artillery A. E. F. Veterans' Association to
be held in the cit}^ of Boston in the cm-rent year, and to en-
sure, in arranging entertainments and other events in con-
nection therewith, proper co-operation between said associa-
tion and the commonwealth, there may be expended, with
the approval and under the direction of the governor and
council, such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved May 26, 1955.

Resolve providing for a proper representation of the nhp^ kq

COMMONWEALTH AT THE CONVENTION OF THE FRANCO- ^'

AMERICAN WAR VETERANS, INC., TO BE HELD IN THE CITY
OF WORCESTER IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the convention of
the Franco-American War Veterans, Inc., to be held in the
city of Worcester in the current year, and to ensure, in
arranging entertainments and other events in connection
therewith, proper co-operation between the Franco- American
War Veterans, Inc., and the commonwealth, there may be
expended, with the approval and under the direction of the
governor and council, for said purpose such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Approved May 26, 1955.

Resolve validating the acts of francis g. doherty of CJiq^oj qq

BOSTON as a notary PUBLIC. ^'

Resolved, That the acts of Francis G. Doherty of Boston
as a notary public between May ninth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-one and May tenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, both dates inclusive, in so far as the same may have been
invahd by reason of the fact that the said Francis G. Doherty

938 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 61, 62, 63, 64.

failed to take the oath of said office and to pay the required
fee to the state secretary, are hereby confirmed and made
valid to the same extent as if during said time he had been
qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved June 1, 1965.

Chap. 61 Resolve in favor of the widow of the late Arthur u.

MAHAN.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public
good, there be allowed and paid out of the state treasury to
the widow of the late Arthur U. Mahan, who died while a
member of the present house of representatives, the salary
to which he would have been entitled had he Uved and served
until the end of the nineteen hundred and fifty-six session of
the general court. Approved June 8, 1956.

Chap. 62 Resolve in favor of the estate of the late franklin

STURGIS, jr.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public
good, there be allowed and paid out of the state treasury
to the estate of the late Franklin Sturgis, Jr., who died
while a member of the house of representatives, the salary
to which he would have been entitled had he lived and
served until the end of the nineteen hundred and fifty-six
session of the legislature. Approved June 3, 1955.

Chap, 63 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

THE department OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF DREDG-
ING CERTAIN PARTS OF NUTTING's LAKE IN THE TOWN OF
BILLERICA.

Resolved, That the department of public health and the
department of public works are hereby authorized and
directed to make an investigation and study, relative to the
feasibility of dredging certain parts of Nutting's lake, in the
town of Billerica, with a view to ehminating a health menace
caused by erosion and washouts. For such purposes the said
departments may expend such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. The said departments shall report to the general
court the results of their investigation and study, and their
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives not
later than the first Wednesday in December in the current
year. Approved June 13, 1955.

Chap. 64 Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation

AND STUDY BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ON TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 65. 939

eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-eight,
and most recently continued by chapter tliirty-two of the
resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, shall, in making
its investigation and study, consider the subject matter of
current senate document numbered 517, relative to amend-
ing the law in regard to the tax on gains from the exchange of
intangible personal property; of current senate document
numbered 525, relative to making certain changes in the law
relating to the gasoline and motor vehicle fuel tax; of cur-
rent senate document numbered 526, relative to making cer-
tain changes in the law relating to the gasoline and motor
vehicle fuel tax; of current senate document numbered
527, relative to encouraging new building by limitation of
assessments during the building period; of current house
document numbered 266, relative to exempting from tax-
ation new industries establishing themselves in the com-
monwealth of Massachusetts; of current house document
numbered 977, relative to requiring the placing of tax stamps
on cigarette packages; of current house document numbered
982, relative to providing for the reimbursement of poUtical
subdivisions of the commonwealth for certain excises paid or
payable on gasohne and certain other motor vehicle fuel
bought by them; of current house document numbered 1247,
pertaining to the taxation of business and manufacturing
property; of current house document numbered 1493,
relative to exempting governmental bodies from payment of
excise tax on gasoline and other motor vehicle fuel; of cur-
rent house document numbered 1511, relative to altering the
provisions of the income tax law, so called, relative to the
recognition of gain and loss on reorganizations; and of cur-
rent house document numbered 2254, relative to exempting
certain motor vehicles chartered by the department of public
works from the tax on motor vehicle fuel.

Approved June 13, 1956.

Resolve authorizing and directing the metropolitan
district coxmmission to continue an investigation and
study relative to the extension of the metropolitan
water system mains into the counties of plymouth
and bristol,

Resolved, That the metropoUtan district commission, au-
thorized and directed, under authority of chapter fifty-four
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, to make
a comprehensive investigation and study of the advisability
and feasibihty of constructing, as part of the metropohtan
water system, extensions of its water-distributing mains into
the cities and towns of Plymouth and Bristol comities, and
of furnishing water so that said cities and towns may be
ensured an adequate supply of water, is hereby authorized
and directed to continue said investigation and study. The
commission shall estimate the costs of making such exten-
sions and of furnishing such water, and shall submit a method

Chap. 65

940 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 66, 67.

of payment therefor by such cities and towns, which shall
pay a fair share of the costs of such water, the costs of ex-
tending said water mains, and of connections thereto. Said
commission may expend for the purposes of this resolve such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission
shall report to the general court the results of its investiga-
tion and study and its recommendations, if any, together
with estimates of costs, and drafts of legislation necessary to
carry said recommendations into effect, by filing the same
with the clerk of the senate on or before the fifteenth day of
June in the current year. Approved June 15, 1955.

Chav 66 Resolve in favor of francis w. bennett op holyoke.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obhgation of the commonwealth and subject to appropria-
tion, there shall be allowed and paid out of the state treasury
to Francis W. Bennett of Holyoke the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars in payment of his claim against the common-
wealth for injuries sustained in the fine of duty while at-
tending the Massachusetts National Guard encampment at
Camp Plattsburg, Plattsburg, New York, in the year nine-
teen hundred and forty. No payment shall be made here-
under until there has been filed with the comptroller an
agreement signed by said Francis W. Bennett that the
amount, if any, paid or to be paid for legal services rendered
in connection with the passage of this resolve shall not ex-
ceed ten per cent of the amount paid or payable hereunder.

Approved June 20, 1955.

Chav. 67 Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-
sioN established to make an investigation and study
relative to the proper clearance of tracks in rail-
road YARDS.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter ninety-four of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, and revived and continued and the mem-
bership and scope increased by chapter 99 of the resolves of
1954, is hereby revived and continued for the purpose of
continuing its investigation and study relative to the proper
clearance of tracks in railroad yards. Said commission shall,
in the course of its investigation and study consider the sub-
ject matter of senate document numbered 564 of 1954,
relative to physical examination of certain railroad employ-
ees, and of the investigation and study proposed by house
document numbered 2725 of 1954, relative to the overlap-
ping of transportation facilities in eastern Massachusetts.
Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere, may hold public hearings, and may ex-
pend for clerical and other services and expenses the bal-
ance available in item 0273-00 of chapter six hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 68, 69. 941

Said commission shall report to the general court the results
of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, if
any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with
the clerk of the senate not later than the thirtieth day of
December in the current year. Approved June 20, 1955.

Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis- Qhn^ 68

SIGN established TO INVESTIGATE AND STUDY GROUND ^'

WATER SUPPLIES IN THE COUNTIES OF PLYMOUTH AND
BRISTOL.

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission established
by chapter fifty-five of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four for an investigation and study of ground water
supplies and of determining new sources thereof in the coun-
ties of Plymouth and Bristol is hereby revived and continued
for the purpose of further considering that subject with
particular reference to the quantities of water to be obtained
from ground water sources and location of said sources, the
best method of conservmg said water supphes, of purifying
and protecting the purity of said water and all other matters
pertaining to the subject of ground water supplies in said
counties.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings and shall have
the power to summons witnesses. It may employ engineers,
consulting engineers and geologists, chemists and attorneys
and may expend therefor and for such other assistance and
expenses such sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said
commission shall report to the general court the results of
said study and investigation together with recommendations,
if any, and drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
recommendations into effect by filing the same with the
clerk of the senate on or before the last Wednesday in De-
cember, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved June 20, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by (Jji^j) gg

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO A PRO-
POSED PIER EXTENSION AT THE STATE FISH PIER IN THE
CITY OF GLOUCESTER.

, Resolved, That the department of pubhc works is hereby
alithorized and directed to make an investigation and study
relative to a proposed pier extension at the state fish pier in
the city of Gloucester, in making such study the said de-
partment shall consider the subject matter of current senate
document numbered five hundred and fifty-nine and current
house document numbered two thousand four hundred and
six. For the purpose of this resolve said department may
expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor. The
department shall report to the general court the results of

942 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 70, 71, 72.

its investigation and study, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry its recommendations, if any, into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before
the last Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved June 23, 1955.

Chap. 70 Resolve providing for an investigation and study

RELATIVE TO THE ERECTION OF A MURAL IN COMMEMORA-
TION OF COLONEL THOMAS CASS AND THE OFFICERS AND
MEN OF THE NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Resolved, That an unpaid special committee, to consist of
one member of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof and two members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, is hereby estabhshed for
the purpose of making an investigation and study of current
house document numbered 1988, providing for a mural in
commemoration of Colonel Thomas Cass and the officers and
men of the Ninth Regiment of Infantry, INIassachusetts
Volunteers, for services rendered to the state and nation
during the Civil War, and to perpetuate the glorious tradi-
tions of the regiment. Approved June 23, 1955.

Chap. 71 Resolve providing for a proper representation of the

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART TO BE HELD IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented on the occasion of the national con-
vention of the Mihtary Order of the Purple Heart to be
held in the city of Boston on August ninth to fifteenth, in-
clusive, m the current year, and to ensure, in arranging en-
tertainment and other events in connection therewith, proper
co-operation between the Mihtary Order of the Purple
Heart and the commonwealth, there may be expended, with
the approval and under the direction of the governor and
council, such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved June 23, 1965.

Chap. 72 Resolve providing for a study by a special commission

RELATIVE TO THE AL^KING OF IMPROVEMENTS OF PORTIONS
OF THE BLACKSTONE RIVER.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist (j^f
one member of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, two members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons to be
appointed by the governor, is hereby established to make a
study relative to making improvements of the Blackstone
river beginning at a point at the Millbury town line at Wor-
cester and continuing through the towns of Northbridge,
Uxbridge, Millville and Blackstone to the Rhode Island fine

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 73, 74. 943

at Woonsocket, by cleaning and dredging and the construc-
tion of such work as may be necessary to provide protection
against floods.

Said commission shall be provided with suitable quarters
in the state house or elsewhere, may hold public hearings and
may expend such sums for legal, technical, clerical and other
assistance and expenses as may be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall report to the general court the results
of its study, and its recommendations, if any, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommendations
into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on
or before the last Wednesday of December in the current
year. Approved June 24, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation and study QJidnj 73

BY A SPECIAL COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF UNIFORM BOAT REGULATIONS AND RELATED
MATTERS.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist of
two members of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, four members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons to be
appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the pur-
pose of making an investigation and study of the subject
matter of current house document numbered 1794, relative to
regulating the operation of outboard motors on great ponds
or inland waters, and of current house document numbered
2218, relative to establishing uniform boat regulations. Said
commssion may call upon such departments, boards, com-
missions and officers of the commonwealth for such informa-
tion as it may desire in the course of its investigation. Said
commission shall be provided wath quarters in the state house
or elsewhere, may hold public hearings, may travel within
or without the commonwealth, and may expend for legal,
clerical and other assistance and expenses such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to
the general court the results of its investigation and study,
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into
effect, by fihng the same with the clerk of the senate not later
than the first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved June 27, 1965.

Resolve providing that the state department of pub-
lic WORKS conduct A STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF
drainage conditions in the DRAIN^AGE AREA OF THE
SAUGUS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN THE TOWNS OF
WAKEFIELD, READING, LYNNFIELD AND SAUGUS.

Resolved, That the department of public works, acting
through its division of waterways, is hereby authorized and
directed to make an investigation and study of the drainage

Chap. 74

944 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 75, 76, 77.

area of the Saugus river and its tributaries in the towns of
Wakefield, Pleading, Lynnfield and Saugus with a view to
reheving drainage conditions in the towns affected. Said de-
partment may expend for the purposes of this resolve such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said department
shall report to the general court the results of its investiga-
tion and study and its recommendations, if any, as to the
methods of improving the area, with estimates of costs and
drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommendations
into effect by filing the same with the clerk of the house of
representatives on or before the first Wednesday in March in
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved June 28, 1955.

Chap. 75 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

THE metropolitan DISTRICT COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE
CAUSE OF FLOODING OF CRANBERRY BROOK IN THE TOWN
OF SAUGUS AND THE CITY OF MELROSE.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to investigate and study the
cause of the flooding of Cranberry brook in the town of
Saugus and the city of Melrose. The said commission shall
in the course of such investigation and study consider the
feasibility of reclaiming land in that area. Said commission
may spend such sums as may be ajDpropriated and shall
report to the general court the results of its investigation
and study by filing the same with the clerk of the house of
representatives not later than the first Wednesday in Decem-
ber in the current year. Approved June 28, 1955.

Chap. 76 Resolve establishing a special commission to arrange

APPROPRIATE EXERCISES TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUN-
DRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That a special commission, consisting of one
member of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, two members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, and one person to be ap-
pointed by the governor, is hereby established to arrange
appropriate exercises to commemorate the one hundred and
seventy-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the constitution
of the commonwealth. For the purposes of this resolve said
commission may expend such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved June 29, 1955.

Chap. 77 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

AN UNPAID special COMMISSION RELATIVE TO LOCAL
transit COMPANIES.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission to consist of
two members of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, five members of the house of representatives to be

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 78, 79. 945

designated by the speaker thereof, and six members to be
appointed by the governor, is hereby established to make a
study of the general problem of local transit companies and
street railway companies, excluding the Metropolitan
Transit Authority, and the laws applicable thereto. Said
commission shall also investigate the present conditions of
such local transit companies, street railway companies and
motor bus transportation companies, and shall recommend
such remedial legislation as may be necessary to insure ade-
quate transportation service to the people of the common-
wealth at fair and reasonable costs. In the course of its
study and investigation, said commission shall consider the
subject matter of current house documents numbered 981,
1233, 1739 and 2255, relative to exempting motor buses used
in carrying passengers for hire from the payment of the
gasoline tax.

Said commission may travel within and without the com-
monwealth, shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere, and may expend for clerical and other
expenses such sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said
commission shall report to the general court the results of its
investigation and study, and its recommendations, if any,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its
recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerk
of the house of representatives on or before the last Wed-
nesday of December in the current year.

Approved July 5, 1955.

Resolve in favor of olive a, cooper. Chav 78

Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obhgation of the commonwealth, there shall be allowed and
paid from the state treasury to Olive A. Cooper of Spring-
field, who was injured, and whose property was damaged, on
November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, when
an automobile driven by said OHve A. Cooper was struck by
a wild deer on the highway in the town of Shrewsbury at the
intersection of Clews street and Route 20, such sum, not
exceeding one thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars
and eighty cents, as may be appropriated therefor. No pay-
ment shall be made hereunder until there has been filed with
the comptroller an affidavit signed by said Olive A. Cooper
that no money has been paid to anyone to secure the passage
of this resolve. Approved July 5, 1955.

Resolve providing for a study by the metropolitan njiQjf 7g

DISTRICT COiMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF ^'

THE MYSTIC RIVER AND LANDS OF THE COMMISSION AD-
JACENT THERETO.

Resolved, That the metropohtan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to investigate and study

946 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 80, 81.

the desirability of promulgating plans for the beautifica-
tion and improvement of the Mystic river and lands of the
commission adjacent thereto, including the development and
improvement of suitable recreational facilities and park-
ways in said area. Approved July 5, 1966.

Chap. 80 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

A SPECIAL COMMISSION RELATIVE TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and four persons to
be appointed by the governor, of which appointees one shall
be the commissioner of insurance, one a representative of
stock fire insurance companies, one a representative of mu-
tual fire insurance companies and one a representative of
the general pubhc, is hereby estabhshed for the purpose of
making an investigation and study of fire insurance poHcies,
with special reference to the deductible clause, so called,
commonly referred to as endorsement number four, and in-
cluding water damage caused by rising tides. Said commis-
sion shall investigate such other matters relative to fire in-
surance as may be referred to it by the general court.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may require
by summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
the production of books and papers, may travel within and
without the commonwealth, and may expend for legal,
clerical and other assistance and for expenses such sums as
may be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall re-
port to the general court the results of its investigation and
study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate not
later than the first Wednesday of January in the year nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six. Approved July 6, 1966.

Chap. 81 Resolve providing for the establishment of a special

COMMISSION ON EQUALIZATION AND APPORTIONMENT.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist of
the tax commissioner or his representative and four persons
to be appointed by the governor, including a qualified real
estate appraiser, a quafified realtor, an economist or other
person experienced in the use of economic statistics, and a
pubhc member who shall be designated chairman, is hereby
authorized and directed to prepare an equalization and ap-
portionment for the assessment of state and county taxes
on the several cities and towns. The commission shall be
provided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 82, 83. 947

hold hearings and shall have the power to summon wit-
nesses and to require the production of such books, papers
and documents as it deems necessary. It may employ ap-
praisers, statisticians and consultants and may expend there-
for and for other necessary assistance and expenses such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission
shall collect and tabulate from any available sources such
information relative to the assessment and the sale price or
the actual or appraised value of taxable property of every
important class in the several cities and towns as may be
necessary to determine the approximate full value of such
property in each city and town. Information so tabulated
shall be included in the final report of the commission. On
or before the first Wednesday of December in the current
year, said commission shall make a preliminary report to
the general court proposing a permanent agency of the
commonwealth to be responsible for the preparation, at
stated intervals, of the equalization and apportionment re-
quired by law, and any other changes in the laws relative to
such equalization and apportionment as it may deem neces-
sary or desirable, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry its recommendation into effect. Not later than
April thirtieth in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six,
said commission, on the basis of information then in its pos-
session, shall prepare and submit to the general court or to
such other agency as may hereafter be designated by the
general court for such purpose a final report, together with
a proposed equalization and apportiomnent for the assess-
ment of state and county taxes. Approved July 6, 1966.

Resolve authorizing and directing the commissioner QJiq^ 32
of labor and industries to make an investigation ^'
and study relative to certain labor practices.

Resolved, That the commissioner of labor and industries is
hereby authorized and directed to make an investigation and
study of the subject matter of current senate documents
numbered 324, 340 and 341, and current house documents
numbered 1127 and 1622. Said commissioner shall report
to the general court the results of his investigation and
study, and his recommendations, if any, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, by fihng the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives on or before the first Wednesday of December in
the current year. Approved July 6, 1955.

Resolve in favor of mart e. conway of Lexington. QJia-n 83
Resolved, That for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth, and after an appropriation
has been made therefor, there be allowed and paid out of
the state treasury to Mary E. Conway of Lexington, whose
husband, Lieutenant James O. Conway, was killed on Octo-

948 Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 84.

ber second, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, while on duty
as a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, when
he swerved the jet plane he was piloting into an embank-
ment in order to avoid crashing into residences in the East
Boston district of the city of Boston, the sum of twenty-five
dollars weekly for a period of four years. Said four-year
period shall begin July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five
and end June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
No payment shall be made hereunder until there has been
filed with the comptroller an affidavit signed by said Mary
E. Conway that no money has been paid to anyone to secure
the passage of this resolve. Approved July 7, 1955.

Chap. 84 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

A SPECIAL COMMISSION RELATIVE TO HUNTING AND FISH-
ING WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND CERTAIN MATTERS
RELATING THERETO, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT OF THE
GROUND WATER LEVEL WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, consisting
of three members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, four members of the house of representatives,
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and two persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making an investigation and study relative to
hunting and fishing within the commonwealth and certain
matters relating thereto, including the subject of the ground
water level within the commonwealth. Said commission
shall, in making its investigation and study, consider the
subject matter of current house documents numbered 1030,
1031 and 1789, and shall also consider the advisabihty of
acquiring certain land in the town of Berkley; of further
regulating the practice of inshore dragging; and of further
regulating the importation of canned lobster meat.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may travel within or without the
commonwealth, may hold public hearings, shall have the
power to summon witnesses and to require the production
of books, records and papers and the giving of testimony
under oath, and may expend any balance of sums appropri-
ated under item 0110-44 of section 2A of chapter 573 of the
acts of 1953, and such additional sums as may be appropri-
ated therefor. Said commission shall report to the general
court the results of its investigation and study and its rec-
ommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry such recommendations into effect by filing
the same with the clerk of the senate on or before the third
Wednesday of January in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six. Approved July 7, 1956.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 85, 86. 949

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by (jhnj) §5

THE department OF NATURAL RESOURCES RELATIVE TO ^ '

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RECREATIONAL AND SWIMMING FA-
CILITIES IN THE TOWN OF ADAMS.

Resolved, That the department of natural resources is
hereby authorized and directed to make an investigation
and study relative to the establishment of recreational and
swimming facilities in the town of Adams. Said department
may make such surveys and hire such experts as it deems
necessary for the purposes of such investigation and study,
and may expend therefor such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Said department shall report to the general court
the results of its investigation and study, and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry said recommendations into effect, by filing the
same ^\dth the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before the first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved July 7, 1955.

Resolve establishing an unpaid special commission to
study and investigate state and local relationships
in government.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and nine members
to be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for
the purpose of making a study and investigation of state-
local relationships in government in order that areas of offi-
cial responsibiUty of state and local authorities may be estab-
hshed. The governor shall appoint three members from the
pubhc at large, one of whom shall be a county official, and
one each from a list of three members submitted by each of
the following organizations: — the Massachusetts Mayors'
Association, the Massachusetts City Managers' Association,
the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association, Inc., the Massa-
chusetts Association of School Committees, Inc., the Mass.
State CIO Industrial Union Council, and the Massachusetts
branch of the American Federation of Labor. The governor
shall designate one of the members as chairman.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may hold public hearings and may
expend for clerical and other services and expenses such sums
as may be appropriated therefor.

Said commission shall report to the general court the re-
sult of its study and investigation and its recommendations,
if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the senate not later than the third Wednesday in
January, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved July 7, 1955.

Chap. 86

950 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 87, 88.

Chap. 87 Resolve reviving and further continuing the special

COMMISSION TO STUDY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOOL, INCREASING THE SCOPE OF
SAID COMMISSION, AND FIXING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH
SAID COMMISSION SHALL FILE ITS FINAL REPORT.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter seventy of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-one, as most recently revived and continued by chapter
one hundred and twenty-six of the resolves of nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, to make a study and investigation rela-
tive to the establishment of a state medical and dental
school under the jurisdiction of the University of Massa-
chusetts, is hereby revived and continued for the purpose of
continuing its investigation and study relative to the estab-
lishment of a medical and dental school. Said commission
shall study the establishment of a New England Board of
Education, and the adoption of proposed compacts among
the New England states authorizing co-operative planning
in the field of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and
technical, professional, graduate training.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may require
by summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
the production of books and papers; may travel within and
without the commonwealth, and may expend for legal, c er-
ical and other assistance the balance of the amount appro-
priated in item 7613-08 of section two of chapter six hun-
dred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two,
and such additional sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall report to the general court the re-
sults of its investigation and study and its recommendations,
if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
said recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the senate from time to time and by filing a final
report not later than September thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fifty-five. Approved July 7, 1955.

Chap. 88 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

A special COMMISSION RELATIVE TO PROCURING A STEEL
MILL AND ATOMIC PLANTS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons
to be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for
the purpose of making a study, investigation and survey
relative to the procurement of a steel mill and atomic plants
within the commonwealth. Said commission shall be pro-
vided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may
hold public hearmgs, may travel within and without the
commonwealth, employ experts, clerical and other necessary

Resolves, 1955. —Chaps. 89, 90. 951

services, call on state and federal officials and department
heads for advice and assistance, and may expend such sums
as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall
report to the general court the results of its stud}'', investiga-
tion and survey, and its recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said recom-
mendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of
the house of representatives not later than the first Wednes-
day of December in the current year.

Approved July 13, 1955.

Resolve reviving and further continuing the special rihrj^^ qq

UNPAID commission ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE AND ^'

STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING THE UNIFORM
COMMERCIAL CODE,

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission, estabhshed
by chapter sixty-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-three and revived and continued by chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, is hereby further revived and continued for
the purpose of continuing its investigation and study of the
advisability of establishing the uniform commercial code.
Said commission shall also continue to consider the subject
matter contained in the appendix to the minority report of
house document numbered twenty-four hundred of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four relating to the drafting by certain
states of a form of a compact relative to the proposed uni-
form commercial code. Said commission shall be provided
with quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may in the
performance of its duties travel within and without the
commonwealth, may expend for clerical and other services
and expenses the balance available in item numbered 0293-00
of section two of chapter six hundred and eighty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and such other
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission
shall report to the general court the results of its investiga-
tion and study and its recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recom-
mendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of
the house of representatives from time to time and by filing
a final report on or before the fourth Wednesday of January,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six. Approved July 13, 1955.

Resolve in favor of edna b. telford, dennis p. glynn pi Qp>

AND RUSSELL B. POMEROY. U/la/?. yU

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public
good, there be allowed and paid out of the state treasury to
Edna B. Telford, Dennis P. Glynn and Russell B. Pomeroy,
members of the house of representatives, the salaries to
which they would have been respectively entitled had they
been members on the first day of the current session of the
general court. Approved July 13, 1955.

952 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 91, 92, 93.

Chap. 91 Resolve in favor of j. robert mahan and warren a.

TURNER.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the pubHc
good, there be allowed and paid out of the state treasury to
J. Robert Mahan and Warren A. Turner, members of the
house of representatives, the salaries to which they would
have been respectively entitled had they been members on
the first day of the current session of the general court.

Approved July 13, 1955.

Chap. 92 Resolve to further continue the study by the de-
partment OF mental health relative to the advisa-
bility OF making psychiatric service available to
the district courts.

Resolved, That the department of mental health, author-
ized and directed under chapter seventj^-seven of the resolves
of nineteen hundred and fifty-four to continue a study and
investigation relative to the advisability of providing psj^chi-
atric services and facilities for the district courts of this com-
monwealth shall further continue its stud}^ and investigation
until the first Wednesday of December, nineteen hundred
and fifty-five, at or before which time said department shall
report to the general court, by filing a report with the clerk
of the house of representatives, the results of its study and
investigation, so continued, and its recommendations, if
any, together with drafts of legislation necessar}' to carry its
recommendations into effect. For the purposes of this re-
solve there may be expended such sums as ma}^ be hereafter
appropriated therefor. Approved Jidy 14, 1955.

Chap. 93 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

AN unpaid special COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE ADVANCE-
MENT IN GRADE AND MAXIMUM SALARY RATES FOR CER-
TAIN STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist of
two members of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof and five members of the house of representatives to
be designated b}^ the speaker thereof, is hereby established
for the purpose of making an investigation and studj'- of the
subject matter of current senate document numbered 478
and of current house documents numbered 938, 1216, 1709,
1979, 2223 and 2225. Said commission may expend for
clerical and other necessary expenses such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation and study, and
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legis-
lation necessary to carry such recommendations into eft'ect,
bj'' filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives on or before the first Wednesday of December in the
current year. Approved July 14, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 94, 95. 953

Resolve reviving and continuing the state office QJiQr) 94

BUILDING commission.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission estabhshed
by chapter ninety-nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three and revived and continued by chapter one
hundred and eleven of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, is hereby further revived and continued for the
purpose of investigating and studying the cost of leasing
privately owned ])uildings by the commonwealth, the
necessit}' of a new state ofHce building or buildings and the
proper facilities for the storage and preservation of public
records and documents and the historic documents in the
archives of the commonwealth. The preliminary investi-
gation of the commission shall include site selection, surveys,
engineering and planning for said projects. Said commission
may call upon any department, commission, board or officer
of the commonwealth, and in the name of the commonwealth
consult with other state governments and the federal govern-
ment for such information as it may desire in the course of
its investigation. Said commission shall be provided with
quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings,
may travel within or without the commonwealth, and may
expend for legal, clerical and other assistance, and for ex-
pen.ses, the balance available in item 0270-09 of section two
of chapter six hundred and seventy-five of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-three, and such other sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its studies, together with plans
and estimates of costs and drafts of legislation necessary to
carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the same
with the clerk of the house of representatives not later
than the first Wednesday in February, nineteen hundred
and fifty-six. Approved July 18, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation and study of QJku) 95
A certain pier and w^harf at nant.asket beach.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission and
the department of public works, acting as a joint boai-d, are
hereb}' autliorized to make an investigation and study of the
subject matter of current house document numbered 402,
providing for the management and maintenance of a certain
pier and wharf at Nantasket beach by the department of
public works. The board shall report to the general court the
results of its investigation and study, and its recommenda-
tions, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to
carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the same
with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the
first Wednesday of December in the year nineteen hundred
and fifty-six. Approved July 18, 1955.

954 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 96, 97.

Chap. 96 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by
A special commission of certain proposed legislation
pertaining to the industrial and economic develop-
ment and prosperity of the commonwealth and re-
lated matters.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, four members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and one person to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby authorized and
directed to make an investigation and study of the subject
matter of the investigation proposed by current senate
documents numbered 76, 83, 96 and 98; of current senate
documents numbered 78, 79, 82 and 97; of the investigation
proposed by current house document numbered 1982 and
2066; of current house documents numbered 382, 1525,
1738, 1981, 1985, 2269, 2271, 2272 and 2273. Said commis-
sion shall consult with appropriate officers and boards of
municipahties and other state agencies, and may request
assistance of such governmental agencies, local, state and
federal, as will further the purposes herein set forth. Said
commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may require by
summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
the production of books and papers; may travel \\athin and
without the commonwealth and may expend for legal, cleri-
cal and other assistance, and for expenses, such sums as
may be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report
the results of its investigation and study and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry its recommendations into effect, by fiUng the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before the first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved July 19, 1965.

Chap. 97 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by
the department of natural resources relative to
the dutch elm disease.

Resolved, That the department of natural resources is
hereby authorized to make an investigation and study of
the subject matter of current house document numbered
1032, providing reimbursement by the commonwealth to
cities and towns in connection with the Dutch elm disease.
Said department shall report to the general court the results
of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, if
any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with
the clerk of the house of representatives not later than the
first Wednesday in December in the current year.

Approved July 19, 1965.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 98, 99. 955

Resolve reviving and continuing the unpaid special Qjid^ Qg

COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO STUDY AND REVISE THE '

LAWS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HOMEWORK.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter one hundred of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four to make a survey and study of the laws of the
commonwealth relating to industrial homework, with a view
to the revision and codification of said laws and to the
recommending of such changes therein and additions thereto
as may appear necessary or desirable is hereby re\aved and
continued. Said commission shall hold hearings, shall be
provided with quarters in the state house or elseAvhere, and
may expend for expenses and legal, clerical and other assist-
ance the unexpended balance of the amount appropriated in
item 0255-08 of section two of chapter six hundred and
eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four
and such sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said com-
mission shall report to the general court the results of its
survey and study, and its recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said recommenda-
tions into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house
of representatives not later than August fifteenth in the
current j'^ear. Approved July 20, 1965.

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to (Jjifiy 99

SHORE AND BEACH EROSION IN THE METROPOLITAN DIS- ^'

TRICT.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to make an investigation and
study of the subject matter of current house document num-
bered 261, making an appropriation for the state's share of
the cost of the beach erosion project for Quincy Shore beach
to be financed in part by the federal government and of
similar projects for Atlantic and Wollaston beaches. Said
commission shall also study the shore line and beaches under
the jurisdiction of the metropohtan district commission, and
make such surveys as it deems necessary for the purpose of
recommending a program for protecting the shore from
erosion by the sea. Said commission shall consider the
method of financing the program with a view to receiving
the co-operation of cities, towns, counties, the common-
wealth and the federal government in said program. Said
commission shall report to the general court the results of
its investigation and study, and its recommendations if any,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same \^^th the
clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first
Wednesday of January in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six. Approved July 20, 1955.

956 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 100, 101, 102.

Chap. 100 Resolve increasing the scope of the special commis-
sion ON equalization and apportionment.

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission on equahza-
tion and apportionment, established by chapter eighty-one
of the resolves of the current year, shall, in making its in-
vestigation and study consider the subject matter of cur-
rent senate document numbered 720, reimbursing the towns
of Ashland, Framingham, Hopkinton, Natick and Wayland
for the loss of taxes on certain land therein owned by the
commonwealth and held for recreational purposes; of cur-
rent house document numbered 2673, third interim report
of the fiscal survey commission, and of current house docu-
ment numbered 2907 relative to the reimbursement to cer-
tain cities and towns of sums due them as reimbursement
for loss of taxes on state-owned land.

Approved July 20, 1955.

Chap. 101 Resolve authorizing the department of public health
TO make an investigation and study relative to the
establishment of certain hospitals.

Resolved, That the department of public health is hereby
authorized and directed to make an investigation and study
of the subject matter of current house document numbered
712, relative to establishing a hospital for victims of dis-
eases resulting in parah^sis, and of current house document
numbered 1689, relative to requiring the commonwealth to
provide sufficient physiotherapy treatment for persons af-
flicted with cerebral palsy. Said department shall report to
the general court the results of its investigation and study,
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, by filing the same from time to time with the clerk of
the house of representatives. In making its investigation
and study hereunder, said department may expend such
sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Approved July 22, 1955.

Chap. 102 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

THE department OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO RE-
CLAIMING CERTAIN LAND AND DREDGING AND IMPROVING
IPSWICH RIVER.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby
authorized and directed to make an investigation and study
of the subject matter of current house document numbered
824, authorizing and directing the department of public
works to dredge and otherwise improve the Ipswich River
Channel, and of current house document numbered 2061,
authorizing and directing the department of public works to
reclaim certain swamp lands in the town of Tewksbury.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 103, 104. 957

Said department shall report to the general court the results
of its investigation and study, together with drafts of legis-
lation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives from time to time but not later than the first AVednes-
day of December in the current year.

Approved July 22, 1955.

Resolve providing for a study by the Massachusetts C/zap. 103

AERONAUTICS COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE USE AS EVI-
DENCE OF AUTHENTICATED PAPERS AND REPORTS OF THE
FEDERAL CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD.

Resolved, That the jMassachusetts aeronautics commission
is hereby authorized and directed to make a stud}' of the
subject matter of current house document numbered 1099.
relative to the use as evidence of authenticated copies of
certain papers and reports of the Federal Civil Aeronautics
Board. Said commission shall report to the general court
the results of its study, and its recommendations, if any,
together mth drafts of legislation necessar}'' to carry such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same ^vith the
clerk of the house of representatives on or before December
first in the current year. Approved July 22, 1955.

Resolve providing for a study and survey relative (7/^^r> 104
TO the disposition of certain documents, papers and ' ^'

RECORDS used IN THE CONDUCT OF THE BUSINESS OF THE

commonwealth.

Resolved, That the commissioner of administration and
the state secretary are herebj'' authorized and directed to
make a study and survey relative to the disposition of cer-
tain documents, papers and records of the several adminis-
trative agencies, departments and ilivisions of the common-
wealth which have no permanent or historic value and
which are not needed in the conduct of the business of the
commonwealth. In making such study and survey the
commissioner and the state secretary shall have access to
all documents, papers and records of each such agency, de-
partment or division, except such documents, papers and
records as are required by law to be preserved or kept
secret; and shall exclude from such study and survey all
documents, papers and records of the judicial department
and the legislative department, and so many of the docu-
ments, papers and records of the executive department as
are not required by law to be preserved or kept secret. Said
study and survey shall be made for the purpose of ascertain-
ing the advisability or necessity of preserving certain docu-
ments, papers and records used in the conduct of the business
of the cormnonwealth and of recommending to the general
court the advisability or feasibility of the establislunent of

958 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 105, 106.

a uniform record management program. Said commissioner
and said secretary shall have the co-operation of all of the
aforesaid agencies, departments and divisions, and for
purposes of this resolve may expend for outside help such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commissioner
and said secretary shall report to the general court the
results of his study and survey and his recommendations,
if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same "with
the clerk of the senate on or before the first Wednesday of
December in the current year. Approved July 22, 1956.

Chap. 105 Resolve providing for an investigation and study

RELATIVE TO THE DRAINING AND FILLING OF MYSTIC POND
in THE TOWN OF METHUEN.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby
authorized and directed to make an investigation and study
of the subject matter of current house document numbered
2939 relative to draining and filling Mystic pond in the town
of Methuen. For said purposes, said department may ex-
pend such sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said
department shall report to the general court the results of
its investigation and study, together with drafts of legisla-
tion necessary to carry its recommendations, if any, into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or
before the last Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved July 22, 1956.

Chap.lOQ Resolve further defining the powers and duties of

THE JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PROPOSED
CHANGES IN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the joint special committee to consider
proposed changes in the correctional system of the common-
wealth is hereby authorized to travel within and without
the commonwealth in the performance of its duties, to hold
hearings at any place within the commonwealth, and to
employ legal, clerical and such other assistance as it deems
necessary and to expend for the said purposes a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars. The comptroller is hereby
authorized and directed to pay any bills or vouchers for
the expenditures of the committee herein provided for since
said committee was established by joint order of the two
branches from amounts made available by chapter four
hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of the current year
and appearing in item 0103-51 of section two of the en-
grossed bill House, No. 2700, amended.

Approved July 26, 1966.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 107, 108, 109. 959

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by QJiarf 107
A special unpaid commission relative to the need for
administration and regulation of health and wel-
fare TRUST FUNDS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist of
two members of the senate, to be designated by the president
thereof, three members of the house of representatives, to
be designated by the speaker thereof, and two persons to
be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a rep-
resentative of a major labor organization and one of whom
shall be a representative of management, is hereby estab-
lished for the purpose of making an investigation and study
relative to the need for administration and regulation of
health and welfare trust funds in the commonwealth. Said
commission shall be pro\dded with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere, and may expend for clerical and other
ser\'ices and expenses such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Said commission shall report to the general court
the results of its study, and its recommendations, if any,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the senate not later than the first Wednesday of
November in the current year. Approved July 28, 1955.

Resolve increasing the scope of the study relative QJ^j) jqS
TO certain matters pertaining to the blind.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter twenty-two of the resolves of the current year
shall, in making its investigation and study, consider the
subject matter of current house document numbered 2350
relative to the aiding of blind persons by the division of the
blind. Approved July 28, 1955.

Resolve reviving and continuing the commission to QJiqj) 109
investigate and study the method of committing ^ ■
persons to mental hospitals, and the rights, care,
treatment and release or discharge of persons so
committed.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission estabhshed
by chapter one hundred and eight of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and fifty-four, continued by chapter thirty-five of
the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, is hereby
revived and continued for the purpose of making an investi-
gation and study of the method of committing persons to
mental hospitals, and the rights, care, treatment and release
or discharge of persons so committed. Said commission shall,
in the course of its investigation and study, consider the
subject matter of senate document numbered 366 of the
year 1954. Said commission shall be provided with quarters
in the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, and may

960 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 110, 111.

expend for clerical and other assistance and for expenses such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission
shall report to the general court the results of its investiga-
tion and study, and its recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said recom-
mendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of
the senate on or before the third Wednesday of January in
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved July 28, 1955.

Chap. 110 Resolve providing for the establishment of a system

OF TOURIST ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the department of public works, the de-
partment of natural resources and the department of com-
merce, acting as a joint board, are hereby authorized and
directed to select and establish a system of tourist routes
throughout the commonwealth for the purpose of providing
access to or connecting existing and proposed pubhc forests,
parks, reservations and beaches, traversing, where possible,
regions of historic, scenic, geographic and recreational in-
terest and, so far as is practicable, utilizing secondary or
little-used roads and providing, if appropriate, roadside rest
areas, turnouts, overlooks and vistas. Said system of tourist
routes shall be selected substantially in accord, so far as is
practicable, with the recommendations of the tourist route
report of the division of planning of the department of com-
merce dated January fifth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five,
which is current house document numbered 2490, and with
due consideration to the availability or provision of overnight
and eating accommodations and such other facilities as will
afford to the greatest number of people the fullest enjoyment
of the natural, historical and recreational resources of the
commonwealth. Said system may, from time to time, be
added to or extended.

The department of pubhc works is directed to designate
such tourist routes appropriately by means of signs, symbols
or markers in order to facihtate the movement of vehicular
traffic thereon and to designate appropriately by similar
means the approaches to and locations of points of interest
along the tourist route system.

The department of pubhc works may expend for the es-
tablishment and designation of the tourist route system and
for additions thereto or extensions thereof such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Approved August 1, 1955.

Chap. Ill Resolve providing for an investigation and study

RELATIVE to ESTABLISHING A STATE PARK AND RESER-
VATION.

Resolved, That the committee on conservation is hereby
authorized to sit during the recess of the general court for
the purpose of making an investigation and study of the

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 112, 113. 961

subject matter of current house document numbered 1288,
providing for an investigation and study relative to estab-
lishing a state park and reservation in the Waltham, Weston,
Lincoln area. Said committee shall report to the general
court the results of its in^^estigation and study, and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry said recommendations into effect, by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or be-
fore the first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved August 1, 1956.

Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation Qhav 112

AND STUDY BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ON TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter
eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight and most recently continued by chapter thirty-two of
the resolves of the current year, shall, in making its investi-
gation and study, consider the subject matter proposed by
current house document numbered 2780.

Approved August 1, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation by a special Chav.WZ

COMMISSION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF PUTTING CERTAIN
power LINES UNDERGROUND AND OTHER PROBLEMS RE-
LATING TO THE INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRICAL AND TELE-
PHONE SERVICE.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission consisting
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, five members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and two persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making an investigation and study of the entire
subject of the loss of electrical and telephone service during
the hurricanes of August thirty-first and September eleventh,
nineteen hundred and fifty-four, the feasibility of placing
certain power fines underground and any other problems re-
lating to the interruption of electrical and telephone service.
Said commission shall, in the course of its investigation and
study, consider so much of the governor's message (Senate,
No. 1) as relates to a study by the department of public
utilities of the distribution of electric and telephone service,
including the possibility of requiring that existing and new
transmission lines be placed underground with a view to im-
proving the quality and efficiency of service in times of
emergency; the subject matter of the investigation proposed
by current senate document numbered 66; so much of the
investigation proposed by current senate documents num-
bered 437 and 439 as relates to the study of the problem of
placing utifity fines underground; of current house docu-

962 Resolves, 1955 —Chap. 114.

merits numbered 227, 228, 233, 1445, 1939; of the investi-
gation proposed by current house documents numbered 234,
702 and 2199 and so much of the investigation proposed by
current house document numbered 1191 as relates to the
study of the problem of placing utility lines underground.
The commission may hold hearings and may call upon the
department of pubhc utilities and other departments, com-
missions and officers of the commonwealth for such informa-
tion as it may desire in the course of its investigation. Said
commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere, may hold public hearings, and shall hire
a firm of qualified engineers to make the study. The com-
mission may expend for such purpose such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry its recommendations into effect by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives not later
than January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved August 4, 1955.

Chap. 114: Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-
sion ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY
RELATIVE TO RETARDED CHILDREN AND THE TRAINING FA-
CILITIES AVAILABLE THEREFOR.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter seventy-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-two, and most recently revived and continued by
chapter fifty-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, is hereby further revived and continued for the
purpose of continuing its investigation and study relative to
the number of retarded children in the commonwealth and
the training facilities available for their instruction, and
fitting said children for community living. Said commission
shall be provided with suitable quarters in the state house
or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may require by summons
the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the produc-
tion of books and papers, may travel within and without the
commonwealth, and may expend for clerical and other serv-
ices the unexpended balance available in item 0245-00 of
section two of chapter six hundred and eighty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four and such other sums
as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall
report to the general court the results of its investigation
and study, and its recommendations, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, by filing one or more reports with the clerk of the house
of representatives from time to time, and by filing its final
report on or before December first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five. Approved August 4, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 115, 116, 117, 118. 963

RESOLVE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COUNSEL TO THE QJid'n W^
SENATE AND THE COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES TO MAKE A STUDY RELATIVE TO CERTAIN CORRECTIVE
CHANGES IN THE GENERAL LAWS.

Resolved, That the counsel to the senate and the counsel
to the house of representatives are hereby authorized and
directed to study the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered 2653 and report the results of their study
and their recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry their recommendations into
effect bj^ filing the same Avith the clerk of the senate not
later than the first Wednesday of February in the year nine-
teen hundred and fifty-six. Approved August 4, 1955.

Resolve authorizing and directing the counsel to the fhnjy 1 1 a

SENATE AND THE COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- ^ '
TIVES TO MAKE A STUDY RELATIVE TO CERTAIN CORRECTIVE
CHANGES IN THE GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO TAXATION.

Resolved, That the counsel to the senate and the counsel
to the house of representatives are hereby authorized and
directed to study the subject matter of current senate docu-
ment numbered 745 making certain corrective changes in
the General Laws relating to taxation and report the results
of their study and their recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry their recom-
mendations into effect by filing the same with the clerk of
the senate not later than the first Wednesday of February
in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved August 4, 1955.

Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation Chap.117

AND study by the SPECIAL COMMISSION ON TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter
eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight and most recently continued by chapter thirty-two of
the resolves of the current year, shall, in making its investi-
gation and study, consider the subject matter proposed by
current senate documents numbered 84, 513 and 528, and
current house documents numbered 109, 253, 765, 1502
and 1506. Approved August 4, 1955.

Resolve authorizing and directing the counsel to the Qhnj) 118

SENATE AND THE COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- ^'
TIVES TO MAKE A STUDY RELATIVE TO CERTAIN CORRECTIVE
CHANGES IN THE GENERAL LAWS.

Resolved, That the counsel to the senate and the counsel
to the house of representatives are hereby authorized and
directed to study the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered 2661 and report the results of their study and

964 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 119, 120, 121.

their recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legis-
lation necessary to carry their recommendations into effect
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate not later
than the first Wednesday of February in the year nineteen
hundred and fifty-six. Approved August 9, 1955.

Chap. 11^ Resolve authorizing and directing the department of

CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION TO MAKE A STUDY RELATIVE
TO THE TAXATION OF SALES AND USE OF SPECIAL FUELS.

Resolved, That the department of corporations and tax-
ation is hereby authorized and directed to study the subject
matter of current house document numbered 3005 relating
to the taxation of sales and use of special fuels. Said depart-
ment shall report to the general court the results of its study,
and its recommendations, if 2jvy, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or
before the first "Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved August 9, 1955.

Chap. 120 Resolve authorizing and directing the counsel to the

SENATE AND THE COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES TO MAKE A STUDY REIxATIVE TO CERTAIN CHANGES IN
THE GENERAL LAWS.

Resolved, That the counsel to the senate and the counsel
to the house of representatives are hereby authorized and
directed to study the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered 2662 making certain changes in the General
Laws, and report the results of their study and their recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry their recommendations into effect by filing the
same with the clerk of the senate not later than the first
Wednesday of February in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six. Approved August 9, 1955.

Chap. 121 Resolve authorizing the department of public works

TO investigate AND STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF CON-
STRUCTING A BRIDGE OR BRIDGES ACROSS THE MERRIMACK
RIVER IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby
authorized and directed to make a study and investigation of
the feasibility of constructing one or more bridges over the
Merrimack river, west of the O'Leary bridge, so called, in
the city of Lawrence, as provided for in current house docu-
ment numbered 2689. Said department shall make a report
of said investigation and study by filing the same with the
clerk of the senate, together with its recommendations, if
any, and drafts of legislation necessary to carrj"" said recom-
mendations into effect, on or before the first Wednesday of
December in the current year.

Approved August 10, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 122, 123, 124. 965

Resolve validating the acts of ghislaine f. bell of qj^qj) J22

LEOMINSTER AS A NOTARY PUBLIC. ^'

Resolved, That the acts of Ghislaine F. Bell of Leominster
as a notary public between April eighteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-nine and December tenth, nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, both dates inclusive, in so far as the same
may have been invalid by reason of the fact that, upon the
change of her name from Ghislaine F. Bouley, she failed to
re-register under her new name and pay to the state secretary
a fee of one dollar as required by section thirteen of chapter
thirty of the General Laws, are hereby confirmed and made
vahd. Approved August 11, 1955.

Resolve providing for a study and investigation by Chap. 12S

THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION RELATIVE TO
THE ADVISABILITY OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING
PLAYGROUNDS, SWIMMING POOLS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to investigate and study the
advisability of constructing, improving and maintaining play-
grounds, swimming pools, beach areas, skating rinks and
other recreational facilities at places under the jurisdiction
and control of said commission, and shall provide estimates
of costs for such projects. Said commission shall report the
results of its investigation and study, and its recommenda-
tions, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to
carry the same into effect, by fihng the same with the clerk
of the senate on or before the second Wednesday in January,
nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved August 11, 1955.

Resolve in favor of the furnace brook golf club, inc. nf,ny 194

Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth, and after an appropria-
tion has been made therefor, there shall be allowed and paid
out of the state treasury to the Furnace Brook Golf Club,
Inc., a corporation duly organized within the common-
wealth, the sum of nine hundred dollars for damages sus-
tained by it on account of a taking in the year nineteen
hundred and fifty by the commonwealth, acting through
the metropolitan district commission, of a perpetual right
and easement to construct, inspect, repair, renew, replace,
operate and forever maintain a pipe line for the convey-
ance of water in, through and under certain parcels of land
owned by said golf club, the time for filing a petition for an
award of damages having elapsed.

Approved August 15, 1955.

966 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 125, 126, 127.

Chap. 125 Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation

AND STUDY BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ON TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter
eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, and most recently continued by chapter thirty-two
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, shall,
in making its investigation and study, consider the subject
matter of current senate documents numbered 87, 93, 348
and 521, and current house documents numbered 295, 472,
976, 2296 and 3069. Approved August 15, 1965.

Chap. 126 Resolve in favor of the widow of the late Walter r.

MCDONALD, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth, and after an appropriation
has been made therefor, there shall be allowed and paid out
of the state treasury to Mary T. McDonald of Waltham,
widow of Walter R. McDonald, former member of the de-
partment of pubhc safety doing poUce duty, who, while on
duty at the Wareham barracks on September nineteenth,
nineteen hundred and forty, sustained fatal injuries, which
resulted in his death on said date, an annuity of one thou-
sand dollars, payable in equal monthly instalments, for a
period of five years commencing as of the first day of June,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Said annuity shall cease
upon the remarriage of said Mary T. McDonald. No pay-
ment shall be made hereunder until there has been filed
with the comptroller an agreement signed by said Mary T.
McDonald that the amount, if any, paid or to be paid for
legal services rendered in connection with the passage of
this resolve shall not exceed ten per centum of the maximum
amount payable hereunder. Approved August 22, 1955.

Chap. 121 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

the department of COMMERCE RELATIVE TO THE ECO-
NOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.

Resolved, That the department of commerce is hereby
authorized and directed to make an investigation and study
of the economic conditions in the city of Lawrence. For the
purpose of carrying out the provisions of this resolve, said
department may expend such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Said department shall report to the general court
the results of its investigation and study and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carr>' such recommendations into effect, by fifing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on
or before the first Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred
and fifty-six. Approved August 22, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 128, 129. 967

Resolve establishing an unpaid special commission to /-ii -.^q

STUDY certain MATTERS RELATING TO RETIREMENT AND ^'^^V-^^^

pensions.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, four members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons
to be appointed by the governor, is hereb}'' estabhshed to
study and consider the subject matter of current senate
documents numbered 60, 61, 144, 147, 148, 417, 418, 419,
420, 422, 430, 431, 432, 433 and 625, and of current house
documents numbered 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 351, 355,
444, 445, 446, 449, 676, 677, 678, 679, 685, 686, 692, 694,
697, 700, 915, 916, 918, 924, 1174, 1176, 1178, 1179,1186,
1187, 1188, 1189, 1428, 1430, 1442, 1443, 1668, 1673, 1675,
1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1937, 2182,
2183, 2186, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2194, 2195, 2196,
2408, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2455, 2474, 2478, 2678 and
2690. Said commission shall be provided with quarters in
the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may re-
quire by summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses
and the production of books and papers, may call on state
officials and department heads for advice and assistance,
and may expend for expert, clerical and other services and
expenses such sums as may hereafter be appropriated there-
for. Said commission shall report to the general court the
result of its study, and its recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said recom-
mendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of
the house of representatives not later than the first Wednes-
day of December in the current year.

Approved Au vst 24, 1955.

Resolve further increasing the scope of the special fhr,^^ loQ

COMMISSION established TO STUDY AND INVESTIGATE ' ^ '
COMMUNISM AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES AND RELATED
MATTERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter eighty-nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three and most recently revived and continued by
chapter fifty-two of the resolves of the current year shall,
in the course of its investigation and study consider the
subject matter of current house document numbered 2893,
pro\'idmg for the discharge of any instructor or teacher in
any public school located in the commonwealth, who re-
fuses, at a duly constituted trial, or at certain hearings or
inquiries, to answer certain questions pertinent to his mem-
bership in the communist party.

Approved August 24, 1955.

968 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 130, 131, 132.

Chap. 130 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COUNCIL RELATIVE TO THE
PRACTICE OF NURSING WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the legislative research council is hereby
authorized and directed to make an investigation and study
relative to the practice of nursing in the commonwealth.
In the course of its investigation and study said council shall
consider the subject matter of current house documents
numbered 2918 and 2982. Said council shall report to the
General Court the results of its investigation and study by
fiUng the same with the clerk of the senate not later than
the first Wednesday in December of the current year.

Approved August 24, 1955.

Chav.lSi Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation

and STUDY BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ON TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter
eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, and most recently continued by chapter thirty-two
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, shall, in
making its investigation and study, consider the subject
matter of current house document numbered 250, relative
to payments by the city of Springfield to the town of Bland-
ford in Ueu of taxes on certain property.

Approved August 2 4, 1955.

Chap. 1S2 Resolve continuing the special committee on the

reorganization of the correctional system AND IN-
CREASING THE SCOPE THEREOF.

Resolved, That the joint special committee on the re-
organization of the correctional system, created by order
adopted in concurrence by the senate on June ninth, and by
the house on June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, be continued for the purpose of study and investigation
of the reorganization of the board of probation, the parole
board, including compensation of members and employees,
the sentencing of convicts, the equaUzation and adjustment
of salary schedules within the department of correction, and
such other of the subject matter of current senate document
numbered seven hundred and fifty as it may deem necessary
or desirable.

Said committee is hereby authorized to sit during the
recess of the general court. It shall be furnished with quar-
ters in the state house or elsewhere, may hold public hear-
ings, may travel within and without the commonwealth, shall
have the power to summon witnesses and to require the
production of books, records and papers as it deems neces-
sary, and may expend for legal, clerical and other services
such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 133. 969

Said committee shall report to the general court the re-
sults of its investigation and study and its recommendations,
if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with
the clerk of the house not later than the second Wednesday
of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved August 25, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation and study nhnrt 133

RELATIVE TO THE MILITIA LAWS AND THE VETERANS' LAWS ^'

OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission to consist of
the members of the committee on military affairs, the com-
missioner of veterans' services or his representative, the
president of the State Veterans' Ser\'ices Association or his
representative, and the state commanders of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, The American Legion, the Disabled American
Veterans and the American Veterans of World War II,
AMVETS, or representatives designated by them, respec-
tively, is hereby established to sit during the session and
the recess of the general court for the purpose of making
an investigation and study of the militia laws and the
veterans' laws of the commonwealth and the administration
thereof, with a view to the revision and codification of said
laws and to the recommendation of such changes therein
and additions thereto as may appear necessary or desirable.

Said commission, in making its survey and study, shall
consider the subject matter of chapters six hundred and
twenty-seven, six hundred and eighty-three and six hundred
and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-
four; current senate documents numbered 52, 54, 55, 56,
142 and 404, and current house documents numbered 211,
345, 902, 903, 1168, 1169, 1417, 1419, 1546, 1547, 1785 and
1906.

Said commission may request the adjutant general to
assist in its investigation, and he shall furnish such informa-
tion in his possession as requested. Said commission shall
be provided with suitable quarters in the state house or
elsewhere, may travel within and without the common-
wealth, may hold public hearings and may expend such sums
for legal, technical, clerical and other assistance and expenses
as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission may re-
quire by summons the attendance of witnesses, may ad-
minister oaths and require the production of such records
and documents as it deems essential for the purpose of such
investigation and study. Said commission shall report to
the general court the results of its investigation and study,
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before
the last Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-
six. Approved August 29, 1955.

970 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 134, 135.

Chap. 134: Resolve further continuing the special commission

ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY
RELATIVE TO THE PROBLEMS OF TAXATION.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, known as
the special commission on taxation, established by chapter
eighty-six of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, and most recently continued by chapter thirty-two of
the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, is hereby
further continued for the purpose of continuing its in-
vestigation and study relative to the problems of taxation.
Said commission shall make an investigation and study of
the general subject of taxation in the commonwealth, in-
cluding among other things the assessment and collection
of taxes and the distribution of such taxes. Said com-
mission shall also make such investigation and study with a
view to the revision and codification of the laws relating to
taxation and to the recommending of such changes therein
and additions thereto as may appear necessary or desirable.

Said commission may hold public hearings and may call
upon officials of the commonwealth or its subdivisions for
such information as it may desire in the course of its investi-
gation and study, shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, and shall have the power to sum-
mon witnesses and to require the production of books, rec-
ords, contracts and papers and the giving of testimony under
oath. Said commission may expend for expert, clerical and
other services and expenses the balance available in item
0239-00 of section two of chapter six hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four and
such other sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said
commission shall report to the general court the results of
its investigation and study and its recommendations, if any,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives from time to time and
by filing a final report on or before the setiond Monday of
June in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved August SO, 1955.

Chap.lZ5 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

THE legislative RESEARCH COUNCIL RELATIVE TO IN-
CREASING STATE AID FOR SCHOOLS, AND RELATIVE TO
AUTHORIZING TOWNS TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE
PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS FOR GROUP ACCIDENT AND SICK-
NESS INSURANCE FOR ITS PERMANENT EMPLOYEES.

Resolved, That the legislative research council is hereby
authorized and directed to make an investigation and
study relative to increasing state aid for schools. In the
course of its investigation and study said council shall
consider the subject matter of current senate documents
numbered 232 and 241, and current house documents num-

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 136, 137. 971

bered 15, 128, 129, 532, 533, 1050, 1052, 1054, 1055, 1056,
1567, 1809, 1817, 2038, 2041, 2042, 2045 and 2047, all con-
tained in current senate document numbered 822. Said
legislative research council is also authorized and directed
to make an investigation and study relative to authorizing
towns to appropriate money for the payment of premiums for
group accident and sickness insurance for its permanent
emploj^'ees. In the course of its investigation and stud}'' said
council shall consider the subject matter of current senate
resolve numbered 843. Said council shall report to the gen-
eral court the results of its investigation and study by filing
the same with the clerk of the senate not later than the
second Wednesday in November of the current year.

Approved August 31, 1955.

Resolve reviving and continuing the special com- ChavAZQ

MISSION established FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AN
investigation and study relative to THE ERECTION
OF A STEEL MILL OR MILLS AND AN ALUMINUM MILL OR
MILLS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter one hundred and fifteen of the tesolves of nine-
teen hundred and fifty-four is hereby revi v^ed and continued
for the purpose of continuing its investigation and study of
the possibility of development of the steel and aluminum
industries, including a steel mill or mills, and an aluminum
mill or mills, within the commonwealth. Said commission
shall, in the course of its investigation and study, consider
the subject matter of so much of house document num-
bered 2375 of 1954, as relates to the erection of a steel mill
in the commonwealth. Said commission shall be provided
with quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may hold
hearings, may travel within or without the commonwealth
and may expend for legal, clerical and other assistance the
balance available in item 0255-03 of section 2 of chapter
687 of the acts of 1954 and such other sums as may be ap-
propriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation and study, and
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legisla-
tion necessary to carry said recommendations into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives not later than the thirty-first day of October, nineteen
hundred and fifty-five. Approved September 1, 1955.

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by Chav 137
A special commission of the relation between juve-
nile delinquency and the distribution and sale of
publications portraying crime, obscenity and vio-
lence.

Whereas, The problem of delinquency among juveniles is
increasingly a crucial one in this commonwealth, as else-
where; therefore be it

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 137.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, eight persons to be
appointed by the governor, three of whom shall be members
of the clergy and shall represent the Catholic, Protestant
and Jewish faiths, respectively, one of whom shall be a child
psychiatrist, one a child psychologist and one a teacher ex-
perienced in student counseling, is hereby established for the
purpose of making an investigation and study of the relation
between juvenile delinquency and the distribution and sale
of publications portraying crime, obscenity or horror, includ-
ing magazines of the so-called clip and pocket variety, comic
books and other publications of a similar nature. Said com-
mission in the course of its investigation and study shall
consider, but shall not be restricted to, the following mat-
ters:—

1. The effect upon juveniles of such publications;

2. The extent of the sale and consumption of publications
which contain reading matter of an obscene or suggestive
nature, or which portray in photograph or cartoon obscene
or indecent acts or situations, or which contain pornographic
material, or which depict or explain methods of iiiflicting
bodily injury or of committing crimes, or which emphasize
brutality, violence or crime;

3. The pro\'isions of sections twenty-eight to twenty-
eight H, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seventy-two
of the General Laws applicable to such pubhcations and
their effectiveness; and

4. The effectiveness of the code promulgated by the
Comics Magazine Association of America, Inc.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, administer
oaths, require by summons the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of books and papers, may
travel within and without the commonwealth, and may ex-
pend therefor and for legal, technical, clerical and other
services and expenses such sums as may be appropriated
therefor.

Said commission shall report to the general court the
result of its investigation and study and its recommenda-
tions, if any, together ^dth drafts of legislation necessary
to carry its recommendations into effect by filing the same
mth the clerk of the house of representatives at such time
or times as it may deem desirable, and in any event, shall
file a final report not later than the first Wednesday of
December of the current year.

Approved September 6, 1956.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 138, 139, 140. 973

Resolve relative to the relief of flood conditions nhn^ 1S8

IN THE city of WALTHAM. ^'

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to make a study of drainage
conditions of Chester brook and Beaver brook, so called, in
the city of Waltham with particular reference to their cross-
ing of land of the said commission and draining into the
Charles river, for the purpose of determining what action
may be taken to reheve future flood conditions in the area
drained by said brooks. Approved September 9, 1955.

Resolve increasing the scope of the special commis- nhnj^ 139

SION TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY RELATIVE ^'

TO PROCURING A STEEL MILL AND ATOMIC PLANTS WITHIN
THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission on pro-
curing a steel mill and atomic plants within the common-
wealth, estabhshed by chapter eighty-eight of the resolves
of the current year, shall, in making its investigation and
study, consider the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered 3109, relative to co-ordinating development
and regulatory activities relating to the peaceful uses of
atomic energy. Approved September 9, 1955.

Resolve reviving and continuing the unpaid special Chav-^-^O

COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO STUDY AND REVISE THE LAWS
RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HOMEWORK.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter one hundred of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four, and revived and continued by chapter ninety-
eight of the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, is
hereby further revived and continued for the purpose of con-
tinuing its survey and study of the laws of the conmion-
wealth relating to industrial homework, with a view to the
revision and codification of said laws and to the recommend-
ing of such changes therein and additions thereto as may
appear necessary or desirable. Said commission shall hold
hearings, shall be provided with quarters in the state house
or elsewhere, and may expend for expenses and legal, clerical
and other assistance the unexpended balance of the amount
appropriated in item 0255-08 of section two of chapter six
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fifty-four and such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall report to the general court the re-
sults of its survey and study, and its recommendations, if
any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
said recommendations into effect, by fifing the same with
the clerk of the house of representatives not later than the
third Wednesday in March, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved September 9, 1955.

974 Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 141, 142.

Chap. 141 Resolve increasing the scope of the special com-
mission ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE AND STUDY THE
FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A SOUTHEASTERN MASSA-
CHUSETTS WATER DISTRICT.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, estabhshed
by chapter fifty-four of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-one and most recently revived and continued by chap-
ter seventy-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fifty-four, to investigate and study the advisability and
feasibility of establishing a Southeastern Massachusetts
Water District, and certain related matters, shall, in the
course of its investigation and study consider the subject
matter of current senate document numbered 860, a report
of the metropolitan district commission relative to the ad-
visabihty and feasibility of constructing as a part of the
metropolitan water system extensions of its water dis-
tributing mains into the cities and towns of Plymouth and
Bristol counties. Approved September 9, 1955.

Chap.l4:2 Resolve establishing an unpaid special commission
to make a survey of certain dams, dam sites and
reservoirs in the commonwealth with a view to
providing proper flood control measures.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, consisting
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, two persons to be
appointed by the governor, and the director of the division
of waterways in the department of public works, is hereby
established for the purpose of making a survey and investi-
gation of all dams and dam sites, public and private, and all
water reservoirs within the commonwealth with a view to
regulating, improving and strengthening the same so as to
ensure proper flood control measures. Said commission shall
co-operate with and seek such assistance as it may require
from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings, administer
oaths, and may expend for legal, technical, clerical and other
services and expenses such sums as may be appropriated
therefor.

Said commission shall report to the general court the re-
sult of its survey and investigation and its recommenda-
tions, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary
to carry said recommendations into effect by filing the same
with the clerk of the senate not later than the last Wednesday
of April in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved September 10, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chaps. 143, 144, 145. 975

Resolve authobizing the metropolitan district com- fii -.^o

MISSION TO make A STUDY RELATIVE TO THE MAKING OF ^'^^V'^^^
improvements of PORTIONS OF THE CHARLES RIVER AND
LOUISA LAKE IN MILFORD.

Resolved, That the metropohtan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to make a study relative to
making improvements of the Charles river, beginning at a
point at the Hopkinton towTi line at IMilford and continuing
through the towns of Milford, Hopedale and Bellingham,
and of Louisa lake in said Milford, by cleaning and dredging
the same and by the construction of such work as may be
necessary to provide protection against floods. Said com-
mission shall report to the general court the results of its
study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to carry such 'recommendations into
effect, by fihng the same ^vith the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives not later than the first Wednesday of December
in the current year. Approved September 10, 1965.

Resolve authorizing the metropolitan district com- Char) 144.

MISSION to make a STUDY RELATIVE TO THE MAKING OF ^'^^P'^^^
IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CHARLES RIVER BETWEEN THE
TOWNS OF NATICK AND WATERTOWN.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to make a study relative to
making improvements of the Charles river, beginning at the
dam in the south part of the town of Natick and continuing
through the entire course of the Charles river down to the
upper extremity of the Charles River basin in the town of
Watertown and including the so called rapids in the city of
Newton, by cleaning, dredging or any practicable or feasible
method that may be necessary to provide protection against
the recurring floods in this whole drainage area. Said com-
mission shall report to the general court the results of its
study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives not later than the first Wednesday of December
in the current year. Approved September 10, 1955.

Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis- pi i^r

SION established to make an investigation AND STUDY ^'^^^V-^^^

relative to the state board of retirement.

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission established
by chapter fifty-three of the resolves of the current year is
hereby revived and continued for the purpose of making a
survey and study of the administration of the state board of
retirement, with a view to determining the most efficient
and economical methods of administering said system. Said
commission shall, in the course of its study, consider the sub-

976 Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 146.

ject matter of current senate document numbered 504, rela-
tive to the state board of retirement. Said commission shall
be provided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere,
may hold hearings, may require by summons the attendance
and testimony by witnesses and the production of books and
papers, may call on state officials for advice and assistance,
may travel within the commonwealth, and may expend for
clerical and other services and expenses such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to
the general court the results of its investigation and study,
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into effect
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate from time to
time but not later than the first Wednesday of December in
the current year. Approved September 10, 1955.

Chap. 14:Q Resolve providing for an investigation and study by

A SPECIAL COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION
OF AN ADDITIONAL VEHICULAR CROSSING BETWEEN BOSTON
PROPER AND BAST BOSTON AND RELATIVE TO THE CREATION
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of three members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, seven members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons
to be appointed by the governor, is hereby estabhshed for
the purpose of making an investigation and study of the sub-
ject matter of current senate document numbered 81, rela-
tive to consolidation of certain agencies of the commonwealth
and of current house documents numbered 2983 and 3131,
relative to the construction of an additional vehicular cross-
ing between Boston proper and East Boston; creating the
Massachusetts Port Authority and defining its powers and
duties; providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the
authority, payable solely from tolls and other revenues, for
financing such additional crossing, refinancing the existing
tunnel and the Mystic River bridge and refinancing and im-
proving the state-owned airports, and Port of Boston fa-
cilities; providing for the transfer to said authority of said
existing tunnel, bridge, airports and port facilities.

Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may hold public hearings, may
travel within and without the commonwealth, and may ex-
pend for clerical and other ser\Tices and expenses such sums
as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall
report to the general court the results of its investigation and
study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives on or before the third Wednesday of January in
the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six.

Approved September 10, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 147. 977

Resolve further reviving and continuing the special n^nj. 147

COMMISSION established TO INVESTIGATE THE EXISTENCE ^'

AND EXTENT OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND GAMBLING, AND
OTHER RELATED MATTERS, WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, established
by chapter one hundred of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and fifty-three, and most recently revived and continued by
chapter nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred and fifty-
five, is hereby revived and further continued for the purpose
of continuing its investigation of the existence and extent of
organized crime and gambling, and other related matters as
provided in said chapter, within the commonwealth.

The membership of said commission shall be reconstituted
either with the same or different personnel, and shall consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be desigiiated by the speaker thereof, five persons, none of
whom shall hold either elective or appointive political office,
to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be desig-
nated by him as chairman, all members of said commission to
be chosen as nearly as may be on a bi-partisan political basis.

Said commission may request the commissioner of public
safety to assist it in its investigation, and he shall furnish
such information in his possession as requested, and assign
such assistants and investigators as may be requested, and
said commission may require co-operation from all agencies
of state and local governments. Said commission may em-
ploy such legal, expert, clerical and other assistants as it
deems necessary.

Said commission may require by summons the attendance
and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and
papers before it relating to any matter investigated by it in
pursuance of this resolve. Such a summons may be issued by
the commission upon a vote of said commission or pursuant
to rules of procedure adopted by said commission, and shall
be served in the same manner as summonses for witnesses in
criminal cases issued in behalf of the commonwealth, and all
provisions of law relative to summonses issued in such cases
shall apply to summonses issued under authority of this re-
solve, so far as they are applicable. Such witnesses shall,
before testifying, be sworn.

Any justice of the supreme judicial or of the superior court
may, upon petition or informal application of the commis-
sion, summarily compel the attendance of witnesses sum-
moned as aforesaid and the giving of testimony in further-
ance of any investigation under this resolve. Such justice
may by order compel the giving of such testimony before the
commission, or may compel any witness to answer before the
court any questions theretofore put to such witness by the
commission, and any other questions relative to any investi-
gation under this resolve. In the event that such justice shall
compel the giving of testimony before the court, he may,

978 Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 148.

upon application of the commission, order that the pubHc be
excluded from such sitting of the court and may impound all
papers and documents relating thereto.

No person shall be excused from attending and testifying
in the course of such investigation, or from producing any
books, papers or documents, on the ground that his testimony
or evidence, documentary or otherwise, may tend to crimi-
nate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but he
shall not be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture
for or on account of any action, matter or thing concerning
which he may be required to testify or produce evidence,
documentary or otherwise, in the course of such investiga-
tion, except for perjury committed in such testimony.

The taking of motion pictures or broadcasting by radio or
television of any proceeding in connection with any meeting
or hearing of said commission is hereby prohibited.

The commission shall report to the legislature and forward
information to the attorney general and appropriate enforce-
ment officials not less than semi-annually. For the purposes
of such investigation, said commission may expend the un-
expended balance of any amount heretofore appropriated or
transferred to it for the purposes of its work, and the addi-
tional sum of one hundred thousand dollars which is hereby
appropriated therefor. Said commission shall from time to
time refer to the attorney general and the appropriate law
enforcement agencies for presentation to a grand jury any
results of its investigation which it feels warrants action by
said officials. Said commission is hereby further directed to
report to the general court the results of its investigations
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of leg-
islation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate from time to
time, but not later than the last Wednesday in March, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-seven.

Approved Septemher 16, 1955.

Chap. 148 Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial

COUNCIL relative TO MAKING MANDATORY CERTAIN SEN-
TENCES FOR SECOND CONVICTIONS OF CERTAIN GAMBLING
CRIMES.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of Appendix D of current sen-
ate document numbered five hundred and ninety, relative
to making mandatory certain sentences for second convic-
tions of certain gambling crimes, and to include its conclu-
sions and its recommendations, if any, in relation thereto,
with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to give
effect to the same, in its annual report for the current year.

Approved September 16, 1955.

Resolves, 1955. — Chap. 149. 979

Resolve providing for the reimbursement of property pi -. ^q

OWNERS AND ABUTTERS IN THE CITIES OF CHELSEA AND ^''^^P'^^^
REVERE FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE DUMPING OF SEWER-
AGE INTO THE CHELSEA CREEK, MILL CREEK, MYSTIC
RIVER AND CHELSEA RIVER.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
Hgation, the metropoHtan district commission is hereby au-
thorized and directed to reimburse the property owners and
abutters in the cities of Chelsea and Revere for damages
caused by the dumping of sewerage into the Chelsea Creek,
Mill Creek, Mystic river and Chelsea river. For the pur-
pose of carrying out the provisions of this resolve, said com-
mission may expend such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved September 16, 1955.

980 Acts and Resolves Approved, etc.

NUMBER OF ACTS AND RESOLVES APPROVED,
APPROVAL WITHHELD, ACTS AND RESOLVE
VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND ACTS
DECLARED EMERGENCY LAWS BY THE
GOVERNOR UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE
CONSTITUTION.

The general court, during its first annual session held in
1955, passed 782 Acts and 149 Resolves, which received ex-
ecutive approval, and 2 Acts from which executive approval
was withheld but have become law by virtue of chapter I, sec-
tion I, Article II of the Constitution of the Commonwealth.

The governor returned 7 Acts and 1 Resolve with his
objections thereto in writing. Upon 7 Acts and 1 Resolve his
objections were sustained.

Two (2) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act repeahng cer-
tain special acts relative to school appropriations in the city
of Lynn" (Chapter 250) and "An Act providing for the pay-
ment of an annuity by Plymouth county to Theodore W.
Bisbee, special justice of the third district court of Plymouth
county" (Chapter 729) were passed, but failed to receive
executive approval; as, however, they were not returned,
with objections thereto, within five days after they had been
received in the executive department, the general court not
having been prorogued in the meantime, said acts have the
force of law, under the provisions of the Constitution govern-
ing such cases, and have been so certified.

Seven (7) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act relative to
rent control"; "An Act relative to the membership of the
public utilities commission"; "An Act providing a penalty
for the acceptance of Hquors by minors"; "An Act increas-
ing the compensation of the members of the police depart-
ment of the city of Boston"; "An Act increasing the salaries
of employees in the service of the commonwealth"; "An
Act authorizing the retirement board of the city of Salem
to increase the retirement allowance of Henry Letourneau";
"An Act authorizing the city of Springfield to pay an an-
nuity to the widow of Michael J. Curley"; and one (1)
Resolve entitled "Resolve in favor of John M. Ganley of
Pittsfield" were passed and laid before the governor for his
approval; were returned by him with his objections thereto,
to the branch in which they respectively originated; were
reconsidered, and the vote being taken on their passage, the
objections of the governor thereto notwithstanding, they
were rejected, and said acts and resolve thereby became
void.

Eleven (11) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act increas-
ing the amount that may be expended for the erection and
equipment of an addition to the county court house in the
county of Dukes county, and certain incidental expenses"

Acts and Resolves Approved, etc. 981

(Chapter 267); "An Act authorizing the sale of live bait on
the Lord's day" (Chapter 304); "An Act including the
Japanese beetle and pine looper as a public nuisance" (Chap-
ter 340); "An Act providing for contributory group life,
accident, hospitahzation, medical and surgical insurance for
persons in the service of the commonwealth" (Chapter 628);
"An Act relative to housing for certain elderly persons, and
persons living in substandard housing" (Chapter 641); "An
Act relative to the revocation of hunting, fishing and trap-
ping hcenses" (Chapter 647); "An Act authorizing the
miUtary reservation commission to sell or transfer certain
land of the commonwealth situated in Barnstable county"
(Chapter 665); "An Act extending certain powers of acquir-
ing land to the commissioner of natural resources" (Chapter
672); "An Act to provide funds for state activities by con-
tinuing certain taxes" (Chapter 707); "An Act revising cer-
tain statutory salaries" (Chapter 730) and "An Act extend-
ing to certain persons the privilege of becoming registered
as physical therapists" (Chapter 758) were declared to be
emergency laws by the governor in accordance with the pro-
visions of the forty-eighth amendment to the Constitution
"The Referendum. IL Emergency Measures". Said Chap-
ter 267 thereby took effect at 3.45 p.m. on May 5, 1955;
said Chapter 304 at 3.00 p.m. on April 22, 1955; said Chap-
ter 340 at 4.45 p.m. on June 2, 1955; said Chapter 628 at
10.45 A.M. on October 14, 1955; said Chapter 641 at4.15p.M.
on August 8, 1955; said Chapter 647 at 3.18 p.m. on Septem-
ber 7, 1955; said Chapter 665 at 10.55 a.m. on August 17,
1955; said Chapter 672 at 3.45 p.m. on September 1, 1955;
said Chapter 707 at 2.05 p.m. on August 24, 1955; said
Chapter 730 at 5.15 p.m. on September 9, 1955 and said
Chapter 758 at 12.30 p.m. on September 14, 1955.

The general court was prorogued on Friday, September
16, 1955, at four minutes before five o'clock, a.m., the session
having occupied 255 days.

APPENDIX

The following table and indexes have been prepared by Thomas R.
Bateman, Esq., and Frederick B. Willis, Esq., counsel, respectively,
to the Senate and House of Representatives, in accordance with section
fifty-one of chapter three of the General Laws, as amended.

TABLE

TO WHAT EXTENT THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH, AS APPEARING IN THE TERCENTENARY
EDITION, HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY LEGISLATION
ENACTED BY THE GENERAL COURT SINCE
JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-TWO.* t

Chapter 1. — Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States.

Sect. 3 revised, 1933, 278 § 1.

Chapter 2. — Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth.

Sect. 7, sentence added at end, 1953, 245.

Sect. 8 added, 1941, 121 (designating the American elm as the state
tree) .
Sect. 9 added, 1941, 121 (designating the Chickadee as the state bird).

Chapter 3. — The General Court.

Sect. 1 revised, 1946, 130 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1937, 364 § 1; 1939, 508 § 1.

Sect. 6 revised, 1937, 364 § 2; amended, 1939, 424 § 1; repealed,
1943, 549 § 2. (See 1939, 424 § 3.)

Sect. 6A added, 1939, 424 § 2 (imposing restrictions on the granting
of authoritv to use the designation of junior college) ; repealed, 1943,
549 § 2. (See 1939, 424 § 3.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1937, 364 § 3; first sentence amended, 1943, 549 § 2A.

Sect. 9 revised, 1937, 236 § 1; 1941, 307 § 1; amended, 1941, 600 § 1;
revised, 1945, 38 § 1. (See 1941, 307 § 2; 1941, 600 § 2.)

Sect. 9 stricken out and sections 9 and 9A (relative to payment of
allowances for travel and other expenses to members of the general
court) inserted, 1945, 248 § 1. (See 1945, 248 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 9, first two sentences amended, 1948, 655 § 1; revised, 1949,
784 § 1; two sentences inserted after second sentence, 1949, 801 § 1;
third sentence amended, 1950, 247 § 1; first four sentences revised, 1951,
803 § 1; last sentence revised, 1953, 171. (See 1948, 655 §§ 3, 4; 1949,
784 § 3, 801 § 2; 1950, 247 § 2; 1951, 803 § 2.)

Sect. 9A repealed. 1952, 635 § 1.

Sect. 9B added, 1953, 263 § 1 (relative to travel and expense allow-
ances for members of the general court).

• For table showing changes in legislation made during the years 1921 to 1931,
inclusive, see Table of Changes contained in pages 485-597 of the Acts and Resolves,
of 1932.

t References in this table are to the Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws,
as most recently amended, unless otherwise specified.

986 Changes in the [Chap. 4.

Sect. 10 amended, 1945, 38 § 2; revised, 1945, 248 § 2; 1948, 655 § 2;
1949, 784 § 2; amended, 1951, 803 § lA; 1952, 635 § 3. (See 1945, 248
§§ 4, 5; 1948, 655 §§ 3, 4; 1949, 784 § 3; 1951, 803 § 2.)

Sect. 11 repealed, 1937, 236 § 2.

Sect. 12 revised, 1937, 360 § 1; 1943, 260 § 1. (See 1937, 360 §§ 3-5;
1943, 260 § 3.)

Sect. 12 A added, 1952, 3 (authorizing the use of facsimiles of the
signatures of the clerks of the senate and house of representatives in
certain cases).

Sect. 13 revised, 1937, 360 § 2; amended, 1941, 230; revised, 1943,
260 § 2. (See 1937, 260 §§3-5; 1943, 260 § 3.)

Sect. 14 revised, 1948, 139.

Sect. 15 revised, 1945, 421 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1949,
806 § 1. (See 1945, 421 § 5.)

Sect. 16 revised, 1949, 806 § 2.

Sect. 18 amended, 1941, 433 § 1; 1943, 104; revised, 1945, 421 § 2.
(See 1941, 433 § 4; 1945, 421 § 5.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1935, 210; 1949, 806 § 3; 1955, 782.

Sect. 20 revised, 1939, 508 § 2; amended, 1941, 433 § 2; 1945, 38
§ 3; 421 § 4; revised, 1945, 488 § 1; 1952, 572 § 1; repealed, 1952,
635 § 2. (See 1941, 433 § 4; 1945, 421 § 5; 488 §§ 2, 3; 1952, 572 § 2.)

Sect. 20A added, 1937, 189 (relative to the purchase of uniforms for
the sergeant-at-arms, doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers, general court
officers and pages of the general court).

Sect. 21 revised, 1945, 421 § 3. (See 1945, 421 § 5.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 508 § 3.

Sect. 23 revised, 1941, 347.

Sect. 28 A added, 1954, 454 (providing a penalty for refusal to appear
and testify before the General Court or a committee or commission
thereof in certain cases) .

Sect. 32A added, 1950, 808 § 1 (relative to travel expenses of certain
special commissions and committees). (See 1950, 808 § 2.)

Sect. 46 amended, 1939, 508 § 4.

Sect. 47 amended, 1939, 508 § 5.

Sect. 49 amended, 1939, 508 § 6.

Sect. 51 amended, 1939, 508 § 7.

Sect. 53 revised, 1939, 376 § 1. (See 1939, 376 § 2.)

Sects. 56-61 added, 1954, 607 § 2 (establishing a legislative research
council and legislative research bureau).

Sect. 58 amended, 1955, 137.

Sect. 60, two sentences added at end, 1955, 579.

Chapter 4. — Statutes.

Sect. 4A added, 1952, 223 (permitting certain towns to revoke their
acceptance of certain special acts).

Sect. 5 revised, 1935, 69.

Sect. 7, clause Third revised, 1951, 215 § 1; clause Ninth revised,
1941, 509 § 1; 1945, 242 § 1; 637 § 1; clause Eighteenth amended,
1934, 283; 1935, 26; 1936, 180; 1937, 38; 1938, 245; 1941, 91 § 1;
1946, 190; 1948, 241; 1954, 128 § 1; 1955, 99 § 1; clause Forty-second
stricken out, 1953, 319 § 2; clause Forty-third added, 1954, 627 § 1;
amended, 1955, 403 § 1; clause Forty-fourth added, 1955, 683. (See

Chaps. 5, 6.] GENERAL LaWS. 987

1941, 509 § 9; 1945, 279; 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40; 1954, 128 § 2, 627 §§ 65,
67; 1955, 99 § 2, 342, 403 §§ 7-14.)
Sect. 10, first sentence amended, 1954, 180.

Chapter 5. — Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents.

As to the distribution of the Tercentenary Edition of the General
Laws, see 1941, Resolve 19.

Sect, 1, last paragraph revised, 1932, 254; two paragraphs added at
end. 1937, 373; section revised, 1938, 419; amended, ]941, 428; first
paragraph amended, 1945, 580 § 1 ; last five paragraphs stricken out and
six paragraphs inserted, 1955, 614. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)

Sect 2, paragraphs (4) and (6) revised, 1939, 508 § 8; 1945, 252.

Sect. 3, paragraph in lines 10-11 revised, 1947, 320 § 1; paragraphs
in lines 12-42 amended, 1938, 196; second of said paragraphs amended,
1941, 351 § 1; 1947, 320 § 2; paragraph in lines 52-62 amended, 1953,
319 § 3; paragraphs in fines 63-68 revised, 1947, 320 § 1.

Sect. 4, second paragraph amended, 1953, 319 § 4.

Sect. 4A added, 1947, 569 (providing for the printing and distribu-
tion of a cumulative table of changes in the general statutes from time
to time during the session of the general court) .

Sect. 6 amended, 1939, 508 § 9; revised, 1943, 344 § 1; amended,
1945, 580 § 2. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 580 § 3. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 245 § 1; 1946, 209 § 1; 1951, 68, 474; 1953, 22.

Sect. 10 revised, 1939, 508 § 10; first paragraph amended, 1945,
38 §4.

Sect. 11, paragraph in thirteenth line revised, 1941, 329; paragraph
in lines 14-31 stricken out, and two paragraphs inserted, 1945, 538;
section amended, 1947, 295.

Sect. 12 amended, 1948, 1; 1952, 179.

Sect. 18 amended, 1935, 226 § 1; revised, 1943, 313; amended, 1946,
466; sentence added at end, 1950, 811.

Chapter 6. — The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain
Officers under the Governor and Council, and State Library.

For temporary legislation establishing an emergency finance board
and defining its powers and duties, see 1933, 49.

Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 1.

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 2; 1949, 722; 1955, 730 § 1. (See 1955,
730 § 43.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1943, 314 § 1; 1949, 781 § 1. (See 1943, 314 § 2;
1949, 781 § 2.)

Sect. 6 revised, 1954, 156.

Sect. 6A added, 1952, 457 (estabhshing the offices of administrative
secretary and executive stenographer in the executive department).

Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 722 § 1; revised. 1943, 348 § 1.

Sect. 12A revised, 1954, 661 § 1. (See 1954, 661 § 2.)

Sect. 12B added, 1932, 14 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski).

Sect. 120 added, 1932, 153 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the battle of Bunker Hill). (See 1941, 91.)

988 Changes in the [Chap. 6.

Sect. 12D added, 1932, 242 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the Boston Massacre, etc.).

Sect. 12E added, 1934, 191 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the death of Commodore John Barry).

Sect. 12F added, 1935, 23 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the battle of New Orleans) ; amended, 1938, 49.

Sect. 12G added, 1935, 96 (providing for an annual proclamation by
the governor relative to American Education Week).

Sect. 12H added, 1935, 148 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the death of General Marquis de Lafayette).

Sect. 121 added, 1935, 184 (relative to the annual observance of
Indian Day); revised, 1939, 56.

Sect. 12J added, 1938, 22 (relative to the annual observance of April
nineteenth as Patriots' Day).

Sect. 12K added, 1938, 80 (relative to the annual observance of
Evacuation Day, so called).

Sect. 12L added, 1941, 387 (relative to the annual observance of
Veteran Firemen's Muster Day).

Sect. 12M added, 1947, 561 (relative to the annual observance of
Good Government Day) ; revised, 1951, 650.

Sect. 12N added, 1949, 75 (relative to the annual observance of
United Nations Day; sentence added at end, 1955, 265 § 1.

Sect. 120 added, 1949, 263 (relative to the annual obsei'vance of
Loyalty Day).

Sect. 12P added, 1952, 104 (relative to the annual observance of
civil rights week).

Sect. 12Q added, 1953, 84 (relative to the annual observance of Me-
morial Day).

Sect. 12R added, 1953, 172 (relative to the annual observance of
Polish Constitution Day).

Sect. 12S added, 1954, 124 (relative to the annual observance of
March fifteenth as Peter Francisco Day).

Sect. 12T added, 1955, 265 § 2 (relative to the annual observance of
Washington Day, Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day, Purple Heart Day,
Disabled American Veterans' Hospital Day and Army and Navy
Union Day).

Sect. 15 amended, 1946, 201.

Sect. 15A added, 1953, 170 (relative to the annual observance of
Constitution Day).

Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 490 § 1.

Sect. 17 amended, 1932, 305 § 1; 1933, 120 § 1, 336 § 1; 1934, 374
§ 1; 1935, 475 § 1; revised, 1939, 393 § 1; amended, 1945, 393 § 1;
revised, 1945, 619 § 1; amended, 1946, 368 § 2; revised, 1946, 612 § 1;
amended, 1947, 466 § 1; 513 § 1; 1948, 260 § 2; revised, 1948, 310 § 1;
476 § 1; 637 § 1; amended, 1950, 479 § 1; 1951, 511 § 1; 1952, 605 § 16;
1953, 409 § 4; revised, 1953, 608 § 1; amended, 1953, 612 § 1; 1954,
581 § 1, 537 § 1; 1955, 584 § 1. (See 1933, 336 § 3; 1948, 260 §§ 5, 6;
310 §§ 30, 31; 476 §§ 3, 4; 637 §§ 4-9, 13; 663 § 4; 1950, 479 §§ 6, 7;
1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21; 1955, 584 §§ 9, 10.)

Sect. 18 and heading stricken out and new section inserted, under
heading "armory commission", 1937, 300 § 1; sentence added at end,
1941, 19. (See 1937, 300 § 2.)

Chap. 6.] GENERAL LawS. 989

Sect. 22 amended, 1936, 341 § 1; heading and section amended,
1943, 455 § 1; 1945, 393 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1946, 584 § 18;
section amended, 1946, 591 § 3; 1950, 705; paragraph added at end,
1951, 753 § 2. (See 1936, 341 § 2; 1946, 584 § 22.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1941, 596 § 1; 1943, 455 § 2; 1945, 393 § 3.

Sect. 25 revised, 1945, 730 § 2.

Sect. 28 amended, 1938, 18; 1947, 315; 1953, 456.

Sect. 28A amended, 1934, 208 § 1; 1945, 393 § 4.

Sect. 28E added, 1934, 208 § 2 (relative to the dissemination of in-
formation concerning the pubHc bequest fund).

Sect. 31 revised, 1943, 479; amended, 1948, 569.

Sect. 32, second paragraph amended, 1947, 30 § 1 ; paragraph added
at end, 1937, 227; same paragraph revised, 1938, 473 § 1; same para-
graph revised, 1943, 43.

Sect. 42 added, under caption "milk regulation board", 1932,
305 § 2; revised, 1946, 496; first two sentences revised, 1953, 604 § 7.

Sects. 43-45 added, 1933, 120 § 2 (relative to the alcoholic beverages
control commission).

Sect. 43 amended, 1933, 375 § 1; next to last sentence revised, 1950,
785.

Sect. 44, first paragraph revised, 1933, 376 § 1.

Sect. 45 revised, 1941, 596 § 2.

Sects. 46 and 47 added, 1933, 336 § 2 (relative to the Greylock reser-
vation commission). (See 1933, 336 § 3.)

Sect. 48 added, under caption "state racing commission", 1934,
374 § 2; third paragraph amended, 1955, 730 § 2; last paragraph re-
vised, 1941, 596 § 3. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sects. 49-52 added, under caption "state planning board", 1935,
475 § 2.

Sect. 49 amended, 1936, 307; 1939, 451 § 1; revised, 1941, 466 § 5;
sentence inserted after fourth sentence, 1951, 596. (See 1941, 466 §§ 1-4,
7A. 8.)

Sect. 50A added, 1941, 466 § 7 (relative to the powers and duties of
the state planning board formerly exercised by the metropolitan plan-
ning division). (See 1941, 466 §§ 1-4, 7A, 8.)

Sects. 49-52 repealed, 1953, 409 § 2.

Sects. 53-55 added, 1945, 619 § 2 (establishing a Port of Boston
Authority). (See 1945, 619 §§ 4-11.)

Sect. 53, caption and section revised, 1953, 608 § 2 (estabUshing the
Port of Boston Commission). (See 1953, 608 §§ 13-16.)

Sect. 53 A added, 1953, 608 § 2 (establishing an advisory council to
the Port of Boston Commission).

Sect. 54 amended, 1953, 608 § 3.

Sect. 55 amended, 1953, 608 § 4.

Sect. 56 added, 1946, 368 § 3 (establishing the Massachusetts Fair
Employment Practice Commission); first sentence of third paragraph
revised, 1951, 588; caption revised and section amended, 1950, 479 § 2;
last paragraph amended, 1948, 411. (See 1950, 479 §§ 6, 7.)

Sects. 57-59 added, 1946, 583 § 1 (relative to the Massachusetts
Aeronautics Commission). (See G. L. 90 §§ 36-38, repealed by 1946,
583 § 2. See also 1946, 583 § 4.)

Sects. 59A-59C added, 1948, 637 § 2 (establishing the State Air-
port Management board). (See 1948, 637 §§ 4-9, 13; 663 § 4.)

990 Changes in the [Chap. 7.

Sect. 59B, sentence added at end, 1948, 663 § 1. (See 1948, 663
§§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 60 added, 1946, 612 § 2 (establishing the Outdoor Advertising
Authority); last paragraph revised, 1952, 468; section and caption
preceding it stricken out, 1955, 584 § 2. (See 1946, 612 §§ 5, 6; 1955,
584, §§ 9, 10.)

Sects. 61 and 62 added, 1947, 466 § 2 (estabhshing the Massachu-
setts Pubhc Building Commission); caption preceding section 61
stricken out, 1953, 612 § 2; both sections stricken out, 1953, 612 § 3.
(See 1947, 466 §§4-6; 1953, 612 §§ 10-13.)

Sect. 63 added, 1947, 513 § 2 (establishing a commission on alco-
holism); repealed and heading preceding section stricken out, 1954,
581 § 2. (See 1954, 581 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 64 added, 1948, 260 § 3 (establishing the State Housing Board) ;
sixth sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1949, 577;
second paragraph amended, 1954, 396. (See 1948, 260 §§5, 6.)

Sects. 65-69 added, 1948, 310 § 2 (establishing the Youth Service
Board). (See 1948, 310 §§ 30, 31; 542.)

Sect. 65 revised, 1952, 605 § 1; first paragraph revised, 1955, 766
§ 1. (See 1952, 605 §§ 19-21.)

Sect. 66 revised, 1952, 605 § 2; second sentence revised, 1955,
730 § 2A. (See 1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21 ; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 67, paragraph (2) stricken out, 1952, 605 § 17; section revised,
1955, 766 § 2. (See 1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21.)

Sect. 68 repealed, 1952, 605 § 18. (See 1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21.)

Sect. 69 revised, 1955, 766 § 3. (See 1955, 766 § 6.)

Sect. 69 A added, 1955, 766 § 4 (relative to the division of the com-
monwealth into juvenile districts).

Sects. 70 and 71 added, 1948, 476 § 2 (estabhshing the Board of
Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke). (See 1948, 476 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 72 added, 1951, 511 § 2 (estabhshing the weather amendment
board).

Sect. 73 added, 1954, 537 § 2 (estabhshing a council for the aging) ;
revised, 1955, 591. (See 1954, 537 § 3.)

Chapter 7. — Commission on Administration and Finance.

Sect. 2 revised, 1948, 610 § 1. (See 1948, 610 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1946, 591 § 4; revised, 1948, 610 § 2; 1951, 717 § 1;
fourth sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 3; fifth and sixth sentences stricken
out and sentence inserted, 1954, 332. (See 1948, 610 §§ 6, 7; 1955,
730 § 43.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1948, 610 § 4; 1951, 717 § 2; third sentence revised,
1955, 730 § 4. (See 1948, 610 §§ 6, 7; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sects. 5 A and 5B added, 1953, 612 § 4 (estabhshing a division of
building construction). (See 1953, 612 §§ 10-13.)

Sect. 6 revised, 1948, 610 § 3; 1950, 824; amended, 1951, 558. (See
1948, 610 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 6A added, 1941, 433 § 3 (providing for the appointment of the
postmaster and assistant postmaster of the central mailing room by the
Commission on Administration and Finance); revised, 1950, 547 § 1.
(See 1941, 433 § 4; 1950, 547 § 2.)

Sect. 6B added, 1951, 440 § 1 (establishing first aid facilities in the
state house). (See 1951, 440 §§2, 3.)

Chap. 8.] GENERAL LawS. 991

Sects. 6C and 6D added, 1953, 636 § 1 (relative to hospital expenses
for public welfare and other public assistance patients). (See 1953,
636 §§ 6-9.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1945, 457; revised, 1948, 610 § 5; paragraph
added at end, 1949, 448; same paragraph amended, 1950, 512; 1951,
455; revised, 1953, 526; stricken out, 1954, 680 § 1. (See 1948, 610
§§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 7A added, 1950, 698 (authorizing the commissioner of adminis-
tration to enter into agreements with certain towns for fire protection ,
of certain state institutions).

Sect. 13 revised, 1950, 272.

Sect. 14 revised, 1950, 273.

Sect. 15 amended, 1948, 254.

Sect. 16 revised, 1950, 274; first sentence amended, 1953, 40.

Sect. 22, clause (17) revised, 1933, 353 § 1; clause (18) added, 1955,
727.

Sect. 23A added, 1933, 353 § 2 (providing a preference in the pur-
chase of supplies and materials b}'- contractors for certain state work in
favor of domestic supplies and materials).

Sect. 25A added, 1943, 344 § 2 (authorizing the state purchasing
agent to regulate purchases of supplies and transfers thereof from one
state agency to another); revised, 1953, 201.

Sect. 26 amended, 1939, 451 § 2.

Sect. 28 revised, 1954, 680 § 2; third paragraph amended, 1955,
643 § 7. (See 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 28A added, 1954, 680 § 3 (relative to the development of train-
ing programs for certain state employees by the division of personnel
and standardization).

Sect. 29 amended, 1945, 580 § 4. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)

Sect. 30 amended, 1952, 144.

Sects. 30A-30J added, 1953, 612 § 5 (relative to public building con-
struction). (See 1953, 612 §§ 10-13.)

Sect. 30H, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1955, 548.

Sect. 30K added, 1953, 636 § 2 (relative to the annual determination
by the director of hospital costs of the all-inclusive per diem cost for
care of patients in each hospital, sanatorium and infirmary licensed by
the department). (See 1953, 636 §§ 7 and 9.)

Sect. 31 revised, 1950, 275.

Sect. 31A added, 1953, 504 (providing for recognition of state em-
ployees' suggestions which increase the efficiency of state government) ;
revised, 1954, 546.

Sect. 33 revised, 1939, 499 § 1; 1945, 292 § 1.

Sect. 34 revised, 1950, 276.

Chapter 8. — State Superintendent of Buildings, and State House.

Sects. 1-12 affected, 1935, 327; 1941, 627 § 3.

Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 249 § 1. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1935, 251; revised, 1937, 84 § 1; 1938, 249 § 2.
(See 1937, 84 § 2; 1938, 249 § 6.)

Sects. 4A and 4B added, 1955, 581 (authorizing payment of certain
expenses of capitol police officers injured in the performance of duty
and indemnifying them for certain other expenses and damages).

992 Changes in the [Chaps. 9, lo.

Sect. 5 revised, 1935, 460 § 1; amended, 1938, 387 § 1; 1946, 591

§ 5. (See 1935, 460 § 2; 1938, 387 § 2.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1953, 612 § 6. (See 1953, 612 §§ 10-13.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 249 § 3. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1938, 249 § 4; 1943, 440 § 1. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)
Sect. lOA revised, 1933, 170; 1941, 267; amended, 1943, 440 § 2;

revised, 1945, 706; paragraph inserted before last sentence, 1952, 391;

amended, 1955, 317 § 1 ; sentence added at end, 1946, 585; last sentence

stricken out and paragraph inserted, 1953, 638. (See 1955, 317 § 2.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1938, 249 § 5; sentence inserted after "officers" in

line 12, 1947, 66. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)

Sect. 16A added, 1948, 190 § 1 (providing for the preservation of

room numbered twenty-seven in the state house as a memorial and

shrine to the Grand Army of the Republic).
Sect. 17 amended, 1932, 188 § 1; 1933, 199 § 1; 1947, 350 § 1;

revised, 1948, 190 § 2; amended, 1951, 807; revised, 1952, 300, 390;

1953, 664.
Sect. 18 amended, 1932, 188 § 2; 1933, 199 § 2; 1947, 350 § 2.

Chapter 9. — Department of the State Secretary.

Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 6; revised, 1949, 789 § 1; third sentence
revised, 1955, 730 § 5. (See 1949, 789 § 5; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1935, 416; 1939, 283; 1941, 587.

Sect. 6 amended, 1934, 25 § 1.

Sect. 7 amended, 1934, 25 § 2; 1939, 342 § 1.

Sect. 9 amended, 1934, 127.

Sect. 15 amended, 1934, 19.

Sect. 17 amended, 1934, 37; revised, 1936, 31 § 1.

Sect. 20 added, 1935, 402 (regulating the publication and sale of the
Massachusetts Reports and of the advance sheets of the opinions and
decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court); revised, 1943, 426.

Sects. 21-25 added, under the caption "commission on interstate
co-operation", 1937, 404 § 1 (estabhshing a commission on interstate
co-operation as successor to the commission on interstate compacts
affecting labor and industries and defining its powers and duties, and
providing for a commission required to be established under an inter-
state compact on the minimum wage). (See 1937, 404 §§2, 3.)

Sect. 21 amended, 1941, 394 § 1; 1953, 409 § 5.

Sect. 23 amended, 1941, 394 § 2.

Sect. 25 repealed, 1943, 255 § 2. (See 1943, 255 § 3.)

Chapter 10. — Department of the State Treasurer.

For temporary legislation establishing an emergency finance board,
and defining its powers and duties, see 1933, 49.

Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 7; revised, 1949, 789 § 2; second sen-
tence revised, 1955, 730 § 6. (See 1949, 789 § 5; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 5, first sentence revised, 1941, 596 § 4; 1945, 489.

Sect. 7 revised, 1948, 533.

Sect. 8 amended, 1932, 180 § 1; revised, 1943, 427 § 1.

Sect. 8A, last sentence stricken out, 1950, 314.

Sect. 11 revised, 1939, 499 § 2; amended, 1945, 292 § 2.

Sect 16 amended, 1954, 419 § 5A.

Chaps. 11, 12.] GENERAL LawS. 993

Sect. 17 amended, 1941, 194 § 1.

Sect. 17A added, 1943, 362 § 2 (providing for the receipt and dis-
posal, by the state treasurer, of certain gifts made to the commonwealth
for military purposes).
-- Sect. 18 revised, 1945, 658 § 2. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)

Sect. 19 revised, 1945, 658 § 3. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)

Chapter 11. — Department of the State Auditor.

Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 8; revised, 1949, 789 § 3; second sen-
tence revised, 1955, 730 § 7. (See 1949, 789 § 5; 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sect. 2, first sentence revised, 1941, 596 § 5.
Sect. 5 revised, 1946, 591 § 9.

Chapter 12. — Department of the Attorney General, and the District

Attorneys.

Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 10; revised, 1949, 789 § 4; second sen-
tence revised, 1955, 730 § 8. (See 1949, 789 § 5; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1934. 133 § 1; revised, 1941, 647 § 2. (See 1934,
133 § 2.)

Sect. 3, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 2; section amended,
1943, 83 § 1.

Sect. 3B amended, 1933, 318 § 1; 1934, 291 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1953, 544; paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1943,
409 § 3. (See 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6.)

Sect. 3C added, 1947, 337 (authorizing the attorney general to settle
certain claims against state officers and employees without suit being
brought) ; second paragraph revised, 1949, 567.

Sect. 3D added, 1954, 326 (relative to indemnification or protection
of certain state officers and employees in connection with actions for
personal injuries).

Sect. 6 A added, 1947, 238 (authorizing the attorney general to call
conferences of district attorneys, sheriflfs and police officials of cities and
towns) ; paragraph added at end, 1954, 654.

Sects. 8A-8I added, 1954, 529 § 1 (estabhshing a division of pubhc
charities) .

Sect. 8E amended, 1955, 203.

Sect. 11 amended, 1939, 499 § 3; 1945, 292 § 3.

Sect. 13 revised, 1948, 423 § 1. (See 1948, 423 § 7.)

Sect. 14, paragraph in lines 5 and 6 revised, 1935, 209; paragraph
in lines 7 and 8 revised, 1935, 433 § 1; section revised, 1935, 458 § 1;
next to last paragraph revised, 1941, 470 § 1; paragraph added at end,
1948, 239 § 1; section revised, 1948, 423 § 2; amended, 1955, 678 § 1;
amended, 1951, 432 § 1; 1954, 488 § 1; second paragraph revised,
1955, 582 § 1. (See 1948, 423 § 7.)

Sect. 15 revised, 1935, 458 § 2; paragraph in line 8 revised, 1937,
279 § 1; section revised, 1947, 675 § 1; sixth paragraph stricken out and
two paragraphs inserted, 1948, 423 § 3; section revised, 1951, 804 § 1;
amended, 1954, 441. (See 1947, 675 § 4; 1948, 423 § 7; 1951, 804 §
4.)

Sect. 16, paragraph in lines 9-11 revised, 1935, 433 § 2; section
revised, 1935, 458 § 3; paragraph in lines 23 and 24 revised, 1937,
279 § 2; next to last paragraph revised, 1941, 470 § 2; section revised,

994 Changes in the [Chap. 13.

1947, 675 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1948, 239 § 2; section revised,

1948, 423 § 4; fifth paragraph revised, 1951. 432 § 2; ninth paragraph
revised, 1949, 680; section revised, 1951, 804 § 2; amended, 1954,
488 § 2; second paragraph revised, 1955, 582 § 2; ninth paragraph
revised, 1955, 678 § 2. (See 1947, 675 § 4; 1948, 423 § 7; 1951, 804
§4.)

Sect. 18 amended, 1948, 423 § 5. (See 1948, 423 § 7.)
Sect. 20A revised, 1947, 675 § 3; last sentence revised, 1951, 804 § 3.
(See 1947, 675 § 4; 1951, 804 § 4.)
Sect. 22 revised, 1948, 423 § 6. (See 1948, 423 § 7.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1948, 111.
Sect. 25 amended, 1937, 64 § 1.

Chapter 13. — Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Sect. 1 revised, 1939, 238 § 1. (See 1939, 238 §§ 52-55.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 238 § 2; first paragraph amended, 1945, 681
§ 1; second paragraph amended, 1946, 591 § 11; 1948, 580; 1950,
821 §2; 1951,716; 1955, 730 §9; paragraph inserted after second para-
graph, 1941, 403. (See 1939, 238 §§ 52-55; 1945, 681 § 2; 1955,
730 § 43.)

Sect. 2A added, 1939, 238 § 3 (relative to the appointment and com-
pensation of civil service commissioners) ; fourth sentence revised, 1941,
457; same sentence amended, 1945, 725 § 6; section revised, 1946, 591
§ 12; fourth sentence revised, 1948, 575; 1950, 821 § 1; 1951, 589;
1952, 473; 1955, 730 § 10. (See 1939, 238 § 52-55; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1932, 180 § 3; revised, 1939, 238 § 4. (See 1939,
238 §§ 52-55.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 238 § 5.

Sect. 5 revised, 1939, 238 § 6.

Sect. 6 revised, 1939, 238 § 7.

Sect. 8 amended, 1934, 329; 1946, 591 § 13; 1948, 601 § 1; 1949,
787; 1952, 627 § 1; 1955, 730 § 11. (See 1948, 601 § 2; 1952, 627 § 2;
1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 9A added, 1945, 376 (authorizing the director of registration
to make certain rules and regulations governing the conduct of exami-
nations by the several boards of registration and examination).

Sect. 10 amended, 1932, 8; 1939, 36.

Sect. 11 amended, 1937, 379; last sentence revised, 1953, 529; 1955,
730 § 12. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 12 repealed, 1937, 425 § 13. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sects. 12A-12C added, under the heading "board of registration
IN CHIROPODY (podiatry)", 1937, 425 § 1. (See 1937, 425 §§ 14, 15.)

Sect. 12A, third sentence stricken out, 1952, 73.

Sect. 12B revised, 1950, 315.

Sect. 12C revised, 1955, 730 § 13. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sects. 13-15 and the heading before section 13 stricken out and new
sections 13-15D added under heading "board of registration in
nursing", 1941, 620 § 2. (See 1941, 620 §§ 1, 4-12.)

Sect. 13 amended, 1953, 350 § 1.

Sect. 14A amended, 1953, 350 § 2.

Sect. 15 revised, 1955, 730 § 14. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Chap. 13.] GENERAL LaWS. 995

Sect. 15A amended, 1952, 585 § 19; revised, 1953, 350 § 3.

Sect. 15C revised, 1955, 730 § 15. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1934, 339 § 1.

Sect. 18 revised, 1955, 730 § 16. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1946, 550 § 1; 1947, 417.

Sect. 21, first sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 17. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1952, 625 § 1; 1953, 280 § 1. (See 1952, 625 § 3;
1953, 280 § 3.)
Sect. 24 revised, 1952, 625 § 2; 1953, 280 § 2. (See 1952, 625 § 3;

1953, 280 § 3.)

Sect 25 revised, 1941, 596 § 6; 1951, 577.

Sect. 26 amended, 1950, 192.

Sect. 28 amended, 1948, 647.

Sect. 29 and its caption stricken out and new section inserted, under
the caption "board of registration in embalming and funeral
directing", 1936, 407 § 1; revised, 1954, 653 § 1. (See 1936, 407 §§ 5-8;

1954, 653 §§ 4, 7.)

Sect. 30 revised, 1954, 653 § 1. (See 1954, 653 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 31 revised, 1936, 407 § 2; 1946, 591 § 14; 1954, 653 § 1. (See

1936, 407 §§5-8; 1954, 653 §§ 6, 7.)
Sect. 32 revised, 1935, 420 § 1; amended, 1939, 238 § 8; 1952,

585 § 20; first sentence revised, 1954, 238; fifth sentence revised,

1955, 730 § 18. (See 1935, 420 § 2; 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sect. 35, first sentence revised, 1953, 510 § 1.

Sect. 36, first sentence revised, 1945, 517 § 1; second paragraph
revised, 1941, 596 § 7; third paragraph revised, 1951, 691 § 2. (See
1945, 517 § 2; 1951, 691 § 1.)

Sect. 38, first sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 19. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 39 amended, 1941, 385 § 1; 1947, 509 § 1. (See 1941, 385
§ 2; 1947, 509 § 2.)

Sect. 40 amended, 1933, 149 § 1 ; two sentences added at end, 1934,
299 § 1. (See 1934, 299 § 2.)

Sect. 41 amended, 1938, 337 § 1; 1946, 591 § 15; revised, 1953, 556.
(See 1938, 337 § 2.)

Sects. 42-44 added, under caption "board of registration op
hairdressers", 1935, 428 § 1. (See 1935, 428 §§ 5, 7.)

Sect. 42. two sentences inserted after first sentence, 1949, 580 § 1.

Sect. 43 amended, 1937, 385 § 1; second sentence revised, 1949,
580 § 2; sentence added at end, 1955, 154.

Sect. 44 amended, 1946, 591 § 16; revised, 1951, 561; 1955, 730
§ 20. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sects. 44A-44D added, under caption "board of registration of
architects", 1941, 696 § 1. (See 1941, 696 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 44D, first sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 21. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sects. 45-47 added, under caption "board of registration of pro-
fessional engineers and of land surveyors", 1941, 643 § 1. (See
1941, 643 §§ 3-5.)

Sect. 45, first two sentences stricken out and four sentences inserted,
1955, 646.

Sect. 47 amended, 1941, 722 § lA.

Sects. 48-50 added, under caption "board of registration of
dispensing opticians", 1955, 688 § 1. (See 1955, 688 §§ 3, 4.)

996 Changes in the [Chaps. 14, 15.

Chapter 14. — Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 14 inserted, 1953, 654 § 1. (See

1953, 654 §§ 103-109.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1952.

Sect. 1, sentence added at end, 1954, 429.

Sect. 4, subdivision 1 of second paragraph amended, 1954, 681 § 3.
(See 1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Chapter 15. — Department of Education.

Sect. 1 revised, 1947, 652 § 1.

Sects. lA-lC added, 1947, 652 § 2 (establishing a board of educa-
tion which shall have supervision and control of the department of
education). (See 1947, 652 §§ 14, 15.)

Sects. IB and IC revised, 1952, 585 § 1. (See 1952, 585 §§ 25, 26.)

Sect. IB, second sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 22. (See 1955, 730
§43.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 18; repealed, 1947, 652 § 13. ,

Sect. 2 A added, 1946, 531 (providing for a deputy commissioner of
education, and establishing his powers and duties); repealed, 1947,
652 § 13.

Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 138; repealed, 1947, 652 § 13.

Sect. 3A added, 1943, 549 § 1 (establishing a board of collegiate
authority in the department of education) ; revised, 1947, 652 § 3.

Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 409 § 2; last sentence revised, 1947, 344 § 2;
section revised, 1947, 652 § 4; 1952, 585 § 2; third sentence revised,

1954, 514 § 1; 1955, 514; section amended, 1953, 407 § 4. (See 1939,
409 §§ 1, 5; 1952, 585 §§ 25, 26; 1953, 407 §§ 7, 8.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1911, 596 § 9; 1947, 652 § 5; 1952, 585 § 3. (See

1952, 585 §§ 25, 26.)

Sect. 6 revised, 1947, 652 § 6.

Sect. 6A amended, 1938, 446 § 13; revised, 1941, 531; 1946, 552 § 1;

1947, 652 § 7; 1952, 630 § 1. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 6B added, 1941, 676 § 1 (relative to the supervisor of guidance

and placement); revised, 1947, 652 § 8. (See 1941, 646; 1947, 652

§ 13.)
Sect. 8, caption preceding section revised, 1952, 585 § 4; section

amended, 1952, 585 § 5. (See 1952, 585 §§ 25, 26.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1952, 585 § 6. (See 1952, 585 §§ 25, 26.)
Sect. 11 revised, 1952, 585 § 7. (See 1952, 585 §§ 25, 26.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1935, 367; 1939, 409 § 3. (See 1939, 409 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 13 A added, 1951, 676 § 1 (establishing certain bureaus in the

division of the blind).

Sect. 15 revised. 1951, 676 § 2.

Sect. 15A added, 1954, 514 § 2 (establishing a division of special

education for mentally retarded children).

Sect. 16 revised, 1945, 658 § 4. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1945, 658 § 5. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 18 revised, 1945, 658 § 6. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 19 amended, 1942, 1 § 2; revised, 1946, 257 § 7; 1947, 344 § 3;

amended, 1953, 407 § 5; 1953, 488 § 2. (See 1942, 1 § 9; 1953, 488 § 4.)

Chaps. 16, 17.] GENERAL LawS. 997

Sect. 20, caption preceding section changed, 1947, 344 § 4; section
amended, 1947, 344 § 5.

Sect. 21, caption preceding section changed, 1946, 257 § 9; section
revised, 1946, 257 § 8; amended, 1953, 488 § 3. (See 1953, 488 §4.)

Sect. 22, caption preceding section changed, 1942, 1 § 3; section
amended, 1942, 1 § 4; revised, 1954, 594 § 1. (See 1942, 1 § 9; 1954,
594 § 2.)

Sect. 24 and caption preceding said section revised, 1953, 407 § 6.
(See 1953, 407 §§ 7, 8.)

Chapter 16. — Department of Public Works.

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 19; revised, 1949, 788 § 1; amended,
1950, 776 § 1. (See 1949, 788 § 2; 1950, 776 § 2.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 472 § 1; revised, 1955, 677. (See 1947, 472

§ 2.)

Sect. 4A added, 1955, 555 (creating certain supervisory positions in
the department of pubUc works) .

Sects. 4B and 4C added, 1955, 619 (authorizing payment of certain
expenses of pubhc works building police officers injured in the per-
formance of duty and indemnifying them for certain other expenses
and damages).

Sect. 5 revised, 1941, 596 § 10; two sentences added at end, 1945,
308; section revised, 1946, 234 § 1; amended, 1947, 586; third sentence
revised, 1950, 708; 1955, 730 § 23. (See 1946, 234 § 2; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 5A added, 1938, 407 § 1 (establishing a division of waterways
in the department of public works); amended, 1946, 591 § 20. (See
1941, 695 § 14; 1946. 582 § 5.)

Sect. 5B added, 1953, 666 § 1 (estabhshing a division of pubhc beaches
in the department of pubhc works). (See 1953, 666 §§ 3-5.)

Sects. 5C and 5D added, 1955, 584 § 3 (establishing an outdoor ad-
vertising division and an outdoor advertising board in the department
of public works). (See 1955, 548 §§ 8-10.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1935, 418 § 1; 1939, 393 § 2; 1945, 241 § 2; re-
vised, 1948, 201 § 1; amended, 1955, 584 § 3A. (See 1939, 393 § 5;
1945, 241 § 3; 1948, 201 § 4; 1955, 584 §§ 9, 10.)

Sect. 8 added, 1947, 472 § 3 (relative to the powers and duties of
the public works building police).

Chapter 17. — Department of Public Health.

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 21; 1947, 658 § 1; 1950, 794; third
sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 24. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 233 § 1 ; amended, 1946, 591 § 22. (See 1939,
233 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1941, 596 § 11; 725 § 1. (See 1941, 725 §§ 4-6.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1948, 323.

Sect. 5A added, 1947, 658 § 2 (increasing the salary of the director
of sanitary engineering and chief sanitary engineer in the department
of public health) ; repealed, 1954, 564 § 1. (See 1954, 564 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 6 revised, 1941, 725 § 2. (See 1941, 725 §§ 4-6.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1941, 725 § 3. (See 1941, 725 §§ 4-6.)

998 Changes in the [Chaps. I8-20.

Chapter 18. — Department of Public Welfare.

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 23;' 1950, 770; revised, 1952, 602 § 1;
1954, 646 § 2; third sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 25. (See 1952, 602
§§ 15-18; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1952, 602 § 2; 1954, 646 § 3. (See 1952, 602 §§ 15-18.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1952, 602 § 3. (See 1952, 602 §§ 15-18.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1948, 310 § 23; 1952, 602 § 4. (See 1948, 310 § 31;
1952, 602 §§ 15-18.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 311 § 1; revised, 1941, 596 § 12; 1952,
602 § 5. (See 1952, 602 §§ 15-18.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1941, 351 § 2; 1952, 602 § 6. (See 1952, 602 §§ 15-18.)

Sect. 9 revised, 1941, 596 § 13; 1952, 602 § 7. (See 1952, 602 §§ 15-
18.)

Sects. lOA-lOC added, 1952, 602 § 8 (relative to the powers and
duties of the director of the administrative division of the department).
(See 1952, 602 §§ 15-18.)

Sect. 11 repealed, 1945, 336 § 1.

Sect. 15 amended, 1945, 336 § 2.

Sects. 11-16 repealed and heading preceding section 11 stricken out,
1948, 310 § 24. (See 1948, 310 § 31.)

Sects. 17 and 18 added, under caption "state board of housing",
1933, 364 § 1 (establishing within the department a state board of
housing).

Sect. 17 amended, 1935, 449 § 1; 1938, 485 § 1; repealed, 1948,
260 § 1. (See 1938, 485 § 2; 1948, 260 §§ 5, 6.)

Sect. 18 amended, 1935, 449 § lA; first sentence revised, 1941,
596 § 14; repealed, 1948, 260 § 1. (See 1948, 260 §§ 5, 6.)

Chapter 19. — Department of Mental Health (former title, Department of

Mental Diseases).

Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 486 § 2; 1939, 511 § 1. (See 1938, 486 §§ 1,
21. 22; 1939, 511 § 3.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1938, 486 § 3; 1939, 511 § 2; 1946, 591 § 24; 1951,
722. (See 1938, 486 §§ 21, 22; 1939, 511 § 3.)

Sect. 3 repealed, 1938, 486 § 4.

Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 486 § 5. (See 1938, 486 §§21, 22.)

Sect. 4A amended, 1938, 486 § 6. (See 1938, 486 §§ 21, 22.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1935, 314 § 2, 421 § 3; 1950, 684 § 2; 1954, 469 § 3.
(See 1935, 421 §§ 5, 6; 1950, 684 §§ 11, 12; 1954, 469 § 6.)

Sect. 7 added, 1950, 764 (establishing a board of appeal in the de-
partment of public health) ; repealed, 1953, 477.

Chapter 20. — Department of Agriculture.

Sects. 1-6 stricken out and new sections 1-6 inserted, 1954, 674 § 1. (See
1954, 674 §§ 3-5.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1953.

Sect. 2, second sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 26. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sects. 7-9 added, under caption "division of milk control", 1941,
691 § 1. (See 1941, 691 §§ 3-6.)

Chaps. 21, 22.] GeNEEAL LaWS. 999

Sect. 7 revised, 1945, 497 § 1; second sentence amended, 1951, 690;
section revised, 1953, 604 § 1; amended, 1954, 674 § 2; third paragraph
amended, 1954, 484. (See 1945, 497 § 2; 1953, 604 §§ 6, 8.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1953, 604 § 1.

Sect. 9 revised, 1953, 604 § 1.

(For prior temporary legislation see 1934. 376; 1936, 300; 1938, 334;
1939, 413; 1941, 418 § 1; 631 § 1.)

Chapter 21. — Department of Natural Resources (former title, Department

of Conservation).

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 21 inserted, 1948, 651 § 1. (See
1948, 651 §§ 2-7.)

Chapter stricken out and new chapter (with new title) inserted, 1953,
631 § 1. (See 1953, 631 §§ 2-12.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1952.

Chapter 22. — Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 32; 1948, 517 § 1; 1949, 690; 1951,
570; second sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 27. (See 1948, 517 § 2; 1955,
730 § 43.)

Sect. 3, paragraph added at end, 1954, 650.

Sect. 3A added, 1955, 771 § 1 (establishing a criminal information
bureau within the division of state police in the department of public
safety).

Sect. 4 revised, 1946, 591 § 33; 1948, 634 § 1. (See 1948, 634 § 3.)

Sect. 4A added, 1948, 634 § 2 (providing for the appointment of a
chief of inspections in the department of public safety); amended, 1951,
721. (See 1948, 634 § 3.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1953, 644.

Sect. 7A amended, 1948, 318.

Sect. 7B added, 1945, 631 (relative to payment of compensation for
injuries or death of officers or inspectors of the department of public
safety performing police services).

Sect. 7C added, 1952, 595 (providing that no deductions shall be
made from the salaries of state police officers for their subsistence).

Sect. 9 A, sentence added at end, 1939, 503 § 4; same sentence re-
vised, 1943, 175; last sentence of first paragraph revised, 1954, 313 § 1;
1955, 88; paragraph added at end, 1947, 407; 1949, 502. (See 1939,
503 § 5.)

Sect. 9B amended, 1939, 508 § 11.

Sect. 9C added, 1933, 239 (relative to the uniform of members of
the state police).

Sect. 9D added, 1945, 694 (relative to time off for certain members
of the division of state police); amended, 1949, 487; revised, 1954,
489 § 1. (See 19.54, 489 § 2.)

Sect. 9E added, 1951, 335 (relative to training schools for local
police officers).

Sect. 9F added, 1953, 474 § 1 (establishing a board of teletype-writer
regulations in the department of pubHc safety). (See 1953, 474 § 2.)

Sects. 9G and 9H added, 1955, 552 § 1 (authorizing the department
of public safetv to provide police service for the jMassachusetts Turn-
pike Authority). (See 1955, 552 § 2.)

1000 Changes in the [Chap. 23.

Sect. 10, third sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 28. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 11 revised, 1945, 643 § 1; fourth paragraph revised, 1955, 730
§29. (See 1945, 643 §3; 1955, 730 §43.)

Sect. 13 added, 1943, 544 § 1 (establishing within the department
of pubhc safety, a board of standards and appeals) ; revised, 1945, 645
§ 1; first two sentences revised, 1945, 722 § 3; 1946, 522; fourth para-
graph revised, 1955, 730 § 30. (See 1943, 544 § 7; 1945, 645 §§ 5, 6;
722 § 4; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 14 added, 1945, 710 § 1 (establishing within the department of
public safety a board of fire prevention regulations) ; fourth paragraph
revised, 1955, 730 § 31. (See 1945, 710 § 18; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Chapter 23. — Department of Labor and Industries.

Sect. 2 revised, 1943, 321; 1946, 591 § 34; amended, 1950, 707;
1951, 560; second sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 32. (See 1955, 730
§43.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1934, 331 § 1; second and third sentences revised,
1935, 479 § 1; third sentence revised, 1941, 490 § 4; 1954, 578 § 1.
(See 1935, 479 § 7.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 331 § 2; 1935, 479 § 2; first two sentences
amended, 1939, 261 § 1; section amended, 1941, 490 § 5; first two sen-
tences revised, 1941, 596 § 16; same two sentences revised, 1941, 707 § 1.
(See 1939, 261 § 25.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1935, 479 § 3. (See 1935, 479 § 7.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1939, 261 § 2. (See 1939, 261 § 25.)

Sect. 9 revised, 1935, 60 § 1.

Sect. 9A revised, 1932, 99; repealed, 1933, 73.

Sect. 9B repealed. 1933, 73.

Sect. 9C revised, 1932, 187; repealed, 1933, 73.

Sect. 9D repealed, 1939, 261 § 3.

Sect. 9E amended, 1941, 490 § 6.

Sect. 9G amended, 1939, 459 § 2. (See 1939, 459 § 3.)

Sect. 9H revised, 1933, 362; 1939, 261 § 4.

Sects. 9I-9N added, 1935, 479 § 4 (establishing the Unemployment
Compensation Commission, and defining its powers and duties) ; same
sections revised and the powers and duties of the commission conferred
and imposed upon the director of the division of unemployment com-
pensation, 1939, 20 § 1; name of said division changed to division of
employment security, 1941, 685 § 4. (See 1935, 479 §§ 6, 7; 1939,
20 §§ 6, 7, 8, 9.)

Sect. 91 paragraph (a) revised, 1941, 685 § 4; 709 § 4; paragraph
(6) revised, 1941, 596 § 17; 1946, 591 § 35; section revised, 1950, 792;
paragraph (b) revised, 1955, 730 § 33. (See 1941, 685 § 6; 709 §§ 1-3;
1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 9K, first sentence revised, 1941, 709 § 5; fourth sentence (as
appearing in 1939, 20 § 1) revised, 1947, 610 § 1. (See 1941, 709 §§ 1-3.)

Sect. 9L amended, 1941, 709 § 6.

Sect. 9N, paragraph (b) revised, 1941, 611 § 1; section revised, 1941,
685 § 5; paragraph (a) amended, 1947, 610 § 2; paragraph (6) amended,
1946, 591 § 36; 1949, 720; 1951, 763 § 21A. (See 1941, 611 §§ 2, 3,
685 § 6; 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sects. 90-9R added, under the caption "labor relations com-
mission", 1938, 345 § 1 (incorporating the provisions of 1937, 436

Chaps. 23A-25.] GeNBRAL LaWS. 1001

relative to the labor relations commission as an addition to the general
laws). (Seel938, 345 §§3, 4.)

Sect. 9P, first sentence revised, 1950, 709; 1955, 730 § 34; second
sentence amended, 1950, 691 § 2. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 11 A (and caption) added, 1934, 331 § 3 (division of occupational
hygiene).

Sects. IIB-IID added, under the caption "the Massachusetts
DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", 1937, 427 (establishing
the Massachusetts development and industrial commission for the
promotion and development of the industrial, agricultural and recrea-
tional resources of the commonwealth).

Sect. IIC revised, 1941, 596 § 17A.

Sect. IID, paragraph added at end, 1950, 652.

Sects. IIB-IID repealed, 1953, 409 § 3.

Sects. III^MIL added, under the caption " division of apprentice
training", 1941, 707 § 2. (For prior temporary legislation see 1938
448; 1939,471.)

Sect. HE, sixth sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 35. (See 1955, 730
§43.)

Sect. UK, first paragraph amended, 1954, 681 § 4. (See 1954, 681
§§ 20, 22.)

Sects. llM-110 added, 1954, 578 § 2 (establishing a council on the
employment of the aging).

Sect. IIM, first sentence amended, 1955, 136.

Sects. 14-23 added, 1953, 314 § 1 (estabhshing a division of indus-
trial accidents within the department of labor and industries). (See
1953, 314 §§ 7-13.)

Sect. 15, first sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 36. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 16, sentence added at end, 1955, 703.

Chapter 23A. — Department of Commerce.
Now chapter inserted, 1953, 409 § 1. (See 1953, 409 §§ 9-13.)

Sect. 2, second sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 37. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sect. 6, clause (t) added, 1954, 643 § 3.

Chapter 24. — Department of Industrial Accidents.
Chapter repealed, 1953, 314 § 14.

Chapter 25. — Department of Public Utilities.

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 38; 1950, 807; sentence inserted after
third sentence, 1953, 296 § 1; fifth sentence revised, 1955, 730 § 38
(See 1953, 296 § 2; 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1949, 257.

Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 221; paragraph added at end, 1951, 101; same
paragraph stricken out, 1955, 285 § 1. (See 1955, 285 § 2.)

Sect. 4A added, 1950, 526 (relative to the place of holding certain
hearings on rates or reductions in service) ; revised, 1953, 327.

Sect. 5 revised, 1953, 575 § 1. (See 1953, 575 § 2.)

Sect. 5A revised, 1952, 453.

Sect. 8A added, 1939, 442 § 2 (authorizing the appointment of em-
ployees for the administration and enforcement of the sale of securities
law).

1002 Changes in the [Chaps. 26-28.

Sect. 9A added, 1933, 76 § 2 (providing for certain employees serv-
ing directly under the commission of the department to perform its
duties relative to smoke abatement in Boston and vicinity) ; repealed,
1934, 352 § 2.

Sect. 10 amended, 1933, 76 § 3; 1934, 352 § 3; 1939, 442 § 3.

Sect. lOA added, 1933, 76 § 4 (providing for the apportionment of
expenses incurred by the department in the performance of its duties
relative to smoke abatement in Boston and vicinity); repealed, 1934,
352 § 4.

Sects. U and 12 repealed, 1935, 411 § 1. (See 1935, 411 § 2.)

Sect. 12A revised, 1938, 445 § 1; repealed, 1939, 442 § 1.

Sect. 12B revised, 1932, 290 § 2; repealed, 1939, 442 § 1.

Sects. 12C-12F repealed, 1933, 76 § 1; new sections 12C-12E added,
under caption "division of smoke inspection", 1934, 352 § 1; re-
pealed, 1954, 672 § 1. (See 1954, 672 §§ 2, 5, 6.)

Sect. 12C revised, 1941, 596 § 18; repealed, 1954, 672 § 1. (See

1954, 672 §§ 2, 5, 6.)

Sect. 12F added, 1935, 405 § 1 (establishing in the department a
commercial motor vehicle division, under the charge of a director
thereof); phrase added at end, 1935, 477 § 2; section amended, 1939,
335 § 1; revised, 1941, 596 § 19; new sentence added at end, 1941, 653
§ 1; same sentence stricken out, 1951, 664 § 8. (See 1939, 335 § 2.)

Sect. 12G added, 1936, 117 (authorizing the director of the com-
mercial motor vehicle division in the department of public utilities to
summon witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony).

Chapter 26. — Department of Banking and Insurance.

For temporary legislation providing for the liquidation of certain
trust companies, see 1939, 515; 1941, 143; 1943, 122.

Sect. 2 amended, 1943, 315; 1946, 591 § 39; 1949, 786; second sen-
tence revised, 1955, 730 § 39. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1941, 596 § 20.

Sect. 4 revised, 1941, 596 § 21.

Sect. 6 amended, 1943, 317; 1946, 591 § 40; 1951, 776; second sen-
tence revised, 1955, 730 § 40. (See 1955, 730 § 43.)

Sect. 8A revised, 1934, 2; amended, 1935, 419; second sentence
revised, 1947, 94.

Sect. 9 amended, 1947, 260 § 1.

Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1943, 346; section amended, 1947.
260 § 2.

Chapter 27. — Department of Correction.

Sections 1-6 stricken out and new sections 1-6 inserted, 1955, 770 § 1. (See

1955, 770 §§ 114-123.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1954.

Chapter 28. — Metropolitan District Commission.

For legislation abolishing the metropolitan district water supply
commission and transferring its functions to the metropolitan district
commission, see 1947, 583.

Chap. 29.] GENERAL LawS. 1003

Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 42; revised, 1949, 795.

Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 244 § 1; 1941, 596 § 23. (See 1936, 244 § 4.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1936, 244 § 2. (See 1936, 244 § 4.)

Sects. 5 and 6 repealed, 1941, 466 § 6.

Chapter 29. — State Finance.

For temporary legislation as to emergency state financing, see 1933,
49, 104, 307, 341, 365, 367, 368; 1934, 41, 66, 313, 335; 1935, 221, 300,
380, 392, 456; 1936, 309; 1937, 338; 1938, 20, 57, 481, 501 § 3; 1939,
288, 417, 418, 496; 1941, 129; 1943, 413; 1945, 324; 1947, 206.

For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other
charges due the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325, 712; 1946,
615.

Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1939, 502 § 1; same paragraph
revised, 1941, 509 § 2; same paragraph stricken out, 1945, 242 § 2.
(See 1941, 509 § 9.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1950, 40.

Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 502 § 2; amended, 1945, 242 § 3.

Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 502 § 3; 1945, 242 § 4.

Sect. 5 revised, 1939, 502 § 4; 1941, 656 § 2; 1945, 242 § 5; 637 § 2.
(See 1941, 656 § 17; 1945, 279.)

Sect. 5A amended, 1939. 502 § 5; 1945, 242 § 6.

Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 426 § 1; revised, 1939, 502 § 6; amended,
1941, 490 § 7; 656 § 3; revised, 1945, 242 § 7; fifth sentence revised,
1945, 548 § 2. (See 1937, 426 § 2; 1941, 656 § 17; 1945, 548 § 3.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1947, 312; stricken out, 1953, 612 § 7.

Sect. 8A added, 1939, 427 (relative to competitive bidding on state
contracts); revised, 1941, 547 § 1; first sentence amended, 1951, 401.

Sect. 9A revised, 1939, 502 § 7; amended, 1941, 656 § 4; 1945, 242
§ 8. (See 1941. 656 § 17.)

Sect. 9B added, 1941, 564 § 1 (providing for the allotment of certain
appropriations by the governor). (See 1941, 564 § 2.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1936, 256; revised, 1939, 502 § 8; 1941, 656 § 5;
amended, 1945, 242 § 9; repealed, 1945, 637 § 3. (See 1941, 656 § 17;
1945, 279.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1939, 502 § 9; 1941, 656 § 6; repealed, 1945,
242 § 10. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)

Sect. 12 amended, 1939, 502 § 10; revised, 1945, 242 § 11; 637 § 4;
1950, 41. (See 1945, 279.)

Sect. 13 revised, 1950, 42.

Sect. 14 revised, 1939, 502 § 11; 1945, 242 § 12; 1950, 43.

Sect. 18, last sentence revised, 1945, 248 § 3; amended, 1953, 263
§ 2. (See 1945, 248 §§ 4, 5; 1953, 263 § 3.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1950, 44.

Sect. 20A added, 1937, 407 (relative to public inspection of certain
orders and claims, in advance of approval or rejection thereof, in con-
nection with state contracts).

Sect. 25 amended, 1941, 656 § 7. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)

Sect. 26 revised, 1939, 502 § 12; amended, 1941, 656 § 8; 1945, 242
§ 13; revised, 1947, 636 § 1. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1937, 359; revised, 1939, 502 § 13; amended,
1941, 656 § 9; revised, 1947, 636 § 2; 1950, 45. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)

1004 Changes in the [Chap. 30.

Sect. 29 amended, 1939, 502 § 14; 1943, 345; revised, 1947, 636 § 3;
1950, 46.

Sect. 31, last sentence amended, 1932, 127 § 2; section amended,
1941, 508; last sentence amended, 1945, 545; section revised, 1945,
635 § 1; 1946, 580 § 1; 1949, 386. (See 1946, 580 § 3; 1947, 527;
1948, 501.)

Sect. 31 A added, 1946, 520 (providing for payment of accumulated
vacation allowances of state employees upon death or separation from
service); amended, 1954, 680 § 4; paragraph (c) added, 1953, 521;
amended, 1954, 680 § 4.

Sect. 31B added, 1946, 580 § 2 (providing that teachers in certain
state institutions may be paid weekly).

Sect. 31 C added, 1954, 352 § 1 (relative to the vacation time of
persons holding non-teaching positions in any school or college of the
Commonwealth). (See 1954, 352 § 2.)

Sect. 32 revised, 1951, 759 § 1. (See 1951, 759 § 3.)

Sect. 32A added, 1951, 759 § 2 (relative to payment of unclaimed
wages or salaries due from the Commonwealth). (See 1951, 759 § 3.)

Sect. 34 amended, 1936, 333; 1948, 396; revised, 1953, 223; 1954,
135; sentence inserted after first sentence, 1955, 167; affected, 1946,
608 § 3.

Sect. 38, subdivision (h) added, 1934, 356; first paragraph amended,
1945, 658 § 7. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)

Sect. 47 stricken out and sections 47, 47A inserted, 1945, 637 § 5.
(See 1945, 279.)

Sect. 48A added, 1937, 252 (authorizing the use of facsimile signa-
tures of the governor on certain bonds and notes of the commonwealth) ;
amended, 1946, 128.

Sect. 50 revised, 1939, 502 § 15; 1941, 656 § 10; 1945, 242 § 14.
(See 1941, 656 § 17.)

Sect. 52 revised, 1954, 389 § 1. (See 1954, 389 § 2.)

Sect. 56 revised, 1953, 272.

Sect. 62 repealed, 1943, 83 § 2.

Sect. 63 added, 1937, 157 (providing for taxpayers' petitions for en-
forcement of certain provisions of law relative to state finance).

Chapter 30. — General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Com-
missions, Officers and Employees.

Provisions relative to expenses incurred for certain meals by state
employees, 1933, 174 § 8; 1934, 162 § 6; 1935, 249 § 7; 1936, 304 § 7;
1937, 234 § 6; 1938, 356 § 5; 1939, 309 § 4; 1941, 419 § 4; 1943, 68 § 4;
370 § 4.

Provisions relative to the purchase of passenger automobiles, 1939,
309 § 4; 1941, 419 § 4; 1943, 68 § 4; 370 § 4.

Provisions relative to expenses incurred by state employees in the
operation of motor vehicles, 1939, 309 § 5; 1941, 419 § 5; 1943, 68 § 5;
370 § 5; 1945, 404 § 5; 682 § 4; 1946, 309 § 5; 617 § 5; 1947, 219 § 5;
685 § 5.

For legislation relative to commencement of terms of certain state
officers see 1939 304.

Sect. 7 revised, 1937, 414 § 1; amended, 1941, 512; 1947, 376.

Sect. 9A added, 1946, 269 (regulating the separation from the service

Chap. 30.] GENERAL LaWS. 1005

of the commonwealth of certain war veterans holding unclassified offices
or positions) ; revised, 1947, 242.

Sect. 9B added, 1946, 524 (protecting certain officers and employees
of the commonwealth against arbitrary removal); revised, 1950, 717:
1955, 643 § 5. (See 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 13 revised, 1951, 409.

Sect. 23 A added, 1952, 142 (relative to the appointment of trustees
of state institutions to certain offices or positions therein).

Sect. 24 revised, 1937, 430; 1945, 508; 1946, 408; amended, 1954,

680 § 5; revised, 1955, 643 § 8. (See 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 24A added, 1945, 565 (relative to compensation for state em-
ployees who are required to work on state-wide legal holidays) ; amended,
1946, 411; revised, 1948, 498; amended, 1953, 400.

Sect. 26 repealed, 1948, 255.

Sect. 28 revised, 1941, 656 § 11. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)

Sect. 30A amended, 1945, 580 § 5.

Sect. 32 revised, 1939, 499 § 4; 1945, 292 § 4; first sentence revised,
1950, 488.

Sect. 32A added, 1939, 499 § 4A (relative to the force and effect of
rules and regulations included in annual reports) ; repealed, 1945, 292 § 5.

Sect. 33 revised, 1939, 499 § 5; 1945, 292 § 6; amended, 1948, 67.

Sect. 33 A amended, 1939, 499 § 6; 1945, 292 § 7.

Sect. 35 amended, 1945, 580 § 6. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)

Sect. 36 revised, 1948, 584 § 1.

Sect. 37 revised, 1951, 556 § 1. (See 1951, 556 § 2.)

Sect. 37A added, 1951, 576 (providing for public hearings prior to is-
suance of rules and regulations containing penalties); repealed, 1954,

681 § 2. (See 1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Sect. 38, paragraph added at end, 1954, 680 § 6.

Sect. 39 revised, 1934, 351; amended, 1935, 217 § 1; revised, 1935,
472 § 1; amended, 1955, 702 § 1. (See 1955, 702 § 3.)

Sects. 39A-39E added, 1951, 694 (requiring security for certain
motor truck carriers performing work under contract with the com-
monwealth or any political subdivision thereof).

Sect. 39F added, 1954, 609 (providing a method of payment to cer-
tain subcontractors on contracts for the construction, reconstruction,
altering, remodeling and repair of certain public works by the com-
monwealth or any political subdivision thereof); revised, 1955, 701.

Sect. 39G added, 1955, 597 (to expedite the payments of sums due
to contractors after completion of certain pubhc works contracts);
fourth sentence amended, 1955, 702 § lA.

Sect. 42 revised, 1936, 359; amended, 1941, 450 § 1; 1948, 21-
revised, 1951, 397.

Sect. 44B added, 1941, 678 § 1 (relative to pipe lines for conveying
petroleum and its products and by-products).

Sect. 45, first sentence amended, 1947, 678 § 1; section revised,
1948, 311 § 1; 1954, 680 § 9; paragraph (6) amended, 1955, 643 § 2.
(See 1948, 311 §§ 4, 5; 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 46 revised, 1947, 613 § 1; 1948, 311 § 2; salary schedules
revised, 1949, 785 § 1; 1951, 715 §§ 1, 2; 1954, 407 § 1; paragraph (1)
revised, 1954, 680 § 10; paragraph (lA) inserted, 1950, 726; paragraph
(IB) inserted, 1951, 621; paragraph (2) revised, 1952, 421 § 1; 1954,
407 § 2; paragraph (4) revised, 1955, 643 § 1; paragraph (5) revised,

1006 Changes in the [Chaps. 30A, 31.

1954, 680 § 11; paragraph (6) amended, 1949, 406 § 1; revised, 1954,
680 § 12; paragraph (7) amended, 1955, 643 § 3; paragraph (8) revised,
1949, 406 § 2; amended, 1954, 680 § 13. (See 1947, 613 §§ 2, 3; 1948,
311 §§4,5; 1949,406 §§3-6; 1951, 715 §§ 3-5; 1952,421 §2; 1954,407
§§ 3, 4; 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 46A added, 1954, 680 § 14 (relative to the allocation or realloca-
tion of certain offices or positions in the state classified system).

Sect. 47, last sentence revised, 1941, 656 § 12; same sentence stricken
out, 1945, 637 § 6; section revised, 1948, 311 § 3; 1955, 643 § 4. See
1941, 656, § 17; 1945, 279; 1948, 311 §§ 4, 5; 1949, 406 § 3; 1955,
643 § 12.)

Sect. 48 amended, 1954, 680 § 15.

Sect. 49 amended, 1954, 680 § 16.

Sects. 53-57 added, 1945, 485 (providing for the prompt disposition
of certain grievances of state employees relating to their employment).

Sect. 58 added, 1955, 602 (regulating the payment of compensation
to state employees injured in the service of the commonwealth).

Chapter 30A. State Administrative Procedure.
New chapter inserted, 1954, 681 § 1. (See 1954, 681 §§ 20-22.)

Chapter 31. — Civil Service.

For temporary legislation protecting the civil service rights of certain
persons in the military or naval service of the United States, see 1941,
708; 1943, 172, 338,^548; 1945, 610; 1946, 61, 62, 238, 271 §§ 1-4;
1947, 4, 11, 14, 71, 203, 367; 1948, 447; 1949, 169; 1954, 627, 688;

1955, 205, 507, 708 §§ 1, 2.

For temporary legislation relative to transfers of civil service em-
ployees during the present emergency, see 1943, 492.

For temporary legislation making certain veterans eligible to take
civil service examinations notwithstanding any age requirements, see
1945, 440 § 1; 1950, 179.

For legislation protecting the civil service rights of certain employees
who are veterans attending school or "on-the-job" training under the
G. I. Bill of Rights, see 1948, 228.

For legislation relative to promotional examinations for principal
interviewer in the division of employment security, see 1948, 263.

For legislation subjecting certain employees of the division of em-
ployment security to the civil service laws, see 1949, 773; 1950, 461, 704.

For legislation reclassifying members of fire departments by changing
the title of fireman to fire fighter, see 1952, 45.

Sect. 1, definitions contained in fourth to eighth lines revised, 1939,
238 § 9; revised, 1945, 703 § 1; definitions of "appointing authority"
or "appointing officer" revised, 1953, 153. (See 1939, 238 §§ 52-
55)

Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 238 § 10; 1945, 725 § 1.

Sect. 2A added, 1939, 238 § 11 (relative to the duties of the director
of civil service); clause (b) revised, 1939, 506 § 1; clause (e) revised,
1941, 402 § 2; clause (c) amended, 1941, 721; section revised, 1945,
725 § 2; paragraph (6) revised, 1951, 302; two sentences added at end,
1953, 286 § 1 ; sentence added at end, 1954, 295 § 1 ; paragraph (d)
amended, 1954, 680 § 17. (See 1939, 238 §§ 52-55; 1953, 286 § 2.)

Chap. 31.] GENERAL LaWS. 1007

Sect. 3, clause (g) added, 1937, 223 (giving preference to blind per-
sons in the employment of typists in certain cases by state depart-
ments, boards and commissions); section amended, 1939, 238 § 12;
revised, 1939, 498 § 1; clause (a) revised, 1941, 190; section revised,
1945, 702; clause (a) revised, 1955, 643 § 10. (See 1939, 238 §§ 51-55;
1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 4, fourth paragraph amended, 1938, 72; paragraph in line 19
stricken out and new paragraph inserted, 1941, 49; sixth paragraph re-
vised, 1932, 282 § 1; section amended, 1939, 238 § 13; paragraph
added at end, 1939, 256 § 1; paragraphs added at end by 1941, 625
§ 1, 1941, 627 § 1 and 1941, 686 § 2, respectively; paragraphs added at
end by 1943, 246 § 1 and 1943, 402 § 1, respectively; section revised,
1945, 701 § 4; paragraph in line 22 revised, 1949, 397; paragraph
added at end, 1949, 765 § 1; 1949, 779 § 1. (See 1932, 282 § 4; 1943,
246 § 2; 402 § 2; 1949, 765 § 2; 779 § 2.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1935, 405 § 2; 1936, 244 § 3; 1939, 238 § 14; re-
vised, 1941, 402 § 3; amended, 1945, 355; 701 § 4A; 1948, 387 § 2;
1950, 397; 1951, 26; amended, 1954, 298. (See 1948, 387 § 1.)

Sect. 5 A added, 1937, 414 § 2 (relative to the employment by cer-
tain municipal officers of persons to serve in a confidential capacity).

Sect. 6, first sentence revised, 1949, 430; sentence added at end,
1932, 260; same sentence amended, 1939, 238 § 15.

Sect. 6A added, 1935, 228 (dispensing with educational requirements
as a condition of taking certain civil service examinations).

Sect. 7 revised, 1939, 397.

Sect. 8 amended, 1939, 238 § 16; revised, 1939, 396; 1945, 703 § 3.

Sect. 10 revised, 1939, 238 § 17; 1939, 498 § 2; last sentence stricken
out and five sentences inserted, 1945, 703 § 4.

Sect. 12 amended, 1939, 238 § 18; revised, 1945, 704 § 1; first
paragraph amended, 1954, 627 § 2; amended, 1946, 271 § 5; paragraph
added at end, 1948, 121 § 1; same paragraph amended, 1951, 27;
section revised, 1955, 571. (See 1948, 121 § 2; 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 12A added, 1945, 704 § 2 (providing procedure for reviewing
markings on civil service examination papers) ; revised, 1948, 297.

Sect. 13 amended, 1938, 174 § 2; revised, 1945, 703 § 5; sentence
added at end, 1952, 214.

Sect. 13A amended, 1939, 238 § 19; revised, 1945, 725 § 3.

Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 238 § 20; repealed, 1945, 725 § 5.

Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 238 § 21; 1939, 506 § 2; 1941, 491; second
paragraph revised, 1945, 704 § 3; last paragraph stricken out and
three paragraphs inserted, 1945, 704 § 4; section revised, 1946, 103;
first paragraph revised, 1951, 41 § 1; fourth paragraph revised, 1951,
41 § 2; fifth paragraph revised, 1954, 376; paragraph A amended, 1948,
489; revised, 1952, 317 § 1; 1954, 267; paragraph B revised, 1952,
317 § 2; paragraph C amended, 1955, 643 § 9; paragraph added at end,
1947, 13. (See 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 15A added, 1933, 267 (restricting the appointment of persons for
temporary employment under the civil service laws); amended, 1934,
105; repealed, 1943, 523.

Sect. 15B added, 1943, 520 (authorizing certain promotions from the
labor service to the official service of a department, board or commis-
sion under the civil service laws); amended, 1946, 52; revised, 1952,
313; 1953, 459.

1008 Changes in the [Chap. 31.

Sects. 15C and loD added, 1945, 704 § 5 (requiring lists of civil
service officers and employees to be filed annually with the director of
civil service and establishing the method of determining seniority).

Sect. 15C amended, 1946, 53; paragraph inserted after first para-
graph, 1950, 385; section revised, 1953, 195.

Sect. 15D, paragraph 1 amended, 1952, 447 § 1; 1955, 40; paragraph
2 revised, 1947, 426; definition of "Absence" revised, 1949, 167.
(See 1952, 447 § 2.)

Sect. 15E added, 1946, 540 (providing that injuries received by
persons employed in a provisional capacity shall not disqualify them
for permanent employment under the civil service laws).

Sect. 15F added, 1951, 157 (relative to provisional promotions under
civil service laws and probationary periods served therein).

Sect. 16A added, 1939, 506 § 3 (relative to transfers under the civil
service laws) ; revised, 1945, 703 § 6.

Sect. 17 amended, 1934, 94: revised, 1939, 76; amended, 1939, 238 § 22.

Sect. 18 amended, 1939, 238 § 23; revised, 1945, 703 § 9; amended,
1947, 22.

Sect. 18 A added, 1941, 627 § 4 (positions in the labor service of the
department of public works to be classified by districts); sentence
added at end, 1945, 389.

Sect. 19A added, 1932, 146 (relative to appointments to the regular
fire forces in certain cities having reserve fire forces); amended, 1939,
238 § 24; revised, 1941, 38; amended, 1943, 530; revised, 1949, 55.

Sect. 19B added, 1949, 288 (relative to appointments of intermittent
firemen to the regular force in cities and towns) .

Sect. 20 amended, 1939, 238 § 25; revised, 1939, 419 § 3; 1945,
704 § 6; 1947, 354 § 1 ; paragraph added at end, 1951, 279. (See 1947,
354 § 2.)

Sect. 20A amended, 1939, 238 § 26; revised, 1941, 39; 1952, 167 § 1;

1953, 255 § 1; amended, 1954, 136 § 1. (See 1952, 167 § 3; 1953,
255 § 2.)

Sect. 20B added, 1937, 416 § 3 (providing for appointments to the
regular pohce force of the metropolitan district commission from the
list of members of the reserve police force); amended, 1939, 238 § 27;
repealed, 1939, 441 § 2. (See 1937, 416 § 5; repealed, 1939, 441 § 3.)

Sect. 20C added, 1941, 621 (relative to appointments to the regular
police force in certain cities and towns) ; revised, 1952, 167 § 2; amended,

1954, 136 § 2. (See 1952, 167 § 3.)

Sect. 20D added, 1945, 703 § 2 (relative to the serving of probation-
ary periods in offices and positions subject to civil service).

Sect. 21 amended, 1932, 89; revised, 1933, 137; amended, 1939,
238 § 28; 1943, 194, 469; 1946, 216; 1950, 289 § 1; revised, 1951, 663;
1954, 627 § 3. (See 1950, 289 § 2; 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 21 A added, 1954, 688 § 1 (further defining the word "veteran"
as used in certain laws).

Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 238 § 29; first sentence revised, 1954, 627
§ 4; paragraph added at end, 1946, 345. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 22A added, 1946, 221 (making certain veterans eligible for
examinations and appointment to police and fire departments notwith-
standing certain age requirements) ; revised, 1947, 287.

Sect. 23 amended, 1939, 238 § 30; sentence added at end, 1949,
642 § 1; section revised, 1954, 627 § 5. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Chap. 31.] GENERAL LaWS. 1009

Sect. 23A added, 1954, 627 § 6 (defining "Disabled Veteran.", (See

1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 23B added, 1954, 627 § 6 (providing for preference in civil
service appointments for widows and widowed mothers of certain vet-
erans). (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1939, 238 § 31; sentence added at end, 1949,
642 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1939, 238 § 32; 1946, 145; revised, 1948, 407.

Sect. 29 amended, 1939, 238 § 33; revised, 1945, 725 § 4; amended,
1948, 138.

Sect. 30 amended, 1939, 238 § 34; repealed, 1945, 725 § 5.

Sect. 31 amended, 1939, 238 § 35; revised, 1939, 422 § 1.

Sect. 31A added, 1939, 422 § 2 (relative to the making of reports by
department heads pertaining to civil service employees).

Sect. 3 IB added, 1941, 165 § 1 (relative to the preparation and keep-
ing of rosters of positions in the classified civil service and incumbents
thereof in connection with the paym.ent of salaries or compensation).
(See 1941, 165 § 2.)

Sect. 32 amended, 1939, 238 § 36; revised, 1939, 420 § 1.

Sect. 32A added, 1939, 420 § 2 (providing that records and files relating
to civil service employees be public records) ; repealed, 1945. 703 § 10.

Sect. 33 amended, 1939, 238 § 37; revised, 1939, 420 § 3.

Sect. 34 amended, 1939, 238 § 38; revised, 1939, 420 § 4.

Sect. 35 repealed, 1941, 559.

Sect. 36 amended, 1939, 238 § 39; revised, 1945, 701 § 1.

Sect. 37 amended, 1939, 238 § 40.

Sect. 38 amended, 1939, 238 § 41; revised, 1939, 422 § 3.

Sect. 39 amended, 1939, 238 § 42.

Sect. 40 amended, 1939, 238 § 43; repealed, 1945, 703 § 10.

Sect. 42 amended, 1939, 238 § 44.

Sect. 42A repealed, 1945, 667 § 4.

Sect. 42B repealed, 1945. 667 § 4.

Sect. 43 revised, 1945, 667 § 1; paragraph (/) revised, 1946, 379;
section revised, 1947, 373 § 1; paragraph (a) amended, 1949, 170 § 1;
second sentence revised, 1949, 429 § 1; paragraphs (6) and (c) revised,
1948, 240; paragraph (d) amended, 1955, 407 § 1; paragraph (e),
first sentence revised, 1949, 429 § 2. (See 1955, 407 § 3.)

Sect. 45 amended, 1934, 249 § 2; revised, 1945, 667 § 2; amended,

1955, 407 § 2. (See 1955, 407 § 3.)

Sect. 45A added, 1934, 190 (providing a method of avoiding multi-
plicity of petitions for judicial review to determine seniority rights in
the classified labor service); amended, 1941, 166

Sect. 45B added, 1941, 135 (requiring clerks of district courts to
furnish certain information to the director of civil service); amended,
1945, 667 § 3.

Sect. 46 amended, 1932, 282 § 2; revised, 1934, 249 § 1; amended,
1941, 257; repealed, 1945, 667 § 4.

Sect. 46B amended, 1939, 238 § 45; repealed, 1945, 667 § 4.

Sects. 46C and 46D added, 1933, 320 (providing for the reinstate-
ment of certain municipal officers and emplovees).

Sect. 46C amended, 1934, 84; 1936. 66; revised, 1938, 297 ^ 1;
amended, 1939, 238 § 46; revised, 1945, 704 § 8; amended, 1947,
373 § 2.

1010 Changes in the [Chap. 32

Sect. 46D repealed, 1945, 704 § 7.

Sect. 46E added, 1934, 207 (providing that a leave of absence of
less than six months shall not be deemed a separation from the classified
civil service in certain cases); first paragraph revised, 1945, 703 § 7;
amended, 1951, 37; paragraph added at end, 1936, 297; same paragraph
amended, 1939, 238 § 47; 1941, 136.

Sect. 46F added, 1935, 337 (providing for the reinstatement of
members of the police force of the metropolitan district commission in
certain cases); amended, 1939, 238 § 48; repealed, 1945, 704 § 7.

Sect. 46G added, 1935, 408 (relative to seniority rights in respect
to the suspension and re-employment of persons in the classified civil
service in certain cases) ; revised, 1938, 297 § 2; 1945, 704 § 9; amended,
1949, 170 § 2.

Sect. 46H added, 1936, 287 § 1 (providing for the reinstatement in
the classified civil service of retired municipal officers and employees
in certain cases of invalid retirement) ; amended, 1939, 238 § 49.

Sect. 461 added, 1945, 703 § 8 (providing for the establishment of
re-employment lists of persons separated from the official or labor
service otherwise than by resignation or discharge); amended, 1946, 60;
revised, 1947, 12; paragraph added at end, 1951, 420.

Sect. 46J added, 1946, 288 (relative to the right of civil service em-
ployees to petition the general court and to appear before committees
ttiereof ) .

Sect. 46K added, 1952, 138 (authorizing civil service employees
to petition their municipal government and to appear before com-
mittees thereof).

Sect. 47 revised. 1945, 701 § 2.

Sect. 47 A added, 1941, 195 (providing that certain employees in the
classified public service shall not be subject to a probationary period) ;
revised, 1945, 701 § 3; second paragraph amended, 1946, 59; first two
paragraphs revised, 1948, 278; paragraph added at end, 1950, 376 § 1.
(See 1950, 376 § 2.)

Sect. 47B added, 1941, 290 (relative to the classification and estab-
lishment of seniority of certain civil service employees) ; revised, 1945,
701 § 5.

Sects. 47C and 47D added, 1941, 402 § 1 (establishing a merit sj^stem,
substantially similar to the civil service system, for certain officers and
employees of local boards of public welfare). (See 1941, 402 §§ 4-9.)

Sect. 470, paragraph (1) revised, 1941, 588 § 1; 1950, 793 § 1; 1951,
741 § 3. (See 1941, 588 § 3; 1950, 793 § 2.)

Sect. 47E added, 1951, 537 (providing annual step-rate increases for
municipal pubhc welfare employees).

Sect. 48 revised, 1945, 701 § 6; first paragraph amended, 1953, 306;
1954, 90; paragraph added at end, 1947, 239.

Sect. 49 repealed, 1945, 701 § 7.

Sect. 49A added, 1939, 183 (authorizing cities and towns to place
certain offices under the civil service laws by vote of the voters thereof) ;
revised, 1941, 414; revised, 1945, 701 § 8.

Chapter 32. — Retirement Systems and Pensions.

For temporary legislation providing for the return of certain moneys
paid into the state retirement fund by certain former members of the
General Court, see 1954, 615.

Chap. 32.] GENERAL LawS. 1011

For temporary legislation protecting the retirement rights of certain
persons in the military or naval service of the United States, see 1941,
708; 1943, 172, 419, 548; 1945, 455, 610, 699; 1947, 4, 11, 14, 203, 367;
1954, 627, 688; 1955, 708 §§ 1, 2.

For legislation relative to the temporary re-employment of former
officers and employees of the commonwealth or of any political sub-
division thereof during the continuance of the existing state of war
between the United States and any foreign country, see 1942, 16; 1943,
502; 1946, 55, 306.

For temporary legislation authorizing the employment of certain
nurses who have been retired, see 1955, 553.

For legislation relative to the retirement of assistant attorneys gen-
eral, see 1948, 659.

For legislation relative to the retirement of county commissioners,
see 1948, 662.

For legislation relative to increasing the amounts of pensions and
retirement allowances payable to certain former public employees, see
1950,820; 1951,781; 1952,624; 1953,471,472.

For legislation to restore the pension rights to members of the general
court and the constitutional officers, see 1955, 554.

Sects. 1-38A, as amended, stricken out and twenty-eight new sections,
1-28, inserted, 1945, 658 § 1. (See 1945, 658 §§ 9-11.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1952.

The following references are to sections 1 to 28 as so inserted:

Sect. 1, definition of "Beneficiary" revised, 1949, 618 § 1; definition
of "District" amended, 1953, 583 § 1; definition of "Employee" re-
vised, 1947, 660 § 1; 1950, 537; sentence added at end, 1950, 600 § 1;
definition of "Employee" revised, 1951, 543 § 1; amended, 1952, 185;
definition of "Governmental Unit" revised, 1947, 667 § 1; definition of
"Political subdivision" revised, 1948, 507 § 1; definition of "Regular
compensation" revised, 1948, 606; sentence added at end, 1952, 423
§ 1; next to last sentence revised, 1952, 515 § 2; definition of "Teacher"
amended, 1951, 543 § 2; revised, 1952, 434 § 1; definition of "Veteran"
amended, 1950, 710; sentence added at end, 1951, 526 § 1; revised,

1954, 627 § 7; amended, 1954, 688 § 2. (See 1950, 600 § 3; 1951,
543 § 3; 1952, 423 § 2; 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 3, subdivision (2), paragraph (a), clauses (iv), (v) revised, 1951,
644 § 1; clause (vi) revised, 1947, 660 § 2; 1951, 644 § 1; clause (x)
added, 1950, 600 § 2; clause (xi) added, 1952, 515 § 1; paragraph (6)
revised, 1947, 660 § 2; paragraph (d) revised, 1947, 660 § 2; amended,
1947, 667 § 2; paragraph (/) revised, 1951, 644 § 2; definition of Group B
in paragraph (g), amended, 1946, 403 § 1; re\'ised, 1947, 423; amended,
1947, 667 § 3; 1949, 746 § 1; revised, 1950, 728; amended, 1952, 157;
revised, 1954, 445 § 1; subdivision (3), first sentence stricken out and
two sentences inserted, 1947, 388 § 1; first sentence revised, 1949, 578
§ 1 (see 1949, 578 § 2) ; subdivision revised, 1952, 428 § 1 ; 1954, 684 § 1 ;

1955, 695 § 1; subdivision (3A) added, 1946, 538 § 1; subdivision (4)
revised, 1946, 403 § 2; 492; first sentence amended, 1947, 416; sub-
division revised, 1951, 505 § 1; amended, 1954, 684 § 2; 1955, 695 § 3;
subdivision (5) amended, 1946, 481; revised, 1946, 603 § 1; paragraph
(a) added, 1947, 660 § 4; subdivision revised, 1947, 667 § 4; first
sentence revised, 1952, 524 § 1; amended, 1954, 684 § 3; subdivision

1012 Changes in the [Chap. 32.

re\dsed, 1955, 695 § 2; subdivision (6), paragraph (d) revised, 1946,
403 § 3; amended, 1952, 524 § 2; 1954, 684 § 4; revised, 1955, 695 § 4;
paragraph (e) amended, 1947, 388 § 2; paragraph (/) amended, 1948,
393; revised, 1955, 560; subdivision (8) paragraph (b) amended, 1952,
524 § 3; 1954, 684 § 5; revised, 1955, 695 § 5; paragraph (c) amended,
1947, 388 § 3. (See 1950, 600 § 3; 1950, 715; 1951, 644 § 3, 790, 505 § 2;
1952, 423 § 2, 428 § 2; 1954, 445 § 2; 1954, 684 § 8; 1955, 695 § 7.)
Sect. 4, ^ subdivision (1), paragraph (a) amended, 1947, 660 § 3;
paragraph (h) revised, 1954, 627 § 8; paragraph (i) added, 1946, 493
§ 1; paragraph (j) added, 1946, 538 § 2; subdivision (2), paragraph (b)
revised, 1946, 403 § 4; paragraph (c) revised, 1946, 403 § 5: amended,
1952, 524 § 4; 1954, 684 § 6; revised, 1955, 695 § 6. (See 1946, 493 § 2;

1954, 627 §§ 65, 67; 1954, 684 § 8; 1955, 695 § 7.)

Sect. 5, subdivision (1), first sentence of paragraph (a) amended,
1947, 388 § 4; paragraph (d), first two sentences stricken out, 1947,
660 § 5; same paragraph amended, 1948, 15 § 1; revised, 1953, 486;
paragraph (/) added, 1954, 348; subdivision (2), paragraph (a), first
paragraph amended, 1947, 388 § 5; 1949, 656; revised, 1950, 809 § 1;
1951, 783; clause (i) revised, 1949, 671; clause («) revised, 1946,403
§ 6; amended, 1947, 388 § 6; clause (iv) added, 1946, 538 § 3; para-
graph (6) amended, 1950, 809 § lA; paragraph (/) amended, 1950, 809
§ 2; paragraph (g) added, 1954, 492; stricken out, 1955, 590 § 2. (See
1950,809 §3; 1951,783 §§2,3.)

Sect. 6, subdivision (1) amended, 1947, 667 § 5; 1949, 618 § 2, 657;
subdivision (3), first sentence of paragraph (a), amended, 1946, 603 § 2;
1947, 388 § 7; second sentence of same paragraph amended, 1949,
618 § 3; paragraph (c) revised, 1952, 181.

Sect. 7, subdivision (1), three sentences added at end, 1949, 618 § 4;
subdivision (2), paragraph (a), clause (n) amended, 1948, 446 § 1;
clause (in) amended, 1950, 713; 1951, 545 § 1; subdivision (5) added,
1949, 618 § 5. (See 1948, 446 § 5.)

Sect. 8, subdivision (1), paragraph (b) amended, 1947, 667 § 6.

Sect. 9, subdivision (2), first paragraph amended, 1948, 446 § 2;
paragraph (d) revised, 1951, 545 § 2. (See 1948, 446 § 5.)

Sect. 10, see 1949, 491 § 1: subdivisions (1) and (2) revised, 1950,
813 § 1; 1951, 784 § 1; subdivision (2) (6) amended, 1951, 809. (See
1949, 491 § 2; 1951, 784 § 3.)

Sect. 11, subdivision (2), paragraph (o) amended, 1950, 670 § 1;
paragraph (c), first sentence revised, 1947, 667 § 7; sentence added at
end, 1949, 618 § 6. (See 1950, 670 § 3.)

Sect. 12, subdivision (2), option (c), two sentences inserted after
first sentence, 1946, 403 § 7; option (c), paragraph added at end, 1948,
284; option (c) stricken out and options (c) and (d) inserted, 1949,
618 § 7; option (d) amended and sentence added at end, 1949, 808;
sentence added at end, 1950, 670 § 2; 1952, 610 § 1; option (d) revised,

1955, 494. (See 1952, 610 § 2.)

Sect. 13, subdivision (1), paragraph (a) revised, 1951, 379 § 1. (See
1951, 379 § 2.)

Sect. 14, subdivision (1), paragraph (a) amended, 1951, 99; 1952,
484 § 1; subdivision (2), paragraphs (a), (6) and (c) revised, 1951, 542.
(See 152, 484 § 2.)

Sect. 16, subdivision (2) revised, 1949, 746 § 2; 1951, 784 § 2; sub-
division (4), sentence added at end, 1949, 618 § 8. (See 1951, 784 § 3.)

Chap. 32.] GENERAL LaWS. 1013

Sect. 18, subdivision (1) revised, 1947, 467; 667 § 8

Sect. 19 revised, 1952, 599; last sentence revised, 1955, 628 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1953, 509 § 1 (authorizing withholding of retire-
ment allowances for payment of subscriber premiums for certain policies
or contracts with non-profit hospital and medical service corporations).

Sect. 20, subdivision (2), first sentence of paragraph (c) revised,

1948, 508 § 1 (see 1949, 491 § 2); subdivision (3), paragraph (d) revised,
1946, 267; subdivision (4), paragraph (c) amended, 1950, 163; sub-
division (5), paragraph (^) amended, 1954, 642 § 1; paragraph (j)
added at end, 1948, 488 § 1. (See 1948, 488 § 2, 508 § 2; 1954, 642 §
2.)

Sect. 21, subdivision (2) amended, 1946, 432 § 3.

Sect. 22, subdivision (1), paragraph (6) amended, 1947, 617; para-
graph (c), sentence added at end, 1952, 434 § 2; paragraph (g), first
sentence revised, 1947, 388 § 8; fourth sentence amended, 1952, 433
last sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1954, 656 § 1
subdivision (4), paragraph (a), sentence added at end, 1949, 560 § 1
paragraph (c) amended, 1949, 560 § 2; revised, 1951, 407; 1952, 392
subdivision (7), paragraph (c), clause (ii) revised, 1951, 530 § 1. (See

1949, 560 § 3; 1954, 656 § 2.)

Sect. 23, subdivision (2), paragraph (6), clause (in) revised, 1954,
126 § 1; clause (iv) inserted, 1950, 162 § 1.
Sect. 25, subdivision (1), paragraph (a) revised, 1950. 783 § 1. (See

1950, 783 § 2.)

Sect. 26, subdivision (2), paragraph (6), clause (ii) amended, 1948,
446 § 3; clause (m) added, 1947, 412; paragraph (c) added, 1948, 446
§ 4; subdivision (3), paragraph (c) amended, 1949, 492; 1951, 670 § 1.
(See 1948, 446 § 5.)

Sect. 28, subdivision (2), paragraph (a) revised, 1946, 166 § 1; para-
graph (/) added, 1946, 166 § 2; paragraph (g) added, 1946, 403 § 8;
paragraph (h) added, 1946, 603 § 3; subdivision (3), paragraph (a) re-
vised, 1946, 166 § 3; last sentence amended, 1946, 403 § 9; subdivision
(4), paragraph (a) amended, 1953, 583 § 2; subdivision (5) added, 1948,
507 § 2. (See 1953, 583 § 3.)

Sect. 28A added, 1945, 720 § 1 (relative to the retirement of certain
officers in the division of state police) ; paragraph added at end, 1946,
373 § 1. (See 1945, 720 § 2; 1946, 373 § 2.)

Sect. 28B added, 1946, 605 (relative to the retirement of state de-
tectives and inspectors in the division of state police); revised, 1951,
670 § 2.

Sect. 28C added, 1947, 660 § 6 (relative to the retirement of certain
members of the general court and constitutional officers; repealed, 1948,
589 § 1. (See 1947, 660 § 7; 1948, 589 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 28C added, 1947, 667 § 9 (providing benefits to certain em-
ployees of governmental units who are prohibited from joining the
contributor}'- retirement systems thereof, in case of accidental disabil-
ity or accidental death) ; designation changed from 28C to 28F, 1948,
589 § 4.

Sect. 28D and 28E added, 1948, 589 § 2 (relative to retirement of
certain members of the general court and constitutional officers). (See
1948, 589 § 3; 1949, 546. 807 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 28D revised, 1949, 807 § 1; last sentence revised, 1952, 581;
section repealed, 1952, 634 § 1. (See 1949, 807 §§ 3, 4.)

1014 Changes in the [Chap. 32.

Sect. 28E revised, 1949, 809 § 1; repealed, 1952, 634 § 2.

Sect. 28F. See 1948, 589 § 4.

Sect. 28G added, 1949, 809 § 2 (relative to the use of the words
"fails of re-election"); repealed, 1950, 813 § 2.

Sect. 28H added, 1949, 807 § 2 (relative to the retirement of certain
employees of governmental units who are former members of the gen-
eral court); repealed, 1952, 634 § 3. (See 1949, 807 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 281 added, 1950, 700 § 1 (extending benefits of state retirement
systems to certain employees of an interstate commission). (See 1950,
700 § 2.)

Sect. 28J added, 1952, 574 § 1 (relative to retirement of certain
former members of the general court; repealed, 1952, 634 § 4. (See
1952, 574 § 2.)

Sect. 39, sentence added at end, 1948, 207.

Sect. 43 amended, 1945, 707; 1949, 748 § 1. (See 1949, 748 §
2.)

Sect. 44 revised, 1934, 135; paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 1;
section amended, 1936, 223; last paragraph amended, 1937, 102 § 1.
(See 1937, 202.)

Sect. 45 revised, 1945, 483 § 1.

Sect. 45A added, 1945, 708 § 1 (relative to retirement allowances of
school janitors in certain cities and towns). (See 1945, 708 § 2.)

Sect. 45B added, 1949, 407 § 1 (relative to the retirement of certain
school janitors and custodians). (See 1949, 407 § 2.)

Sect. 46 revised, 1941, 344 § 1 ; 1955, 770 § 2. (See 1955, 770 §§117,
118 123 )

Sect. 47 amended, 1941, 344 § 2.

Sect. 48 revised, 1938, 379; amended, 1955, 770 § 3. (See 1955,
770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sects. 49-51 and caption preceding section 49 stricken out, 1954,
627 § 9. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 114 § 1; 1954, 627 § 10. (See 1954, 627
§§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 53 amended, 1932, 114 § 2; 1954, 627 § 11. (See 1954, 627
§§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 56 revised, 1943, 514 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1947,
453 § 1; revised, 1948, 665 § 1; 1949, 602; 1950, 668 § 1; paragraph
added at end, 1945, 677. (See 1943, 514 § 4; 1948, 665 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 57 revised, 1943, 514 § 2; amended, 1947, 453 § 2; revised, 1948,
665 § 2; amended, 1950, 668 § 2; 1954, 627 § 12. (See 1943, 514 § 4;
1948, 665 §§ 4, 5; 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 57A added, 1945, 658 § 8 (making certain provisions of the
contributory pension laws applicable to the retirement of veterans under
veterans' non-contributory pension laws).

Sect. 58 revised, 1943, 514 § 3; 1948, 665 § 3; amended, 1950, 668
§ 3. (See 1943, 514 § 4; 1948, 665 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 58A added, 1945, 671 (further regulating the creditable service
of certain veterans in the public service upon their retirement there-
from); revised, 1954, 627 § 13. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 60, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 2; same paragraph
amended, 1937, 102 § 2; 1938, 452 § 1; section revised, 1945, 483 § 2:
678; 1954, 627 § 14; 1954, 688 § 3. (See 1938, 452 § 2; 1954, 627
§§ 65, 67.)

Chap. 32.] GENERAL LaWS. 1015

Sect. 60A, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 3; amended, 1937,
102 § 3; revised, 1945, 483 § 3; repealed, 1954, 627 § 15. (See 1954,
627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sects. 61-64 repealed, 1937, 409 § 2. (See 1937, 409 §§ 5-7.)

Sect. 65, last sentence stricken out, 1937, 336 § 22; section repealed,
1937, 409 § 2. (See 1937, 409 §§ 5-7.)

Sect. 65A added, 1937, 409 § 1 (relative to the retirement or resigna-
tion of members of the judiciary); amended, 1939, 451 § 5; sentence
added at end, 1946, 525; same sentence revised, 1950, 747 § 1; 1951, 775.
(See 1937, 409 §§5-7; 1950, 747 § 2.)

Sect. 65B added, 1941, 689 § 1 (providing pensions for special justices
of district courts); revised, 1943, 398. (See 1941, 689 § 2.)

Sect. 66, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 4; amended, 1937,
102 § 4.

Sect. 68 revised, 1943, 545 § 1; 1945, 322.

Sects. 68A-68C added, 1939, 503 § 3 (relative to the retirement of
members of the state police). (See 1939, 503 § 5.)

Sect. 68C revised, 1943, 545 § 2.

Sects. 68A-68C stricken out, 1945, 658 § 1. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)

Sect. 69 revised, 1946, 576 § 1.

Sect. 70, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 5; amended, 1937,
102 § 5; section revised, 1937, 416 § 4; repealed, 1939, 441 § 4. (See
1937, 416 § 5; 1939, 441 §§ 3, 5.)

Sect. 75, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 6; amended, 1937,
102 § 6; section revised, 1938, 323 § 1.

Sect. 76 revised, 1938, 323 § 2.

Sect. 77, paragraph (a) revised, 1936, 290 § 1; 1939, 243; paragraph
(6) amended, 1945, 483 § 3 A; paragraph (c) added at end, 1936, 290
§ 2; amended, 1945, 483 § 3B. (Affected, 1937, 102 § 7, 283.) (See
1948, 515.)

Sect. 78 revised, 1939, 361 § 1; amended, 1945, 483 § 4. (Affected,
1937, 102 § 7, 283; 1939, 361 § 2.)

Sect. 78A added, 1934, 285 § 7 (providing for the ultimate abolition
of non-contributory pensions under certain provisions of general law
for laborers); amended, 1937, 102 § 7; revised, 1937, 283 § 1. (See
1937, 283 § 2.)

Sects. 80-85. See 1949. 636.

Sect. 80, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 8; section amended,
1936, 439 § 1; last paragraph amended, 1937, 102 § 8; section amended,
1945 483 § 5.

Sect. 81 amended, 1933, 103; 1938, 277 § 1. (See 1938, 277 § 3.)

Sects. 81 A and 81B added, 1946, 576 § 2 (additional provisions for the
retirement of members of fire departments in certain cities). (See
1946, 576 § 8.)

Sect. 83 amended, 1936, 439 § 2; 1938, 277 § 2; last sentence of first
paragraph revised, 1939, 264 § 1; section amended, 1945, 483 § 6.
(See 1938, 277 § 3; 1939, 264 § 2.)

Sect. 83A added, 1946, 576 § 3 (additional provisions for the retire-
ment of members of police departments in certain cities). (See 1946,
576 § 8.)

Sect. 84 amended, 1945, 483 § 7.

Sect. 85, first sentence amended, 1945, 483 § 8; second sentence
revised, 1936, 439 § 3.

1016 Changes in the [Chap. 32.

Sect. 85A revised, 1935, 31 § 1; amended, 1945, 483 § 9; revised,
1946, 576 § 4. (See 1935, 31 § 2.)

Sect. 85B added, 1932, 253 (regulating the retirement and pension-
ing of certain members of the police forces of park boards of cities and
towns); amended, 1945, 483 § 10.

Sect. 85C added, 1934, 285 § 9 (providing for the ultimate abolition
of non-contributory pensions under certain provisions of general law
for policemen and firemen) ; amended, 1937, 102 § 9.

Sect. 85D added, 1937, 220 (relative to the retirement of certain call
members of fire departments in certain towns); amended, 1945, 483
§ 11; revised, 1946, 576 § 5.

Sect. 85E added, 1946, 576 § 6 (additional provisions for the retire-
ment of members of police and fire departments in certain towns) . (See
1946, 576 § 8.)

Sect. 85F added, 1946, 576 § 6 (relative to the retirement for acci-
dental or ordinary disability of members of police and fire departments
in certain cities and tOT\Tis); first sentence revised, 1952, 431 § 1.

Sect. 85G added, 1948, 483 (relative to the retirement of certain
police officers and firemen of certain cities and towns).

Sect. 85H added, 1952, 431 § 2 (providing for retirement of certain
disabled call firemen and policemen injured in line of duty); revised,
1954, 633.

Sect. 851 added, 1954, 268 (relative to creditable service in the re-
tirement of certain pohce officers and fire fighters in certain cities and
towns) .

Sect. 86 revised, 1946, 576 § 7; 1949, 562; repealed, 1950, 395.

Sect. 89 revised, 1932, 276; amended, 1933, 340 § 1; 1934, 343;
revised, 1935, 466; amended, 1936, 326; first paragraph amended, 1943,
366; first sentence amended, 1945, 641; first paragraph revised, 1945,
696; 1952, 431 § 3; third paragraph amended, 1947, 96; paragraph
added at end, 1949, 503. (See 1933, 340 § 2.)

Sect. 89A added, 1948, 552 (increasing annuities to dependents of
certain public employees killed or who died from injuries received or
hazards undergone in the performance of duty); first paragraph
amended, 1950, 757; third sentence amended, 1951, 147 § 1; fourth
sentence revised, 1952, 431 § 4; last sentence revised, 1949, 423 § 1;
last paragraph revised, 1949, 522. (See 1949, 423 § 2; 1951, 147 § 2.)

Sect. 90 revised, 1936, 439 § 4.

Sect. 90 A added, 1943, 452 § 1 (authorizing certain cities and towns
to increase the retirement allowances of certain former employees retired
on account of accidental disability). (See 1943, 452 § 2.)

Sect. 90B added, 1955, 590 § 1 (authorizing certain retired persons
and those claiming under them to waive their rights to any portion of
their retirement allowances).

Sect. 91 revised, 1938, 439 § 5; amended, 1941, 670 § 24; first
sentence amended, 1947, 462; revised, 1948, 15 § 2; amended, 1949,
511; 1950, 656; revised, 1951, 417; sentence added at end, 1947, 394;
same sentence revised, 1950, 264; 1954, 343, 549. (See 1938, 439 § 7;
1941, 670 § 26.)

Sect. 92 amended, 1953, 509 § 2.

Sect. 92A added, 1955, 686 (securing to the wives and children of
pensioners residing outside the United States the benefits of such pen-
sions in certain cases).

Chaps. 32A-34.] GENERAL LaWS. 1017

Sect. 94 added, 1950, 551 (presumption that hypertension or heart
disease was suffered in line of duty in certain cases relative to retire-
ment for accidental disability); revised, 1951, 594.

Sects. 95-97 added, 1953, 387 (authorizing cities and towns to grant
or increase retirement allowances, pensions or annuities to certain em-
ployees or their survivors).

Chapter 32A. — Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for
Persons in the Service of the Commonwealth.

New chapter inserted, 1955, 628 § 1. (See 1955, 628 §§ 2-4.)

Chapter 32B. — Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for
Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and
their Dependents.

New chapter inserted, 1955, 760 § 1.

Chapter 33. — Militia.

Act estabhshing a special military reservation commission, and au-
thorizing the acquisition by the commonwealth for military purposes
of certain properties in Sandwich, Bourne, Falmouth and Mashpee,
1935, 196; powers and duties of the commission defined, 1936, 344
§§ 1, 2; reservation enlarged, 1941, 5. (See 1938, 331.)

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 33 inserted, 1939, 425 § 1. (See
1939, 425 § 2.)

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 33 inserted, 1954, 590 § 1. (See
1954, 590 § 2.)

For prior changes see Tables of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1952 and 1953.

Sect. 97, paragraph (a) (1) amended, 1955, 468.
Sect. 99 revised, 1955, 204.

Chapter 34. — Counties and County Commissioners.

Sect. 1 revised, 1933, 278 § 2.

Sect. 4 amended, 1935, 257 § 1; revised, 1939, 31 § 1. (See 1935,
257 § 12.)

Sect. 5, schedule revised, 1943, 102 § 1; 1949, 193 § 1, 767 § 1;
1951, 743 § 3. (See 1943, 102 § 2; 1949. 193 § 2, 767 § 2; 1951, 743
§§ 4-6.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 257 § 2; last sentence stricken out, 1939,
31 § 2. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sect. 12 revised, 1935, 257 § 3. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sect. 14, last sentence amended, 1947, 58.

Sect. 16 revised, 1947, 449 § 1. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)

Sect. 17 revised, 1932, 74; third sentence stricken out and two sen-
tences inserted, 1949, 797; sentence inserted before last sentence, 1949,
481 § 3; affected, 1939, 4.52 § 7; section revised, 1951, 479.

Sect. 19 amended, 1935, 257 § 4. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sect. 23 added, 1932, 297 (authorizing counties to receive certain
gifts); revised, 1950, 162 § 2; second sentence revised, 1954, 126 § 2.)

1018 Changes in the [Chap. 35.

Chapter 35. — County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts

and County Finances.

For legislation enabling counties to secure the benefits provided by
the federal government to assist them in public works projects, see
1945, 74; 1947, 526. [For prior legislation, see 1933, 366; 1934, 21;
1935, 404; 1936, 64, 83, 414; 1937, 159; 1938, 50, 82; 1939, 423; 1941,
639; 1943, 58.]

Provisions relative to travel allowance of county employees using cer-
tain cars on official business, 1933, 322 § 4; 1939, 452 § 2; 1941, 528 § 3;
1943, 465 § 3; 1945, 550 § 3; 1946, 348 § 3.

Provisions relative to expenses incurred for meals by county em-
ployees, 1939, 452 § 3; 1941, 528 §2; 1943, 465 §2; 1945, 550 §2; 1946,
348 § 2.

For legislation increasing the salaries of justices, clerks and probation
officers of district courts, probation officers of the superior court, trial
justices and county commissioners, see 1946, 348 § 4.

Sect. 2 revised, 1945, 289.

Sect. 3 revised, 1932. 56; sentence added at end, 1939, 109 § 2.

Sect. 11 amended, 1943, 65; revised, 1950, 659 § 1.

Sect. 19A added, 1945, 635 § 2 (providing for advances of their
vacation pay to officers and employees of counties).

Sect. 19B added, 1953, 436 § 1 (relative to the payment of salaries,
wages or other sums owing by cities and towns upon the death of their
officers and employees) ; revised, 1954, 562 § 2. (See 1953, 436 § 7.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1950, 659 § 2.

Sect. 21 amended, 1937, 64 § 2.

Sect. 22 revised, 1948, 153; 1952, 87.

Sect. 24 revised, 1951, 530 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1933, 175 § 1.

Sect. 27 amended, 1933, 175 § 2.

Sect. 28 amended, 1933, 318 § 2; 1934, 291 § 2; revised, 1939, 501
§ 1; 1945, 158 § 1; first sentence revised, 1952, 80; 1953, 33; amended,
1955, 316 § 1; two sentences inserted after first sentence, 1949, 481 § 1;
next to last sentence amended, 1950, 543 § 4; 1952, 516; 1953, 70.
(See 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6.)

Sect. 28 A added, 1943, 414 § 2 (estabhshing a budget system for
county tuberculosis hospitals); amended, 1945, 158 § 7; revised, 1945,
398 § 3. (See 1945, 398 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 29 revised, 1939, 501 § 2; amended, 1945, 158 § 2.

Sect. 30 revised, 1939, 501 § 3; sentence added at end, 1943, 39;
section revised, 1945, 158 § 3.

Sect. 34 revised, 1937, 36; amended, 1939, 501 § 4; 1945, 158 § 4;
1948, 591 § 3. (See 1948, 591 §§ 4-7.)

Sect. 34A added, 1947, 201 (relative to agreements entered into by
county commissioners for highway work in anticipation of appropria-
tions) .

Sect. 36A amended, 1939, 501 § 5; revised, 1943, 80; first sentence
amended, 1945, 158 § 5.

Sect. 37 amended, 1933, 28.

Sect. 37A amended, 1933, 29; sentence inserted before last sentence,
1952, 66.

Chap. 36.] GENERAL LawS. 1019

Sect. 38 amended, 1953, 75.

Sects. 39A-39F added, 1949, 488 (relative to the furnishing and cer-
tification of coiint}^ notes by the director of accounts).

Sect. 40 amended, 1936, 23 § 1.

Sect. 43A revised, 1939, 214 § 1.

Sect. 43B added, 1939, 214 § 2 (relative to the effect of the filing of
annual fidelity bonds by county officers and employees).

Sect. 44 amended, 1949, 481 § 2.

Sect. 45 amended, 1953, 319 § 5. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 46 revised, 1953, 654 § 2.

Sect. 48, fourth sentence revised, 1947, 102 § 1 ; last sentence of first
paragraph revised, 1949, 538; paragraph added at end, 1947, 102 § 2.

Sect. 49 amended, 1935, 182 § 1; 1938, 347 § 1; 1939, 165 § 1; 1941,
447 § 1; 1943, 136 § 1; 1945, 486 § 2; 1946, 262 § 1; revised, 1946,
512 § 1; amended, 1947, 290 § 1; first sentence amended, 1947, 400 § 1;
revised, 1947, 469 § 1; amended, 1948, 183 § 1, 664 § 1; revised, 1949,
774 § 1; amended, 1951, 611 § 2. (See 1935, 182 § 6; 1938, 347 § 3;
1939, 165 § 3; 1941, 447 §§ 4, 5; 1943, 136 § 3; 1946, 262 §§ 4, 5; 512
§3; 1947,400 §§3,4; 1949, 774 § 5.)

Sect. 51 amended, 1938, 73 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1948, 345;
three paragraphs added at end, 1955, 645.

Sects. 51A and 51B added, 1948, 591 § 1 (establishing a salary
schedule for certain officers and employees of counties, except Suffolk,
and providing for certain temporary cost-of-living adjustments). (See
1948, 591 §§ 4-7; 1949, 782 §§ 2, 4, 5, 6.)

Sect. 51B, salary schedule revised, 1949, 782 § 1; 1951, 743 §§ 1, 2;
1954, 566 § 1; paragraph (2) revised, 1954, 566 § 2; paragraph (7) re-
vised, 1949, 782 § 3. (See 1949, 782 §§ 2, 4, 5, 6; 1951, 743 §§ 4-6;
1954, 566 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 52, second paragraph revised, 1938, 73 § 1.

Sect. 54 revised, 1948, 591 § 2. (See 1948, 591 §§ 4-7.)

Sect. 55 amended, 1949, 774 § 6.

Chapter 36. — Registers of Deeds.

Sect. 3 revised, 1937, 219 § 1; 1939, 214 § 3.

Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 352 § 2.

Sect. 5 revised, 1947, 352 § 1.

Sect. 11 revised, 1947, 449 § 2. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)

Sect. 13A amended, 1951, 191.

Sect. 15 revised, 1949, 395 § 1. (See 1949, 395 § 3; 1950, 182, 350.)

Sect. 18A added, 1947, 256 § 2 (authorizing registers and assistant
registers to print or type names of persons on filed instruments if not
clearly legible).

Sect. 24, first sentence amended, 1955, 306 § 2; sentence added at end,
1952, 245.

Sect. 24 A added, 1941, 89 (authorizing the recording of certified
copies of petitions, decrees and orders filed or made pursuant to the
federal bankruptcy laws and thereby giving effect to certain provi-
sions of said laws).

Sect. 24B added, 1945, 569 § 1 (relative to the furnishing of abstract
cards and photostatic copies of recorded instruments in the Norfolk

1020 Changes in the [Chaps. 37-39.

county registry of deeds and Norfolk registry district to the assessors of
municipalities of said county); first paragraph revised, 1949, 189; sec-
tion revised, 1950, 539 § 1.
Sect. 28 amended, 1952, 250 § 1. (See 1952, 250 § 3.)
Sect. 31 repealed, 1952, 250 § 2. (See 1952, 250 § 3.)
Sect. 33, paragraph added at end, 1948, 664 § 2; revised, 1952, 543.

Chapter 37. — Sheriffs.

Sect. 2 revised, 1937, 219 § 2.

Sect. 17 amended, 1945, 63; 1946, 121.

Sect. 21 revised, 1943, 159 § 1. (See 1943, 159 § 2.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1932, 180 § 5.

Sect. 23 amended, 1936, 31 § 2; repealed, 1937, 148.

Chapter 38. — Medical Examiners.

Sect. 1, paragraph in lines 70-76 amended, 1939, 260; 1947, 69 § 1;
section amended, 1939, 451 § 6; paragraph added at end, 1952, 44.

Sect. 2, last sentence revised, 1945, 632 § 1.

Sect. 2A added, 1943, 153 § 1 (authorizing associate medical exam-
iners in Barnstable County to perform the duties of medical examiner
thereof in certain cases) ; repealed, 1945, 632 § 2. (See 1943, 153 § 2.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 214 § 4.

Sect. 5, first three sentences revised, 1947, 579; first sentence re-
vised, 1955, 422; third sentence amended, 1949, 510; last sentence
revised, 1945, 632 § 3.

Sect. 6 amended, 1939, 475; revised, 1945, 632 § 4.

Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 366; revised, 1945, 632 § 5; amended, 1953,
319 § 6; last sentence revised, 1950, 143. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1932, 118 § 1; amended, 1939, 30 § 1. (See 1939,
30 § 2.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1953, 319 § 7. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1941, 499.

Sect. 18 revised, 1953, 320; 1955, 162.

Sect. 19 revised, 1945, 632 § 6.

Chapter 39. — Municipal Governnrent.

Sect. 6A added, 1952, 259 § 1 (relative to salaries of certain mayors,
city councillors and aldermen). (See 1952, 259 § 4.)

Sect. 8A added, 1950, 132 § 1 (relative to the removal of certain
officers of cities by the city council). (See 1950, 132 § 2.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 403 § 1; 1939, 182; sentence inserted after
third sentence, 1949, 152 § 1; fifth and sixth sentences revised, 1954,
32. (See 1935, 403 § 2.)

Sect. 14, first and second paragraphs revised, 1943, 453 §§1 and 2,
respectively; paragraph added at end, 1949, 152 § 2.

Sect. 16, first paragraph revised, 1950, 56.

Sect. 19 repealed, 1934, 39 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1934, 39 § 2.

Sect. 23 amended, 1934, 39 § 3.

Chap. 40.] GENERAL LaWS. 1021

Chapter 40. — Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns.

For temporary legislation relative to the appointment of veterans to
civil service employments under the apprentice training provisions of
the G. I. Bill of Rights, so called, see 1946, 586; 1947, 673; 1948, 392.

For temporary legislation relative to the emergency housing com-
mission and to local boards of appeals, see 1946, 592; 1947, 609; 1948,
567.

Sect. 4, third paragraph revised, 1932, 271 § 6; section amended,
1941, 351 § 3; 1951, 798 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1946, 358 § 1;
1950, 521; same paragraph amended, 1954, 33; paragraph added at
end, 1951, 798 § 2. (See 1932, 271 § 7; 1951, 798 § 8.)

Sect. 4A added, 1945, 438 (authorizing cities and towns and certain
districts to make agreements relative to the performance of certain
pubhc services). (See 1955, 760 § 3.)

Sect. 4B added, 1951, 25 § 3 (relative to advertising for proposals for
certain contracts of towns); sentence added at end, 1951, 678.

Sect. 5, clause (1) amended, 1933, 318 § 3 (see 1933, 318 § 9); 1935
106; revised, 1935, 179; amended, 1951, 798 § 3 (see 1951, 798 § 8)
amended, 1939, 19; 1945, 391 § 2; 1948, 174; 1950, 157; 1946, 358 § 2
1953, 149; revised, 1953, 209; 1955, 291, 385; clause (2) amended,
1936, 390; 1950, 478; clause (5 A) added, 1938, 172 § 1 (authorizing
appropriations to establish a water supply); clause (11) revised, 1946,
358 § 3; 526; clause (12) amended, 1932, il4 § 3; 1933, 153 § 2, 245 § 2;
revised, 1936, 132 § 1, 163; amended, 1941, 217 § 2; 1943, 99; 1946,
409 § 2; 1947, 144; revised, 1947, 468 § 2; amended, 1948, 445 § 1;
1949, 118 § 2; revised, 1950, 27 § 2; amended, 1954, 627 § 16; 1950,
354 § 2, 492 § 2; 1951, 718; 1955, 271 § 1; clause (16A) added, 1946,
358 § 4 (authorizing appropriations for the employment of legal counsel
for general purposes); clause (19A) added, 1955, 85 § 1 (authorizing
cities and towns to construct, operate and maintain incinerators and to
appropriate funds for same) ; clause (20) amended, 1946, 358 § 5; clause
(23) revised, 1948, 660 § 24 (see 1948, 660 § 26); amended, 1949, 761
§ 11; clause (25A) added, 1946, 358 § 6 (authorizing appropriations for
the maintenance and supervision of beaches and swimming pools
for recreation and physical exercise); revised, 1948, 89; clause
(26) amended, 1946, 358 § 7; clause (27) revised, 1946, 358 § 8;
clause (28) revised, 1936, 211 § 5 (see 1936, 311 § 7); amended, 1947, 340
§ 5; revised, 1953, 674 § 9; clause (29) amended, 1953, 535 § 1; clause
(33) revised, 1946, 358 § 9; clause (34) amended, 1951, 149; clause (36A)
added, 1949, 163 (authorizing appropriations for suppression and eradi-
cation of ragweed); 1950, 141; clause (37) revised, 1943, 177 § 1 (see
1943, 177 § 2; 1947, 635) ; clause (38) added, 1934, 154 § 1 (authorizing
appropriations for protection of interests in real estate held under tax
title or taking) ; clause (39) added, 1935, 28 (authorizing appropriations
for the purpose of co-operating with the federal government in certain
unemployment relief and other projects); clause (40) added, 1937, 185
(authorizing appropriations for eyeglasses for needy school children);
clause (40A) added, 1947, 525 (authorizing appropriations for payment
of expenses incurred by or in behalf of certain injured school children);
clause (40B) added, 1952, 247 § 1 (authorizing appropriations for pay-
ment of certain expenses incurred for injuries sustained by school pupils
in shop or laboratory work); clause (41) added, 1938, 142 § 1 (author-

1022 Changes in the [Chap. 40.

izing cities and towns to appropriate money for stocking inland waters
heraia with fisti and for liberating game therein); amended, 1941, 599
§ 4; 1950, 101; clause (42) added, 1951, 113 (allowing the granting of
token awards by a playground or recreation commission); clause (43)
added, 1952, 118 (allowing the granting of awards to municipal em-
ployees for suggestions relative to the improvement of municipal serv-
ices) ; clause (44) added, 1952, 239 (authorizing appropriations for the
payment of premiums for group life insurance for permanent employees) ;
clause (44A) added, 1955, 760 § 2; clause (45) added, 1953, 576 § 2
(authorizing appropriations for erecting and maintaining public bath
houses in public beach districts) ; clause (46) added, 1954, 149 (authoriz-
ing appropriations for certain celebrations); clause (47) added, 1954,
297 § 2 (authorizing appropriations for the establishment of business
and industrial commissions); clause (48) added, 1955, 716 § 1 (authoriz-
ing cities and towns to construct, maintain and operate outdoor artificial
ice skating rinks). (See 1938, 142 § 2; 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 5A added, 1936, 40 (providing for the establishment of reserve
funds for cities); amended, 1937, 34; 1949, 135.

Sect. 5B added, 1945, 124 (authorizing cities and towns to appro-
priate monej^ for a stabilization fund).

Sects. 6C and 6D added, 1943, 225 (relative to the removal by cities
and towns of snow and ice from private ways therein open to public use) .

Sect. 6E added, 1950, 538 (relative to the repair b}^ cities and towois
of private ways therein open to public use); amended, 1951, 299.

Sect. 6F added, 1953, 386 § 1 (further regulating the repair by cities
and towns of private ways therein open to pubhc use).

Sect. 8 A added, 1954, 297 § 1 (authorizing cities and towns to es-
tablish commissions to promote business and industry) ; second para-
graph amended, 1955, 102 § 1. (See 1954, 511; 1955, 102 § 2.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 245 § 3; 1935, 305; 1936, 271; first para-
graph revised, 1946, 51; 209 § 2; 409 § 3; 1947, 468 § 3; 671; amended,
1949, 118 § 3; revised, 1949. 343 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1937,
255; section revised, 1949, 563 § 1; amended, 1950, 303; 1952, 115,
443; 1953, 469, 175. (See 1949, 343 § 2.)

Sect. 9A repealed, 1949, 563 § 2.

Sect. 11 amended, 1941, 490 § 9; 1953, 535 § 2; 1948, 355.

Sect. IIA added, 1953, 576 § 3 (relative to the forming of public
beach districts by cities).

Sect. 12A repealed, 1941, 598 § 5.

Sects. 12B-12G added, 1953, 576 § 1 (authorizing cities and towns to
form public beach districts.)

Sect. 13, paragraph added at end, 1941, 130.

Sect. 14 revised, 1933, 283 § 1.

Sect. 15A added, 1951, 798 § 4 (authorizing cities and towns to
transfer certain land in certain cases); revised, 1954, 105. (See 1951,
798 § 8.)

Sect. 17 amended, 1933, 254 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 21 amended, 1953, 319 § 8; clause (16) added, 1941, 346 § 1;
clause (17) added, 1949, 98; amended, 1951, 352; clause (18) added,
1952, 594; clause (19) added, 1953, 402; amended, 1955, 24; clause (20)
added, 1954, 213. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 21A added, 1951, 798 § 5 (authorizing cities and towns to es-
tablish work weeks and hours for certain municipal employees). (See
1951, 798 § 8.)

Chap. 40.] GENERAL LawS. 1023

Sect. 21B added, 1955, 294 (providing for the adjustment of certain
grievances of certain employees of cities and towns) .

Sect. 22, paragraph added at end, 1949, 644 § 1; same paragraph
amended, 1955, 458 § 1.

Sect. 22A added, 1947, 442 § 1 (authorizing the installation and
operation of parking meters in cities and towns); sentence added at
end, 1949, 644 § 2; sentence added at end, 1952, 592; 1955, 458 § 2.

Sect. 22B added, 1949, 776 (authorizing the use of receipts from
parking meters for the acquisition and maintenance of off-street park-
ing areas and facilities) ; amended, 1953, 92.

Sect. 22C added, 1951, 326 (relative to parking meters in off-street
parking lots).

Sects. 25-33. For special zoning provisions for Boston, see 1924,
488 and amendments prior to 1932; 1932, 143; 1933, 204; 1943, 210;
1936, 240; 1941, 373; 1946, 198.

Sects. 25-30A stricken out, and new sections 25-30A (municipal
zoning laws) inserted, 1933, 269 § 1. (See 1933, 269 § 4.)

Sect. 25, first paragraph amended, 1950, 325 § 1.

Sect. 26 amended, 1952, 438.

Sect. 27 revised, 1941, 320.

Sect. 27A added, 1938, 133 § 1 (to prevent multiplicity of proposals
for the same change in zoning ordinances or by-laws).

Sect. 28 revised, 1941, 176.

Sect. 30, first paragraph (as appearing in 1933, 269 § 1) amended,
1945, 167; second paragraph (as so appearing) amended, 1951, 205;
paragraph in lines 54-60 (as appearing in 1933, 269 § 1) stricken out
and two paragraphs added, 1941, 198 § 1; paragraph in lines 61-70
(as so appearing) amended, 1935, 388 § 1; clause (1) in Hnes 72-76 (as
so appearing) revised, 1941, 198 § 2; paragraph in lines 80-90 (as so
appearing) amended, 1935, 388 § 2; next to last paragraph amended,
1953, 102. (See 1941, 198 § 3.)

Sects. 25-30. Temporarily affected, 1951, 307.

Sect. 30A stricken out and reinserted as section 30B and new sec-
tion 30A inserted, 1938, 133 § 2 (to prevent multiplicity of proposals
for the same change in the application of zoning ordinances or by-laws).

Sect. 30B, sentence added at end, 1950, 325 § 2.

Sects. 25-30B stricken out, 1954, 368 § 1. (See 1954, 368 § 3.)

Sect. 32 revised, 1933, 185 § 1; amended, 1941, 520 § 1; revised,
1952, 337. (See 1933, 185 § 2; 1941, 520 § 2.)

Sect. 38 revised, 1938, 172 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1941,
465 § 1.

Sects. 39A-39G added, 1938, 172 § 3 (authorizing the establishment
and maintenance of water supply and distributing sj'^stems).

Sect. 39A revised, 1941, 465 § 2.

Sect. 39H added, 1943, 125 (authorizing cities, towns and districts,
through their water departments, and water companies, to aid similar
municipal and other corporations relative to their water supply).

Sect. 40 revised, 1933, 314; 1945, 606.

Sect. 41A added, 1949, 793 (authorizing certain governmental agen-
cies to restrain the use of water during an emergency).

Sect. 42A revised, 1932, 197 § 2; amended, 1936, 42 § 1; revised,
1938, 415 § 1; amended, 1941, 380 § 1; first three sentences stricken
out and two sentences inserted, 1954, 487 § 1. (See 1932, 197 §3;
1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7; 1954, 487 § 3.)

1024 Changes in the [Chaps. 40A-41.

Sect. 42B amended, 1935, 56 § 1; revised, 1936, 42 § 2; 1938, 415
§ 2; revised, 1941, 380 § 2; sentence inserted after fourth sentence,
1947, 132; section revised, 1954, 487 § 2. (See 1935, 56 § 2; 1938,
415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7; 1954, 487 § 3.)

Sect. 42C amended, 1935, 248 § 1; revised, 1938, 415 § 3; 1941,
380 § 3; 1954, 487 § 2. (See 1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7; 1954, 487 § 3.)

Sect. 42D, last sentence revised, 1935, 248 § 2; section revised, 1938,
415 § 4; 1941, 380 § 4; second paragraph amended, 1950, 80; section
revised, 1954, 487 § 2. (See 1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7; 1954, 487 §
3.)

Sect. 42E, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 6; same sentence re-
vised, 1939, 451 § 7; section amended, 1941, 380 § 5. Affected, 1938,
415 § 7. (See 1941, 380 § 7.)

Sect. 42F affected, 1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7.

Sects. 42G-42I added, 1955, 332 (to authorize the levy of special
assessments to meet the cost of laying water pipes in public and private
ways).

Sect. 421, first sentence revised, 1955, 639.

Sect. 43A (relative to pipe lines for conveying petroleum and its
products and by-products) added under the heading "petroleum and
ITS products and by-products", 1941, 678 § 2.

Sect. 51 revised, 1937, 196; two sentences added at end, 1945, 340;
section revised, 1946, 584 § 3. (See 1946, 584 § 22.)

Chapter 40A. — Zoning Regulations.

New chapter inserted, 1954, 368 § 2. (See 1954, 368 § 3.)

Sect. 13 revised, 1955, 325 § 1.

Sect. 14, last sentence revised, 1954, 551 § 1. (See 1954, 551 § 2.)

Sect. 15, paragraph 1 revised, 1955, 325 § 2.

Sect. 19, second paragraph revised, 1955, 349.

Chapter 40B. — Regional Planning.
New chapter inserted, 1955, 374.

Sect. 2 revised, 1955, 656 § 1. (See 1955, 656 § 3.)

Sect. 3, first sentence revised, 1955, 656 § 2. (See 1955, 656 § 3.)

Chapter 41. — Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.

Sect. 1, first paragraph revised, 1943, 453 § 3; paragraph in line 10
revised, 1934, 155 § 1; paragraph in line 11 revised, 1953, 267 § 1;
paragraph in lines 15, 16 revised, 1939, 129; paragraph in line 25 re-
vised, 1939, 3; paragraph in lines 26, 27 revised, 1955, 33; paragraph
added at end, 1938, 341 § 2.

Sect. 4A, sentence added at end, 1951, 6.

Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 39 § 4.

Sect. 10 revised, 1954, 201.

Sect. 11 amended, 1938, 341 § 3.

Sect. 13 amended, 1936, 18; 1937, 143 § 1.

Sect. 13A added, 1932, 289 § 5 (provisions relative to bonds of city
clerks). [For prior legislation, see G. L. chapter 140 § 148, repealed
by 1932, 289 § 6.]

Chap. 41.] GENERAL LaWS. 1025

Sect. 13B added, 1954, 139 (relative to the renewal of licenses and
permits in certain cities).

Sect. 15A revised, 1949, 136.

Sect. 17 revised, 1954, 83.

Sects. ISA and 18B added, 1948, 56 (providing that the records of
city clerks may be attested by the volume and that a facsimile of the
signature of the city clerk shall be valid in certain cases).

Sect. 19, last sentence revised, 1938, 66; same sentence amended,
1945, 245; sentence added at end, 1947, 391.

Sect. 19A added, 1933, 70 § 1 (requiring the filing with the state
secretary of certificates of appointment or election of clerks or assistant
or temporary clerks of cities or towns, and granting authority to said
secretary to authenticate attestations of any such officer). (See 1933,
70 § 2.)

Sects. 19B-19E added, 1950, 388 (relative to the tenure of office of
city and town clerks).

Sect. 21, first paragraph revised, 1953, 101 § 2; last paragraph re-
vised, 1934, 155 § 2. (See 1934, 155 § 4.)

Sect. 24, paragraph added at end, 1945, 136 § 1; section revised, 1951,
364; 1953, 267 § 2. (See 1945, 136 § 2.)

Sect. 24A repealed, 1937, 129 § 1.

Sect. 25 revised, 1937, 129 § 2.

Sect. 25A revised, 1937, 129 § 3; first sentence revised, 1950, 151;
third sentence revised, 1951, 77.

Sect. 26 revised, 1937, 129 § 4.

Sect. 26A added, 1935, 149 (relative to employment of counsel by
boards of assessors in certain cases); revised, 1951, 215 § 2.

Sect. 27 revised, 1936, 118 § 1. (See 1936, 118 § 3.)

Sect. 28 amended, 1939, 342 § 2.

Sect. 30 A added, 1946, 211 (relative to the effect of a vacancy in
the office of assessor).

Sect. 32, sentence added at end, 1950, 793 § 3.

Sect. 33, two sentences added at end, 1950, 793 § 4.

Sect. 35 revised, 1937, 143 § 2; sentence added at end, 1939, 109 § 1.

Sect. 37 revised, 1933, 82 § 2; amended, 1934, 259 § 2.

Sect. 38A amended, 1936, 201; revised, 1941, 211; first sentence
revised, 1948, 197.

Sect. 39A added, 1939, 89 (providing for the appointment of assistant
treasurers of cities and towns) ; last sentence revised, 1953, 55.

Sect. 39B added, 1943, 284 (authorizing the suspension and removal
of city and town collectors and the appointment of temporary collectors
under certain circumstances); first sentence amended, 1951, 256.

Sect. 40 revised, 1937, 143 § 3; sentence inserted before last sentence,
1951, 83.

Sect. 43A added, 1939, 88 (requiring municipalities to indemnify
and protect collectors of taxes in the performance of their duties in
certain cases); revised, 1941, 99.

Sect. 45A added, 1952, 79 (providing that the selectmen shall be the
commissioners of trust funds in certain small towns).

Sect. 49A added, 1948, 211 (providing for the appointment of an
assistant by auditors, accountants, and officers having similar duties,
of cities and towns).

Sect. 53, last sentence revised, 1948, 84.

1026 Changes in the [Chap. 41.

Sect. 54A amended, 1936, 62.

Sect. 56 revised, 1950, 65.

Sect. 59 amended, 1936, 94.

Sect. 61A revised, 1937, 143 § 4.

Sect. 66 revised, 1934, 155 § 3.

Sects. 69A and 69B added, 1938, 172 § 4 (relative to the establish-
ment and powers and duties of boards of water commissioners in certain
towns).

Sects. 69C-69F added, 1953, 101 § 1 (relative to the establishment
in towns of a department of public works exercising the powers of
certain other departments and town officers).

Sect. 69E amended, 1954, 45.

Sect. 70, paragraph added at end, 1936, 211 § 1; amended, 1947,
340 § 1. (See 1936, 211 § 7.)

Sect. 71 amended, 1943, 266; 1953, 409 § 6.

Sect. 72 revised, 1936, 211 § 2; first sentence amended, 1947, 340 § 2;
1953, 674 § 1. (See 1936, 211 § 7.)

Sect. 73, paragraph added at end, 1936, 211 § 3; amended, 1947,
340 § 3; two sentences added at end, 1953, 674 § 8. (See 1936, 211 §
7.)

Sects. 81A-81J added, under caption "improved method of munic-
ipal planning", 1936, 211 § 4. (See 1936, 211 § 7.)

Sect. 81 A, last paragraph revised, 1938, 113.

Sects. 81A-81J stricken out and sections 81A to 81Y inserted, 1947,
340 § 4.

Sect. 81B amended and paragraph added at end, 1953, 674 § 2.

Sect. 81C amended, 1953, 409 § 7.

Sect. 81D, sentence inserted after second sentence, 1954, 643 § 1.

Sect. 8 IE, three paragraphs added at end, 1953, 674 § 3.

Sect. 81F, sentence added at end, 1953, 674 § 4.

Sect. 81G revised, 1953, 674 § 5.

Sect. 81J, first sentence amended and sentence inserted after third
sentence, 1953, 674 § 6.

Sects. 81K to 81Y stricken out and sections 81K to 81GG inserted, under
caption " Subdivision Control", 1953, 674 § 7. (See 1953, 674 § 11.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1952.

Sect. 81L, definition of "Industrial" stricken out, 1955, 411 § 2.

Sect. 81P, first sentence revised, 1955, 326 § 1 ; sentence added at end,
1955, 326 § 2.

Sect. 81Q, first sentence revised, 1955, 370.

Sect. 81R, second paragraph stricken out, 1955, 411 § 1.

Sect. 81U, last sentence revised, 1955, 324.

Sect. 81BB, paragraph added at end, 1955, 348.

Sect. 86 amended, 1939, 261 § 5.

Sect. 87A added, 1954, 386 (providing for the appointment of certain
employees of the registry of motor vehicles as weighers and measurers) .

Sect. 9 IB added, 1933, 128 (further regulating the appointment of
constables).

Sect. 96A added, 1938, 342 (disqualifying felons from appointment
to the police forces or departments of cities, towns and districts).

Sect. 97A added, 1948, 540 (relative to the establishment of police
departments in certain towns) ; revised, 1948, 595.

Chap. 41.] GENERAL LawS. 1027

Sect. 98 amended, 1953, 319 § 9; third sentence revised, 1954,
162 § 1. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 99 amended, 1932, 124; revised, 1951, 214.

Sect. 100, sentence added at end, 1933, 324 § 3; section amended,
1938, 298; revised, 1945, 670; second sentence revised, 1950, 337;
sentence inserted after second sentence, 1950, 398; sentence inserted
before last sentence, 1950, 550; same sentence amended, 1955, 168;
last sentence revised, 1950, 412 § 1. (See 1950, 412 § 2.)

Sect. lOOA amended, 1933, 318 § 4; 1934, 291 § 3; 1945, 391 § 1;
1949, 128. (See 1933, 318 §§ 8, 9; 1934, 291 § 6; 1945, 391 § 3.)

Sect. lOOB added, 1953, 628 § 1 (providing for the indemnification
by cities and towns of certain retired police officers and firefighters for
certain hospital, medical and surgical expenses). (See 1953, 628 § 2.)

Sect. 105 amended, 1936, 132 § 2; sentence added at end, 1954,
627 § 17. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 107, second sentence revised, 1953, 44; 1955, 123.

Sect. 108 revised, 1947, 540 § 1.

Sect. 108A added, 1947, 540 § 2 (authorizing cities and towns to
establish salary plans for certain employees thereof) ; revised, 1948, 351.

Sect. 108B added, 1949, 235 (providing for additional compensation
and expenses for assessors and collectors in towns for assessing and
collecting district taxes).

Sect. 108C added, 1954, 295 § 2 (relative to rules and regulations
promulgated in connection with compensation plans for municipal
officers and employees and municipal personnel administration).

Sect. 110, sentence added at end, 1950, 242.

Sect. IIOA added, 1947, 265 (authorizing the closing of pubhc ofiices
in cities and towns on Saturdays).

Sect. Ill revised, 1932, 109; amended, 1936, 242; revised, 1937, 15;
1941, 368; fourth sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted,
1943, 280; first paragraph revised, 1946, 301; same paragraph stricken
out and three paragraphs inserted, 1948, 330 § 1; same three para-
graphs stricken out and one paragraph inserted, 1949, 475 § 1; same
paragraph revised, 1951, 242 § 1. (See 1948, 330 § 2; 1951, 242 § 2.)

Sect. lllA amended, 1934, 107; revised, 1949, 172.

Sect. 11 IB added, 1945, 156 (providing sick leaves for laborers, work-
men and mechanics regularly employed by certain cities and towns);
amended, 1946, 187; sentence added at end, 1949, 686.

Sect. IIIC added, 1945, 348 (authorizing attendance at funerals or
memorial services of war veterans by certain municipal employees with-
out loss of pay) ; revised, 1953, 179.

Sect. HID added, 1949, 384 (relative to vacations without loss of
pay for regular members of police and fire forces in certain cities and
towns). See 1950, 36 § 1.

Sect. lllE added, 1949, 475 § 2 (providing for payment of compen-
sation to certain municipal emploj'^ees and their beneficiaries in lieu of
vacations in certain cases); amended, 1953, 436 § 2; revised, 1954, 13.

Sect. 11 IF added, 1952, 419 (providing injured leave for certain in-
capacitated police officers and firefighters).

Sect. IIIG added, 1952, 488 (relative to annual vacations for cer-
tain employees of certain cities and towns).

Sect. IIIH added, 1953, 293 (relative to overtime service by poUce
officers of cities and towns); revised, 1954, 573 § 1. (See 1954, 573 § 2.)

1028 Changes in the [Chaps. 42, 43.

Sect. 1111 added, 1953, 436 § 3 (relative to the payment of salaries,
wages or other sums owing by cities and towns upon the death of
their officers and employees) ; revised, 1954, 562 § 3. (See 1953, 436 § 7.)

Sect. 112 revised, 1954, 627 § 18. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 112A added, 1947, 276 (regulating the separation from the
service of certain cities and towns of certain war veterans holding
unclassified offices or positions).

Sect. 119, two sentences added at end, 1950, 137; paragraph added
at end, 1950, 779.

Sect. 120 added, 1949, 133 § 1 (establishing the financial year of
fire, water, light and improvement districts). (See 1949, 133 § 2.)

Sect. 121 added, 1950, 211 (requiring the treasurer of fire, water,
light and improvement districts to be bonded).

Chapter 42. — Boundaries of Cities and Towns.

Boundary line between Saugus and Wakefield (portion) established,
1933, 298; between Woburn and Reading (portion) established, 1934,
177; between Oak Bluffs and Tisbury (portion) established, 1935, 145;
between Brewster and Orleans (portion) established, 1935, 356; between
Middleton and Topsfield established, 1936, 96; between Foxborough
and Walpole established, 1937, 140; between Edgartown and Oak
Bluffs (portion) estabhshed, 1937, 265; between Arlington and Bel-
mont (portion) estabhshed, 1938, 371; between Rochester and Ware-
ham and between Marion and Wareham (portion) established, 1939,
279; between Fitchburg and Leominster (portion) established, 1941,
37, 698; between Bellingham and Franklin estabhshed, 1941, 641;
between Chicopee and Springfield (portion) established, 1945, 274;
between Brewster and Dennis and between Dennis and Harwich,
1945, 599; between Reading and Lynnfield (portion) estabhshed, 1947,
243; between Dennis and Harwich established, 1947, 372.

Sect. 1 revised, 1933, 278 § 3.

Chapter 43. — City Charters.

Sect. 1, definition of "Plan D" revised, 1948, 459 § 1; three para-
graphs inserted after word "inclusive" in line 22, 1938, 378 § 1.

Sect. 5, paragraph added at end, 1938, 378 § 2; same paragraph
revised, 1948, 459 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1939, 451 § 8; revised, 1948, 459 § 3; paragraph
added at end, 1954, 67.

Sect. 8, form of oetition revised, 1938, 378 § 3 ; amended, 1948 ,459 § 4.

Sect. 9 revised, 1941, 640 § 1; 1948, 459 § 5; 1954, 155. (See 1941,
640 § 7.)

Sect. 10, paragraph added at end, 1938, 378 § 4.

Sect. 11 revised, 1941, 640 § 2. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)

Sect. 15 amended, 1933, 313 § 7; last paragraph amended, 1938,
378 § 5; section revised, 1941, 640 § 3. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)

Sect. 17 revised, 1938, 378 § 6.

Sect. 17A added, 1952, 259 § 2 (relative to salaries of certain mayors,
city councillors and city managers).

Sect. 18, paragraph numbered 4 inserted, 1938, 378 § 7; amended,
1949, 723 § 1.

Sect. 19 revised, 1938, 378 § 8; amended, 1948, 459 § 6.

Chap. 43A,] GENERAL LaWS. 1029

Sect. 23 amended, 1935, 68 § 1.

Sect. 26, first paragraph revised, 1937, 224 § 1; amended, 1938,
378 § 9.

Sect. 28 amended, 1951, 25 § 1.

Sect. 29 revised, 1938, 378 § 10; first sentence revised, 1949, 723 § 2;
amended, 1951, 25 § 2.

Sect. 30 revised, 1938, 378 § 11; first sentence revised, 1948, 459 § 7.

Sect. 31 amended, 1938, 378 § 12.

Sect. 32 amended, 1949, 318.

Sect. 36 revised, 1938, 378 § 13.

Sect. 42 amended, 1935, 68 § 2.

Sect. 44A amended, 1933, 313 § 8; last two sentences stricken out,
and paragraph added at end, 1934, 30; first paragraph revised, 1938,
378 § 14; last sentence of first paragraph stricken out, 1941, 640 § 4.
(See 1941, 640 § 7.)

Sect. 44C, first paragraph amended, 1937, 147; 1943, 229 § 1.

Sect. 44H amended, 1932, 180 § 7; 1941, 640 § 5. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)

Sect. 46 amended, 1939, 451 § 9.

Sect. 50A added, 1936, 135 (relative to the filling of vacancies in the
citv council in cities having a Plan A form of charter).

Sect. 51 repealed, 1952, 259 § 3.

Sect. 56 amended, 1937, 224 § 2.

Sect. 59A added, 1937, 224 § 3 (relative to the filling of vacancies in
the city council in cities having a Plan B form of charter) ; two para-
graphs inserted before first paragraph, 1955, 222.

Sect. 62 repealed, 1952, 259 § 3.

Sect. 78 repealed, 1952, 259 § 3.

Sects. 79-92 stricken out and new sections 79-92A (relative to
Plan D form of charter) inserted, 1948, 459 § 8.

Sect. 87 repealed, 1952, 259 § 3.

Sects. 93-116 added, under the heading "Plan E. — Government

BY A CITY COUNCIL INCLUDING A MAYOR ELECTED FROM ITS NUMBER,
AND A CITY MANAGER, WITH ALL ELECTIVE BODIES ELECTED AT LARGE

BY PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION", 1938, 378 § 15 (providing an ad-
ditional optional standard form of city charter under which substantial
control of the city government is vested in a city council elected at
large by proportional representation, with a city manager appointed
and removable at pleasure by the city council).

Sects. 93-116 repealed in so far as they provide for election by pro-
portional representation of city councils and school committees, 1949,
661 § 1; 1952, 281 § 1. (See 1949, 661 §§ lA-3; 1952, 281 § 2; 1953,
118.)

Sect. 100 amended, 1941, 722 § 5.

Sect. 101 repealed, 1952, 259 § 3.

Sect. 102 amended, 1941, 722 § 6.

Sect. 103, first paragraph amended, 1950, 353.

Sect. 110, first paragraph amended, 1949, 181; form of petition
amended, 1941, 722 § 7.

Sect. 114, last sentence revised, 1952, 78.

Chapter 43A. — Standard Form of Representative Town Meeting
Government.

Sect. 3, first paragraph amended, 1937, 267 § 2.
Sect. 4, first paragraph amended, 1936, 128.

1030 Changes in the [Chap. 44.

Sect. 6 revised, 1943, 1 § 1; 1943, 453 § 4; amended, 1945, 359;
next to last sentence amended, 1947, 291. (See 1943, 1 § 2.)
Sect. 8, first sentence revised, 1943, 453 § 5.

Chapter 44. — Municipal Finance.

For temporary legislation establishing an emergency finance board
in the department of the state treasurer, and providing for the borrow-
ing of money by cities and towns against certain tax titles, see 1933
49, 104; 1935, 221, 300, 456; 1936, 281; 1938, 57; 1939, 288, 496
1941, 129; 1943, 413; 1945, 324; 1947, 206; 1949, 79; 1951, 438
1953,467; 1955,262,726.

For legislation enabling cities and towns to secure the benefits pro-
vided by the federal government to assist them in pubHc works projects,
see 1945, 74; 1947, 526; 1949, 327. [For prior legislation, see 1933, 366;
1934, 21; 1935, 213, 404; 1946, 64, 83, 414; 1937, 159; 1938, 50, 82;
1939,423; 1941,639; 1943,58.]

For emergency legislation authorizing cities and towns to make cer-
tain appropriations during the existing state of war, see 1943, 5 §§ 1, 6;
75 §§ 1, 2, 4, 5; 1946, 10. [For prior legislation, see 1941, 487; 1942, 4.]

For legislation authorizing the renewal by cities and towns of certain
temporary revenue loans, see 1947, 108; 1949, 134.

For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other
charges due to the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325, 712; 1946, 615.

For legislation authorizing cities and towns to borrow, in the years
1935 to 1948, inclusive, on account of public welfare and veterans'
benefits (and in certain of said years for additional specified purposes),
see 1935, 188; 1936, 80; 1937, 107; 1938, 58; 1939, 72, 453; 1941, 92;
1943, 44; 1945, 73; 1946, 584 § 17; 1947, 611; 1949, 90; 1951, 108;
1953, 479; 1955, 18, 726.

For legislation regulating the use of receipts from the sale by cities
and towns of federal surplus commodity stamps, 1941, 65.

For legislation authorizing cities and towns to borrow for remodel-
ing, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings,
see 1948, 275.

Sect. 1, definition of "Revenue" revised, 1946, 358 § 10.

Sect. 2 revised, 1936, 224 § 4; amended, 1946, 358 § 11. (See 1936,
224 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 11 § 1; affected, 1934, 11 §§ 2, 3; amended,
1936, 16; 1946, 358 § 12; 1947, 298 § 2.

Sect. 4A added, 1935, 68 § 3 (temporary loans by cities in anticipation
of revenue exempted from charter provisions relative to publication
and referendum).

Sect. 5 amended, 1939, 37.

Sect. 5A amended, 1935, 68 § 4.

Sect. 5B added, 1943, 61 § 1 (relative to borrowing for liabiUties
incurred by districts prior to the annual appropriations).

Sect. 7 amended, 1936, 224 § 5; first paragraph amended, 1946,
358 § 13; 1947, 207 § 1; 1948, 275 § 3; revised, 1951, 54, 181 § 1; clause
(2A) added, 1955, 716 § 2; clause 3A added, 1947, 207 § 2; repealed,
1948, 275 § 4; clause (4 A) added, 1955, 85 § 2; clause (5) revised,
1947, 101; amended, 1951, 282 § 1; clause (6) amended, 1951, 282 § 2;
clause (12) repealed, 1946, 358 § 14; clause (14) revised, 1953, 100;

Chap. 44.] GENERAL LawS. 1031

clause (15) added, 1948, 383; clause (16) added, 1951, 181 § 2; amended,
1952, 38. (See 1936, 224 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 8, clause (3) revised, 1938, 172 § 5; clause (5) revised, 1941,
83; amended, 1952, 123 § 1; clause (6) amended, 1952, 123 § 2; clause
(9) amended, 1939, 457; 1947, 298 § 3; clause (13) added, 1946, 358 § 15;
amended, 1947, 298 § 4; clause (14) added, 1954, 106. (See 1952, 123 § 3.)

Sect. 8A added, 1939, 108 § 1 (providing for submitting to the voters
of certain cities the question of approving or disapproving orders author-
izing the issue of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness for certain
purposes). (See 1939, 108 § 2.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 376; 1946, 384 § 1; first paragraph amended,
1950, 169; paragraph added at end, 1947, 298 § 5.

Sect. 10 amended, 1936, 224 § 6; 1939, 24 § 1; 1946, 329; second
sentence revised, 1950, 51; section revised, 1952, 56. (See 1936, 224
§§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1936, 224 § 7. (See 1936, 224 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 12 amended, 1936, 224 § 8; repealed, 1946, 358 § 16. (See
1936, 224 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 13 revised, 1946, 358 § 17; paragraph added at end, 1948, 5.

Sect. 13A added, 1943, 61 § 2 (relative to the incurring of liabilities
by districts prior to the annual appropriations) .

"Sect. 16, last sentence stricken out, 1936, 224 § 10. (See 1936, 224
§§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 17 amended, 1946, 358 § 18.

Sect. 18 amended, 1946, 358 § 19,

Sect. 19 amended, 1946, 358 § 20.

Sect. 20 amended, 1946, 358 § 21; revised, 1947, 60; sentence added
at end, 1949, 403.

Sect. 21 amended, 1946, 358 § 22.

Sect. 22 amended, 1936, 224 § 9. (See 1936, 224 §§11, 12.)

Sect. 26 amended, 1951, 265.

Sect. 28A added, 1951, 16 (making certain provisions of municipal
finance laws applicable to regional school districts).

Sect. 29. As to tax limit of Boston, see 1932, 125; 1933, 159; 1934,
201; 1935,284; 1936,224.

Sect. 31 revised, 1946, 358 § 23; 1949, 138; first sentence revised,
1955, 259; sentence added at end, 1954, 46.

Sect. 31A added, 1941, 473 § 1 (relative to budgets in certain cities);
amended, 1953, 654 § 3.

Sect. 3 IB added, 1950, 173 (relative to the liabilities which may be
incurred by fire, water, light and improvement districts).

Sect. 32, paragraphs added at end, 1938, 175 § 1, 378 § 16; section
revised, 1941, 473 § 2; subdivision (2) of first paragraph amended,
1953, 51; paragraph added at end, 1953, 79.

Sect. 33 revised, 1941, 473 § 3.

Sect. 33A stricken out and new sections 33A and 33B inserted, 1943,
62 (amending and clarifying the law relative to budgets in cities).

Sect. 33A revised, 1947, 298 § 1; sentence added at end, 1950, 370;
section revised, 1955, 358.

Sect. 33B, two sentences added at end, 1951, 798 § 6. (See 1951, 798
§8.)

Sect. 34 revised, 1938, 170; paragraph added at end, 1941, 93.

Sect. 35 amended, 1941, 454; revised, 1951, 17 § 1.

1032 Changes in the [Chaps. 45, 46.

Sect. 40 amended, 1939, 339; first sentence amended, 1945, 29 § 1;
sentence inserted after first sentence, 1947, 298 § 6; section revised,

1948, 82; 1951, 17 § 2. (See 1945, 29 § 2; repealed by 1946, 109.)
Sect. 41 revised, 1946, 432 § 4.

Sect. 43, two sentences added at end, 1951, 276.

Sect. 46 amended, 1953, 654 § 4.

Sect. 46A added, 1932, 155 (making permanent certain provisions of
law relative to investigations of municipal accounts and financial trans-
actions by the director of accounts). [For prior temporary legislation,
see 1926, 210; 1929, 335.]

Sect. 51 amended, 1934, 355; repealed, 1938, 458.

Sect. 54 amended, 1933, 200; 1946, 358 § 24; revised, 1948, 194 § 1;

1949, 243; amended, 1953, 83; 1954, 47.

Sect. 55, sentence added at end, 1948, 143 § 1; 1951, 59; section
revised, 1953, 103.

Sect. 55A revised, 1948, 143 § 2, 194 § 2; 1950, 224; amended,
1954, 48.

Sect. 56A added, 1934, 229 § 1 (relative to the financial year of
cities). (See 1934, 229 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 58 amended, 1951, 15.

Sect. 63 amended, 1946, 358 § 25.

Sect. 63A added, 1955, 247 (providing for a payment in lieu of taxes
in the event of a sale of real estate by a city or town). (See 1955, 401.)

Sect. 64 added, 1941, 179 (authorizing towns to appropriate money
for the payment of certain unpaid bills of previous years).

Sect. 65 added, 1945, 635 § 3 (providing for advances of their vaca-
tion pay to officers and employees of cities and towns).

Chapter 45. — Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain.

Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 10 § 1.

Sect. 14 revised, 1949, 256; second sentence stricken out and two
sentences inserted, 1955, 96.

Sect. 17A added, 1938, 220 (authorizing cities and towns to use cer-
tain ways therein for playground purposes); revised, 1953, 80; 1955, 1.

Sect. 18 revised, 1954, 131.

Chapter 46. — Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Sect. 1, third sentence of second paragraph revised, 1933, 280 § 1;
fourth paragraph amended, 1941, 51; revised, 1954, 627 § 23. (See
1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 1A added, 1939, 61 § 1 (further regulating the making and
recording of certificates of birth of certain abandoned children and
foundlings).

Sects. IB and IC added, 1952, 72 (relative to filing evidence of cer-
tain births and deaths occurring without the commonwealth).

Sect. 2A added, 1933, 279 (regulating the impounding of birth rec-
ords of children born out of wedlock) ; amended, 1937, 78 § 1 ; revised,
1939, 269 § 1 ; amended, 1954, 324.

Sect. 3, first paragraph amended, 1955, 95 § 1 ; paragraph added at
end, 1939, 326 § 1.

Sect. 4 A added, 1941, 434 (providing for the verification of returns
of births).

Chap. 48.] GENERAL LaWS. 1033

Sect. 6 revised, 1939, 61 § 2.

Sect. 7A added, 1950, 22 (requiring reports of births in airplanes).

Sect. 9 amended, 1936, 100; 1945, 113; sentence inserted after first
sentence, 1954, 137.

Sect. 10 revised, 1954, 627 § 24. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 11, second sentence stricken out, 1955, 95 § 2.

Sect. 12 amended, 1937, 78 § 2; revised, 1945, 439.

Sect. 13, paragraph in first to sixth hnes amended, 1939, 61 § 3;
second paragraph amended, 1933, 280 § 2; second paragraph stricken
out and two new paragraphs inserted, 1938, 63; first paragraph so in-
serted revised, 1943, 72 § 2; paragraph in eighteenth and nineteenth
fines, as appearing in Tercentenary Edition, amended, 1938, 97; re-
vised, 1953, 261 § 1; 1955, 107 § 3; fourth paragraph, as so appearing,
amended, 1941, 50; same paragraph amended, 1945, 65; 1953, 261 § 2;
revised, 1955, 107 § 4; paragraph added at end, 1939, 61 § 4; paragraph
added at end, 1948, 550 § 2.

Sect. 13A added, 1945, 542 (providing for the recording of certain
births upon the determination of facts relating thereto by a probate
court).

Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 351 § 4; sentence added at end, 1955,
107 § 5.

Sect. 17 revised, 1932, 12; amended, 1939, 269 § 2.

Sect. 19 revised, 1943, 228 § 1; amended, 1945, 570 § 1; sentence
added at end, 1950, 366. (See 1945, 570 § 2.) (See 1943, 228 § 2.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1941, 351 § 5.

Sect. 26 amended, 1939, 326 § 2; first sentence revised, 1947, 283.

Chapter 48. — Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.

For legislation enabling districts to secure the benefits provided by
the federal government to assist them in public works projects, see
1945, 74; 1947, 526. (For prior legislation, see 1933, 366; 1934, 21;
1935, 213, 404; 1936, 64, 83, 414; 1937, 159; 1938, 50, 82; 1939, 423;
1941, 639; 1943, 58.)

For legislation authorizing districts to borrow, in the years 1935 to
1944, inclusive, on account of public welfare and soldiers' benefits (and
in certain of said years for additional specified purposes), see 1935, 188;
1936,80; 1937,107; 1938,58; 1939,72,453; 1941,92; 1943,44.

For legislation authorizing the renewal by districts of certain tempo-
rary revenue loans, see 1947, 108.

For emergency legislation authorizing districts to make certain appro-
priations during the existing state of war, see 1943, 5 §§ 1, 6; 75 §§ 1, 2,
4, 5; 1946, 10. [For prior legislation, see 1941, 487; 1942, 4.]

Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 490 § 10; revised, 1954, 104.

Sect. 13 amended, 1938, 204; revised, 1941, 581; 1945, 269; amended,
1951 274.

Sect. 15 amended, 1932, 180 § 8; 1941, 490 § 11.

Sect. 16 revised, 1943, 103 § 1; amended, 1952, 222.

Sect. 18 revised, 1943, 103 § 2.

Sect. 20A repealed, 1950, 442.

Sect. 24 amended, 1953, 535 § 3.

Sect. 28A amended, 1941, 490 § 12; revised, 1953, 496.

Sect. 28B revised, 1953, 535 § 4.

1034 Changes in the [Chaps. 49, 50.

Sect. 28C added, 1948, 131 (providing for the closing of privately-
owned forest lands during periods of fire hazard).

Sect. 36A added, 1948, 149 § 1 (providing for the promotion of cer-
tain call firemen to membership in the permanent fire force in certain
cities and towns).

Sect. 37 revised, 1948, 149 § 2.

Sect. 51A added, 1948, 337 § 1 (providing for the furnishing of gas
masks for the use of members of fire departments) ; second paragraph
revised, 1949, 467 § 1. (See 1948, 337 § 2; 1949, 467 § 2.)

Sect. 57A added, 1953, 640 (relative to additional pay or time off
for firefighters and others who are required to work on legal holidays).

Sect. 58 A added, 1941, 638 (further regulating the hours of duty of
permanent members of fire departments in certain cities and towns).

Sect. 58B added, 1945, 413 § 1 (further regulating the hours of duty
of permanent members of fire departments in certain cities and towns) ;
second paragraph amended, 1955, 151. (See 1945, 413 § 2; 1946, 114,
371, 436, 597; 1947, 64; 200.)

Sect. 58C added, 1955, 195 (authorizing compensation for overtime
service by fire fighters of cities and towns).

Sect. 59, fifth paragraph revised, 1955, 150.

Sect. 59A amended, 1949, 77.

Sect. 59E added, 1939, 419 § 1 (providing for the ultimate abolition
of reserve fire forces in certain cities and towns).

Sect, 66 revised, 1950, 121.

Sect. 70 repealed, 1950, 170.

Sect. 79 revised, 1948, 133; first sentence amended, 1951, 392.

Chapter 49. — Fences, Fence Viewers, Pounds and Field Drivers.

Sect. 6 revised, 1948, 550 § 3.
Sect. 10 amended, 1951, 143 § 2.
Sect. 29 amended, 1951, 143 § 1.
Sect. 36 revised, 1948, 550 § 4.

Chapter 50. — General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and

Elections.

Sect. 1. "Ballot labels" defined, 1941, 511 § 1; "City election"
defined, 1943, 453 § 6; "Official ballot" defined, 1941, 511 § 2; "PoHti-
cal committee" defined, 1943, 318 § 5; amended, 1954, 224; definition
of "Political party" amended, 1951, 805 § 4; "State officer" defined,
1943, 453 § 7; "Town officer" defined, 1943, 453 § 8. (See 1951, 805
§§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 141 § 1; sentence added at end, 1938, 341 § 4.

Sect. 3A added, 1947, 37 (relative to the placing on nomination
papers of acceptances of nominations) ; revised, 1953, 26.

Sect. 4, paragraph added at end, 1947, 30 § 2.

Sect. 6A added, 1948, 15 § 3 (providing for the filling of vacancies
in certain elective offices in case of the retirement of an incumbent by
reason of superannuation prior to the next regular election).

Sect. 8 amended, 1943, 453 § 9.

Chap. 51.] GENERAL LaWS. 1035

Chapter 51. — Voters.

For legislation providing for a state wide verification of voting lists,
see 1938, 427; repealed and superseded by 1939, 450; amended, 1943,
537; 1945, 127.

Sect. 1, first paragraph revised, 1943, 453 § 10; section amended,
1954, 627 § 19; paragraph added at end, 1932, 206. (See 1954, 627
§§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 254 § 3; revised, 1945, 310. (See 1933, 254
§66.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 254 § 4; revised, 1943, 453 § 11. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)

Heading before section 4 revised, 1943, 453 § 12.

Sect. 4 amended, 1933, 254 § 5; first paragraph revised, 1935, 345
§ 1; amended, 1937, 1 § 1; revised, 1938, 186 § 1; section revised, 1938,
440 § 2; section amended, 1943, 453 § 13; 1955, 67 § 1; last paragraph
revised, 1947, 26. (See 1933, 254 §§ 65, 66; 1937, 226; 1938, 186 § 5,
440 § 23.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1938, 440 § 3; 1939, 188 § 1. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 6 revised, 1938, 440 § 4; 1939, 188 § 2; next to last sentence
revised, 1949, 196. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1933, 254 § 6; revised, 1935, 345 § 2; amended,
1938, 440 § 5; revised, 1939, 188 § 3; amended, 1955, 67 § 2. (See
1933, 254 §§ 65, 66; 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 254 § 7; 1937, 1 § 2; revised, 1938, 186 § 2,
440 § 6. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1938, 186 § 5, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 254 § 8; revised, 1938, 440 § 7. (See 1933,
254 § 66; 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1938, 440 § 8; repealed, 1943, 453 § 14. (See
1938, 440 § 23.)

Sects. lOA and lOB added, 1939, 369 § 1 (providing for the securing
of information relative to persons residing at inns, lodging houses and
pubhc lodging houses); sections stricken out and new section lOA in-
serted, 1943, 320 § 1; revised, 1955, 176.

Sect. 11 revised, 1938, 440 § 9. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 12 revised, 1938, 440 § 10; sentence added at end, 1945, 715 § 1.
(See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 13 repealed, 1943, 453 § 15.

Sect. 14A revised, 1938, 440 § 11. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 14B added, 1933, 254 § 9 (amending special acts relative to
the fisting of voters in certain municipaUties so as to conform to the
change in taxing date from April 1 to January 1); revised, 1938, 440
§ 12; amended, 1943, 453 § 16. (See 1933, 254 §§ 65, 66; 1938, 440
§23.)

Sect. 16A added, 1955, 218 (authorizing the estabfishment of boards
of election commissioners and defining their powers and duties).

Sect, 18 amended, 1950, 142.

Sect. 20 revised, 1943, 453 § 17.

Sect. 22 amended, 1938, 280; revised, 1943, 453 § 18; amended,
1950, 172.

Sect. 22A added, 1945, 715 § 2 (providing for registration as voters
of persons who are physically unable to apply in person) ; revised, 1946,
196 § 1.

1036 Changes in the [Chap. 51.

Sect. 23 amended, 1943, 453 § 19; revised, 1945, 715 § 3.
' Sect. 24 amended, 1950, 177.

Sect. 26 amended, 1932, 48 § 1; 1935, 37 § 1; 1938, 473 § 2; 1943,
453 § 20; revised, 1947, 34 § 1; sentence inserted before last sentence,
1948, 42.

Sect. 27 revised, 1932, 48 § 2; amended, 1935, 37 § 2; 1938, 473 § 3;
amended, 1943, 109 § 1; revised, 1943, 453 § 21; 1947, 34 § 2.

Sect. 28 revised, 1947, 34 § 3.

Sect. 29 amended, 1947, 34 § 4.

Sect. 29A amended, 1943, 109 § 2; revised, 1947, 34 § 5.

Sect. 29B added, 1938, 179 (providing for sessions of registrars of
voters in all the wards of everv city prior to each biennial state election) ;
amended, 1943, 453 § 22; 1947, 34 § 6.

Sect. 30, first sentence amended, 1943, 453 § 23; section revised,
1947, 34 § 7.

Sect. 32 amended, 1933, 254 § 10. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 33, paragraph added at end, 1945, 246; revised, 1946, 160.

Sect. 34 amended, 1933, 254 § 11. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 35 revised, 1938, 440 § 13; amended, 1939, 451 § 10; sentence
added at end, 1947, 244 § 1. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 36 amended, 1933, 254 § 12; 1955, 67 § 3; paragraph added at
end, 1943, 453 § 24. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 37 amended, 1933, 254 § 13; revised, 1938, 440 § 14; fourth
sentence amended, 1939, 369 § 2; 1943, 320 § 2; last sentence stricken
out, 1941, 328 § 2; section revised, 1943, 453 § 25. (See 1933, 254 § 66;
1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 38 revised, 1943, 453 § 26.

Sect. 39 amended, 1938, 440 § 15. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 41 revised, 1943, 453 § 27.

Sect. 41A added, 1941, 328 § 1 (ensuring that certain laws relative
to registration of persons residing at inns and lodging houses are of
general apphcation) ; revised, 1943, 320 § 3.

Sect. 42 revised, 1945, 715 § 4.

Sect. 42A added, 1945, 715 § 5 (relative to registration as voters
of persons who are physically unable to apply in person) ; revised, 1946,
196 § 2.

Sect. 43 amended, 1933, 254 § 14; revised, 1938, 440 § 16. (See 1933,
254 § 66; 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 44 amended, 1943, 453 § 28; revised, 1945, 715 § 6.

Sect. 45 revised, 1943, 108; 1945, 715 § 7.

Sect. 46 revised, 1945, 715 § 8.

Sect. 47 revised, 1945, 715 § 9.

Sect. 50 amended, 1938, 440 § 17; 1945, 378. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)

Sect. 54, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 1. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)

Sect. 55 amended, 1933, 254 § 15; sentence added at end, 1936, 2
§ 1; same sentence revised, 1938, 473 § 4; section amended, 1943, 453
§ 29; 1950, 193; third and fourth sentences revised, 1949, 212; last
sentence revised, 1946, 140 § 15; section revised, 1950, 255. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)

Sect. 57 amended, 1943, 453 § 30.

Sect. 58 revised, 1945, 253.

Sect. 61 amended, 1937, 21 § 1.

Sect. 62 amended, 1943, 453 § 31.

Sect. 63 revised, 1943, 453 § 32.

Chaps. 52, 53.] GENERAL LaWS. 1037

Chapter 52. — Political Committees.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter inserted, 1938, 346 § 1. (See 1938,
346 §§ 3, 4.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1952.

The following references are to chapter 52, as so inserted:

Sect. 1, first two paragraphs revised, 1948, 614 § 1; section revised,
1950, 280 § 1; amended, 1955, 138 § 1. (See 1948, 614 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 1A added, 1948, 614 § 2 (relative to nominations of candidates
for members of state political committees); repealed, 1950, 280 § 2.
(See 1948, 614 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 2, first sentence amended, 1955, 138 § 2; sentence added at end,
1948 23

Sect. 4 amended, 1955, 138 § 3.

Sect. 9 revised, 1941, 337 § 1; first sentence revised, 1953, 406 § 1.

Chapter 53. — Nominations, Questions to be submitted to the Voters,
Primaries and Caucuses.

Sect, 1 amended, 1939, 371.

Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 310 § 4; last sentence revised, 1934, 32 § 1;
section revised, 1938, 473 § 5; 1941, 337 § 2; amended, 1953, 406 § 2.
(See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 116 § 1; amended, 1937, 45 § 1; revised, 1943,
334 § 1 ; sentence added at end, 1945, 55.

Sect. 5, first paragraph amended, 1954, 31; paragraph added at end,
1947, 141; revised, 1955, 288 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 101; revised, 1939, 191; 1941, 266; amended,
1943, 50; revised, 1943, 334 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1933, 254 § 16; sentence inserted, 1936, 2 § 2;
section revised, 1936, 4 § 1; amended, 1937, 25 § 1; 1938, 341 § 5; first
and second sentences revised, 1943, 334 § 3; last three sentences re-
vised, 1954, 183 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 7A added, [1943, 229 § 2 (relative to the certification of nomina-
tion petitions for preliminary elections in cities).

Sect. 8, first paragraph amended, 1932, 135 § 4; section amended,
1933, 35 § 1; first sentence amended, 1938, 473 § 6; section revised,
1943, 334 § 4; first paragraph amended, 1955, 288 § 2; second para-
graph amended, 1951, 805 § 5. (See 1951, 805 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 10, first paragraph amended, 1934, 111; revised, 1937, 45 § 2;
amended, 1938, 373 § 4; 1946, 20 § 2; second paragraph revised, 1933,
313 § 2; 1941, 278; amended, 1941, 472 § 4; first two sentences stricken
out and one sentence inserted, 1954, 114; 1943, 229 § 3; third para-
graph revised, 1937, 77 § 2; amended, 1943, 334 § 5; revised, 1947,
74; paragraph inserted after third paragraph, 1948, 63.

Sect. 11, sentence added at end, 1933, 313 § 3; revised, 1937, 77 § 3;
section revised, 1937, 212 § 1; amended, 1943, 334 § 6.

Sect. 12 revised, 1937, 212 § 2; first paragraph amended, 1943, 334
§ 7; paragraph added at end, 1939, 166.

Sbct. 12A added, 1933, 305 (to prevent certain fraudulent nomina-
tions).

Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1933, 313 § 4; section amended,
1937, 26, 77 § 4; revised, 1955, 221.

1038 Changes in the [Chap. 63.

Sect. 14, sentence inserted after third sentence, 1943, 334 § 8.

Sect. 15 amended, 1943, 334 § 9.

Sect. 17 amended, 1943, 334 § 10.

Sect. 17A added, under the heading "endorsement for nomina-
tion OF members of state political committees by conventions",
1938, 397; second paragraph amended, 1945, 237 § 1; fifth paragraph
amended, 1945, 20.

Sect. 18 revised, 1934, 282.

Sect. 20 revised, 1943, 334 § 11.

Sect. 21 amended, 1945, 237 § 2.

Sect. 22A amended, 1932, 80; 1938, 192; 1943, 51; 1948, 596.

Sect. 22B added, 1938, 191 (requiring persons circulating initiative
and referendum petitions to attest the vaUdity of signatures thereto
under the penalties of perjury).

Sect. 24. See 1937, 275.

Sect. 26 amended, 1943, 334 § 12; paragraph added at end, 1945, 51.

Sect. 28 amended, 1932, 310 § 5; revised, 1933, 313 § 5; amended,
1934, 32 § 2; revised, 1938, 473 § 7; first paragraph amended, 1946,
20 § 3- (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 32 amended, 1932, 310 § 6; 1938, 473 § 8. (See 1937, 384,
435.)

Sect. 33, sentence added at end, 1941, 511 § 3.

Sect. 34 revised, 1932, 310 § 7; first paragraph revised, 1938, 436 § 1;
fourth paragraph revised, 1937, 22; section revised, 1938, 473 § 9; sec-
ond and third paragraphs revised, 1941, 337 § 3; fifth paragraph revised,
1941, 352; amended, 1943, 334 § 13; section revised, 1953, 406 § 3;
second paragraph revised, 1954, 225. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 35 amended, 1932, 310 § 8; 1938, 473 § 10; amended, 1941,
337 § 4. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 35A added, 1943, 301 (relative to pasters or stickers for use at
primaries).

Sect. 36 amended, 1941, 511 § 4.

Sect. 37 revised, 1943, 334 § 14; sentence added at end, 1949, 194,

Sect. 38 amended, 1938, 299; 1943, 334 § 15; 1945, 237 § 3.

Sect. 40 revised, 1932, 30.

Sect. 40A added, 1943, 334 § 16 (requiring petitions for recounts at
primaries of a political party to be signed by enrolled voters thereof).

Sect. 41 revised, 1932, 310 § 9; section and title preceding it stricken
out and new section inserted under the heading "provisions applying
TO state primaries", 1938, 473 § 11; section revised, 1941, 337 § 5.
(See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 42 amended, 1932, 310 § 10; 1937, 24 § 2; revised, 1938, 373
§ 1; 1953, 406 § 4. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 43 amended, 1932, 310 § 11; 1937, 201; 1949, 109 § 1. (See

1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 44 revised, 1932, 310 § 12; amended, 1935, 38; revised, 1938,
373 § 2, 473 § 12; amended, 1941, 337 § 6; revised, 1952, 221; 1953,
406 § 5; last sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1954,
183 § 1; third sentence revised, 1955, 249. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 45 amended, 1932, 310 § 13; first paragraph amended, 1936, 22;

1938, 84; section revised, 1938, 473 § 13; amended, 1941, 337 § 7;
first paragraph amended, 1947, 338 § 1 ; paragraph added at end, 1946,
537 § 2. (See 1937, 384, 435; 1946, 537 § 12.)

Chap. 53.] GENERAL LaWS. 1039

Sect. 46 amended, 1936, 4 § 2; revised, 1937, 25 § 2; amended, 1941,
337 § 8.

Sect. 47 amended, 1932, 310 § 14; 1938, 473 § 14. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 48 amended, 1932, 310 § 15; first paragraph revised, 1938,
373 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1938, 272; same paragraph amended,
1941, 563; paragraph added at end, 1941, 675; section amended, 1943,
53; first paragraph amended, 1946, 20 § 4; section revised, 1951, 332;
first paragraph revised, 1953, 406 § 6. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 49 revised, 1932, 310 § 16; 1938, 473 § 15. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 51 amended, 1932, 310 § 17 ; 1938, 473 § 16. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 310 § 18; revised, 1938, 473 § 17; amended,
1941, 337 § 9; revised, 1948, 614 § 3; 1950, 280 § 3. (See 1937, 384,
435; 1948, 614 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 53 revised, 1932, 310 § 19; 1938, 473 § 18; amended, 1941,
337 § 10; 1948, 614 § 4; 1950, 280 § 4. (See 1937, 384, 435; 1948,
614 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 53A amended, 1932, 310 § 20; revised, 1938, 473 § 19. (See
1937, 384, 435.)

Sect. 54 revised, 1932, 310 § 21; two sentences added, 1935, 482 § 1;
section amended, 1936, 11 § 1; 1937, 24 § 3; section (and heading)
revised, 1938, 346 § 2; section amended, 1941, 337 § 11; section (and
heading) revised, 1953, 406 § 7; section amended, 1955, 138 § 4. (See
1936, 11 §§ 2, 3; 1937, 384, 435; 1938, 346 §§ 3, 4.)

Sects. 54 A and 54B added, 1932, 310 § 22 (relative to proceedings
at pre-primary conventions, to the form of certificates of nomination
of candidates thereat, and to the acceptance of such nominations);
repealed, 1938, 473 § 20. (See 1937, 384, 435.)

Sects. 54C and 54D added, 1953, 406 § 8 (relative to the certifica-
tion and seating of candidates and delegates at state conventions).

Sect. 55, paragraph added at end, 1936, 116 § 2.

Sect. 56 amended, 1943, 334 § 17.

Sect. 57 amended, 1937, 410; 1945, 237 § 4.

Sect. 61 amended, 1936, 140; 1937,411; 1941,272.

Sects. 65-70 (and caption) repealed, 1932, 310 § 23. (See 1937, 384,
435; 1938, 473 § 21.)

Sects. 70A-70H added, under heading "provisions applying to
presidential primaries," 1938, 473 § 21.

Sect. 70B amended, 1941, 337 § 12.

Sect. 70D, fourth sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted,

1947, 338 § 2; section revised, 1948, 614 § 5; 1950, 280 § 5. (See 1948,
614 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 70E, sentence inserted before last sentence, 1947, 31; four
paragraphs added at end, 1951, 764.

Sect. 70F amended, 1939, 452 § 11; revised, 1948, 614 § 6; 1950,
280 § 6. (See 1948, 614 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 70G, second paragraph, as appearing in 1938, 473 § 21, amended,

1948, 614 § 7; 1950, 280 § 7; two paragraphs inserted after first para-
graph, 1953, 406 § 9. (See 1948, 614 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 71. See 1937, 275.

Sect. 72A added, 1933, 313 § 6 (relative to caucuses before regular
city elections in cities having absent voting); revised, 1937, 77 § 5;
1945 1.

Sect. 76, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 3. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)

1040 Changes in the [Chap. 54.

Sect. 87, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 4. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)

Sect. 112 ameDded, 1935, 59 § 2.

Sect. 117 amended, 1932, 141 § 2.

Sect. 121 added, 1932, 141 § 3 (authorizing the nomination by
caucuses other than those of political or municipal parties of two candi-
dates for each town office) ; revised, 1936, 204.

Chapter 54. — Elections.

For legislation relative to absent voting by members of the armed
forces during time of war, see 1948, 531.

Sect. 2 amended, 1943, 411 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1935, 482 § 2; amended, 1936, 185; revised, 1937, 412.

Sect. 5 revised, 1943, 209 § 1.

Sect. 6 revised, 1943, 411 § 2.

Sect. 7 revised, 1943, 411 § 3; amended, 1947, 267 § 1.

Sect. 7A added, 1947, 267 § 3 (authorizing the division of precincts
in certain towns for the sole purpose of facilitating voting therein).

Sect. 9A added, 1937, 267 § 1 (relative to the use of precincts in
certain towns in the formation of representative districts); revised,
1947, 267 § 2.

Sect. 11 amended, 1932, 76 § 1; 1934, 158 § 1; 1937, 27; 1938, 341
§ 6; revised, 1941, 432 § 1.

Sect. 11 A added, 1932, 76 § 2 (dispensing with the appointment of
deputy election officers in certain cities).

Sect. IIB added, 1941, 432 § 2 (relative to the appointment of
election officers in certain cities) ; revised, 1943, 230.

Sect. 12 amended, 1934, 158 § 2; revised, 1945, 363.

Sect. 13 amended, 1934, 158 § 3; 1943, 411 § 4.

Sect. 14 amended, 1943, 411 § 5.

Sect. 16 A added, 1943, 411 § 6 (relative to the temporary filling of
vacancies in the offices of election officers).

Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 158 § 4.

Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 158 § 5.

Sect. 22 amended, 1943, 411 § 7.

Sect. 23 amended, 1943, 411 § 8; paragraph added at end, 1946,
537 § 5. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)

Sect. 24, last sentence stricken out and two new sentences inserted,
1943, 209 § 2.

Sect. 25 revised, 1943, 411 § 9.

Sect. 26 amended, 1938, 281 § 1; 1943, 240.

Sect. 27, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 6. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)

Sect. 30 amended, 1943, 310 § 1.

Sect, 30A added, 1943, 310 § 2 (relative to election officers in places
where voting machines are used); revised, 1947, 255 § 1.

Sect. 31, paragraph added at end, 1943, 310 § 3.

Sect. 33, last sentence stricken out, and paragraph inserted at end,
1935, 238 § 1; last sentence of same paragraph revised, 1951, 709 § 1;
paragraph added at end, 1951, 709 § 2.

Sects. 33A-33D added, 1943, 310 § 4 (relative to the use of voting
machines at primaries and elections).

Sect. 34 revised, 1936, 205 § 1; second paragraph stricken out,
1938, 281 § 2; section amended, 1945, 84.

Chap. 54.] GENERAL LaWS. 1041

Sect. 35 revised, 1943, 310 § 5.

Sects. 35A and 35B added, 1938, 281 § 3 (relative to voting by chal-
lenged voters at polling places where voting machines are used and
to the counting of votes where such machines are used).

Sect. 35A, sentence added at end, 1941, 511 § 5; section amended,
1945, 62.

Sect. 35B, second sentence of second paragraph revised, 1941, 511
§ 6; second paragraph revised, 1943, 310 § 6; third paragraph amended,
1941, 511 § 7.

Sect. 38 revised, 1936, 205 § 2.

Sect. 41, third paragraph amended, 1933, 35 § 2; 1938, 190; second
sentence of same paragraph revised, 1938, 436 § 2; same paragraph
amended, 1946, 78; 1955, 256; last paragraph stricken out and three
paragraphs inserted, 1943, 411 § 11; sentence added at end, 1952, 128;
same sentence revised, 1953, 1; 1954, 127.

Sect. 42 amended, 1932, 135 § 5; first paragraph amended, 1935,
238 § 2; same paragraph revised and paragraph inserted, 1941, 292;
first two paragraphs revised, 1948, 272; second paragraph amended,
1953, 212, 432; last paragraph amended, 1943, 411 § 12.

Sect. 42A added, 1947, 138 § 1 (relative to questions appearing upon
ballots at state and municipal elections).

Sect. 43 revised, 1932, 135 § 1.

Sect. 44 amended, 1943, 411 § 13.

Sect. 45, first sentence revised, 1943, 281 § 1; paragraph added at
end, 1943, 2S1 § 2.

Sect. 48 amended, 1943, 290.

Sect. 49 amended, 1943, 411 § 14.

Sect. 53 amended, 1945, 64.

Sect. 60, last sentence amended, 1938, 281 § 6.

Sect. 62 amended, 1935, 257 § 5. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sect. 64, third paragraph revised, 1949, 109 § 2; last paragraph
amended, 1934, 39 § 5.

Sect. 65 revised, 1933, 289 § 1; amended, 1943, 411 § 15; second
sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1952, 129; same sen-
tence stricken out and one sentence inserted, 1955, 2G6; paragraph
inserted after first paragraph, 1951, 257; paragraph added at end, 1946,
537 § 7. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)

Sect. 68, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 8. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)

Sect. 69 amended, 1947, 255 § 2.

Sect. 70 revised, 1943, 411 § 16; amended, 1947, 255 § 3.

Sect. 71. See 1937, 275.

Sect. 71A added, 1943, 411 § 17 (requiring that election officers in
cities and in certain towns be supervised by the city or town clerk).

Sect. 73, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 9. "(See 1946, 537 § 12.)

Sect. 75 amended, 1943, 411 § 18.

Sect. 76 revised, 1943, 411 § 19.

Sect. 76A added, 1943, 411 § 20 (requiring a person applying to vote
to write his name upon request of any election officer).

Sect. 78 revised, 1932, 135 § 2.

Sect. 79 amended, 1943, 411 § 21.

Sect. 85A added, 1937, 275 § 1 (relative to the challenging of voters
at polling places at certain elections, primaries and caucuses). (See
1937, 275 § 2.)

1042 Changes in the [Chap. 54.

Sect. 86 revised, 1945, 466 § 1; amended, 1950, 21; 1951, 153 § 1;
revised, 1954, 101.

Sect. 87, subsection (a) revised, 1945, 52; subsection (b) revised,
1936, 404 § 1; amended, 1945, 466 § 2; 1951, 153 § 2; 1948, 477 § 1;
subsection (c) revised, 1936, 404 § 2; amended, 1937, 162 § 2; 1941,
279 § 2; 1944, 1 § 9; 1945, 231 §§ 1, 2; 466 § 3; subsection (d) revised,
1941, 333; subsection (e) revised, 1946, 140 § 13.

Sect. 89 revised, 1936, 404 § 3.

Sect. 90 repealed, 1946, 140 § 14.

Sect. 92 revised, 1936, 404 § 4; amended, 1937, 162 § 1; 1941,
279 § 1; revised, 1945, 466 § 4.

Sect. 93 revised, 1936, 404 § 5; amended, 1941, 722 § 8.

Sect. 94 amended, 1952, 39 § 1; revised, 1954, 102.

Sect. 95 revised, 1936, 404 § 6; amended, 1945, 466 § 5; 1952, 39 § 2.

Sect. 96 amended, 1936, 404 § 7.

Sect. 98 amended, 1945, 466 § 6.

Sect. 100 revised, 1936, 404 § 8.

Sect. 103A added, 1933, 313 § 1 (providing for absent voting at
regular city elections); affected, 1936, 404 § 9; revised, 1937, 77 § 1;
first paragraph amended, 1939, 152; revised, 1948, 477 § 2; paragraph
added at end, 1946, 118.

Sect. 104 amended, 1934, 39 § 6.

Sect. 105, first paragraph amended, 1952, 39 § 3; second paragraph
revised, 1947, 95; fourth paragraph amended, 1938, 341 § 7.

Sect. 107 revised, 1943, 411 § 22; amended, 1946, 93.

Sect. 109 amended, 1943, 411 § 23.

Sect. 112 amended, 1935, 257 § 6; 1939, 31 § 3; first sentence re-
vised, 1946, 130 § 2. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sect. 115, second sentence revised, 1952, 207.

Sect. 116, first sentence revised, 1946, 130 § 3.

Sect. 122 amended, 1935, 257 § 7. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sects. 124-128 repealed, 1946, 130 § 4.

Sect. 132 amended, 1932, 33.

Sect. 133 amended, 1937, 21 § 2.

Sect. 134 amended, 1943, 411 § 24.

Sect. 135, first paragraph amended, 1933, 254 § 17; section revised,
1933, 270; first paragraph revised, 1935, 59 § 1; 1938, 250 § 1; 1941,
236; third paragraph revised, 1937, 303; same paragraph amended,
1941, 350; last paragraph revised, 1938, 250 § 2; paragraph inserted
after first paragraph, 1938, 281 § 4; section revised, 1943, 417; para-
graph inserted after first paragraph, 1945, 149; first paragraph stricken
out and three paragraphs inserted, 1945, 315; third paragraph revised,
1947, 353 § 1; seventh paragraph revised, 1947, 353 § 2. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)

Sect. 135 A added, 1938, 281 § 5 (relative to the recounting of votes
where voting machines are used); amended, 1943, 411 § 25; sentence
inserted after first sentence, 1949, 188; 1945, 142.

Sect. 137 amended, 1935, 55.

Sect. 138, last paragraph amended, 1937, 23 § 1.

Sect. 139 amended, 1943, 49.

Sect. 141 amended, 1939, 508 § 16; first paragraph stricken out,
1946, 130 § 5; second paragraph amended, 1945, 38 § 7; 1946, 20 § 1.

Sect. 144 revised, 1935, 257 § 8; first paragraph amended, 1939, 31
§4. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Chaps. 54A-56.] GENERAL LawS. 1043

Sect. 146 amended, 1935, 257 § 9. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sect. 148 amended, 1937, 23 § 2.

Sect. 151 amended, 1932, 135 § 3.

Sect. 158 amended, 1935, 257 § 10; first paragraph revised, 1939,
31 § 5. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)

Sect. 161 (except last paragraph) amended, 1934, 265; paragraph
added at end, 1946, 594. (See 1939, 467.)

Chapter 54A. — Election of City and Town Officers by Proportional Repre-
sentation and Preferential Voting.

New chapter inserted, 1937, 345.

Chapter inserted by 1937, 345 stricken out and new chapter inserted,
1938, 341 § 1.

The following references are to chapter 54A as so inserted:

Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 345.

Sect. 2, paragraph added at end, 1938, 378 § 17; section revised,
1941, 640 § 6. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)
Sect. 9, paragraph (t) added, 1950, 28.

Chapter 55. — Corrupt Practices and Election Inquests.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 55 inserted, 1946, 537 § 10. (See
1946, 537 § 12.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 55 as so inserted :

Sect. 4, first sentence stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1954,
287.

Sect. 11, first paragraph revised, 1954, 644.

Sect. 13, paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1954, 530.

Sect. 16 amended, 1954, 272.

Sect. 20, first sentence revised, 1954, 223.

Sect. 30 amended, 1955, 131 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1955, 131 § 2.

Sect. 32 amended, 1955, 131 § 3.

Sect. 33 amended, 1955, 131 § 4.

Sect. 34 amended, 1955, 131 § 5.

Sect. 35 amended, 1955, 131 § 6.

Chapter 56. — Violations of Election Laws.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 56 inserted, 1946, 537 § 11^ (See
1946, 537 § 12.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 56 as so inserted :

Sect. 41, first paragraph revised, 1950, 88.

Sect. 41A added, 1950, 91 (relative to the unauthorized use of per-
sons' names in political advertising).

Sect. 43A added, 1951, 104 (regulating use of the word "Veteran"
by candidates for public office).

Sect. 44A added, 1949, 238 (prohibiting the distribution of certain
lists of candidates for state oflBce unless the name of the person re-
sponsible therefor appears thereon).

1044 Changes in the [Chaps. 57, 58.

Chapter 57. — Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and
Apportionment of Representatives.

Sect. 1 revised, 1941, 556.

Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 507 § 1; 1948, 250 § 1. (See 1948, 250 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 507 § 2; 1948, 250 § 2. (See 1948, 250 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 467 § 1; 1947, 182 § 1. (See 1939, 467 §§ 2,
3, 4; 1947, 182 §§ 2, 3, 4.)
Sect. 5. See 1939, 467.

Chapter 58. — General Provisions relative to Taxation.

For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other

charges due the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325, 712; 1946, 615.

Sect. 1, first sentence revised, 1943, 428 § 2; fil'th sentence amended,

1932, 180 § 9; same sentence revised, 1937, 108 § 2.

Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 254 § 18; paragraph added at end, 1941, 726
§ 2; same paragraph revised, 1953, 654 § 5. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 254 § 19. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sects. 7A-7E added, 1955, 649 (relative to assessment systems in
cities and towns).

Sect. 8 revised, 1935, 322 § 1; 1945, 351 § 2; amended, 1953, 654 § 6.

Sect. 8A added, 1951, 500 (relative to reimbursement of municipali-
ties for loss of taxes through abatements to paraplegic veterans).

Sect. 9 revised, 1939, 346; 1941, 112; amended, 1953, 654 § 7.

Sect. 10 amended, 1934, 323 § 9; 1951, 641 § 3; revised, 1953, 654
§ 8. (See 1934, 323 § 11; 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1939, 451 § 14; repealed, 1941, 609 § 1.

Sect. 12 amended, 1941, 490 § 13; repealed, 1941, 609 § 1.

Sect. 13 amended, 1933, 254 § 20; 1945, 564; 1953, 654 § 9; revised,
1955, 467. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 451 § 15; 1953, 654 § 10.

Sect. 15 amended, 1933, 254 § 21; revised, 1941, 490 § 14; amended,
1953, 654 § 11. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 17A amended, 1939, 451 § 26; 1953, 654 § 12.

Sect. 17B added, 1945, 592 § 1 (relative to payments by the com-
monwealth to certain towns in reimbursement for loss of taxes by reason
of property taken for flood control); amended, 1953, 654 § 13. (See
1945, 592 § 2.)

Sect. 18 revised, 1933, 350 § 7; amended, 1936, 405 § 1; 1939, 451
§ 16; 1945, 624 § 1; revised, 1945, 735 § 4; amended, 1955, 780 § 9;
amended, 1953, 654 § 14; amended, 1951, 641 § 4; amended, 1947,
679 § 3; affected, 1933, 357 § 4; 1935, 438 § 2. (See 1933, 307 § 11,
350, § 9; 1936, 362 § 4; 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19; 1955, 780 § 10.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1936, 362 § 3; amended, 1937, 108 § 1; 1953, 654
§ 15; introductory paragraph amended, 1941, 656 § 1; 1945, 624 § 2.
(See 1936, 362 §§ 4, 8; 1937, 108 § 3.)

Sect. 20A added, 1936, 376 § 3 (relative to the set-off of money due
to the commonwealth from a city or town against sums due to the city
or town from the commonwealth).

Sect. 21 amended, 1933, 254 § 22; repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See

1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)

Sects. 22 and 23 repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)

Chap. 58A.] GENERAL LawS. 1045

Sect. 24 amended, 1933, 254 § 23; repealed, 1951, 641 § 2. (See 1933,
254 § 66; 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 24A revised, 1934, 323 § 2; first seDtence amended, 1945, 624
§ 3; section repealed, 1951, 641 § 2. (See 1934, 323 § 11; 1951, 641
§§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 25 revised, 1934, 323 § 3; amended, 1939, 451 § 17; first sen-
tence revised, 1941, 729 § 11; section revised, 1945, 624 § 4; 687;
amended, 1951, 641 § 5; 1953, 654 § 16. (See 1934, 323 § 11; 1941,

729 § 15; 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 25A revised, 1934, 323 § 4; first sentence revised, 1945, 624
§ 5; amended, 1951, 641 § 6; 1953, 654 § 17. (See 1934, 323 § 11;
1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 26 amended, 1933, 254 § 24; repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See

1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)

Sect. 26A added, 1945, 523 § 1 (relative to abatement of uncollectible
taxes); amended, 1953, 654 § 18.

Sect. 27, first sentence revised, 1943, 521 § 1; section amended,
1951, 641 § 7; 1953, 654 § 19. (See 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sects. 28A and 28B added, 1947, 483 § 1 (provisions for aiding in the
collection of federal and state personal income taxes).

Sect. 29, first sentence revised, 1953, 654 § 20; paragraph (4) stricken
out, 1945, 161 § 1.

Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 624 § 6; amended, 1951, 641 § 8. (See 1951,
641 §§ 18. 19.)

Sect. 31 added, under heading "forms", 1937, 135 § 1 (relative to
forms of application for abatement of taxes and certain other forms
and the approval thereof by the commissioner of corporations and
taxation); amended, 1953, 654 § 21.

Sect. 32 added, 1953, 654 § 22 (relative to the summons, attendance
and testimony of witnesses before the commissioner).

Chapter 58A. — -Appellate Tax Board (former title, Board of Tax App<«iiii<().

Sect. 1 revised, 1937, 400 § 3; first paragraph amended, 1948, 583;
same paragraph revised, 1950, 784; amended, 1953, 654 § 23; 1955,

730 § 41. (See 1937, 400 §§ 1, 2, 4, 5, 7; 1955, 730 § 43.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1941, 381, 596 § 24.

Sect. 6 amended. 1932, 180 § 10; revised, 1933, 167 § 4; amended,

1934, 323 § 10; revised, 1938, 478 § 4; first sentence revised, 1941, 609
§ 2; same sentence amended, 1941, 726 § 1; same sentence revised,
1945, 367 § 3; section revised, 1945, 621 § 1; first sentence revised,
1947, 632 § 2; amended, 1951, 641 § 9; section amended. 1953, 654
§ 24. (See 1933, 167 § 5; 1934, 323 § 11; 1937, 400 § 1; 1947, 632 § 3;
1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1933, 321 § 2; amended, 1939, 451 § 18; 1945, 621
§ 2; 1952, 502: 1953, 654 § 25. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)

Sect. 7 A added, 1933, 321 § 3 (providing for the estabUshment of
informal procedure before the appellate tax board); revised, 1935,
447; third sentence revised, 1938, 384; 1943, 282; section revised,
1945, 621 § 3. (See 1933. 321 §§ 8, 9.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1933, 321 § 4. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)

Sect. 8A added, 1935, 276 § 1 (providing for adequate discovery in
tax appeal cases).

1046 Changes in the [Chap. 59.

Sect. 9 amended, 1953, 654 § 26.
Sect. 10 revised, 1933, 321 § 5. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1933, 321 § 6. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)
Sect. 12A added, 1943, 430 (relative to taxation of costs by the ap-
pellate tax board in certain appeals as to the assessed value where it
exceeds the value as recently determined by said board).

Sect. 12B added, 1950, 262 (relative to the admissibiUty of evidence
of assessed valuations at hearings before the appellate tax board).

Sect. 13 revised, 1933, 321 § 7; amended, 1933, 350 § 8; 1935,
218 § 1; 1939, 366 § 1; 1953, 654 § 27; 1954, 681 § 5. (See 1933, 321
§ 9; 350 § 9; 1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Chapter 59. — Assessment of Local Taxes.

For temporary legislation exempting persons in the miUtary and naval
service of the United States from the payment of poll taxes, see 1943,
406; 1947,637.

For temporary legislation exempting from taxation certain real
property of residents of the commonwealth serving in the armed forces
of the United States, and their spouses, see 1943, 412; 1945, 627 § 2.

For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other
charges due the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325, 712; 1946,
615.

Temporary act relative to the taking of appeals involving real estate
in which closed banks have an interest, 1941, 145 § 2.

For temporary legislation extending the time during which soldiers
and sailors and their wives, widows or parents may apply for abatement
or exemption from certain real estate taxes, see 1950, 165; 1951, 301;
1955 148.

As to Boston taxes, see 1932, 125; 1933, 159; 1934, 201; 1935, 284;

1936, 224.

Sect. 1 amended, 1936, 202 § 1; revised, 1938, 186 § 3. (See 1936,
202 § 2; 1938, 186 § 5.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1954, 459 § 1.

Sect. 3A revised, 1951, 667 § 1. .

Sect. 3B added, 1946, 393 (to abolish certain impUed exemptions
from local taxation).

Sect. 3C added, 1952, 614 § 1 (relative to local taxation of certain
pipe lines). (See 1952, 614 § 3.)

Sect. 5, clause First revised, 1936, 81; 1938, 47; clause Second
revised, 1951, 667 § 2; clause Third, subsection (c) amended, 1933,
198 § 1 (see 1933, 198 § 2); clause Eighth amended, 1947, 83 § 1;
clause Eleventh revised, 1938, 317; amended, 1953, 231; 1954, 341;
clause Sixteenth revised, 1936, 362 § 1 (see 1936, 362 §§ 4, 8); 1941,
467; amended, 1949, 732; 1952, 232 § 1 (see 1952, 232 § 2); 1953,
654 § 28; 1954, 435 § 1 (see 1954, 435 § 2); clause Seventeenth revised,
1935, 294; amended, 1939, 451 § 19; revised, 1941, 227 § 1; 1954, 351;
clause Seventeenth A added, 1938, 186 § 4 (see 1938, 186 § 5) ; sen-
tence added at end, 1943, 559; amended, 1949, 236; revised, 1953,
358; clause Seventeenth B added, 1950, 796; amended, 1951, 730;
clause Eighteenth revised, 1941, 227 § 2; clause Twentieth revised,

1937, 132; 1941, 482; 1947, 310; 1951, 640 § 1 (see 1951, 640 § 2);
amended, 1953, 347; clause Twenty-second amended, 1939, 451 § 20;

Chap. 59.] GENERAL LawS. 1047

paragraph (a) amended, 1945, 627 § 1; clause revised, 1946, 579; 1947,
612 § 1 (see 19 i7, 612 § 2); paragraph (a), sentence added at end,
1949, 206; paragraph (d) revised, 1948, 560; paragraph (e) and one
other paragraph inserted, 1948, 644 § 1 (see 1948, 644 § 3) ; paragraph
added at end, 1948, 644 § 2 (see 1948, 644 § 3) ; clause revised, 1949,
534 § 1; 1951, 675; paragraph (g) revised, 1954, 245; clause revised,

1954, 683 § 1 (see 1954, 683 §§ 2A, 3); paragraph (a) revised, 1955,
403 § 3 (see 1955, 403 § 14); paragraph added after paragraph (h),

1955, 312; clause Twenty-second A added, 1954, 683 § 2 (see 1954,
683 § 3); clause Twenty-third amended, 1932, 114 § 4; revised, 1947,
647; 1949, 534 § 2; clause Twenty-fifth amended, 1951, 272; clause
Thirty-second amended, 1951, 641 § 10 (see 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19); clause
Thirty-fifth revised, 1939, 24 § 2; clause Thirty-sixth added, 1952,
583 § 2 (see 1952, 538 § 3); clause Thirty-seventh added, 1953, 379.

Sect. 5A added, 1941, 227 § 3 (relative to collection of taxes from
estates of persons who were relieved therefrom for lack of ability to
pay, or otherwise); first sentence revised, 1948, 541.

Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 254 § 25; 1936, 59 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1941, 440; revised, 1946, 410. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1936,
59 § 3.)

Sects. 6 and 7. See 1934, 307.

Sect. 7, first paragraph amended, 1936, 59 § 2; section amended,
1939, 451 § 21; 1945, 367 § 1. (See 1936, 59 § 3.)

Sect. 7A added, 1945, 367 § 2 (relative to payments in lieu of taxes
on certain property held by a municipality or district in another munic-
ipality).

Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 80, 254 § 26; paragraph added at end, 1935,
119 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1935, 119 § 2.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 254 § 27; revised, 1939, 342 § 4. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1933, 254 § 28. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1933, 254 § 29; revised, 1936, 92; 1939, 175. (See
1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 16 amended, 1937, 114.

Sect. 18, opening paragraph and clauses First and Second amended,
1933, 254 § 30; clause Second revised, 1936, 362 § 2. (See 1933, 254
§ 66; 1938, 362 § 8.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1933, 254 § 31; revised, 1945, 143. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1933, 254 § 32; amended, 1936, 376 § 1; revised,
1946, 432 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 21 revised, 1933, 254 § 33; 1936, 376 § 2; second sentence
amended, 1945, 624 § 7; first three sentences stricken out and five sen-
tences inserted, 1946, 432 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 23, first paragraph amended, 1951, 798 § 7; 1955, 143; two
paragraphs inserted, 1955, 202 § 1; 1953, 654 § 29; 1948, 576; para-
graph added at end, 1938, 175 § 2; 1949, 104 § 1. Temporarily affected,
1954, 43. (See 1951, 798 § 8; 1952, 359; 1953, 119; 1955, 202 § 2.)

Sect. 23C added, 1952, 578 § 1 (providing for separate school tax
rates); first paragraph revised, 1954, 460 § 1; "School percentage"
defined, 1954, 460 § 2.

Sect. 25, first sentence revised, 1950, 257; amended, 1953, 654 § 30;
sentence added at end, 1949, 104 § 2.

1048 Changes in the [Chap. 59.

Sect. 27 amended, 1936, 118 § 2. (See 1936, 118 § 3.)

Sect. 29, last three sentences revised, 1933, 254 § 34. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)

Sect. 33 amended, 1933, 254 § 35; first sentence revised, 1954, 459
§ 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 38A added, 1952, 614 § 2 (relative to the valuation for taxation
of natural gas or petroleum pipe lines); amended, 1953, 654 § 31. (See
1952, 614 § 3.)

Sect. 39 amended, 1933, 254 § 36; 1939, 451 § 22; revised, 1953,
468, 654 § 32; 1955, 344 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1955, 344 § 3.)

Sect. 40 amended, 1953, 654 § 33.

Sect. 41 amended, 1933, 254 § 37; 1953, 654 § 34. (See 1933, 254
§66.)

Sect. 42 amended, 1953, 654 § 35.

Sect. 43, first sentence revised, 1948, 112 § 1.

Sect 45 amended, 1933, 254 § 38; first sentence revised, 1948, 112
§ 2; form appended to section amended, 1933, 254 § 39. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)

Sect. 47 amended, 1933, 254 § 40. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 48 revised, 1947, 84.

Sect. 49 amended, 1933, 254 § 41; first sentence revised, 1948, 112
§ 3; section revised, 1955, 245 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1955, 245 § 2.)

Sect. 50 revised, 1948, 112 § 4.

Sect. 54 revised, 1954, 444 § 1. (See 1954, 444 § 5.)

Sect. 57 amended, 1933, 151 § 1; revised, 1933, 254 § 42; 1935, 158
§ 1; amended, 1937, 203 § 1; revised, 1938, 330 § 1; 1941, 258 § 1;
first two sentences revised, 1947, 522 § 1 ; first sentence revised, 1949,
265 § 1; fourth and fifth sentences stricken out and three sentences
inserted, 1947, 99 § 1; sentence added at end, 1949, 278 § 1. (See
1933, 151 § 2, 254 § 66; 1935, 158 § 2; 1937, 203 § 2; 1938, 330 § 2;
1947, 99 § 2; 522 § 2; 1949, 265 § 2, 278 § 2.)

Sect. 59, sentence added at end, 1933, 165 § 1; section revised, 1933,
254 § 43, 266 § 1; 1934, 136 § 2; amended, 1935, 187 § 1; revised, 1939,
250 § 1; first sentence revised, 1943, 166 § 1; 1945, 621 § 4; 1946,
199 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66, 266 § 2; 1934, 136 § 3; 1935, 187 § 2;
1946, 199 § 2; 1949, 277; 1950, 165.) Temporarily affected, 1953, 568.

Sect. 60 revised, 1941, 209; 1945, 620.

Sect. 61, last sentence revised, 1933, 165 § 2.

Sect. 61A added, 1935, 276 § 2 (providing for adequate discovery in
proceedings for tax abatement).

Sect. 63 amended, 1943, 79.

Sect. 64, first paragraph amended, 1933, 130 § 1 ; second paragraph
amended, 1935, 218 § 2; section revised, 1937, 400 § 6; 1938, 478 § 1;
first sentence amended, 1939, 31 § 6; first paragraph revised, 1945, 621
§ 5; second paragraph amended, 1939, 366 § 2; 1943, 248. (See 1937,
400 §§ 1-5, 7.)

Sect. 65 amended, 1933, 130 § 2, 167 § 1; revised, 1938, 478 § 2;
1939, 31 § 7; first sentence revised, 1945, 621 § 6.

Sect. 65A added, 1932, 218 § 1 (providing that the sale or taking of
real property for payment of unpaid taxes thereon shall not prejudice
proceedings for the abatement of such taxes); revised, 1933, 325 § 18.
(See 1932, 218 § 2; 1933, 325 § 19.)

Sect. 65B added, 1938, 478 § 3 (relative to appeals to the appellate

Chap. 60.] GENERAL LaWS. 1049

tax board from the refusal of assessors to abate certain taxes on real
estate); revised, 1945, 621 § 7.

Sect. 65C added, 1953, 476 § 1 (providing for late entry of certain
appeals to the appellate tax board). (See 1953, 476 § 2.)

Sect. 69 amended, 1935, 218 § 3; 1939, 366 § 3.

Sect. 70A added, 1945, 351 § 1 (regulating the procedure after abate-
ment of a local tax, assessment, rate or charge).

Sect. 73 amended, 1933, 254 § 44; 1953, 654 § 36; stricken out,
1955, 344 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1955, 344 § 3.)

Sect. 74 amended, 1933, 254 § 45; 1939, 24 § 3; 1945, 137. (See
1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 75 amended, 1934, 104; first sentence revised, 1946, 339.

Sect. 77 revised, 1945, 333.

Sect. 78 amended, 1941, 258 § 5.

Sect. 79 amended, 1938, 150 § 1; last sentence revised, 1946, 251
§ 2. (See 1946, 251 § 3.)

Sect. 83 amended, 1933, 254 § 46; 1939, 24 § 4. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 84 amended, 1933, 254 § 47. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 85 amended, 1933, 254 § 48; repealed, 1945, 271. (See 1933,
254 § 66.) Affected, 1941, 609.

Sect. 86 amended, 1933, 254 § 49. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Chapter 60. — Collection of Local Taxes.

Sect. 1, third paragraph re^nsed, 1933, 164 § 1; last two paragraphs
amended, 1943, 37 § 1.

Sect. 3 revised, 1933, 254 § 50; sentence inserted after first sentence,
1954, 444 § 2; amended, 1941, 258 § 2; 1943, 37 § 2; sentence inserted
after third sentence, 1943, 166 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1954, 444 § 5.)

Sect. 3A added, 1934, 136 § 1 (requiring that certain information
relative to abatement or exemptions be included in tax bills) ; amended,
1936, 156; revised, 1943, 166 § 3; 564 § 1 (providing that additional
information be included in certain tax bills issued subsequent to the
termination of the present war); sentence added at end, 1952, 578 § 2;
section revised, 1954, 444 § 3. (See 1934, 136 § 3; 1943, 564 § 2; 1949,
277; 1954, 444 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 3B added, 1935, 322 § 2 (relative to the suspension of payment
of certain assessments payable by certain persons entitled to exemp-
tion from local taxes).

Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 342 § 5.

Sect. 5, revised, 1933, 168 § 2; amended, 1941, 258 § 3; last sentence
revised, 1955, 474 § 1.

Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1937, 143 § 5; section revised, 1939,
44; 1941,308.

Sect. 15, first paragraph amended, 1934, 151 § 2; 1935, 252 § 1;
section revised, 1943, 179; 1952, 398; amended, 1955, 474 § 2.

Sect. 15\ added, 1935, 252 § 2 (further regulating charges and fees
for the collection of poll taxes) ; revised, 1948, 386.

Sect. 16 revised, 1933, 168 § 1; amended, 1933, 254 § 51. (See 1933,
168 § 4, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 18 repealed, 1932, 54 § 1.

Sect. 22 revised, 1933, 254 § 52; first sentence revised, 1947, 278;
affected, 1933, 308. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

1050 Changes in the [Chap. 60.

Sect. 22A added, 1941, 573 § 1 (relative to bills for taxes on parcels
of real estate and payments on account thereof). (See 1941, 573 § 2.)

Sect. 23 revised, 1932, 197 § 1; fourth sentence revised, 1952, 388;
two sentences added at end, 1943, 478 § 3; j&fth sentence amended,
1954, 487 § 2A. (See 1954, 487 § 3.)

Sect. 34, first sentence amended, 1947, 313.

Sect. 35 revised, 1938, 150 § 2; 1946, 251 § 1. (See 1946, 251 § 3.)

Sect. 37 amended, 1933, 254 § 53, 325 § 1; 1934, 131 § 2; revised,

1934, 169; amended, 1935, 269; 1936, 146; last sentence revised, 1941,
84 § 1; section revised, 1943, 478 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 131
§ 3; 1941, 84 § 2.)

Sect. 37A added, 1943, 478 § 2 (relative to the continuance of local
tax liens during the existence of legal impediments to sales or takings
thereunder).

Sect. 38 amended, 1933, 254 § 54, 325 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66,
325 § 21.)

Sect. 39 amended, 1933, 325 § 3.

Sect. 42 revised, 1933, 164 § 2.

Sect. 43, last sentence revised, 1932, 54 § 2; section amended, 1935,
183, 236.

Sect. 45 amended, 1933, 325 § 4; 1937, 209; 1938, 339 § 1.

Sect. 46, paragraph added at end, 1934, 131 § 1.

Sect. 48 amended, 1933, 325 § 5. (See 1933, 325 § 20.)

Sect. 50 revised, 1933, 325 § 6; amended, 1935, 414 § 1; 1936, 93 § 2;
amended, 1941, 319 § 1. (See 1935, 414 § 4; 1941, 319 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 50 A added, 1934, 154 § 2 (providing for protection of interests
in real estate held under tax sales or takings).

Sect. 50B added, 1946, 185 (requiring cities and towns to appro-
priate or provide sums necessary for foreclosure of tax titles by pro-
ceedings in the land court).

Sect. 51 amended, 1933, 254 § 55. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 52 revised, 1936, 392 § 1.

Sect. 53 revised, 1933, 164 § 3. (See 1933, 325 § 20.)

Sect. 54 amended, 1933, 325 § 7; 1938, 339 § 2.

Sect. 55 amended, 1933, 325 § 8.

Sect. 58 revised, 1932, 2; 1939, 250 § 2.

Sect. 59 amended, 1933, 254 § 56. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 60 revised, 1945, 130.

Sect. 61 revised, 1933, 325 § 9; amended, 1934, 48; 1936, 93 § 1.
(See 1933, 325 § 20.)

Sect. 61A added, 1943, 188 (relative to taking for nonpayment of
taxes lands subject to tax titles held by municipaUties when the assess-
ment unit is changed).

Sect. 62 revised, 1933, 325 § 10; first paragraph amended, 1934,
218; same paragraph revised, 1935, 414 § 2; second paragraph revised,

1935, 278; section revised, 1936, 392 § 2; second paragraph amended,
1941, 231; sentence inserted before last sentence in second paragraph,
1947, 133; paragraph inserted after the second paragraph, 1938, 415
§ 5. (See 1935, 414 § 4.)

Sect. 63 amended, 1933, 325 § 11; revised, 1936, 392 § 3.
Sect. 65 amended, 1933, 325 § 12; 1938, 305.
Sect. 66 amended, 1935, 224 § 1. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)
Sect. 67 amended, 1935, 224 § 2. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)

Chap. 60.] GENERAL LaWS. 1051

Sect. 68 amended, 1935, 224 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1935, 354
§ 1 ; section amended, 1935, 414 § 3. (See 1935, 224 § 6, 354 § 3, 414 § 4.)

Sect. 69 amended, 1935, 224 § 4; sentence added at end, 1945, 226
§1. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)

Sect. 69A added, 1945, 226 § 2 (relative to the conclusiveness of
decrees foreclosing tax titles).

Sect. 70 amended, 1935, 224 § 5. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)

Sect. 71 amended, 1941, 319 § 2. (See 1941, 319 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 75 amended, 1936, 189 § 1.

Sect. 76 revised, 1935, 318 § 1; amended, 1936, 189 § 2. (See 1935,
318 §§ 2, 8.)

Sect. 76A added, 1935, 354 § 2 (providing for redemption in part
from tax sales in certain cases); paragraph added at end, 1939, 181;
amended, 1953, 674 § 10. (See 1935, 354 § 3.)

Sect. 76B added, 1938, 415 § 6 (relative to the effect of errors or
irregularities in respect to water rates and charges included in a tax
title account).

Sect. 76C added, 1945, 268 (providing for notice to certain munic-
ipal officers of certain action in connection with tax titles).

Sect. 77, paragraph added at end, 1938, 339 § 3; amended, 1953,
654 § 37.

Sect. 77A added, 1945, 78 (relative to recording of deeds of cities
and towns conveying land acquired through foreclosure of tax titles).

Sect. 77B added, 1947, 224 § 1 (making permanent certain temporary
provisions of law relative to certain land acquired by municipalities),
(See 1947, 224 § 2.) [For prior temporary legislation, see 1938, 358;
1939, 123; 1941, 296.]

Sect. 78 amended, 1933, 325 § 13; repealed, 1936, 194. (See 1933,
325 § 20.)

Sect. 79, second paragraph amended, 1933, 325 § 14; 1935, 173 § 1;
section revised, 1941, 594 § 1.

Sect. 80 amended, 1933, 325 § 15; revised, 1935, 173 § 2; amended,
1941, 594 § 2. (See 1939, 123; 1941, 296.)

Sects. 80A and 80B added, 1941, 594 § 3 (relative to the validity of
title acquired at sales of lands of low value held by cities and towns
under tax titles).

Sect. 80B revised, 1946, 302.

Sect. 82 amended, 1945, 267 § 1.

Sect. 83 amended, 1945, 267 § 2.

Sect. 84 revised 1935 260.

Sect! 84A revised, 1933, 325 § 16; 1935, 181 § 1. (See 1935, 181 § 2.)

Sect. 92 revised, 1933, 82 § 1; amended, 1934, 259 § 1.

Sect. 93 revised, 1943, 199; last sentence revised, 1945, 397 § 2.
(See 1945, 397 § 3.)

Sect 95 revised, 1933, 325 § 17; amended, 1934, 315 § 2; revised,
1935, 248 § 3; amended, 1939, 451 § 23; 1941, 380 § 6; sentence added
at end, 1943, 107; revised, 1949, 202. (See 1934, 315 § 3.)

Sect. 97 revised, 1934, 151 § 1.

Sect. 104 revised, 1937, 43.

Sect. 105 revised, 1933, 168 § 3; 1941, 258 § 4.

Form 2 in schedule at end of chapter repealed, 1932, 54 § 1 ; schedule
of forms at end of chapter stricken out, 1933, 168 § 3.

1052 Changes in the [Chaps. 60A-62.

Chapter 60A. — Excise Tax on Registered Motor Vehicles in Lieu of Local

Tax.

For legislation exempting certain disabled veterans from payment of
certain motor vehicle excise taxes and registration fees, see 1948, 368.

Sect. 1, first paragraph amended, 1936, 384 § 1; last paragraph
amended, 1936, 384 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1938, 111; section
revised, 1938, 480 § 1; table revised, 1953, 653; third paragraph re-
vised, 1953, 654 § 38; fourth paragraph amended, 1941, 718 § 1; re-
vised, 1949, 342; amended, 1950, 666 § 1; 1951, 736 § 4; paragraph
inserted after fourth paragraph, 1949, 401; same paragraph revised,
1950, 731; 1954, 548; sixth paragraph revised, 1953, 388; last para-
graph revised, 1947, 644; 1952, 412; paragraph added at end, 1951,
165; section revised, 1954, 640 § 1; fifth paragraph revised, 1955, 320;
amended, 1955, 403 § 4; sixth paragraph revised, 1955, 587 § 1. (See
1941, 718 § 2; 1951, 736 § 5; 1955, 403 § 14; 587 § 3.)

Sect. 1A added, 1949, 484 (providing for but one excise tax on a
motor vehicle in each year in certain cases); sentence added at end,
1952, 285; repealed, 1955, 587 § 2. (See 1955, 587 § 3.)

Sect. 2 revised. 1936, 384 § 3; 1938, 480 § 2; amended, 1939, 366
§ 4; 1950, 666 § 2; 1952, 400; 1953, 654 § 39; 1954, 373 § 1; revised,
1954, 640 § 2. (See 1954, 373 § 2.)

Sect. 2A added, 1938, 492 § 1 (providing for the suspension of cer-
tificates of registration in cases of nonpayment of the excise on regis-
tered motor vehicles); last sentence stricken out, 1943, 18; second
sentence revised, 1945, 443; section revised, 1953, 339 § 1. (See 1953,
339 § 2.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 384 § 4; 1938, 480 § 3.

Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 480 § 4, 492 § 2.

Sect. 5 stricken out, 1953, 654 § 40.

Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 384 § 5; revised, 1938, 480 § 5.

Chapter 61. — Classification and Taxation of Forest Lands and Forest
Products (former title Taxation of Forest Products and Classification
and Taxation of Forest Lands).

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 61 (with new title) inserted, 1941,
652 § 1. (See 1941, 652 § 2.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 61 as so inserted:

Sect. 1, first paragraph stricken out and two paragraphs inserted,
1943, 461 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1955, 705 § 1. (See 1943,
461 §§ 4 and 5.)

Sect. 2, first schedule revised, 1955, 705 § 2; second schedule and all
preceding such schedule revised, 1943, 461 § 2. (See 1943, 461 §§ 4

J-1 11(1 ^1

Sect. 6 amended, 1943, 461 § 3. (See 1943, 461 §§ 4 and 5.)
Sect. 7 added, 1955, 705 § 3 (relative to the taxation of wild land).

Chapter 62. — Taxation of Incomes.

For legislation establishing an additional tax upon personal incomes
to provide funds for old age assistance, see 1941, 729 §§ 9, 15; 1948,
503 § 5; 1949, 674 § 2; 1951, 386 § 2; 1953, 246 § 6; 1955, 707 § 5.
(See also 1951, 800 §§ 1, 2, 3.)

Chap. 62.] GENERAL LawS. 1053

For prior temporary legislation relative to the taxation of dividends
of certain corporations, see 1933, 307, 357; 1935, 489; 1936, 82 § 1;
1937, 395; 1938, 489 §§ 2-5; 1939, 373; 1941, 331; 1943, 285. (See
also 1945, 735.)

For temporary legislation providing for additional taxes upon per-
sonal incomes, see 1935, 480; 1936, 397; 1937, 422; 1938, 502; 1939,
454 § 19; 1941, 416 §§ 1, 3; 1943, 482 §§ 1, 3, 4; 1945, 557 §§ 1, 3, 4;
1948, 503 §§ 1, 4, 6; 1949, 674 § 2; 1951, 386 § 2; 1953, 246 § 2; 1955,
707 § 2. (See also 1951, 800 §§ 1, 2, 3; 1953, 246 §§ 5, 15.)

For temporary legislation relative to the payment of income taxes
by persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during
the existing war, see 1946, 604.

For temporary legislation providing that income taxes shall be due
and pavable when the tax return therefor is required to be filed, see
1950, 8^6 § 2; affected, 1951, 750; 1952, 623; 1953, 246 § 5; 1954,
70 § 2. (See 1950, 816 § 4.)

Sect. 1, first sentence revised, 1954, 679 § 1; subsection (a), para-
graph Fifth added, 1946, 539; subsection (h) revised, 1945, 735 § 1;
subsection (c), paragraph Third added, 1935, 489 § 6; subsection (e)
amended, 1935, 489 § 7; subsection (g) revised, 1954, 545; 1955,
635 § 1; subsection (h) added, 1954, 679 § 2. (See 1945, 735 § 5; 1954,
679 § 7.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 45 § 1.

Sect. 5, first sentence of subsection (a) revised, 1954, 679 § 3; sub-
section (b) amended, 1935, 489 § 8; revised, 1939, 486 § 1; first sentence
stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1954, 679 § 4; subsection (c)
revised, 1934, 363 § 1; 1935, 481 § 1; amended and paragraph added
at end, 1954, 599 § 1; subsection revised, 1955, 635 § 2; subsection (/)
and (g) added, 1954, 679 § 5. (See 1934, 363 § 2; 1935, 481 § 2; 1939,
486 § 3; 1954, 679 § 7.)

Sect. 5A added, 1955, 780 § 1 (relative to the taxation of income
earned in the commonwealth by non-residents).

Sect. 6, first paragraph revised, 1954, 611 § 1; amended, 1955,
780 § 2; clause (a), sentence added at end, 1947, 485 § 1; clause (g)
revised, 1935, 436 § 1; clause (h) revised, 1943, 511; 1951, 800 § 4;

1953, 514; 1954, 251 § 1, 657 § 1; clause (i) added, 1955, 717 § 1.
(See 1935, 436 § 2; 1947, 485 § 3; 1951, 800 § 6; 1954, 251 § 2, 611 § 3,
657 § 2; 1955, 717 § 2, 780 § 10.)

Sect. 6A added, 1955,780 § 2A (providing for a credit for taxes paid
to another state for income earned therein). (See 1955, 780 § 10.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1953, 654 § 41; first paragraph stricken out, 1955,
618 § 1; second and third paragraphs revised, 1954, 599 § 2; same
paragraphs stricken out and three paragraphs inserted, 1955, 635 § 3.

Sects. 7A and 7B added, 1935, 438 § 1 (relative to income taxation
of gains from certain transactions in real property).

Sect. 7B amended, 1953, 654 § 42.

Sect. 8, paragraph (a) revised, 1951, 800 § 5; paragraph (e) revised,

1954, 560; paragraph (g) amended, 1947, 83 § 2; 1952, 555; paragraph
(h) added, 1945, 625 § 4; paragraphs (i) and (j) added, 1947, 485 § 2;
paragraph (k) added, 1954, 443. (See 1947, 485 § 3; 1951, 800 § 6;
1953, 208.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1955, 592 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1954, 387 § 1; revised, 1955, 592 § 2; paragraph
added at end, 1955, 780 § 3. (See 1954, 387 § 2; 1955, 780 § 10.)

1054 Changes in the [Chap. 62A.

Sect. 11 revised, 1955, 592 § 3.

Sect. 12A added, 1954, 679 § 6 (relative to the exemption of certain
unearned income). (See 1954, 679 § 7.)

Sect. 13 revised, 1955, 527.

Sect. 16 amended, 1953, 654 § 43.

Sect. 17 revised, 1955, 780 § 4. (See 1955, 780 § 10.)

Sect. 18. See Sect. 18 of Chapter 58 in this Table.

Sect 21A added, under caption "presumption as to inhabitancy",
1936, 310 (providing that individuals under certain circumstances shall
be presumed to be inhabitants of the Commonwealth for income tax
purposes) ; repealed, 1938, 489 § 8.

Sect. 22 revised, 1939, 486 § 2; clause (a) revised, 1954, 611 § 2;
paragraph added at end, 1954, 648 § 1 ; 1955, 780 § 5. (See 1939,
486 §3; 1954, 611 § 3; 1955, 780 § 10.)

Sect. 24 revised, 1943, 45 § 2; amended, 1954, 70 § 1. (See 1954,
70 § 2.)

Sect. 25, third sentence revised, 1955, 592 § 4; last sentence revised,
1947, 322 § 1.

Sect. 25 A added, 1935, 438 § 3 (relative to returns of taxable gains
from certain transactions in real property).

Sect. 29 revised, 1954, 648 § 2.

Sect. 30 amended, 1935, 152; first sentence amended, 1951, 452 § 1.

Sect. 31 revised, 1943, 45 § 3.

Sect. 32, third sentence amended, 1951, 452 § 2; 1953, 654 § 44.

Sect. 33, first paragraph revised, 1943, 45 § 4; 1954, 391 § 1; amended,
1955, 780 § 6; second paragraph revised, 1945, 735 § 2; paragraph
added, 1932, 186. (See 1945, 735 § 5; 1954, 391 § 2; 1955, 780 § 10.)

Sect. 34 repealed, 1947, 483 § 2.

Sect. 36 amended, 1933, 167 § 2; revised, 1955, 539 § 1.

Sect. 37 revised, 1933, 350 § 1; amended, 1949, 698 § 1; sentence
inserted after second sentence, 1954, 605 § 1. (See 1933, 350 § 9; 1949,
698 § 2; 1954, 605 § 2.)

Sect. 37A added, 1933, 350 § 2 (providing for the payment of income
taxes in two installments); amended, 1947, 322 § 2; revised, 1954, 69;
temporarily affected, 1950, 816 § 2; 1951, 750; 1952, 623 § 2; 1953,
246 § 5. (See 1933, 350 § 9; 1950, 816 § 4.)

Sect. 38 stricken out, 1953, 654 § 45.

Sect. 39, first sentence revised, 1933, 350 § 3. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)

Sect. 41 revised, 1932, 152; 1933, 350 § 4. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)

Sect. 43 amended, 1933, 350 § 5; 1937, 135 § 2; first sentence stricken
out and three sentences inserted, 1951, 528; section amended, 1953,
654 § 46; revised, 1954, 269; 1955, 545. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)

Sect. 44 amended, 1953, 654 § 47.

Sect. 45 amended, 1939, 451 § 24; 1945, 523 § 2; 1953, 654 § 48.

Sect. 46 revised, 1933, 350 § 6; 1955, 243. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)

Sect. 56 revised, 1943, 45 § 5; 1955, 539 § 2.

Sect. 58 revised, 1955, 661.

Sect. 61 added, 1952, 262 (defining the term "received" as relates
to income).

Sect. 62 added, 1955, 618 § 2 (relating to the method of accounting
required under the income tax law).

Chapter 62A. — Simplified Method of Computing Individual Income Taxes.
New chapter inserted, 1955, 692 § 1. (See 1955, 692 § 2.)

Chap. 63.] GENERAL LaWS. 1055

Chapter 63. — Taxation of Corporations.

Sect. 1, paragraph defining "Bank" revised, 1943, 472; paragraph
defining "Net income" revised, 1933, 327 § 1. (See 1933, 327 § 7.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 327 § 2; 1939, 451 § 25; 1941, 509 § 3;
1953, 654 § 49; temporarily affected, 1951, 386 § 5; 1953, 246 § 9;
1955, 707 § 8. (See 1933, 327 § 7; 1941, 509 § 9.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 254 § 58; 1934, 323 § 5; 1945, 161 § 2;
1953, 654 § 50; 1955, 611 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 368; 1941, 509 § 4. (See 1941, 509 § 9.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 254 § 59; repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See 1933,
254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)

Sect. 6 repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)

Sect. 12, paragraph (c) amended, 1937, 274 § 1; 1955, 432 § 5;
paragraph (h) added, 1934, 362; paragraph (i) added, 1948, 544 § 7A;
paragraphs (j) and (k) added, 1953, 292; paragraph (1) added, 1954,
354; paragraph (m) added, 1954, 436; paragraph (?i) added, 1954, 543;
paragraph (o) added, 1955, 476 § 9. (See 1955, 432 §§ 2, 4, 24; 476
§10.)

Sect. 18 revised, 1939, 447 § 1; 1948, 486 § 1; amended, 1954,
515 § 1. (See 1939, 447 § 3; 1948, 486 §§ 2-4.)

Sect. 18A amended, 1939, 447 § 2; 1953, 654 § 51. (See 1939, 447
§3.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1941, 509 § 5; revised, 1943, 531 § 1; amended,
1953, 654 § 52. (See 1941, 509 § 9; 1943, 531 §§ 2, 3, 7; 1948, 587.)

Sect. 22 revised, 1945, 721 § 1; amended, 1946, 387 § 1; temporarily
affected, 1951, 386 § 6; 1953, 246 § 10; 1955, 707 § 9. (See 1945, 721 § 5;
1946, 387 § 7.)

Sect. 23 revised, 1945, 721 § 2; amended, 1946, 387 § 2. (See 1945,
721 § 5; 1946, 387 § 7.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 531 § 4; revised, 1945, 721 § 3. (See 1943,
531 § 7; 1945, 721 § 5.)

Sect. 25 amended, 1943, 531 § 5; 1945, 721 § 4; 1953, 654 § 53.
(See 1943, 531 § 7; 1945, 721 § 5.)

Sect. 26 amended, 1946, 387 § 3; 1953, 654 § 54. (See 1946, 387 § 7.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1946, 387 § 4. (See 1946, 387 § 7.)

Sect. 28 amended, 1939, 451 § 27; 1941, 509 § 6; revised, 1943, 531
§ 6; paragraph inserted after second paragraph, 1945, 342; second and
third paragraphs re\'ised, 1946, 387 § 5; third paragraph revised, 1950,
427; paragraph inserted after third paragraph, 1953, 633; last para-
graph amended, 1953, 654 § 55. (See 1941, 509 § 9; 1943, 531 § 7;
1946, 387 § 7.)

Sect. 29A added, 1946, 387 § 6 (relative to the taxation of marine
and fire and marine insurance companies). (See 1946, 387 § 7.)

Sect. 29B added, 1947, 488 § 4 (relative to the taxation of the ex-
change of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts).

Sects. 30-51. For temporary legislation providing for further addi-
tional taxes levied under these sections, see 1947, 598: 1948, 574; 1949,
674; 1950, 608; 1951, 386; 1953, 246; 1955, 707 §1.

Sect. 30-60. For legislation establishing an additional tax under
these sections to provide funds for old age assistance, see 1941, 729
§§ 9, 15.

For temporary legislation providing for additional taxes levied under
these sections, see 1935, 480; 1936, 397; 1937, 422; 1938, 502; 1939,

1056 Changes in the [Chap. 63.

454 § 19; 1941, 416 §§ 1, 3; 1943, 482 §§ 1, 3, 4; 1945, 557 §§ 1, 3, 4;
1948, 503 §§ 1, 4, 6; 574.

Sect. 30, paragraph 2 revised, 1943, 459 § 1; paragraph 3, subdivi-
sion (a) revised, 1939, 24 § 5; sentence added at end, 1947, 622 § 1;
paragraph contained in Unes 48-51 amended, 1933, 58 § 3, revised, 1943,
459 § 2; paragraph contained in Unes 52-69 revised, 1934, 237 § 1;
paragraph 4, subdivision (a) revised, 1939, 24 § 6; sentence added at
end, 1947, 622 § 2; paragraph contained in lines 70-74 amended, 1933,
58 § 4; revised, 1934, 237 § 1; 1943, 459 § 3; paragraph 5 revised, 1933,
327 § 3. (See 1933, 58 § 5, 327 § 7; 1934, 237 § 2; 1947, 622 § 5.)

Sect. 32 revised, 1933, 342 § 1; amended, 1936, 362 § 5; 1939, 363
§ 1. (See 1933, 342 § 6; 1936, 362 § 8; 1939, 363 § 2.)

Sect. 32A amended, 1933, 342 § 2. (See 1933, 342 § 6.)

Sect. 33 revised, 1933, 303 § 1. (See 1933, 303 § 3.)

Sect. 34 amended, 1933, 327 § 4. (See 1933, 327 § 7.)

Sect. 35 revised, 1933, 58 § 1; amended, 1953, 654 § 56.

Sect. 36 revised, 1933, 327 § 5; amended, 1935, 473 § 2; second sen-
tence revised, 1950, 506; first two sentences stricken out and sentence
inserted, 1954, 270 § 1; section amended, 1953, 654 § 57; paragraph
added at end, 1954, 270 § 2; section revised, 1955, 613. (See 1933,
327 § 7; 1935, 473 § 7.)

Sect. 38, paragraph 10 added at end, 1933, 342 § 3. (See 1933,
342 § 6.)

Sect. 38B, first sentence amended, 1953, 654 § 58; last paragraph
amended, 1935, 473 § 3. (See 1935, 473 § 7.) [For temporary legis-
lation affecting taxation, during the years 1934 to 1946, inclusive, of
corporations subject to this section, see 1934, 317 § 1; 1935, 489 § 4;
1937, 395 § 5; 1938, 489 § 6; 1939, 373 § 5; 1941, 331 § 5; 1943, 285
§5.]

Sect. 38C revised, 1937, 383 § 1. (See 1937, 383 § 3.)

Sect. 39, subsection (1) revised, 1936, 362 § 6; last paragraph
amended, 1933, 327 § 6; new paragraph added at end, 1933, 342 § 4.
(See 1933, 327 § 7, 342 §*6; 1936, 362 § 8.)

Sect. 39 A revised, 1933, 303 § 2; first paragraph amended, 1934, 134.
(See 1933, 303 § 3.)

Sect. 40 revised, 1933, 58 § 2.

Sect. 42, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 11; section revised,
1933, 342 § 5; last sentence stricken out, 1953, 654 § 59. (See 1933,
342 § 6.)

Sect. 42B revised, 1937, 383 § 2. (See 1937, 383 § 3.)

Sect. 43 repealed, 1945, 735 § 3. (See 1933, 307 § 9A; 1935, 489
§ 2; 1937, 395 § 2; 1938, 489 § 3; 1939, 373 § 2; 1941, 331 § 2; 1943,
285 § 2.)

Sect. 44 amended, 1935, 473 § 4; 1936, 362 § 7; last sentence revised,
1955, 549 § 1. (See 1935, 473 § 7; 1936, 362 § 8.)

Sect. 45 amended, 1933, 195 § 1; revised, 1935, 473 § 5; amended,
1943, 395; 1950, 505; first sentence revised, 1955, 549 § 2. (See 1933,
195 § 2; 1935, 473 § 7.)

Sect. 46 revised, 1954, 193; sentence added at end, 1955, 549 § 3.

Sect. 47 stricken out, 1953, 654 § 60.

Sect. 48 revised, 1935, 473 § 1. (See 1935, 473 § 7.)

For temporary legislation providing that certain taxes payable under
this section shall be due and payable when the tax return therefor is

Chap. 63A.] GENERAL LaWS. 1057

required to be filed, see 1950, 816; affected, 1951, 750; 1952, 623 § 2;
1953, 246 § 5; 1954, 70 § 2.

Sect. 49 amended, 1953, 654 § 61.

Sect. 51, first sentence stricken out and three sentences inserted,
1951, 529; section amended, 1953, 654 § 62; 1954, 515 § 2.

Sect. 52, second sentence amended, 1946, 394 § 1 ; fourth sentence
amended, 1946, 394 § 2; eighth sentence amended, 1955, 611 § 2.

Sect. 52A added, 1951, 641 § 1 (relative to taxation of certain utiUty
corporations); subdivision (1), paragraph (6) amended, 1952, 344;
1955, 611 § 3; subdivision (4) amended, 1954, 515 § 3; subdivision (9)
amended, 1955, 611 § 4; clause Fifth revised, 1954, 490; subdivisions
(6) and (7) amended, 1953, 654 § 63; subdivision (6) amended, 1954,
515 § 4. (See 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 53, first paragraph amended, 1933, 254 § 60; 1941, 509 § 7;
1951, 641 § 11; clause Third amended, 1955, 611 §5; clause Fourth
revised, 1934, 323 § 6; stricken out, 1951, 641 § 11. (See 1933, 254
§ 66; 1934, 323 § 11; 1941, 509 § 9; 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 54, paragraph in lines 9-17 amended, 1933, 254 § 61; same
paragraph revised, 1934, 323 § 7; last paragraph amended, 1934, 323
§ 7A; section repealed, 1951, 641 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323
§11; 1951,641 §§18, 19.)

Sect. 55, first paragraph amended, 1936, 134; section amended, 1939,
24 § 7; second last paragraph revised, 1947, 622 § 3; section revised,
1951, 641 § 12, (See 1947, 622 § 5; 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 56A revised, 1934, 317 § 3; amended, 1951, 641 § 13. (See
1934, 317 § 4; 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 58 amended, 1951, 641 § 14. (See 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 59 amended, 1934, 323 § 8; 1951, 641 § 15. (See 1934, 323 § 11;
1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 60 amended, 1939, 451 § 28; 1941, 509 § 8; 1954, 515 § 5;

1953, 654 § 64. (See 1941, 509 § 9.)

Sect. 67, sentence added at end, 1951, 641 § 16. (See 1951, 641
§§ 18, 19.)
Sect. 68A amended, 1939, 24 § 8; revised, 1947, 622 § 4; amended,

1954, 515 § 6. (See 1947, 622 § 5.)

Sect. 69 amended, 1951, 641 § 17. (See 1951, 641 §§ 18, 19.)

Sect. 70 revised, 1935, 473 § 6. (See 1935, 473 § 7.)

Sect. 71 amended, 1933, 167 § 3; 1939, 451 § 29; 1945, 523 § 3;
1953, 654 § 65; revised, 1954, 515 §'|7.

Sect. 71A amended, 1935, 150; 1939, 451 § 30; 1953, 654 § 66.

Sect. 71B added, 1937, 135 § 3 (providing that appUcations for abate-
ment or correction of taxes, made pursuant to any provision of this
chapter, shall be in writing upon forms approved by the commissioner) ;
amended, 1953, 654 § 67.

Sect. 76 revised, 1954, 461 § 1. (See 1954, 461 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 81 revised, 1939, 24 § 9.

Chapter 63A. — Taxation of Certain Corporations, Associations and
Organizations Engaged in the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages.

For temporary legislation providing for additional taxes upon certain
corporations, see 1948, 503 §§ 3, 4; 1949, 674 § 4; 1951, 386 §§ 4, 7;
1953, 246 §§ 8, 11, 15; 1955, 495, 707 § 7.

1058 Changes in the [Chaps. 64-64B.

For temporary legislation providing that certain taxes under this
chapter shall be due and payable when the tax return therefor is re-
quired to be filed, see 1950, 816; affected, 1951, 750; 1952, 623; 1953,
246.

New chapter inserted, 1947, 632 § 1. (See 1947, 632 § 3.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1953, 654 § 68.
Sect. 3 amended, 1953, 654 § 69.
Sect. 5 amended, 1953, 654 § 70.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 63A inserted, 1955, 580 § 1. (See
1955, 580 § 2.)

Chapter 64. — Taxation of Stock Transfers.

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1953.

Chapter repealed, 1954, 353 § 1. (See 1954, 353 §§ 2, 3.)

Chapter 64A, — Taxation of Sales of Gasoline and Certain Other Motor

Vehicle Fuel.

Chapter affected, 1932, 248; 1935, 336; 1936, 398; 1938, 431 § 2;
1939,408; 1941,330; 1943,270; 1945,571; 1949, 744 § 3.

Sect. 1, paragraph (d) revised, 1936, 357 § 1; amended, 1948, 492
§ 1; revised, 1951, 414 § 1; sentence defining "Diesel engine fuel"
added, 1947, 666 § 1; paragraph (g) amended, 1941, 490 § 16. (See
1936, 357 § 3; 1947, 666 §§ 2A, 4.)

Sect. 3, last sentence amended, 1943, 420 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 431 § 1, paragraph added at end, 1945, 556
section revised, 1949, 744 § 1; second sentence revised, 1951, 699 § 2
1952, 556 § 12; section amended, 1953, 654 § 72. (See 1951, 699 §§ 3-5
1952, 556 §§ 13-15.)

Sect. 4A added, 1947, 666 § 2 (providing for the taxation of Diesel
engine fuel); next to last sentence revised, 1948, 464; section stricken
out and sections 4A-4E inserted, 1949, 744 § 2 (relative to the sale,
distribution and rate of tax on Diesel engine fuel). (See 1947, 666
§§ 2A, 4.)

Sect. 4A revised, 1951, 414 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1936, 357 § 2; 1939, 451 § 32; revised, 1943, 420
§ 2; amended, 1953, 654 § 73. (See 1936, 357 § 3.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1943, 420 § 3; first sentence revised, 1948, 492 § 2;
amended, 1952, 377 § 3; section amended, 1949, 200; 1953, 654 § 74.

Sect. 9 amended, 1953, 654 § 75.

Sect. 10 amended, 1939, 451 § 33; revised, 1943, 420 § 4; second
sentence revised, 1953, 654 § 76.

Sect. 12 revised, 1941, 490 § 17.

Chapter 64B. — Excise upon Charges for Meals served to the Public.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 729 § 17. (See 1941, 729 § 15.)

Sect. 1, definition of "taxable charge," revised, 1945, 663 § 1; 1946,
326 § 1; 1949, 725; 1953, 627 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1945, 663 § 2; 1946, 326 § 2; amended, 1953, 654

§77.

Chaps. 64C-65.1 GENERAL LawS. 1059

Sect. 2 A added, 1953, 627 § 2 (exempting certain meals from the
excise imposed by this chapter).

Sect. 3 revised, 1945, 663 § 3; 1946, 326 § 3.

Sect. 4 revised, 1953, 617.

Sect. 5 amended, 1953, 654 § 78.

Sect. 6, paragraph added at end, 1943, 521 § 2; amended, 1948, 658;
1953, 654 § 79; second paragraph revised, 1954, 503 § 1. (See 1954,
503 § 2.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1946, 564; next to last sentence stricken out and
two sentences inserted, 1953, 654 § 80.

Sect. 10 amended, 1953, 654 § 81; revised, 1955, 540 § 4. (See 1955,
540 §§ 5-7.)

Chapter 64C. — Cigarette Excise.

New chapter inserted, 1945, 547 § 1. (See 1945, 547 §§ 2, 3; 731 § 9; 1949,

771.)

For legislation providing for temporary cigarette taxes, see 1939,
454 §§ 1-18; 1941, 417, 715; 1943, 407; 1945, 731 § 9; 1949, 771;
1951, 386 § 9; 1953, 246 § 13; 1955, 707 § 11.

For legislation providing for temporary taxes on cigars and tobacco,
see 1949, 796 § 2 (see 1949, 796 § 3); repealed, 1950, 827.

Sect. 4 amended, 1953, 654 § 82.

Sect. 6 amended, 1953, 654 § 83.

Sect. 22 amended, 1953, 654 § 84.

Sect. 23 amended, 1953, 654 § 85.

Sect. 25 amended, 1953, 654 § 86.

Chapter 64D. — Excise on Deeds, Instruments and Writings.
New chapter inserted, 1951, 710 § 1. (See 1951, 710 § 2.)

Sect. 1 revised, 1953, 303.

Sect. 2, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1955, 651 § 2.

Sect. 3, five paragraphs added at end, 1955, 651 § 1.

Sects. 3A and 3B added, 1954, 550 (establishing a fund for the
purchase by registries of deeds of documentary stamps to be sold by
said registries).

Sect. 4 amended, 1953, 654 § 87.

Sect. 6, second sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted,
1953, 503.

Chapter 65. — Taxation of Legacies and Successions.

For legislation establishing an additional tax upon legacies and suc-
cessions to provide funds for old age assistance, see 1941, 729 §§ 9 A, 15.

For temporary legislation providing for additional taxes upon legacies
and successions, see 1935, 480; 1936, 397; 1937, 422; 1938, 502; 1939,
454 §§ 20, 22; 1941, 416 §§ 2, 3; 1943, 482 §§ 2, 3, 4; 1945, 557 §§ 2,
3, 4; 1948, 503 §§ 2, 4; 1949, 674 § 3; 1951, 386 § 3; 1953, 246 § 7;
1955, 707 § 6.

Sect. 1, table revised, 1933, 293; 1941. 415 § 1; first sentence re-
vised, 1941, 605 § 1; amended, 1949, 792 § 1; revised, 1950, 556;
1955, 596; paragraph added after table, 1949, 792 § 2. (See 1941,
415, § 2, 605 § 2.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1939, 380.

1060 Changes in the [Chaps. 65A-66.

Sect. 9, first sentence revised, 1952, 445 § 1; paragraph added at
end, 1954, 595 § 1. (See 1954, 595 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. U amended, 1949, 749.

Sect. 14 amended, 1953, 654 § 88.

Sect. 15 revised, 1948, 543 § 1. (See 1948, 543 § 2.)

Sects. 24A-24F added, 1933, 319 (providing reciprocal relations in
respect to death taxes upon estates of non-resident decedents).

Sect. 25 amended, 1939, 451 § 34; revised, 1939, 494 § 1; 1954,
572 § 1.

Sect. 26 amended, 1939, 451 § 35; revised, 1939, 494 § 2; amended,
1953, 654 § 89; revised, 1954, 572 § 2.

Sect. 27 amended, 1953, 654 § 90.

Sect. 32 amended, 1939, 451 § 36; last sentence stricken out, 1945,
523 § 4.

Chapter 65A. — Taxation of Transfers of Certain Estates.

Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1932, 284; second paragraph revised,
1933, 316 § 1; section amended, 1937, 420 § 1. (See 1933, 316 § 2;
1937, 420 § 4.)

Sect. 5 stricken out, and new sections 5-5B inserted, 1943, 519 § 1
(providing for the equitable apportionment in certain cases of estate
taxes and the collection and payment thereof). (See 1943, 519 § 2.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1948, 605 § 1. (See 1948, 605 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 5A revised, 1948, 605 § 2. (See 1948, 605 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 420 § 2; last sentence revised, 1943, 471; 1945,
529; section amended, 1953, 654 § 91. (See 1937, 420 § 4.)
Sect. 7 repealed, 1937, 420 § 3. (See 1937, 420 § 4.)

Chapter 65B. — Settlement of Disputes respecting the Domicile of Dece-
dents for Death Tax Purposes.

New chapter inserted, 1943, 428 § 1. (See 1943, 428 § 3.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1953, 654 § 92.

Sect. 4, paragraph (a) amended, 1953, 654 § 93.

Chapter 66. — Public Records.

Sect. 1 amended, 1945, 580 § 7.

Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 305: 1941, 662 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1950, 310.

Sects. 5, 7 and 16 affected, 1941, 662 § 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1943, 128; 1949, 395 § 2. (See 1949, 395 § 3;
1950, 182, 350.)

Sect. 8 A added, 1951, 56 (relative to the destruction of certain
records by city and town clerks).

Sect. 10 revised, 1948, 550 § 5.

Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1951, 200.

Sect. 15 amended, 1939, 40.

Sect. 16 revised, 1948, 550 § 6.

Sect. 17A added, 1941, 630 § 1 (making records relating to old age
assistance, aid to dependent children and aid to the blind confidential) ;
revised, 1943, 169; amended, 1945, 240 § 1; revised, 1946, 67; amended,
1948, 202; revised, 1948, 525; amended, 1953, 342.

Sect. 18 amended, 1945, 393 § 6.

Chaps. 67-69.] GENERAL LaWS. 1061

Chapter 67. — Parishes and Religious Societies.

Sect. 7 revised, 1945, 28.

Sect. 40 amended, 1952, 580.

Sect. 55 added, 1953, 592 (to provide for the incorporation of churches,
congregations, parishes, committees and other rehgious organizations
under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church).

Chapter 68. — Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Useii.

Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1934, 238.
Sect. 15 amended, 1946, 23; repealed, 1954, 529 § 3.
Sect. 17 added, 1954, 559 (relative to the solicitation of funds for
charitable purposes); fifth paragraph amended, 1955, 498.

Chapter 69. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Education.

For an act to encourage the estabUshment of regional and consoli-
dated public schools and to provide financial assistance to cities and
towns in the construction of school buildings, see 1948, 645; 1949, 637;
741.

Sect. 4 revised, 1952, 585 § 8.

Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 127 § 3.

Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 275; 1937, 213, 327; 1938, 315; revised,
1938, 424; amended, 1941, 351 § 6, 561; revised, 1943, 403.

Sect. 7A added, 1946, 439 § 1 (extending to certain members of the
armed forces, and to veterans of World War II, university extension
courses free of charge); revised, 1954, 627 § 20. (See 1946, 439 § 2;
1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 7B added, 1946, 548 § 1 (relative to higher educational oppor-
tunities for children of certain deceased members or former members
of the armed forces); first paragraph amended, 1948, 381; second para-
graph amended, 1947, 399; 1948,357; section revised, 1950, 758; 1951,
747; amended, 1952, 497; first paragraph revised, 1954, 627 § 21.
(See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1932, 127 § 4.

Sect. 9, 442 § 1 amended, 1938.

Sect. 9A added, 1938, 442 § 2 (further regulating education in the
use of English and certain other subjects adapted to fit persons for
American citizenship).

Sect. lOA added, 1951, 693 (providing for the advancement of
education for American citizenship).

Sect. 11 revised, 1939, 409 § 4. (See 1939, 409 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 13 stricken out and sections 13-13D inserted, 1951, 673 § 1.
(See 1951, 673 § 8.)

Sect. 14 revised, 1951, 673 § 2.

Sect. 15, sentence added at end, 1951, 673 § 3.

Sect. 16 repealed, 1952, 345.

Sects. 17 and 18 stricken out and section 17 inserted, 1951, 673 § 4.

Sect. 19 amended, 1943, 89 § 1; revised, 1951, 673 § 5.

Sect. 19A added, 1943, 89 § 2 (requiring reports to the director of
the division of the Wind of results of examinations of bUnd persons).

Sect. 19B added, 1945, 554 (providing for examinations by ophthal-
mologists of certain appUcants for aid to the blind).

1062 Changes in the [Chap. 70.

Sects. 20-22 repealed, 1951, 673 § 6.

Sect. 23 revised, 1943, 526; first paragraph amended, 1947, 458;
1951, 555; paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1951, 551; para-
graph added at end, 1945, 541 § 1.

Sect. 23A added, 1938, 28 (requiring the furnishing of information
to the director of the division of the bhnd by certain banks and other
depositories).

Sect. 23B added, 1945, 541 § 2 (relative to granting aid or assistance
to certain blind persons).

Sect. 24A added, 1953, 457 § 1 (providing that permits to operate
vending stands in pubhc buildings be granted to the division of the
blind). (See 1953, 457 § 2.)

Sect. 25 revised, 1935, 397.

Sects. 25A-25E added, 1938, 329 (regulating the raising of funds for
the benefit of the blind).

Sect. 26, first sentence amended, 1945, 524; 1951, 673 § 6A; para-
graph added at end, 1935, 286; section revised, 1952, 498 § 1.

Sect. 26A added, 1941, 630 § 2 (relative to information concerning
recipients of aid to the blind).

Sect. 28 revised, 1952, 498 § 2.

Sect. 29 added, 1938, 313 (relative to instruction in lip reading for
certain school children whose hearing is defective)

Sects. 29A and 29B added, 1954, 514 § 3 (relative to the powers and
duties of the division of special education for mentally retarded chil-
dren); revised, 1955, 626 § 1.

Sects. 30 and 31 added, 1943, 549 § 3, under caption "Board of Col-
legiate Authority" (relative to approval by said board of the organiza-
tion of certain educational institutions and of certain amendments to
their charters).

Sect. 30, sentence inserted after fifth sentence, 1953, 290.

Sects. 32 and 33 added, 1951, 673 § 7 (relative to instruction of vis-
ually handicapped and blind children).

Sect. 33, sentence added at end, 1952, 397.

Chapter 70. — School Funds and State Aid for Public Schools (former
title, School Funds and Other State Aid for Public Schools).

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 70 (with new title) inserted, 1948,
643 § 1. (See 1948, 643 § 3; 645.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 70 as so inserted:

Sect. 3A added, 1950, 703 (providing state reimbursement for cities
and towns for payment to certain teachers); repealed, 1955, 626 § 2A.

Sect. 3B added, 1950, 774 (providing state reimbursement for towns
forming regional school districts) ; sentence added at end, 1953, 547 § 2.

Sect. 3C added, 1954, 514 § 4 (providing for reimbursement of cities
and towns on account of special education for mentally retarded chil-
dren); repealed, 1955, 626 § 2A.

Sect. 4, sentence added at end, 1953, 547 § 1.

Sect. 6 revised, 1951, 592 § 1. (See 1951, 592 § 2.)

Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1950, 620.

Chap. 71] GENERAL LaWS. 1063

Chapter 71. — Public Schools

Sect. 1 amended, 1953, 137.

Sect. 2 amended, 1938, 246 § 1; revised, 1949, 468; 1952, 282.

Sect. 4 amended, 1953, 260; second sentence revised, 1955, 109.

Sect. 5 repealed, 1948, 643 § 2. (See 1948, 643 § 3.)

Sect. 6, second and third sentences of first paragraph stricken out,
1947, 679 § 4.

Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 590; repealed, 1947, 679 § 5.

Sect. 7A added, 1947, 679 § 1 (providing for reimbursement to cities
and towns for certain expenses incurred for the transportation of pupils) ;
first paragraph revised, 1949, 754.

Sects. 8 and 9 repealed, 1948, 643 § 2. (See 1948, 643 § 3.)

Sect. 13A added, 1938, 241 (requiring the teaching of the Italian
language in certain pubUc high schools in certain cases).

Sect. 13B added, 1939, 311 (relative to the teaching of modern lan-
guages in certain public high schools).

Sect. 13C added, 1945, 402 (requiring the teaching of the Polish
language in certain pubhc high schools in certain cases).

Sect. 13D added, 1948, 205 (providing for motor vehicle driving
education in high schools); paragraph added at end, 1954, 49.

Sect. 13E added, 1949, 99 (requiring the teaching of the Lithuanian
language in public schools in certain cases).

Sects. 14-16 stricken out and sections 14-161 inserted, 1949, 638 § 1
(relative to the formation of regional school districts). (See 1949,
638 § 2.)

Sect. 14 revised, 1951, 331 § 1.

Sect. 14A amended, 1951, 331 § 2.

Sect. 14B amended, 1951, 331 § 3; clause (h) revised, 1955, 142 § 1;
clause (c) revised, 1952, 471 § 1. (See 1952, 471 § 2; 1955, 142 § 2.)

Sect. 14C added, 1954, 214 (authorizing certain towns to sell, lease or
Hcense school buildings to a regional school district); last sentence
stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1955, 58; section amended,
1955, 127 § 1. (See 1955, 127 § 2.)

Sect. 15, first paragraph revised, 1951, 331 § 4; 1955, 141 § 1. (See
1955, 141 § 2.)

Sect. 16 clauses (c) and (d) revised, 1955, 65.

Sect. 16C revised, 1952, 470.

Sect. 16F. See 1952, 601.

Sect. 19 amended, 1939, 461 § 1.

Sect. 20 revised, 1951, 680.

Sect. 21 amended, 1945, 133 § 1.

Sects. 26A-26F added, 1946, 165 § 1 (providing for extended school
services for certain children of certain employed mothers). (See 1946,
165 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 30A added, 1935, 370 § 1 (requiring that an oath or affirma-
tion be taken and subscribed to by certain professors, instructors and
teachers in the colleges, universities and schools of the commonwealth) ;
sentence added at end, 1948, 160 § 2. (See 1935, 370 §§2, 2A, 3.)

Sect. 34 revised, 1939, 294.

Sects. 34A and 34B added, 1943, 547 (requiring persons operating or
maintaining educational institutions to furnish, upon request, certain
transcripts of records) .

1064 Changes in the [Chap. 71.

Sect. 34C added, 1951, 87 (relative to granting high school diplomas
to certain students who enter the armed forces); revised, 1954, 91.

Sects. 38A-38F added, 1941, 676 § 2 (relative to occupational guid-
ance and placement). (See 1941, 646.)

Sect. 38G added, 1951, 278 § 1 (to establish standards of certifica-
tion of teachers in the public schools); first two paragraphs stricken
out and one paragraph inserted, 1952, 530; revised, 1953, 264. (See

1951, 278 § 2.)

Sect. 40 amended, 1941, 507; 1943, 494; revised, 1945, 727 § 1; two
sentences added at end, 1946, 527 § 1; section revised, 1949, 684; first
sentence revised, 1951, 499; 1952, 69. (See 1945, 727 § 2; 1946, 527
§§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 41 revised, 1947, 597 § 1; sentence added at end, 1950, 283;
section revised, 1953, 372.

Sect. 42 revised, 1934, 123; first sentence revised, 1947, 597 § 2;
sentence inserted after second sentence, 1953, 244; sentence inserted
in hne 27, 1946, 195.

Sect. 42A added, 1945, 330 (giving certain rights to school principals
and supervisors in cases of demotion); revised, 1953, 269.

Sect. 42B added, 1952, 545 (providing for tenure of teachers and
superintendents in regional school districts).

Sect. 46 amended, 1941, 194 § 4; revised, 1954, 514 § 5; 1955,
626 § 3.

Sect. 46A amended, 1932, 159; revised, 1945, 534; 1946, 357; para-
graph inserted after second paragraph, 1953, 352; stricken out, 1954,
296 § 2; last sentence stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1947,
384; section revised, 1955, 772 § 1.

Sect. 46B added, 1954, 296 § 1 (pro\dding for reimbursement of
cities and towns for transportation of certain handicapped children to
special schools) ; revised, 1955, 772 § 2.

Sects. 46C and 46D added, 1954, 514 § 6 (relative to joinder of
cities and towns for the purpose of conducting special classes for mentally-
retarded children).

Sect. 46C revised, 1955, 626 § 4.

Sects. 46E and 46F added, 1955, 626 § 2 (providing for reimburse-
ment by the commonwealth of certain costs of conducting special
classes approved by the division of special education by certain school
districts).

Sect. 46G added, 1955, 696 (to strengthen the activities of cities and
towns in the prevention of juvenile delinquency).

Sect. 47 revised, 1935, 199; 1950, 658; 1951, 411 § 1; amended,

1952, 316 § 1; revised, 1954, 271.

Sect, 47A added, 1954, 220 (authorizing school committees to con-
tract for hire of athletic coaches for periods not exceeding three years).

Sect. 48A amended, 1935, 47.

Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 90.

Sect. 53A, sentence added at end, 1950, 208 § 1. (See 1950, 208 § 2.)

Sect. 54 amended, 1938, 265 § 1; 1945, 133 § 2.

Sect. 55 revised, 1938, 265 § 2; amended, 1952, 89.

Sect. 55A added, 1938, 265 § 3 (relative to the disposition of children
showing signs of ill health or of being infected with a dangerous disease).

Sect. 55B added, 1950, 732 § 1 (prohibiting the employnient in schools
of certain persons suffering from tuberculosis and requiring periodic

Chaps. 72, 73.] GENERAL LaWS. 1065

examinations of school employees); eighth sentence stricken out and
two sentences inserted, 1952, 469; eighth sentence revised, 1954, 658.

Sect. 56 revised, 1938, 265 § 4.

Sect. 57 revised, 1943, 384; 1951, 502 § 1; second sentence revised,
1955, 684. (See 1951, 502 § 2.)

Sect. 58 amended, 1932, 127 § 8; revised, 1935, 287; repealed, 1945,
543 § 1.

Sect. 59A added, 1952, 506 (providing for the employment of a
superintendent of schools in certain small towns) ; revised, 1953, 557.

Sect. 61 amended, 1951, 643 § 1; revised, 1952, 108; 1953, 334.
(See 1951, 643 §§ lA-3.)

Sect. 63, pai-agraph added at end, 1945, 223 § I. (See 1945, 223 § 2.)

Sects. 64 and 65 revised, 1949, 794; 1955, 505.

Sect. 66, paragraph added at end, 1937, 281.

Sect. 68 revised, 1934, 97 § 1. (See 1934, 97 § 2.)

Sect. 69 revised, 1935, 258.

Sect. 71 amended, 1935, 193.

Sect. 72. See 1948, 548; 1949, 303.

Sects. 75-79 added, 1948, 620 § 5 (providing for extended courses
of instruction on junior college level in high schools). (See 1948, 620 § 6.)

Chapter 72. — School Registers and Returns.

Sect. 3, paragraph in Hues 6-10 revised, 1939, 461 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1954, 231 § 1.

Chapter 73. — State Teachers Colleges and Community Colleges (former
title, State Teachers Colleges).

Title changed, 1932, 127 § 9; 1948, 620 § 1.

Sect. 1 amended, 1932, 127 § 10; revised, 1948, 620 § 2; 1952,
585 § 9; amended, 1952, 618 § 1. (See 1948, 620 § 6; 1952, 618 §§ 4-12.)

Sect. 1A added, 1952, 499 § 1 (relative to the increase of fees and
charges for services rendered by the department of education).

Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 127 § 11.

Sect. 2A added, 1938, 246 § 2 (making the constitutions of the United
States and of this Commonwealth required subjects of instruction in
State Teachers Colleges).

Sect. 3 amended, 1932, 127 § 12; first sentence revised, 1952, 618 § 2.
(See 1952, 618 §§ 4-12.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1932, 127 § 13.

Sect. 4A amended, 1932, 127 § 14; sentence added at end, 1952,
618 § 3. (See 1952, 618 §§ 4-12.)

Sect. 4B added, 1954, 350 (regulating the dismissal of certain teachers
in state teachers colleges).

Sect. 5 amended, 1932, 127 § 15. (Temporarily affected, 1933, 233;
1934, 130; 1935, 277.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 127 § 16.

Sect. 7 amended, 1932, 127 § 17; revised, 1935, 21; 1948, 620 § 3;
sentence added at end, 1950, 60. (See 1948, 620 § 6.)

Sects. 8 and 9 added, 1948, 620 § 4 (relative to the establishment of
community colleges by the department of education and providing
courses therein). (See 1948, 620 § 6.)

1066 Changes in the [Chap. 74.

Chapter 74. — Vocational Education.

Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 446 § 1; amended, 1941, 617 § 1; "State
board" defined, 1952, 630 § 2. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1938, 44d § 2; revised, 1952, 630 § 3. (See 1938,
446 § 14.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1938, 446 § 3. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 446 § 4. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1952, 630 § 4.

Sect. 5A added, 1952, 471 § 3 (relative to the establishment of
independent distributive occupations, industrial, agricultural and house-
hold arts schools by regional school districts). (See 1952, 471 § 2.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1938, 446 § 5; 1952, 630 § 5. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1938, 446 § 6; 1952, 630 § 6. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 7A amended, 1952, 630 § 7.

Sect. 8 amended, 1952, 630 § 8.

Sect. 8A revised, 1937, 323; paragraph added at end, 1939, 308;
section revised, 1950, 622.

Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 446 § 7; 1952, 471 § 4. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. U amended, 1933, 102 § 2; 1941, 617 § 2. (See 1933, 102 § 4.)

Sect. 12 amended, 1952, 471 § 5.

Sect. 13 amended, 1938, 446 § 8. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 14 revised, 1943, 540; paragraph added at end, 1952, 471 § 6.

Sect. 14A added, 1943, 540 (relative to federal funds for vocational
education) ; amended, 1952, 630 § 9.

Sect. 18 amended, 1952, 630 § 10.

Sect. 19 revised, 1938, 446 § 9. (See 1938, 446 § 14) ; repealed, 1947,
652 § 13.

Sect. 20 revised, 1947, 652 § 9; sentence added at end, 1955, 700 § 2.

Sect. 21 amended, 1938, 446 § 10; 1946, 552 § 2; revised, 1947, 652
§ 10. (See 1938, 446 § 14; 1946, 552 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1938, 446 § 11; revised, 1947, 652 § 11. (See
1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 22A amended, 1938, 446 § 12; revised, 1947, 652 § 12; two
sentences added at end, 1955, 700 § 1. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)

Sect. 22B, first paragraph amended, 1948, 360.

Sect. 22C added, 1945, 561 (authorizing the division of the blind to
use federal funds available in a program of rehabilitation of the bUnd).

Sect. 22D added, 1946, 552 § 3 (providing for co-operation by the
commonwealth with the veterans' administration in the administration
of federal laws and regulations relating to the rehabilitation of disabled
veterans of World War II). (See 1946, 552 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 22E added, 1950, 206 (relative to tenure of teachers elected for
vocational education).

Sect. 23. See 1933, 102.

Sect. 24A added, 1947, 497 (relative to the appointment of veterans
as teachers in state aided approved vocational schools).

Sect. 28 revised, 1939, 501 § 6; amended, 1945, 158 § 6.

Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 41.

Sect. 31 A added, 1934, 65 (authorizing the trustees of the Essex
county agricultural school to pay transportation costs of certain pupils
attending said school); amended, 1943, 42; revised, 1954, 63.

Sect. 42, caption preceding section changed, 1946, 257 § 9; section

Chap. 75.] GENERAL LaWS. 1067

revised, 1946, 257 § 1; 1947, 387; amended, 1953, 488 § 1. (See 1953,
488 § 4.)

Sect. 42A added, 1953, 523 (authorizing the Bradford Durfee Techni-
cal Institute of Fall River and the New Bedford Institute of Textiles
and Technology to grant the honorary degree of master of science).

Sect. 43 amended, 1946, 257 § 2.

Sect. 44 amended, 1946, 257 § 3.

Sect. 45 amended, 1946, 257 § 4.

Sect. 46 amended, 1946, 257 § 5.

Sect. 46A amended, 1946, 257 § 6.

Sect. 47E, paragraph added at end, 1935, 22; section revised, 1946,
378; second paragraph amended, 1949, 28; section revised, 1951, 202.

Sect. 47G revised, 1950, 772.

Sects. 47-48 and caption preceding section 47 stricken out, 1953, 407
§ 2. (See 1953, 407 §§ 1, 8.)

Sect. 49, caption preceding section changed, 1942, 1 § 3; section
amended, 1942, 1 § 5; revised, 1946, 340; 1952, 499 § 2. (See 1942, 1
§9.)

Sect. 49A added, 1946, 340 (authorizing the board of commissioners
of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy to grant degrees).

Sect. 53 revised, 1942, 1 § 6. (See 1942, 1 § 9.)

Sect. 54 added, 1949, 630 (providing for institutional on-farm train-
ing for veterans of World War II) ; revised, 1955, 680.

Sect. 55 added, 1953, 581 (estabhshing a state agency for surplus
property).

Chapter 75. — University of Massachusetts (former title, Massachusetts

State College).

Name changed, 1947, 344 § 1.

Sect. 1 revised, 1947, 344 § 6.

Sect. 2 amended, 1947, 344 § 7.

Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 344 § 8.

Sect. 5 revised, 1935, 288; amended, 1947, 344 § 9.

Sect. 5A added, 1939, 329 (authorizing the trustees of Massachusetts
State College to retain and manage in a revolving fund receipts from
student activities); amended, 1947, 344 § 10; revised, 1954, 400 § 3.

Sect. 6 amended, 1935, 462 § 2; 1947, 344 § 11. (See 1935, 462 § 1.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1947, 344 § 12.

Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 504; 1947, 344 § 13.

Sect. 9, caption preceding section revised, 1947, 344 § 14; section
amended, 1947, 344 § 15.

Sect. 10 amended, 1947, 344 § 16.

Sect. 11 amended, 1947, 344 § 17.

Sect. 13 revised, 1953, 538.

Sect. 14 amended, 1947, 344 § 18.

Sect. 15 amended, 1947, 344 § 19.

Sect. 16 amended, 1947, 344 § 20.

Sect. 16A added, 1945, 586 (providing for the establishment at the
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station of a diagnostic labora-
tory dealing with the causes, etc., of diseases of domestic animals);
amended, 1947, 344 § 21; revised, 1947, 471.

Sect. 22 amended, 1947, 344 § 22.

Sect. 24 amended, 1947, 344 § 23.

1068 Changes in the [Chaps. 75A-79.

Sect. 25 amended, 1947, 344 § 24.
Sect. 26 amended, 1947, 344 § 25.

Sect. 31 added, 1951, 524 (providing for scholarships at the Uni-
versity of Massachusetts).

Chapter 75A. — Lowell Technological Institute of Massachusetts.
New chapter inserted, 1953, 407 § 3. (See 1953, 407 §§ 1, 7, 8.)

Sect. 12, sentence added at end, 1955, 730 § 41A. (See 1955, 730
§43.)

Chapter 76. — School Attendance.

Sect. 1 revised, 1939, 461 § 3; amended, 1941, 423; 1950, 400.
Sect. 2, two sentences added at end, 1947, 241 § 1. (See 1947, 241
§2.)
Sects. 7-10. (See 1939, 454 § 21.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1951, 579.
Sect. 15 revised, 1938, 265 § 5.

Chapter 77. — School Offenders and County Training Schools.

Sect. 1 revised, 1933, 295 § 1; amended, 1943, 82.
Sect. 3 revised, 1948, 573 § 1. (See 1948, 573 § 7.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1948, 573 § 2. (See 1948, 573 § 7.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1948, 573 § 3. (See 1948, 573 § 7.)
Sect. 10 revised, 1949, 593 § 5.

Sect. 11 amended, 1948, 573 § 4. (See 1948, 573 § 7.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1948, 573 § 5. (See 1948, 573 §§ 6, 7.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1954, 231 § 2.
Sect. 14 amended, 1949, 594.

Chapter 78. — Libraries.

Sect. 4 revised, 1935, 202.
Sect. 9 amended, 1952, 585 § 10.
Sect. 11 revised, 1952, 585 § 16.

Sect. 14, caption preceding section revised, 1952, 585 § 11; section
amended, 1952, 585 § 12.
Sect. 15 amended, 1952, 585 § 13.
Sect. 19 revised, 1952, 585 § 17.
Sects. 22-31 added, 1948, 320 (providing for the certification of

Sect. 22 amended, 1952, 585 § 14.
Sect. 24 amended, 1952, 585 § 15.
Sect. 26 revised, 1952, 585 § 18.

Chapter 79. — Eminent Domain.

Sect. 3, first paragraph amended, 1938, 172 § 6; two sentences added
at end of first paragraph, 1943, 251 § 1. (See 1943, 251 § 4.)

Sect. 5A added, 1948, 180 (restricting the taking by eminent domain
of ancient landmarks and property of historical or antiquarian interest).

Sect. 5B added, 1950, 532 (restricting the taking by eminent domain
of property used for agricultural purposes).

Chaps. 80, 81.] GENERAL LawS. 1069

Sect. 8 amended, 1936, 187 § 1 ; sentence inserted after second sen-
tence, 1943, 251 § 2. (See 1943, 251 § 4.)

Sect. 9, last sentence amended, 1938, 172 § 7.

Sect. 12, sentence added at end, 1953, 634 § 1. (See 1953, 634 § 2.)

Sect. 15 repealed, 1936, 385 § 1. (See 1936, 385 § 2.)

Sect. 16 amended, 1936, 187 § 2; 1938, 185; revised, 1943, 95; para-
graph added at end, 1943, 251 § 3; sentence added at end, 1950, 230.
(See 1943, 251 § 4.)

Sect. 34 amended, 1952, 633.

Sect. 39, sentence added at end, 1955, 242.

Sect. 44A added, 1935, 189 (relative to certain tax liens upon real
estate taken by right of eminent domain) ; amended, 1936, 137.

Chapter 80. — Betterments.

Sect. 1 amended, 1933, 254 § 62. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1933, 63 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 157 § 2. (See 1933, 157 § 3.)

Sect. 10 revised, 1933, 147.

Sect. lOA added, 1933, 157 § 1 (providing that failure of a board of
officers to take action upon a petition for abatement of a betterment
assessment shall, for the purposes of appeal, be equivalent to refusal to
abate the assessment). (See 1933, 157 § 3.)

Sect. 12 revised, 1943, 252 § 1, 478 § 4; seventh sentence amended,
1955, 194; sentence added at end, 1947, 116; 1953, 344.

Sect. 13 amended, 1933, 63 § 2, 254 § 63; revised, 1934, 315 § 1;
last sentence stricken out and new paragraph added, 1938, 489 § 1;
first sentence of section amended, 1941, 595; section amended, 1954,
286. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 315 § 3; 1941, 724.)

Sect. 13A added, 1943, 252 § 2 (relative to the time within which
certain betterment and other assessments on unimproved land shall
be paid).

Chapter 81. — State Highways.

For legislation providing for an accelerated highway program, see
1949, 306.

Sect. 3, last sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1952,
401.

Sect. 5 revised, 1937, 218 § 1.

Sect. 7A added, 1937, 344 (granting certain powers to the depart-
ment of pubhc works with respect to certain ways connecting with
state highways); revised, 1948, 448; sentence inserted before last
sentence, 1951, 453.

Sect. 7B added, 1941, 519 (giving the department of pubfic works
the power to take a slope easement, so called, in certain cases).

Sect. 7C added, 1943, 397 (relative to Umited access ways) ; sentence
added at end, 1949, 583; 1950, 829.

Sect. 7D added, 1948, 449 (authorizing the department of public
works to grant certain easements within state highway locations).

Sect. 7E added, 1949, 764 (authorizing the department of pubfic
works to sell certain land or rights therein which it has acquired for
certain purposes).

Sect. 8 revised, 1936, 371; amended, 1937, 218 § 2; last sentence
revised, 1951, 532.

1070 Changes in the [Chaps. 82-84.

Sect. 13 revised, 1952, 563 § 1 ; third sentence amended, 1953, 354 § 1 ;
stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1955, 379 § 1. (See 1952,
563 § 2; 1953, 354 § 2; 1955, 379 § 2.)

Sect. 13A added, 1936, 342 (authorizing the department of pubHc
works to accept in behalf of the commonwealth gifts of certain ease-
ments for the purpose of landscaping along state highways, and to do
such landscaping).

Sect. 19, last four sentences stricken out, 1933, 187 § 1. (See 1933,
187 § 2.)

Sect. 20A added, 1945, 539 (providing for the illumination of haz-
ardous locations on state highways).

Sect. 21 amended, 1948, 298; first sentence revised, 1954, 219; two
sentences added at end, 1950, 507.

Sect. 25, first sentence amended, 1947, 454.

Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 366; first paragraph amended, 1949, 706 § 1;
revised, 1951, 655 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1946, 523; amended,
1949, 706 § 2; revised, 1954, 524. (See 1951, 655 § 3.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1939, 224.

Sect. 29A added, 1943, 416 (authorizing the department of public
works to lay out and alter ways other than state highways and facihtat-
ing the securing of federal aid in connection therewith).

Sect. 30, first sentence revised, 1951, 520.

Sect. 31 repealed, 1951, 655 § 2.

Chapter 82. — The Laying Out; Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance
of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon.

Sect. 7 amended, 1933, 283 § 2.

Sect. 32B added, 1933, 283 § 3 (authorizing the taking of easements
of slope, so called, by county, city or town officers in connection with
the laying out, widening, alteiing or relocating of pubUc ways).

Sect. 34 amended, 1935, 309; 1941, 533.

Chapter 83. — Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.

Sect. 15A added, 1948, 52 § 1 (authorizing municipaUties to redeter-
mine from time to time the fixed uniform rates charged to abutters for
the construction of sewers). (See 1948, 52 § 2.)

Sect. 19 revised, 1943, 252 § 4. (See 1943, 252 § 6.)

Sect. 27, last sentence revised, 1943, 252 § 5.

Sect. 29 added, 1943, 252 § 3 (relative to the continuance of hens
created under special acts in connection with certain betterment and
other assessments).

Chapter 84. — Repair of Ways and Bridges.

Sect. 5A added, 1945, 319 (authorizing towns to enter into agree-
ments for the removal of snow and ice from public ways in adjoining
towns, etc.).

Sect. 18 revised, 1933, 114 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1933, 114 § 2.

Sect. 20 revised, 1933, 114 § 3; amended, 1939, 147.

Sect. 21 amended, 1955, 505.

Chaps. 85-90.] GENERAL LawS. 1071

Chapter 85. — Regulations and By-Laws relative to Ways and Bridges.

Sect. 2, second and third sentences amended, 1947, 442 § 2; section
revised, 1951, 646 § 1.

Sect. 2A added, 1941, 346 § 2 (authorizing the department of pubUc
works to remove vehicles from state highways when said vehicles inter-
fere with the removal of snow and ice).

Sect. 11 A added, 1941, 710 § 1 (relative to the registration and opera-
tion of certain bicycles).

Sects. 12-14 repealed, 1941-, 710 § 2.

Sect. 14B added, 1938, 432 (requiring the use of certain signal hghts
at locations on unlighted ways where certain vehicles are disabled);
first paragraph amended, 1946, 375; 1953, 234 § 1; second paragraph
amended, 1953, 234 § 2.

Sect. 17B added, 1933, 43 (prohibiting riding upon the rear or on
the side of street railway cars or motor buses without the consent of
the persons in charge thereof) ; revised, 1943, 322 § 2.

Sect. 21A added, 1951, 618 (authorizing cities and towns to erect
certain signs on state highways) ; revised, 1952, 61.

Sect. 25 amended, 1953, 319 § 10. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 30 amended, 1935, 30; 1938, 171 § 1; first sentence amended,
1946, 397 § 2; 1951, 568.

Sect. 31 revised, 1938, 171 § 2.

Sect. 35, last sentence revised, 1955, 91.

Sect. 36 added, 1951, 303 (providing that vehicles driven on public
ways shall be so constructed or loaded as to prevent the contents from
dropping).

Chapter 87. — Shade Trees.

Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 490 § 18; 1949; 761 § 12.

Chapter 88. — Ferries, Canals and Public Landings.

Sect. 19 revised, 1945, 442.

Chapter 89. — Law of the Road.

Sect. 1 revised, 1951, 646 § 2.

Sect. 2 revised 1933 301.

Sect! 4 revised,' 1949,' 301 § 1; 1951, 646 § 3. (See 1949, 301 § 2.)

Sects. 4A and 4B added, 1952, 461 § 1 (relative to driving vehicles
on ways which are divided into lanes).

Sect. 4B, sentence added at end, 1954, 304.

Sect. 5 amended, 1936, 49; 1952, 461 § 2. (See 1938, 149.)

Sect. 7A revised, 1952, 172.

Sect. 7B added, 1934, 382 (relative to the appUcation of traffic laws
and regulations to fire apparatus and other emergency vehicles).

Sect. 9 revised, 1948, 416.

Chapter 90. — Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.

For legislation providing for an accelerated highway program, see
1949, 306.

1072 Changes in the [Chap. 90.

For legislation exempting certain disabled veterans from payment of
certain motor vehicle excise taxes and registration fees, see 1948, 368.

Sect. 1, "antique motor car" defined, 1948, 432 § 1; definition of
"dealer" revised, 1948, 511 § 1; "farmer" defined, 1951, 736 § 1;
"farming" defined, 1955, 483 § 2; "heavy duty platform trailer"
defined, 1939, 354 § 1; amended, 1941, 30; revised, 1945, 595 § 1;
"manufacturer" defined, 1948, 511 § 2; definition of "motor cycle"
revised, 1950, 321 § 1; definition of "motor vehicles" amended, 1932,
182; 1938, 36; revised, 1948, 93; 1950, 321 § 2; definition of "non-
resident" revised, 1952, 266 § 1; amended, 1952, 566 § 1; revised, 1953,
463 § 1; "owner" defined, 1952, 266 § 2; "owner-repairman" defined,
1948, 511 § 3; definition of "register number" revised, 1935, 43;
"repairman" defined, 1948, 511 § 4; revised, 1951, 89; 1953, 378;
"school bus" defined, 1932, 271 § 1; revised, 1946, 91; amended, 1947,
216 § 1; revised, 1950, 502 § 1; "semi-trailer" and " semi-traUer unit"
defined, 1933, 332 § 1; "tractor" defined and definition of "trailer"
revised, 1933, 322 § 2; definition of "trailer" amended, 1939, 354 § 2;
revised, 1951, 578 § 1; "transporter" defined, 1948, 511 § 5; revised,
1950, 321 § 3. (See 1932, 271 § 7; 1933, 322 § 5; 1951, 578 § 2; 1951,
736 § 5; 1952, 566 § 2.)

Sect. 1A amended, 1933, 372 § 3; 1934, 264 § 2; last sentence revised,
1948, 572 § 1; section revised, 1950, 471; second sentence revised,
1955, 172; paragraph added at end, 1950, 502 § 5. (See 1948, 572 § 3.)

Sect. 2, first paragraph revised, 1950, 443; amended, 1954, 305;
fourth paragraph revised, 1932, 5; amended, 1955, 283 § 1; seventh
paragraph revised, 1939, 436 § 1 ; 1949, 470, 644 § 3; 1952, 82; amended,
1953, 225; 1955, 458 § 3; last paragraph revised, 1933, 54; amended,
1948, 94; paragraph added at end, 1952, 554. (See 1955, 283 § 3.)

Sect. 2A added, 1953, 579 (providing for the registration of motor
vehicles or trailers owned by minors).

Sect. 3, first sentence revised, 1933, 188; section revised, 1939, 325;
first sentence amended, 1953, 463 § 2; paragraph inserted after second
paragraph, 1953, 463 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1941, 282.

Sect. 3A amended, 1952, 125; revised, 1953, 366 § 1; first sentence
amended, 1955, 196 § 1.

Sect. 3B revised, 1953, 366 § 2; first sentence amended, 1955, 196 § 2.

Sect. 3C revised, 1937, 387.

Sect. 3D, first sentence revised, 1953, 366 § 3.

Sect. 3G added, 1945, 590 § 1 (relative to recovery for damage caused
by motor vehicles of non-residents) ; three sentences added at end, 1952,
77. (See 1945, 590 § 2.)

Sect. 5, last sentence amended, 1947, 311; section revised, 1947,
401 § 1; 1948, 511 § 6; 1949, 94; 1951, 736 § 2; 1952, 377 § 1; 1955,
483 § 1. (See 1947, 401 § 3; 1951, 736 § 5.)

Sect. 5 A added, 1943, 409 § 2 (relative to the use of a general dis-
tinguishing mark or number on all motor vehicles under the control
of the mihtary forces) ; revised, 1948, 304.

Sect. 6, first sentence revised, 1939, 436 § 2.

Sect. 6A added, 1948, 432 § 3 (providing for special registration
plates for antique motor cars).

Sect. 6B added, 1953, 2 § 2 (permitting the issuance of one number
plate for each motor vehicle). (See 1953, 2 §§ 1, 3.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1932, 123 § 1; 1933, 51; second sentence amended,
1933, 109; sentence added after fourth sentence, 1939, 153; ninth

Chap. 90.] GENERAL LaWS. 1073

sentence revised, 1949, 260; amended, 1951, 235; sentence inserted
after ninth sentence, 1951, 370; eleventh sentence revised, 1952, 253;
twelfth and thirteenth sentences stricken out and one sentence in-
serted, 1955, 124; sentence added at end of first paragraph, 1954, 570
§ 1; paragraph added at end of section, 1941, 443. (See 1932, 123 § 2;

1954, 570 § 2.)

Sect. 7A revised, 1932, 41, 271 § 2. (See 1932, 271 § 7.)

Sect. 7B added, 1932, 271 § 3 (prerequisites to operation of school
bus). (See 1932, 271 § 7.)

Sects. 7A and 7B stricken out, and new sections 7A-7C inserted,
1945, 241 § 1. (See 1945, 241 § 3.)

Sect, 7A, first sentence amended, 1950, 140; first sentence stricken
out and two sentences inserted, 1950, 525; first sentence amended,

1951, 416.

Sect. 7B, clause (1) revised, 1950, 502 § 2; clause (6) inserted, 1950,
459 § 1; clause (7) inserted, 1951, 196 § 1. (See 1950, 459 § 2.)

Sect. 7C revised, 1948, 307; first sentence amended, 1951, 419 § 1;
sentence added at end, 1950, 502 § 3. (See 1951, 419 § 2.)

Sect. 7D added, 1947, 216 § 2 (making certain provisions of law
relating to school buses appHcable to certain motor vehicles used for
the transportation of school children) ; revised, 1950, 502 § 4.

Sect. 7E added, 1949, 266 (relative to the display of red lights upon
vehicles owned and operated by firemen and certain other persons);
first sentence revised, 1954, 306.

Sect. 8 amended, 1934, 103; 1937, 284; next to last sentence revised,
1948, 399 § 1 ; sentence contained in lines 19-22 (as appearing in 1937,
284) stricken out, 1948, 619 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1955, 488
§ 1; paragraph added at end, 1950, 655. (See 1948, 399 § 3, 619 §§ 2, 3;

1955, 488 § 3.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1934, 361; 1941, 283; first sentence revised, 1952,
244.

Sect. 9A revised, 1932, 168 § 1; 1935, 393 § 1; 1949, 358; 1952, 100.
(See 1932, 168 §§ 2, 3; 1935, 393 § 2.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 219; second sentence stricken out and two
sentences inserted, 1948, 130; third sentence revised, 1955, 314; para-
graph added at end, 1950, 139.

Sect. lOA added, 1952, 126 (requiring operators of trackless trolleys
to be Ucensed to operate motor vehicles); paragraph added at end,

1952, 287 § 1; section repealed, 1953, 276. (See 1952, 287 § 2).
Sect. 11, first sentence revised, 1952, 377 § 2; sentence added at end,

1954, 446.

Sect. 13, two sentences inserted after second sentence, 1950, 763;
sentence added at end, 1949, 707; same sentence revised, 1950, 305.

Sect. 14 amended, 1938, 166; third sentence revised, 1947, 418;
section revised, 1948, 324; third sentence revised, 1950, 502 § 6; 1951,
196 § 2.

Sect. 14A added, 1949, 279 (providing for the protection of blind
persons while crossing ways).

Sect. 14B added, 1951, 649 (providing that motor vehicle operators
give uniform signals on all ways); paragraph added at end, 1952, 321.

Sect. 15 amended, 1932, 271 § 5; 1933, 26 § 1; revised, 1951, 557.
(See 1932, 271 § 7.)

Sect. 17, sentence added at end, 1932, 271 § 4; section amended,
1947, 406; revised, 1948, 564 § 1. (See 1932, 271 § 7.)

1074 Changes in the [Chap. 90.

Sect. 18 amended, 1945, 125; revised, 1948, 564 § 2; paragraph added
at end, 1955, 135.

Sect. 19, l ast sentence revised, 1933, 332 § 3; 1935, 223 § 1; section
revised, 1935, 326 (but see 1935, 465) ; amended, 1936, 388 § 1 ; revised,
1941, 314; first sentence amended, 1946, 380; last two sentences
amended, 1945, 595 § 4; same sentences stricken out and four sentences
inserted, 1946, 341; paragraph added at end, 1948, 394; section re-
vised, 1951, 573. (See 1933, 332 § 5; 1935, 223 § 2; 1936, 388 § 2.)
Affected by 1941, 589; 1951, 310.

Sect. 19A added, 1946, 397 § 1 (authorizing certain semi-trailer units
and motor vehicles to travel upon pubUc ways without certain permits) ;
first paragraph revised, 1955, 736; paragraph added at end, 1951, 344,
617, 782; last paragraph revised, 1952, 408.

Sect. 19B added, 1951, 572 § 1 (relative to the dimensions of motor
buses). (See 1951, 572 § 2.) Affected, 1951, 310.

Sect. 20, first sentence revised, 1951, 567.

Sect. 20A added, 1934, 368 § 1 (providing for the non-criminal dispo-
sition of charges for violation of motor vehicle parking rules, regulations,
orders, ordinances and by-laws); revised, 1935, 176; fijst paragraph
revised, 1938, 201; first sentence revised, 1952, 193 § 1; fifth sentence
revised, 1952, 193 § 2; amended, 1949, 425 § 1; third paragraph revised,
1949, 425 § 2; amended, 1952, 98; fifth paragraph revised, 1949, 425
§ 3; sentence added at end, 1951, 69; section revised, 1953, 249 § 1;
first paragraph amended, 1955, 386 § 1; 751 § 1; third paragraph
amended, 1955, 386 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1954, 302. (See 1934,
368 § 2; 1949, 425 § 4; 1953, 249 §§ 2, 3; 1955, 751 § 2.)

Sect. 21 amended, 1936, 406; 1954, 669.

Sect. 22, two paragraphs added at end, 1933, 191; first sentence (as
appearing in 1933, 191) amended, 1941, 312.

Sect. 22A added, 1932, 304 § 1 (requiring the suspension of licenses
to operate motor vehicles issued to persons who do not satisfy judg-
ments in motor vehicle accident cases involving property damage).
(See 1932, 304 § 2.)

Sect. 23, first paragraph revised, 1954, 74; paragraph added at end,
1933, 69.

Sect. 24 amended, 1932, 26 § 1; first sentence amended, 1936, 182
§ 1; sentence contained in lines 65-97 amended, 1935, 360; paragraph
added at end, 1936, 182 § 2; section revised, 1936, 434 § 1; paragraph
(1) (a) amended, 1938, 145; paragraph (1) (c) revised, 1939, 82; amended,
1955, 198 § 1; paragraph (1) (d) amended, 1955, 198 § 2; paragraph (2)
(a) amended, 1937, 230 § 1; paragraph (2) (c) amended, 1937, 117;
1955, 198 § 3. (See 1937, 230 § 2.)

Sect. 26 revised, 1953, 570 § 2.

Sect. 27 amended, 1949, 115 § 2; revised, 1953, 319 § 11; first
sentence amended, 1953, 570 § 3. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 28 revised, 1950, 536.

Sect. 29, last sentence amended, 1932, 26 § 2; section amended,
1935, 477 § 1; second sentence revised, 1936, 391; first four sentences
revised, 1947, 508; 1949, 557; sixth sentence amended, 1952, 15; last
two sentences revised, 1938, 146.

Sect. 29A added, 1953, 570 § 4 (relative to notice by police officers
and certain others of violations of the motor vehicle laws).

Sect. 31 revised, 1948, 201 § 2. (See 1948, 201 § 4.)

Chap. 90.] GENERAL LawS. 1075

Sect. 32, first sentence revised, 1953, 196.

Sect. 32A, paragraph added at end, 1949, 321; amended, 1954, 392;
1951, 418.

Sect. 32B repealed, 1934, 209 § 2. (See 1934, 209 § 3.)

Sects. 32C-32F added, 1934, 209 § 1 (further regulating the business
of leasing motor vehicles upon a mileage basis). (See 1934, 209 § 3.)

Sect. 32G added, 1953, 563 (relative to Hcensing of persons engaged
in the business of giving instruction in the driving of motor vehicles).

Sect. 33, first four paragraphs stricken out, and five new paragraphs
inserted, 1932, 249 § 1; third paragraph (as appearing in 1932, 249 § 1)
revised, 1948, 572 § 2; fourth paragraph (as so appearing) amended,
1933, 183 § 1; revised, 1948, 584 § 2; fifth paragraph (as so appearing)
revised, 1947, 666 § 3; paragraph in lines 21-41 amended, 1932, 180
§ 12; same paragraph stricken out, and two paragraphs inserted, 1933,
332 § 4; two paragraphs so inserted stricken out, and new paragraph
inserted, 1935, 409 § 1; the paragraph so inserted amended, 1936, 380
§ 1; subdivisions (2) and (3) of the paragraph so inserted revised, 1937,
377; subdivision (2) of said paragraph revised, 1945, 595 § 2; subdivi-
sion (3) of said paragraph amended, 1938, 430; subdivision (4) of said
paragraph amended, 1939, 354 § 3; subdivision (6) of said paragraph
amended, 1939, 354 § 4; revised, 1945, 595 § 3; last sentence revised,
1947, 463; sixth paragraph (inserted by 1935, 409 § 1) revised, 1951,
630 § 1; paragraph inserted after subdivision (6), 1948, 432 § 2; para-
graph in lines 69-75 (as appearing in the Ter. Ed.) revised, 1948, 511
§ 7; paragraph inserted after "registrar" in line 75 (as appearing in the
Ter. Ed.) 1947, 401 § 2; same paragraph revised, 1948, 511 § 7; para-
graph in lines 85-87 (as appearing in the Ter. Ed.) revised, 1948, 399
§ 2; 619 § 2; paragraph inserted, 1950, 306; last paragraph amended,
1936, 401 ; paragraph added at end, 1949, 644 § 4; section revised, 1951,
699 § 1; paragraph inserted after paragraph numbered (6), 1952, 173
§ 1; fifteenth paragraph revised, 1951, 736 § 3; twenty-fourth para-
graph revised, 1952, 459; section revised, 1952, 540; third paragraph
revised, 1954, 241; first sentence of fifth paragraph revised, 1953, 304;
sentence inserted, 1953, 607; fourteenth paragraph of subdivision (7)
revised, 1955, 488 § 2. (See 1932, 249 § 2; 1933, 183 § 2, 332 § 5;
1935, 409 § 2; 1936, 380 § 2; 1947, 401 § 3; 666 § 4; 1948, 368; 399
§ 3; 572 § 3; 619 § 3; 1951, 630 § 2; 699 § 5; 736 § 5; 1952, 173 § 2;
1955, 488 § 3.)

Sect. 34, four words stricken out, 1933, 197 § 3; first paragraph
amended, 1934, 364 § 1; section revised, 1943, 427 § 2. (See 1934,
364 § 3.)

Sect. 34A, paragraph defining "certificate" revised, 1945, 384 § 1;
amended, 1949, 571 § 1; new paragraph (defining "guest occupant")
added, 1935, 459 § 1; paragraphs defining "motor vehicle habihty
bond" and "motor vehicle liability pohcy" revised, 1935, 459 § 2.
(See 1935, 459 § 5; 1945, 384 § 3.)

Sect. 34B, second paragraph revised, 1933, 83 § 1; 1935, 302; fourth
paragraph revised, 1933, 83 § 2; fifth paragraph revised, 1949, 571 § 2.
(See 1933, 83 § 3.)

Sect. 34C amended, 1932, 180 § 13; 1949, 571 § 3.

Sect. 34D revised, 1935, 459 § 3; 1949, 571 § 4; last sentence re-
vised, 1950, 162 § 3; 1954, 126 § 3. (See 1935, 459 § 5.)

Sect. 34E revised, 1949, 571 § 5.

1076 Changes in the [Chap. 90.

Sect. 34F revised, 1949, 571 § 6.

Sect. 34H, first paragraph amended, 1933. 119 § 4; second para-
graph amended, 1948, 39; new paragraph inserted, 1933, 119 § 5.
(See 1933, 119 § 6.)

Sect. 341 revised, 1949, 571 § 7.

Sects. 35-43 and 44-50 inc. (inserted by 1935, 418 § 2, as amended) and
sect. 43A (inserted by 1938, 417 § 9) stricken out and new sections 35-52
inserted, 1939, 393 § 3 (further revising the laws relative to aviation). (See
1939, 393 §§ 4-6.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to sections 35 to 52 as so inserted:

Sect. 35, paragraph defining "Airport" amended, 1941, 537 § 1;
paragraph inserted after said paragraph, 1941, 537 § 2; paragraph de-
fining "Landing field" amended, 1941, 537 § 3; two paragraphs added
at end, 1941, 537 § 4; section revised, 1946, 507; "Navigable Air
Space "defined, 1947,292.

Sects. 36-38 repealed, 1946, 583 § 2. (See G. L. 6 §§ 57-59. See
also 1946, 583 §§ 1, 4.)

Sect. 39, first paragraph revised, 1941, 695 § 13; section revised,
1946, 583 § 3; first paragraph revised, 1948, 637 § 10. (See 1946,
583 § 5; 1948, 637 §§ 4-9, 13; 663 § 4.)

Sects. 39A-39F added, 1946, 607 § 1 (relative to a state airport plan).

Sect. 39A, paragraph added at end, 1953, 524 § 1.

Sect. 39B, paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1948, 505.

Sect. 39C revised, 1949, 762 § 1. (See 1949, 762 § 2.)

Sect. 39D repealed, 1948, 637 § 11. (See 1948, 637 §§ 4-9, 13.)

Sect. 39F revised, 1947, 593 § 4; paragraph added at end, 1953,
524 § 2. (See 1953, 524 § 3.)

Sect. 39G added, 1947, 593 § 5 (making certain provisions of law
relating to airports in municipalities apphcable to airports in counties).

Sect. 40 revised, 1946, 582 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1949, 60;
revised, 1955, 189.

Sects. 40A-40I inserted, 1941, 537 § 5 (relative to protecting the
approaches to publicly owned airports).

Sect. 40 A, fifth sentence amended, 1950, 421.

Sect. 41 revised, 1946, 582 § 2.

Sect. 42 amended, 1941, 537 § 6.

Sect. 43 revised, 1946, 582 § 3.

Sect. 44 amended, 1941, 537 § 7.

Sect. 45 amended, 1941, 537 § 8; revised, 1947, 319.

Sect. 49A added, 1949, 115 § 1 (relative to court records of cases
involving violations of aeronautical laws, rules and regulations);
amended, 1953, 319 § 12. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sects. 49B-49T added, 1955, 666 § 1 (requiring owners and operators
of aircraft involved in accidents to provide security for payment of
damages in certain cases. (See 1955, 666 § 2.)

Sects. 50A-50L added, 1948, 637 § 3 (relative to the management
of state-owned airports). (See 1948, 637 §§ 4-9, 13; 663 § 4.)

Sect. 50C, paragraph added at end, 1951, 672 § 1. (See 1951, 672
§§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 50D, first sentence amended, 1949, 762 § 3; first paragraph
amended, 1955, 452.

Chaps. 90A, 91]. GENERAL LawS. 1077

Sect. 50F, sentence added at end, 1948, 663 § 2; third paragraph
revised, 1949, 763. (See 1948, 663 §§ 4, 5; 1949, 745 § 2.)

Sect. 50H, sentence added at end, 1948, 663 § 3. (See 1948, 663
§§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 51 stricken out, 1946, 613 § 1.

Sects. 51A-51B added, 1946, 582 § 4 (relative to the supervision of
state airports by airport managers and to the leasing thereof) ; repealed,
1948, 637 § 11. (See 1948, 637 §§ 4-9, 13.)

Sects. 51C-51L added, 1946, 613 § 1 (relating to the acquisition,
establishment, maintenance, operation and regulation of airports by
the commonwealth and the cities and towns thereof).

Sect. 51C repealed, 1948, 637 § 11. (See 1948, 637 §§ 4-9, 13.)

Sect. 51E, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1948, 481; second
and third sentences revised, 1947, 70; last sentence stricken out and
five sentences inserted, 1947, 593 § 1.

Sect. 51F revised, 1949, 769 § 1.

Sect. 51H revised, 1949, 769 § 2.

Sect. 511 revised, 1947, 593 § 2.

Sect. 51K revised, 1947, 593 § 3.

Sect. 51M added, 1947, 332 (prohibiting the granting of exclusive
franchises for transportation of persons at airports publicly owned or
controlled, or constructed wholly or partly with public funds.)

Sect. 51N added, 1947, 501 (authorizing municipahties to estabhsh,
maintain and operate airports as joint enterprises).

Chapter 90A. — The Highway Safety Act.
New Chapter inserted, 1953, 570 § 1.

Sect. 1 revised, 1954, 425.

Sect. 7A added, 1955, 417 (relative to the assessment of points under
highway safety act and merit rating system).

Chapter 91. — Waterways.

Sect. 9A added, 1938, 407 § 2 (providing a method for the develop-
ment of waterfront terminal facilities).

Sect. 11, first sentence revised, 1950, 516; 1955, 5; amended, 1955,
448 § 1; sentence inserted after first sentence, 1955, 448 § 2.

Sect. 12A added, 1939, 513 § 6 (hcensing and otherwise regulating
structures, filUng and excavations in certain rivers and streams).

Sect. 16 amended, 1954, 568 § 3.

Sect. 19A added, 1954, 258 (regulating the lowering of waters of a
great pond).

Sect. 27, paragraph added at end, 1937, 372 § 2; sentence added at
end, 1950, 768.

Sect. 29 revised, 1950, 524.

Sect. 30A added, 1950, 214 (prohibiting the removal of certain
natural barriers which furnish protection against erosion by the sea).

Sect. 46A added, 1935, 362 § 1 (penahzing the unhcensed breaking
up or altering of vessels, scows, fighters or certain other structures).

Sect. 49 revised, 1935, 362 § 2.

Sect. 49A added, 1955, 464 (providing for the removal of certain
whales or other mammals from tidewaters or shores of the common-
wealth).

1078 Changes in the [Chaps. 91A, 92.

Sects. 60-62 added, 1953, 666 § 2 (transferring the control of Salis-
bury Beach Reservation to the division of public beaches in the de-
partment of pubhc works).

Sect. 61, paragraph added at end, 1954, 533.

Chapter 91A. — Port of Boston Commission (formerly entitled Port of

Boston Authority).

New chapter inserted, 1945, 619 § 3. (See 1945, 619 §§ 4-11.)

Sect. 1, section and caption preceding it revised, 1953, 608 § 5.
(See 1953, 608 §§ 13-16.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1951, 457 § 1. (See 1951, 457 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1951, 457 § 2; revised, 1953, 608 § 6. (See 1951,
457 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 413 § 1; 1953, 608 § 7.

Sect. 5 amended, 1953, 608 § 8.

Sect. 6 amended, 1953, 608 § 9; revised, 1955, 577 § 1. (See 1955,
577 § 2.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1953, 608 § 10.

Sect. 8 amended, 1953, 608 § 11; repealed, 1954, 568 § 4.

Sect. 9 amended, 1953, 608 § 12.

Chapter 92. — Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.

For legislation aboHshing the MetropoUtan District Water Supplj^
Commission and transferring its functions to the Metropolitan District
Commission, see 1947, 583.

Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 367 § 1; 1950, 648 § 1. (See 1946, 367 § 2.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1946, 432 § 5.

Sect. yA added, 1952, 559 § 1 (providing for the construction and
operation of metropolitan refuse disposal incinerators); first sentence
revised, 1954, 495 § 1; 1955, 773 § 1. (See 1952, 559 §§ 2, 3; 1954,
495 § 2; 1955, 773 § 2.)

Sect. 10 revised, 1943, 543 § 1; 1945, 587 § 1; paragraph (2) amended,

1946, 549 § 1; paragraph (3) amended, 1947, 575 § 1; 1949, 385 § 1;
paragraph (4) amended, 1946, 549 § 2; paragraph (5), sentence added
at end, 1946, 549 § 3; paragraph (6) revised, 1946, 549 § 4; paragraph
(10) amended, 1946, 243, 549 § 5; 1953, 373; paragraph (12) revised,

1947, 575 §2. (See 1943, 543 §§ lA, 3; 1945, 587 §5; 1947, 575 §§ 3-6;
1949 494.)

Sect. 13 amended, 195t), 518 § 2.

Sect. 17, paragraph added at end, 1945, 693 § 1.

Sect. 26, first paragraph revised, 1943, 543 § 2; first two paragraphs
revised, 1945, 587 § 2; second paragraph amended, 1946, 432 § 6; first
two paragraphs revised, 1946, 549 § 6; first paragraph stricken out and
five paragraphs inserted, 1953, 618. (See 1945, 587 §§4, 5.)

Sects. 26A and 26B added, 1945, 587 § 3 (fixing the price for water
furnished to municipahties by the metropolitan water district and pro-
viding for a state borrowing to ensure the maintenance of the price as
fixed and providing for disposition of the excess in the metropolitan
water works sinking fund).

Sect. 26A, first two sentences revised, 1946, 549 § 7.

Sect. 43 amended, 1950, 518 § 3.

Chaps. 92A, 93.] GENERAL LawS. 1079

Sect. 46 revised, 1948, 550 § 7.

Sect. 48 amended, 1934, 266 § 1. (See 1934, 266 § 4.)

Sects. 55 and 56 stricken out and section 55 inserted, 1949, 554 § 1.

Sect. 56 revised, 1933, 197 § 1; sentence added at end, 1939, 429
§ 1; section stricken out, 1949, 554 § 1. (See 1939, 429 §§ 2, 4.)

Sect. 57 amended, 1933, 197 § 2; 1949, 554 § 2.

Sect. 58 amended, 1946, 432 § 7.

Sect. 59 amended, 1949, 554 § 3.

Sect. 59A added, 1945, 637 § 7 (relative to annual assessments upon
municipalities of the metropolitan districts for maintenance) ; sentence
added at end, 1946, 432 § 8. (See 1945, 279.)

Sect. 60 revised, 1939, 429 § 3; last sentence revised, 1946, 432 § 9.
(See 1939, 429 § 4.)

Sect. 60A added, 1937, 352 § 1 (regulating the making and award-
ing of certain contracts by the metropolitan district commission and
metropohtan district water supply commission) ; repealed, 1941, 547 § 2.
(See 1937, 352 § 2; 1941, 547 § 1.)

Sect. 61, first sentence revised, 1954, 162 § 2.

Sect. 62 revised, 1938, 396; amended, 1941, 658 § 1; revised, 1950,
730 § 1. (See 1950, 730 § 2.) (See 1941, 658 § 2.)

Sect. 62A added, 1937, 416 § 1 (providing for a reserve police force
for the metropolitan district commission); revised, 1939, 441 § 1. (See
1937, 416 § 5; 1939, 441 §§ 3, 5.)

Sect. 62B added, 1951, 612 (relative to compensation for Metro-
politan district poUce for overtime service).

Sect. 63 repealed, 1937, 416 § 2. (See 1937, 416 § 5; 1939, 441 § 3.)

Sect. 63B added, 1948, 653 (providing for the reimbursement of
metropohtan district poHce officers for injuries or damages sustained by
them in the fine of duty).

Sect. 93 amended, 1934, 266 § 2. (See 1934, 266 § 4.)

Sect. 94 amended, 1934, 266 § 3. (See 1934, 266 § 4.)

Sect. 95A added, 1950, 518 § 1 (relative to the granting of permits
by the metropohtan district commission for projections over property
under its control).

Sect. 99 repealed, 1947, 530.

Sect. 100 revised, 1939, 499 § 7; 1945, 292 § 9. (See 1945, 637 §
8.)

Chapter 92A. — Massachusetts Public Building Commission.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 466 § 3. (See 1947, 466 §§ 4-6.)

For prior temporary legislation, see 1933, 365, 368; 1934, 41; 1935,
380; 1937, 338; 1938, 20, 501 § 3; 1939, 417, 418; 1941, 720 § 16;
1943, 517 § 3.

Chapter repealed, 1953, 612 § 8. (See 1953, 612 §§ 10-13.)

Chapter 93. — Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises.

Sect. 8, sentence added at end, 1938, 410 § 2.

Sects. 14A-14D added, under heading "fair trade", 1937, 398
(protecting trade mark owners, distributors and the public against in-
jurious and uneconomic practices in the distribution of articles of stand-
ard quahty under a trade mark, brand or name).

Sect. 14A amended, 1939, 231.

1080 Changes in the [Chap. 93.

Sect. 14B amended, 1939, 313.

Sect. 14C revised, 1943, 40.

Sects. 14E-14K added, under heading "unfair sales", 1938, 410
§ 1 (defining and prohibiting unfair sales practices, with a view to
preventing the advertising or offering for sale, or the selUng below cost,
of merchandise for the purpose of injuring competitors or destrojdng
competition). (See 1941, 715.)

Sect. 14E, paragraphs (a) and (6) amended, 1939, 189 § 1; paragraph
(h) added at end, 1939, 189 § 2.

Sect. 14F revised, 1941, 494.

Caption immediately preceding section 21 amended, 1939, 343 § 3.

Sect. 18A added, 1953, 211 (requiring laundries and dry cleaning
estabhshments to file their identification markings with the commis-
sioner of pubhc safety).

Sect. 21 amended, 1939, 343 § 1; 1941, 583 § 1; 1954, 257 § 1; re-
vised, 1955, 371 § 1.

Sects. 21A-21D added, 1941, 583 § 2 (defining and further regulating
private trade schools).

Sect. 21 A revised, 1954, 257 § 2; 1955, 371 § 2.

Sect. 21B revised, 1952, 499 § 3; amended, 1954, 257 § 3; revised,
1955, 371 § 3.

Sect. 21C amended and sentence added at end, 1954, 681 § 6 (See

1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Sect. 21D amended, 1954, 257 § 4; revised, 1955, 371 § 4.

Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 343 § 2; 1941, 583 § 3.

Sect. 24 revised, 1949, 711 § 1.

Sect. 24A added, 1949, 711 § 2 (relative to Ucenses for the conduct
of collection agencies).

Sects. 28A-28D added, under heading "regulating closing out
sales, so called, and similar types of sales", 1938, 165.

Sect. 28A revised, 1939, 207; 1948, 550 § 8; 1950, 473; 1953, 164 § 1;
amended, 1955, 217.

Sect. 28B stricken out, 1953, 164 § 2.

Sect. 28E added, 1950, 511 (granting to the superior court jurisdic-
tion in equity to restrain certain violations of the law regulating closing
out sales).

Sect. 29, heading and section amended, 1946, 612 § 3; section revised,

1955, 584 § 4. (See 1946, 612 §§ 5, 6; 1955, 584 §§ 9, 10.)

Sect. 29A added, 1955, 584 § 5 (relative to notice and hearings on
objections to applications for certain permits, and on appeals from de-
cisions of the director of the board of outdoor advertising). (See 1955,
584 §§ 8-10.)

Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 233.

Sect. 30A revised, 1946, 612 § 4; 1955, 584 § 6. (See 1955, 584
§§ 8-10.)

Sect. 31 revised, 1955, 584 § 7. (See 1955, 584 §§ 9, 10.)

Sect. 34. For temporary act to enable savings banks and certain
other banking institutions to co-operate in the distribution of United
States defense savings bonds and defense postal savings stamps, see
1941, 221, 575.

Chap. 94.] GENERAL LaWS. 1081

Chapter 94. — Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles.

Sect. 1, paragraph in lines 128-132 (defining "pasteurized milk")
revised, 1932, 158; section amended in part, 1933, 67 §§ 1-5;
paragraph (defining "half and half" added, 1955, 757 § 1; para-
graph (defining "milk plant" and "manufactory") added, 1933, 338
§ 1; paragraph in lines 30-36 (defining "butter" and "cheese") stricken
out and new paragraph defining "butter" inserted, 1937, 335 § 1; para-
graph in fine 40 reading, "cheese", see "butter", stricken out and
four new paragraphs inserted, 1937, 335 § 2 (defining cheese and cream
cheese); paragraph (defining "bakery") amended, 1937, 362 § 1; para-
graphs in hues 148-164 (defining "agricultural seeds" or "agricultural
seed", "noxious weed seeds" and "weed seeds") revised and definition
of "vegetable seeds" added, 1938, 363 § 1; last four definitions stricken
out, 1946, 377 § 1; paragraph in lines 177-181 revised, 1939, 196 § 1;
five paragraphs (defining "enriched bread", "enriched flour", "person",
"rolls" and "white bread") added, 1948, 444 § 1; paragraph (defining
"food") revised, 1949, 334 § 9. (See 1937, 362 § 7.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 362 § 2. (See 1937, 362 § 7.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 490 § 19.

Sect. 8 revised, 1937, 53.

Sect. 9 amended, 1939, 261 § 6.

Sects. 9A-9M added, 1937, 362 § 3 (changing the position in the
General Laws of certain provisions of law relative to bakeries). (For
prior legislation, see G. L. chap. Ill §§ 34-43, 46-49, repealed by 1937,
362 § 6.) (See 1937, 362 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1937, 362 § 4. (See 1937, 362 § 7.)

Sects. lOA-lOE stricken out, and new sections lOA-lOG (regulating
the manufacture, bottling and sale of certain non-alcohohc beverages)
inserted, 1935, 441.

Sect. lOF amended, 1941, 119.

Sects. lOH-lOK added, 1948, 444 § 2 (relative to enrichment of
bread and flour).

Sects. 12-48A. For temporary legislation establishing within the
department of agriculture a milk control board, and defining its powers
and duties, see note to G. L, chapter 94A, inserted by 1941, 691 § 2.

Sect. 12 stricken out, and new section 12 (relative to standards for
milk and cream) inserted, 1955, 757 § 2.

Sect. 12A added, 1955, 757 § 2 (defining "fortified non-fat milk").

Sect. 12B added, 1955, 757 § 2 (defining "standardized milk").

Sects. 13, 14, 14A and 15 stricken out, and new sections 13-13E
(relative to the grading of milk) inserted, 1933, 263 § 1. (See 1933,
263 § 3.)

Sect. 13A revised, 1948, 227.

Sect. 16 stricken out and sections 16-161 (regulating the production,
sale and distribution of milk) inserted, 1932, 305 § 3. (See 1932, 305
§§ 5, 6.)

Sect. 16C amended, 1941, 374; revised, 1946, 467.

Sects. 16J-16L added, 1946, 542 (relative to the regulation of trans-
portation, handUng and sale of milk).

Sect. 16K revised, 1947, 379.

Sect. 17A amended, 1933, 124.

1082 Changes in the [Chap. 94.

Sect. 18 revised, 1933, 263 § 2. (See 1933, 263 § 3.)

Sect. 19, last paragraph revised, 1955, 757 § 3.

Sect. 20 revised, 1939, 212.

Sect. 29A revised, 1933, 253; 1946, 447 § 1.

Sect. 30 revised, 1933, 253; 1946, 447 § 2.

Sect. 31 revised, 1933, 253; 1946, 447 § 3.

Sect. 40 amended, 1941, 298; fourth sentence revised, 1955, 757 § 4.

Sect. 42A stricken out, and new sections 42A-42K (requiring dealers
in milk or cream to be licensed and bonded) inserted, 1933, 338 § 2;
affected, 1939, 421.

Sect. 42A amended, 1935, 126.

Sect. 42F revised, 1934, 180 § 1.

Sect. 42H, paragraph 2 revised, 1934, 180 § 2.

Sect. 43 revised, 1932, 305 § 4; amended, 1935, 88; first paragraph
amended, 1936, 210. (See 1932, 305 §§ 5, 6.)

Sect. 45 revised, 1935, 317; 1948, 550 § 9.

Sect. 46, sentence added at end, 1955, 757 § 5.

Sect. 48 revised, 1955, 757 § 6.

Sect. 48B added, 1935, 259 (requiring institutions supported wholly
or in part by funds of the commonwealth to use milk, other than
cream and certified milk, produced within the commonwealth).

Sect. 48C added, 1939, 317 (regulating the manufacture, sale and
delivery of certain milk beverages, so called) ; revised, 1955, 757 § 7.

Sect. 48D added, 1955, 757 § 8 (relative to the blending of milk and
cream, establishing sanitary and labelling requirements, and providing
penalties for violations thereof).

Sect. 49, sentence added at end, 1948, 453 § 3.

Sect. 50 amended, 1937, 335 § 3.

Sect. 52 amended, 1948, 550 § 10; revised, 1949, 297 § 2; repealed,
1954, 262.

Sect. 54 amended, 1948, 453 § 1.

Sects. 56 and 57 repealed, 1954, 262.

Sect. 58 amended, 1948, 453 § 2.

Sect. 60 revised, 1934, 373 § 2.

Sect. 61A added, 1937, 335 § 4 (relative to the manufacture and
sale of certain cheese).

Sects. 64, 64A, 65, 65A, 65B, 65E and 65F, and the caption of said
section 64, stricken out, and sections 65G-65S inserted, under caption
"frozen desserts and ice cream mix", 1934, 373 § 1. (See 1934, 373
§8.)

Sect. 65G, definition of "Ice Cream" revised, 1950, 236; definition
of "Stabilizer" revised, 1954, 664 § 1; "Sugar" defined, 1954, 664 § 2.

Sect. 65J, second paragraph revised, 1937, 341 § 1.

Sect. 65L, subdivision (c) amended, 1937, 341 § 2.

Sect. 65P, paragraph (J) added at end, 1937, 341 § 3.

Sect. 66A added, 1945, 109 (making certain laws relative to cold
storage warehouses inapplicable to locker plants, so called).

Sect. 74 revised, 1933, 329 § 5; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.

Sect. 74A added, 1933, 329 §'6 (definition of "fish"); repealed, 1941,
598 § 2.

Sects. 75 and 76 repealed, 1933, 329 § 7.

Sect. 77, first sentence stricken out, 1933, 329 § 8; repealed, 1941,
598 § 2.

Chap. 94.] GENERAL LaWS. 1083

Sect. 77A added, 1934, 216 (regulating the importation of fresh
swordfish).

Sect. 78 revised, 1933, 329 § 9; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.

Sect. 78A added, 1933, 329 § 10 (prohibiting certain misrepresen-
tations in the sale of lobsters); repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.

Sect. 79 repealed, 1933, 329 § 7.

Sect. 80 repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.

Sect. 81 revised, 1933, 329 § 11; 1939, 491 § 10; repealed, 1941,
598 § 2. (See 1939, 491 § 12.)

Sect. 82 repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.

Sect. 83 revised, 1933, 329 § 12; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.

Sect. 85 amended, 1939, 261 § 7.

Sect. 86, two sentences added at end, 1955, 415.

Sect. 88A revised, 1933, 329 § 13; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.

Sect. 88B added, 1936, 176 (requiring that shucked scallops and
quahaugs in the shell be sold only by weight).

Sect. 90A added, 1935, 369 (relative to the sale and distribution of
eggs).

Sect. 90B added, 1938, 404 (establishing standard sizes in connec-
tion with the sale and distribution of eggs); revised, 1951, 266.

Sect. 92B added, under caption "meats and poultry", 1935, 97
(requiring the retail sale of meats and poultry to be by weight).

Sect 98 amended, 1939, 261 § 8.

Sect. 99A amended, 1939, 261 § 9; sentence inserted after fourth
sentence, 1952, 121.

Sect. 117A, first sentence amended, 1951, 600 § 1. (See 1951,
600 § 3.)

Sects. 117G-117L added, 1951, 600 § 2 (relative to the grading and
marking of potatoes). (See 1951, 600 § 3.)

Sect. 118 amended, 1943, 332 § 1.

Sect. 119 amended, 1943, 332 § 2; 1949, 334 § 1.

Sect. 120 amended, 1943, 332 § 3; revised, 1949, 334 § 2.

Sect. 120A amended, 1943, 332 § 4; revised, 1949, 334 § 3.

Sect. 123 amended, 1932, 180 § 15; 1943, 332 § 5.

Sect. 124 revised, 1943, 508 § 1.

Sect. 126 amended, 1946, 213 § 1.

Sect. 128 amended, 1946, 213 § 2.

Sect. 129 revised, 1946, 213 § 3; amended, 1949, 334 § 4.

Sect. 130 amended, 1946, 213 § 4; 1949, 334 § 5.

Sect. 131 revised, 1943, 332 § 6; 1949, 334 § 6; first paragraph
amended, 1952, 201; paragraph added at end, 1950, 317.

Sect. 132 amended, 1949, 334 § 7.

Sect. 133 amended, 1943, 332 § 7; 1946, 213 § 5.

Sect. 133A added, 1946, 213 § 6 (further regulating the slaughtering
of certain animals).

Sect. 134 amended, 1946, 213 § 7.

Sect. 135 amended, 1943, 332 § 8.

Sect. 137 amended, 1949, 334 § 8.

Sect. 138 amended, 1943, 508 § 2.

Sect. 139 amended, 1946, 213 § 8.

Sect. 139A added, 1945, 679 (relative to the establishment and oper-
ation of poultry slaughtering houses) ; last paragraph revised, 1948, 339;
1955, 289.

1084 Changes in the [Chap. 94.

Sect. 146, first paragraph amended, 1934, 340 § 6; 1943, 508 § 3;
second paragraph amended, 1952, 387. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 148, second paragraph amended, 1934, 340 § 6A. (See 1934,
340 § 18.)

Sect. 151 revised, 1943, 508 § 4.

Sect. 151A added, 1948, 189 (regulating the sale of horse meat for
food in certain places) ; revised, 1953, 136.

Sects. 152A-152C added, 1934, 296 (relative to the sale and trans-
portation of poultry).

Sect. 152A amended, 1935, 157 § 1; 1949, 446 § 1; definitions of
"poultry sold or used for food" and "producer" inserted, 1955, 515 § 1.

Sect. 152B revised, 1935, 157 § 2.

Sect. 152D added, 1949, 446 § 2 (relative to the bonding of licensees
engaged in the business of buying or selling poultry).

Sects. 152E-152G added, 1955, 515 § 2 (making the protection under
the poultry bonding law applicable only to poultry producers).

Sect. 153 A added, 1933, 116 (relative to the sale of meat and meat
products containing certain preservatives) ; revised, 1933,311; 1945, 165

Sect. 172 revised, 1939, 122.

Sect. 174A added, 1945, 92 § 1 (fixing standard weights of containers
for certain flours, etc.) ; revised, 1946, 92.

Sect. 175 repealed, 1945, 92 § 2.

Sect. 177 revised, 1946. 176.

Sect. 181 amended, 1939, 261 § 10.

Sect. 182 amended, 1939, 261 § 11.

Sect. 184 amended, 1939, 261 § 12.

Sect. 185A repealed, 1937, 341 § 4.

Sect. 186 revised, 1948, 598 § 1.

Sect. 187 revised, 1948, 598 § 2; paragraph in fines 65-67 revised,

1954, 577 § 1; definitions of "Oral prescription", "Written prescrip-
tion" and "Pharmacist" inserted, 1954, 577 § 2.

Sect. 187A added, 1948, 598 § 3 (further regulating the sale of certain
harmful drugs); revised, 1954, 577 § 3; first paragraph amended,

1955, 718 § 1. (See 1954, 577 § 4.)

Sects. 187B and 187C added, 1955, 610 (relative to the illegal posses-
sion of harmful drugs and the reporting of harmful drug intoxication
to the department of public health).

Sect. 187D added, 1955, 718 § 2 (providing a penalty for the un-
authorized making or altering of a prescription).

Sect. 189, first sentence amended, 1948, 598 § 4.

Sect. 189 A added, 1948, 598 § 5 (relative to the adulteration or
misbranding of food and drugs).

Sect. 192 revised, 1948, 598 § 6.

Sect. 193 revised, 1948, 598 § 7.

Sect. 196 repealed, 1948, 598 § 8.

Sect. 197, paragraph defining "Narcotic drugs" revised, 1935, 412
§ 1; amended, 1943, 305 § 1; revised, 1955, 100 § 1; fourth paragraph
revised, 1943, 305 § 2.

Sect. 198 amended, 1935, 412 § 2; sixth sentence revised, 1948, 473;
paragraph inserted, 1955, 400.

Sects. 198A and 198B added, 1935, 412 § 3 (relative to the licensing
of certain deahngs in narcotic drugs).

Sect. 201 amended, 1935, 412 § 4.

Sect. 203 amended, 1935, 412 § 5.

Chap. 94.] GENERAL LawS. 1085

Sect. 206 amended, 1935, 412 § 6; repealed, 1955, 100 § 2.

Sect. 209 revised, 1945, 509; 1954, 226 § 1.

Sect. 209A revised, 1954, 226 § 2.

Sect. 211 amended, 1935, 412 § 7; revised, 1938, 321 § 1.

Sect. 212 amended, 1938, 321 § 2; 1951, 575.

Sect. 212A added, 1938, 321 § 3 (providing for the arrest without
a warrant and punishment of a person present where a narcotic drug
is unlawfully kept or deposited).

Sect. 214 amended, 1935, 412 § 8; 1943, 357.

Sect. 215 amended, 1935, 412 § 9.

Sect. 217 amended, 1935, 412 § 10.

Sect. 225, paragraph added at end, 1939, 69.

Sect. 239A amended, 1939, 261 § 13.

Sect. 244 amended, 1941, 155 § 1.

Sect. 245 revised, 1933, 94 § 2; amended, 1939, 261 § 13A; revised,
1941, 155 § 2.

Sect. 246 revised, 1941, 155 § 4.

Sect. 248 amended, 1934, 184; 1939, 261 § 14; revised, 1943, 241 § 1;
amended, 1946, 222: revised, 1952. 99.

Sect. 249A amended, 1939, 261 § 15.

Sect. 249B amended, 1939, 261 § 16.

Sect. 249E revised, 1943, 241 § 2.

Sect. 249E3>^ added, 1943, 241 § 3 (relative to the allowable amount
of non-combustible residue of coal and coke).

Sect. 249F amended, 1939, 261 § 17; 1943, 241 § 4.

Sect. 249G added, under caption "material for road construc-
tion", 1933, 94 § 1 (authorizing certain officers to direct the weighing
of material for road construction) ; amended, 1939, 261 § 17A; repealed,
1941, 155 § 3.

Sect. 250 revised, 1933, 67 § 6.

Sect. 252 amended, 1933, 67 § 7.

Sect. 254 amended, 1933, 67 § 8.

Sect. 255 amended, 1933, 67 § 9.

Sect. 256 revised, 1933, 67 § 10.

Sect. 257 revised, 1933, 67 § 11.

Sect. 258 revised, 1933, 67 § 12.

Sects. 261A-261L, as amended, stricken out, and new sections 261A-261K
inserted, 1946, 377 § 2.

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

Sect. 270, paragraph added at end, 1937, 176.

Sects. 270A and 270B added, 1935, 439 (providing for the steriliza-
tion of feathers, down and second-hand material intended for use in
the manufacture of any article of bedding or of upholstered furniture).

Sect. 270C added, 1939, 196 § 2 (relative to the marking of certain
articles of bedding and upholstered furniture consisting in whole or in
part of second-hand metal).

Sect. 270D added, 1939, 351 (further regulating the sale within the
commonwealth of articles of bedding and upholstered furniture); re-
pealed, 1941, 57.

Sect. 276 amended, 1939, 196 § 3.

Sect. 277A added, 1941, 422 (requiring the marking or labelling of
furs, imitation furs and articles made therefrom, and prohibiting mis-
representation in such marks or labels).

1086 Changes in the [Chap. 94A.

Sect. 283 amended, 1939, 261 § 17B.

Sect. 285 revised, 1950, 110 § 1.

Sect. 286 revised, 1950, 110 § 2.

Sect. 287 revised, 1950, 110 § 3.

Sect. 288 revised, 1950, 110 §4.

Sect. 295A added, under heading "petroleum products", 1933,
228 (relative to prevention of fraud and misrepresentation in the sale
of gasoline, lubricating oils and other motor fuels, and to prevention of
the adulteration thereof).

Sects. 295B and 295C added, 1938, 411 (prohibiting and penalizing
the use of misleading signs relating to the price of gasoline and other
motor fuel).

Sect. 295C revised, 1939, 218.

Sects. 295A-295C stricken out, and new sections 295A-2950 in-
serted, 1939, 459 § 1 (further regulating the advertising and sale of
motor fuel at retail). (See 1939, 459 § 3.)

Sect. 295A amended and paragraph (6) inserted, 1950, 515 § 1.

Sect. 295B, first paragraph amended, 1950, 497.

Sect. 295F amended, 1955, 183.

Sect. 295G revised, 1941, 311; paragraph added at end, 1950, 496.

Sects. 295P-295W added, 1950, 515 § 2 (to prevent unfair discrimina-
tion, competition and destructive trade practices in the retail sale of
motor fuel).

Sect. 298 amended, 1934, 109 § 1.

Sect. 299 amended, 1934, 109 § 2.

Sects. 303A-303E added, under caption "methyl or ■wood alco-
hol", 1934, 372 § 3 (relative to such alcohol and to certain preparations
containing such alcohol).

Sect. 303A amended, 1935, 342; 1936, 53.

Sect. 303B amended, 1937, 177 § 1.

Sect. 303C revised, 1937, 177 § 2.

Sect. 303F added, under caption "fuel oils", 1935, 95 (regulating
the sale of fuel oils) ; amended, 1952, 107.

Sect. 305A amended, 1937, 362 § 5. (See 1937, 362 § 7.)

Chapter 94A. — Milk Control.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 691 § 2. (See 1941, 691 §§ 3-6.)

For prior temporary legislation establishing within the department
of agriculture a milk control board, and defining its powers and duties,
see 1934, 376; term of office of said board extended, 1936, 300; 1938,
334; 1939, 413; 1941, 418 § 1; 631 § 1; legislation amended, 1937,
428; 1938, 279; 1939, 302.

Sect. 1, paragraph defining "Board" stricken out and definition of
"Commission" inserted, 1953, 604 § 2.

Sects. 2-11 amended, 1953, 604 § 3.

Sect. 2, subsection (3) amended, 1955, 757 § 9.

Sect. 9, paragraphs (a) and (b) revised, 1955, 757 § 10.

Sect. 12 revised, 1950, 756; amended, 1953, 604 § 4.

Sect. 12A added, 1943, 445 (defining the powers and duties of the
milk control board in case of a failure to pay the official minimum price
for the sale or delivery of milk) ; amended, 1953, 604 § 3.

Sect. 13, subsections (e) and (/) added at end, 1945, 134 (relative to
the furnishing to the milk control board of certain information by

Chaps. 95-99.] GENERAL LawS. 1087

licensed milk dealers); first paragraph of subsection (e) revised, 1946,
312; amended, 1953, 604 § 3. (See 1945, 409.)

Sects. 14-21 amended, 1953, 604 § 3.

Sect. 21, fourth sentence revised and seventh sentence stricken out,
1954, 681 § 7. (See 1954, 681 §§ 20-22.)

Sect. 22 revised, 1943, 164; amended, 1953, 604 § 5.

Sect. 22A added, 1943, 147 (in aid of the construction and enforce-
ment of the state milk control law, so called) .

Sect. 24 amended, 1953, 604 § 3.

Chapter 95. — Measuring of Leather.

Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 261 § 18.

Chapter 96. — Measurement of Lumber.

Sect. IIA added, 1945, 145 (adopting the international log rule as
standard for determining the board feet content of saw logs).

Chapter 97. — Surveying of Land.

Sects. 8-13 added, 1941, 47 (defining and authorizing the use of a
system of plane co-ordinates for designating and stating positions of
points on the surface of the earth within the conmion wealth).

Chapter 98. — ■ Weights and Measures.

Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 261 § 19.

Sect. 12, second paragraph revised, 1948, 373.

Sect. I4A amended, 1936, 73.

Sect. 15 revised, 1953, 259 § 1. (See 1953, 259 § 2.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1934, 373 § 3.

Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 373 § 4.

Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 261 § 19A; revised, 1941, 59; amended,
1953, 86.

Sect. 28A added, 1950, 425 (regulating the seaUng and testing of
meters used for measuring liquefied petroleum gas).

Sect. 29, paragraph added at end, 1945, 273.

Sect. 30 repealed, 1935, 60 § 2.

Sect. 32 amended, 1935, 60 § 3.

Sect. 34 amended, 1955, 190.

Sect. 37 amended, 1936, 72.

Sect. 41 amended, 1941, 462.

Sect. 42 amended, 1955, 185.

Sect. 56, paragraph (63^) added, 1934, 98 (estabUshing fees for seal-
ing certain liquid-measuring meters); section revised, 1937, 74; para-
graph (61^) added, 1937, 305 § 1; section revised, 1949, 34 § 1; para-
graph (j) revised, 1955, 184. (See 1937, 305 § 2; 1949, 34 § 2.)

Sect. 56A added, 1941, 60 (relative to the location of scales and other
weighing devices used in weighing food sold at retail by weight).

Chapter 99. — The Metric System of Weights and Measures.

Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 261 § 20.
Sect. 3 amended, 1939, 261 § 21.
Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 261 § 22.

1088 Changes in the [Chaps. 100-105.

' Chapter 100. — Auctioneers.

Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1936, 209 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1941, 81; 1948, 550 § 11; 1949, 297 § 3.

Sect. 5 amended, 1932, 156 § 1.

Sect. 6 revised, 1948, 550 § 12; 1949, 297 § 4.

Sect. 14 revised, 1932, 156 § 2; 1948, 550 § 13; 1949, 297 § 5.

Sect. 16 revised, 1932, 156 § 3.

Sects. 18-21 added, 1936, 209 § 2 (relative to bankruptcy auctions
and other auctions of similar type and relative to certain fraudulent
practices at auctions).

Sect. 18 revised, 1948, 550 § 14; 1949, 297 § 6.

Chapter 101. — Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.

Sect. 1, second paragraph revised, 1936, 218; section amended,
1941, 490 § 21.

Sect. 2 amended, 1948, 372.

Sect. 3 amended, 1939, 261 § 23; 1941, 490 § 22; second sentence
revised, 1948, 493 § 1. (See 1948, 493 § 5.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 254 § 64. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)

Sect. 6A added, 1938, 85 (providing that appHcations for transient
vendors' hcenses shall contain irrevocable power of attorney for service
of process, and providing for service of process under authority thereof).

Sect. 15 amended, 1937, 214; revised, 1937, 333; 1955, 757 § 11.

Sect. 16 revised, 1935, 42; amended, 1937, 130.

Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 114; 1937, 73.

Sect. 22, sentence added at end, 1948, 493 § 2. (See 1948, 493 § 5.)

Sect. 23, sentence added at end, 1948, 493 § 3. (See 1948, 493 § 5.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1936, 74; 1945, 493 § 1; 1951, 395; sentence added
at end, 1948, 493 § 4; section revised, 1954, 627 § 22; amended, 1955,
214. (See 1945, 493 § 2; 1948, 493 § 5; 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1941, 490 § 23.

Sect. 30 amended, 1934, 77.

Sect. 32 amended, 1941, 490 § 24.

Sect. 33 amended, 1945, 160.

Chapter 102. — Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.

Sect. 15 revised, 1932, 232 § 1.

Sect. 15A added, 1932, 232 § 2 (penalty for improper operation of
motor and other boats).

Sect. 15B added, 1950, 678 (relative to the regulation of the opera-
tion of motor boats upon rivers or inland lakes).

Sect. 17 revised, 1932, 57.

Chapter 103. — Pilots.

Sect. 31 revised, 1953, 41.

Chapter 105. — Public Warehouses.

Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 310 § 1.

Sects. 2A and 2B added, 1935, 122 § 1 (relative to the termination
of liabiUty of sureties on bonds furnished by pubUc warehousemen).
(See 1935, 122 § 3.)

Chaps. 107-llOA.] GENERAL LawS. 1089

Sect. 2C added, 1947, 499 (authorizing the keeping and maintenance
of certain pubUc warehouses without a Ucense).
Sect. 6 revised, 1935, 122 § 2. (See 1935, 122 § 3.)
Sect. 9, clause (h) revised, 1935, 310 § 2.
Sect. 26 amended, 1948, 145.
Sect. 33, paragraph added at end, 1946, 172.

Chapter 107. — Money and Negotiable Instruments.

Sect. 5 revised, 1947, 55.

Sect. 31 amended, 1941, 215.

Sect. 45A added, 1953, 439 (relative to the use of facsimile signatures
in the drawing of checks by treasurers of pubhc bodies).

Sect. 107 amended, 1950, 287 § 2.

Sect, lllA added, 1947, 167 (relative to the time for payment by
banks of checks and other instruments) ; repealed, 1950, 287 § 3.

Chapter 107A. — Assignments of Accounts Receivable.

New chapter inserted, 1945, 141 § 1. (See 1945, 141 § 2.)

Chapter 108A. — Partnerships.

Sect. 34, first paragraph amended, 1932, 180 § 16.

Chapter 110. — Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration thereof.

Sect. 4B added, 1946, 169 § 1 (penalizing the use for trade purposes
of the words "Army", "Navy" and other words denoting branches of
the United States Government) ; amended, 1948, 466. (See 1946, 169
§3.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1948, 550 § 15; 1952, 32 § 1.

Sect. 7A added, 1947, 307 (authorizing injunctive relief in certain
cases of trade mark infringement or unfair competition).

Sect. 17 revised, 1948, 550 § 16.

Sect. 20 amended, 1953, 319 § 13. (See 1953. 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 373 § 5; revised, 1948, 550 § 17.

Sect. 25 amended, 1953, 319 § 14. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 26 amended, 1946, 169 § 2.

Chapter llOA. — Promotion and Sale of Securities.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter llOA inserted, 1932, 290 § 1. (See
1932, 290 §§ 3, 4.)

The following references are to chapter llOA as so inserted:

Sect. 2, paragraph (a) revised, 1939, 442 § 4; paragraph (c) amended,
1936, 316; 1938, 445 § 2; paragraph (/) revised, 1938, 445 § 3.

Sect. 3, paragraph {iyQ inserted, 1945, 288 § 1; last paragraph
revised, 1945, 288 § 2; section revised, 1954, 558 § 1.

Sect. 4, paragraph {g) revised, 1938, 445 § 4; paragraph (h) stricken
out, 1954, 558 § 2; paragraph (j) added, 1938, 445 § 5.

Sect. 5, paragraph inserted before the last paragraph, 1938, 445 § 6;
same paragraph amended, 1954, 558 § 3.

Sect. 9, last sentence stricken out, 1938, 445 § 7.

Sect. 10, second sentence revised, 1954, 558 § 4; fourth sentence
stricken out and two new sentences inserted, 1938, 445 § 8; three sen-
tences added at end of first paragraph, 1954, 558 § 5.

1090 Changes in the [Chap. ill.

Sect. 11 amended, 1950, 822 § 2.

Sect. IIA added, 1938, 445 § 9 (regulating the sale by a corporation
of its securities to employees). [For prior legislation, see General Laws,
chapter 155 § 23A, repealed by 1938, 445 § 13.]

Sect. IIA stricken out and sections IIA-IIE inserted, 1950, 822 § 3
(relative to the sale of securities on the installment plan).

Sect. 12 revised, 1938, 445 § 10; last paragraph amended, 1939,
442 § 5.

Sect. 12A added, 1938, 445 § 1 1 (relative to the modifying or annul-
ling by the commission of orders or findings made by the director of the
securities division and to review of such action) ; repealed, 1939, 442 § 6.

Sect. 13 amended, 1936, 68.

Sect. 18 revised, 1938, 445 § 12.

Chapter 111. — Public Health.

For temporary legislation providing for a dental research program
for the training of feminine personnel, see 1949, 473; repealed, 1950,
667.

Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1938, 265 § 6; "Inland waters"
defined, 1951, 448 § 1.

Sects. 1A and IB added, 1951, 552 (providing that certain laws re-
lating to pollution or contamination of waters shall apply to govern-
mental agencies).

Sect. 3 revised, 1946, 152.

Sects. 4A-4C added, 1950, 800 (relative to the establishment of
alcoholic cUnics).

Sect. 4A, two sentences added at end of first paragraph, 1954, 581
§ 3. (See 1954, 581 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 5, paragraph added at end, 1941, 388; same paragraph re-
vised, 1945, 615.

Sect. 5A added, 1941, 612 (relative to the preparation and distribu-
tion by the department of pubHc health of products applicable to the
prevention or cure of diseases of man).

Sect. 5B added, 1955, 335 (authorizing the department of public
health to regulate methods of handling and disposing of radioactive
materials).

Sect. 6 re\dsed, 1938, 265 § 7; sentence added at end, 1948, 129 § 1.

Sect. 11 revised, 1934, 328 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1943, 331 § 1.

Sect. 13, last sentence revised, 1943, 331 § 2.

Sect. 15 amended, 1934, 340 § 7. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 16 amended, 1934, 340 § 8. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 17 amended, 1937, 340.

Sect. 20 revised, 1947, 76.

Sect. 24 amended, 1937, 365; revised, 1939, 234; 1945, 292 § 10.

Sect. 26 revised, 1946, 268 § 1.

Sects. 26A-26E added, 1946, 268 § 2 (relative to the replacement of
a board of health of a city by a health department).

Sect. 27A revised, 1932, 209.
^ Sects. 27B and 27C added, 1953, 600 § 1 (relative to the organiza-
tion of regional health districts). (See 1953, 600 § 2.)

Chap. 111.] GENERAL LawS. 1091

Sect. 27B, fifth paragraph amended, 1954, 273; sixth paragraph
amended, 1954, 681 § 8. (See 1954, 681 §§ 20-22.)

Sect. 31 amended, 1937, 285.

Sect. 31A stricken out, and new sections 31 A and 3 IB inserted, 1937,
282.

Sect. 31 A, paragraph added at end, 1945, 423.

Sect. 31C added, 1954, 672 § 4 (relative to the control of atmospheric
pollution by local boards of health).

Sects. 34-43 and 46-49, and the caption preceding section 34, re-
pealed, 1937, 362 § 6. (See 1937, 362 §§ 1-5, 7.)

Sect. 51 revised, 1943, 16 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1943, 16 § 2.

Sect. 54 amended, 1943, 16 § 3.

Sect. 57A added, 1943, 436 § 1 (permitting the department of public
health to establish and maintain cancer clinics). (See 1943, 436 § 2.)

Sect. 57B added, 1953, 382 (relative to the estabUshing and main-
tenance of muscular dystrophy clinics).

Sect. 57C added, 1954, 538 § lf(creating facilities for care of the aging).

Sects. 58-62, and caption preceding section 54, stricken out, and new
sections 58-62 inserted under the caption "Agencies giving day care to
children," 1950, 205.

Sects. 62I-62S added, 1954, 508 § 1 (establishing the Massachusetts
hospital school and hospital for state minor wards). (See 1954, 508
§§ 3-5.)

Sect. 65 revised, 1951, 562 § 1; 1952, 270 § 1. (See 1951, 562 § 11;
1952, 270 § 10.)

Sect. 65A amended, 1936, 346 § 1; 1941, 506; revised, 1948, 412;
amended, 1952, 492; revised, 1953, 383; 1954, 538 § 2; 1955, 220. (See
1936, 346 § 2.)

Sect. 65B added, 1945, 453 (providing for the admission of children
suffering from rheumatic heart disease to the North Reading state
sanatorium).

Sect. 66 amended, 1934, 219; first sentence revised, 1947, 630; sec-
tion revised, 1951, 562 § 2; 1952, 270 § 2. (See 1936, 346 § 2; 1951,
562 §§ 10, 11; 1952,270 § 10.)

Sect. 66A added, 1937, 392 (permitting the admission to state sana-
toria and county tuberculosis hospitals, for purposes of diagnosis and
observation, of certain patients with diseases of the lungs other than
recognizable tuberculosis).

Sects. 67A-67D added, under caption "care of certain infants
prematurely born", 1937, 332.

Sect. 67A revised, 1939, 246 § 1; 1949, 601 § 1.

Sect. 67B revised, 1949, 601 § 2.

Sect. 67C revised, 1939, 246 § 2; amended, 1945, 535; revised, 1949,
601 § 3; amended, 1955, 753.

Sect. 69A amended, 1936, 337 § 1.

Sect. 69B revised, 1953, 562; amended, 1955, 585 § 1. (See 1955, 585
§3.)

Sect. 69C amended, 1936, 337 § 2; revised, 1953, 562; amended,
1955, 585 § 2. (See 1955, 585 § 3.)

Sect. 69D revised. 1953, 562.

Sects. 69E-69I added, 1954, 522 (relative to admissions to and
charges at the Lemuel Shattuck hospital).

1092 Changes in the [Chap. in.

Sect. 70 amended, 1941, 194 § 5, 389 § 1; 1945, 291.

Sects. 71-73 stricken out and sections 71-72A and 73 inserted, 1941, 661 § 1.
(See 1941, 661 § 2.)

Sects. 71-72A and 73 stricken out and new sections 71-72A and 73 inserted,
1952, 602 § 9. (See 1952, 602 § 18.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

Sect. 71, fifth sentence stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1955,
662 § 8; eighth sentence revised, 1955, 662 § 7; tenth sentence revised,
1954, 538 § 3.

Sect. 71A added, 1955, 449 (to require hospitals to determine blood
type of patients).

Sect. 71B added, 1955, 662 § 9 (providing for an appeal in certain
cases of refusal to grant licenses to maintain certain homes for the
aged).

Sect. 74 amended, 1941, 72.

Sect. 76 revised, 1951, 562 § 3; 1952, 270 § 3. (See 1951, 562 § 11;
1952, 270 § 10.)

Sect. 77 revised, 1951, 562 § 4; 1952, 270 § 4. (See 1951, 562 § 11;
1952, 270 § 10.)

Sects. 78-90 affected (as to district of Chelsea, Revere and Win-
throp), 1934, 78.

Sect. 78 revised, 1946, 310 § 1; 1951, 562 § 5; 1952, 270 § 5. (See
1945, 505; 1951, 562 § 11; 1952, 270 § 10.)

Sect. 79 revised, 1936, 343; first paragraph amended, 1954, 538 § 4.

Sect. 80 revised, 1951, 562 § 6; 1952, 270 § 6. (See 1951, 562 § 11;
1952, 270 § 10.)

Sect. 83A added, 1933, 318 § 6 (relative to the indemnification or
protection of officers and employees of tuberculosis hospital districts
in connection with actions for personal injuries arising out of the opera-
tion of vehicles owned b}^ such districts); amended, 1934, 291 § 5;
revised, 1955, 316 § 2. (See 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6.)

Sect. 85, first sentence revised, 1943, 414 § 1; section revised, 1943,
500 § 1; 1951, 562 § 7; 1952, 270 § 7. (See 1943, 500 § 3; 1951, 562
§ 11; 1952,270 § 10.)

Sect. 85A revised, 1932, 65.

Sect. 87 amended, 1945. 398 § 1.

Sect. 87A added, 1945, 398 § 2 (providing that trustees of Bristol
county tuberculosis hospital shall be appointed by the governor). (See
1945, 398 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 88 revised, 1943, 500 § 2; 1946, 310 § 2; 1951, 562 § 8; 1952,
270 § 8. (See 1943, 500 § 3; 1951, 562 § 11; 1952, 270 § 10.)

Sect. 88A added, 1943, 500 § 2 (relative to charges for the support
of patients in county tuberculosis hosoitals); revised, 1946, 310 § 3;
repealed, 1951, 562 § 9. (See 1943, 500 § 3; 1951, 562 § 11.)

Sect. 88B added, 1952, 270 § 9 (providing for admission of persons
afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis to certain hospitals in cases of
emergency). (See 1952, 270 § 10.)

Sect. 91 amended, 1954, 538 § 5; paragraph added at end, 1955, 559

§1.

Sects. 91A and 91B added, 1954, 538 § 6 (relative to the conversion
of certain tuberculosis hospitals or facilities into homes for the care and
treatment of aging persons).

Chap. 111.] GENERAL LaWS. 1093

Sect. 92 revised, 1955, 559 § 2.

Sect. 96 revised, 1938, 265 § 8.

Sect. 96A added, 1938, 265 § 9 (regulating the transportation to
another town of a person infected with a disease dangerous to public
health).

Sect. 97 revised, 1938, 265 § 10.

Sect. 104 revised, 1938, 265 § 11.

Sect. 107 revised, 1938, 265 § 12.

Sect. 109 re\ased, 1938, 265 § 13.

Sect. 109A added, 1936, 115 (relative to the treatment of infants'
eyes at time of birth) ; amended, 1943, 46.

Sect. 110, second sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 17.

Sect. Ill revised, 1938, 265 § 14; second paragraph revised, 1948,
129 § 2.

Sect. 112 amended, 1938, 265 § 15.

Sect. 113 revised, 1938, 265 § 16.

Sect. 116, sentence in lines 24-32 amended, 1943, 275 § 1.

Sect. 116A added, under caption "chronic rheumatism", 1937, 393
(providing for the hospitalization of patients with chronic rheumatism).

Sect. 117 revised, 1935, 155; 1937, 391; amended, 1948, 129 § 3;
paragraph added at end, 1954, 44.

Sect. 118 amended, 1933, 44; 1948, 129 § 4.

Sect. 119 amended, 1948, 129 § 5.

Sect. 120 repealed, 1948, 120.

Sect. 121 revised, 1945, 555; first two sentences revised, 1948, 129 § 6.

Sect. 121A added, 1939, 407 (requiring a serological test for syphihs
of pregnant women).

Sect. 122A added, 1947, 148 (increasing the powers of boards of
health with respect to the supplying of water for domestic purposes in
places of habitation and in places where the public is furnished food or
drink).

Sect. 124, first sentence revised, 1949, 280.

Sect. 127 revised, 1937, 339.

Sect. 128, two paragraphs added at end, 1943, 468; first of said
paragraphs amended, 1947, 631 § 2; paragraph inserted after same
paragraph, 1947, 631 § 2; section repealed, 1954, 209 § 1.

Sect. 128A added, 1949, 156 § 1 (relative to the filling and levelling
of sites of demolished or removed buildings) .

Sects. 128B-128E added, 1954, 209 § 2 (establishing minimum housing
standards and defining the powers of local boards of health relative to
dwelling places).

Sect. 128D, last sentence stricken out, 1954, 447 § 1.

Sect. 128F added, 1954, 447 § 2 (providing penalties for violations
of the law establishing minimum housing standards and rules and regu-
lations relative thereto).

Sect. 141 revised, 1937, 278.

Sect. 142A added, 1954, 672 § 3 (relative to the control of atmos-
pheric pollution). (See 1954, 672 §§ 2, 5, 6.)

Sect. 143 revised, 1933, 269 § 2; 1948, 480 § 1.

Sect. 147 amended, 1948, 480 § 2.

Sect. 150A added, 1955, 310 § 1 (concerning the assignment of places
for public and private dumps). (See 1955, 310 §§2, 3.)

Sect. 151 amended, 1943, 332 § 9.

1094 Changes in the [Chap. 112.

Sect. 154 amended, 1934, 340 § 9. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 159 amended, 1951, 448 § 2.

Sect 160 amended, 1951, 448 § 3.

Sect. 162 amended, 1951, 448 § 4.

Sect. 163 amended, 1951, 448 § 5.

Sect. 173A added, 1938, 293 (extending the jurisdiction of certain
police officers employed to protect public sources of water supply from
pollution).

Sect. 173B added, 1943, 84 (authorizing water commissioners and
others to enter premises within the watersheds of certain sources of
supply).

Sect. 175 revised, 1941, 353.

Sects. 176-180 repealed, 1938, 265 § 17.

Sect. 184A added, 1939, 344 (authorizing the state department of
public health to issue certificates of approval relative to bacteriological
laboratories); second paragraph amended, 1946, 155 § 1; paragraph
added at end, 1946, 155 § 2.

Sect. 184B added, 1950, 431 (restricting the estabUshment and
maintenance of blood banks).

Sect. 185A added, 1945, 543 § 2 (relative to the furnishing of certain
material for use in determining and recording the physical condition
of school children).

Chapter 112. — Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations.

Sect. 2, second sentence revised, 1933, 171 § 1, 1936, 247 § 1; three
paragraphs added at end of section, 1936, 247 § 2; section amended,

1938, 210; paragraph added at end, 1939, 415 § 1; section revised,

1939, 451 § 37; amended, 1941, 722 § 9; second sentence stricken out
and four sentences inserted, 1945, 396 § 1; sentence inserted after
second sentence, 1955, 622; third sentence (as appearing in 1945,
396 § 1) amended, 1952, 585 § 21; fourth sentence (as appearing in
1945, 396 § 1) revised, 1954, 519 § 1; fifth and sixth sentences (as ap-
pearing in 1939, 451 § 37) revised, 1948, 28; third paragraph revised,
1945, 396 § 2; paragraph inserted after fourth paragraph, 1948, 413;
paragraph added at end, 1946, 365. Affected, 1938, 259; 1948, 221.
(See 1933, 171 § 2; 1936, 247 §§ 3-6; 1939, 415 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 2A amended, 1945, 396 § 3; 1954, 519 § 2.

Sect. 2B added, 1955, 759 § 1 (relative to schools for the training of
medical laboratory technologists). (See 1955, 759 § 2.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1937, 425 § 12. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1948, 550 § 18.

Sect. 9 revised, 1933, 152; 1945, 186; amended, 1955, 526.

Sect. 12 amended, 1948, 129 § 7.

Sect. 12A amended, 1943, 41.

Sect. 13 amended, 1937, 425 § 2. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 14 amended, 1937, 425 § 3. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 15 amended, 1937, 425 § 4. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 16 revised, 1937, 425 § 5; 1948, 557; 1950, 363 § 1; first para-
graph amended, 1955, 676 § 1; fourth paragraph amended, 1952, 585
§ 22. (See 1937, 425 § 15; 1950, 363 § 2; 1951, 767; 1955, 676 §§ 2,
3.)

Sect. 17 revised, 1937, 425 § 6. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Chap. 112.] GENERAL LawS. 1095

Sect. 17A added, 1937, 425 § 7 [defining certain duties of the board
of registration in chiropody (podiatry)]. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 18 amended, 1937, 425 § 8. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1937, 425 § 9; revised, 1951, 105. (See 1937,
542 § 15.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1937, 425 § 10. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 21 amended, 1937, 425 § 11; revised, 1948, 550 § 19. (See
1937, 425 § 15.)

Sect. 23 repealed, 1937, 425 § 13. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)

Sects. 23A-23P added, 1951, 656 § 1 (relative to the practice of
physical therapy by registered physical therapists). (See 1951, 656 § 2.)

Sect. 23G, first sentence revised, 1955, 493 § 1. (See 1955, 493 § 3.)

Sect. 231, fourth sentence revised, 1955, 493 § 2. (See 1955, 493 § 3.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1932, 227; 1933, 126; 1937, 343 § 1; revised,
1941, 52 § 1; amended, 1945, 502 § 1; 1952, 585 § 23. (See 1941, 52
§ 2; 1943, 165; 1945, 502 §§ 2, 4.) Temporarily affected, 1948, 631;
1952, 361.

Sect. 24A added, 1945, 502 § 3 (relative to registrations and renewal
of registrations as pharmacists and assistant pharmacists); revised,
1955, 429. (See 1945, 502 § 4.)

Sect. 24B added, 1946, 194 (relative to standards for schools and
colleges of pharmacy) ; revised, 1947, 503.

Sect. 27 revised, 1934, 328 § 2; amended, 1937, 343 § 2.

Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 343 § 3.

Sect. 32 amended, 1934, 328 § 3.

Sect. 34 amended, 1934, 328 § 4.

Sect. 35 amended, 1934, 328 § 5; 1935, 306; 1937, 343 § 4; revised,
1948, 539 § 1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1934, 328 § 6.

Sects. 36A-36D added, 1948, 539 § 2 (relative to the licensing of
persons engaged in the sale, distribution or delivery, at wholesale, of
drugs and medicines).

Sect. 38 revised, 1934, 236.

Sect. 39 amended, 1939, 138; 1951, 410; 1953, 281.

Sect. 40 amended, 1934, 328 § 6A; 1937, 343 § 5.

Sect. 42A added, 1937, 343 § 6 (relative to the retail drug business
and pharmacy).

Sects. 43-53 temporarily affected, 1949, 473.

Sect. 45, second sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 18; paragraph added
at end, 1939, 415 § 2; section revised, 1949, 564 § 1. (See 1939, 415 §
3; 1948, 221.)

Sect. 45A amended, 1949, 564 § 2.

Sect. 46, clause Third amended, 1934, 108.

Sect. 49 revised, 1948, 270.

Sect. 50 amended, 1935, 344; revised, 1949, 333; 1954, 408 § 1.

Sect. 51 revised, 1949, 576.

Sect. 52 revised, 1948, 123; 1952, 117.

Sects. 52A and 52B added, 1934, 281 (relative to methods and prac-
tices of dentists and dental hygienists).

Sect. 52A revised, 1937, 253; 1954, 408 § 2.

Sect. 52C added, 1954, 408 § 3 (restricting advertising by dental
technicians) .

Sect. 53 amended, 1949, 564 § 3.

1096 Changes in the [Chap. 112.

Sect. 55 amended, 1937, 66; revised, 1939, 251 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1945, 724; 1952, 585 § 24; paragraph inserted, 1951, 433 § 1.
(See 1939, 251 §§ 2, 3, 4; 1945, 711; 1951, 433 §2; 1952, 585 §§ 25,
26.)

Sect. 59 revised, 1948, 224.

Sects. 60A-60J added under caption "registration of archi-
tects", 1941, 696 § 2. (See 1941, 696 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 60A, preliminary paragraph amended, 1945, 265 § 2.

Sect. 60B, second paragraph revised, 1953, 558 § 1.

Sect. 60C, clause (c) revised, 1943, 167.

Sect. 60D revised, 1953, 558 § 2. (See 1953, 558 § 4.)

Sect. 60E, paragraph added at end, 1953, 558 § 3.

Sects. 60K-60M added, 1945, 265 § 1 (further regulating the prac-

Sect. 64 amended, 1954, 681 § 9. (See 1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Sects. 66-73 stricken out, and new sections 66-73 inserted, 1934,
339 § 2.

Sect. 69 revised, 1949, 463.

Sect. 70 revised, 1948, 550 § 20.

Sect. 72 amended, 1938, 434 § 1. (See 1938, 434 § 4.)

Sect. 73 amended, 1938, 434 § 2. (See 1938, 434 § 4.)

Sect. 73A added, 1937, 287 § 1 (regulating advertising in connection
with the sale of eyeglasses, lenses or eyeglass frames). (See 1937, 287
§2.)

Sect. 73B added, 1938, 434 § 3 (further regulating optometrists with
respect to premises where practice may be carried on and to the sharing
of their fees). (See 1938, 434 § 4.)

Sects. 73C-73L added, 1955, 688 § 2 (relative to registering and
licensing dispensing opticians).

Sects. 74-81 stricken out, and new sections 74-81C added, 1941,
620 § 3. (See 1941, 620 §§ 1, 4-12.)

Sect. 74, third sentence amended, 1948, 108; 1953, 350 § 4.

Sect. 74A, third sentence amended, 1951, 87; section revised, 1953,
350 § 5. (See 1953, 350 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 74B revised, 1953, 350 § 6.

Sect. 75 revised, 1953, 350 § 7.

Sect. 76 revised, 1953, 350 § 8.

Sect. 80A revised, 1953, 350 § 9.

Sect. 81 revised, 1953, 350 § 10.

Sect. 81 A revised, 1953, 350 § 11.

Sect. 81B revised, 1953, 350 § 12.

Sects. 81A-81Q inserted under caption "registration of profes-
sional engineers and of land surveyors", 1941, 643 § 2, (See
1941, 643 §§ 3-5.)

Sect. 81A, as so inserted, amended and renumbered 81D, 1941,
722 § 9A.

Sect. 81L amended, 1941, 722 § 9B.

Sects. 81B-81Q, inclusive, inserted by 1941, 643 § 2, renumbered
81E-81T, inclusive, 1941, 722 § 9C.

Sects. 82-87, and caption before said section 82, stricken out, and
new sections 82-87 inserted, under caption "registration of em-
balmers and funeral directors", 1936, 407 § 3. (See 1936, 407
§§ 5-8.)

Chap. 112.] GENERAL LawS. 1097

Sect. 82, definition of "Apprentice" inserted, 1945, 596 § 1; defini-
tion of "Funeral directing", revised, 1939, 160 § 1.

Sect. 83, third paragraph amended, 1939, 160 § 4; section revised,

1945. 596 § 2; 1948, 491.
Sect. 85 amended, 1941, 232.

Sect. 87 amended, 1937, 13; 1939, 160 § 2.

Sects. 82-87 stricken out and sections 82-84, 84A, 85-87 inserted,

1954, 653 § 2. (See 1954, 653 §§ 3, 5, 6, 7.)
Sect. 87B amended, 1953, 510 § 2.
Sects. 87F-87S. See 1937, 184.

Sect. 87F, paragraph contained in Unes 4-9 revised, 1934, 260 § 1;
"Instructor" and "Apprentice" defined, 1948, 579 § 1.

Sect. 87H, four sentences added at end, 1934, 260 § 2; section
amended, 1936, 314 § 1; second paragraph amended, 1937, 94; same
paragraph revised, 1941, 619 § 1; 1950, 319; amended, 1954, 355.
(See 1941, 619 § 2.)

Sect. 871 amended, 1936, 314 § 2; revised, 1948, 579 § 2.

Sect. 87K, paragraph added at end, 1936, 314 § 3.

Sect. 87M amended, 1936, 314 § 4.

Sect. 870 amended, 1933, 149 § 2. (See 1933, 149 § 3.)

Sect. 87P amended, 1934, 260 § 3; two sentences added at end, 1950,
61; paragraph added at end, 1950, 440 § 1. (See 1950, 440 § 2.)

Sect. 87R amended, 1936, 314 § 5.

Sect. 87S, sentence added at end, 1952, 362.

Sects. 87T-87JJ added, under caption "registration of hair-
dressers", 1935, 428 § 2. (See 1935, 428 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 87T, definition of "Apprentice" stricken out and definition of
"Instructor" added, 1941, 626 § 1; definition of "shop" revised,
1941, 626 § 2; section revised, 1943, 565 § 1.

Sect. 87U amended, 1937, 385 § 2; revised, 1941, 626 § 3; amended,
1949, 345.

Sect. 87V amended, 1937, 385 § 3; revised, 1941, 626 § 4; 1943,
565 § 2; 1950, 540 § 1. (See 1950, 540 § 3; 1953, 307.)

Sect. 87W amended, 1937, 385 § 4; revised, 1941, 626 § 5; 1943,
565 § 3; first paragraph revised, 1950, 540 § 2; sentence added at end,

1946, 550 § 2; 1951, 253. (See 1950, 540 § 3; 1953, 307.)
Sect. 87X revised, 1941, 626 § 6; 1943, 565 § 4; 1951, 273.
Sect. 87Y revised, 1949, 579.

Sect. 87Z amended, 1937, 385 § 5; revised, 1943, 565 § 5; paragraph
added at end, 1953, 274; revised, 1955, 435; paragraph added at end,

1955, 333.

Sect. 87AA revised, 1941, 626 § 7; 1943, 565 § 6; paragraph added
at end, 1953, 537 § 1.

Sect. 87BB amended, 1937, 385 § 6; revised, 1943, 565 § 7.

Sect. 87CC revised, 1941, 626 § 8; 1943, 565 § 8; schedule revised,
1951, 427; sentence added, 1953, 537 § 2; schedule revised, 1954, 501;
first paragraph amended, 1948, 347.

Sect. 87DD revised, 1943, 565 § 9.

Sect. 87EE revised, 1937, 385 § 7.

Sect. 87GG revised, 1941, 626 § 9; 1943, 565 § 10; third sentence
stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1953, 291; same sentences
stricken out and four sentences inserted, 1955, 434; sentence added at
end, 1946, 550 § 3.

1098 Changes in the [Chaps. 113-115.

Sect. 87II amended, 1937, 385 § 8; revised, 1941, 626 § 10; 1943,
565 § 11.

Sect. 87 J J revised, 1941, 626 § 11; 1943, 565 § 12.

Sect. 87KK added, 1951, 509 (relative to notification of examination
dates to applicants for registration) ; amended, 1955, 193.

Sect. 88, clause (3) amended, 1941, 626 § 13.

Chapter 113. — Promotion of Anatomical Science.

Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 351 § 7.

Sect. 2 revised, 1954, 627 § 25. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Chapter 114. — Cemeteries and Burials.

Sect. 1 amended, 1936, 319 § 1. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 319 § 2. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1936, 319 § 3. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1936, 319 § 4. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1936, 319 § 5. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)

Sect. 19 revised, 1948, 550 § 48. (See 1948, 550 § 51.)

Sect. 20, sentence added at end, 1948, 550 § 49. (See 1948, 550 § 51.)

Sect. 24 revised, 1948, 550 § 50. (See 1948, 550 § 51.)

Sect. 25 amended, 1934, 85 § 1. (See 1934, 85 § 2.)

Sects. 43A-43N added, under caption "miscellaneous provisions",

1936, 319 § 6 (relative to the ownership, maintenance and operation of

cemeteries and crematories and to the disposal of dead human bodies).

(See 1936, 319 § 7.)
Sect. 430 added, 1948, 497 (prohibiting the sale of monuments for

cemetery lots by certain corporations).

Sect. 45 amended, 1954, 627 § 26. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)
Sect. 45A added, 1954, 438 (relative to the use of the name of funeral

directors in connection with death certificates or burial permits).
Sect. 46 amended, 1954, 627 § 27. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)
Sect. 46A added, 1949, 604 (relative to permits for the burial or

other disposition of the bodies of deceased veterans) .

Sect. 47 amended, 1954, 627 § 28. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)
Sect. 49 revised, 1936, 407 § 4; last paragraph amended, 1939, 160

§ 3. (See 1936, 407 §§ 5-8.)
Sect. 51 added, under caption "embalming fluids", 1955, 472.

Chapter 115. — Veterans' Benefits (former title, State and Military Aid,

Soldiers' Relief, etc.).

For legislation providing for payments for the benefit of certain
soldiers and sailors, see 1942, 11; 1943, 211; 1945, 366; 1946, 584;
1948, 549; 1954, 627 §§ 39, 65, 67; 688; 1955, 708.

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 115 (with new title) inserted, 1946,
584 § 1. (See 1946, 584 §§ 2, 21, 22.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 115 as so inserted:

Sect. 1, paragraph 6 revised, 1948, 510; paragraph 7 added, 1947,
444; paragraph inserted, 1951, 526 § 2; definition of "Veteran"

Chaps. 115A-117.] GENERAL LaWS. 1099

revised, 1951, 590 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1951, 590 § 2; section
revised, 1954, 627 § 35; definition of "Veteran" amended, 1954, 688
§ 4. (See 1951, 590 §§ 7, 8; 1954, 627 §§ 38, 65, 67.)

Sect. 1A added, 1954, 627 § 36 (relative to the requirements for hos-
pital benefits available to veterans). (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 2, second and third paragraphs revised, 1951, 590 § 3; seventh
paragraph revised, 1948, 535 § 1; eighth paragraph amended, 1952, 597;
last paragraph stricken out and two paragraphs inserted, 1951, 546. (See
1951, 590 §§ 7, 8; 1954, 627 §§ 38, 65, 67.)

Sect. 3A added, 1948, 96 § 1 (providing for the use of photostatic
copies of discharge papers of veterans in certain cases). (See 1948,
96 § 2.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1948, 535 § 2; first paragraph revised, 1950, 493 § 1;
1951, 590 § 4; amended, 1955, 305 § 1; second paragraph revised, 1951,
590 § 4; amended, 1955, 305 § 2; third paragraph amended, 1955,
305 § 3 ; fourth paragraph amended, 1954, 493 ; last paragraph revised,
1949, 599; paragraph added at end, 1951, 753 § 1. (See 1951, 590
§§ 7, 8; 1954, 627 §§ 38, 65, 67.)

Sects. 6A-6C added, 1949, 660 (providing for payment of annuities
to certain paraplegic veterans).

Sect. 6A revised, 1954, 627 § 37. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 6B revised, 1953, 530.

Sect. 7, first sentence revised, 1948, 535 § 3; sentence added at end,
1949, 500. P\:

Sect. 8, last sentence revised, 1948, 535 § 4; section revised, 1948,
648; sentence added at end, 1951, 590 § 5. (See 1951, 590 §§ 7, 8;
1954, 627 §§ 38, 65, 67.)

Sects. 10-14 added, 1946, 599 § 1 (relative to local departments of
veterans' services). (See 1946, 599 §§ 2, 3; 1947, 1.)

Sect. 10, second paragraph revised, 1948, 229.

Sect. 15 added, 1948, 415 (providing for audit of accounts of dis-
tricts formed to establish departments of veterans' services).

Chapter 115A. — Soldiers' Homes.
New chapter inserted, 1954, 627 § 42. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Chapter 116. — Settlement.

Sect. 1, clause Fifth amended, 1943, 455 § 13; revised, 1951, 590 § 6;
amended, 1954, 627 §§ 45, 46; 1955, 403 § 5; revised, 1955, 740 § 1.
(See 1951, 590 §§ 7, 8; 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67; 1955, 403 § 14, 740 § 2.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1933, 213; amended, 1943, 379; 1946, 584 § 4; first
sentence revised, 1955, 740 § 3. (See 1946, 584 § 22; 1955, 740 § 2.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1946, 584 § 5; 1950, 493 § 2. (See 1946, 584 § 22.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1943, 455 § 14; revised, 1946, 584 § 6; amended,
1948, 624 § 1. (See 1946, 584 § 22; 1948, 624 § 2.)

Chapter 117. — Support by Cities and Towns,

Sect. 1 amended, 1934, 124.
Sect. 2, paragraph added at end, 1954, 516.

Sect. 2A added, 1933, 181 (authorizing local boards of public wel-
fare to aid needy persons in the cultivation of vegetable gardens).

1100 Changes in the [Chap. ii8.

Sect. 3A added, 1937, 277 (protecting needy persons from the public
view while applying for public rehef and support).

Sect. 3B added, 1939, 127 (prohibiting local boards of public welfare
from making the institution of ejectment proceedings prerequisite to
the payment by them of rent owed for dwellings by certain persons on
welfare reUef).

Sect. 5 amended, 1937, 125; revised, 1948, 581 § 1.

Sect. 6 revised, 1936, 108.

Sect. 6A added, 1938, 211 (preventing discrimination against cer-
tain persons with respect to the payment of welfare rehef).

Sect. 7 amended, 1950, 485 § 1.

Sect. 13, new sentence added at end, 1941, 608.

Sect. 14 revised, 1937, 113; amended, 1938, 275; 1939, 39 § 1. (See
1939, 39 § 2.)

Sect. 16 repealed, 1936, 328.

Sect. 17 amended, 1939, 370; 1941, 351 § 8; last sentence revised,
1945, 668 § 2. (See 1939, 454 § 21.)

Sect. 18 amended, 1934, 45; 1938, 425; revised, 1941, 351 § 9;
first sentence revised, 1954, 394. (See 1939, 454 § 21.)

Sect. 18A added, 1938, 465 (relative to the payment by cities and
towns of the expense of the funeral and burial of certain poor and in-
digent persons) ; paragraph added at end, 1945, 668 § 1.

Sect. 19, paragraph added at end, 1937, 86.

Sect. 21 amended, 1941, 196.

Sect. 24 revised, 1935, 164; sentence added at end, 1943, 481.

Sect. 30, first sentence revised, 1948, 581 § 2.

Sect. 33 revised, 1952, 411 § 1.

Sect. 34 repealed, 1952, 411 § 2.

Sect. 35 amended, 1932, 180 § 19; repealed, 1952, 411 § 2.

Sects. 44-46 added, 1938, 476 (authorizing the estabhshment of pub-
lic welfare districts in cities and towns).

Sect. 44, first sentence amended, 1952, 353 § 1; second sentence
amended, 1950, 793 § 5; sentence inserted after fifth sentence, 1950,
293 § 1; sentence added at end, 1950, 793 § 6. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Sect. 44 A added, 1953, 205 § 1 (relative to the auditing of welfare
districts). (See 1953, 205 § 2.)

Sect. 45, sentence added at end, 1950, 293 § 2; section revised, 1952,
353 § 2. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Chapter 118. — Aid to Dependent Children (former title, Aid to Mothers
with Dependent Children).

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 118 (with new title) inserted, 1936,
413 § 1. (See 1936, 413 § 2).

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 118 as so inserted:

Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 487; revised, 1952, 463.

Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 593 § 1; 1943, 97; 1945, 412; sentence in-
serted after fourth sentence, 1945, 532 § 1; section revised, 1946, 415;
1948, 418; first sentence revised, 1951, 390; last five sentences stricken
out and four sentences inserted, 1951, 525 § 1; third sentence revised,
1953, 325.

Chap. 118A.] GENERAL LawS. 1101

Sect. 2 A added, 1945, 567 (relative to certain persons in families
receiving aid under the law providing aid to dependent children).

Sect. 4A added, 1943, 117 (permitting recipients of aid to dependent
children, so-called, to leave the commonwealth without suspension of
such aid) ; paragraph added at end, 1945, 458 § 1.

Sect. 5 revised, 1941, 593 § 2; two sentences added at end, 1949,
613 § 1; stricken out and one sentence inserted, 1953, 323.

Sect. 6 revised, 1941, 405; two sentences added at end, 1943, 491.
(See 1939, 454 § 21.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1950, 657.

Sect. 8 revised, 1939, 248.

Sect. 9 amended, 1946, 584 § 7. (See 1946, 584 § 22.)

Chapter 118A. — Adequate Assistance to Certain Aged Citizens.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 118A inserted, 1936, 436 § 1. (See
1936, 436 § 4.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 118A, as so inserted:

For legislation establishing a minimum weekly rate for the care of
recipients of old age assistance who are inmates of boarding homes,
see 1955, 603.

Sect. 1 amended, 1937, 440 § 1; last sentence amended, 1938, 274;
section revised, 1941, 729 § 1; 1943, 489 § 1; third sentence amended,

1950, 519 § 1; fourth sentence amended, 1948, 433; last sentence of
first paragraph amended, 1945, 683 § 1; first paragraph revised, 1950,
799; amended, 1951, 801 § 1; paragraph inserted after first paragraph,
1948, 638; paragraph inserted after second paragraph, 1949, 796 § 1;
second and third paragraphs revised, 1951, 801 § 2; third paragraph
amended, 1955, 728 § 1 ; paragraph added at end, 1943, 506; same para-
graph revised, 1945, 532 § 2; 1950, 343; 1951, 525 § 2; amended, 1954,
525; paragraph inserted before said paragraph, 1945, 441. (See 1941,
729 § 15; 1945, 683 § 4; 1949, 796 §§ 2, 3; 1951, 801 §§ 6, 7; 1955,

728 § 2.)

Sect. 1A added, 1950, 519 § 2 (authorizing old age assistance to
persons being cared for under contract in certain homes for the aged);
revised, 1954, 521.

Sects. IB and IC added, 1951, 475 (extending the benefits of the
old age assistance law to patients in public medical institutions).

Sect IB. See 1954, 469 § 2; revised, 1955, 367.

Sect. 2 revised, 1937, 440 § 2; amended, 1941, 597 § 1; revised, 1941,

729 §2; 1943, 489 §2; 1945, 683 §2. (See 1941,729 § 15; 1945, 683 §4.)
Sect. 2A added, 1941, 729 § 3 (relative to the liability of children to

contribute to the support of aged parents); revised, 1943, 489 § 3;
1945, 683 § 3; paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 revised, 1951, 801 § 3. (See
1941, 729 § 15; 1945, 683 § 4; 1951, 801 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1937, 440 § 3; last sentence revised, 1938, 285; sec-
tion revised, 1939, 481.

Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 467; 1941, 729 § 4; revised, 1943, 512;
amended, 1950, 626; revised, 1951, 801 § 4. (See 1941, 729 §§ 14, 15;

1951, 801 §§ 4A, 4B, 6, 7.)

Sect. 4A added, 1941, 729 § 5 (making a recipient of old age assist-

1102 Changes in the [Chaps. ii8B-ii8D.

ance liable to repay the same in certain cases); revised, 1948, 581 § 3;
sentence added at end, 1951, 801 § 5. (See 1941, 729 § 15; 1951, 801
§§ 4B, 6, 7.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1938, 408; amended, 1941, 729 § 6; revised, 1946,
460; amended, 1949, 486. (See 1941, 729 § 15.)

Sect. 5A added, 1949, 622 (increasing the amount of bank deposits
allowable to applicants for old age assistance); revised, 1951, 536.

Sect. 6, see 1952, 621.

Sect. 6A added, 1937, 165 (permitting recipients of old age assist-
ance, so called, to leave the commonwealth without suspension of such
assistance); amended, 1941, 729 § 7; revised, 1943, 470; paragraph
added at end, 1945, 458 § 2; 1949, 627. (See 1941, 729 § 15.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1951, 533.

Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 729 § 8; two sentences inserted after third
sentence, 1943, 490; sentence added at end, 1951, 539; stricken out
and four sentences inserted, 1953, 462 § 1. (See 1939, 454 § 21; 1941,
729 § 15; 1953, 462 § 2.)

Sect. 9 revised, 1945, 541 § 3; amended, 1946, 584 § 8. (See 1946,
584 § 22.)

Sect. 10 revised, 1941, 597 § 2; two sentences added at end, 1949,
613 § 2; section revised, 1952, 602 § 10; amended, 1954, 340. (See
1952, 602 §§ 15-18.)

Sect. 11 added, 1941, 729 § 10 (estabhshing the old age assistance
fund); amended, 1945, 684; revised, 1955, 540 § 1. (See 1941, 729
§§ 9, 9A, 15; 1955, 540 § 7.)

Sect. 12 added, 1953, 571 § 1 (relative to the appointment of guard-
ians and conservators for certain applicants for public assistance).

Chapter 118B. — The Merit System in the Administration of Aid to
Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance.

New chapter inserted, 1950, 793 § 7.

Sect. 2, first sentence revised, 1952, 353 § 3. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1952, 353 § 4. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1952, 353 § 5. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1952, 353 § 6. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1952, 353 § 7. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1952, 353 § 8. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Chapter 118C. — Coverage of Certain Employees under the Federal Social

Security Act.

New chapter inserted, 1951, 658.

Chapter 118D. — Assistance to Persons who are Disabled.
New chapter inserted, 1951, 741 § 2. (See 1951, 741 §§ 1, 4, 5.)

Sect. 5, last sentence revised, 1953, 461.

Sect. 8, paragraph (a) amended, 1955, 492 § 1 ; paragraph (c) amended,
1955, 492 § 2; paragraph (d) amended, 1955, 492 § 3.

Sect. 20, first sentence revised, 1952, 353 § 9. (See 1952, 353 § 10.)

Sect. 21 added, 1953, 571 § 2 (relative to the appointment of guard-
ians and. conservators for certain applicants for pubhc assistance).

Chaps. 119, 120.] GENERAL LawS. 1103

Chapter 119. — Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings against

Them.

Sects. 1-51 stricken out and sections 1-39 inserted, 1954, 646 § 1.
For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1954.

Sect. 52, definition of "Delinquent child" amended, 1948, 310 § 3.*

Sect. 55, last paragraph revised, 1949, 593 § 6; section revised, 1952,
605 § 3. (See 1952, 605 §§ 19-21.)

Sect. 56 revised, 1943, 244 § 1.

Sect. 58, paragraph inserted after third paragraph, 1941, 264 § 1;
section revised, 1948, 310 § 4*; paragraph added at end, 1948, 385.

Sect. 58A amended, 1941, 194 § 6; revised, 1941, 327; 1947, 616;
repealed, 1948, 310 § 5.*

Sect. 59, second paragraph stricken out, 1941, 648 § 1.

Sect. 60 stricken out and new sections 60 and 60A inserted, 1938,
174 § 1 (relative to the use of information and records in cases of way-
wardness or delinquencv).

Sect. 60 amended, 1948, 310 § 6.*

Sect. 61 amended, 1948, 310 § 7.*

Sect. 63 revised, 1932, 95 § 1.

Sect. 65 amended, 1932, 95 § 2.

Sect. 66 revised, 1941, 648 § 2; 1943, 244 § 2.

Sect. 67 amended, 1941, 648 § 3; revised, 1943, 244 § 2; 1955, 609

§1.

Sect. 68 revised, 1943, 244 § 2; 1948, 310 § 8*; 1955, 609 § 2.

Sects. 68A-68C added, 1955, 609 § 3 (relating to the detention of
wayward and delinquent children and juvenile offenders).

Sect. 69 revised, 1943, 244 § 2.

Sect. 69A added, 1948, 310 § 9 (providing that courts and certain
public officers and authorities shall make available to the youth service
board information relative to cases committed to said board).*

Sect. 72 amended, 1947, 235; revised, 1948, 310 § 10*; amended,
1949, 595.

Sect. 73 revised, 1945, 202; amended, 1948, 310 § 11.*

Sect. 74 amended, 1933, 196 § 1; revised, 1948, 310 § 12.*

Sect. 75 amended, 1933, 196 § 2; revised, 1948, 310 § 13.*

Sect. 76 revised, 1948, 310 § 14.*

Sect. 77 revised, 1948, 310 § 15.*

Sect. 79 amended, 1948, 310 § 16*; 1953, 319 § 15. (See 1953,
319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 80 revised, 1948, 310 § 17.*

Sect. 81 amended, 1948, 310 § 18.*

Sect. 82 amended, 1948, 310 § 19.*

Sect. 83 revised, 1948, 310 § 20.*

Chapter 120. — Youth Service Board and Massachusetts Training Schools
(former title, Massachusetts Training Schools).

Chapter stricken out, and nev^r chapter 120 (with new title) inserted, 1948,
310 § 22. (See 1948, 310 §§ 30, 31.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

♦See 1948, 310 §§30,31.

1104 Changes in the [Chap. 121.

The following references are to chapter 120 as so inserted :

Sect. 1 revised, 1952, 605 § 4. (See 1952, 605 §§ 19-21.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1952, 605 § 5; amended, 1955, 770 § 4. (See 1952,

605 §§ 19-21; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1952, 605 § 6. (See 1952, 605 §§ 19-21.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1952, 605 § 7. (See 1952, 605 §§ 19-21.)
Sect. 4 A added, 1952, 605 § 8 (establishing a division of youth service

in the department of education). (See 1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21.)
Sect. 6, paragraph (e) revised, 1949, 593 § 1.
Sect. 7 amended, 1952, 605 § 9. (See 1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21.)
Sect. 8, fourth and fifth sentences revised, 1952, 605 § 10. (See

1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1952, 605 § 11. (See 1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21.)

Sect. 10, subsection (a) amended, 1950, 545; section revised, 1952,
605 § 12. (See 1952, 605 §§ 15, 19-21.)

Sect. lOA repealed, 1949, 593 § 2.

Sect. 11 revised, 1952, 605 § 13; amended, 1955, 766 § 5. (See 1952,
605 §§ 15, 19-21.)

Sect. 12 amended, 1949, 593 § 3; revised, 1952, 605 § 14. (See 1952,
605 §§ 15, 19-21.)

Sect. 13 amended 1949. .593 § 4.

Sect. 13A added, 1953, 619 § 1 (relative to payments by the common-
wealth for damages to property caused by acts of certain inmates of
institutions under management of the Youth Service Board). (See

1953, 619 § 2.)

Sect. 14 amended, 1954, 685 § 2.

Chapter 121. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare,
and the Massachusetts Hospital School.

Sect. 3 revised, 1952, 602 § 11.

Sect. 4A added, 1941, 630 § 3 (relative to information concerning
recipients of old age assistance and aid to dependent children) ; revised,
1945, 240 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1941, 351 § 11; 1948, 310 § 25. (See 1948, 310
§§ 30, 31.)

Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 351 § 12; revised, 1941, 404; amended,
1948, 310 § 26; revised, 1952, 602 § 12. (See 1948, 310 §§ 30, 31.)

Sect. 8 A added, 1935, 311 § 2 (relative to funds received by the di-
rector of the division of aid and relief for the benefit of persons under the
care and supervision of the department); revised, 1941, 523; amended,
1950, 162 § 4; revised, 1954, 126 § 4.

Sect. 8B added, 1941, 618 (relative to the disposition of certain un-
claimed moneys held by the division of child guardianship for the
benefit of certain wards thereof).

Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 351 § 13.

Sect. 9 A added, 1934, 167 (relative to the interstate transportation
of poor and indigent persons) ; sentence added at end, 1945, 458 § 3.

Sect. 12 amended. 1941, 351 § 14.

Sect. 13 amended, 1941, 351 § 15.

Sect. 15 amended, 1941, 351 § 16; repealed, 1948, 310 § 27. (See
1948, 310 §§ 30, 31.)

Sect. 22A repealed, 1948, 618 § 2. (See 1948, 618 § 3.)

Chap. 121.] GENERAL LaWS. 1105

Sect. 23 (and caption) amended, 1933, 364 § 2; section amended,

1935, 449 § 2; revised, 1935, 475 § 3. (See 1933, 364 § 8.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1933, 364 § 3. (See 1933, 364 § 8.)

Sect. 24A added, 1935, 449 § 2A (authorizing the acceptance and
use by the state board of housing of grants of federal funds).

Sect. 24B added, 1935, 485 § 1 (authorizing the state board of housing
to take land by eminent domain in order to aid or co-operate with the
United States with respect to federal housing projects).

Sect. 25 revised, 1933, 364 § 4. (See 1933, 364 § 8.)

Sect. 26 amended, 1933, 364 § 5; revised, 1935, 475 § 4; amended,

1936, 211 § 6; 1947, 340 § 6; two paragraphs added at end, 1954,
643 § 2; same paragraphs stricken out, 1955, 654 § 1. (See 1933, 364
§8; 1936,211 §7; 1955, 654 §5.)

Sects. 26A-26H added, 1933, 364 § 6 (relative to the powers and
duties of the state board of housing, and to limited dividend corpora-
tions under its control.) (See 1933, 364 § 8.)

Sect. 26H revised, 1935. 449 § 3.

Sects. 26A-26H repealed, 1945, 654 § 2.

Sects. 26I-26BB, under caption "housing authorities", added,
1935, 449 § 5 (relative to the establishment, powers and duties, and
discontinuance, of local housing authorities).

Sects. 26I-26BB stricken out and new sections 261-261 1 inserted, 1938,
484 § 1 (to relate the Massachusetts Housing Authority Law to the United
States Housing Act of 1937). (See 1938, 484 § 2; 1941, 269 § 2; 1941, 317.)

Sects. 261-261 1 stricken out and new sections 26I-26NN inserted, 1946,
574 § 1. (See 1946, 574 § 2.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to sections 261 to 26NN as so inserted:

Sect. 261 amended, 1948, 200 § 1; 1952, 617 § 1; 1953, 668 § 2; re-
vised, 1955, 654 § 2. (See 1955, 654 § 5.)

Sect. 26J amended, 1953, 668 § 3; 1955, 654 § 3; definition of
"Housing authority" or "Authority" stricken out and definition of
"Housing authority" inserted, 1952, 617 § 2; definition of "Housing
board" or "board" revised, 1948, 260 § 4; definition of "Federal legis-
lation" revised, 1953, 647, § 10; definition of "Low^-rent housing"
amended, 1953, 668 § 4; definition of "Elderly persons of low income"
inserted, 1953, 668 § 3; definition of "Blighted open area" inserted,
1953, 647 § 12; definition of "Decadent area" revised, 1953, 647 § 11;
definition of "Land assembly and redevelopment project" revised, 1953,
647 § 13; definition of "Land assembly and redevelopment plan"
amended, 1953, 647 § 14; definition of "Mayor" inserted, 1951, 322;
revised, 1954, 71 § 1; definition of "Redevelopment authority" and
"Relocation project" inserted, 1952, 617 § 3; definition of "Veterans"
revised, 1948, 200 § 2; definition of "Servicemen" and "Veterans"
stricken out and definitions of "Serviceman" and "Veteran" inserted,
1949, 760 § 1; definition of "Veteran" revised, 1950, 624 § 1; 1951,
441 § 1; 1952, 616 § 1; 1955, 403 § 6. (See 1950, 624 § 2; 1951, 441
§ 2; 1952, 616 § 2; 1955, 403 § 14, 654 § 5.)

Sect. 26K, first paragraph amended, 1954, 72 § 1 ; second paragraph
amended, 1953, 647 § 15; 1953, 668 § 5; paragraph added, 1954, 72
§2.

1106 Changes in the [Chap. 121.

Sect. 26L, sentence inserted after second sentence, 1954, 428 § 1;
sentence inserted, 1955, 128 § 1; fourth sentence revised, 1949, 688.
(See 1954, 428 §§ 3, 4; 1955, 128 § 3.)

Sect. 26M, sentence added at end, 1954, 428 § 2; 1955, 128 § 2.
(See 1954, 428 §§ 3, 4; 1955, 128 § 3.)

Sect. 26P, paragraph (6) amended, 1952, 617 § 5; 1953, 647 § 16,
668 § 6; 1955, 640 § 2.

Sect. 26Q, last sentence revised, 1950, 105 § 2.

Sect. 26U revised, 1955, 327.

Sect. 26BB amended, 1953, 647 § 17.

Sect. 26CC revised, 1950, 486.

Sect. 26DD amended, 1953, 654 § 94.

Sect. 26FF, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1955, 685; clause
(c) revised, 1949, 760 § 2; clause {d) revised, 1954, 625; clause (e)
amended, 1948, 51; 1950, 479 § 5; clause (/) revised, 1949, 760 § 3;
paragraph added at end, 1950, 631; sentence added at end, 1951, 313;

1954, 629.

Sect. 26GG revised, 1949, 760 § 4.

Sect. 26JJ revised, 1953, 647 § 18.

Sect. 26KK, second paragraph revised, 1947, 486; amended, 1953,
409 § 8; section revised, 1953, 647 § 18.

Sect. 26MM amended, 1953, 647 § 19.

Sect. 26NN stricken out and sections 26NN-26QQ inserted, 1948,
200 § 3 (relative to state-aided projects).

Sect. 26NN, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1949, 742 § 1;
last sentence of first paragraph revised, 1951, 456; amended, 1952,
550 § 4; revised, 1954, 507 § 1, 667 § 2; first paragraph amended, 1955,
489, 641; last sentence of fifth paragraph revised, 1952, 550 § 2; sub-
division (a), first paragraph revised, 1949, 742 § 2; amended, 1954, 507
§ 2; subdivision (a), second paragraph amended, 1952, 550 § 1; sub-
division (a), third paragraph amended, 1949, 742 § 3; 1954, 676, 507
§ 3; subdivision (6), first sentence revised, 1952, 550 § 3; subdivision (6),
first paragraph, sentence added at end, 1949, 713; subdivision (6),
second paragraph amended, 1949, 742 § 4; 1950, 753; subdivision {d)
added, 1949, 682 § 1; subdivision (e) added, 1950, 386; revised, 1952,
550 § 5; subdivision (/) added, 1953, 508; subdivision {g) added, 1954,
116. (See 1949, 682 § 2; 1952, 550 §§ 6, 7; 1954, 507 § 4.)

Sect. 26QQ and caption preceding it stricken out and new section
inserted, 1952, 617 § 4 (relative to creating redevelopment author-
ities).

Sect. 26RR added, 1952, 617 § 6 (relative to contracts for state
financial assistance for housing); second paragraph amended, 1955,
640 § 3; third paragraph amended, 1953, 647 § 20; paragraph (6) (2)
revised, 1955, 640 § 4; paragraph (6) (3) amended, 1955, 640 § 5;
paragraph added at end, 1955, 640 § 6.

Sect. 26SS added, 1952, 617 § 7 (providing a severabihty clause in
case of a finding of invaUdity or unconstitutionality of any part of this
act); stricken out and sections 26SS-26WW inserted, 1953, 668 § 1
(to provide for the housing of elderly persons).

Sects. 26SS-26VV revised, 1954, 667 § 1.

Sect. 26WW stricken out and sections 26WW-26CCC inserted,

1955, 654 § 4 (relative to urban renewal projects). (See 1955, 654 § 5.)
Sect. 27 repealed, 1933, 364 § 7.

Chaps. 121A, 122.] GENERAL LaWS. 1107

Sects. 28-37 repealed, 1954, 508 § 2. (See 1954, 508 §§ 3-5.)
Sect. 31 amended, 1948, 559.
Sect. 39 amended, 1941, 351 § 17.

Sect. 40 amended, 1941, 656 § 13. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 42 amended, 1932, 180 § 22; 1941, 406; two sentences added
at end, 1952, 303.

Chapter 121A. — Urban Redevelopment Corporations.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 654 § 1.

Sect. 1, definition of " Decadent* area " amended, 1947, 15; revised,
1953, 647 § 1; amended, 1954, 73 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1954,
73 §2.

Sects. 2 and 3 revised, 1953, 647 § 1.

Sect. 6, first two paragraphs stricken out and four paragraphs in-
serted, 1953, 647 § 2.

Sect. 7, first two paragraphs revised, 1947, 487 § 1.

Sect. 7A added, 1946, 574 § 3 (relative to acquisition from housing
authorities of sites for urban redevelopment); first sentence revised,
1955, 654 § 4A. (See 1955, 654 § 5.)

Sect. 10, two paragraphs added at end, 1953, 647 § 3.

Sect. 12, paragraph added at end, 1947, 487 § 2.

Sect. 15, first paragraph revised, 1953, 647 § 4.

Sect. 16 stricken out and sections 16 and 16A inserted, 1953, 647 § 5.

Sect. 17 repealed, 1953, 647 § 6,

Sect. 18, paragraph (a) revised, 1953, 647 § 7; paragraph (e) re-
vised, 1953, 647 § 8.

Sect. 18A added, 1946, 129 (authorizing savings banks to invest in
urban redevelopment projects).

Sect. 18B added, 1953, 647 § 9 (relative to the forming of urban
redevelopment corporations).

Chapter 122. — Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary (former title. State

Infirmary).

Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 351 § 19; revised, 1941, 596 § 25.

Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 351 § 20.

Sect. 2A amended, 1941, 351 § 21.

Sects. 2B-2E added, 1936, 295 (relative to Patients' Funds at the
state infirmary and the disposition of unclaimed property and moneys
represented by bank books belonging to former patients).

Sect. 2B amended, 1941, 351 § 22; revised, 1946, 331; 1950, 162
§ 5; 1954, 126 § 5.

Sect. 2C amended, 1941, 351 § 23.

Sect. 2D revised, 1941, 351 § 24.

Sect. 2E revised, 1941, 351 § 25.

Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 351 § 26.

Sect. 4 amended, 1941, 351 § 27.

Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 351 § 28.

Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 345; 1941, 351 § 29.

Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 351 § 30.

Sect. 10 amended, 1941, 351 § 31.

Sect. 13 amended, 1941, 351 § 32.

1108 Changes in the [Chap. 123.

Sect. 14 amended, 1941, 351 § 33.

Sect. 15 amended, 1936, 325; 1941, 351 § 34.

Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 351 § 35.

Sect. 17 amended, 1941, 351 § 36.

Sect. 18 amended, 1936, 378; 1941, 351 § 37; revised, 1941, 412;
first sentence amended, 1943, 275 § 2; fourth sentence stricken out and
two sentences inserted, 1943, 476; section revised, 1945, 583; first sen-
tence revised, 1951, 480; fifth sentence amended, 1947, 618; revised,
1948, 546; 1949, 766; 1951, 489; eighth sentence revised. 1952, 342;
section revised, 1953, 636 § 3. (See 1939, 454 § 21; 1953, 636 § 9.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1941, 351 § 38^ revised, 1950, 441 § 1.

Sect. 20A added, 1941, 201 (penahzing the unlawful possession,
handling or consumption of certain things by inmates of said hospital
and infirmary).

Sect. 21 amended, 1953, 319 § 16. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 23 amended, 1941, 351 § 39.

Sect. 24 revised, 1941, 191.

Chapter 123. — Commitment and Care of the Insane and Other Mental

Defectives.

For legislation relative to the establishment of the Norfolk state
hospital for the care of the criminal insane, see 1935, 421; 1939, 485;
1941, 194 §§20, 21, 722 §§12, 13.

Sect. 1, definition of "commissioner" and "department" revised,
1938, 486 § 7; "mentally ill" and "mentally deficient" defined, 1955,
637 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 486 § 8.

Sect. 7, two sentences added at end, 1954. 598 § 1.

Sect. 8, second sentence stricken out, 1953, 612 § 9.

Sect. 8A added, 1935, 301 (providing for co-operation between the
departments of mental diseases and public works relative to roads at
state hospitals).

Sect. 10 amended, 1941, 490 § 25; 1955, 637 § 2.

Sect. 11, paragraph added at end, 1955, 637 § 3.

Sect. 13 revised, 1936, 286.

Sect. 13A, two sentences added at end, 1955, 637 § 4.

Sect. 15 amended, 1941, 656 § 14. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)

Sect. 16 revised, 1938, 486 § 9; amended, 1939, 500 § 1; 1947, 429 § 1;
1951, 497; 1954, 189; second sentence revised, 1954, 598 § 2. (See
1946, 324; 1947, 429 § 2.)

Sect. 16A amended, 1938, 486 § 10.

Sect. 19 repealed, 1935, 163.

Sect. 20 revised, 1955, 637 § 5.

Sect. 20A added, 1945, 311 ("relative to commitment to the Veterans
Administration or other agencies of the United States of certain war
veterans for care and treatment).

Sect. 22 revised, 1941, 351 § 40, 706; repealed, 1950, 441 § 2.

Sect. 22A amended, 1941, 194 § 7.

Sect. 25 amended, 1935, 314 § 3, 421 § 4; 1950, 684 § 3; 1954,
469 § 4. (See 1935, 421 § 6; 1950, 684 §§ 11, 12; 1954, 469 § 5.)

Sect. 26 repealed, 1938, 486 § 11.

Sect. 28 revised, 1938, 486 § 12; 1945, 638; 1954, 598 § 3.

Sect. 29 revised, 1938, 486 § 13; clause (/) added, 1954, 598 § 5.

Chap. 123.] GENERAL LawS. 1109

Sect. 30 revised, 1938, 486 § 14.

Sect. 31 revised, 1938, 486 § 15.

Sect. 32 revised, 1933, 115; 1938, 486 § 16.

Sect. 35 revised, 1946, 33 § 1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1939, 500 § 12.

Sect. 37 revised, 1946, 33 § 2.

Sect. 39, sentence added at end, 1936, 291 § 1; section revised, 1950,
162 §6; 1954, 126 §6.

Sect. 39A amended, 1936, 291 § 2; first sentence amended, 1954, 455.

Sect. 39B added, 1932, 204 (relative to the disposition of unclaimed
belongings at certain state hospitals, known as "patients' valuables");
revised, 1936, 291 § 3.

Sect. 39C added, 1933, 256 (relative to the disposition of moneys
represented by certain bank books belonging to former patients of
certain state hospitals); revised, 1936, 291 § 4.

Sect. 40 amended, 1939, 500 § 13.

Sect. 43 repealed, 1939, 500 § 2.

Sect. 45 amended, 1938, 486 § 17; 1950, 684 § 4; sentence added at
end, 1955, 637 § 6. (See 1938, 486 §§ 21, 22; 1950, 684 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 46 amended, 1938, 486 § 18; 1950, 684 § 5. (See 1938, 486
§§21,22; 1950,684 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 47 revised, 1938, 486 § 19 ; 1945, 467. (See 1938, 486 §§21, 22.)

Sect. 48 repealed, 1952, 307.

Sect. 49 amended, 1945, 451; repealed, 1952, 307.

Sect. 50 revised, 1935, 314 § 4; amended, 1955, 637 § 7.

Sect. 51 amended, 1950, 684 § 6; revised, 1955, 637 § 8. (See 1950,
684 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 85; 1955, 637 § 9.

Sect. 53 revised, 1941, 645 § 1; amended, 1955, 637, § 10.

Sect. 54 amended, 1955, 637 § 11.

Sect. 55 amended, 1955, 637 § 12.

Sect. 56 repealed, 1939, 500 § 4.

Sects. 57-61 repealed, 1955, 637 § 13.

Sect. 62 amended, 1941, 655 § 1.

Sect. 66, paragraph added at end, 1939, 500 § 6; first sentence
amended, 1945, 24; 1950, 684 § 7; sentence inserted after first sentence,
1954, 218. (See 1950, 684 §§ 11, 12.)

Sect. 66 A amended, 1941, 194 § 8; revised, 1954, 685 § 3.

Sect. 67A added, 1950, 684 § 8 (relative to the disposition of certain
inmates at Myles Standish state school).

Sect. 69, sentence added at end, 1945, 227.

Sect. 73 revised, 1947, 194.

Sect. 77, first sentence amended, 1935, 314 § 5; section revised, 1939,
500 §5; 1955, 637 § 14.

Sect. 78, first sentence revised, 1935, 314 § 6.

Sect. 79, first sentence revised, 1935, 314 § 7; section revised, 1939,
500 § 7; amended, 1941, 216 § 1; revised, 1941, 645 § 2.

Sect. 80 amended, 1939, 500 § 8.

Sect. 82 amended, 1939, 500 § 9.

Sect. 84 revised, 1941, 481; amended, 1941, 490 § 26; revised, 1941,
722 § 10.

Sect. 86 amended, 1935, 314 § 8; revised, 1939, 500 § 10; 1955,
637 § 15.

Sect. 86A added, 1947, 517 (providing for the reception in certain

1110 Changes in the [Chap. 123A.

state institutions under the department of mental health of certain
mentally ill children).

Sect. 87 amended, 1939, 500 § 11; revised, 1945, 454.

Sect. 88A revised, 1945, 25.

Sect. 89 revised, 1941, 216 § 3; last sentence revised, 1950, 571;

1954, 685 § 4.

Sect. 89A amended, 1941, 194 § 9.

Sect. 89B amended, 1938, 254 § 1; 1941, 194 § 10; 1950, 733.

Sect. 90, first sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 23.

Sect. 91 amended, 1950, 684 § 9. (See 1950, 684 §§11, 12.)

Sect. 93 amended, 1950, 684 § 10. (See 1950, 684 §§ U, 12.)

Sect. 94A added, 1947, 681 (providing for the adjudication of resto-
ration of soundness of mind) ; third sentence stricken out and three
sentences inserted, 1952, 535.

Sect. 96 amended, 1941, 351 § 41; first paragraph revised, 1954,
598 § 4; second paragraph amended, 1950, 485 § 2; third paragraph
revised, 1941, 398.

Sect. lOOA amended, 1941, 194 § 11; 1953, 319 § 17. (See 1953,
319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 102 revised, 1934, 15; first paragraph amended, 1955, 770 § 5;
paragraph added at end, 1938, 226; amended, 1947, 459; section
amended, 1941, 344 § 3; second paragraph amended, 1952, 396. (See

1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 105 revised, 1936, 130; first paragraph amended, 1945, 50;
last paragraph amended, 1939, 54; 1941, 216 § 2.

Sect. 110 amended, 1937, 136.

Sect. 113 amended, 1941, 194 § 12; revised, 1943, 185 § 1; amended,
1947, 684 § 1; first sentence amended, 1948, 310 § 28; section revised,
1952, 608 § 1; second paragraph amended, 1954, 404 § 2; last paragraph
amended, 1954, 404 § 3; section revised, 1954, 685 § 1. (See 1948,
310 §§ 30-31; 1953, 645; 1954, 404 § 1.)

Sect. 114 revised, 1943, 185 § 2; 1948, 310 § 29; repealed, 1952,
608 § 2. (See 1948, 310 §§ 30-31.)

Sect. 115 revised, 1943, 185 § 3; 1946, 557 § 1; 1947, 684 § 2.

Sect. 116 revised, 1943, 185 § 4; repealed, 1952, 608 § 2.

Sect. 117 amended, 1941, 655 § 2; 1955, 770 § 6. (See 1955, 770
§§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 117A added, 1936, 32 (providing in certain cases for the return
to penal institutions of prisoners removed therefrom to departments
for defective delinquents) ; revised, 1943, 185 § 5.

Sect. 118 revised, 1938, 254 § 2; 1943, 185 § 6; amended, 1945, 150;
revised, 1946, 557 § 2; 1947, 684 § 3.

Sect. 118A added, 1947, 684 § 3 (relative to the parole of defective
delinquents) .

Sect. 119 revised, 1938, 254 § 3. *

Chapter 123A. — Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexual Offenders
and Victims of Such Offenders (former title, Care, Treatment and
Rehabilitation of Sexual Psychopaths).

New chapter inserted, 1947, 683.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 123A (with new title) inserted, 1954,
686 § 1. (See 1954, 686 § 2.)

Chaps. 124-126.] GENERAL LaWS. 1111

Chapter 124. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction.

Sect 1 amended, 1939, 451 § 38; 1941, 344 § 4; revised, 1955, 770 § 7.

(See 1955, 770 §§ 114-123.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1955, 770 § 8. (See 1955, 770 §§ 114, 117, 118, 123.)
Sects. 3 and 4 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 344 § 5; 1955, 770 § 9. (See 1955, 770 §§117,

123.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 23 § 2; 1939, 451 § 39; 1955, 770 § 10.

(See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1939, 451 § 40; repealed, 1954, 567 § 3. (See

1954, 567 § 10).

Sect. 8 amended, 1935, 48 § 1; 1953, 319 § 18. (See 1935, 48 § 2;
1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Chapter 125. — Penal and Reformatory Institutions of the Commonwealth.

Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 344 § 6.

Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 344 § 7.

Sect. 4 amended, 1932, 282 § 3; 1941, 344 § 8.

Sect. 4A added, 1939, 360 § 1 (changing the minimum age require-
ment for appointment of correction officers at certain state penal and
reformatory institutions). (See 1939, 238 § 50.)

Sect. 6 A added, 1945, 537 § 1 (estabhshing the office of treasurer
at certain state penal and reformatory institutions). (See 1945, 537
§5.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1948, 422.

Sect. 10 revised, 1937, 20 § 1. (See 1937, 20 § 2.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1935, 437 § 1; revised, 1953, 591 § 1. (See 1935,
437 § 8; 1953, 591 §§ 2-6.)

Sect. 13 amended, 1936, 276; 1939, 360 § 2.

Sect. 14, third sentence stricken out, 1945, 537 § 2.

Sect. 22 revised, 1946, 591 § 44.

Sect. 26 amended, 1945, 537 § 3.

Sect. 29 revised, 1946, 591 § 45.

Sect. 30 amended, 1932, 180 § 24.

Sect. 34 revised, 1945, 537 § 4.

Sects. 39-41 (and heading before said section 39) repealed, 1941,
344 § 9.

Sect. 46 repealed, 1941, 596 § 26.

Sect. 48A added, 1950, 769 (authorizing the establishment of a
clinic for alcoholics at the state farm).

Sect. 49 revised, 1936, 125.

Chapter 125. — Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth (former
title, Penal and Reformatory Institutions of the Commonwealth).

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 125 (with new title) inserted,

1955, 770 § 11. (See 1955, 770 § 114-123.)

Chapter 126. — Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County

Industrial Farms.

Sect. 9A added, 1948, 469 (relative to the wearing of uniforms by
certain officers and emplovees of county penal institutions).
Sect. 16 revised, 1937, 219 § 6.

1112 Changes in the [Chap. 127.

Sect. 18A added, 1953, 355 (relative to indemnification by counties
of certain officers sustaining expenses or damages by reason of wilful
acts of inmates).

Sect. 24, last sentence revised, 1955, 770 § 12. (See 1955, 770 §§117,
118, 123.)

Sect. 37 amended, 1936, 228.

Chapter 127. — Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions,

Paroles and Pardons.

Sect. 1 revised, 1941, 490 § 27.

Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 344 § 10; revised, 1955, 770 § 13. (See 1955,

770 §§ 117, 118, 123.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1955, 770 § 14. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 118, 123.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1955, 770 § 15. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 118, 123.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1936, 23 § 3; 1941, 656 § 15; revised, 1955, 770

§ 16. (See 1941, 656 § 17; 1955, 770 §§ 116-118, 123.)
Sect. 11 revised, 1941, 344 § 11; repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See

1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1941, 344 § 12; revised, 1955, 770 § 17. (See

1955, 770 §§ 116-118, 123.)
Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 200.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 16, last sentence stricken out, 1933, 77 § 1; section amended,

1941, 344 § 13; revised, 1948, 129 § 8; first sentence revised, 1955, 770

§ 18. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1933, 77 § 2; last sentence revised, 1955, 770 § 19.

(See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1933, 77 § 3.

Sect. 20 revised, 1955, 770 § 20. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 21 revised, 1955, 770 § 21. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 23 amended 1941 69.

Sect! 27 amended^ 1955,' 770 § 22. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 28 revised, 1955, 770 § 23. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 32 revised, 1955, 770 § 24. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 33 revised, 1955, 770 § 25. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 34 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 35 amended, 1941, 344 § 14; repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See

1955, 770 §§ 117-123.)
Sect. 36 revised, 1941, 237 § 1; first sentence revised, 1955, 770 § 26.

(See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 36A added, 1955, 770 § 27 (relative to the right of an inmate

to confer with an attorney at law designated by him). (See 1955, 770

§§ 116, 117, 123.)
Sect. 37 revised, 1941, 237 § 2; 1955, 770 § 28. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117,

123.)

Sect. 38A added, 1953, 295 (penalizing prisoners in certain correc-
tional institutions who hold persons as hostages) .

Sect. 39 amended, 1955, 357; revised, 1955, 770 § 29. (See 1955,

770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 40 revised, 1955, 770 § 30. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 41 revised, 1955, 770 § 31. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sects. 42-47 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 48 revised, 1955, 770 § 32. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Chap. 127.] GENERAL LawS. 1113

Sect. 48A revised, 1946, 461 § 1 ; 1955, 770 § 33. (See 1955, 770

§§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 49 revised, 1955, 770 § 34. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 50 revised, 1941, 344 § 15; repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955,

770, §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 51 amended, 1941, 344 § 16; revised, 1955, 770 § 35. (See

1955, 770 §§ 117, 119, 123.)
Sect. 52 revised, 1955, 770 § 36. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 54 amended, 1955, 770 § 37. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 119, 123.)
Sect. 59 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 61 revised, 1955, 770 § 38. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sects. 62-65 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 66 revised, 1955, 770 § 39. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 66 A added, 1955, 770 § 40 (relative to the purchase of tools,

implements and materials required for use in prison industries). (See

1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 67 amended, 1955, 770 § 41. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 67 A added, 1932, 252 § 1 (regulating the sale of prison made

goods). (See 1932, 252 § 2.)
Sect. 68 revised, 1955, 770 § 42. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 69 amended, 1955, 770 § 43. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 70 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 71 revised, 1941, 344 § 17; 1946, 461 § 2; first paragraph re-
vised, 1955, 770 § 44. (See 1955, 770, §§ 117 119, 123.)

Sect. 72 amended, 1941, 344 § 18; revised, 1941, 436 § 1; first and

third sentences revised, 1955, 770 § 45. (See 1941, 436 § 2; 1955,

770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 73 revised, 1955, 770 § 46. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 120, 123.)
Sects. 74-77 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 78 and sections 79-82 (and heading preceding said section 79)

repealed, 1941, 344 § 19.

Sects. 83A-83D added, 1951, 755 (relative to the establishment of

prison camps in state forests). (See 1955, 770 § 120, 117, 123.)
Sect. 83B amended, 1955, 770 § 47. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 84 amended, 1941, 490 § 28.
Sect. 85 revised, 1950, 727 § 1; amended, 1955, 770 § 48. (See 1955,

770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 86 revised, 1950, 727 § 2; amended, 1955, 770 § 49. (See 1955,

770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 87 amended, 1941, 344 § 20; revised, 1955, 770 § 50. (See 1955,

770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 88 amended, 1955, 770 § 51. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 89 revised, 1955, 770 § 52. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 90 amended, 1955, 770 § 53. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 90A revised, 1938, 65; 1951, 394; amended, 1952, 299.
Sect. 91 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 92 revised, 1955, 770 § 54. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 93 revised, 1955, 770 § 55. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 96 amended, 1941, 351 § 42.
Sects. 96A and 96B added, 1936, 383 (providing for the disposition

of unclaimed monev and property of former prisoners).

Sect. 96A amended, 1945, 290; revised, 1955, 770 § 56. (See 1955,

770 §§ 117, 123.)

1114 Changes in the [Chap. 127.

Sect. 96B revised, 1955, 770 § 57. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 97 revised, 1943, 113; 1955, 770 § 58. (See 1955, 770 §§117,
123.)

Sects. 98-108 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 109 repealed, 1941, 344 § 21.

Sect. 109A repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sect. 109B added, 1935, 113 § 1 (relative to the transfer of certain
prisoners from the Massachusetts Reformatory to the State Prison);
repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1935, 113 § 2; 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sects. 110 and 111 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117,
123.)

Sect. Ill A added, 1933, 169 (relative to transfers of defective de-
linquents and drug addicts from one institution to another under the
department of correction).

Sect. 113 revised, 1955, 770 § 59. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sect. 114 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 117 revised, 1941, 510 § 1; 1943, 120.

Sect. 118 revised, 1938, 456; amended, 1941, 351 § 43; revised, 1941,
510 § 2.

Sect. 122 amended, 1955, 770 § 60. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sect. 123 amended, 1941, 510 § 3; second sentence revised, 1955,
770 § 61. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 124 revised, 1955, 770 § 62. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 125 amended, 1946, 148; revised, 1955, 770 § 63. (See 1955,
770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 126 revised, 1955, 770 § 64. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 127 amended, 1938, 71; 1941, 70; 1941, 690 § 5A; sentence
added at end, 1945, 449 § 2; amended, 1953, 215 § 1 ; last two sentences
stricken out, 1955, 770 § 65. (See 1941, 690 §§ 8-10; 1953, 215 § 2;
1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 128 amended, 1939, 451 § 41 ; revised, 1941, 690 § 1. (See 1941,
690 §§ 8-10.)

Sects. 129-139 stricken out and new sections 129-136A inserted, 1941,
690 § 2. (See 1941, 690 §§ 8-10.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to sections 129-136A as so inserted:

Sect. 129, third sentence amended, 1945, 49 § 1; section revised,
1946, 543 § 1; sentence added at end, 1947, 131 § 1; section revised,
1948, 450 § 1 ; third, fourth and fifth paragraphs revised, 1954, 567 § 4;
section revised, 1955, 770 § 66. (See 1945, 49 § 2; 1946, 543 § 6; 1947,
131 § 2; 1948, 450 § 3; 1954, 567 § 10; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 130 revised, 1946, 543 § 2; 1948, 450 § 2; 1955, 770. § 67.
(See 1946, 543 § 6; 1948, 450 § 3; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 130A added, 1955, 770 § 68 (relative to the issuance of cer-
tificates of termination by the parole board). (See 1955, 770 §§ 117,
123.)

Sect. 132 revised, 1946, 543 § 3; last sentence revised, 1954, 567 § 5;
repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1946, 543 § 6; 1954, 567 § 10; 1955,
770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 133 amended, 1946, 254; revised, 1955, 770 § 69. (See 1955,
770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sects. 133A and 133B added, 1955, 770 § 70 (relative to the parole
of certain prisoners). (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Chap. 128.] GENERAL LaWS. 1115

Sect. 134 revised, 1946, 543 § 4; 1955, 770 § 71. (See 1946, 543 § 6;
1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 135, last sentence revised, 1954, 567 § 6. (See 1954, 567 § 10.)

Sect. 136 revised, 1946, 543 § 5; amended, 1955, 770 § 73. (See
1946, 543 § 6; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 136A amended, 1951, 33.

Sect. 141 amended, 1941, 174 § 1; revised, 1947, 578.

Sect. 144 amended, 1950, 460.

Sect. 145 amended, 1953, 319 § 19. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 146 revised, 1932, 221 § 1.

Sect. 149 amended, 1939, 451 § 51; revised, 1941, 174 § 2; amended,
1941, 690 § 3; revised, 1946, 424 § 1. (See 1941, 690 §§ 8-10; 1946,
424 § 2.)

Sect. 151, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 25.

Sects. 151A-151G added, under the heading "interstate super-
vision OF PROBATIONERS AND PAROLEES ", 1937, 307 § 1 (providing for
the entry of this commonwealth into compacts with any of the United
States for mutual helpfulness in relation to persons convicted of crimes
or offences who are on probation or parole). (See 1937, 307 § 2.)

Sect. 152 revised, 1939, 479; sentence inserted after second sentence,
1948, 310 § 21; second paragraph revised, 1951, 42; 1952, 256; para-
graph inserted after third paragraph, 1951, 773; sentence added at end
of fourth paragraph, 1941, 297; same sentence stricken out, 1945,
38 § 8; section revised, 1954, 567 § 7. See 1945, 180. (See 1948, 310
§§30,31; 1954, 567 § 10.)

Sect. 153. See 1945, 180.

Sect. 154 amended, 1939, 451 § 52; revised, 1941, 690 § 4; 1954,
567 § 8. See 1945, 180. (See 1941, 690 §§ 8-10; 1954, 567 § 10.)

Sect. 154A added, 1935, 225 (requiring consideration by the advisory
board of pardons of the cases of certain life prisoners on the question of
extending clemency); amended, 1939, 451 § 53; 1955, 770 § 72. (See
1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 155 revised, 1954, 567 § 9. (See 1954, 567 § 10.)

Sect. 158 revised, 1941, 344 § 24; 1955, 770 § 74. (See 1955, 770
§§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 159 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sect. 160 revised, 1941, 344 § 25; 1943, 433; last sentence stricken
out, 1945, 512; section revised, 1955, 770 § 75. (See 1955, 770 §§117,
123.)

Sect. 162 revised, 1951, 467; 1955, 770 § 76. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117,
123.)

Sects. 166-169 added, 1939, 484 (regulating the payment or receipt
of money or other rewards or gratuities for the purpose of obtaining the
granting of any pardon, parole, or commutation of or respite from

Sects. 166 and 167 revised, 1941, 690 § 5. (See 941, 690 §§ 8-10.)

Chapter 128. — Agriculture.

Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 490 § 29.

Sect. 1A added, 1952, 386 (defining "agriculture" and "farming").

Sect. 2, paragraph (a) revised, 1941, 490 § 30; paragraph (/) amended,
1937, 415 § 1; 1938, 230; paragraph (g) added, 1933, 291 § 1; same
paragraph repealed, 1941, 598 §3.

1116 Changes in the [Chap. 128A.

Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 291 § 2; 1941, 598 § 4.

Sect. 8A added, 1943, 495 (relative to the control or destruction of
certain rodents by the commissioner of agriculture); amended, 1946,
366.

Sect. 10 amended, 1934. 340 § 10. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 13 amended, 1934, 340 § 11. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sects. 16-31A affected, 1939, 405.

Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 490 § 32.

Sect. 20 A added, 1953, 91 (relative to the control of water chestnut).

Sect. 21 revised, 1948, 303 § 1.

Sect. 22 amended, 1941, 490 § 33; repealed, 1952, 480 § 2. (See
1952, 480 § 3.)

Sect. 23 amended, 1941, 490 § 34.

Sect. 24A added, 1939, 136 (providing for the control of the Dutch
elm disease); repealed, 1949, 761 § 13.

Sect. 27 revised, 1938, 309; 1948, 303 § 2.

Sect. 31A revised, 1943, 144.

Sects. 32-38 revised, 1951, 506.

Sect. 39 repealed, 1933, 74 § 2.

Sect. 42 revised, 1932, 166; paragraph added at end, 1947, 180..

Chapter 128A. — Horse and Dog Racing Meetings.
New chapter inserted, 1934, 374 § 3.

Sect. 2, subsection (5) amended, 1946, 575 § 1; subsection (7)
amended, 1950, 716.

Sect. 3, first paragraph revised, 1935, 454 § 2; 1943, 269; clause (b)
revised, 1946, 575 § 2; clause (c) amended, 1941, 382; clause (d) re-
vised, 1946, 575 § 3; 1953, 663; clause (e) revised, 1939, 505 § 1
clause (/) amended, 1935, 454 § 3; clause {h) amended, 1935, 454 § 4
clause (i) revised, 1939, 505 § 2; clause (j) revised, 1946, 575 § 4
clause (n) added, 1935, 239 (forbidding the hcensed racing of horses
and dogs under the pari-mutuel system of betting, on publicly owned
premises); clause (n) added, 1935, 471 § 1 (forbidding the hcensed
racing of dogs under such system, in certain residential neighborhoods);
designation of the clause added by 1935, 471 § 1 changed from (n)
to (o), 1936, 405 § 3. (See 1935, 471 § 2; 1939, 505 § 3.)

Sect. 4, second paragraph amended, 1947, 567; revised, 1949, 521;
last paragraph revised, 1939, 356.

Sect. 5, first paragraph revised, 1935, 454 § 1; paragraph inserted
after first paragraph, 1946. 252; second paragraph, as appearing in
1934, 374 § 3, revised, 1936, 351; 1946, 575 § 5; second sentence of
same paragraph amended, 1953, 311 § 1; third paragraph, as so ap-
pearing, revised, 1936, 351; 1939, 473; first sentence of same paragraph
revised, 1946, 381 § 1; 575 § 7; 1949, 294 § 1; amended, 1953, 311 § 2;
second sentence of same paragraph revised. 1946, 381 § 2; 1949, 294
§ 3; third sentence of same paragraph amended, 1953, 311 § 3; para-
graph inserted after fourth paragraph, 1947, 390 § 1; last paragraph,
as appearing in 1934, 374 § 3, amended, 1939, 497; paragraph added
at end, 1946, 575 § 6; revised, 1949, 294 § 2. Temporarily affected,
1948, 220; 1949, 294 § 4; 1951, 178; 1953, 246 § 14; 499, 1955, 276.

Sect. 5A added, 1946, 445 § 1 (relative to the disposition of money
held for payment of unclaimed winnings upon wagers made at horse
and dog racing meetings) . (See 1946, 445 § 2.)

Chaps. 128B, 129] GENERAL LawS. 1117

Sect. 9, last paragraph revised, 1935, 454 § 5.

Sect. 9 A added, 1935, 454 § 6 (relative to rules, regulations and con-
ditions to be prescribed bv the state racing commission) .

Sect. 10 revised, 1936, 268.

Sect. 13 amended, 1935, 454 § 7.

Sect. 13A added, 1935, 454 § 8 (relative to the application of certain
laws as to betting and certain local requirements as to race tracks and
public amusements, in the case of racing meetings under this chapter) ;
revised, 1939, 159; amended, 1941, 295; first paragraph amended,
1951, 777 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1948, 437. (See 1935, 471 § 2.)

Sect. 13B added, 1937, 322 (prohibiting and penahzing the use of
drugs for the purpose of affecting the speed of horses at horse racing
meetings) .

Sect. 13C added, 1950, 111 (penalizing attempts to influence persons
connected with horse or dog racing to affect the result of a race).

Sect. 14 revised, 1935, 279 § 2; 1936, 253 § 2; amended, 1938, 282;
revised, 1947, 138 § 2. (See 1935, 279 § 3; 1936, 253 § 1.)

Sect. 14A added, 1935, 279 § 1 (providing for the resubmission to
the voters of the several counties of the question of licensing dog races
at which the pari-mutuel svstem of betting shall be permitted); re-
pealed, 1936, 253 § 1. (See '1935, 279 § 3; 1936, 253 § 1.)

Sect. 14B added, 1953, 389 (providing for the submission to the
voters of Berkshire County of the question of hcensing horse races at
county fairs at which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be per-
mitted).

Sect. 14C added, 1955, 406 (providing for the submission to the voters
of Hampshire County of the question of licensing horse races at county
fairs at which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be permitted).

Sect. 15 revised, 1936, 436 § 2; 1941, 729 § 12; amended, 1947,
390 § 2; revised, 1948, 319; 1955, 540 § 2. (See 1936, 436 § 4; 1941,
729 § 15; 1955, 540 §§ 5-7.)

Chapter 128B. — Conservation of Soil and Soil Resources and Prevention
and Control of Erosion.

New chapter inserted, 1945, 531.

Sect. 2, paragraph (2) revised, 1947, 73 § 1.

Sect. 3, subdivision 5 revised, 1949, 517; first paragraph revised,
1955, 307 § 1. (See 1955, 307 § 2.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1947, 73 § 2; 1954, 244.

Chapter 129, — Livestock Disease Control (former title, Animal Industry).

Sect. 1 revised, 1934, 340 § 12; paragraph (defining "Domestic
animals") added, 1935, 70. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 8A added, 1941, 375 (establishing a scale of fees for the inocu-
lation of swine against hog cholera).

Sect. 9 amended, 1943, 332 § 10.

Sect. 10 amended, 1934, 340 § 13. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 14A added, 1953, 19 § 1 (providing for co-operation with the
federal government in the eradication of certain animal diseases). (See
1953, 19 § 2) ; section stricken out and sections 14A and 14B inserted,
1953, 655 § 2 (providing for the eradication of certain animal diseases).
(See 1953, 655 § 1.)

1118 Changes IN THE [Chaps. 129A, 130.

Sect. 15 revised, 1941, 162.

Sect. 26A revised, 1938, 168; amended, 1941, 173.

Sect. 29 amended, 1938, 308.

Sect. 32 amended, 1939, 451 § 54.

Sect. 33 amended, 1934, 272; 1946, 417; revised, 1952, 519.

Sect. 33B revised, 1934, 96; 1954, 647 § 1. (See 1954, 647 § 4.)

Sect. 36A added, 1935, 426 (providing for the licensing of certain
dealers in bovine animals); repealed, 1941, 607 § 2.

Sect. 36B added, 1938, 314 (providing for the vaccination of certain
cattle to curtail the spread of Bang's disease, so called) ; revised, 1943,
56; 1952, 518; 1954, 647 § 2.

Sect. 36C added, 1938, 386 (regulating the transportation of neat
cattle); repealed, 1941, 607 § 2.

^ Sects. 36D and 36E added, 1954, 647 § 3 (prohibiting the importa-
tion or transportation of certain cattle unless tested and vaccinated
for brucellosis). (See 1954, 647 § 4.)

Sect. 38 revised, 1934, 340 § 14. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sects. 39-43 added, 1941, 607 § 1 (to further regulate the dealing
in and transportation of bovine animals and to prevent the spread
of disease among such animals).

Sect. 40 revised, 1946, 416 § 1.

Sect. 43 revised, 1946, 416 § 2.

Chapter 129A. — Marine Fish and Fisheries, Inland Fish and Fisheries,
Birds and Mammals, General Provisions.

New chapter inserted, 1933, 329 § 1.

Sect. 1, definition of "Warden" revised, 1937, 413 § 2; definitions
of "Coastal Warden", "Deputy Coastal Warden" and "Supervisor",
revised, 1939, 491 § 11. (See 1937, 413 §§ 3, 4; 1939, 491 § 12.)

Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1941, 171.

Chapter 129A repealed in part, 1941, 598 § 7; entirely repealed, 1941,
599 § 1. (See 1941, 598 § 9, 599 § 7.^

Chapter 130. — Marine Fish and Fisheries (former title, Marine Fish and
Fisheries, including Crustacea and Shellfish).

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 130 (with new title) inserted, 1933,
329 § 2.

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 130 (with new title) inserted, 1941,
598 § 1. (See 1941, 598 § 9.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 130 a^ so inserted:

Sect. 1, definition of "Fish" amended, 1945, 98 § 1; last paragraph
revised, 1945, 98 § 2.

Sect. 2, second paragraph revised, 1949, 566 § 1; amended, 1950,
628 § 1; revised, 1951, 360; last paragraph revised, 1945, 98 § 3.
itf. Sect. 13, third paragraph revised, 1949, 566 § 2.

Sect. 15A added, 1945, 281 (providing for reciprocal enforcement of
laws relating to marine fisheries) .

Sect. 20, two paragraphs added at end, 1948, 430 § 1. (See 1948,
430 §§ 2, 3.)

Chap. 131.] GENERAL LaWS. 1119

Sect. 22 revised, 1952, 501 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1945, 98 § 4.

Sect. 33 amended, 1945, 98 § 5.

Sect. 37, paragraph contained in lines 10 and 11 amended, 1943,
149; same paragraph revised, 1943, 533 § 1; 1948. 76 § 1. (See 1943,
533 § 2.)

Sect. 40 revised, 1951, 194; amended, 1954, 248.

Sect. 42, last sentence amended, 1945, 242 § 15.

Sect. 43, second and third sentences revised, 1949, 566 § 3; last
sentence amended, 1945, 242 § 16.

Sect. 44 revised, 1950, 423 § 1, 628 § 2; 1951, 408 § 1; 1953, 156.
(See 1951, 408 § 2.)

Sect. 55 amended, 1951, 281; 1952, 182.

Sect. 69 amended, 1945, 98 § 6.

Sect. 74, first paragraph amended, 1948, 463; sentence added at
end, 1945, 99 § 1; section revised, 1954, 243 § 1. (See 1954, 243 § 2.)

Sect. 76, paragraph inserted after third paragraph, 1948, 365.

Sect. 80, third paragraph amended, 1945, 98 § 7.

Sect. 81, first sentence amended and sentence inserted after first
sentence, 1955, 711; sentence added at end, 1945, 99 § 2.

Sect. 82, sentence added at end, 1945, 99 § 3.

Sect. 87 amended, 1954, 186.

Sect. 96 revised, 1954, 167.

Sect. 100 amended, 1945, 264 § 1.

Sects. lOOA and lOOB added, 1945, 264 § 2 (making permanent the
law protecting striped bass). For prior temporary legislation see 1941,
421.

Sect. lOOB revised, 1947, 515.

Chapter 131. — Powers and Duties of the Division of Fisheries and Game
(former title, Game and Inland Fisheries).

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 131 (with new title) inserted, 1941,
599 § 2. (See 1941, 599 §§ 5-7.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 131 as so inserted:

Sect. 1, definition of "Birds" revised, 1941, 663 § 1; definition of
"Coastal waters" inserted, 1954, 92; definition of "Green pelt" in-
serted, 1948, 615 § 1; definition of "Loaded shotgun or rifle" inserted,
1945, 83; definition of "Mammals" revised, 1941, 663 § 2; definition
of "Trap" inserted, 1948, 615 § 2; revised, 1950, 136. (See 1941,
663 § 3.)

Sect. 3A added, 1945, 548 § 1 (estabhshing the inland fisheries and
game fund). (See 1945, 548 § 3.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1947, 245 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1947,
245 § 2.

Sect. 6 revised, 1948, 302 § 1; first sentence amended, 1949, 545;
fourth sentence stricken out, 1955, 209; next to last sentence revised,
1953, 218 § 1. (See 1953, 218 § 2.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1954, 457 § 1. (See 1954, 457 § 2.)

Sect. 8, last paragraph of clause (1) revised, 1943, 265; amended,
1950, 233; section revised, 1951, 405 § 1; eighth paragraph of clause (1)

1120 Changes in the [Chap. 131.

revised, 1952, 454 § 1; sixth paragraph of clause (2) revised, 1952,
305 § 1. (See 1951, 405 § 2; 1952, 454 § 2, 305 § 2.)

Sect. 8A added, 1949, 516 (authorizing the granting of fishing Ucenses
to certain aliens) ; revised, 1955, 292.

Sect. 14, paragraph inserted after fifth paragraph, 1948, 400; same
paragraph revised, 1951, 399; paragraph contained in lines 65-73
amended, 1943, 216 § 1; paragraph contained in lines 74-86 amended,
1943, 216 § 2.

Sect. 16 revised, 1947, 193; first sentence revised, 1954, 88; two
sentences added at end, 1948, 302 § 2; next to last sentence revised,

1950, 259.

Sect. 16A added, 1955, 647 (relative to the revocation of hunting,
fishing and trapping licenses).

Sect. 25 revised, 1951, 535.

Sect. 26, sentence added at end, 1948, 443.

Sect. 28 revised, 1952, 501 § 2.

Sect. 34 revised, 1945, 693 § 2.

Sect. 40A added, 1946, 79 (penalizing the use of artificial bait in
ice fishing elsewhere than in the Connecticut river); repealed, 1953,
224.

Sect. 45, table amended, 1948, 109 § 1; revised, 1952, 378 § 1; next
to last paragraph amended, 1948, 109 § 2; 1952, 378 § 2; section re-
vised, 1953, 478 § 1. (See 1953, 478 § 2.)

Sect. 45A added, 1954, 99 (regulating the taking of trout in coastal
waters) .

Sect. 48 amended, 1948, 110; first sentence revised, 1948, 343.

Sect. 53 amended, 1947, 172.

Sect. 53A added, 1948, 249 (providing for a close season on all birds
and mammals during certain periods) ; revised, 1950, 234.

Sect. 57 revised, 1953, 21.

Sect. 61A added, 1945, 232 (protecting the wood duck); repealed,

1951, 217.
Sect. 64 revised, 1953, 481 § 1. (See 1953, 481 § 2.)
Sect. 65 amended, 1951, 254; sentence added at end, 1952, 171;

section revised, 1953, 481 § 1. (See 1953, 481 § 2.)

Sect. 68 amended, 1943, 90; revised, 1948, 615 § 3; 1949, 758 § 1;
first sentence revised, 1951, 294 § 1; clause (6) revised, 1950, 107;
1951, 294 § 2; clause (c) revised, 1951, 294 § 3; clause (k) amended,
1951, 294 § 4; clause (I) amended, 1950, 138; section revised, 1953,
482 § 1. (See 1953, 482 § 2.)

Sect. 68A added, 1948, 615 § 4 (relative to the registration and
identification of animal traps) ; revised, 1949, 758 § 2.

Sect. 70 amended, 1948, 615 § 5.

Sect. 72 repealed, 1949, 758 § 3.

Sect. 76 repealed, 1949, 758 § 3.

Sect. 78, first sentence amended, 1947, 275; first paragraph revised,
1949, 304.

Sect. 78 stricken out and sections 78-78F inserted, 1950, 438 (further
regulating the taking and hunting of birds and mammals) .

Sect. 79 revised, 1949, 282.

Sect. 80 revised, 1953, 480 § 1. (See 1953, 480 § 2.)

Sect. 80A added, 1953, 241 § 1 (requiring the tagging of deer
taken). (See 1953, 241 § 2.)

Chap. 132.] GENERAL LawS. 1121

Sect. 81 revised, 1952, 284.

Sect. 82, sentence added at end, 1953, 115.

Sect. 83, paragraph added at end, 1949, 751; section revised, 1955,
509.

Sects. 85A-85C added, 1951, 353 (relative to the use of firearms).

Sect. 89 amended, 1947, 3G3.

Sect. 97 repealed, 1945, 12.

Sect. 97A added, 1943, 463 (relative to the disposition by counties
of revenue received from the federal government by reason of federal
wildlife refuges situated therein) ; repealed, 1945, 12.

Sect. 101 revised, 1943, 100.

Sect. lOlA added, 1946, 334 (penalizing the use of certain firearms
for hunting purposes).

Sect. 103, paragraph (2) amended, 1946, 333; tenth paragraph
revised, 1951, 429.

Sect. 105A added, 1950, 424 (relative to the breeding and raising
of mink).

Sect. 107, next to last paragraph revised, 1948, 327.

Sect. Ill, paragraph added at end, 1946, 412; section revised, 1947,
397; first sentence revised, 1952, 349.

Sect. 112, last sentence revised, 1950, 235; sentence added at end,
1955, 524 § 1.

Sect. 112A added, 1955, 524 § 2 (authorizing the director of the
division of fisheries and game to issue permits to certain licensed or-
ganizations to shoot game birds at certain field trials without licenses).

Sect. 117A added, 1949, 507 (relative to the draining of certain
ponds, reservoirs and other bodies of water).

Chapter 132. — Forestry.

For temporary legislation relative to suppression of the gypsy moth,
see 1952, 622.

Sect. 1 amended, 1937, 415 § 2; 1941, 490 § 36; 1947, 344 § 26;

1948, 660 § 2. (See 1948, 660 § 26.)

Sect. 1A added, 1948, 660 § 3 (relative to the duties of the chief
moth superintendent); amended, 1949, 761 § 1.
Sect. 4 revised, 1948, 660 § 4; amended, 1949, 761 § 2.
Sect. 5 repealed, 1932, 180 § 27.
Sect. 6 revised, 1941, 455; amended, 1952, 363.
Sect. 8 revised, 1948, 660 § 5; 1949, 761 § 3.
Sect 9 revised 1952 308 4 1.
Sect. 11 revised, 1937, 415 § 3- 1948, 660 § 6; first sentence amended,

1949, 761 § 4; 1950, 422; 1955, 340.

Sect. IIA added, 1952, 480 § 1 (relative to elimination of white pine
blister rust by department of conservation). (See 1952, 480 § 3.)

Sect. 12 amended, 1937, 415 § 4: revised, 1948. 660 § 7.

Sect. 12A added, 1945, 401 (relative to suppression of gypsy moths,
etc., on land of the commonwealth); revised, 1948, 660 § 8; 1949,
761 § 5.

Sect. 13 revised, 1935, 87; amended, 1937, 415 § 5; revised, 1948,
660 § 9; last sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1949,
761 § 6; last sentence revised, 1950, 694 § 1.

Sect. 14 revised, 1937, 415 § 6; revised, 1948, 660 § 10; third para-

1122 Changes in the (Chap. 132A.

graph revised, 1949, 761 § 7; amended, 1950, 694 § 2; revised, 1951,
488; sixth paragraph revised, 1949, 761 § 8.

Sect. 15 revised, 1948, 660 § 11.

Sect. 16 revised, 1948, 600 § 12.

Sect. 17 amended, 1937, 415 § 6A; last sentence revised, 1946,
432 § 10; sectioD revised, 1948, 660 § 13.

Sect. 18 amended, 1937, 415 § 6B; revised, 1948, 660 § 14.

Sect. 18A added, 1949, 174 (authorizing municipahties to form dis-
tricts and pool expenditures for the suppression of certain insect pests) ;
first paragraph revised, 1952, 489 § 1.

Sect. 18B added, 1949, 211 (authorizing counties to engage in the
work of suppression of certain insect pests) ; revised, 1952, 489 § 2.

Sect. 19 revised, 1948, 660 § 15.

Sect. 22 amended, 1937, 415 § 7; revised, 1948, 660 § 16.

Sect. 23 revised, 1948, 660 § 17.

Sect. 24 revised, 1948, 660 § 18.

Sect. 25 revised, 1937, 415 § 8; 1948, 660 § 19; amended, 1949,
761 § 9.

Sect. 26 amended, 1937, 415 § 9; revised, 1948, 660 § 20; sentence
added at end, 1954, 118.

Sects. 26A-26D added, 1949, 761 § 10 (relative to the eradication of
the Dutch elm disease).

Sect. 26C amended, 1950, 694 § 3.

Sect. 26D revised, 1952, 489 § 3.

Sect. 27 amended, 1937, 415 § 10; revised, 1948, 660 § 21.

Sect. 28 amended, 1937, 415 § 11; revised, 1948, 660 § 22.

Sect. 29 repealed, 1948, 660 § 23.

Sect. 30, last sentence revised, 1945, 514.

Sect. 33 amended, 1935, 373; 1936, 415 § 1. (See 1936, 415 § 3.)

Sect. 34, new paragraph added at end, 1935, 233.

Sect. 34A, first paragraph revised, 1950, 574; paragraph added at
end, 1947, 366.

Sect. 35 amended, 1952, 308 § 2.

Sect. 36 revised, 1936, 415 § 2. (See 1936, 415 § 3.)

Sect. 36A added, 1945, 27 (relative to the acquisition by prescrip-
tion or adverse possession of title to lands of the commonwealth under
control of the department of conservation) .

Sects. 40-45 added, under caption "forest cutting practices",
1943, 539.

Sects. 42, 43 and 44 revised, 1952, 427.

Chapter 1.32A. — State Recreation Areas outside of the Metropolitan Parks
District (former title, State Parks and Reservations outside of the
Metropolitan Parks District).

Sect. 1 amended, 1954, 419 § 2. (See 1954, 419 § 6.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 490 § 37; 1954, 419 § 3. (See 1954, 419 § 6.)
Sect. 3, first sentence revised, 1955, 672.
Sect. 4 amended, 1954, 419 § 4. (See 1954, 419 § 6.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1946, 432 § 11.
Sect. 7 revised, 1941, 722 § 11.
Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 75 § 4.

Sect. 10 added, 1954, 419 § 5 (estabhshing the State Recreation
Areas Fund). (See 1954, 419 § 6.)

Chaps. 135-138.] GENERAL LawS. 1123

Chapter 135. — Unclaimed and Abandoned Property.

Sect. 1 revised, 1947, 441 § 1.
Sects. 2-4 repealed, 1947, 441 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1938, 98 § 1-
Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 98 § 3.
Sect. 11 amended, 1938, 98 § 2.

Chapter 136. — Observance of the Lord's Day.

Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 150 § 1; 1934, 63; 1935, 78; 1946, 207 § 1;
1955, 255 § 1.

Sect 3 revised 1955 255 5 2

Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 575; revised, 1953, 596; 1954, 303; sentence
added at end, 1955, 742.

Sect. 4A added, 1933, 150 § 2 (relative to the licensing of certain
enterprises to be held on the Lord's day at amusement parks and beach
resorts); revised, 1933, 309 § 1; sentence added at end, 1946, 207 § 2.
(See 1933, 309 § 2.)

Sect. 4B added, 1946, 207 § 3 (relative to the licensed operation
on the Lord's Day of bowling alleys).

Sect. 6, second and third paragraphs amended, 1934, 328 § 7; fourth
paragraph amended, 1932, 96 ; 1934, 354 ; paragraph added at end, 1933,
150 § 3; section revised, 1934, 373 § 6; second paragraph amended,
1955, 304; third paragraph amended, 1936, 129; 1937, 286; 1950, 256
§ 1; fourth paragraph amended, 1938, 143; same paragraph revised,
1943, 473; 1950, 681; 1951, 504; 1954, 217; last paragraph revised,
1946, 207 § 4; paragraph added at end, 1949, 190; 1950, 322.

Sect. 7 amended, 1934, 328 § 8; revised, 1934, 373 § 7.

Sect. 8 amended, 1937, 124.

Sect. 9 amended, 1953, 108.

Sect. 13 amended, 1932, 105.

Sect. 17, sentence added at end, 1933, 150 § 4; section amended,
1934, 55; revised, 1938, 60; last sentence revised, 1955, 524 § 3.

Sect. 19 repealed, 1950, 256 § 2.

Sect. 21 revised, 1935, 104, 109; 1946, 318 § 1; amended, 1948, 119;
revised, 1951, 32; 1954, 132. (See 1946, 318 § 1.)

Sect. 22. See 1933, 136; 1935, 49.

Chapter 138. — Alcoholic Liquors (Old Title, Intoxicating Liquors and
Certain Non-Intoxicating Beverages).

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 138 inserted, 1933, 376 § 2.

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 138 as so inserted:

Sect. 1, new paragraph (definition of "Alcohol") added, 1935, 440
§ 1; definition of "Restaurant" amended, 1936, 368 § 1; eighth para-
graph (definition of "Club") revised, 1934, 385 § 1; definition of
"Tavern" amended, 1934, 121 § 1; 1935, 253 § 1; definition of "Wines"
revised, 1941, 637 § 1. (See 1941, 637 § 3.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1934, 305, 372 § 4; 1935, 440 § 2; first sentence
revised, 1939, 470 § 1; 1943, 542 § 1.

1124 Changes in the [Chap. 138.

Sect. 3 amended, 1935, 440 § 3.

Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 385 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 440 § 4.

Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 440 § 5.

Sect. lOA revised, 1943, 542 § 2.

Sect. lOB added, 1934, 370 § 11 (authorizing the alcohoHc beverages
control commission to remove a member of a local licensing board
under certain conditions).

Sect. 11 revised, 1936, 207 § 1; 1947, 138 § 3. (See 1935, 281.)

Sect. 11 A, first paragraph amended, 1934, 142 § 1; paragraph in-
serted, 1934, 142 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1934, 142 § 3; section
revised, 1934, 211 § 1; last paragraph stricken out, 1935, 440 § 6; sec-
tion revised, 1951, 208. (See 1934, 142 § 4, 211 § 2.)

Sect. 12, first paragraph amended, 1934, 121 § 2; last sentence of
first paragraph revised, 1934, 370 § 1 ; second paragraph amended, 1934,

121 § 2; sentence contained in lines 42-53 revised, 1934, 370 § 2; section
revised, 1934, 385 § 3; first paragraph amended, 1935, 253 § 2; revised,
1935, 440 § 7; new paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1935, 253
§ 3; proviso contained in lines 46-48 stricken out, 1935, 253 § 4; third
paragraph revised, 1935, 440 § 8; next to last paragraph stricken out,

1935, 440 § 9; section revised, 1935, 468 § 1; first paragraph amended,

1936, 207 § 2; second sentence of first paragraph amended, 1949, 391;
last sentence of first paragraph revised, 1937, 331; 1943, 542 § 3;
second paragraph revised, 1936, 368 § 2; amended, 1943, 542 § 4; para-
graph inserted after third paragraph, 1948, 649; sixth paragraph
amended, 1955, 336; paragraph added at end, 1937, 264. (See 1943,
542 § 20.)

Sect. 12A added, 1950, 372 (relative to the renewal of licenses to sell
liquor in restaurants).

Sect. 13, last two sentences stricken out, 1934, 385 § 4; section re-
vised, 1935, 440 § 10.

Sect. 14 amended, 1934, 370 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1935,
440 § 11.

Sect. 15, first paragraph amended, 1934, 385 § 5; revised, 1935,
440 § 12; last paragraph revised, 1934, 370 § 4; last sentence revised,
1936, 225 § 1; second paragraph revised, 1938, 353.

Sect. 15A added, 1934, 370 § 5 (relative to the publication of appli-
cations for original licenses); revised, 1935, 440 § 13; 1939, 414;
amended, 1943, 542 § 5.

Sect. 16 revised, 1936, 368 § 3.

Sect. 16A revised, 1934, 385 § 6; 1937, 424 § 1.

Sect. 16B revised, 1935, 440 § 14; paragraph added at end, 1937,
291; section revised, 1937, 424 § 2; second paragraph revised, 1939, 92;
section amended, 1943, 542 § 6.

Sect. 16C added, 1954, 569 § 1 (limiting licenses for the sale of alco-
hohc beverages near schools and churches). (See 1954, 569 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 17, second proviso of first paragraph amended, 1934, 385 § 7;
first paragraph amended, 1935, 81; last paragraph revised, 1934, 83;
section revised, 1935, 440 § 15; first paragraph amended, 1936, 136,
245; 1937, 14 § 1; second paragraph revised, 1936, 199; paragraph
added after the second paragraph, 1936, 368 § 4; section revised, 1937,
424 § 3; paragraph in fines 77-105 amended, 1946, 305; 1953, 310;
paragraph in lines 106-118 revised, 1939, 263; paragraph in fines 119-

122 revised, 1941, 522; same paragraph amended, 1945, 666; revised,

Chap. 138.] GENERAL LaWS. 1125

1950, 222; 1951, 145; paragraph added at end, 1952, 197 § 1. (See

1937, 14 § 2; 1952, 197 § 2.)

Sect. 18, first paragraph revised, 1935, 440 § 16; first sentence re-
vised, 1943, 542 § 7; two paragraphs added, 1934, 385 § 8; paragraph
added at end, 1943, 542 § 8.

Sect. 18A added, under caption "selling agents of foreign im-
porters AND manufacturers", 1934, 312; first paragraph revised,
1935, 440 § 17.

Sect. 18B added, 1943, 542 § 9 (relative to the issuance of certificates
of compHance to persons Hcensed outside the commonwealth to export
and sell alcoholic beverages to licensees under this chapter).

Sect. 19, first paragraph revised, 1935, 440 § 18; second paragraph
amended, 1934, 385 § 9; last paragraph amended, 1934, 385 § 10; 1935,
440 § 19; paragraph added at end, 1936, 368 § 5.

Sect. 19A added, 1934, 385 § 11 (relative to the licensing of sales-
men for manufacturers and for wholesalers and importers) ; revised,
1935, 440 § 20.

Sect. 20 revised, 1934, 385 § 12; first paragraph amended, 1936,
368 § 6; paragraph inserted, 1936, 368 § 7; section revised, 1943, 542
§ 10.

Sect. 20A added, 1937, 424 § 4 (relative to granting permits to pub-
lic warehousemen to store and warehouse alcoholic beverages) ; amended,
1953, 654 § 95.

Sect. 21 revised, 1934, 385 § 13; first paragraph amended, 1935,
440 § 21; first six paragraphs revised, 1936, 411 § 1; 1939, 367 § 1;
first paragraph (as appearing in 1939, 367 § 1) amended, 1943, 542 § 11;
third paragraph (as so appearing) stricken out and two new paragraphs
inserted, 1941, 637 § 2; sixth paragraph (as so appearing) revised, 1943,
36; first seven paragraphs stricken out and eight paragraphs inserted,
1947, 625 § 1; next to the last paragraph (as appearing in 1934, 385
§ 13) amended, 1936, 368 § 8; last paragraph (as so appearing) revised,
1939, 451 § 55; paragraph added at end, 1939, 394; same paragraph
stricken out and two paragraphs inserted, 1947, 524; section amended,
1953, 654 § 96; revised, 1954, 402; amended, 1955, 421 § 1; sentence
added at end, 1955, 421 § 2. [For prior temporary additional excise,
1939, 434; 1941, 339; 1943, 423; 1945, 546. Additional excise, 1945,
731 § 11; 1953, 246 § 11.] (See 1936, 411 § 2; 1939, 367 § 2; 1941,
637 §3; 1947,625 §§3,4.)

Sect. 22 revised, 1934, 385 § 14; 1935, 440 § 22; fourth and fifth
paragraphs stricken out and new paragraph inserted, 1937, 418.

Sect. 22A added, 1934, 385 § 15 (providing for the granting bj^ the
alcoholic beverages control commission in certain cases of permits to
sell alcoholic beverages); sentence added at end, 1955, 322.

Sect. 23, sentence added at end of fourth paragraph, 1934, 370 § 6;
last paragraph amended, 1934, 245; section revised, 1934, 385 § 16;
fifth paragraph amended, 1935, 253 § 5; last four paragraphs stricken
out, and five new paragraphs inserted, 1935, 440 § 23; second of the
paragraphs so inserted revised, 1941, 578; fourth paragraph revised,

1938, 238; sentence added at end of next to last paragraph, 1939,
470 § 2; section revised, 1943, 542 § 12; paragraph added at end,
1955, 652.

Sect. 23A added, 1945, 215 (authorizing the Alcoholic Beverages
Control Commission to take action to eliminate unfair competition and
other trade abuses in the sale of alcoholic beverages) ; revised, 1950, 780.

1126 Changes in the [Chap. 138.

Sect. 23B added, 1955, 382 (permitting holders of alcoholic beverages
licenses to retain said licenses when the licensed premises have been
taken by public necessity).

Sect. 24, first sentence amended, 1934, 232; section revised, 1943,
542 § 13; first sentence revised, 1952, 426.

Sects. 25A, 25B added, 1946, 304 (prohibiting discrimination be-
tween licensees authorized to sell alcoholic beverages by eliminating
the practice of granting special inducements to favored licensees) .

Sect. 25B, paragraph (e) revised, 1950, 261.

Sect. 25C added, 1952, 385, 567 § 1 (relative to the elimination of
certain trade abuses). (See 1952, 567 § 2.)

Sect. 26, first paragraph amended, 1935, 440 § 24.

Sect. 27 revised, 1934, 301 § 1; amended, 1934, 385 § 23; revised
1935, 442; amended, 1936, 436 § 3; revised, 1936, 438; 1941, 729 § 13
1947, 625 § 2; first sentence revised, 1955, 540 § 3. (See 1936, 436 § 4
1941, 729 § 15; 1947, 625 § 4; 1955, 540 §§ 5, 6, 7.)

Sect. 28 amended, 1934, 112.

Sect. 29 revised, 1935, 440 § 25.

Sect. 30 amended, 1935, 83 § 1; 1943, 542 § 14. (See 1935, 83 § 2.)

Sect. 30A revised, 1934, 370 § 7; 1935, 440 § 26.

Sect. 30B amended, 1935, 440 § 27; paragraph added at end, 1936,
368 § 9.

Sect. 30D amended, 1935, 440 § 28.

Sect. 30E, first paragraph amended, 1935, 440 § 29.

Sect. 30F revised. 1935, 440 § 30.

Sect. 30G amended, 1935, 440 § 31.

Sect. 30H added, 1935, 440 § 32 (possession or transportation of
alcoholic beverages or alcohol under certain circumstances deemed
prima facie evidence of violation of law).

Sect. 31 amended, 1935, 440 § 33; revised, 1936, 368 § 10

Sect. 32 amended, 1934, 370 § 8.

Sect. 33 revised, 1934, 370 § 9; amended, 1935, 468 § 2; last sentence
revised, 1936, 225 § 2; section amended, 1937, 268; 1941, 356.

Sect. 34 amended, 1935, 440 § 34; revised, 1936, 171; 1937, 424 § 5;
amended, 1943, 542 § 15.

Sect, 34A added, 1935, 146 (relative to procuring by false repre-
sentation sales or delivery of alcoholic beverages to minors); revised,
1935, 440 § 35.

Sect. 36 amended, 1934, 385 § 17.

Sect. 37 revised, 1934, 385 § 18.

Sect. 38 amended, 1941, 199.

Sects. 42-55 affected, 1935, 440 § 36.

Sect. 42, paragraph added at end, 1935, 440 § 36.

Sect. 46 amended, 1934, 370 § 10; 1935, 440 § 37.

Sect. 56 revised, 1935, 440 § 38; 1936, 368 § 11.

Sect. 57 revised, 1936, 368 § 12.

Sect. 62 amended, 1935, 440 § 39.

Sect. 63, first sentence revised, 1934, 385 § 19; section revised, 1935,
440 § 40: 1936, 368 § 13.

Sect. 63A revised, 1935, 440 § 41 ; 1943, 542 § 16.

Sect. 64 revised, 1934, 385 § 20.

Sect. 65 revised, 1943, 542 § 17.

Sect. 67 amended, 1934, 385 § 21; revised, 1935, 440 § 42; amended,

Chaps. 139, 140.] GENERAL LaWS. 1127

1938, 400; first paragraph amended, 1943, 542 § 18; section revised,
1953, 672; last two paragraphs stricken out and three paragraphs in-
serted, 1954, 574; paragraph inserted after fifth paragraph, 1955, 461.

Sect. 70 revised, 1934, 301 § 2; 1945, 598.

Sect. 71 amended, 1953, 654 § 97.

Sects. 72-75 repealed, 1934, 372 § 1.

Sect. 76 revised, 1934, 372 § 2; next to last sentence revised, 1934,
385 § 22; section revised, 1935, 440 § 43.

Sect. 77 revised, 1943, 542 § 19.

Chapter 139. — Common Nuisances.

Sect. 2, sentence added at end, 1945, 697 § 5.

Sect. 14, caption amended, 1934, 328 § 9; section amended, 1934,
328 § 10.

Sect. 16 amended, 1934, 328 § 11.

Sect. 16A amended, 1934, 328 § 12.

Sect. 17 repealed, 1934, 328 § 13.

Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 328 § 14.

Sect. 20 amended, 1934, 328 § 15; 1948, 132.

Chapter 140. — Licenses.

Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 171 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 424 § 6; revised, 1941, 439 § 1.

Sect. 6A added, 1937, 424 § 7 (providing for the granting of com-
mon victuallers' licenses and licenses to sell alcoholic beverages upon
condition that licensed premises are equipped and furnished accord-
ing to plans and estimates approved in advance) ; repealed, 1941, 439
§2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1936, 368 § 14; revised, 1943, 328.

Sect. 9A added, 1939, 431 (relative to the keeping of the premises of
common victuallers open for business) .

Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 167.

Sect. 12 revised, 1932, 86; 1933, 92; 1943, 31.

Sects. 21E and 21F added, under caption "organizations dis-
pensing FOOD OR beverages TO MEMBERS AND GUESTS ", 1933, 284

(providing for the regulation of such organizations) .

Sect. 21E, last sentence revised, 1934, 328 § 16; affected, 1934, 328
§17.

Sect. 23 revised, 1952, 577.

Sect. 26 revised, 1954, 61.

Sect. 27, first sentence amended, 1947, 375; 1950, 326 § 1; 1954,
134 § 1.

Sect. 29 amended, 1953, 135.

Sects. 32A-32E added, 1939, 416 (requiring the licensing of recrea-
tional camps, overnight camps or cabins and trailer camps); caption
preceding section 32A revised, 1950, 326 § 2; 1954, 134 § 2.

Sect. 32A amended, 1950, 326 § 3; 1954, 134 § 3.

Sect. 32B amended, 1941, 396; revised, 1945, 153; first two sentences
amended, 1950, 326 § 4; first sentence amended, 1954, 134 § 4; second
sentence revised, 1950, 802 § 1. (See 1950, 802 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 32C amended, 1950, 326 § 5; 1954, 134 § 5.

1128 Changes in the [Chap. 140.

Sect. 32D amended, 1950, 326 § 6; 1954, 134 § 6.

Sect. 32E amended, 1950, 326 § 7; 1954, 134 § 7.

Sects. 32F-32K added, 1950, 326 § 8 (providing for the regulation of
trailer coach parks) .

Sect. 32F, sentence added at end, 1950, 802 § 2; paragraph added
at end, 1951, 74; amended, 1955, 623. (See 1950, 802 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 32G revised, 1950, 802 § 3; 1952, 583 § 1; 1954, 410. (See
1950,802 §§4,5; 1952,583 §3.)

Sect. 48 repealed, 1937, 342 § 2.

Sect. 51 amended, 1932, 275; 1935, 428 § 3; 1936, 55 § 1; revised,
1941, 626 § 12; amended, 1947, 253. (See 1935, 428 §§ 6, 7; 1936,
55 § 2.)

Sect. 52 amended, 1935, 428 § 4. (See 1935, 428 § 7.)

Sect. 55 amended, 1938, 59.

Sect. 56A added, 1951, 345 (relative to the licensing of shooting
galleries) .

Sect. 57, sentence added at end, 1952, 103 § 1.

Sect. 58, second paragraph revised, 1948, 181 § 1; definition of
''Class 3" revised, 1952, 103 § 2.

Sect. 59 amended, 1934, 254 § 1; 1938, 96; revised, 1948, 181 § 2.
(See 1934, 254 § 2; 1953, 349.)

Sect. 60 revised, 1948, 201 § 3. (See 1948, 201 § 4.)

Sect. 62 amended, 1948, 181 § 3.

Sect. 65 revised, 1948, 181 § 4.

Sect. 71 revised, 1943, 154.

Sect. 90, three sentences added at end, 1934, 179 § 1; section re-
vised, 1946, 223 § 1. (See 1946, 223 § 2.)

Sect. 96, sentence added at end, 1934, 179 § 2; section amended,
1941, 158 § 1. (See 1941, 158 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 100 amended, 1946, 119; revised, 1946, 174 § 1. (See 1946,
174 § 2.)

Sect. 115 revised, 1948, 550 § 21; 1949, 297 § 7.

Sect. 121 amended, 1934, 359 § 1.

Sect. 129A repealed, 1945, 254.

Sect. 130, sentence added at end, 1945, 132; section revised, 1951,
373 § 1.

Sect. 130A added, 1951, 373 § 2 (further regulating the sale of

Sect. 131 revised, 1936, 302; amended, 1951, 201; 1953, 319 § 20;

sentence added at end, 1953, 454. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 131C added, 1934, 246 (prohibiting persons licensed to carry-
pistols and revolvers from carrying the same in vehicles unless said

weapons are under their control therein).
Sect. 131D added, 1947, 492 § 5 (relative to the emission of smoke

by steam locomotives) ; repealed, 1954, 672 § 7.
Sect. 132 repealed, 1954, 672 § 7.
Sect. 133 amended, 1939, 451 § 56; revised, 1948, 550 § 22; 1949,

297 § 8; repealed, 1954, 672 § 7.

Sect. 134 repealed, 1954, 672 § 7. ^

Sect. 135 repealed, 1954, 672 § 7. ■

Sect. 136 revised, 1947, 492 § 6; repealed, 1954, 672 § 7. ^™

Sect. 136A, under caption "dogs", added, 1934, 320 § 1 (definitions

of certain words and phrases in sections 137-175); amended, 1943,

111 § 1. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Chap. 140.] GENERAL LawS. 1129

Sect. 137 amended, 1932, 289 § 1; revised (and caption stricken out)
1934, 320 § 2; revised, 1943, 111 § 2; 1945, 140. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sects. 137A-137C added, 1934, 320 § 3 (relative to kennel licenses
and regulating holders of such licenses). (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Sect. 137A, paragraph added at end, 1937, 95; first paragraph
stricken out and three paragraphs inserted, 1943. Ill § 3.
Sect. 137C revised, 1939, 206.

Sect. 137D added, 1948, 329 (prohibiting the issuing of dog licenses
to persons convicted of cruelty to animals).

Sect. 138 revised, 1934, 320 § 4; 1938, 92; 1943, 111 § 4. (See 1934,
320 § 34.)

Sect. 139 amended, 1934, 320 § 5; sentence added at end, 1939, 23;
sentence added at end, 1941, 132. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 140 repealed, 1934, 320 § 6. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 141 revised, 1934, 320 § 7. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sects. 142-144 repealed, 1934, 320 § 8. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 145 amended, 1932, 289 § 2.

Sect. 145A added, 1932, 289 § 3 (relative to the furnishing of anti-

rabic vaccine); revised, 1934, 320 § 9; 1937, 375; last sentence revised,

1939, 42. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Sect. 146 revised, 1934, 320 § 10; 1941, 133 § 1. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Sect. 147 revised, 1932, 289 § 4; 1934, 320 § 11; amended, 1941, 133

§ 2. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Sect. 148 repealed, 1932, 289 § 6. (See G. L. chapter 41 § 13A. in-
serted bv 1932, 289 § 5.)

Sect. 150 revised, 1934, 320 § 12; 1954, 357. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 151 revised, 1934, 320 § 13; fifth sentence revised, 1948, 11 § 1.
Sect. 151A added, 1934, 320 § 14 (powers and duties of dog officers
under annual warrants from mavors or selectmen) ; last sentence re-
vised, 1948, 11 § 2. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Sect. 152 revised, 1934, 320 § 15. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 153 revised, 1934, 320 § 16. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 154 repealed, 1934, 320 § 17. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 155 revised, 1934, 320 § 18. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 156 revised, 1934, 320 § 19; 1951, 156. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 157 revised, 1934, 320 § 20. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 158 revised, 1934, 320 § 21. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 159 revised, 1934, 320 § 22. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 160 revised, 1934, 320 § 23. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 161, fii-st two sentences amended, 1932, 289 § 7; section
amended, 1934, 320 § 24. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Sect. 161A added, 1934, 320 § 25 (reimbursement for damages by
dogs regulated). (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

Sect. 162 revised, 1934, 320 § 26. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 163 amended, 1934, 320 § 27. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 164 amended, 1934, 320 § 28. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 165 revised, 1934, 320 § 29. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 166 amended, 1934, 320 § 30. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 170 amended, 1934, 320 § 31. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 171 revised, 1934, 320 § 32. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 172 revised, 1932, 289 § 8.

Sect. 174 amended, 1953, 319 § 21. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)
Sect. 175 revised, 1932, 289 § 9; 1934, 320 § 33; 1943, 93; repealed,
1945, 276 § 2. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)

1130 Changes in the [Chaps. 141, 142.

Sect. 176 revised, 1948, 550 § 23.

Sect. 177A added, 1949, 361 (relative to the licensing and operation
of mechanical amusement devices).
Sect. 179 revised, 1948, 434.
Sects. 180A-180D added, under caption "theatrical booking

AGENTS, PERSONAL AGENTS AND MANAGERS", 1935, 378 (providing for

the licensing and bonding of certain theatrical booking agents, per-
sonal agents and managers).

Sect. 180A revised, 1946, 566 § 1 ; paragraph added at end, 1948, 256;
section revised, 1954, 630.

Sect. 180B revised, 1946, 566 § 2.

Sect. 180C revised, 1946, 566 § 3.

Sect. 181. Affected by 1935, 454 § 8.

Sect. 181 A added, 1948, 534 (requiring certain entertainers and per-
sons appearing under assumed names to file their true names with the
commissioner of public safety).

Sect. 181B added, 1949, 132 (requiring the posting of the schedule
of admission prices to travelling entertainments).

Sect. 183A amended, 1935, 102 § 1; 1936, 71 § 1. (See 1935, 102
§2.)

Sect. 183B repealed, 1936, 71 § 2.

Sect. 183D added, 1951, 216 (requiring common victuallers and
others to post minimum charges).

Sect. 184 amended, 1934, 328 § 18.

Sect. 185A amended, 1936, 279; paragraph added at end, 1941, 247.

Sect. 185H added, 1939, 253 (relative to the licensing and supervision
of dancing schools, so called).

Sect. 186 amended, 1936, 169 § 1.

Sect. 187 amended, 1936, 169 § 2.

Sect. 192 revised, 1948, 550 § 24; 1949, 297 § 9.

Sect. 202 revised, 1936, 169 § 3; 1948, 550 § 25; 1949, 297 § 10.

Chapter 141. — Supervision of Electricians.

Sect. 1, first paragraph amended, 1943, 308.

Sect. 2, fourth paragraph stricken out, 1946, 480 § 1.

Sect. 2A added, 1946, 480 § 2 (granting a credit in the examination
standing of certain veterans applying for electricians' licenses) ; revised,
1954, 627 § 29. (See 1954, 627 §§ 41, 65, 67.)

Sect. 3, clause (3) revised, 1954, 190 § 1; clause (4) amended, 1934,
347 § 1; clause (5) amended, 1954, 190 § 2; clause (8) amended, 1948,
187.

Sect. 8 revised, 1948, 629 § 1. (See 1948, 629 § 2.)

Chapter 142. — Supervision of Plumbing.

Sect. 3, sentence inserted after the first sentence, 1948, 382.

Sect. 4, first sentence revised, 1947, 382; paragraph added at end,
1946, 502; revised, 1954, 627 § 30. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 5 revised, 1954, 200.

Sect. 6 revised, 1934, 347 § 2.

Sect. U amended, 1945, 703 § 11; revised, 1954, 627 § 31. (See
1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Chap. 143.] GENERAL LaWS. 1131

Sect. 13 amended, 1934, 284; 1954, 157.

Sect. 15 revised, 1952, 112.

Sect. 17 revised, 1936, 234; 1941, 518 § 1; paragraph added at end,

1945, 477; section revised, 1955, 612 § 1.
Sect. 18 revised, 1941, 518 § 2.

Sect. 19 revised, 1941, 518 § 3; 1955, 612 § 2.

Sect. 21 added, 1938, 302 (providing for regulation of plumbing in
buildings owned and used by the commonwealth).

Sect. 22 added, 1941, 518 § 4 (providing for the enforcement of cer-
tain laws relative to the marking, construction and installation of hot
water tanks).

Chapter 143. — Inspection and Regulation of, and Licenses for, Buildings,
Elevators and Cinematographs.

Sect. 1, definition of "Alteration" revised, 1945, 480; definitions of
"Building" and "Commissioner" inserted, 1945, 480; definition of
"Inspector" amended, 1943, 544 § 7B; revised, 1945, 480; definition of
"Institution" inserted, 1955, 662 § 1; definition of "Place of assembly"
inserted after paragraph in lines 12-14, 1943, 546 § 1; revised, 1945,
480; definition of "PubUc building" revised, 1945, 480; definition of
"PubHc hall" revised, 1946, 363 § 1; definition of "Special hall" re-
vised, 1941, 694; definition of "Structure" inserted, 1945, 480; defini-
tion of "Supervisor of plans" revised, 1946, 363 § 1. (See 1945, 722
§2.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1949, 125.

Sect. 2 A added, 1948, 582 § 1 (excluding the state house from cer-
tain provisions of law relating to the safety of persons in buildings);
sentence added at end, 1951, 430. (See 1948, 582 § 3.)

Sect. 2B added, 1949, 547 (providing for regulations relative to fire
protection and prevention in the state house).

Sect. 2C added, 1954, 34 (relative to the evacuation of the state house
in case of fire or other disaster).

Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 544 § 2; 1945, 674 § 1; first paragraph revised,

1946, 363 § 2; amended, 1949, 156 § 3; paragraph inserted after second
paragraph, 1946, 423; paragraph added at end, 1949, 156 § 4; amended,
1951, 85. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)

Sects. 3A-3H added, 1943, 544 § 2 (providing for rules and regula-
tions for protecting hfe and hmb in places of assembly and for the en-
forcement of laws, rules and regulations, ordinances and by-laws for
protecting the same therein). (See 1943, 544 §§ 7A and 8.)
Sect. 3 A revised, 1945, 482 § 1. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sect. 3B revised, 1945, 645 § 2; sentence inserted after first sentence,

1947, 646; fourth paragraph amended, 1948, 144 § 1.
Sect. 3C repealed, 1945, 645 § 3.

Sect. 3D revised, 1945, 482 § 2. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)

Sects. 3E and 3F repealed, 1945, 645 § 3.

Sect. 3G revised, 1945, 482 § 3; 1946, 363 § 3. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)

Sect. 3H revised, 1945, 645 § 4.

Sects. 3I-3K added, 1947, 631 § 1 (to provide regulations for the
prevention of fire and the preservation of hfe, health and morals in
buildings used for dwelling purposes and to provide for alternatives to
the requirements of ordinances, by-laws or regulations relative to the
construction, alteration, repair, use or occupancy of such buildings).

1132 Changes in the [Chap. 143.

Sect. 31 amended, 1948, 438 § 1.

Sect. 3J amended, 1950, 534 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1955,
617 § 1; second paragraph amended, 1955, 617 § 2; third paragraph
amended, 1952, 158.

Sect. 3K, paragraph added at end, 1948, 438 § 2; same paragraph
amended, 1949, 530; section repealed, 1950, 534 § 2.

Sect. 3L added, 1950, 617 § 1 (relative to rules and regulations for
the installation, repair and maintenance of electrical wiring and fixtures).
(See 1950, 617 § 2.)

Sect. 3M added, 1951, 285 (relative to the depth and slant of window
ledges on certain new buildings); stricken out, 1951, 752.

Sect. 6 revised, 1946, 363 § 4; amended, 1949, 541 § 1.

Sect. 7, sentence added at end, 1949, 156 § 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 697 § 1; 1949, 541 § 2.

Sect. 9 revised, 1945, 697 § 2 ; sentence inserted after first sentence,
1949, 156 § 5; section amended, 1949, 541 § 3.

Sect. 9A added, 1945, 697 § 2A (relative to recovery for damage to
other property caused by the making safe or taking down of a danger-
ous structure). (See 1945, 697 § 2B.)

Sect. 10 revised, 1945, 697 § 3; amended, 1949, 541 § 4.

Sect. U amended, 1949, 541 § 5.

Sect. 12 amended, 1945, 697 § 4.

Sect. 13 revised, 1946, 363 § 5.

Sect. 15 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; first sentence amended, 1947,
645 § 1; section revised, 1949, 539; first sentence amended, 1952,
509 § 1; 1955, 662 § 2. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)

Sect. 16 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; revised, 1945, 473. (See 1943,
544 § 7A.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1945, 700 § 1.

Sect. 21 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; revised, 1943, 546 § 2; 1945, 536;
first sentence revised, 1947, 645 § 2; amended, 1952, 509 § 2; 1955,
662 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A, 546 § 5; 1945, 722 § 2.)

Sects. 21A and 21B added, 1943, 546 § 3 (further regulating the
means of ingress to and egress from places of assembly and certain
other places). (See 1943, 546 §§ 5 and 6.)

Sect. 21A amended, 1945, 474 § 1; 1946, 363 § 6; revised, 1948,
440.

Sect. 21B amended, 1945, 482 § 4; revised, 1945, 722 § 1; para-
graph added at end, 1946, 327 § 1; section revised, 1947, 654 § 1; 1948,
502. (See 1947, 654 § 3.)

Sect. 21C added, 1946, 327 § 2 (relative to the use and maintenance
of revolving doors, so called, in certain buildings) ; revised, 1947, 654
§ 2; 1948, 439 § 1; 1949, 540; paragraph added at end, 1952, 435.
(See 1947, 654 § 3.)

Sects. 24-33 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)

Sect. 28 revised, 1945, 474 § 2; 1947, 648; third sentence revised,
1955, 662 § 5.

Sect. 29 revised, 1950, 288 § 1. (See 1950, 288 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 33 revised, 1945, 533 § 1; 1946, 363 § 7; amended, 1947, 645
§ 3; 1948, 439 § 2; 1952, 509 § 3; 1955, 062 § 4. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
■ Sect. 34 revised, 1943, 544 § 4; amended, 1952, 541 §4; 1954, 158.
(See 1943, 544 § 7A.)

Sect. 43 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)

Sect. 44 amended, 1947, 643.

Chaps. 145, 146.] GENERAL LaWS. 1133

Sects. 45 and 46 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)

Sect. 47, last sentence stricken out, 1945, 700 § 2.

Sect. 48 amended, 1945, 700 § 3.

Sect. 49 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; revised, 1945, 526. (See 1943,
544 § 7A.)

Sect. 50, sentence added at end, 1945, 472. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)

Sects. 51 and 52 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)

Sect. 51 revised, 1945, 510.

Sect. 52 revised, 1945, 478.

Sect. 53 amended, 1949, 541 § 6.

Sect. 54 revised, 1943, 544 § 5. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.) Affected,
1955, 675 § 2.

Sect. 55 amended, 1949, 541 § 7.

Sect. 57 revised, 1945, 533 § 2; 1948, 582 § 2. (See 1945, 722 § 2,
1948, 582 § 3.)

Sect. 59 revised, 1943, 544 § 6; 1945, 533 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A;
1945 722 5 2.)

Sect. 60 amended, 1945, 533 § 4. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)

Sect. 61 revised, 1945, 674 § 2. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)

Sect. 62, sentence added at end, 1950, 509.

Sect. 69 revised, 1945, 643 § 2; second paragraph amended, 1948,
144 § 2.

Sects. 71A-71C added, 1945, 626 § 1 (providing for the licensing
of persons engaged in the construction and maintenance of elevators
and escalators). (See 1945, 626 § 2.)

Sect. 71D added, 1946, 495 (providing that persons engaged in
certain work in the construction and maintenance of elevators and
escalators need not be licensed as elevator constructors, maintenance
men or repairmen).

Sect. 74 revised, 1941, 553 § 1. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)

Sect. 75 revised, 1941, 553 § 2; amended, 1950, 112. (See 1941,
553 § 9.)

Sect. 76 revised, 1941, 553 § 3. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)

Sects. 77 and 78 repealed, 1941, 553 § 4. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)

Sect. 79 revised, 1941, 553 § 5. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)

Sect. 80 repealed, 1941, 553 § 4. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)

Sect. 82 amended, 1941, 553 § 6. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)

Sect. 85 amended, 1941, 553 § 7; revised, 1955, 44. (See 1941,
553 § 9.)

Sect. 86 amended, 1941, 553 § 8. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)

Sect. 89 added, 1955, 152 § 1 (relative to the storage, distribution and
exhibition of certain nitrate motion picture film).

Chapter 145. — Tenement Houses in Towns.

Sect. 17A added, 1934, 168 (relative to the erection of garages in
the yards of certain tenement houses).

Sect. 59, sentence added at end, 1948, 550 § 26.

Chapter 146. — Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, etc., Licenses of Engineers,
Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery.

Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 459; 1946, 336 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1946, 336 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1948, 321.

1134 Changes in the [Chap. 147.

Sect. 13 amended, 1952, 153.

Sect. 16 revised, 1932, 180 § 28.

Sect. 18 amended, 1953, 35 § 1.

Sect. 22 revised, 1952, 541 § 1.

Sect. 34 revised, 1938, 319 § 1; sentence added at end, 1947, 620;
same sentence revised, 1948, 146.

Sect. 35 amended, 1938, 319 § 2.

Sect. 38 amended, 1953, 35 § 2.

Sect. 40 revised, 1952, 541 § 2.

Sect. 46, first sentence amended, 1953, 207 § lA.

Sect. 49, last sentence revised, 1953, 207 § 1. (See 1953, 207 § 2.)

Sect. 50 amended, 1935, 67; 1951, 36.

Sect. 52 repealed, 1948, 140.

Sect. 57 revised, 1952, 541 § 3.

Sect. 60 amended, 1951, 398.

Sect. 63 amended, 1952, 154.

Sect. 67 revised, 1941, 525 § 1; amended, 1946, 180; revised, 1951,
393; 1952, 175. (See 1941, 525 § 2.)

Sect. 68 stricken out, 1953, 319 § 22. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Chapter 147. — State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of
the Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 1A added, 1947, 668 § 1 (relative to the policing of reservations
of the United States of America). (See 1947, 668 § 2.)

Sect. 4B added, 1939, 116 (providing that local police authorities
and district attorneys be furnished with information relative to certain
persons charged with or convicted of sex crimes, so called, upon their
release or discharge from certain institutions) ; revised, 1954, 246.

Sect. 4C added, 1955, 771 § 2 (relative to the functions and duties of
the criminal information bureau).

Sect. 8 A added, 1938, 296 (authorizing the carrying of certain
weapons by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and special sheriffs, and certain
officers in the department of correction) ; revised, 1939, 174.

Sect. 10 amended, 1934, 23.

Sect. lOA added, 1949, 148 (authorizing the appointment as special
police officers of employees of the Port of Boston Authority).

Sect. lOB added, 1953, 536 (authorizing the appointment as special
poHce officers of certain employees of the department of pubhc health).

Sects. 13B and 13C added, 1939, 419 § 2 (providing for the ultimate
abolition of reserve police forces in certain cities and towns).

Sect. 16A added, 1937, 85 § 1 (providing for one day off in every
seven davs for police officers in certain cities and towns) ; revised, 1938,
426 § 1. '

Sect. 16B added, 1938, 426 § 2 (providing for one day off in every
six days for police officers of certain cities and towns) .

Sect. 16C added, 1951, 346 § 1 (providing for a five day work week
for police officers in certain cities and towns) .

Sect. 17 amended, 1937, 85 § 2; 1938, 426 § 3; 1951, 346 § 2; sen-
tence added at end, 1954, 325.

Sect. 17A added, 1952, 268 (providing additional off duty and extra
pay for pohce officers in certain cases).

Sect. 19, sentence added after the first sentence, 1939, 256 § 2. (See
1939, 256 § 3.)

Chap. 148.] GENERAL LaWS. 1135

Sects. 25A-25C added, 1937, 437 § 1 (relative to promoting peaceful
industrial relations by regulating certain forms of private police and
detective activity in labor disputes and related matters).

Sect. 25A, sentence added at end, 1953, 76.

Sect. 25B repealed, 1954, 544 § 1.

Sect. 25C revised, 1954, 544 § 2.

Sect. 26 amended, 1937, 437 § 2.

Sect. 30 revised, 1937, 437 § 3.

Sect. 32 revised, 1935, 262 § 1.

Sect. 33 amended, 1935, 262 § 2.

Sect. 35 revised, 1934, 69; 1948, 199.

Sect. 36 revised, 1932, 79.

Sect. 38 revised, 1947, 234; sixth sentence amended, 1953, 238.

Sect. 39 revised, 1948, 371; 1949,371; 1950,114.

Sect. 39A added, 1948, 232 (excluding certain persons who have
been knocked out from participating in boxing or sparring matches).

Sect. 39B added, 1954, 177 (requiring certain persons licensed to
conduct boxing matches to provide insurance for contestants).

Sect. 40 amended, 1952, 203.

Chapter 148. — Fire Prevention.

Sect. 1, definition of "Head of the fire department" revised, 1945,
470; definition of "local Ucensing authority" amended, 1932, 102;
revised, 1953, 230 § 1 ; three paragraphs added at end, defining "Board,"
"Building" and "Structure," 1945, 470. (See 1953, 230 § 2.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1948, 504.

Sect. 3 amended, 1945, 700 § 4.

Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 710 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1955,
662 § 6.

Sect. 5, sentence in Unes 16-17 amended, 1945, 463.

Sect. 9 amended, 1945, 710 § 3.

Sect. 10 revised, 1945, 710 § 4; third paragraph amended, 1948, 144
§3.

Sect. lOA added, 1932, 75 (relative to the granting of certain permits
and the making of certain inspections by municipal officers designated
by the state fire marshal) ; revised, 1945, 479.

Sect. lOB added, 1954, 331 (establishing a penalty for the violation
of any rule or regulation made by the board of fire prevention regula-
tions) .

Sect. 13, first paragraph amended, 1932, 22 § 1; section amended,
1935, 123 § 1; revised, 1936, 394 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1945,
415 § 1; revised, 1945, 710 § 5; 1948, 550 § 27; amended, 1951, 329;
1953, 200; second paragraph amended, 1945, 710 § 6; third paragraph
amended, 1939, 333; 1945, 710 § 7; fourth paragraph amended, 1945,
710 § 8; last paragraph amended, 1938, 99. (See 1932, 22 § 2; 1936,
394 §§ 2, 3; 1945, 415 § 2; 710 § 19.)

Sect. 14 amended, 1938, 103.

Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 288.

Sect. 18 repealed, 1934, 182 § 2.

Sect. 19, sentence added at end, 1948, 550 § 28.

Sect. 20 A added, 1946, 501 (relative to bonds to cover risk of damages
from blasting operations conducted in several municipalities).

1136 Changes in the [Chap. 149.

Sect. 21 amended, 1945, 710 § 9.

Sect. 22 amended, 1945, 710 § 10.

Sect. 23 amended, 1935, 123 § 2.

Sect. 23A added, 1948, 188 (prohibiting the use of inflammable anti-
freeze solutions in fire hydrants).

Sect. 25 amended, 1945, 710 § 11.

Sect. 26 amended, 1945, 481.

Sect. 27A added, 1932, 283 (relative to the protection of life and
property from fire hazards incident to the present industrial emer-
gency).

Sect. 28, paragraph L amended, 1943, 546 § 4; section amended,
1945, 710 § 12; paragraph I revised, 1949, 512; paragraph L revised
and paragraph N added, 1946, 363 § 9. (See 1943, 546 § 5.)

Sect. 29 amended, 1939, 205.

Sect. 30 amended, 1945, 710 § 13.

Sect. 31 amended, 1945, 460.

Sect. 38 amended, 1945, 710 § 14.

Sect. 38 A added, 1938, 95 (prohibiting the removal of certain gaso-
line tanks without a permit).

Sect. 39 revised, 1943, 291 § 1.

Sect. 39A added, 1943, 291 § 2 (authorizing the making of rules and
regulations for the granting of permits for supervised displays of fire-
works); amended, 1945, 256; 710 § 15.

Sect. 40 amended, 1945, 710 § 16; sentence added at end, 1948,
550 § 29.

Sect. 42, sentence added at end, 1951, 184.

Sect. 46 amended, 1945, 710 § 17.

Sects. 48 and 49 repealed, 1946, 282.

Sect. 49A added, 1934, 182 § 1 (relative to the inspection of kerosene
or any product thereof kept for sale for illuminating, heating or cook-
ing purposes) ; repealed, 1946, 282.

Sect. 50 amended, 1943, 291 § 3.

Sect. 52 A added, 1950, 258 (prohibiting the sale of exploding matches).

Sect. 53 repealed, 1943, 291 § 4.

Sect. 54 revised, 1948, 370 § 2; amended, 1952, 254.

Chapter 149. — Labor and Industries.

For temporary legislation authorizing the commissioner of labor and
industries to suspend certain laws, rules and regulations relative to
the employment of women and minors when necessary to provide relief
from conditions resulting from the present shortage of man power,
see 1943, 382.

For temporary legislation authorizing the commissioner of labor
and industries to suspend certain laws, rules and regulations relative
to the employment of women and minors when an emergency exists or
conditions of hardship require or justifv suspension, see 1947, 357 § 4;
1949, 332; 1950, 168; 1951, 167; 1952, 119; 1953, 236; 1954, 10;
1955, 106.

For legislation relative to interstate compacts affecting labor and
industry, see 1933, Res. 44; 1934, 383, Res. 25; 1935, 315 §§ 1-3; 1936,
Res. 68; 1937, 404; 1943, 255.

Sect. 1, paragraph defining "co-operative courses" amended, 1939,
461 § 4; paragraph defining "discrimination" inserted, 1937, 367 § 1;

Chap. 149.] GENERAL LawS. 1137

paragraphs defining "employee" and "employer" inserted, 1945, 584
§ 1; definition of "employment" amended, 1945, 584 § 2; revised,

1945, 646; paragraph defining "emploj^ment permit", "permit for
employment" or "emploj'-ment certificate" inserted, 1939, 461 § 4A;
revised, 1945, 133 § 3; paragraph defining "mercantile establishments"
amended, 1936, 78.

Sect. 6 amended, 1934, 132 § 1; 1937,249; two paragraphs added at
end, 1952, 155; paragraph added at end, 1954, 680 § 7. (See 1934,
132 § 2.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1943, 441.

Sect. 11 amended, 1935, 328; revised, 1950, 453.

Sect. 17 amended, 1945, 430.

Sect. 19A added, 1953, 117 (requiring the furnishing of copies of
certain medical reports to employees).

Sect. 20A added, 1933, 351 § 1 (relative to the judicial enforcement
of certain contracts relative to membership in labor or employers'
organizations). (See 1933, 351 § 2.)

Sects. 20B and 20C added, 1935, 407 § 1 (regulating the liability
of labor unions and others involved in labor disputes, and defining
labor disputes and other terms used in connection therewith). (See
1935, 407 § 6.)

Sect. 20C. See 1937, 436 § 10; G. L. 150A § 6 (h) inserted by 1938,
345 § 2; first sentence amended, 1950, 452 § 1; subsection (c) stricken
out and subsections (c)-(f) inserted, 1950, 452 § 2. (See 1950, 452
§§ 5-7.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1951, 166 § 1; 1955, 430.

Sect. 23, first paragraph amended, 1951, 166 § 2; second paragraph
amended, 1935, 114.

Sect. 23A added, 1934, 233 (regulating the employment of armed
guards in connection with strikes, lockouts and other labor troubles).

Sect. 23B added, 1955, 241 (prohibiting the use of auxihary police or
other personnel organized under the civil defense laws in connection
with any labor dispute).

Sect. 24 amended, 1933, 272; revised, 1950, 452 § 4. (See 1950,
452 §§ 5-7.)

Sects. 24A-24J added, under the caption "discrimination against
certain persons in employment on account of age", 1937, 367 § 2.

Sects. 26 and 27 stricken out, and new sections 26-27D added, 1935,
461 (relative to preference and minimum wages of veterans and others
in certain employments on certain public works).

Sect. 26 amended, 1947, 334; first sentence revised, 1954, 627 § 32;
paragraph added at end, 1937, 346; same paragraph revised, 1938, 413;

1946, 591 § 46. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)
Sect. 27, last sentence revised, 1955, 180.
Sect. 27D amended, 1955, 453.

Sect. 27E added, 1938, 67 (establishing residential requirements to
be observed in the employment of certain persons by the department
of public works).

Sect. 28 revised, 1948, 550 § 30.

Sect. 29 amended, 1935, 217 § 2; revised, 1935, 472 § 2; 1938, 361;
1955, 702 § 2. (See 1955, 702 § 3.)

Sect. 29A added, 1949, 185 (relative to the enforcement of certain
surety bonds by persons furnishing labor and materials on private
building projects).

1138 Changes in the [Chap. 149.

Sect. 30 revised, 1936, 367 § 1; 1947, 680 § 1.

Sect. 30A added, 1947, 677 § 1 (further regulating the work hours
of certain persons employed by the commonwealth) ; amended, 1949,
780; 1950, 439; revised, 1952, 626; 1955, 643 § 6. (See 1947, 677
§§2,3; 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sect. 32 revised, 1945, 680.

Sect. 33A added, 1947, 649 (authorizing a forty hour week for em-
ployees of certain cities and towns); revised, 1948, 657.

Sect. 33B added, 1950, 653 (further regulating the work hours of
persons employed by cities and towns) .

Sect. 34 amended, 1936, 367 § 2; revised, 1947, 680 § 2.

Sect. 34A added, 1938, 438 (requiring contractors on public buildings
and other public works to provide and continue in force, during the
full term of the contract, insurance under the Workmen's Compensation
Law, so called).

Sect. 34B added, 1939, 252 (regulating the rate of compensation
paid to reserve police officers by contractors on certain public works) .

Sect. 34C added, 1947, 680 § 3 (concerning the applicability of
certain provisions of law relative to hours of labor on public works).

Sect. 36 amended, 1942, 1 § 7. (See 1942, 1 § 9.)

Sect. 39 revised, 1935, 444 § 1; 1954, 632 § 1. (See 1935, 444 § 2.)

Sect. 40 revised, 1945, 426 § 1; repealed, 1954, 632 § 2. (See 1945,
426 § 2.)

Sects. 44A-44D added, 1939, 480 (requiring fair competition for
bidders on the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodelling or
repair of certain public works by the commonwealth or any political
subdivision thereof).

Sect. 44A revised, 1941, 699 § 1; 1954, 645 § 1. (See 1954, 645 § 5.)

Sect. 44B revised, 1954, 645 § 2. (See 1954, 645 § 5.)

Sect. 44C, subsection (B) revised, 1941, 699 § 2; subsection (D)
amended, 1941, 699 § 3; first paragraph of subsection (E) revised, 1941,
699 § 4; sentence added at end of subsection (E), 1941, 699 § 5; last
paragraph of "Draft of Proposal Form" amended, 1941, 699 § 6; para-
graph contained in Unes 14-18 of the "Proposal Form (Sub-Bidder)"
amended, 1941, 699 § 7; section revised, 1954, 645 § 3. (See 1954,
645 § 5.)

Sect. 44E added, 1954, 645 § 4 (relative to powers of the depart-
ment with relation to contracts for public building projects).

Sect. 48 revised, 1935, 185, 423 § 3; amended, 1938, 320; revised,
1939, 235 § 1.

Sect. 49 amended, 1937, 221 ; revised, 1938, 295.

Sect. 50 revised, 1933, 225; amended, 1935, 423 § 1.

Sect. 50A added, 1935, 423 § 2 (making one day's rest in seven law
apphcable to watchmen and employees maintaining fires in certain
establishments).

Sect. 51 revised, 1939, 235 § 2.

Sect. 51A added, 1954, 93 (authorizing exemptions from the law
requiring one day's rest in seven).

Sect. 55 revised, 1945, 87.

Sect. 56 amended, 1932, 110 § 1; revised, 1935, 200; first sentence
stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1939, 377; section amended,
1941, 574, 610 § 1; first sentence amended, 1947, 161; revised, 1947,

Chap. 149.] GENERAL LawS. 1139

368; amended, 1948, 196; paragraph added at end, 1946, 241 § 1. (See
1941, 610 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 57 amended, 1932, 110 § 2.

Sect. 59 amended, 1933, 193 § 1; 1936, 170 § 1; revised, 1947,
357 § 1. (For prior temporary legislation authorizing the commissioner
of labor and industries to suspend certain provisions relative to the
hours of employment of women in the textile and leather industries,
see 1933, 347; time for suspension as to the textile industry extended,
1935,429; 1936, 154; 1937, 153; 1938, 68; 1939, 96; 1941, 154; 1943,
306; 1945, 14; 1946, 96. For prior temporary legislation suspending
certain provisions relative to the hours of employment of women and
children in the textile industry and to their meal periods, 1946, 127,
560.)

Sect. 60 revised, 1935, 203; paragraph added at end, 1939, 193 § 1;
section revised, 1939, 273, 461 § 5; 1947, 109 § 1; amended, 1955, 113.
(See 1939, 461 § 13.)

Sect. 61, clause (1) revised, 1946, 241 § 2; section amended, 1954,
98; last sentence stricken out, 1954, 240 § 1.

Sect. 62, clause (13) amended, 1934, 328 § 19; section amended,
1945, 337; clause (15) added, 1946, 171; amended, 1954, 240 § 2.

Sect. 65 amended, 1939, 352; revised, 1939, 461 § 6.

Sect. 66 amended, 1933, 193 § 2; 1936, 170 § 2; 1939, 255; 1946,
48; affected, 1946, 127, 560; section revised, 1947, 357 § 2.

Sect. 67 revised, 1939, 348.

Sects. 69-73. See 1934, 114.

Sect. 69 amended, 1939, 461 § 7.

Sect. 70, sentence added at end, 1939, 94; section revised, 1945, 133
§4.

Sect. 71 amended, 1945, 133 § 5.

Sect. 73 revised, 1939, 461 § 8; amended, 1955, 503.

Sect. 78 amended, 1934, 292 § 1; 1954, 240 § 3.

Sect. 79 amended, 1954, 291.

Sect. 84 amended, 1932, 180 § 29,

Sect. 86 revised, 1939, 461 § 9; first paragraph revised, 1947, 109
§2.

Sect. 87 revised, 1939, 461 § 10; paragraph inserted after subsection
(4) (e), 1952, 63.

Sect. 88 amended, 1945, 133 § 6.

Sect. 89 revised, 1945, 133 § 7.

Sect. 90 revised, 1945, 133 § 8.

Sect. 94 revised, 1939, 461 § 11.

Sect. 95, first paragraph amended, 1945, 133 § 9.

Sect. 100 amended, 1939, 280; affected, 1946, 127, 560; section re-
vised, 1947, 357 § 3.

Sect. 101 revised, 1938, 335; amended, 1955, 111.

Sect. 104 amended, 1932, 27; 1939, 193 § 2; revised, 1954, 110.

Sects. 105A-105C added, 1945, 584 § 3 (penaUzing discriminatory
wage rates based on sex).

Sect. 105A revised, 1947, 565; 1951, 180.

Sect. 106, sentence added at end, 1955, 373 § 1.

Sect. 113 revised, 1934, 255; amended, 1955, 426.

Sect. 117 revised, 1935, 208.

1140 Changes in the [Chap. 149.

Sect. 126 revised, 1945, 528; first sentence revised, 1954, 349.

Sect. 127 revised, 1951, 38.

Sect. 129A added, 1949, 305 (requiring the shoring of certain exca-
vations).

Sect. 130 revised, 1954, 59.

Sect. 133, sentence added at end, 1955, 373 § 2; section revised, 1955,
669 § 1. (See 1955, 669 § 2.)

Sect. 135 amended, 1933, 64.

Sect. 139 amended, 1955, 92.

Sect. 140 repealed, 1953, 57.

Sect. 141A added, 1949, 255 (limiting the weight to be lifted by
hand by certain employees in textile factories) .

Sects. 142A-142F added, under caption "benzol and mixtures
CONTAINING BENZOL ", 1933, 304 (regulating the sale, distribution,
storage and use of benzol and its compounds).

Sect. 142A amended, 1935, 463 § 1; revised, 1949, 591 § 1; 1955,
469 § 1. (See 1955, 469 § 7.)

Sect. 142B revised, 1935, 463 § 2; 1949, 591 § 2; 1955, 469 § 2.
(See 1955, 469 § 7.)

Sect. 142C revised, 1955, 469 § 3. (See 1955, 469 § 7.)

Sect. 142D amended, 1949, 591 § 3; revised, 1955, 469 § 4. (See
1955, 469 § 7.)

Sect. 142E revised, 1949, 591 § 4; 1955, 469 § 5. (See 1955, 469
§7.)

Sect. 142F amended, 1949, 591 § 5; revised, 1955, 469 § 6. (See
1955, 469 § 7.)

Sect. 142G added, 1955, 469 § 6 (providing for the enforcement of
certain rules and regulations relative to the use, storage and sale of
certain materials and substances hazardous to health).

Sects. 143-147A, and the heading above section 143, stricken out,
and new sections 143-147H inserted, under the heading "industrial
homework", 1937, 429.

Sect. 143 revised, 1945, 600 § 1 ; 1955, 764 § 1. (See 1955, 764 § 13.)

Sect. 143A added, 1955, 764 § 2 (relative to protection of health and
well being of industrial home workers). (See 1955, 764 § 13.)

Sect. 144 amended, 1945, 600 § 2; 1955, 764 § 3. (See 1955, 764

§13.)

Sect. 145 amended, 1955, 764 § 4. (See 1955, 764 § 13.)

Sect. 146A added, 1955, 764 § 5 (relative to the distribution of in-
dustrial homework). (See 1955, 764 § 13.)

Sect. 147 amended, 1941, 539; first paragraph amended, 1945, 600
§ 3; 1955, 764 § 6; second paragraph amended, 1953, 247; revised,
1955, 764 § 7. (See 1955, 764 § 13.)

Sect. 147A added, 1932, 234 (requiring the furnishing of certain
information to the department of labor and industries with respect to
the performance of certain industrial work in tenements and dwelling
houses); section stricken out and new section inserted, 1937, 429;
amended, 1939, 461 § 12; paragraph added at end, 1955, 764 § 8.
(See 1955, 764 § 13.)

Sect. 147B amended, 1945, 600 § 4.

Sect. 147C amended, 1945, 600 § 5; 1955, 764 § 9. (See 1955,
764 § 13.)

Sect. 147D amended, 1945, 600 § 6; 1955, 764 § 10. (See 1955,
764 § 13.)

Chap. 150.] GENERAL LawS. 1141

Sect. 147E amended, 1955, 764 § 11. (See 1955, 764 § 13.)

Sect. 147G amended, 1945, 600 § 7; 1955, 764 § 12. (See 1955,
764 § 13.)

Sect. 148, last sentence amended, 1932, 101 § 1; section revised,
1935,350; 1936,160; first paragraph revised, 1955, 506; paragraph in-
serted after first paragraph, 1943, 467; paragraph inserted after third
paragraph, 1943, 378; same paragraph amended, 1943, 563; revised,
1946, 414; last paragraph amended, 1951, 28.

Sect. 150, sentence added at end, 1932, 101 § 2.

Sect. 150A added, 1938, 403 (requiring employers to furnish certain
information to employees relative to deductions from wages for social
security and unemployment compensation benefits).

Sect. 150B added, 1943, 385 (prohibiting labor unions from requir-
ing payment of certain fees as a condition of securing or continuing
employment).

Sect. 152 A added, 1952, 490 (prohibiting the payment by an em-
ployee to an employer of tips or gratuities received during the course
of employment).

Sect. 156 amended, 1935, 363 § 1; 1941, 164. (See 1935, 363 § 2.)

Sect. 157 A added, 1933, 268 (insuring to piece or job workers in
factories and workshops information relative to their compensation).

Sect. 159A added, 1937, 342 § 1 (to prevent the misleading of patrons
of certain places as to the beneficiaries of tips given to hat-check and
cigarette girls and the like).

Sect. 159B added, 1949, 241 (requiring payment by employers for
medical examinations of present or prospective employees in certain
cases).

Sect. 170 amended, 1945, 580 § 8. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)

Sect. 171 revised, 1948, 487.

Sect. 178A added, 1932, 175 (authorizing the payment of small
amounts of wages or salary of intestate employees to certain next of
kin without administration); sentence added at end, 1953, 436 § 4;
section revised, 1954, 562 § 4.

Sect. 178B added, 1947, 189 § 1 (to authorize deductions from wages
of employees of districts and municipalities for making certain payments
to credit unions of such employees). [For prior legislation, see G. L.
chapter 171 § 6A (1946, 184) repealed by 1947, 189 § 2.]

Sect. 178C added, 1953, 436 § 5 (relative to the payment of salaries,
wages or other sums owing by the commonwealth or certain pohtical
subdivisions thereof upon the death of their officers or employees) ; re-
vised, 1954, 562 § 5. (See 1953, 436 § 7.)

Sect. 179B added, 1941, 642 (requiring the giving of notice to the
Commissioner of Labor and Industries of the commencement or a
change of location of operations by industries in this commonwealth) .

Chapter 150. — Conciliation and Arbitration of Industrial Disputes.

Sect. 3 amended, 1938, 364 § 1; 1939, 111.
Sect. 5 revised, 1938, 364 § 2.
Sect. 7, fifth sentence amended, 1946, 590 § 1.
Sect. 9, last sentence amended, 1946, 590 § 2.

Sect. 11 added, 1949, 548 (providing that certain agreements for the
arbitration and concihation of labor disputes shall be valid).

1142 Changes in the [Chaps. 150A-151.

Chapter 150A. — Labor Relations.

New chapter inserted, 1938, 345 § 2 (incorporating the provisions of 1937,
436, relative to labor relations as an addition to the General Laws). (See

1938, 345 §§ 3, 4.)

Sect. 2, subsection (9) added, 1951, 615 § 1.

Sect. 3 revised, 1951, 615 § 2.

Sect. 4, subsection (3) revised, 1947, 657 § 1; subsection (6) added,
1947, 657 § 2.

Sect. 4A revised, 1947, 657 § 3.

Sect. 4B added, 1947, 657 § 3 (making it an unfair labor practice for
a labor organization to refuse to bargain collectively in certain cases).

Sect. 5, subsection (a) revised, 1951, 615 § 3; subsection (jb) amended,

1939, 318; revised, 1951, 615 § 4; subsection (c) amended, 1947, 657
§4.

Sect. 6, subsection (a) amended, 1947, 657 § 5; subsection (e)
amended, 1954, 681 § 10; subsection (/) amended, 1954, 681 § 11;
subsection (h) amended, 1941, 261.

Sects. 6A-6C added, 1947, 657 § 6 (relative to membership in labor
organizations where such membership is required as a condition of
employment).

Sect. 7, first paragraph amended, 1947, 657 § 7.

Sect. 9 amended, 1947, 657 § 8.

Sect. 10, subsection (6) revised, 1945, 354; 1947. 657 § 9.

Chapter 150B. — Peaceful Settlement of Industrial Disputes Dangerous to
Public Health and Safety.

New chapter inserted, 1947, 596.

Sects. 3 and 4 revised, 1954, 557 § 1.

Sect. 8 added, 1954, 557 § 2 (relative to compensation for persons
appointed as moderators, commissioners or board members in matters
relating to peaceful settlement of industrial disputes).

Chapter 151. — Minimum Fair Wages (former title, Minimum Fair Wages
for Women and Minors).

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151 inserted, 1934, 308 § 1. (See
1934, 308 §§ 2, 3; 1935, 267. See also 1933, Res. 44; 1934, 383, Res. 25.)

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151 (with new title) inserted,
1937, 401 § 1. (See 1937, 401 §§ 2, 3.)

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151 (with new title) inserted,
1947, 432 § 1 (incorporating as part of the General Laws, 1946, 545 which
extended the minimum wage law, so called, to adult male persons). (See
1947, 432 § 2).

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 151, as so inserted:

Sect. 1, second sentence amended, 1952, 558 § 1; 1955, 762 § 1;
sentence added at end, 1949, 777 § 1. (See 1949, 777 §§ 2, 4; 1955,
762 § 4.)

Sect. 2, definition of "A directory order" stricken out, 1952, 558 § 2;
definition of "Occupation" revised, 1948, 362; amended, 1952, 558
§ 3; revised, 1954, 174.

Chap. 151 A.] GENERAL LaWS. 1143

Sect. 7, paragraph added at end, 1952, 558 § 4; revised, 1953, 515;
amended, 1955, 762 § 2. (See 1952, 558 § 5; 1955, 762 § 4.)

Sect. 8, last sentence revised, 1952, 558 § 6.

Sect. 10, first sentence revised, 1952, 558 § 7.

Sect. 11, first sentence amended, 1952, 558 § 8.

Sect. 12 revised, 1952, 558 § 9.

Sect. 13 amended, 1952, 558 § 10.

Sect. 15 amended, 1950, 349 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1952, 558 § 11.

Sect. 19, paragraph (2) revised, 1949, 777 § 3; 1952, 558 § 12;
amended, 1955, 762 § 3. (See 1949, 777 §§ 2, 4; 1955, 762 § 4.)

Sect. 20A added, 1950, 349 § 2 (establishing a time during which
certain actions may be brought under the minimum wage law).

Chapter I51A. — Employment Security (former title, Unemployment

Compensation).

For legislation providing for the payment of unemployment compen-
sation benefits to persons upon termination of service in the military or
naval forces of the United States during the present national emergency,
see 1941, 701; 1943, 319; 1946, 168.

New chapter inserted, 1935, 479 § 5. (See 1935, 479 §§ 6, 7; 1936, 12 § 3,
249 § 16.)

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151A (with same title) inserted,
1937, 421 § 1. (See 1937, 421 §§ 2-4.)

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151A (with new title) inserted,
1941, 685 § 1. (See 1941, 685 §§ 7-11; 1941, 686.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 151A as so inserted:

Sect. 1, subsections (a), (c) and (r) (1) revised, 1951, 763 § 1; sub-
section (a) revised, 1953, 560 § 1; subsection (r) (2), sentence added
at end, 1949, 476; subsection (r) (2) revised, 1951, 763 § 1; subsection
(r) (3) added, 1953, 635 § 1; subsection (s) (1) stricken out, 1948,
603 § 1; subsection (s) revised, 1951, 763 § 1; amended, 1954, 279 § 1;
subsection (m) added, 1949, 639 § 2, defining "American vessel"; sub-
section (v), defining "Remuneration", and subsection (w), defining
"Average weekly wage", added, 1951, 763 § 2; subsection (v) repealed,
1953, 635 § 2. (See 1949, 639 § 3; 1951, 763 § 22; 1953, 560 § 3; 1954,
279 § 2.)

Sect. 6, subsection (c) revised, 1949, 639 § 1; subsection {d) revised,
1951, 763 § 3; 1954, 280 § 1; subsection (/) amended, 1954, 431 § 1;
subsection (h) revised, 1951, 763 § 3; subsection (f) revised, 1951,
763 § 3; subsection (n) revised, 1951, 763 § 3; subsection (r/) amended,
1947, 433. (See 1949, 639 § 3; 1951, 763 § 22; 1954, 280 § 2.)

Sect. 8, subsection (a) amended, 1950, 535; subsections (g) and (h)
added at end, 1943, 534 § 2.

Sect. 11 revised, 1941, 685 § 2; 1951, 763 § 4. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 14, first paragraph revised, 1948, 603 § 2; subsection (a)
amended, 1948, 603 § 3; subsection (6) (2) revised, 1943, 534 § 1;
amended, 1945, 484 § 2; 1946, 170 § 2; 1948, 537 § 1; subsection (b)
(4), sentence added at end, 1947, 602 § 1; subsection (6) revised, 1949,
740 § 1; subsection (c) added, 1943, 534 § lA; designations of sub-

1144 Changes in the [Chap. 151A.

sections (c) and (d) changed to (d) and (e), respectively, 1943, 534
§ IB; su})section (c) revised, 1945, 516; paragraph in Unes 48-72 re-
vised, 1946, 3r30; subsection (c) revised, 1947, 440 § 1; 1949, 740 § 2;
subsection (e) amended, 1948, 537 § 2; section revised, 1951, 763 § 5;
1953, 397; subsection (o) added, 1954, 431 § 2. (See 1947, 440 § 2;
602 § 2; 1948, 537 § 3; 1949, 740 § 3; 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 15, subsection (a) amended, 1950, 232; subsection (6) revised,
1948, 603 § 6; subsection (c) revised, 1943. 373.

Sect. 22, sentence added at end, 1945, 625 § 2.

Sect. 23, subsection (a) revised, 1941, 685 § 3; 1951, 763 § 6; amended,
1955, 530; subsections (5) and (c) revised, 1951, 763 § 6; subsection (e)
stricken out, 1943, 534 § 3; subsection (j) added, 1951, 763 § 7. (See
1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 24 revised, 1951, 763 § 8. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 25, subsection (a) amended, 1948, 421; revised, 1951, 763 § 9
subsection (b) amended, 1953, 464; subsection (d) amended, 1945, 356
revised, 1951, 763 § 9; subsection (e) revised, 1951, 763 § 9; 1953, 401
subsection (/) added, 1951, 763 § 10. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1945, 625 § 3; revised, 1948, 630; 1951, 763 § 11.
(See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 28, paragraph added at end, 1954, 431 § 3.

Sect. 29, subsection (a) revised, 1943, 534 § 5; 1945, 484 § 1; 1946,
170 § 1; subsection (5) revised, 1951, 763 § 12; 1954, 673; subsection
(c) added, 1946, 611; revised, 1949, 501; 1951, 763 § 12; 1954, 635.
(See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 29A added, 1949, 421 (providing that benefits under this
chapter shall not be reduced by reason of the receipt of hoUday pay,
so called).

Sect. 30 amended, 1945, 484 § 3; revised, 1949, 559; 1953, 410 § 1.
(See 1953, 410 § 2.)

Sect. 31 revised, 1951, 763 § 13. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 32 repealed, 1951, 763 § 14. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 33 repealed, 1943, 534 § 4.

Sect. 34 repealed, 1951, 763 § 14. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 38 revised, 1951, 763 § 15; subsection (a), paragraph added
at end, 1953, 560 § 2. (See 1951, 763 § 22; 1953, 560 § 3.)

Sect. 39 revised, 1949, 659; 1951, 763 § 16. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 40 revised, 1951, 763 § 17. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 42 revised, 1943, 534 § 6; fifth sentence stricken out and three
sentences inserted, 1951, 763 § 18; eighth sentence revised, 1954,
681 § 12; next to last sentence stricken out and six sentences inserted,

1947, 434. (See 1951, 763 § 22; 1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)
Sect. 44, subsection (6) revised, 1948, 603 § 4.

Sect. 45A added, 1954, 655 (requiring an employer to furnish an
employee with a wage report).

Sect. 46, second sentence amended, 1954, 512; subsection (a) added,

1948, 603 § 5.

Sect. 47 revised, 1951, 763 § 19. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Sect. 62 amended, 1952, 394.

Sect. 66A added, 1949, 646 (authorizing the director of employment
security to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries
relative to the administration of the employment security law).

Sect. 69, paragraph added at end, 1949, 555; section revised, 1951,
763 § 20. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)

Chap. 151B-152.] GENERAL LawS. 1145

Sect. 71 revised, 1951, 763 § 21. (See 1951, 763 § 22.)
Sect. 74 revised, 1949, 290.

Chapter 151B. — Unlawful Discrimination against Race, Color, Religious
Creed, National Origin or Ancestry.

New chapter inserted, 1946, 368 § 4.

Sect, 1, subsection 5 amended, 1950, 697 § 1; subsection 8 added,
1950, 697 § 2.

Sect. 3, subsection 6 amended, 1950, 697 § 3; subsection 8 amended,
1950, 697 § 4; subsection 9 amended, 1950, 697 § 5.

Sect. 4, subsection 1 amended, 1950, 697 § 6; subsection 2 amended,
1950, 697 § 7; subsection 3 amended, 1950, 697 § 8; subsection 3A
added, 1955, 274; paragraph added at end, 1947, 424.

Sect. 5 revised, 1950, 479 § 4.

Sect. 6, seventh sentence revised, 1954, 681 § 13. (See 1954, 681
§§ 20, 22.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1950, 697 § 9.

Chapter 151C. — Fair Educational Practices.
New chapter inserted, 1949, 726 § 2.

Sect. 4, paragraph (c) revised, 1954, 681 § 14. (See 1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Chapter 152. — Workmen's Compensation.

For legislation requiring manufacturers to insure under the work-
men's compensation act where employees work on machinery, see 1936,
426; repealed, 1948, 156.

Sect. 1, two sentences added at end of paragraph (1), 1935, 332 § 1;
paragraph (1) revised, 1943, 529 § 1; paragraph (2) revised, 1953,
314 § 2; paragraph (3) amended, 1950, 738 § 1; paragraph (4) revised,
1935, 406; 1943, 529 § 3; 1945, 369; first paragraph of paragraph (4)
amended, 1947, 215; paragraph inserted, 1951, 109 § 1; amended,
1953, 139; third paragraph of paragraph (4) revised, 1953, 656 § 1;
amended, 1955, 366; revised, 1955, 755; paragraph (5) revised, 1943,
529 § lA; 1954, 265; paragraph (6) amended, 1943, 529 § 2; paragraph
(7) revised, 1950, 277 § 2; paragraph (7 A) added, 1941, 347; paragraph
(7B) added, 1947, 488 § 9; same paragraph repealed, 1950, 277 § 1;
paragraph (8) revised, 1953, 314 § 3. (See 1943, 529 § 14; 1951, 109
§2.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1953, 314 § 4.

Sect. 2A added, 1946, 386 § 3 (limiting the application of certain
acts in amendment of G. L. 152 increasing the amounts of compensation
payable thereunder).

Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 83; 1953, 314 § 5.

Sect. 5, paragraph added at end, 1943, 359; section amended, 1953,
314 § 6.

Sect. 6 amended, 1945, 347; 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 7 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 7A added, 1947, 380 (relative to procedure in certain claims
under the workmen's compensation law where employees are unable to
testify) .

Sect. 7B added, 1947, 455 (regulating the admissibility of certain
evidence in workmen's compensation cases).

1146 Changes in the [Chap. 152.

Sect. 8 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 8 A amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 9 revised, 1949, 442; amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 9A revised, 1938, 381; amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 9B added, 1935, 424 (providing for the reference of certain
cases under the workmen's compensation law to industrial disease
referees); revised, 1938,462; repealed, 1947, 286.

Sect. 10 revised, 1947, 546.

Sect. 11 amended, 1932, 129 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1935,
484; 1939, 213 § 1; 1949, 61; 1950, 634 § 1; 1953, 288; section
amended, 1953, 314 § 6. (See 1939, 213 § 2.)

Sect. 1 1 A added, 1945, 444 (relieving employees and their dependents
of the expenses of certain appeals in workmen's compensation cases);
sentence added at end, 1949, 372.

Sect. 12, last paragraph amended, 1932, 117 § 1; section amended,
1953, 314 § 6. (See 1932, 117 § 2; 1935, 351.)

Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1933, 68; section amended, 1953,
314 § 6.

Sect. 14 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 401; 1943, 432.

Sect. 15A amended, 1934, 252; 1955, 174 § 5.

Sects. 16 and 17 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 18, sentence added at end, 1938, 102; section amended, 1939, 93.

Sect. 19, paragraph in Hues 17 and 18 revised, 1935, 339; same para-
graph revised, 1939, 245; paragraph in lines 19-22 revised, 1955,
174 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1941, 379 § 11; section amended,
1953, 314 § 6; last paragraph revised, 1955, 174 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1935, 359 (requiring certain notices from employers
not insured under the workmen's compensation law); repealed, 1948,
158.

Sect. 19B added, 1941, 410 (requiring the posting of notices by cer-
tain employers not covering their employees by workmen's compensa-
tion insurance) ; repealed, 1948, 157.

Sect. 20 revised, 1935, 340; amended, 1945, 464; last two sentences
revised, 1946, 390; section revised, 1949, 276; amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 20A added, 1945, 468 (requiring employers and certain in-
surers who maintain cUnics, etc., for the treatment of injured employees,
to furnish such employees with copies of all medical examinations);
revised 1954 194.

Sect. 21 amended, 1943, 529 § 4. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1943, 529 § 13; 1953, 314 § 6. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)

Sect. 23 revised, 1943, 529 § 5; amended, 1953, 314 § 6. (See 1943,
529 § 14.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 529 § 6; 1955, 174 § 5. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)

Sects. 25A-25D added, 1943, 529 § 7, under caption "Compulsory
Compensation and Self-Insurance." (See 1943, 529 § 14.)

Sect. 25 A, paragraph (2) amended, 1949, 441 § 1; paragraph (2) (a)
amended, 1945, 316; sixth sentence revised; 1946, 472 § 1; paragraph
(2) (a) revised, 1949, 441 § 2; paragraph (2) (b), first sentence revised,
1945, 518; 1946, 472 § 2; paragraph (2) (6) revised, 1949, 441 § 3;
paragraph (2) (c) revised, 1945, 344; 1948, 176; 1949, 441 § 4; amended,
1950, 351; revised, 1955, 174 § 3.

Sect. 25C, two sentences added at end, 1951, 689; next to last sen-
tence revised, 1953, 330; section amended, 1955, 174 § 5.

Chap. 152.] GENERAL LawS. 1147

Sect. 25D amended, 1955, 174 § 5.

Sect. 26 amended, 1937, 370 § 1; revised, 1943, 302; 529 § 8; para-
graph added at end, 1945, 623 § 1; section amended, 1955, 174 § 5.
(See 1943, 529 § 14.)

Sect. 26A added, 1937, 370 § 2 (providing for payment of workmen's
compensation in certain cases of suicide) .

Sect. 27 revised, 1935, 331.

Sect. 28 amended, 1934, 292 § 2; revised, 1943, 529 § 9. (See 1943,
529 § 14.)

Sect. 29 revised, 1935, 372; 1937, 382; amended, 1949, 471; 1951,
135; 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 30 revised, 1936, 164; 1943, 181; 1946, 233 § 1; sentence
added at end, 1948, 159; section amended, 1953, 314 § 6. (See 1946,
233 § 2.)

Sects. 30A-30C added, 1950, 767 § 2 (prescribing duties of the re-
habilitation commission in the department of industrial accidents).

Sect. 30A amended, 1952, 630 § 11.

Sect. SOB amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 31, first paragraph amended, 1934, 250; 1950, 738 § 2; para-
grapli contained in tb .'• sixth to the forty-fourth lines revised, 1937, 325
same paragraph amended, 1943, 368; revised, 1945, 572; 1948, 666
1950, 357; last paragraph revised, 1943, 400; amended, 1950, 738 § 3
revised, 1951, 98; section amended, 1955, 174 § 5.

Sect. 32, paragraph (c) amended, 1950, 282 § 2; paragraph (d) re-
vised, 1947, 450; amended, 1949, 281; 1950, 282 § 3; new paragraph
added, 1935, 361 (relative to payments under the workmen's compen-
sation law to dependents of deceased minor employees); amended,
1950, 738 § 4.

Sect. 33 revised, 1939, 81; 1941, 495; amended, 1948, 155; 1949,
258

Sect. 34 revised, 1935, 332 § 2; 1941, 624; 1945, 717; 1946, 321 § 1;
amended, 1947, 665; 1949, 520 § 1; revised, 1955, 777 § 1. (See 1946,
321 § 4.)

Sect. 34A added, 1935, 364 (providing for payments for total and
permanent disability under the workmen's compensation law, and estab-
lishing methods of determining the same) ; amended, 1943, 276; revised,

1945, 717; first paragraph revised, 1946, 321 § 2; amended, 1949,
520 § 2; revised, 1955, 777 § 2. (See 1946, 321 § 4.)

Sect. 35 amended, 1943, 299; revised, 1945, 717; 1946, 321 § 3;
amended, 1949, 520 § 3; revised, 1955, 777 § 3. (See 1946, 321 § 4.)

Sect. 35A added, 1945, 717 (providing for an increase in certain
weekly benefits under the workmen's compensation law in certain cases) ;
revised, 1946, 553; paragraph (c) revised, 1950, 282 § 1; section
amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 36, paragraph (j) revised, 1933, 257; section revised, 1935, 333;
paragraph (6) amended, 1947, 664 § 1; paragraph (d) amended, 1947,
634 § 1; paragraph (e) amended, 1947, 634 § 2; paragraph (/) amended,

1946, 386 § 1; paragraph added at end of section, 1947, 634 § 3. (See
1946, 386 § 2; 1947, 664 § 2.)

Sect. 36 stricken out and sections 36 and 36A inserted, 1949, 519
(increasing the benefits payable under the workmen's compensation law
for certain injuries).

Sect. 36, paragraphs (h) and (t) revised, 1952, 60; paragraph (g)
revised, 1952, 84; paragraph added at end, 1953, 64.

1148 Changes in the [Chap. 152.

Sect. 36 A revised, 1950, 445; 1951, 494.

Sect. 37 amended, 1937, 321; revised, 1950, 527.

Sect. 37A added, 1945, 623 § 2 (relative to payments to disabled
war veterans subsequently injured in industry).

Sect. 39 amended, 1937, 317.

Sect. 45, paragraph added at end, 1951, 662; section amended,
1955, 174 § 5.

Sect. 46 amended, 1941, 378; 1945, 623 § 2A; 1953, 314 § 6.

Sects. 48 and 49 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 50 revised, 1953, 670.

Sect. 52 revised, 1947, 619 § 1. (See 1947, 619 § 3.)

Sect. 52A added, 1939, 465 § 2 (relative to insuring against silicosis
and other occupational pulmonary dust diseases). (See 1939, 465 § 4.)

Sect. 52B added, 1945, 581 (relative to the payment of premiums
for workmen's compensation insurance in certain cases).

Sects. 52C-52G added, 1947, 619 § 2 (relative to rates for work-
men's compensation insurance). (See 1947, 619 § 3.)

Sect. 52F, paragraph (c) amended, 1954, 681 § 15. (See 1954, 681
§§ 20, 22.)

Sect. 54A added, 1935, 425 (relative to safeguarding and extending
the workmen's compensation law by making void certain contracts or
agreements in the nature of insurance which do not insure the payment
of the compensation provided for by said law).

Sect. 55, second paragraph revised, 1934, 137 § 1.

Sect. 57 amended, 1955, 174 § 5.

Sect. 58 amended, 1955, 174 § 5.

Sect. 59 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sects. 62 and 63 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 65 amended, 1935, 395; 1936, 162; 1937, 394; revised, 1939,
465 § 3; amended, 1943, 367; second sentence amended, 1950, 634 § 2;
section amended, 1955, 174 § 5; 1955, 234 § 2. (See 1939, 465 § 4.) _

Sects. 65A-65M added, 1939, 489 (providing for the equitable distri-
bution of rejected risks among insurers of workmen's compensation, and
the pooling of losses in connection with such risks).

Sects. 65 A and 65B amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 65M amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 65N added, 1945, 623 § 3 (establishing a special fund to en-
courage the employment in industry of disabled war veterans) ; amended,
1949, 689; 1955, 174 § 5.

Sect. 66 revised, 1943, 529 § 9A. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)

Sect. 67 revised, 1943, 529 § 10; first sentence revised, 1953, 656
§ 2. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)

Sect. 68 revised, 1943, 529 § 11; amended, 1947, 506 § 4; revised,
1949, 427 § 8. (See 1943, 529 § 14; 1949, 427 § 11.)

Sect. 69 revised, 1933, 318 § 7; 1936, 260; amended, 1936, 403; re-
vised, 1939, 435; last sentence revised, 1939, 468; section amended,
1941, 614; 1945, 729; 1946, 422; second sentence revised, 1947, 590;
paragraph added at end, 1951, 610 § 2.

Sect. 69A added, 1933, 315 (regulating workmen's compensation
payments by the commonwealth); amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Sect. 69B added, 1936, 427 (further regulating workmen's compen-
sation payments by the commonwealth) ; amended, 1955, 174 § 5.

Sect. 70 amended, 1953, 314 § 6.

Chaps. 153-155.] GENERAL LawS. 1149

Sect. 73, first sentence amended, 193G, 318 § 4; 1937, 336 § 23; 1941,
379 § 12; first two sentences revised, 1950, 209.

Sect. 73 A added, 1941, 649 (to provide for the employment of par-
tially disabled public employees and temporary filling of their original
positions).

Sect. 74 amended, 1939, 451 § 57; 1941, 344 § 26; sentence added
at end, 1953, 501.

Sect. 74A added, 1955, 681 (extending workmen's compensation to
employees furnishing aid to other governmental units).

Sect. 75 revised, 1932, 19; amended, 1951, 610 § 1; 1954, 680 § 8;
1955, 174 § 4; 643 § 11. (See 1955, 643 § 12.)

Sects. 76-85 added, 1939, 465 § 1 (providing workmen's compensa-
tion benefits for employees in the granite industry contracting silicosis
and other occupational pulmonary dust diseases). (See 1939, 465 § 4;
1950, 220.)

Sects. 76-85 stricken out and section 76 inserted, 1950, 220.

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1954.

Sect. 76 repealed, 1955, 234 § 1.

Chapter 153. — Liability of Employers to Employees for Injuries not
resulting in Death.

Sect. 6 amended, 1935, 387; first sentence revised, 1947, 506 § 5;
1949, 427 § 9. (See 1949, 427 § 11.)

Chapter 154. — Assignment of Wages.

Sect. 2 revised, 1948, 550 § 31.

Sect. 8 added, 1933, 96 (exempting orders for payment of labor or
trade union or craft dues or obligations from the operation of the laws
regulating assignments of wages); amended, 1939, 125; 1948, 117:
revised, 1950, 204; 1951, 239; amended, 1955, 631.

Chapter 155. — General Provisions relative to Corporations.

Sect. 1 revised, 1935, 297 § 1. (See 1935, 297 § 3.)

Sect. 2A added, 1955, 490 (to provide for the certification and record-
ing of evidence of the incorporation of church or cemetery corpora-
tions).

Sect. 6, sentence added at end, 1949, 105.

Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 327 § 1; revised, 1943, 295; first sentence
revised, 1953, 32. (See 1938, 327 § 2.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1933, 11; third sentence revised, 1943, 549 § 4.

Sect. 12A added, 1938, 164 § 1 (making permanent certain provi-
sions of law authorizing domestic corporations to contribute to certain
funds for the benefit of social and economic conditions); amended,
1946, 278. (See 1938, 164 § 2.)

Sect. 12B added, 1947, 488 § 5 (empowering corporations to par-
ticipate as subscribers in the exchanging of reciprocal or inter-insurance
contracts).

Sect. 12C added, 1953, 415 (authorizing corporations to make con-
tributions for charitable, scientific or educational purposes).

1150 Changes in the [Chaps. 156, 157.

Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1949, 695.

Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 14.

Sect. 22, paragraph added at end, 1953, 185; same paragraph re-
vised, 1954, 50.

Sect. 23A added, 1935, 297 § 2 (regulating sales of stocks, bonds
and other securities of corporations to their employees); repealed,
1938, 445 § 13. (See 1935, 297 § 3; G. L. chapter llOA § UA, inserted
by 1938, 445 § 9.)

Sect. 50 amended, 1933, 66.

Sect. 50A added, 1939, 456 § 1 (relative to the dissolution of domestic
corporations); amended, 1943, 383.

Sect. 56, first sentence revised, 1939, 456 § 2; 1953, 31.

Chapter 156. — Business Corporations.

Sect. 5 amended, 1939, 301 § 1.

Sect. 6, clause (e) amended, 1939, 15 § 1.

Sect. 12, form of certificate revised, 1932, 67.

Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 52.

Sect. 32 revised, 1955, 173.

Sect. 36 revised, 1941, 514 § 1.

Sect. 41 revised, 1932, 136.

Sect. 4 IB added, 1951, 498 (authorizing changes of shares of par
value stock into a greater number or the exchange thereof for a greater
number).

Sect. 41C added, 1951, 565 § 1 (authorizing changes of stock without
par value to shares with par value).

Sect. 42 amended, 1943, 38 § 1.

Sect. 44 amended, 1951, 565 § 2.

Sect 45 amended, 1951, 565 § 3.

Sect. 46, sentence added at end, 1943, 38 § 2.

Sects. 46A-46E added, under the heading "merger and consolida-
tion". 1941, 514 §2.

Sect. 46A revised, 1948, 524.

Sect. 46B, paragraph contained in lines 102-108 revised, 1943, 405
§1; 1947, 543 §1.

Sect. 46D, subsection 2 of paragraph (6) amended, 1954, 57; para-
graph contained in lines 64-73 revised, 1943, 405 § 2; 1947, 543 § 2.

Sect. 49 revised, 1941, 276; first sentence revised, 1948, 118.

Sect. 54 amended, 1932, 180 § 30; paragraph added at end, 1951,
565 § 4.

Sect. 55 amended, 1952, 314; revised, 1955, 338.

Chapter 157. — Co-operative Corporations.

Sect. 3, second sentence revised, 1949, 378 § 1.
Sect. 3A added, 1949, 378 § 2 (authorizing the forming of corpora-
tions to conduct a housing business on the co-operative plan).
Sect. 4 revised, 1949, 378 § 3.

Sect. 6 amended, 1949, 378 § 4; paragraph 4 revised, 1949, 378 § 5.
Sect. 9 amended, 1949, 378 § 6.
Sect. 13 amended, 1954, 23.
Sect. 16, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 31.

Chaps. 158-159A.] GENERAL LaWS. 1151

Chapter 158. — Certain Miscellaneous Corporations.

Sect. 43, last paragraph amended, 1953, 282,

Chapter 159. — Common Carriers.

Sect. 12, paragraph (a) revised, 1945, 175.

Sect. 14A added, 1941, 713 (authorizing the department of public
utilities to regulate rates for the transportation of persons or property
within the commonwealth by common carriers by aircraft).

Sect. 15, paragraph added at end, 1937, 247; same paragraph stricken
out, 1938, 155 § 2; section amended, 1951, 681, 726.

Sect. 16A added, 1938, 243 (relative to the discontinuance of service
by railroads) .

Sect. 20 amended, 1939, 18.

Sect. 21, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1946, 214.

Sect. 24, second sentence revised, 1945, 647 § 1.

Sect. 27 revised, 1945, 647 § 2.

Sect. 28 revised, 1945, 647 § 3.

Sect. 29 revised, 1945, 647 § 4.

Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 647 § 5.

Sect. 32, first sentence revised, 1945, 199.

Sect. 34A added, 1945, 577 (relative to affiliated companies of com-
mon carriers).

Sect. 59 revised, 1933, 326 § 1.

Sect. 60 amended, 1933, 326 § 2; 1941, 233.

Sect. 61 amended, 1933, 326 § 3; 1946, 437 § 1.

Sect. 62 amended, 1933, 326 § 4; 1946, 437 § 2.

Sect. 63 amended, 1946, 437 § 3.

Sect. 65 amended, 1937, 270.

Sect. 70 revised, 1934, 357 § 1.

Sect. 80 amended, 1934, 357 § 2.

Sect. 89 revised, 1936, 363 § 1; amended, 1951, 24 § 1; 1953, 42 § 1.
(See 1953, 42 § 4.)

Sect. 90 revised, 1936, 363 § 2; amended, 1951, 24 § 2.

Sect. 91 revised, 1936, 363 § 3.

Sect. 92 amended, 1936, 363 § 4; 1951, 24 § 3.

Sect. 93 amended, 1936, 363 § 5; 1951, 24 § 4.

Sect. 94 amended, 1936, 363 § 6; 1951, 24 § 5; 1953, 319 § 23.
(See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 95 amended, 1951, 24 § 6.

Sect. 98 amended, 1948, 550 § 32.

Sect. 99 amended, 1948, 550 § 33.

Sect. 101 revised, 1950, 116.

Sect. 103 amended, 1933, 10; 1941, 54; 1943, 322 § 1.

Sect. 104, first sentence revised, 1950, 117 § 1. (See 1950, 117
§ 2.)

Chapter 159A. — Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle.

[Title amended, and headings, "part i", "carriers of passengers
BY motor vehicle", inserted before section 1, 1933, 372 § 1.]
Sect. 1 revised, 1948, 550 § 34; 1949, 297 § 11.

1152 Changes in the [Chap. 159B.

Sect. 2 revised, 1947, 258 § 1. (See 1947, 258 § 2.)

Sect. 4, first sentence stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1945,
318 § 1. (See 1945, 318 § 2.)

Sect. 7A added, 1949, 449 (relative to the transfer of certificates,
licenses and permits issued for certain common carriers) ; first sentence
revised, 1952, 355; second paragraph amended, 1951, 160; two sen-
tences added at end, 1954, 281.

Sect. 10, paragraph added at end, 1945, 585.

[Sects. 17-30 added, under headings, "part ii", "carriers of
property by motor vehicle", 1933, 372 § 2 (regulating carriers of
property by motor vehicle).]

Note— '1933, 372 repealed by 1934, 264 § 5.

Sect. 11 A added, 1939, 404 § 1 (placing special and chartered buses,
so called, under the supervision of the department of public utilities) ;
amended, 1941, 480; revised, 1947, 482 § 1; first sentence revised,

1953, 268 § 1; first paragraph revised, 1954, 319 § 1; second paragraph
revised, 1954, 319 § 2; third paragraph amended, 1948, 484; 1950,
501; 1951,161; 1954,307. (See 1939, 404 § 2; 1947, 482 § 2; 1953,
268 § 2; 1954, 319 § 3.)

Sect. 15 revised, 1949, 609.

Chapter 159B. — Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle.

New chapter inserted, 1934, 264 § 1.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 159B (with same title) inserted,
1938, 483 § 1. (See 1938, 483 §§ 2-5.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 159B as so inserted;

Sect. 2, definition of "Irregular route common carrier" revised, 1941,
653 § 2; definition of "Regular route common carrier" revised and
paragraph defining "Regular routes" added, 1941, 653 § 3; definition
of "Agricultural carrier by motor vehicle" inserted, 1941, 704 § 1; defi-
nitions of "Contract carrier by motor vehicle", "Motor carrier" and
"Permit" revised, 1941, 704 § 2; definition of "Motor Carrier" revised,
1951, 664 § 3; definition of "Property" inserted, 1949, 346 § 1; revised,

1954, 87; definition of "Motor Vehicle" stricken out and definition of
"Commercial Motor Vehicle" inserted, 1951, 664 § 1; definition of
"Private Carrier" inserted, 1951, 664 § 2; revised, 1952, 483; 1955,
569. (See 1941, 704 § 4.)

Sect. 3, introductory paragraph amended, 1945, 400 § 1 ; paragraph
(6) revised, 1941, 592 § 1; paragraph (c) revised, 1945, 400 § 2; amended,
1946, 420 § 1; revised, 1947, 52 § 1; paragraph (d) revised, 1950, 189.
(See 1945, 400 § 8; 1946, 420 § 2; 1947, 52 § 2.)

Sect. 4, second paragraph revised, 1945, 400 § 3; third paragraph
revised, 1941, 592 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1951, 384 § 1. (See
1951, 384 § 2.)

Sect. 6, fifth paragraph amended, 1951, 664 § 4; stricken out, 1955,
353 § 1.

Sect. 6A added, 1955, 353 § 2 (relative to the responsibihty for illegal
rate practices by common carriers by motor vehicle).

Sect. 7, paragraph (a) revised, 1939, 171; amended, 1950, 187;
paragraph (6) amended, 1945, 343.

Chap. 160.] GENERAL LawS. 1153

Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 483 § 1; 1946, 376 § 1; sentence added at
end, 1947, 52 § 3; section revised, 1954, 553.

Sect. 10, paragraph added at end, 1939, 306; amended, 1941, 483
§ 2; paragraph added at end, 1945, 379; section amended, 1946, 376
§ 2; first paragraph amended, 1954, 481; second paragraph revised,
1953, 423.

Sect lOA added, 1939, 322 (relative to replacing lost or mutilated
plates and lost or destroyed certificates, permits and licenses issued to
carriers of property by motor vehicle); sentence added at end, 1945,
644 § 1; section revised, 1953, 309; sentence inserted before first sen-
tence, 1954, 288.

Sect. lOB added, 1946, 376 § 3 (relative to the issuance of certain
distinguisliing plates to carriers of property by motor vehicle and to
the use of such plates) ; revised, 1954, 440.

Sect. 11 amended, 1941, 483 § 3; first sentence of first paragraph
revised, 1948, 616 § 1; amended, 1950, 186; second sentence of last
paragraph revised, 1945, 644 § 2; same sentence revised, 1948, 616 § 2;
paragraph added at end. 1951, 158.

Sect. 12, first paragraph revised, 1941, 653 § 4; second sentence
amended, 1945, 400 § 4; second paragraph revised, 1954, 293.

Sect. 13 amended, 1941, 692; 1945, 400 § 5; first sentence revised,
1951, 262.

Sect. 14 amended, 1941, 653 § 5; 1945, 400 § 6; 1949, 346 § 2.

Sect. 14 stricken out and sections 14-14B inserted, 1951, 664 § 5
(relative to the powers and duties of investigators and examiners of
the commercial motor vehicle division of the department of public
utilities).

Sect. 14B amended, 1952, 255.

Sect. 15A added, 1941, 704 § 3 (relative to agricultural carriers of
property by motor vehicles). (See 1941, 704 § 4.)

Sect. 16A added, 1939, 307 (giving the department of public utilities
authority to obtain certain information of persons engaged in leasing
motor vehicles for the transportation of property for hire).

Sect. 17 revi.sed. 1951. 664 § 6.

Sect. 19 amended, 1949, 187.

Sect. 21, first paragraph amended, 1951, 664 § 7; second paragraph
amended, 1950, 194.

Chapter 160. — Railroads.

Sect. 38 revised, 1946, 226.

Sect. 68 revised, 1943. 33.

Sect. 70 amended, 1932, 238.

Sect. 70A revised, 1932, 236; amended, 1934, 264 § 3.

Sect. 85 amended, 1941, 53.

Sect. 102 amended, 1941, 496 § 1.

Sect. 104 revised, 1933, 176; two sentences inserted after second
sentence, 1955, 231.

Sect. 106 revised, 1953, 332.

Sect. 131 A added, 1948, 639 (authorizing certain corporations to
own and operate railroad terminal facilities).

Sect. 133A added, 1955, 491 (relative to switch stands on railroad
tracks).

1154 Changes in the [Chap. 161.

Sect. 134 amended, 1941, 273 § 1; revised, 1953, 216.

Sect. 134A added, 1950, 815 § 1 (relative to the proper clearance of
tracks in railroad yards); amended, 1953, 667; sentence added at end,
1954, 239.

Sect. 138 amended, 1941, 273 § 2.

Sect. 142 amended, 1938, 29; revised, 1947, 584 § 1; second and
third sentences revised, 1951, 461 § 1. (See 1947, 584 § 2; 1951,
461 § 2.)

Sect. 144 revised, 1945, 301.

Sect. 147 revised, 1947, 498.

Sect. 163 A added, 1952, 430 § 1 (requiring track motor cars operated
by railroads to be equipped with windshields and tops). (See 1952,
430 § 2.)

Sect. 167 amended, 1941, 273 § 3.

Sect. 176A added, 1951, 174 § 1 (requiring lights on track motor
cars operated by railroads). (See 1951, 174 § 2.)

Sect. 185A added, 1943, 333 (providing that railroad and terminal
corporations shall provide reasonable lavatory and sanitary facilities
for their employees) ; repealed, 1955, 669 § 3.

Sect. 198A. See 1936, 267.

Sect. 198B added, 1936, 267 (prohibiting the scalping, so called, of
tickets issued by railroad corporations).

Sect. 219 amended, 1953, 42 § 2. (See 1953, 42 § 4.)

Sect. 220 amended, 1953, 42 § 3. (See 1953, 42 § 4.)

Sect. 232 amended, 1947, 506 § 6; revised, 1949, 427 § 10. (See
1949, 427 § 11.)

Sect. 235 amended, 1941, 490 § 38.

Sect. 245 amended, 1941, 273 § 4, 496 § 2.

Chapter 161. — Street Railways.

Name of Metropolitan Transit District changed to Boston Metro-
politan District, and authority to issue notes and bonds defined, 1932,
147.

Temporary act, extending to January 15, 1939, the period of pubhc
control and management of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Company, 1933, 108; further extension of five years, 1938, 173; fur-
ther extension of five years, 1943, 98.

Temporary acts relative to the purchase of bonds of the Boston
Elevated Railway Company by the Boston MetropoUtan District,
1933, 235; 1934, 334; 1935, 451; 1936, 308; 1937, 357; 1941, 567;
1947, 92.

Act providing for the creation of the Metropolitan Transit Authority
and the acquisition and operation by it of the entire assets, property
and franchises of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, 1947, 544.

Sect. 20A amended, 1939, 28.

Sect. 35 amended, 1943, 342.

Sect. 42, third sentence amended, 1934, 328 § 20.

Sect. 44 amended, 1934, 264 § 4.

Sect. 69A added, 1954, 576 (authorizing the merger of certain asso-
ciations or trusts with street railway companies).

Sect. 77 revised, 1934, 310 § 1.

Sect. 86 revised, 1934, 310 § 2.

Chaps. 163, 164.] GENERAL LaWS. 1155

Sect. 91 A added, 1935, 101 (relative to the number of guards on
passenger trains operated by street railway companies).
Sect. 94 revised, 1950, 118.
Sect. 107, first paragraph amended, 1946, 253.

Chapter 163. — Trackless Trolley Companies.

Sect. 12 added, 1932, 185 (requiring trackless trolley companies to
furnish security for civil liability on account of personal injuries or
property damage caused by their vehicles).

Sect. 13 added, 1943, 141 (providing a penalty for the improper opera-
tion of trackless trolley vehicles, so called).

Chapter 164. — Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity.

For legislation authorizing compacts relative to the interstate trans-
mission of electricity and gas, see 1933, 294,

Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 44.

Sect. 6, paragraph (e) revised, 1947, 48.

Sect. 13 revised, 1950, 237; 1953, 85.

Sect. 14 amended, 1935, 222.

Sect. 15 revised, 1950, 393; first sentence revised, 1955, 188.

Sect. 17A added, 1932, 132 (regulating the lending of money by gas
and electric companies); revised, 1954, 95 § 1. (See 1954, 95 § 2.)

Sect. 19, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1953, 328.

Sect. 31 amended, 1939, 301 § 2.

Sect. 33 amended, 1932, 180 § 32; 1953, 283.

Sect. 34 amended. 1937, 235 § 1. (See 1937, 235 § 2.)

Sect. 59 revised, 1953, 502.

Sect. 69 A added, 1950, 419 (authorizing the purchase, sale and dis-
tribution of natural gas by certain cities and towns).

Sect. 70A revised, 1948, 550 § 35.

Sects. 75B-75D added, 1950, 462 (relative to natural gas pipe line
companies).

Sect. 75E added, 1951, 574 § 1 (providing for rules and regulations
relative to the transmission, distribution and use of natural gas). (See
1951, 574 § 2.)

Sect. 75F added, 1952, 192 (providing a penalty for failure of natural
gas pipe line companies to restore properties to reasonable condition).

Sect. 75G added, 1953, 132 § 1 (requiring natural gas pipe fine com-
panies to mark location of underground pipes, equipment and struc-
tures on certain land). (See 1953, 132 § 2.)

Sect. 76A added, 1935, 335 § 1 (giving to the department of public
utilities supervision over certain affiliates of gas and electric companies).

Sect. 84A added, 1934, 202 § 1 (requiring gas and electric companies
to make additional annual returns).

Sect. 85, second paragraph amended, 1935, 335 § 2.

Sect. 85A added, 1933, 202 § 1 (requiring the filing with the depart-
ment of public utilities of certain contracts of gas and electric com-
panies with affiliated companies).

Sect. 94. paragraph in lines 29-37 amended, 1939, 178 § 1 ; section
amended, 1948, 471. (See 1939, 178 § 2.)

Sect. 94A amended, 1941, 400 § 1.

1156 Changes in the [Chaps. 165, 166.

Sect. 94B amended, 1941, 400 § 2.

Sect. 94C added, 1935, 227 (relative to payments, charges, contracts,
purchases, sales or obligations or other arrangement between gas or
electric companies and affiliated companies, and the burden of proving
the reasonableness thereof).

Sect. 94D added, 1936, 243 (prohibiting gas and electric companies
from collecting penalty charges for delinquency in the payment of bills
for gas or electricity used for domestic purposes).

Sect. 94E added, 1941, 400 § 3 (relative to notice of the termination
of certain contracts of gas and electric companies).

Sect. 94F added, 1953, 331 (providing for refunds by gas companies
in certain cases).

Sect. 96 revised, 1939, 229 § 1.

Sect. 97 amended, 1943, 55.

Sect. 100 revised, 1950, 94.

Sect. 102 revised, 1939, 229 § 2.

Sect. 105A added, 1932, 119 (regulating the storage, transportation
and distribution of gas).

Sect. 115A added, 1936, 259 § 1 (requiring the periodic replacement
of meters for measuring gas) ; amended, 1937, 40 § 1 ; paragraph added at
end, 1952, 520 § 1. (See 1936,259 §§2,3; 1937, 40 §§2,3; 1952, 620 §2.)

Sect. 119 revised, 1934, 365.

Sect. 119A added, 1936, 76 § 1 (requiring bills for gas or electricity
used for domestic purposes to be itemized) ; revised, 1939, 145 § 1. (See
1936, 76 § 2; 1939, 145 § 2.)

Sect. 120, fifth sentence revised, 1953, 154.

Sect. 124 amended, 1935, 237, 376 § 2; 1952, 102.

Sect. 124 A added. 1935, 376 § 1 (relative to the shutting off of gas
or electric service in homes where there is serious illness).

Chapter 165. — Water and Aqueduct Companies.

Sect. 2 amended, 1955, 187.

Sect. 2A added, 1954, 610 (relative to the filing of schedules of
water rates, prices and charges of water districts with the department
of public utilities).

Sect. 4A added, 1933, 202 § 2 (requiring the filing with the depart-
ment of public utilities of certain contracts of water companies with
affiliated companies).

Sect. 19 repealed, 1941, 275 § 1.

Sect. 28 added, under caption "general provisions", 1941, 275 § 2
(further regulating the acquisition and holding of real estate by water
and aqueduct companies).

Chapter 166. — Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the
Transmission of Electricity.

Sect. 12 A added, 1934, 202 § 2 (requiring telephone and telegraph
companies to make additional annual returns).

Sect. 15A added, 1935, 242 (regulating charges by telephone com-
panies for the use of hand sets, so called).

Sect. 15B added, 1939, 162 (authorizing the sale and transfer of
property and the transfer of locations by domestic telephone and tele-
graph companies to domestic or foreign telephone and telegraph com-
panies and validating certain locations so transferred).

Chap. 167.] GENERAL LaWS. 1157

Sect. 15C added, 1955, 120 (relating to priority of emergency calls
on party line telephones).

Sect. 21 amended, 1939, 161; revised, 1951, 476 § 1.

Sect. 22, second paragraph amended, 1932, 36; third paragraph
revised, 1948, 550 § 36.

Sect. 22A added, 1932, 266 (relative to the placing underground of
certain wires); revised, 1933, 251.

Sect. 25 revised, 1951, 476 § 2.

Sect. 28 revised, 1948, 550 § 37.

Sect. 29 revised, 1951, 476 § 3.

Sect. 32 revised, 1949, 529.

Sect. 35 revised, 1951, 476 § 4.

Sect. 36 amended, 1951, 476 § 5.

Chapter 167. — Banks and Banking.

For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of deposits in certain savings banks, see 1934, 43; amended,
1936, 149 §§ 2-4; 1938, 125 §§ 1, 2; 1939, 149 §§ 2, 3; 1941, 78 § 2.

For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of shares in co-operative banks, see 1934, 73; amended, 1935,
76, 80; 1936, 155; 1938, 244 §§ 2-5; 1939, 227 §§ 2-5.

For temporary act providing for the liquidation of certain tiaist com-
panies, see 1939, 515; 1941, 143; 1943, 122.

For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-operate
in the distribution of United States defense savings bonds and defense
postal savings stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.

For temporary legislation authorizing banking institutions to make
loans to veterans of World War IT guaranteed or insured by the ad-
ministrator of veterans' affairs, see 1945, 46; 1946, 126; 1947, 110.

For temporary legislation suspending the law authorizing banks to
verifv deposit or pass books of depositors or shareholders, see 1943, 30;
1948"; 19; repealed, 1949, 357 § 4.

Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 452 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1934, 251; first paragraph amended, 1935, 452 § 2;
revised, 1948, 527 § 1; last sentence revised, 1951, 566; third para-
graph revised, 1950, 428. (See 1948, 527 § 5.)

Sect. 2A added, 1933, 310 (improving the method of examination of
banks).

Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 270 § 1.

Sect. 5 revised, 1933, 337; second paragraph amended, 1954, 681
§ 16. (See 1954, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Sect. 6 revised, 1945, 164.

Sect. 9 revised, 1939, 499 § 8; 1945, 292 § 11; 1949, 592 § 1.

Sect. 11 revised, 1934, 270 § 2; amended, 1950, 480 § 1; 1955,
432 § 6. (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. IIA added, 1938, 266 § 1 (placing all corporations conducted
on the Morris plan under the supervision of the commissioner of banks
and further regulating the business of banking companies).

Sects. IIB and IIC added, 1950, 368 (providing that certain viola-
tions of laws relating to banks shall be reported to the commissioner of
banks and to the district attorney).

Sect. 12 revised, 1935, 452 § 3; two sentences added at end, 1951, 765;
section revised, 1954, 250.

1158 Changes in the [Chap. 167.

Sect. 13, paragraph added at end, 1948, 527 § 2. (See 1948, 527 § 5.)

Sect. 14 revised, 1933, 334 § 1; 1949, 289 § 1.

Sect. 16 revised, 1949, 370.

Sect. 17 repealed, 1933, 334 § 2.

Sect. 18 amended, 1943, 110 § 1; 1955, 432 § 7. (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1933, 190; 1943, 22.

Sect. 20A added, 1933, 292 (permitting certain public officers to
participate in certain bank reorganizations).

Sects. 22-36. See 1934, 43 § 11.

Sect. 22, second paragraph amended, 1943, 121. (See 1933, 59 § 5,
112 §9.)

Sect. 23. See 1933, 112 § 6.

Sect. 24 amended, 1932, 294; 1933, 41 § 4; 1955, 432 § 8. (See 1955,
432 § 4.)

Sect. 31 A added, 1933, 277 (authorizing payment of dividends on
small deposits in closed banks to certain minors and to the next of kin
of certain deceased persons without probate proceedings); revised,
1937, 170.

Sect. 35. See 1936, 428.

Sect. 35A added, 1933, 302 (authorizing the destruction of certain
books, records and papers relating to closed banks).

Sect. 35B added, 1934, 241 (providing for semi-annual reports by
the commissioner of banks as to progress of liquidation of certain banks).

Sect. 36 amended, 1939, 451 § 58.

Sect. 37, third sentence amended, 1949, 592 § 2.

Sect. 37A added, 1949, 640 (relative to the establishing of branches
of financial institutions).

Sect. 46 amended, 1943, 110 § 2.

Sect. 47 amended, 1943, 110 § 3.

Sect. 48 added, 1939, 244 § 6 (relative to payments of moneys on
deposit in the name of a minor).

Sect. 49 added, 1941, 444 (relative to adverse claims to certain bank
deposits and to certain securities held by banks for the account of
others).

Sect. 50 added, 1945, 37 § 1 (making permanent the law authorizing
certain banking institutions to take certain first mortgages on real
estate). (See 1945, 37 § 2.) For prior temporary legislation see 1936,
191; 405 §2; 1939,98; 1941,40.

Sect. 51 added, 1945, 66 § 1 (making permanent the law relative to
the making bj'- certain banking institutions of loans insured by the
federal housing administrator); amended, 1948, 101; last sentence
revised, 1947, 89; amended, 1950, 480 § 3; section revised, 1950, 598;
last sentence revised, 1955, 432 § 9. (See 1943, 339; 1945, 66 § 2;

1950, 480 § 4; 1955, 432 § 4.) For prior temporary legislation see
1935, 162; 1937, 240; 1939, 241; 1941, 260; 1943, 126.

Sect. 52 added, 1946, 284 (permitting banks to close on Saturdays
during June, July, August and September); amended, 1947, 9.

Sect. 53 added, 1947, 169 (relative to the liability of banks to their
depositors for non-payment of checks).

Sect. 54 added, 1949, 428 (relative to the registration of trust securi-
ties in the names of nominees by banks doing a trust business) ; amended,

1951, 76.

Sect. 55 added, 1950, 287 § 1 (relative to presentment of certain
demand instruments payable by, at or through banks).

Chaps. 168-170.] GENERAL LawS. 1159

Chapter 168. — Savings Banks.

For temporary act, establishing the Mutual Savings Central Fund,
Inc., for the term of five years, see 1932, 44; term extended to ten
years, 1936, 149 § 1; term extended to twenty-five years, 1939, 149 § 1;
act amended, 1941, 78 § 1.

For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of deposits in certain savings banks, see 1934, 43; amended,
1936, 149 §§ 2-4; 1938, 125 §§ 1, 2; 1939, 149 §§ 2, 3; 1941, 78 § 2;
1952, 31, 534; 1955, 432 §§ 18-22.

For temporary act modifying the requirements for making certain
railroad bonds legal investments for savings banks, institutions for sav-
ings and trust companies in their savings departments, see 1939, 87;
1941, 115; temporary act repealed, 1941, 413 § 11.

For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-
operate in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds and
Defense Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.

For an act creating the Savings Bank Investment Fund as an addi-
tional means of investment for savings banks, see 1945, 283 §§ 1-11;
1955, 432 § 23 (See 1955, 432 §§ 2-4.)

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 168 inserted, 1955, 432 § 1. (See
1955, 432 §§ 2-4.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves
of 1954.

Chapter 169. — Deposits with Others than Banks.

Sect. 1 amended, 1949, 64 § 1; 1950, 95.
Sect. 3, last sentence revised, 1949, 64 § 2.
Sect. 6 amended, 1949, 64 § 3; 592 § 3.
Sect. 7 amended, 1949, 64 § 4.
Sect. 8 revised, 1949, 64 § 5.

Chapter 170. — Co-operative Banks.

For temporary act, establishing the Co-operative Central Bank for
the term of five years, see 1932, 45; term extended to ten years, 1935,
82; amount which a member bank may borrow without collateral fur-
ther regulated, 1935, 136; 1941, 86; term further extended to twenty-
five years, 1938, 244 § 1; refunds to member banks regulated, 1939,
227 § 1; act further amended, 1943, 219.

For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of shares in co-operative banks, see 1934, 73; amended, 1935,
76, 80; 1936, 155; 1938, 244 §§ 2-5; 1939, 227 §§ 2-5; 1945, 116.

For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-operate
in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds and Defense
Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.

For temporary act to enable certain co-operative banks to invest
funds in certain securities, see 1948, 50.

Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 170 inserted, 1933, 144.
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 170 inserted, 1950, 371 § 1. (See
1950, 371 §§ 2-4; 1952, 148.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

1160 Changes in the [Chap. 171.

The following references are to chapter 170 as so inserted:

Sect. 1, definition of "Share capital" or "share hability" revised,
1952, 168 § 1; definition of "Shareholder" or "member" revised, 1952,
168 § lA; "Net profits" defined, 1953, 87 § 1.

Sect. 7, first paragraph revised, 1952, 168 § 2.

Sect. 13, first sentence revised, 1952, 168 § 3; subsection 1, para-
graph {d) amended, 1952, 257 § 1. (See 1952, 257 § 3.) See 1950,
480 § 2.

Sect. 16, first two paragraphs revised, 1954, 108.

Sect. 17 revised, 1952, 257 § 2. (See 1952, 257 § 3.)

Sect. 24, subsection 2 amended, 1955, 118 § 1; subsection 3 amended,
1955, 118 § 2; subsection 4 revised, 1955, 146; subsection 8 amended,

1952, 137.

Sect. 26, subsections 1 and 2 revised, 1955, 432 § 10. (See 1955,
432 § 4.)

Sect. 37 revised, 1953, 87 § 2.

Sect. 38, second paragraph amended, 1955, 257 § 2. (See 1952, 149;

1953, 72; 1954, 463 § 1; 1955, 257 § 1.)

Sect. 51, third paragraph amended, 1954, 109 § 1; last paragraph
amended, 1954, 109 § 2.

Chapter 171. — Credit Unions.

For temporary act, estabhshing the Central Credit Union Fund, Inc.,
for the term of five years, see 1932, 216; amended, 1934, 221; 1939,
112 § 2. Term extended to ten years, 1936, 70. Term extended to
twenty years, 1941, 177.

For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-
operate in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds
and Defense Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.

Sect. 3, second paragraph revised, 1936, 323; 1948, 527 § 4. (See
1948, 527 § 5.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1939, 112 § 1.

Sect. 6, paragraph added at end, 1952, 162.

Sect. 6A added, 1946, 184 (to authorize deductions from wages of
employees of districts and municipalities for making certain payments
to credit unions of such employees); repealed, 1947, 189 § 2. (See
G. L. chapter 149 § 178B, inserted by 1947, 189 § 1.)

Sect. 8 revised. 1946, 49 § 1.

Sect. 9 revised, 1946, 49 § 2.

Sect. 10, two sentences inserted after fifth sentence, 1945, 81; sec-
tion revised, 1947, 87; fourth sentence revised, 1949, 287.

Sect. 15, first sentence revised, 1952, 94; last sentence stricken out,
and paragraph added at end, 1933, 163 § 1 ; second paragraph amended,
1955, 432 § 11; new paragraph added, 1935, 272; paragraph added by
1935, 272 revised, 1936, 329. (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. 16, second sentence amended, 1949, 286 § 1.

Sect. 17, sentence added at end, 1952, 95. See 1943, 30.

Sect. 18 revised, 1955, 147.

Sect. 19A added, 1938, 239 (relative to the liability of certain en-
dorsers upon notes held by credit unions and authorizing the establish-
ment of contingent funds by credit unions) ; revised, 1941, 79.

Chap. 172.] GENERAL LawS. 1161

Sect. 20A added, 1936, 119 (relative to the impairment of the capital
of credit vmions).

Sect. 21 amended, 1933, 163 § 2; 1937, 228; revised, 1943, 118;
sentence added at end, 1946, 76; section revised, 1949, 341; first sen-
tence revised, 1951, 246; amended, 1951, 654; section revised, 1953,
121, 210; amended, 1954, 179 § 1.

Sect. 22, paragraph added at end, 1952, 88.

Sect. 24, paragraph added at end of subdivision (A), 1933, 163 § 3;
first four paragraphs and subdivi.sion (A) revised, 1941, 102; paragraph
4 of subdivision (A) revised, 1947, 85; paragraph 5 of subdivision (A)
amended, 1946, 47; paragraph 7 of subdivision (A) added, 1948, 65;
subdivision (A) revised, 1950, 84; 1951, 117; paragraph 1 of subdivision
(A) revised, 1954, 122 § 1: paragraph 2 of subdivision (A) revised,
1954, 122 § 2; paragraph 5 of subdivision (A) amended, 1952, 91;
1953, 159 § 1; paragraph 6 amended, 1953, 159 § 2; revised, 1954,
122 § 3; subdivision (B) revised, 1945, 82; 1947, 178; first paragraph
of subdivision (B) amended, 1952, 163; 1955, 122; paragraph 3 of sub-
division (B) revised, 1952, 105 § 1; paragraph 3A of subdivision (B)
added, 1953, 159 § 3; paragraph 4 of subdivision (B) stricken out,
1952, 105 § 2.

Sect. 25, first paragraph revised, 1949, 286 § 2.

Sect. 27, first sentence amended, 1949, 592 § 5.

Sect. 29, first paragraph revised, 1936, 139; second paragraph
amended, 1950, 162 § 7; 1954, 179 § 2.

Sect. 30 added, 1946, 90 (relative to the consolidation of credit
unions and the conversion of foreign credit unions).

Sects. 31-33 added, 1948, 509 § 1 (providing for the establishment
of a contributory credit union employees retirement association). (See
1948, 509 § 2.)

Sect 31, fifth paragraph revised, 1954, 121 § 1; paragraph added at
end, 1954, 121 § 2.

Chapter 172. — Trust Companies.

For temporarv act providing for the liquidation of certain trust
companies, see 1939, 515; 1941, 143; 1943, 122.

Sect. 1 revised, 1934, 349 § 1.

Sect. 7, clause Fourth revised, 1934, 349 § 2

Sect. 9, fifth sentence amended, 1934, 349 § 3.

Sect. 10, first paragraph amended, 1934, 349 § 4.

Sect. 11 revised, 1934, 349 § 5.

Sect. 12 revised, 1934, 349 § 6.

Sect. 13 revised, 1934, 349 § 7; first sentence amended, 1950, 93
§ 1.

Sect. 14 revised, 1934, 349 § 8; 1935, 40; amended, 1936, 143 § I.

Sect. 14A added, 1934, 349 § 9 (relative to the submission of a monthly
report by the treasurer of a trust company to its board of directors);
subparagraph 3 stricken out and subparagraphs 3 and 3A inserted,
1939, 244 § 1; subparagraph 3, clause (h) revised, 1950, 93 § 2; sub-
paragraph 4 amended, 1950, 93 § 3; last paragraph revised, 1950,
93 § 4.

Sect. 15 revised, 1934, 349 § 10.

1162 Changes in the [Chap. 172.

Sect. 16, paragraph added at end, 1934, 349 § 11.

Sect. 18 revised, 1934, 349 § 12; amended, 1935, 18; second para-
graph revised, 1943, 110 § 8.

Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 349 § 13.

Sect. 19A added, 1943, 237 (providing for notice to the commissioner
of banks of certain transfers of stock of trust companies).

Sect. 24 revised, 1934, 349 § 14; two paragraphs added at end,
1937, 248.

Sect. 25 amended, 1934, 349 § 15.

Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 349 § 16; revised, 1943, 21 § 2.

Sect. 27, three sentences added at end, 1946, 66.

Sect. 30A, sentence added at end, 1934, 349 § 17; same sentence
amended, 1947, 28.

Sect. 31 revised, 1934, 349 § 18; last sentence amended, 1939, 124;
1949, 289 § 2; revised, 1955, 432 § 12. (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. 33 revised, 1941, 484 § 1. (See 1941, 484 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 34 revised, 1934, 349 § 19; 1939, 244 § 2; amended, 1951, 23 § 1;
two paragraphs added at end, 1955, 197.

Sect. 34A added, 1952, 150 (further hmiting the investments by a
trust company in certain loans issued by the federal housing commis-
sioner).

Sect. 40 revised, 1941, 484 § 2; amended, 1945, 88; temporarily
affected, 1951, 729. (See 1941, 484 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 40A added, 1943, 261 (clarifying the limits on the total liabili-
ties of any one borrower to a trust company in its commercial and
savings departments); temporarily affected, 1951, 729; revised, 1955,
432 § 13. (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. 41, sentence added at end, 1947, 36; same sentence revised,
1952 93.

Sect. 43 revised, 1934, 349 § 20; 1941, 484 § 3. (See 1941, 484 §§
4 5.)

'sect. 44 revised, 1939, 187; amended, 1946, 87 § 1; revised, 1955,
275 § 1.

Sect. 44A added, 1933, 41 § 2 (authorizing trust companies to pur-
chase, loan upon or participate in loans upon the assets of certain
closed and other banks) .

Sect. 45 revised, 1934, 349 § 21; amended, 1939, 244 § 3; revised,
1946, 87 § 2. (See 1943, 192; 1946, 87 § 4.)

Sect. 46 revised, 1934, 349 § 22; amended, 1939, 244 § 4; 1946,
87 § 3. (See 1943, 192; 1946, 87 § 4.)

Sect. 48 revised, 1934, 349 § 23; paragraph (c) added at end, 1937,
276.

Sect. 54 amended, 1934, 349 § 24; 1935, 172 § 1.

Sect. 54A added, 1935, 172 § 2 (authorizing trust companies under
certain conditions to deposit in their commercial departments certain
funds held in their trust departments).

Sect. 57 revised, 1934, 349 § 25.

Sect. 60 amended, 1934, 349 § 26; last sentence revised, 1951, 23 § 2.

Sect. 61 amended, 1933, 41 § 3; first sentence revised, 1955, 432
§ 14. (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. 62 amended, 1934, 349 § 27; revised, 1941, 104.

Sect. 66 revised, 1932, 245 § 2.

Sect. 66A revised, 1943, 27 § 2.

Chap. 172A.] GENERAL LaWS. 1163

Sect. 66B added, 1949, 289 § 3 (establishing the time within which
an order may be paid notwithstanding the death of the drawer).

Sect. 67, paragraph added at end, 1933, 334 § 29 (regulating the
declaration and payment of interest on deposits in savings depart-
ments of trust companies).

Sect. 68 amended, 1955, 432 § 15, (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. 69 amended, 1943, 110 § 7.

Sect. 70 revised, 1949, 357 § 3. (See 1943, 30; 1948, 19: 1949,
357 § 4.)

Sect. 74 amended, 1934, 349 § 28.

Sect. 75 revised, 1934, 349 § 29; last sentence revised, 1943, 193;
1945, 53 § 1.

Sect. 76 amended, 1934, 349 § 30.

Sect. 80 revised, 1934, 349 § 31 (but see 1934, 349 § 32); next to
last sentence revised, 1945, 53 § 2.

Sect. 82 added, under caption "set-off or recoupment of de-
posits", 1932, 295 § 1. (See 1932, 295 § 2.)

Sects. 83-89 added, under caption "conservatorship", 1933, 87
§ 1.

Sects. 83, 88. See 1933, 112 §§ 6, 9.

Sect. 90 added, 1933, 273 (relative to the enforcement of conserva-
torship proceedings in respect to trust companies).

Chapter 172A. — Banking Companies.
New chapter inserted, 1935, 452 § 4.

For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-
operate in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds
and Defense Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.

Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 266 § 2; amended, 1941, 391 § 1. (See 1941,
391 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 1A added, 1938, 266 § 3 (authorizing certain existing corpora-
tions to vote to carry on the business of a banking company on certain
conditions).

Sect. 2 amended, 1938, 266 § 4.

Sect. 3 revised, 1938, 266 § 5; fifth sentence amended, 1952, 97;
sentence added at end, 1948, 285.

Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 266 § 6; 1949, 268 § 1.

Sect. 5, first paragraph revised, 1938, 266 § 7; section revised, 1948,
148 § 1; fourth sentence amended, 1953, 122; last paragraph revised,
1950, 92 § 1.

Sect. 5A added, 1948, 148 § 2 (relative to the limitations on the
amount of deposits on certificate funds in banking companies).

Sect. 6 revised, 1938. 266 § 9.

Sect. 6A added, 1946, 115 § 1 (authorizing certain banking com-
panies to receive deposits subject to withdrawal by check) ; amended,
1948, 150; second sentence amended, 1953, 123; 1955, 163; last sen-
tence revised, 1950, 92 § 2.

Sect. 7, preHminary sentence revised, 1946, 115 § 2; clause First,
last sentence stricken out, 1945, 192 § 1 ; clause Second revised, 1943,
208; 1948,35; amended, 1952,96; revised, 1955, 432 § 16 (see 1955,
432 § 4); clause Fourth added, 1945, 192 § 2; revised, 1948, 100.

Sect. 7A added, 1938, 266 § 8 (relative to the carrying and disposi-

1164 Changes in the [Chaps. 173-175.

tion by certain existing corporations of certain assets not authorized
as investments after they become subject to this chapter).

Sect. 7B added, 1948, 36 (prohibiting the making of loans by bank-
ing companies on the security of their own shares and regulating the
acquisition or holding by them of such shares).

Sect. 8 amended, 1947, 39.

Sect. 8A added, 1948, 34 (prohibiting the making of loans or ex-
tensions of credit by banking companies to their own executive officers).

Sect. 10, first sentence amended, 1946, 115 § 3; two sentences added
at end, 1949, 268 § 2.

Sect. 12, sentence added at end, 1948, 37.

Sect. 12A added, 1948, 281 (relative to the merger, consolidation or
purchase and sale of assets of banking companies); revised, 1955,
275 § 2.

Sect. 15 added, 1941, 438 (authorizing banking companies to sell
certain negotiable checks).

Chapter 173. — Mortgage Loan Investment Companies.

Sect. 15 amended, 1949, 592 § 6.
Sect. 16 revised, 1949, 592 § 7.

Chapter 174. — Bond and Investment Companies.
Chapter stricken out, 1950, 822 § 1.

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

Chapter 174A. — Regulation of Rates for Fire, Marine and Inland Marine
Insurance, and Rating Organizations.

New chapter inserted, 1947, 614 § 1. (See 1947, 614 § 3.)

Sect. 4, first paragraph revised, 1955, 384 § 1.
Sect. 6, subsection (/) added, 1955, 384 § 2.

Sect. 18, paragraph (c) amended, 1954, 681 § 17. (See 1954, 681
§§ 20, 22.)

Chapter 175. — Insurance.

For legislation authorizing domestic insurance companies to invest
in real estate mortgages insured under the National Housing Act, see
1939, 359. (See also 1943, 339.) [For other legislation, see 1935, 162;
1937, 240; 1939, 241; 1941. 260; 1943, 126; 1946, 125.]

For temporary act, modifying the requirements for investments in
real estate mortgages, see 1936, 191; amended, 1936, 405 § 2; extended,
1939, 98; 1941, 40.

For temporary legislation authorizing insurance companies to make
loans to veterans of World War II guaranteed or insured by the ad-
ministrator of veterans' affairs, see 1945, 46; 1946, 126; 1947, 110.

For temporary legislation confirming the power and authority of
domestic insurance companies, their officers, directors, employees and
agents, to pay certain taxes and fees, and relating to liability therefor,
see 1945, 57; 1947, 80.

Sect. 1, definition of "Company" revised, 1947, 488 § 10; paragraph
added (after definition of "Foreign company") defining "Industrial
life insurance pohcy" or "pohcy of industrial life insurance", 1943, 227

Chap. 175.] GENERAL LaWS. 1165

§ 11; paragraph added after word "law" in the fifty-second line, 1938,
306 (defining "resident" with respect to the incorporators, officers and
directors of insurance companies). (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 4, first paragraph revised, 1938, 357 § 1; fourth paragraph
amended, 1939, 472 § 4; revised, 1941, 324.

Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 107 § 2.

Sect. 6, first paragraph amended, 1933, 107 § 3; section amended,
1939, 472 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1939, 488 § 2; last sentence
of same paragraph revised, 1949, 242 § 1. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)

Sect. 9, clause Second revised, 1941, 326 § 1; clause Fourth revised,
1941, 326 § 2; section revised, 1943, 227 § 1. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 10 revised, 1947, 217.

Sect. 11, first paragraph amended, 1934, 92 § 1; revised, 1943, 207
§ 3; 1945, 605 § 2; 1947, 539; third paragraph amended, 1933, 5.
(See 1943, 207 § 4; 1945, 605 § 3.)

Sect. 12 amended, 1943, 183 § 1. (See 1943, 183 § 2.)

Sect. 12A added, 1943, 183 § 2 (relating to the computation of re-
serves required of certain domestic Hability insurance companies with
respect to certain policies of liabiUty insurance).

Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 395 § 2; revised, 1941, 635 § 3, 693; para-
graph inserted after paragraph contained in line 14, 1943, 54 § 1; re-
vised, 1945, 593 § 1 ; paragraph contained in lines 22-26 revised, 1943,
288; seventeenth paragraph revised, 1943, 54 § 2, 227 § 2. (See 1945,
593 § 2.)

Sect. 14A added, 1949, 735 § 2 (relative to contributions to the
expenses of the Committee on Valuation of Securities of the National
Ass'n of Insurance Commissioners, and the assessment upon domestic
life insurance companies therefor).

Sect. 16, second paragraph amended, 1939, 395 § 3.

Sect. 19A amended, 1934, 137 § 2; revised, 1941, 364 § 1.

Sect. 19B added, 1939, 375 (authorizing domestic insurance com-
panies to merge or consolidate with foreign insurance companies in
certain cases); revised, 1941, 364 § 2.

Sect. 19C added, 1941, 364 § 3 (relative to rights of stockholders of
merging or consolidating corporations).

Sect. 20, first sentence of second paragraph amended, 1946, 508;
second sentence of second paragraph revised, 1948. 571; new paragraph
inserted after fifth paragraph, 1941, 343.

Sect. 22A revised, 1935, 234; first paragraph amended, 1946, 158;
last paragraph amended, 1938, 181 ; section revised, 1951, 327.

Sect. 24, sentence added at end of first paragraph, 1946, 244; second
paragraph stricken out, 1955, 384 § 3.

Sect. 25, first paragraph revised, 1950, 396 § 1; second paragraph
revised, 1945, 159; amended, 1950, 396 § 2; third paragraph amended,
1950, 225; last paragraph of Form A stricken out, 1934, 12; Forms B
and C revised, 1947, 488 § 2; last paragraph of section amended, 1934,
92 §2.

Sect. 29 revised, 1939, 167; 1955, 636.

Sect. 32 revised, 1938, 357 § 2; amended, 1941, 342 § 1.

Sect. 33 revised, 1946, 186.

Sect. 35 revised, 1950, 63.

Sect. 36, second paragraph revised, 1935, 140; 1936, 61; first two
paragraphs revised, 1951, 125; two paragraphs added at end, 1938,
218 § 1; third paragraph revised, 1954, 75.

1166 Changes in the [Chap. 175.

Sect. 36A added, 1948, 496 (relative to payment of retirement or
insurance benefits to agents and agency employees of certain domestic
insurance corporations).

Sect. 36B added, 1954, 247 (to permit accident and health insurance
companies to cover their employees for accident and health insurance).

Sect. 47, clause First revised, 1938, 176; clause Fourth revised, 1938,
307; clause Fifth revised, 1954, 266; clause Sixth amended, 1941, 243;
1945, 436 ; 1951, 73 ; clause Seventh amended, 1937, 261 ; clause Twelfth
revised, 1935, 204; clause Seventeenth added, 1946, 471 § 75.

Sect. 48, first paragraph revised, 1946, 471 § 2; Unes 22 and 23
stricken out and new paragraph inserted, 1946, 471 § 3.

Sect. 48A revised, 1946, 471 § 4.

Sect. 49, first paragraph revised, 1954, 320 § 1 ; paragraph inserted
after second paragraph, 1939, 15 § 2; same paragraph stricken out,
1954, 320 § 2; paragraph contained in the twenty-second to the twenty-
eighth lines revised, 1941, 342 § 2; last paragraph stricken out, 1941,
342 § 3.

Sect. 50, first sentence revised, 1945, 609 § 1; 1954, 320 § 3; third
sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 33.

Sect. 51, clause (a) revised, 1946, 471 § 5.

Sect. 54, clause (aj/Q added, 1946, 471 § 6; clause (e) revised, 1939,
488 § 3, (See 1939, 488 § 9.)

Sect. 54 A added, 1932, 165 (permitting certain insurance companies
to make outside the commonwealth contracts insuring personal prop-
erty against all risks or hazards) ; amended, 1938, 198.

Sects. 54B-54D added, 1945, 384 § 2 (authorizing multiple line under-
writing, so-called, by certain domestic and foreign stock and mutual in-
surance companies). (See 1945, 384 § 3.)

Sect. 54B revised, 1946, 285; 1950, 475 § 1.

Sect. 54E added, 1951, 510 (to afford more complete insurance cover-
age for dwelling houses) ; revised, 1955, 339.

Sect. 59, sentence added at end, 1948, 286.

Sect. 63, paragraph 2, clause (d) added, 1947, 266 § 1 ; paragraph 3
amended, 1947, 266 § 2; paragraph 3A added, 1948, 70; paragraph 4
revised, 1947, 266 § 3; paragraph 5A added, 1947, 266 § 4; paragraph
6 revised, 1947, 266 § 5; paragraph 7 revised, 1945, 188; first sentence
amended, 1951, 129; fifth sentence revised, 1954, 65; sentence added
at end. 1946, 438 § 2; paragraph 7A added, 1950, 207; paragraph 9
revised, 1947, 266 § 6; paragraph 11 revised, 1947, 266 § 7; paragraph
14A added, 1947, 266 § 8; revised, 1954, 111 § 1; paragraph 14B
added, 1951, 154.

Sect. 64, first paragraph revised, 1953, 110; second paragraph
amended, 1936, 213; third paragraph revised, 1943, 207 § 2; 1947,
269 § 2; 1952, 395; paragraph added at end, 1941, 548. (See 1943,
207 § 4.)

Sect. 65 amended, 1946, 125; 1947, 41; revised, 1954, 176; 1955, 208.

Sect. 66 amended, 1947, 650; second paragraph stricken out and two
paragraphs inserted, 1954, 111 § 2.

Sect. 66A added, 1943, 207 § 1 (relative to the construction, opera-
tion and maintenance of low rental housing projects by domestic life
insurance companies); revised, 1945, 605 § 1; 1947, 504. (See 1943,
207 § 4; 1945, 605 § 3.)

Sect. 66B added, 1947, 269 § 1 (authorizing domestic fife insurance
companies to invest in certain land and buildings); fourth sentence

Chap. 175.] GENERAL LawS. 1167

amended, 1953, 94; fifth sentence stricken out and two sentences in-
serted, 1954, 68.

Sect. 70, second sentence revised, 1954, 320 § 4.

Sect. 71, first sentence stricken out and four sentences inserted, 1954,
320 § 5.

Sect. 72 amended, 1936, 212.

Sect. 73, first paragraph revised, 1939, 300 § 1.

Sect. 77 amended, 1941, 365 § 1. (See 1941, 365 § 2.)

Sect. 79 revised, 1933, 23 § 1; 1953, 220 § 1.

Sect. 80, first sentence revised, 1947, 196; paragraph inserted after
the word "classified" in the twenty-third line, 1936, 315; section re-
vised, 1947, 317; first sentence amended, 1951, 297; first paragraph
revised, 1955, 384 § 4.

Sect. 81, first sentence amended, 1952, 34.

Sect. 83, paragraph added at end, 1941, 716 § 5. (See 1941, 723.)

Sect. 85A added, 1941, 716 § 1 (providing that the commissioner of
insurance may authorize certain doniestic mutual insurance companies
to issue non-assessable policies); sentence added at end, 1943, 247 § 1;
sentence added at end, 1947, 197 § 1. (See 1941, 723; 1943, 247 § 4.)

Sect. 87 repealed, 1934, 22.

Sect. 90, first paragraph amended, 1941, 716 § 2; 1945, 403 § 2.
(See 1941, 723.)

Sect. 90A amended, 1939, 300 § 2.

Sect. 90B revised, 1933, 23 § 2; 1945, 726.

Sect. 90C, first paragraph revised, 1953, 220 § 2.

Sect. 93, first paragraph revised, 1939, 488 § 1; 1941, 654 § 1. (See
1939, 488 § 9.)

Sect. 93B revised, 1939, 488 § 4. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)

Sect. 93C revised, 1939, 488 § 5. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)

Sect. 93D revised, 1939, 488 § 6. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)

Sect. 93F added, 1941, 716 § 3 (permitting certain domestic mutual
insurance companies to issue non-assessable policies) ; sentence added
at end, 1943, 247 § 2; sentence added at end, 1947, 197 § 2. (See 1941,
723; 1943,247 §4.)

Sect. 94, first two paragraphs stricken out, and two new paragraphs
inserted, 1933, 81; first paragraph amended, 1938, 218 § 2; 1943, 532
§ 2; revised, 1945, 313 § 2; third paragraph revised, 1952, 51. (See
1945, 313 § 5.)

Sects. 94A-94M added, 1947, 488 § 1 (authorizing and regulating
the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts in the common-
wealth).

Sect. 94B revised, 1955, 384 § 5.

Sect. 94E, clause (a) revised, 1955, 384 § 6.

Sect. 96A added, 1946, 471 § 7 (providing that insurance against
expenses actually incurred in repairing or replacing property damaged
or destroyed by fire or other causes shall not be subject to certain
Umitations as to value).

Sect. 97 amended, 1933, 31; two sentences added at end, 1945, 399
§ 1. (See 1945, 399 § 2.)

Sect. 99, clause Ninth revised, 1934, 95; paragraph of the standard
form appearing in lines 14-23 revised, 1943, 462; clause Tenth added,
1947, 488 § 3; section revised, 1951. 478 § 1. (See 1951, 478 § 2.)

Sect. 102 amended, 1932, 174 § 1; revised, 1934, 110 § 1, (See 1932,
174 § 2; 1934, 110 § 2.)

1168 Changes in the [Chap. 175.

Sect. 104 repealed, 1947, 614 § 2. (See 1947, 614 § 3.)

Sect. 105 amended, 1955, 432 § 17. (See 1955, 432 § 4.)

Sect. 106 revised, 1932, 150 § 1; amended, 1939, 400 § 1. (See 1932,
150 § 4.)

Sect. 108, paragraph added at end, 1945. 341; paragraphs A-C
added at end, 1947, 607; section revised, 1954, 275 § 1; paragraph C
amended, 1954, 681 § 18. (See 1954, 275 §§ 4, 5, 681 §§ 20, 22.)

Sect. 109 repealed, 1954, 275 § 2. (See 1954, 275 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 110, sentence added at end, 1939, 133; section amended, 1941,
118; revised, 1943, 424 § 3, 532 § 1; subdivision (1) of second para-
graph amended, 1945, 403 § 1; section revised, 1949, 676 § 3; amended,
1950, 392; subdivisions (A) and (B) revised, 1952, 532 § 1; subdivision
(A) amended, 1954, 275 § 3, 327; 1953, 229 § 1; subdivision (C)
amended, 1952, 532 § lA; subdivision (D) revised, 1952, 532 § 2;
amended, 1955, 207. (See 1954, 275 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. IIOA added, 1938, 401 (relative to exemption of the benefits
of disability insurance from attachment and execution).

Sect. HOB added, 1939, 209 (relative to the termination or lapsing
of certain accident and health policies for non-paj'^ment of premiums) ;
revised, 1955, 263.

Sect. UlC added, 1943, 375 § 1 (providing for the inclusion of ac-
cident benefits in certain liability insurance poUcies); revised, 1948,
287

Sect. 113 A, provision (2) amended, 1933, 119 § 1; revised, 1933, 145
§ 1; 1949, 570; amended, 1951, 648 § 2; provision (2A) added, 1933,
145 § 2; amended, 1935, 296 § 1; provision (6) revised, 1936, 272;
1949, 693 § 1; amended, 1955, 283 § 2. (See 1933, 145 § 3; 1935, 296
§2; 1949, 693 §2; 1951, 648 §3; 1955, 283 § 3.)

Sect. 113B, paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1935, 459 § 4;
third paragraph amended, 1951, 251. (See 1935, 459 § 5.)

Sect. 113D, first paragraph revised, 1933, 119 § 2; fourth paragraph
revised, 1933, 146 § 1; sixth paragraph revised, 1933, 146 § 2; amended,
1934, 46; first sentence of sixth paragraph amended, 1938, 311; para-
graph added at end, 1933, 119 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1934, 379;
revised, 1951, 648 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1955, 412 § 1. (See
1933, 119 § 6, 146 § 3; 1951, 648 § 3; 1955, 412 § 2.)

Sect. 113E added, 1934, 61 (prohibiting certain discrimination in the
issuance or execution of motor vehicle liability policies or bonds);
amended, 1941, 401.

Sect. 113F added, 1937, 390 (relative to the renewal of motor vehicle
liability policies or bonds, so called, in certain cases); first paragraph
amended, 1938, 351.

Sect. 113G added, 1939, 406 § 1 (relative to the relations of officers,
directors and employees of certain domestic insurance companies with
certain insurance agencies and finance companies). (See 1939, 406 § 2.)

Sect. 113H added, 1953, 570 § 5 (relative to co-operation by insurance
companies in the apportionment of certain motor vehicle liability risks).

Sect. 1131 added, 1954, 274 (relative to the service charges for se-
curing motor vehicle liability insurance for certain persons).

Sect. 113 J added, 1954, 334 (requiring insurers under compulsory
motor vehicle insurance law to furnish reports of medical examinations).

Sect. 114 amended, 1932, 180 § 34; 1939, 225,

Sect. 116A amended, 1932, 180 § 35.

Chap. 175.] GENERAL LaWS. 1169

Sect. 117, sentence added at end, 1955, 384 § 7.

Sect. 117A, first paragraph amended, 1938, 216 § 1; heading before
section 117 A stricken out and "marine and automobile and sprinkler
LEAKAGE INSURANCE" inserted, 1938, 216 § 2.

Sect. 123 revised, 1943, 186; second paragraph stricken out, 1952, 14.

Sect. 125. See 1933, 42.

Sect. 126 amended, 1943, 227 § 5. (See 1933, 42 §§ 13, 14; 1943, 227.)

Sect. 128 revised, 1953, 97.

Sect. 130 revised, 1954, 66.

Sect. 132, first paragraph revised, 1933, 101 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1943, 227 § 6; provisions numbered 6. 7, 8, 9, revised. 1943,
227 § 7; provision numbered 10 revised, 1951, 131; provision numbered
12 added, 1955, 119; four paragraphs added at end of section, 1943,
227 § 6. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sects. 132A-132E added, 1945, 313 § 1 (relative to group annuity
contracts). (See 1945, 313 § 5; 1947, 188 §§ 1, 2.)

Sect. 132A, clause (b) stricken out and clauses (b), (c) and (d) inserted,
1951, 249 § 1; second paragraph revised, 1951, 249 § 2; last paragraph
revised, 1951, 249 § 3.

Sect. 133, clause (a) amended, 1946, 346; 1948, 54; revised, 1951,
404 § 1; amended, 1955, 171; clause (6) amended, 1938, 362 § 2; 1943,
424 § 1; revised, 1951, 404 § 2; clause (c) added, 1938, 362 § 1; clause
(d) added, 1943, 424 § 2; clause (e) added, 1949, 676 § 1; amended,
1951, 195; revised, 1951, 404 § 3; amended, 1953, 229 § 2.

Sect. 134, sentence added at end of provision numbered 4, 1938, 362
§3; said provision revised, 1939, 170; 1941,456; last paragraph stricken
out and three new paragraphs inserted, 1938, 362 § 4; first of said
paragraphs revised, 1949, 676 § 2; amended, 1950, 463 § 1; paragraph
inserted after second of said paragraphs, 1950, 463 § 2; section revised,
1951, 404 § 4; provision numbered 1 revised, 1954, 285; provision
numbered 4A inserted, 1955, 169.

Sect. 134A added, 1949, 676 § 4 (relative to the time of notice re-
quired in the conversion of group life insurance policies).

Sect. 138A added, 1943, 424 § 4 (relative to deductions from salaries
of state, county and municipal employees for payment of premiums on
certain group life insurance policies).

Sect. 139, two sentences added at end, 1945, 335; section revised,
1946, 313.

Sect. 140, second paragraph revised, 1943, 227 § 12; third paragraph
amended, 1933, 101 § 2. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 142 revised, 1943, 227 § 8; first sentence revised, 1950, 345 § 1.
(See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14; 1950, 345 § 2.)

Sect. 143 revised, 1943, 227 § 9. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 144, last paragraph revised, 1933, 101 § 3; first three para-
graphs stricken out and four new paragraphs inserted, 1938, 209 § 1;
section revised, 1943, 227 § 3; subdivision 11 added, 1945, 313 § 3.
(See 1938, 209 § 3; 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14; 1945, 313 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 146 revised, 1943, 227 § 4. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 146A added, 1945, 298 (providing for giving notice to holders
of lapsed industrial life insurance policies of non-forfeiture benefits).

Sect. 147 amended, 1938, 209 § 2; repealed, 1943, 227 § 10. (See
1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 147 A repealed, 1943, 227 § 10. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

1170 Changes in the [Chap. 175.

Sect. 147B added, 1935, 232 (requiring foreign life insurance com-
panies to provide for paid-up and extended term insurance and cash
surrender values on policies of industrial life insurance issued in the
commonwealth); repealed, 1943, 227 § 10. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)

Sect. 149, first paragraph amended, 1954, 318.

Sects. 149A-149D added, 1946, 455 (providing that certain unclaimed
funds held by domestic life insurance companies be paid into the state
treasury).

Sect. 149 A revised, 1950, 523 § 1.

Sect. 149B amended, 1950, 523 § 2.

Sect. 149C amended, 1950, 523 § 3.

Sect. 149D, last sentence revised, 1949, 694 § 1; stricken out and
two sentences inserted, 1950, 523 § 4. (See 1949, 694 § 2.)

Sect. 150 revised, 1945, 609 § 2; amended, 1946, 250.

Sect. 151, clause Second amended, 1933, 107 § 1; clause Second, sub-
division (3) (c) revised, 1939, 488 § 7; 1950, 475 § 2; clause Second,
subdivision (3) (/) revised, 1939, 488 § 8; 1950, 475 § 3. (See 1939,
488 § 9.)

Sect. 152A added, 1941, 716 § 4 (relative to the issue by certain
foreign mutual insurance companies of non-assessable policies); sen-
tence added at end, 1943, 247 § 3; same sentence amended, 1947, 257;
sentence added at end, 1947, 197 § 3. (See 1941, 723; 1943, 247 § 4.)

Sect. 155, clause First revised, 1932, 150 § 2; amended, 1939, 400 § 2.
(See 1932, 150 § 4.)

Sect. 156A amended, 1933, 30

Sect. 157, paragraph added at end, 1939, 315; section revised, 1941,
451; first paragraph amended, 1952, 146.

Sect. 160A added, 1933, 25 § 1 (prohibiting the printing or pubUca-
tion of certain advertisements for or on behalf of unhcensed insurance
companies).

Sect. 160B added, 1934, 14 § 1 (authorizing the commissioner of in-
surance to publish certain information relative to unlicensed foreign
insurance companies or societies).

Sect. 162, third paragraph revised, 1941, 286.

Sect. 162A added, 1947, 629 (authorizing insurance companies and
their agents to compensate duly licensed insurance brokers for certain
services).

Sect 162B added, 1954, 464 (authorizing agents and brokers to ac-
cept payment of insurance premiums in instalments and to finance in-
surance payments).

Sect. 163, paragraph added at end, 1941, 502; same paragraph re-
vised, 1943, 85.

Sect. 164A added, 1938, 225 (providing that no insurance agent shall
be charged with a decrease or deduction from his commission or salary
on account of industrial life insurance policies lapsed or surrendered
after being paid on for three years) ; revised, 1943, 226.

Sect. 167 A amended, 1934, 137 § 3; 1937, 260; 1945, 368; revised,
1954, 627 § 33. (See 1954, 627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 168, first sentence revised, 1950, 347 § 1; fourth sentence
stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1950, 347 § 2; fourth sentence
amended, 1951, 130.

Sect. 172, last sentence revised, 1941, 703.

Sect. 173 revised, 1946, 299.

Chaps. 175A, 175B.] GENERAL LaWS. 1171

Sect. 174, fourth paragraph amended, 1954, 294.

Sect. 174C added, 1941, 493 (relative to the quahfications and li-
censing of insurance agents, insurance brokers and special insurance
brokers).

Sect. 174D added, 1955, 155 (authorizing the continuance of the
business of an insurance agency by the widow of the owner under certain
circumstances) .

Sects. 177A-177D added, 1939, 395 § 1 (defining and providing for
the licensing of insurance advisers).

Sect. 177B, second and third paragraphs stricken out, and new para-
graph inserted, 1941, 635 § 1; paragraph added at end. 1941, 635 § 2.

Sect. 178 amended, 1941, 450 § 2.

Sect. 179, sentence added at end, 1939, 472 § 2; section revised, 1941,
452.

Sect. 180A stricken out, and new sections 180A-180L inserted, 1939,
472 § 3 (relative to the rehabilitation, conservation and liquidation of
certain domestic and foreign insurers).

Sect. 180B, first sentence revised, 1949, 242 § 2.

Sect. 181 revised. 1934, 160; amended, 1939, 395 § 4.

Sect. 184 amended, 1937, 103; first sentence revised, 1947, 531;
section amended, 1948, 98.

Sect. 185, first paragraph amended, 1939, 400 § 3; second paragraph
revised, 1932, 150 § 3; first and second paragraphs revised, 1941, 654
§ 2; section revised, 1943, 238 § 2.

Sect. 186A added, 1949, 237 (relative to certain presumptions cre-
ated by the delivery of endowment policies or annuitv contracts).

Sect. 187C, first paragraph amended, 1934, 34; 1936, 215 § 1. (See
1936, 215 § 2.)

Sect. 187E added, 1947, 104 (to facilitate payment by insurance
companies of amounts not exceeding five hundred dollars due to estates
of deceased persons).

Sect. 192, sentence added at end, 1943, 375 § 2.

Sect. 193B added, 1937, 314 (authorizing the payment of motor
vehicle insurance premiums in instalments).

Sect. 193C added, 1948, 617 (authorizing interlocking directorates
of domestic insurance companies).

Sect. 193D added, 1948, 621 (regulating the acquisition by domestic
insurance companies of stock guaranty capital or other share capital
of insurance companies).

Sect. 193E added, 1950, 520 (proliibiting coercion in the placing of
insurance on real or personal property).

Chapter 175A. — Regulation of Rates for Certain Casualty Insurance, in-
cluding Fidelity, Surety and Guaranty Bonds, and for all other Forms
of Motor Vehicle Insurance, and Regulation of Rating Organizations.

New chapter inserted, 1947, 641 § 1. (See 1947, 641 § 3.)

Sect. 4, first paragraph amended, 1951, 138; revised, 1955, 384 § 8.
Sect. 6, subsection (/) added, 1955, 384 § 9.

Sect. 19, paragraph (c) amended, 1954, 681 § 19. (See 1954, 681
§§ 20-22.)

Chapter 175B. — Unauthorized Insurer's Process Act.
New chapter inserted, 1950, 781.

1172 Changes in the [Chap, 176.

Chapter 176. — Fraternal Benefit Societies.

Sect. 1, definition of "Fraternal benefit society" amended, 1945, 346
§2.

Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 336 § 1; sentence inserted after first sentence,
1949, 217.

Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 139.

Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 25 § 2: 1934, 14 § 2; 1943, 238 § 3.

Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 346 § 3.

Sect. 11 amended, 1943, 309 § 1.

Sect. 12, first paragraph revised, 1941, 310.

Sect. 13, first sentence amended, 1945, 346 § 4.

Sect. 13A added, 1945, 346 § 1 (authorizing certain fraternal benefit
societies to provide for hospitalization and medical service insurance).

Sect. 14 amended, 1945, 346 § 5; first sentence amended, 1952, 202;
sentence added|at end, 1949, 253.

Sect. 16 amended, 1938, 93.

Sect. 18 revised, 1941, 336 § 2; first sentence amended, 1954, 277;
sentence added at end, 1954, 203.

Sect. 19, first sentence amended, 1945, 346 § 6; 1949, 252.

Sect. 19A added, 1939, 236 § 1 (relating to the granting of annuities
by certain fraternal benefit societies).

Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 170; revised, 1937, 79; amended, 1939, 236
§2.

Sect. 22 amended, 1941, 336 § 3.

Sect. 23 amended, 1932, 46; 1938, 94; 1949, 216; revised, 1951, 132;
1954, 103.

Sect. 24 amended, 1941, 322; first sentence amended, 1945, 329.

Sect. 25 revised, 1938, 157.

Sect. 26, first sentence stricken out, 1955, 80.

Sect. 30 amended, 1941, 336 § 4.

Sect. 31 amended, 1945, 346 § 7; 1947, 393; 1949, 251.

Sect. 32 revised, 1943, 309 § 2; last sentence revised, 1950, 223.

Sect. 32A added, 1943, 74 (providing a penalty for the alteration,
defacement, mutilation, destruction or concealment of any record of a
fraternal benefit society) .

Sect. 36, first paragraph amended, 1941, 336 § 5.

Sect. 37 A added, 1945, 331 (requiring vouchers, etc., for certain dis-
bursements by fraternal benefit societies).

Sect. 40, first two sentences amended, 1932, ISO § 36; first para-
graph amended, 1945, 346 § 8.

Sect. 41 amended, 1939, 168; 1945, 346 § 9; 1950, 226.

Sect. 42A added, 1943, 238 § 1 (further regulating the admission of
certain foreign fraternal benefit societies to transact business within the
commonwealth) .

Sect. 45, second sentence amended, 1939, 254 § 1 ; paragraph added
after first paragraph, 1943, 309 § 3; second paragraph amended, 1932,
104; third paragraph amended, 1955, 108 § 1.

Sect. 46, fifth paragraph amended, 1939, 254 § 2; paragraph inserted
after third paragraph, 1941, 274; amended, 1955, 108 § 2; three sen-
tences added at end of paragraph so inserted, 1943, 86.

Sect. 46B added, 1932, 47 § 1 (authorizing certain fraternal benefit
societies to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of real property, and

Chaps. 176A-176C.] GENERAL LawS. 1173

confirming title to such property heretofore acquired by certain of such
societies).

Sect. 46C added, 1941, 397 (permitting certain fraternal benefit so-
cieties to contract with insurance companies for the payment of benefits) ;
amended, 1954, 398.

Sect. 46D added, 1945, 506 (authorizing grand or district lodges of
certain secret orders or fraternities to pay a limited amount of death
or funeral benefits).

Sect. 49A added, 1946, 124 (authorizing certain fraternal benefit
societies to pay pensions to their employees in certain cases); revised,
1949, 218.

Chapter 176A. — Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations.

New chapter inserted, 1936, 409.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 176A (with new title) inserted, 1950,
766 § 1. (See 1950, 766 §§ 2-4.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

The following references are to chapter 176A as so inserted:

Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1951, 687; section revised, 1953,
287 § 1; paragraph inserted after third paragraph, 1955, 499.

Sect. 3, first sentence revised, 1953, 287 § 2.

Sect. 5, first paragraph revised, 1953, 287 § 3; amended, 1954, 513;
fourth paragraph amended, 1953, 636 § 4. (See 1953, 636 § 9.)

Sect. 6, first two sentences revised, 1953, 287 § 4.

Sect. 8, paragraph (c) (2) revised, 1953, 287 § 5; paragraph (c) (5)
added, 1955, 404.

Sect. 10, first paragraph revised, 1953, 287 § 6.

Sect. 13 revised, 1953, 287 § 7.

Sect. 17 revised, 1953, 636 § 5. (See 1953, 636 § 9.)

Sect. 27A added, 1951, 516 (relative to a system of general accident,
hospitalization, medical and surgical insurance for state employees);
repealed, 1955, 628 § 3.

Chapter 176B. — Medical Service Corporations.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 306.

For legislation relative to payments to certain soldiers' homes for
certain services rendered to subscribers, see 1952, 296.

Sect. 3, paragraph added at end, 1948, 359; amended, 1953, 143;
paragraph added at end, 1953, 142; 1955, 186.

Sect. 4 revised. 1950, 472.

Sect. 10 revised, 1950, 394 § 1; first sentence amended, 1954, 276 § 1.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1951, 797.

Sect. 16A added, 1943, 424 § 6 (relative to deductions from salaries
of state, county and municipal employees of amounts payable under
certificates issued by certain medical service corporations).

Chapter 176C. — Non-Profit Medical Service Plans.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 334.

For legislation relative to payments to certain soldiers' homes for
certain services rendered to subscribers, see 1952, 296.

1174 Changes in the [Chaps. i76D-180.

Sect. 11 revised, 1950, 394 § 2; amended, 1954, 276 § 2.

Sect. 16 A added, 1943, 424 § 7 (relative to deductions from salaries
of state, county and municipal employees of amounts payable under
contracts issued by certain medical service corporations).

Chapter 176D. — Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and Deceptive
Acts and Practices in the Business of Insurance.

New chapter inserted, 1947, 659.

Chapter 178. — Savings Bank Life Insurance.

For legislation relative to the computation of the reserve liability with
respect to life insurance policies issued by savings and insurance banks
and to the non-forfeiture benefits under such policies, see 1943, 227.

Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 330 § 1; 1946, 112 § 1; revised, 1951, 264.
(See 1946, 112 § 2.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1935, 330 § 2.

Sect. IIA added, 1935, 330 § 3 (relative to non-payment of premiums
on annuity and certain other contracts).

Sect. 14 amended, 1947, 260 § 3.

Sect. 15 amended, 1935, 330 § 4; 1936, 285 § 1.

Sect. 16 revised, 1947, 260 § 4.

Sect. 17 revised, 1935, 330 § 5; 1939, 391 § 1. (See 1939, 391 § 2.)

Sect. 18 amended, 1943, 210 § 1.

Sect. 18A added, 1943, 210 § 2 (relative to payments to the general
insurance guaranty fund).

Sect. 19 amended, 1935, 330 § 6.

Sect. 21 revised, 1935, 330 § 7; amended, 1936, 285 § 2.

Sect. 26 revised, 1932, 103.

Sect. 29 amended, 1936, 285 § 3; revised, 1941, 108 § 1.

Sect. 30 amended, 1936, 285 § 4.

Sect. 31 revised. 1941, 108 § 2.

Sects. 32 and 33 added, 1947, 143 (creating the savings bank life
insurance council and defining its powers and the powers of savings and
Insurance banks relative thereto).

Chapter 179. — Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate lying in Common'

and General Fields.

Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 130 § 1. (See 1943, 130 § 2.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1948, 550 § 38.

Chapter 180. — Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes.

Sect. 3 amended, 1943, 549 § 5; revised, 1947, 559 § 1. (See 1947,
559 § 7.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 328 § 21; second sentence revised, 1947,
559 § 2.

Sect. 6 revised, 1947, 461; 1949, 692 § 1; 1952, 602 § 13.

Sect. 6A added, 1949, 692 § 2 (relative to the approval of certain
proposed corporations organized for the purpose of caring for minors
and aged persons) ; repealed, 1952, 602 § 14.

Sect. 7 amended, 1955, 170.

Chaps. 181-184.] GENERAL LawS. 1175

Sect. 8 repealed, 1947, 559 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1932, 180 § 37; revised, 1937, 151 § 1; 1943, 549
§ 6; 1947, 559 § 4.

Sect. 11 revised, 1937, 151 § 2; 1947, 559 § 5.

Sect. 12 amended, 1946, 24; last sentence revised, 1948, 354 § 2;
section repealed, 1954, 529 § 4.

Sect. 12A amended, 1935, 246; 1946, 25; repealed, 1954, 529 § 5.

Sect. 17, first sentence revised, 1947, 559 § 6.

Sect. 17A added, 1950, 740 § 1 (authorizing payroll deductions for
union dues in case of certain governmental employees); revised, 1954,
678.

Sect. 26A added, 1933, 236 § 1 (requiring the filing of annual returns
by certain incorporated clubs and other corporations) ; amended, 1945,
225; revised, 1955, 290. (See 1933, 236 § 2.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1934, 328 § 22.

Chapter 181. — Foreign Corporations.

Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 459 § 4; amended, 1946, 342 § 1; last sentence
revised, 1949, 54; 1955, 611 § 6.

Sect. 4, paragraph added at end, 1946, 342 § 2.
Sect. 12 amended, 1953, 351.
Sect. 23 amended, 1952, 315.

Chapter 182. — Voluntary Associations and Certain Trusts.

Sect. 1 amended, 1954, 254 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1948, 550 § 39.
Sect. 3 amended, 1945, 649 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 649 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1945, 649 § 3.
Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 649 § 4.
Sect. 9 amended, 1945, 649 § 5.

Sects. 12-14 added, 1954, 254 § 2 (relative to filing reports by volun-
tary associations and certain trusts).

Chapter 183. — Alienation of Land.

Sect. 4 revised, 1941, 85.

Sect. 28A added, 1946, 438 § 1 (extending the security of real estate
mortgages to cover expenses of repairs or replacements of mortgaged
property and taxes and other assessments).

Sect. 43 amended. 1937, 101 § 1.

Sect. 44 amended, 1937, 101 § 2.

Sect. 54, first two sentences stricken out and one sentence inserted,
1951, 698.

Chapter 184. — General Provisions relative to Real Property.

Sect. 7, sentence added at end, 1954, 395 § 1.
Sect. 8 revised, 1954, 395 § 2.

Sect. 13 amended, 1937, 112; revised, 1937, 245 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1943, 52 § 1. (See 1937, 245 § 2; 1943, 52 § 2.)

1176 Changes in the [Chaps. 184A-188.

Sect. 15 amended, 1941, 88 § 1. (See 1941, 88 § 2.)
Sect. 17A added, 1939, 270 (relative to the effect of agreements for
the purchase and sale of real estate).

Chapter 184A. — The Rule Against Perpetuities.
New chapter inserted, 1954, 641 § 1. (See 1954, 641 § 2.)

Chapter 185. — The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land.

Sect. 1, clause (6) revised, 1935, 318 § 3; clause (c) revised, 1935,
318 § 4; clause (jj^) added, 1934, 263 § 1 (granting to land court
exclusive original jurisdiction to determine by declaratory judgment
the validity and extent of municipal zoning ordinances, by-laws and
regulations); clause (/r) revised, 1934, 67 § 1; clauses (/) and (m)
added, 1935, 318 § 5 (granting to said court original jurisdiction con-
current with supreme judicial and superior courts of certain suits in
equity); paragraph in lines 44-50, inclusive, revised, 1937, 183 § 1;
paragraph in lines 51-55 revised, 1947, 449 § 3. (See 1934, 67 § 2;
1935, 318 § 8; 1937, 183 § 2; 1947, 449 § 7.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1937, 409 § 3. (See 1937, 409 § 7.)

Sect. 2A repealed, 1937, 409 § 4. (See 1937, 409 § 7.)

Sect. 6, first sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1953,
449 § 1; last sentence amended, 1949, 447. (See 1953, 449 § 2.)

Sect. lOA revised, 1948, 664 § 3; 1953, 601.

Sect. 11 amended, 1954, 308.

Sect. 12, sentence added at end, 1941, 27; section revised, 1943, 29,
1949, 47.

Sect. 14, sentence in lines 10-12 stricken out, 1946, 427 § 2; section
revised, 1946, 544 § 3; first sentence amended, 1949, 696; section re-
vised, 1951, 742 § 3; 1955, 733 § 3. (See 1946, 427 § 3; 544 § 5; 1951,
742 §§ 4, 5; 1953, 567; 1955, 733 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 25A added, 1933, 55 (relative to the power of the land court
to enforce its orders and decrees, and relative to service of its processes).

Sect. 40 amended, 1937, 118.

Sect. 48, paragraph added at end, 1949, 48.

Sect. 78 amended, 1937, 144 § 1; revised, 1955, 306 § 1. (See 1937,
144 § 2.)

Chapter 186. — Estates for Years and at Will.

Sect. 12 revised, 1946, 202.

Sect. 14 revised, 1950, 495.

Sect. 15 added, 1945, 445 § 1 (making void certain provisions of
leases and rental agreements pertaining to real property). (See 1945,
445 § 2.)

Sect. 16 added, 1947, 118 § 1 (making void so much of any real estate
or rental agreement as provides for its termination in the event tenants
have children). (See 1947, 118 § 2.)

Chapter 188. — Homesteads.

Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 32 § 1. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1939, 32 § 2. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)

Chaps. 189-196.] GENERAL LaWS. 1177

Chapter 189. — Dower and Curtesy.

Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 91 § 1. (See 1936, 91 § 2.)

Chapter 190. — Descent and Distribution of Real and Personal Property.

Sect. 1, paragraph (1) amended, 1945, 238 § 1. (See 1945, 238 § 2.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1943, 72 § 1.

Chapter 190A. — Effect of Apparently Simultaneous Deaths upon Devolu-
tion and Disposition of Property, including Proceeds of Insurance.

New chapter inserted, 1941, 549 § 1. (See 1941, 549 § 2.)

Chapter 192. — Probate of Wills and Appointment of Executors.

Sect. 1A added, 1934, 113 (requiring that the attorney general be
made a party in certain proceedings relative to the probate of wills).

Sect. IB added, 1945, 338 § 1 (providing for a guardian ad litem
when the surviving spouse of the deceased is under disability).

Sect. 7. See 1937, 408 § 3.

Sect. 9 amended, 1950, 390.

Sect. 12 added, 1954, 465 § 1 (requiring executors to notify devisees
and legatees of devises and bequests). (See 1954, 465 § 2.)

Chapter 193. — Appointment of Administrators.

Sect. 3 amended, 1938, 328.

Sect. 4 amended, 1951, 163 § 1, 684 § 1. (See 1951, 684 § 2.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1951, 103 § 2.

Sect. 12 amended, 1945, 349 § 1.

Chapter 194. — Public Administrators.

Sect. 5A added, 1953, 333 (relative to the granting of administra-
tion to public administrators).

Sect. 7 revised, 1933, 100.

Sect. 9. last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 38; section affected,
1932, 180 § 45.

Sect. 10. See 1936, 428.

Chapter 195. — General Provisions relative to Executors and Administrators.

Sects. 1-4 repealed, 1933, 221 § 1. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)

Sect. 7 revised, 1945, 349 § 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1933. 221 § 2. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)

Sect. 11, sentence added at end, 1954, 478 § 1.

Sect. 16 added, 1954, 562 § 1 (providing for the informal adminis-
tration of certain small estates of deceased persons) ; paragraph added
at end, 1955, 413 § 1. (See 1955, 413 § 2.)

Chapter 196. — Allowances to Widows and Children, and Advancements.

Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 36; revised, 1936, 214.

1178 Changes in the [Chaps. 197-201.

Chapter 197. — Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.

Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 221 § 3. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)

Sect. 2A added, 1939, 298 (establishing limitations applicable to suits
against, and regulating the payments of debts by, administrators de
bonis non).

Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 221 § 4; 1954, 552 § 1. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)

Sect. 10 revised, 1954, 552 § 2.

Sect. 19 revised, 1954, 465 § 2. (See 1954, 465 §§ 3, 4.)

Chapter 200. — Settlement of Estates of Absentees.

Sect. 12 revised, 1941, 399 § 1.

Sects. 13 and 14 stricken out and new section 13 inserted, 1941,
399 § 2.

Sect. 13 revised, 1946, 395.

Chapter 200A. — Abandoned Property.
New chapter inserted, 1950, 801.

Sect. 10 amended, 1953, 654 § 98.

Sect. 13, first sentence stricken out, 1953, 654 § 99.

Chapter 201. — Guardians and Conservators.

Sect. 1 amended, 1945, 728 § 1. (See 1945, 728 § 4.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1941, 194 § 13.

Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 194 § 14.

Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1934, 204 § 1; section amended,
1941, 194 § 15.

Sect. 13A added, 1941, 325 (providing for the removal of a per-
manent guardian of an insane person).

Sect. 14 amended, 1941, 194 § 16.

Sect. 16 revised, 1945, 728 § 2. (See 1945, 728 § 4.)

Sect, 18, new sentence added at end, 1934, 204 § 2.

Sect. 20, see 1945, 338 § 3.

Sect. 21 revised, 1945, 728 § 3; amended, 1953, 571 § 3; second sen-
tence revised, 1954, 330. (See 1945, 728 § 4.)

Sect. 30 amended, 1939, 57.

Sect. 33 amended, 1950, 420; sentence inserted after first sentence,
1954, 478 § 2.

Sect. 39A added, 1936, 270 (authorizing payments from estates of
minors under guardianship for expenses for the funerals of the parents
in certain cases).

Sect. 45. sentence added at end, 1945. 338 § 2.

Sect. 47A added, 1937, 312 § 1 (permitting guardians and conser-
vators to invest funds in certain insurance policies and annuity con-

Sect. 48A revised, 1941, 241; 1949, 14; 1950, 66 § 1; first sentence
amended, 1952, 174 § 1; revised, 1954, 311 § 1; sentence added at end,
1952, 174 § 2.

Chaps. 202-204.] GENERAL LaWS. 1179

Chapter 202. — Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors,
Administrators, Guardians and Conservators.

Sect. 4A added, 1933, 129 (relative to the use and management of
real estate of a decedent by his executor or administrator for the pur-
pose of the payment of debts from the rents thereof).

Sect. 12 amended, 1941, 194 § 17.

Sect. 14 amended, 1934, 157 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1941, 341 § 1. (See 1941, 341 § 2.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1933, 221 § 5. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)

Sect. 32, first sentence amended, 1952, 445 § 2.

Sect. 36 added, 1945, 418 § 1 (relative to sales, mortgages and leases
by guardians and conservators of wards holding real estate under ten-
ancies by the entirety). (See 1945, 418 § 2.)

Chapter 203. — Trusts.

Sect. 3A added, 1946, 287 § 1 (exempting trusts created by employers
in connection with stock bonus, pension, disability, death benefit or
profit sharing plans from the rule against perpetuities). (See 1946,
287 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 12, sentence added at end, 1954, 478 § 3.

Sect. 13 revised, 1943, 201 § 1. (See 1943, 201 § 3.)

Sect. 16 amended, 1934, 157 § 2.

Sect. 17A added, 1932, 50 (relative to the sale of real estate by for-
eign testamentary trustees).

Sect. 22 amended, 1936, 184 § 1. (See 1936, 184 § 2.)

Sects. 24A and 24B added, under caption "salvage operations
OF trustees", 1943, 389 § 1. (See 1943, 389 § 2.)

Sect. 25A added, under the heading "purchase of insurance
POLICIES OR ANNUITY CONTRACTS", 1937, 312 § 2 (permitting trustees
to invest funds in certain insurance policies and annuity contracts).

Sect. 41 revised, 1948, 550 § 40.

Chapter 203A. — Collective Investment of Small Trust Funds.

New chapter inserted, 1941, 474.

Sect. 7 amended, 1949, 755; revised, 1952, 209; amended, 1955, 63.
Sect. 11 added, 1945, 67 (making redeemable obligations of the
United States eligible investments for common trust funds).

Chapter 204. — General Provisions relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases,
Compromises, etc., by Executors, etc.

Sect. 26 amended, 1933, 221 § 6. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Sects. 27-36 added, 1943, 152 (authorizing releases and disclaimers
of powers of appointment and providing for the methods of releasing
and disclaiming the same)

Sect. 37 added, 1943, 201 § 2 (authorizing the resignation of fidu-
ciaries by their guardians, conservators or committees, or other like
officers, acting in their behalf).

1180 Changes in the [Chaps. 205-207.

Chapter 205. — Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conserva-
tors, Trustees and Receivers.

Sect. 4 amended, 1941, 45 § 1.
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 45 § 2.
Sect. 19A revised, 1950, 65; 1954, 309.

Chapter 206. — Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators,
Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers.

Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 194 § 18.

Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 36; revised, 1949, 140.

Sect. 17 amended, 1936, 208.

Sect. 19 repealed, 1938, 154 § 2.

Sect. 23 repealed, 1938, 154 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1938, 154 § 1; 1950, 413.

Sect. 25 revised, 1950, 64 § 1; first sentence revised, 1954, 312 § 1.

Sect. 27 revised, 1950, 66 § 2; 1954, 311 § 2.

Sect. 27A added, 1950, 265 (relative to the disposition of certain
legacies or distributive shares of estates to persons entitled thereto but
unavailable) .

Chapter 207. — Marriage.

Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 194 § 18A.

Sect. 7 revised, 1941, 270 § 1.

Sect. 14, paragraph added at end, 1951, 469.

Sect. 17 amended, 1945, 185.

Sect. 19 revised, 1948, 550 § 41.

Sect. 20 amended, 1933, 127; sentence inserted after the word "resi-
dence" in line 18, 1943, 561 § 3.

Sect. 20A added, 1939, 269 § 3 (relative to the duties of city and
town clerks in the case of the filing of notices of intention of marriage of
pregnant females).

Sect. 20B added, 1941, 601 § 1 (requiring pre-marital physical ex-
amination); first paragraph amended, 1941, 697 § 1; second paragraph
stricken out and three paragraphs inserted, 1941, 697 § 2; repealed,
1943, 561 § 2. (See 1941, 697 § 3.)

Sect. 21, paragraph added at end, 1943, 168 § 2.

Sect. 28 amended, 1941, 601 § 2. (See 1941, 601 § 4.)

Sect. 28 A added, 1943, 561 § 1 (further regulating pre-marital ex-
aminations); revised, 1950, 113.

Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 11 § 1; 1945, 214 § 1; 1946, 197 § 1. (See
1937, 11 § 2; 1945, 214 § 2.)

Sect. 33 amended, 1941, 270 § 2.

Sect. 36 revised, 1946, 273 § 1.

Sect. 38 revised, 1932, 162; amended, 1946, 197 § 2; 1949, 249.

Sect. 40 revised, 1946, 197 § 3.

Sect. 42 amended, 1946, 197 § 4.

Sect. 47A added, under heading "breach of contract to marry
not actionable", 1938, 350 § 1 (abolishing causes of action for breach
of contract to marry). (See 1938. 350 § 3.)

Sect. 52 revised," 1943, 312 § 1. (See 1943, 312 § 2.)

Sect. 55 repealed, 1946, 273 § 2,

Sect. 57 amended, 1941, 601 § 3. (See 1941, 601 § 4.)

Chaps. 208-210.] GENERAL LawS. 1181

Chapter 208. — Divorce.

Sect. 2 revised, 1937, 76 § 1. (See 1937, 76 § 2.)

Sects. 9-11 revised, 1943, 196 § 1. (See 1943, 196 § 2.)

Sect. 19 revised, 1932, 3.

Sect. 20A added, 1953, 213 § 1 (authorizing a decree for living apart
for justifiable cause in certain cases where a divorce decree has been
denied). (See 1953, 213 § 2.)

Sect. 21, sentence added at end, 1934, 181 § 1. (See 1934, 181 § 2.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 168 § 1.

Sect. 24A added, 1948, 66 (providing that copies of or certificates
relating to decrees of divorce shall contain certain information relative
to decrees nisi and to rights to remarry).

Sect. 26 repealed, 1949, 76 § 1.

Sect. 27 revised, 1949, 76 § 2.

Sect. 33 revised, 1936, 221 § 1. (See 1936, 221 § 2.)

Sect. 35 amended, 1950, 57.

Sect. 38 revised, 1933, 288.

Sect. 44 amended, 1955, 770 § 77. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 45 amended, 1948, 279.

Sect. 46 amended, 1952, 86.

Chapter 209. — Husband and Wife.

Sect. 10 revised, 1948, 550 § 42.
Sect. 21 amended, 1939, 32 § 3. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)
Sect. 32, sentence added at end, 1938, 136.
Sect. 33 revised, 1933, 360.

Chapter 210. — Adoption of Children and Change of Names.

Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 44.

Sect. 2 re\dsed, 1950, 737 § 1; affected, 1951, 148.

Sect. 2 A added, 1954, 649 § 1 (providing certain requirements rela-
tive to petitions for adoption). Affected, 1955, 117.

Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 61; 1945, 239; revised, 1945, 300; amended,
1951, 674; revised, 1952, 352; 1953, 61; amended, 1955, 89.

Sect. 3A added, 1953, 593 § 1 (relative to consent to the adoption of
children in certain cases).

Sect. 4 revised, 1953, 593 § 2.

Sect. 5A revised, 1950, 737 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1954,
649 § 2.

Sect. 5B added, 1950, 737 § 3 (providing that adoptive parents shall
be of the same religion as the child when practicable) .

Sect. 5C added, 1951, 173 (relative to the segregation and inspection
of adoption papers).

Sect. 6, paragraph added at end, 1943, 155 § 1 ; same paragraph re-
vised, 1955, 107 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1950, 737 § 4.

Sect. 6A added, 1955, 107 § 2 (providing for the issuance of certificates
of adoption and the correction of birth records to conform to such cer-
tificates) .

Sect. 7, sentence added at end, 1950, 737 § 5.

Sect. IIA revised, 1950, 737 § 6.

Sect. 13, first paragraph amended, 1948, 247; paragraph added at
end, 1943, 155 § 2.

1182 Changes in the [Chaps. 211-213.

Chapter 211. — The Supreme Judicial Court.

Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 465.

Sect. U revised, 1933, 300 § 1. (See 1933, 300 § 4.)

Sect. 13 revised, 1952, 416.

Sect. 19 revised, 1938, 115 § 1.

Sect. 22 revised, 1946, 544 § 1; 1951, 742 § 1; 1955, 733 § 1. (See
1946, 544 § 5; 1951, 742 §§ 4, 5; 1955, 733 §§ 4, 5.)

Chapter 212. — The Superior Court.

For act further extending to June 30, 1949, the operation of certain
provisions of law (1923, 469, as amended) relative to the more prompt
disposition of criminal cases in the superior court, see 1948, 230. See
1949, 210 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1953, 319 § 24. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 14 revised, 1932, 144 § 1. (For prior temporary legislation,
see 1927, 306; 1948, 230).

Sect. 14A added, 1932, 144 § 2 (regulating the estabUshing of sessions
and sittings of the superior court. For prior temporary legislation,
see 1927, 306; 1928, 228.)

Sects. 14B-14E added, 1949, 210 § 1 (making permanent the opera-
tion of certain provisions of law relative to the more prompt disposition
of criminal cases by district court judges sitting in the superior court).
(See 1949, 210 § 3.)

Sect. 14B revised, 1954, 668 § 1. (See 1954, 668 § 2.)

Sect. 14E, first sentence amended, 1952, 477.

Sects. 15-18 repealed, 1932, 144 § 3.

Sect. 20A added, 1949, 139 (relative to central pools of jurors sum-
moned for attendance upon the superior court).

Sect. 22 amended, 1934, 287; 1943, 145 § 1; sentence added at end,
1943, 244 § 3. (See 1943, 145 § 2.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 244 § 4.

Sect. 25 amended, 1932, 144 § 4.

Sect. 26 A added, 1935, 229 § 1 (providing for the transfer from the
superior court to the land court of certain actions at law and suits in
equity where any right, title or interest in land is involved). (See 1935,
229 § 2.)

Sect. 27 revised, 1946, 544 § 2; 1951, 742 § 2; 1955, 733 § 2. (See
1946, 544 § 5; 1951, 742 §§ 4, 5; 1953, 567; 1954, 651; 1955, 475,
733 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 28A repealed, 1949, 654 § 2.

Chapter 213. — Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior

Courts.

Sects. 1A and IB added, 1939, 257 § 1 (granting to the superior court
jurisdiction of certain extraordinary writs and certain other matters,
concurrently with the supreme judicial court). (See 1939, 257 § 2.)

Sect. 1A amended, 1941, 28, 180.

Sects. IC and ID added, 1943, 374 § 4 (providing for changing a
petition for certiorari into a petition for mandamus and vice versa and
providing for appeals from judgments upon such petitions).

Chaps. 214, 215.] GENERAL LawS. 1183

Sect. 3, clause Tenth A revised, 1945, 582 § 2 (see 1945, 582 §§ 4,
5) ; clause Tenth B added, 1943, 374 § 3 (providing for the presentation
at hearings upon petitions for certiorari of evidence at proceedings
complained of in such petitions).

Sect. 3A added, 1949, 654 § 1 (relative to the printing of rules of the
supreme judicial and superior courts).

Sect. 4 revised, 1947, 449 § 5. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 144 § 5.

Chapter 214. — Equity Jurisdiction and Procedure in the Supreme Judicial

and Superior Courts.

Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 407 § 2. (See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436 § 10;
G. L. 150A § 6 (h) inserted by 1938. 345 § 2.)

Sect. 1A added, 1954, 439 § 1 (relative to suits in equity for specific
performance). (See 1954, 439 § 3.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1954, 439 § 2. (See 1954, 439 § 3.) Affected,
1939, 257 § 2.

Sect. 3, clause (1) revised, 1950, 387; clause (12) added at end, 1939,
194 § 1.

Sect. 9 amended, 1934, 381; 1935, 407 § 3; last sentence amended,
1947, 571 § 1. (See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436 § 10; G. L. 150A § 6 (h)
inserted by 1938, 345 § 2.)

Sect. 9A added, 1935, 407 § 4 (limiting authority of courts to grant
injunctive rehef in cases involving or growing out of labor disputes);
subsection (2) amended, 1950, 452 § 3. (See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436
§ 10; G. L. 150A § 6 {h) inserted by 1938, 345 § 2; 1950, 452 §§ 5-7.)

Sect. 9B added, 1947, 571 § 2 (relative to the issuance of injunctions
in certain jurisdictional disputes).

Sect. 22 amended, 1948, 309.

Sect. 23 revised, 1945, 394 § 1 ; 1947, 365 § 2. (See 1945, 394 § 2.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1947, 365 § 1.

Chapter 215. — Probate Courts.

Sect. 3, sentence added at end, 1949, 56.

Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 237 § 1; revised, 1937, 257; amended, 1939,
194 § 2; sentence inserted before last sentence, 1950, 485 § 3; 1951,
657 § 2; same sentence stricken out, 1954, 556 § 2. (See 1954, 556 § 10.)

Sect. 6B added, 1935, 247 § 1 (providing for interpretative judg-
ments in the probate courts as to the meaning of written instruments) ;
repealed, 1945, 582 § 3. (See 1935, 247 § 2; 1945, 582 § 5.)

Sect. 9, sentence added at end, 1945, 469 § 1 ; same sentence stricken
out, 1947, 360. (See 1945, 469 § 2; 1946, 88, 610 § 1; 1947, 97 § 1.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1947, 365 § 3.

Sect. 30A amended, 1934, 330.

Sect. 39A added, 1947, 536 (relative to counsel fees in the probate
courts); paragraph added at end, 1951, 80.

Sect. 39B added, 1951, 312 (relative to counsel fees and certain other
expenses in probate courts).

Sect. 41 revised, 1950, 66 § 3; amended, 1954, 311 § 3.

Sect. 42, sentence added at end, 1952, 184 § 2. (See 1952, 184 § 4.)

Sect. 44, last sentence revised, 1941, 323 § 1; section amended, 1943,
91. (See 1941. 323 § 2.)

1184 Changes in the [Chap. 217.

Sect. 51 repealed, 1955, 418 § 2. (See 1955, 418 § 3.)
Sect. 58 revised, 1947, 449 § 4. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sect. 61 repealed, 1939, 65 § 1. (See 1939, 65 § 2.)
Sect. 62, paragraph in lines 11-16 revised, 1950, 108 § 1; paragraph
in hnes 17-20 revised, 1932, 107; 1936, 241; paragraph in Unes 26-28
revised, 1951, 514; paragraph in lines 29-33 revised, 1934, 24; paragraph
in lines 34-37 amended, 1934, 54; same paragraph revised, 1934, 175
§ 1; 1949, 444; paragraph in lines 38-42 revised, 1950, 416; paragraph
in Unes 45-51 revised, 1935, 132; paragraph in Hnes 56 and 57 revised,
1933, 274. (See 1934, 175 § 2; 1950, 108 § 2.)

Chapter 217. — Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency.

For legislation relative to abolition of office of special judge of pro-
bate and insolvency on the death, resignation or removal of the incum-
bent, see 1937, 408 § 8.

For legislation providing special retirement rights for the judges of
probate for the counties of Dukes and Nantucket, see 1951, 760.

Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 434 § 1; revised, 1949, 716 § 1, 738 § 1.

Sect. 2 amended, 1934, 290; 1935, 434 § 2; first sentence revised,
1949, 716 § 2, 717, 738 § 2.

Sect. 3, sentence added at end, 1949, 436 § 1; revised, 1951, 517.

Sects. 5 and 6 stricken out and new sections 5, 5A, 6, 6A inserted,
1937, 408 § 3. (See 1937, 408 § 9.)

Sect. 7, sentence added at end, 1937, 408 § 4. (See 1937, 408 §§ 3, 9.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1937, 408 § 5. (See 1937, 408 § 9.)

Sect. 15A added, 1952, 184 § 3 (relative to printing or typing names
of persons whose signatures appear on certain instruments filed in
probate courts). (See 1952, 184 § 4.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1948, 354 § 1; 1954, 529 § 2.

Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 464 § 1. (See 1943, 464 § 2.)

Sect. 24A revised, 1939, 392; 1947, 348.

Sect. 25 amended, 1947, 347.

Sect. 25A added, 1945, 475 § 1 (providing for a permanent third
assistant register of probate for the county of Essex); revised, 1946,
482. (See 1945, 475 § 2.)

Sect. 30 revised, 1935, 143 § 1;* 1935, 313 § 1; 1936, 252 § 1; 1941,
226 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1951, 611 § 1; section revised, 1951,
700, 793 § 1; first sentence revised, 1955, 378. (See 1935, 313 § 3;
1936, 252 § 2; 1941, 226 § 2.)

Sect. 31 amended, 1951, 793 § 2.

Sect. 31 A added,* 1935, 313 § 2 (providing for the appointment of a
messenger for the probate court of Essex county). (See 1935, 313 § 3.)

Sect. 32A revised, 1952, 229 § 1.

Sect. 34 revised, 1937, 408 § 1; 1946, 544 § 4; 1951, 745 § 1; 1955,
733 § 7. (See 1937, 408 § 9; 1946, 544 § 5; 1951, 745 §§ lA, IB; 1955,
395, 733 §§ 4, 5, 749 §§ 1, 2.)

Sects. 35A and 35B added, 1947, 678 § 2 (estabhshing the salaries of
registers of probate and assistant registers). (See 1947, 678 § 3.)

Sect. 35A amended, 1949, 714; revised, 1951, 713 § 1; 1955, 638 § 1.
(See 1951, 713 § 3; 1955, 638 § 3.)

• Void for non-acceptance.

Chap. 218.] GENERAL LaWS. 1185

Sect. 35B revised, 1951, 713 § 2; amended, 1953, 564; revised,
1955, 638 § 2. (See 1951, 713 § 3; 1955, 638 § 3.)
Sect. 38 repealed, 1937, 408 § 2.
Sect. 40 revised, 1937, 408 § 6. (See 1937, 408 § 9.)
Sect. 41 amended, 1937, 408 § 7; 1941, 503. (See 1937, 408 §§ 8, 9.)

Chapter 218. — District Courts.

For act further extending to June 30, 1949, the operation of certain
provisions of law (1923, 469, as amended) authorizing certain justices
of district courts to sit in criminal cases in the superior court, see 1948,
230.

For legislation limiting the number of special justices of certain dis-
trict courts, see 1941, 664.

Sect. 1, first paragraph under caption "Franklin" revised, 1932,
87 § 1; section amended, 1939, 451 § 59; third paragraph under cap-
tion "Norfolk" revised, 1949, 590 § 1; fifth paragraph under caption
"Suffolk" revised, 1949, 273 § 1. (See 1949, 590 §§ 2-4; 739; 1951,
758.)

Sect. 2A added, 1951, 325 (providing for the transfer of certain ac-
tions brought in district courts).

Sect. 6, first paragraph revised, 1941, 664 § 1; second paragraph
revised, 1945, 611; section revised, 1947, 588 § 1; first and second
paragraphs revised, 1949, 731; 1951, 762 § 1; 1952, 560; last sentence
of third paragraph stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1949, 768;
third paragraph revised, 1950, 575. (See 1941, 664 §§ 2, 3; 1947, 588
§§2,3; 1951, 762 §4.)

Sect. 8 revised, 1936, 282 § 1. (See 1936, 282 § 3.)

Sect. 9, sentence added at end, 1934, 217 § 1; section revised, 1951,
604 § 1; first sentence amended, 1952, 156 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1932, 160 § 1 ; 1937, 297 § 1 ; 1938, 193 § 1 ; first
paragraph amended, 1946, 182; 1947, 335 § 1; 1949, 443; 1950, 444;
1955, 723; second paragraph revised, 1938, 222 § 1; amended, 1949,
800; 1951, 541 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1941, 309 § 1; another
paragraph added at end, 1948, 642 § 1. (See 1937, 297 § 2; 1938, 193
§ 2, 222 § 2; 1947, 335 § 2; 1951, 541 § 2.)

Sect. U revised, 1951, 604 § 2; first sentence amended, 1952, 156
§2.

Sect. 13 revised, 1937, 59; first paragraph stricken out, 1939, 157 § 1.
(See 1939, 157 § 4.)

Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 230 § 1, 347 § 1; first paragraph amended,
1947, 460 § 1. (See 1939, 230 § 2; 1947, 460 § 2.)

Sect. 16 revised, 1937, 219 § 3; 1939, 214 § 5.

Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 387 § 1; 1943, 296 § 1; sentence added at
end, 1954, 556 § 3; section revised, 1954, 616 § 1. (See 1934, 387 § 5;
1943, 296 § 6, 437; 1954, 556 § 10, 616 § 5.)

Sect. 21 amended, 1953, 168.

Sect. 22 amended, 1937, 310; first sentence revised, 1954, 328 § 1.
(See 1954, 328 § 4.)

Sect. 23 amended, 1950, 500 § 1.

Sect. 26 revised, 1937, 301 § 1; 1938, 365 § 1. (See 1937, 301 § 2;
1938, 365 § 2.)

Sect. 29 amended, 1932, 55.

1186 Changes in the [Chap. 218.

Sect. 30 amended, 1941, 194 § 19.

Sect. 35A added, 1943, 349 § 1 (providing that certain persons against
whom complaints are made in district courts may be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard before issuance of process); revised, 1945, 293.
(See 1943, 349 § 2.)

Sect. 37 amended, 1945, 250 § 1.

Sect. 38, second sentence revised, 1939, 347 § 2.

Sect. 40, fourth sentence revised, 1948, 398 § 1.

Sect. 43 amended, 1939, 347 § 3.

Sect. 43A, first paragraph amended, 1938, 324; section revised, 1941,
682 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1943, 101. (See 1941, 682 §§ lA, 2.)

Sect. 43B added, 1950, 210 (prescribing the use of uniform official
blanks in certain district courts).

Sect. 52, third sentence amended, 1948, 398 § 2; last sentence re-
vised, 1949, 462.

Sect. 53, first sentence revised, 1950, 245; first paragraph amended,
1948, 642 § 2; paragraph added after the first paragraph, 1936, 230.

Sect. 53 A added, 1951, 604 § 3 (relative to the appointment and sal-
aries of temporary assistant clerks in the Boston IMunicipal Court).

Sect. 58 revised, 1936, 282 § 2; sentence added at end, 1955, 343.
(See 1936, 282 § 3.)

Sect. 59, paragraph added at end, 1948, 248 § 1.

Sect. 62 amended,* 1932, 235 § 1; revised,* 1932, 247 § 1; amended,
1935, 71 § 1; 1937, 298; revised, 1939, 305; amended, 1941, 309 § 3,
348; 1945, 294; 1946, 264 § 1, 300; 1949, 668; 1953, 138 § 1; 1955,
633 § 1. (See 1935, 71 § 2; 1946, 264 § 2; 1953, 138 § 2; 1955, 633 § 2.)

Sect. 63 revised, 1935, 341.

Sect. 65, last sentence stricken out, 1949, 621.

Sect. 75 revised, 1946, 609 § 1; 1951, 749 § 1; 1955, 748 § 1. (See
1946, 609 § 3; 1951, 749 § 2A; 1954, 347, 527; 1955, 748 §§ lA, IB, 2.)

Sect. 75A added, 1946, 512 § 2 (relative to the compensation of clerks
and assistant clerks of the municipal court of the city of Boston); re-
vised, 1946, 609 § 2; 1949, 261; 1951, 749 § 2. (See 1946, 512 § 3;
609 § 3.)

Sect. 76 amended, 1932, 269 § 1; 1935, 366 § 1; 1937, 378 § 1; re-
vised, 1939, 451 § 60; amended, 1945, 476 § 1; 1946, 453; 498 § 1;
revised, 1946, 530, 578; amended, 1946, 600; revised, 1947, 576; 1948,
667 §1; 1949, 461 §1; 1951, 768 § lA. (See 1935,366 §3; 1945, 476 §2;
1948, 667 §§ 6, 7; 1949, 461 § 2; 1951, 768 § 3B; 1952, 114 § 1.)

Sect. 77 revised, 1937, 294; 1948, 667 § 2; 1951, 768 § 1; repealed,
1955, 741 § lA. (See 1948, 667 § 5A; 1949, 312 § 2; 1951, 768 § 3B;
1952, 114 § 1; 1955, 741 §§2, 3.)

Sect. 77A added, 1948, 656 § 1 (relative to the salaries and retirement
of justices and clerks in the district court of Springfield, the central
district court of Worcester and the first and third district courts of
eastern Middlesex) ; sentence inserted after first sentence, 1949, 805' § 1;
amended, 1951, 762]§ 2; revised, 1951, 768 § 2; amended, 1952, 603 § 1;
1955, 334. (See 1948, 656 §§ 2, 3; 1949, 805 § 3; 1951, 768 § 3B;
1952, 114; 1953, 298, 380.)

Sect. 78 revised, 1948, 667 § 3; sentence inserted before first sen-
tence, 1949, 710; section amended, 1949, 312 § 1, 805 § 2, 611, 482;

* Void for non-acceptance.

Chaps. 219-221.] GENERAL LaWS. 1187

1951, 762 § 3; revised, 1951, 768 § 3; amended, 1952, 603 § 2; 1953,
453; revised, 1955, 741 § 1. (See 1948, 667 §§ 6, 7; 1949, 312 § 2, 805
§ 3; 1951, 768 § 3B; 1952, 114 § 1; 1955, 741 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 79 amended, 1941, 309 § 2; revised, 1941, 447 § 2; amended,
1943, 136 § 2; revised, 1948, 667 § 4. (See 1941, 447 §§ 4, 5; 1943,
136 § 3; 1948, 667 §§ 6, 7; 1953, 421.)

Sect. 80, sentence added at end, 1935, 366 § 2; section amended,
1936, 229 § 1; 1937, 378 § 2; revised, 1941, 447 § 3; amended, 1946,
498 § 2; revised, 1948. 667 § 5; 1949, 799; 1951, 768 § 3 A. (See 1935,
366 § 3; 1936, 229 § 2; 1941, 447 §§ 4, 5; 1948, 667 §§ 6, 7; 1951,
768 §3B; 1952, 114 § 1.)

Sect. 80A added, 1947, 400 § 2 (relative to the salaries of the secre-
tary and assistant secretary to the justices of the municipal court of
the city of Boston); revised, 1951, 288 § 1. (See 1947, 400 §§ 3, 4;
1951, 288 § 2.)

Sect. 81 revised, 1939, 296 § 1. (See 1939, 296 § 3.)

Sect. 82 A added, 1945, 486 § 1 (relative to salaries of court officers
of the municipal court of the city of Boston); revised, 1949, 381; 1951,
788 § 1. (See 1945, 486 § 3; 1951, 788 § 2.)

Chapter 219. — Trial Justices.

Chapter repealed, 1953, 319 § 1. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

For prior changes see Table of Changes contained in Acts and Resolves of
1952.

Chapter 220. — Courts and Naturalization.

Sect. 2 amended, 1953, 319 § 25. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1947, 449 § 6. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1953, 319 § 26. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)
Sects. 13A and 13B added, 1935, 407 § 5 (regulating procedure in

trials for contempt arising out of disobedience to decrees or process of

courts in labor dispute cases). (See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436 § 10;

G. L. 150A § 6 (h) inserted by 1938, 345 § 2.)

Sect. 14A added, 1936, 206 § 1 (relative to the time within which

certain justices shall render their decisions). (See 1936, 206 § 2.)
Sects. 16 and 17 repealed, 1932, 144 § 3.
Sect. 19 repealed, 1932, 16.

Chapter 221. — Clerks, Attorneys and Other OflTicers of Judicial Courts.

Sect. 4 amended, 1935, 89 § 1; 1937, 158 § 1; 1943, 336 § 1; revised,
1946, 248 § 1; amended, 1955, 354 § 1. (See 1935, 89 § 2; 1937, 158
§2; 1943,336 §3; 1955,354 §2.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1932, 51; 1943, 336 § 2; fifth paragraph revised,
1951, 228; sixth paragraph revised, 1949, 379; 1950, 324. (See 1943,
336 § 3.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1954, 342 § 1.

Sect. 6A added, 1947, 443 (providing for the appointment of an
equity clerk of the superior court for the county of Middlesex) ; revised,
1949, 774 § 3. (See 1949, 774 § 5.)

Sect. 6B added, 1953, 300 (providing for the designation of an as-
sistant clerk to perform duties of equity clerk in the superior court
for the county of Essex).

1188 Changes in the (Chap. 221.

Sect. 12 revised, 1937, 219 § 4; 1939, 214 § 6. *

Sect. 24 revised, 1936, 31 § 3.

Sect. 25 stricken out, 1953, 319 § 27. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 27 revised, 1939, 157 § 2. (See 1939, 157 § 4.)

Sect. 27A added, 1939, 157 § 3 (relative to the disposal of certain
obsolete and useless papers of courts) ; revised, 1945, 323 § 1 ; amended,
1946, 150; subdivision (1) of first paragraph revised, 1952, 276 § 1.
(See 1939, 157 § 4; 1945, 323 § 2.)

Sect. 34C amended, 1947, 601.

Sect. 35 amended, 1949, 574 § 1.

Sect. 36 amended, 1945, 157.

Sect. 36A added, 1945, 261 (relative to educational requirements
for admission to the bar of persons serving in the armed forces in World
War II).

Sect. 43 revised, 1939, 197 § 1.

Sects. 44A and 44B added, 1939, 197 § 2 (prohibiting employees and
other persons connected with hospitals from furnishing certain infor-
mation about certain personal injury cases to attorneys at law).

Sect. 44A amended, 1943, 293.

Sect. 46 revised, 1935, 346 § 1.

Sects. 46A and 46B added, 1935, 346 § 2 (prohibiting individuals not
members of the bar from practising law or attempting so to do and pro-
viding a means of restraining unauthorized practice of law).

Sect. 46B amended, 1947, 75; 1955, 697 § 2.

Sect. 46C added, 1955, 697 § 1 (relative to debt pooling plans).

Sect. 47 repealed, 1935, 346 § 3.

Sect. 49 repealed, 1935, 346 § 3.

Sect. 50 stricken out, and sections 50, 50A, 50B inserted, 1945, 397
§ 1. (See 1945, 397 § 3.)

Sect. 53 amended, 1939, 151; 1954, 385 § 1. (See 1954, 385 § 2.)

Sect. 58 amended, 1932, 40 § 1. •

Sect. 60 repealed, 1932, 40 § 2.

Sect. 63 amended, 1939, 6 § 1. (See 1939, 6 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 68 amended, 1946, 591 § 46A; 1952, 588.

Sect. 70 amended and paragraph inserted after second paragraph,
1954, 172 § 1.

Sect. 71A added, 1949, 177 (establishing the office of assistant chief
deputy sheriff for attendance upon the superior court in Suffolk County).

Sect. 73 revised, 1935, 182 § 2; 1938, 347 § 2; 1941, 448 § 1; 1945,
388 § 1; 1946, 427 § 1; amended, 1946, 593 § 1; revised, 1949, 718;
first sentence revised, 1951, 792. (See 1935, 182 §§ 5, 6; 1938, 347 § 3;
1941, 448 § 3; 1945, 388 § 3; 1946, 593 § 2.)

Sect. 73A added, 1938, 347 § 2; amended, 1941, 448 § 2; repealed,
1945, 388 § 2. (See 1938, 347 § 3; 1941, 448 § 3.)

Sect. 76 revised, 1935, 182 § 3; first sentence stricken out and two
new sentences added, 1939, 258 § 1; second and third sentences revised,
1939, 165 § 2. (See 1935, 182 §§ 5. 6; 1939, 165 § 3, 258 § 2.)

Sect. 76A added, 1945, 179 § 1 (providing for the appointment of
an assistant messenger of the superior court in Suffolk county).

Sect. 77 revised, 1951, 120; amended, 1954, 172 § 2.

Sect. 80 amended, 1935, 182 § 4; 1954, 172 § 3. (See 1935, 182 § 6.)

Sect. 88 amended, 1947, 179.

Chaps. 222, 223.] GENERAL LaWS. 1189

Sect. 90A, last sentence revised, 1951, 82.

Sect. 91 revised, 1947, 469 § 2. (See 1947, 469 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 91 A added, 1947, 469 § 3 (relative to establishing salaries of
official stenographers and compensation of additional stenographers
and temporary stenographers of the superior court in the county of
Suffolk). (See 1947, 469 §§ 4, 5.)

Sect. 93 amended, 1945, 515; revised, 1951, 559; 1955, 733 § 6.

Sect. 94, first sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 39; section revised,
1946, 262 § 2; amended, 1947, 290 § 2; revised, 1948, 183 § 2; fourth
sentence revised, 1949, 221; section revised, 1949, 774 § 2. (See 1946,
262 §§ 4, 5; 1949, 774 § 5.)

Sect. 94A added, 1946, 262 § 3 (relative to the salaries of the clerk
and assistant clerks of the superior court for civil business in the county
of Suffolk); repealed, 1949, 774 § 4. (See 1946, 262 §§ 4, 5; 1949,
774 § 5.)

Chapter 222. — Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners.

Sect. 8 amended, 1947, 256 § 1.

Sect. 8A added, 1952, 184 § 1 (relative to printing or typing names
of persons whose signatures appear on certain instruments filed in
probate courts). (See 1952, 184 § 4.)

Sect. 11 added, 1953, 191 (relative to the acknowledgment of written
instruments by persons serving in or with the armed forces of the
United States.)

Chapter 223. — Commencement of Actions, Service of Process.

Sect. 2 revised, 1934, 387 § 2; last sentence of first paragraph revised,
1943, 296 § 2; 1954, 616 § 2; amended, 1955, 158. (See 1934, 387 § 5;
1943, 296 § 6, 437; 1954, 616 § 5.)

Sect. 2A added, 1935, 483 § 1 (providing for trial together of two or
more actions arising out of the same motor vehicle accident pending in
district courts). (See 1935, 483 §§2, 3.) Section stricken out and new
sections 2A-2C inserted, 1943, 369 § 1 (relative to the trial and disposi-
tion of certain actions and proceedings pending in different courts).
(See 1943, 369 § 2.)

Sect. 2A revised, 1952, 460.

Sect. 2B amended, 1945, 373 § 1. (See 1945, 373 § 2.)

Sect. 8A added, 1947, 488 § 6 (relative to transitory actions by or
against subscribers to a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange).

Sect. 19A added, 1947, 488 § 7 (providing that actions by or against
subscribers to a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange shall be brought
in the name under which the contracts are issued).

Sect. 24 amended, 1938, 115 § 2.

Sect. 37, last sentence stricken out and new paragraph added at
end, 1945, 306 § 1; fourth sentence of last paragraph amended, 1948,
308; revised, 1955, 611 § 7. (See 1945, 306 § 2.)

Sect. 38 amended, 1939, 451 § 61.

Sect. 39B added, 1947, 488 § 8 (providing that, in actions against
subscribers of a domestic reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange, service
may be made upon the attorney in fact if a domestic exchange) .

1190 Changes IN THE [Chaps. 224-228.

Sect. 42 amended, 1937, 295 § 1.

Sect. 42A added, 1943, 234 § 1 (relative to the amount for which

attachments may be made on liquidated claims). (See 1943, 234 § 3.)
Sect. 44A added, 1937, 295 § 2 (further regulating the attachment of

motor vehicles on mesne process in actions of contract).
Sect. 45A, sentence added at end, 1954, 181.
Sect. 48 revised, 1937, 308; amended, 1938, 348 § 1. (See 1938,

348 § 2.)

Sect. 51 revised, 1948, 550 § 43.

Sect. 62, sentence added at end, 1947, 105.

Sect. 65 revised, 1953, 338 § 1. (See 1953. 338 § 5.)

Sect. 74 revised, 1943, 298 § 1. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 75 revised, 1943, 298 § 2. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 76 revised, 1943, 298 § 3. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 78 revised, 1943, 298 § 4. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 79 revised, 1943, 298 § 5. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 80 revised, 1943, 298 § 6. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 81 revised, 1943, 298 § 7. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 82 revised, 1943, 298 § 8. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)

Sect. 83A added, 1943, 298 § 9 (providing that sections 74-83 shall

not apply to conditional sales, notices of which are recordable under

G. L. 184 § 13). (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 114 amended, 1938, 325 § 1; revised, 1943, 234 § 2. (See 1938,

325 § 2; 1943, 234 § 3.)

Sect. 114A added, 1945, 339 § 1 (relative to the dissolution of certain

real estate attachments by operation of law); last sentence revised,

1953, 338 § 2. (See 1945, 339 § 2; 1952, 246; 1953, 338 § 5.)
Sect. 132 revised, 1953, 338 § 3. (See 1953, 338 § 5.)

Chapter 224. — Arrest on Mesne Process and Supplementary Proceedings

in Civil Actions.

Sect. 12 amended, 1945, 101 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1943, 292 § 1. (See 1943, 292 § 2.)

Sect. 18, paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1946, 177.

Chapter 226. — Bail.

Sect. 23 amended, 1945, 101 § 2.

Chapter 227. — Proceedings against Absent Defendants and upon Insuf-
ficient Service.

Sect. 1 amended, 1949, 612 § 1.

Sect. 5, last sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1955,
360.

Sect. 5 A added, 1949, 612 § 2 (relative to the service of process on
certain non-residents doing business in the commonwealth).

Chapter 228. — Survival of Actions and Death and Disabilities of Parties.

Sect. 1 revised, 1934, 300 § 1. (See 1934, 300 § 2.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 221 § 7; revised, 1937, 406 § 1; amended,
1950, 391. Affected, 1938, 16. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)

Chaps. 229-231.] GENERAL LawS. 1191

Chapter 229. — Actions for Death and Injuries Resulting in Death.

Sect. 1 revised, 1943, 444 § 1.

Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 460 § 1, 504 § 1.

Sect. 3, first sentence revised, 1941, 460 § 2; section amended, 1941,
504 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1937, 406 § 3; 1941, 504 § 3.

Sects. 1-5 stricken out and sections 1 and 2 inserted, 1946, 614 § 1.
(See 1946, 614 § 7.)

Sect. 1 amended, 1947, 506 § 1; revised, 1949, 427 § 1. (See 1947
506 §§3, 3A; 1949,427 § 11.)

Sect. 2 revised, 1947, 506 § lA; 1949, 427 § 2. (See 1947, 506 §§ 3,
3A; 1949, 427 § 11.)

Sects. 2A-2C added, 1949, 427 § 3 (relative to actions against cer-
tain corporations and others for death and injuries resulting in death).
(See 1949, 427 § 11.)

Sect. 2C amended, 1951, 250.

Sect. 5A added, 1938, 278 § 1 (to permit recovery in certain death
cases notwithstanding that the death of the tortfeasor occurred before
that of the person whose death he caused); amended, 1946, 614 § 2;
revised, 1949, 427 § 4. (See 1938, 278 § 2; 1946, 614 §7; 1949, 427 § 11.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1939, 451 § 62; revised, 1946, 614 § 3; 1947, 506
§ 2; 1949, 427 § 5. (See 1946, 614 § 7; 1947, 506 § 3, 3A; 1949, 427

§11.)

Sects. 6A and 6B added, 1943, 444 § 2 (relative to the disposition of
money recovered in certain actions for death).

Sect. 6A revised, 1946, 614 § 4; 1949, 427 § 6. (See 1946, 614 § 7;
1949, 427 § 11.)

Sect. 6B amended, 1946, 614 § 5; revised, 1949, 427 § 6. (See 1946,
614 § 7: 1949, 427 § 11.)

Sects. 6C-6F added, 1949, 427 § 7 (relative to actions against cer-
tain employers for death and injuries resulting in death). (See 1949
427 § 11.)

Sects. 7 and 8 repealed, 1946, 614 § 6. (See 1946, 614 § 7.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 504 § 4; repealed, 1946, 614 § 6. (See 1946,
614 § 7.)

Sect. 10 repealed, 1946, 614 § 6. (See 1946, 614 § 7.)

Chapter 230. — Actions By and Against Executors and Administrators.

Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 116.

Chapter 231. — Pleading and Practice.

Sect. 1A added, 1951, 403 (relative to the commencement of actions
arising out of tort and contract).

Sect. 4A added, 1943, 350 § 1 (providing for the joinder of parties in
one action in certain cases) ; sentence inserted after first sentence, 1947,
408 § 1. (See 1943, 350 §§ 3, 4; 1947, 408 § 2.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1945, 141 § 2.

Sect. 6A added, 1939, 372 § 1 (relative to the recovery of certain
medical expenses by the husband of a married woman or the parent or
guardian of a minor, in actions to recover for personal injuries by mar-
ried women and minors). (See 1939, 372 § 2.)

1192 Changes in the [Chap. 231.

Sect. 6B added, 1946, 212 § 1 (providing for interest from the date
of the writ in certain civil actions); amended, 1951, 244. (See 1946,
212 § 3.)

Sect. 7, clause Sixth revised, 1939, 67 § 1. (See 1939, 67 § 2.)

Sect. 30 amended, 1949, 179.

Sect. 55 amended, 1935, 318 § 6. (See 1935, 318 § 8.)

Sect. 59, sentence inserted after fourth sentence, 1955, 359; section
and caption preceding it stricken out and new section under new caption
inserted, 1955, 674 § 1.

Sect. 59A and caption preceding it stricken out and new section under
new caption inserted, 1955, 647 § 2.

Sect. 59C added, under caption "speedy trial of certain actions
FOR malpractice, ERROR OR MISTAKE", 1935, 118 § 1 (relative to the
advancement for speedy trial in the superior court of actions against
physicians and others for malpractice, error or mistake). (See 1935,
118 § 2.)

Sect. 59D added, 1952, 139 (providing speedy trials of certain ac-
tions under election laws).

Sect. 63 amended, 1932, 84 § 1.

Sect. 69 amended, 1932, 177 § 1; revised, 1946, 450. (See 1932,
177 § 2.)

Sect. 73 repealed, 1932, 180 § 40.

Sect. 78 repealed, 1932, 180 § 40.

Sect. 84A added, 1933, 247 § 1 (relative to the joint trial in the
superior court of actions involving the same subject matter). (See
1933 247 5 2.)

Sect. 85 revised, 1947, 386 § 1; 1952, 533 § 1. (See 1947, 386 § 2;
1952, 533 § 2.)

Sects. 85B and 85C added, 1937, 439 § 1 (relative to procedure in
certain actions to recover damages arising out of motor vehicle acci-
dents and in suits by judgment creditors in actions to reach and apply
the proceeds of motor vehicle liability policies and in actions to recover
on motor vehicle liability bonds). (See 1937, 439 § 2.)

Sect. 85D added, 1945, 352 § 1 (providing that negligence of parent
or custodian shall not be imputed to an infant because of such parent-
hood or custodianship). (See 1945, 352 §§3, 4.)

Sect. 91 revised, 1943, 365 § 1. (See 1943, 365 § 2.)

Sect. 93 revised, 1943, 360.

Sect. 94 amended, 1943, 361.

Sect. 94A added, 1953, 169 (relative to defences in actions for false
arrest or imprisonment).

Sect. 96A added, 1945, 530 § 1 (relative to the filing of bills of excep-
tions in suits in equity) ; repealed, 1947, 361. (See 1945, 530 § 2; 1946,
94, 610 § 2; 1947, 97 § 2.)

Sect. 102A added, 1934, 387 § 3 (relative to the removal to the
superior court of an action of tort arising out of the operation of a
motor vehicle) ; amended, 1937, 133 § 1; revised, 1938, 338 § 1; first
paragraph amended, 1941, 203 § 1; second paragraph amended, 1941,
203 § 2; section repealed, 1943, 296 § 3. (See 1934, 387 § 5; 1937, 133
§ 2; 1938, 338 § 2; 1941, 203 § 3; 1943, 296 § 6.)

Sect. 102B added, 1954, 616 § 3 (relative to the removal to the su-
perior court of an action of tort arising out of the operation of a motor
vehicle). (See 1954, 616 § 5.)

Sect. 104 amended, 1950, 500 § 2.

Chaps. 231A, 233.] GENERAL LawS. 1193

Sect. 107 revised, 1943, 296 § 4. (See 1943, 296 § 6.)

Sect. 108, second paragraph revised, 1939, 382; amended, 1948, 322;
revised, 1949, 683; second sentence of third paragraph revised, 1933,
255 § 1. (See 1933, 255 § 2.)

Sect. 113, two sentences added at end, 1945, 328.

Sect. 115 amended, 1939, 451 § 63.

Sect. 125A added, 1949, 171 § 1 (relative to the further report of
material facts in equity and probate appeals when evidence is not
reported) .

Sect. 127, sentence added at end, 1945, 578 § 1. (See 1945, 578 §
3.)

Sect. 128 amended, 1945, 578 § 2. (See 1945, 578 § 3.)

Sect. 133 amended, 1933, 300 § 2. (See 1933, 300 § 4.)

Sect. 135, two paragraphs inserted after first paragraph, 1941, 187
§ 1. (See 1941, 187 § 2.)

Sect. 140A added, 1932, 130 § 1 (relative to the effect of a settle-
ment by agreement of an action of tort growing out of a motor vehicle
accident upon the right of a defendant in such action to maintain a
cross action); revised, 1947, 431 § 1. (See 1947, 431 § 2.)

Sect. 141 amended, 1932, 130 § 2; 1933, 300 § 3; 1934, 387 § 4;
1943, 296 § 5, 350 § 2; 1945, 352 § 2; 1946, 212 § 2; 1954, 616 § 4.
(See 1933, 300 § 4; 1934, 387 § 5; 1943, 296 § 6, 350 §§ 3, 4; 1946,
212 §3; 1954, 616 §5.)

Sect. 142 amended, 1935, 318 § 7. (See 1935, 318 § 8.)

Sect. 145 amended, 1939, 451 § 64; 1953, 104.

Sect. 147, Form 8 repealed, 1938, 350 § 2.

Chapter 231A. — Procedure for Declaratory Judgments.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 582 § 1. (See 1945, 582 § 5.)

Chapter 233. — Witnesses and Evidence.

Sect. 1 revised, 1945, 250 § 2.

Sect. 3A added, 1933, 262 (authorizing the commissioner of banks
to respond to summonses or subpoenas by an employee or other assist-
ant in his department).

Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 269 § 3, 376 § 3; 1949, 292.

Sects. 13A-13D added, 1937, 210 § 1 (making uniform the law secur-
ing the attendance of witnesses from without a state in criminal pro-
ceedings). (See 1937, 210 § 2.)

Sect. 20, second paragraph revised, 1951, 657 § 3.

Sect. 21, paragraph Second revised, 1950, 426.

Sect. 21A added, 1947, 410 § 1 (making admissible evidence relat-
ing to the reputation of a person in a group with whom he habitually
associates). (See 1947, 410 § 2.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1932, 97 § 1.

Sect. 23A added, 1945, 424 § 1 (relative to the admissibility in evi-
dence of written statements obtained from persons sustaining personal
injuries in accidents); amended, 1953, 242. (See 1945, 424 § 2.)

Sect. 26 amended, 1932, 71 § 1.

Sect. 29 amended, 1932, 71 § 2.

Sect. 30 amended, 1932, 71 § 3.

Sect. 32 amended, 1932, 71 § 4.

Sect. 33 amended, 1932, 71 § 5.

1194 Changes in the [Chap. 234.

Sect. 34 amended, 1932, 71 § 6.

Sect. 45 amended, 1932, 71 § 7.

Sect. 46 amended, 1932, 71 § 8.

Sect. 47 amended, 1932, 71 § 9.

Sect. 48 amended, 1932, 71 § 10.

Sect. 49 amended, 1932, 71 § 11.

Sect. 65 amended, 1941, 363 § 1; 1943, 105 § 1; revised, 1943,232
§ 1. (See 1941, 363 § 2; 1943, 105 § 2, 232 § 2.)

Sect. 75, sentence added at end, 1943, 190 § 1. (See 1943, 190 § 2.)

Sect. 76A added, 1938, 213 § 1 (relative to the use of authenticated
copies of certain papers and documents filed with the federal securities
and exchange commission). (See 1938, 213 § 2.)

Sect. 76B added, 1954, 292 (relative to the use of printed copies of
schedules on file with the interstate commerce commission as evi-
dence).

Sect. 78 revised, 1954, 442 § 1. (See 1954, 442 § 2.)

Sect. 79 revised, 1941, 389 § 2; amended, 1943, 233 § 1; 1946,
473 §1; 1948, 74. (See 1943, 233 § 2; 1946, 473 § 2.)

Sect. 79A added, 1941, 662 § 2 (relative to the use in evidence of
photographic and microphotographic records and copies) ; amended,

1948, 154.

Sect. 79B added, 1947, 385 § 1 (making admissible in evidence in
civil cases certain publicly issued compilations of facts and statistics).
(See 1947, 385 § 2.)

Sect. 79C added, 1949, 183 § 1 (making admissible in evidence in
cases of contract or tort for malpractice certain statements of recog-
nized experts contained in certain publications). (See 1949, 183 § 2.)

Sect. 79D added, 1949, 240 (making admissible in evidence certain
copies of newspapers and documents made by the photographic or
microphotographic process) .

Sect. 79E added, 1952, 120 (relative to the admissibility in evidence
of business and public records) ; amended, 1955, 125.

Sect. 79F added, 1952, 476 (relating to proof of the existence of a
public way).

Chapter 234. — Juries.

Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 257 § 11; 1936, 25; revised, 1949, 347 § 1.
(See 1935, 257 § 12; 1949, 347 § 5.)

Sect. 1A added, 1949, 347 § 2 (relative to excusing certain persons
from jury service). (See 1949, 347 § 5.)

Sect. 4, first paragraph revised, 1949, 347 § 3; last sentence stricken
out and two sentences inserted, 1955, 38 § 1. (See 1949, 347 § 5.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1955, 38 § 2.

Sect. 11 amended, 1934, 150.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1936, 161 § 1. (See 1936, 161 § 3.)

Sect. 24 amended, 1941, 90.

Sects. 25 and 26 stricken out, and sections 25, 26, 26A, 26B inserted,
1945, 428 § 1 (providing for emergency jurors and for the waiver of a
full jury). (See 1945, 428 § 3.)

Sect. 25, first sentence amended, 1955, 38 § 3; third sentence amended,

1949, 347 § 4. (See 1949, 347 § 5.)

Sect. 29 revised, 1945, 428 § 2; 1955, 485 § 1. (See 1945, 428 § 3;
1955, 485 § 2.)

Chaps. 235-246.] GENERAL LawS. 1195

Chapter 235. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 17, paragraph added at end, 1948, 113.
Sect. 34, clause Second amended, 1951, 35.

Chapter 236. — Levy of Executions on Land.

Sect. 5 revised, 1953, 338 § 4. (See 1953, 338 § 5.)

Sect. 18 revised, 1939, 32 § 4. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)

Sect. 49A added, 1953, 455 § 1 (relative to the dissolution of cer-
tain levies on execution on real estate by operation of law). (See
1953, 455 § 2.)

Chapter 239. — Summary Process for Possession of Land.

Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 242 § 1; first sentence amended, 1952, 151
§ 1; 1953, 106.

Sect. 5 revised, 1946. 175 § 1. (See 1946, 175 § 2.)

Sect. 6, two sentences added at end, 1952, 151 § 2.

Sect. 6A added, 1941, 242 § 2 (relative to conditions of bonds in
actions of summary process for recovery of possession of land after
tax title foreclosures).

Sects. 9-13 affected, 1941,700; 1946,43; 1947,78; 1948,2; 1949,87;
1950,33,301; 1951,30; 1952,25; 1954,264; 1955,226.

Sect. 9 amended, 1953, 485.

Chapter 240. — Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land.

Sect. 14A added, 1934, 263 § 2 (providing for determination by the
land court by declarator}^ judgment as to the validity and extent of
municipal zoning ordinances, by-laws and regulations).

Chapter 241. — Partition of Land.

Sect. 34 revised, 1950, 64 § 2; 1954, 312 § 2.

Chapter 244. — ■ Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages.

For legislation concerning judicial determination of rights to foreclose
real estate mortgages in which soldiers or sailors may be interested, see
1941, 25; 1943, 57; 1945, 120.

Sect. 15, sentence added at end, 1946, 204.

Sects. 17A-17C added, 1945, 604 § 1 (relative to actions for deficien-
cies on mortgage notes following foreclosures, etc.). (See 1945, 604 § 2.)

Chapter 246. — Trustee Process.

Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 303 § 1; amended, 1943, 17 § 1. (See 1938, 303
§ 2; 1943, 17 § 2.)

Sect. 28 revised, 1935, 410 § 1; 1941, 338 § 1; amended, 1947, 264 § 1;
1951, 78. (See 1935, 410 §§ 2, 3; 1941, 338 § 2; 1947, 264 § 2.)

Sect. 32, paragraph Eighth added at end, 1938, 343; revised, 1950,
260, 558; 1954, 467.

1196 Changes in the [Chaps. 249-255.

Chapter 249. — Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo Warranto.

Sect. 4 amended, 1943, 374 § 1; sentence added at end, 1953, 586
§ 1. (See 1939, 257; 1941, 28, 180; 1943, 374 §§ 3, 4; 1953, 586 § 2.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1938, 202; 1943, 374 § 2; 1949, 176. (See 1939,
257; 1941, 28, 180; 1943, 374 § 4.)

Chapter 250. — Writs of Error, Vacating Judgment, Writs of Review.

Sect. 16 amended, 1933, 244 § 1. (See 1933, 244 § 2.)

Chapter 252. — Improvement of Low Land and Swamps.

Sect. 22 revised, 1948, 550 § 44.

Sect. 24 added, 1948, 391 § 1 (providing for the establishment of
Greenhead fly control projects); revised, 1954, 388 § 1; 1955, 433.
(See 1948, 391 § 2; 1954, 388 § 2.)

Chapter 254. — Liens on Buildings and Land.

Sect. 5 amended, 1954, 461 § 2. (See 1954, 461 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 30 added, 1953, 405 § 1 (providing for the recording of liens for
labor and notices of contract by the registers of deeds).

Chapter 255. — Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal
Property, and Liens thereon.

Sect. 1. See 1933, 142 (recording of federal crop loans to farmers).
See also 1936, 264 subsection 20 (relative to trust receipt and pledge
transactions) .

Sect. 3 amended, 1935, 86 § 2; revised, 1948, 550 § 45; 1949, 404 § 4.

Sects. 7A~7E added, 1935, 86 § 1 (relative to the mortgaging of crops
and certain other classes of personal property).

Sect. 11 revised, 1939, 509 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1939, 509 § 1; 1943, 410 § 1. (See 1943, 410 § 2.)

Sect. 12A added, 1950, 81 (providing that notice relative to finance
charges be printed in certain contracts of sale).

Sect. 12B added, 1955, 455 (relative to prepayment of contracts of
conditional sales of personal property).

Sect. 13 revised, 1939, 509 § 1; amended, 1941, 285.

Sect. 13A added, 1935, 348 § 1 (regulating conditional sales of motor
vehicles); revised, 1939, 509 § 1. (See 1935, 348 § 2.)

Sect. 13B added, 1935, 396 (relative to certain contracts of condi-
tional sale of household or personal effects).

Sects. 13C and 13D added, 1937, 315 (relative to contracts of con-
ditional sale of household furniture or other household or personal
effects except jewelry).

Sect. 13C revised, 1938, 367.

Sect. 13C and 13D stricken out, and new sections 13C-13G inserted,
1939, 509 § 2.

Sect. 13H added, 1941, 468 (relative to conditional sales of textile and
other machinery, seats for theatres and other places of public assembly,
and parts, accessories, appliances and equipment therefor).

Sect. 15 revised, 1948, 550 § 46.

Chaps. 255A-260.] GENERAL LaWS. 1197

Sect. 25A added, 1950, 326 § 9 (relative to liens on trailer coaches
for certain charges).

Sect. 26 amended, 1950, 326 § 10.

Sect. 27 amended, 1950, 326 § 11.

Sect. 31 revised, 1950, 326 § 12.

Sect. 31D added, 1945, 607 (creating a lien in favor of certain per-
sons performing work upon, or storing articles of clothing or household
goods).

Sect. 31E added, 1948, 637 § 12 (creating a lien in favor of certain
persons for proper charges due them for landing, parking, etc., of air-
craft). (See 1948, 637 §§ 9, 13.)

Sect. 35 amended, 1938, 83 § 1. (See 1938, 83 § 2.)

Sect. 39A added, 1954, 585 (providing for the sale by garage owners
of certain motor vehicles placed for storage and not claimed within a
certain period).

Sects. 40-47 added, 1945, 285 (providing for the creation of liens
upon merchandise without the necessity of custody or possession in the
lienee).

Sect. 40 amended, 1946, 514 § 1; revised, 1947, 273 § 1.

Sect. 41, first paragraph amended, 1946, 514 § 2; section revised,
1947, 273 § 2.

Sect. 42 revised, 1947, 273 § 3; last sentence revised, 1950, 454 § 1.

Sect. 43 revised, 1947, 273 § 4.

Sect. 44 revised, 1947, 273 § 5; amended, 1950, 454 § 2.

Sect. 45 amended, 1947, 273 § 6.

Chapter 255A. — Trust Receipts and Pledges without Possession in the

Pledgee.

New chapter inserted, 1936, 264.

Sect. 13, subsection 3 amended, 1951, 445.

Chapter 258. — Claims against the Commonwealth.

Sect. 3 revised, 1932, 180 § 41; 1951, 518.

Sect. 4A added, 1945, 552 (to prevent the running of interest on
claims against the commonwealth after an offer of judgment).
Sect. 5 repealed, 1943, 566 § 2.

Chapter 260. — Limitation of Actions.

Sect. 2 revised, 1948, 274 § 1. (See 1948, 274 § 3.)

Sect. 2A added, 1948, 274 § 2 (further limiting the time within which
actions of replevin, and certain actions of contract and tort, may be
commenced). (See 1948, 274 § 3.)

Sect. 3A added, 1943, 566 § 1 (limiting the time within which peti-
tions founded upon claims against the commonwealth may be brought).

Sect. 4 amended, 1933, 318 § 5; 1934, 291 § 4; 1937, 385 § 9; first
paragraph amended, 1955, 235 § 1; paragraph added at end. 1943,
409 § 4. rSee 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6; 1937, 385 § 10; 1955,
235 § 2.)

Sect. 4A added, 1947, 333 § 1 (limiting the time within which certain
actions to recover back wages may be commenced). (See 1947, 333 § 2.)

1198 Changes IN THE [Chaps. 261, 262.

Sect. 4B added, 1949, 531 (relative to the commencement of actions
arising out of motor vehicle hit and run accidents, so called) ; amended,

1954, 107.

Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1937, 406 § 2.

Chapter 261. — Costs in Civil Actions.

Sect. 4 amended, 1937, 44 § 1. (See 1937, 44 § 2; 1943, 296 §§ 3, 6.)

Chapter 262. — Fees of Certain Officers.

Sect. 1, paragraph 6 amended, 1948, 295; revised, 1949, 129;
amended, 1951, 40.

Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 345 § 1; third paragraph amended, 1950,
119 § 1; section revised, 1954, 328 § 2; paragraph inserted after third
paragraph, 1954, 556 § 5. (See 1939, 345 § 3; 1954, 328 § 4, 556 §§ 8,
10.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1954, 328 § 3; sixth paragraph revised, 1950,
119 § 2; 1953, 632; amended, 1954, 582; seventh paragraph amended,
1937, 188; seventh to tenth paragraphs stricken out, 1939, 345 § 2;
paragraph in lines 30-31 revised, 1954, 624. (See 1939, 345 § 3; 1954,
328 § 4.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 201.

Sect. 8 revised, 1947, 135; paragraph added at end, 1954, 556 § 6.

Sect. 23 amended, 1953, 96.

Sect. 24 amended, 1953, 89; 1955, 244.

Sect. 25 amended, 1933, 162; 1934, 141; 1945, 236 § 1; 1949, 335;

1955, 328. (See 1945, 236 § 2.)
Sect. 29 amended, 1949, 697.
Sect. 32 revised, 1935, 280.

Sect. 34 amended, 1933, 21; revised, 1948, 550 § 1; clauses (5)-
(10), (26), (37)-(41), (70), (71), (73) and (77) stricken out, 1949, 297
§ 1; clauses (17)-(19) stricken out, 1949, 404 § 3; clause (21) revised,
1952, 32 § 2; clauses (47) and (48) revised, 1949, 404 § 1; clause (56)
amended, 1951, 58; clause (69) revised, 1953, 164 § 3; clause (79)
revised, 1949, 404 § 2.

Sect. 34A added, 1938, 380 (authorizing the charging of certain fees
by city and town clerks or registrars for the expense of the examination
or copying by them of records of births, marriages and deaths) ; revised,
1948, 550 § 47.

Sect. 36 revised, 1952, 301.

Sect. 38, second paragraph amended, 1937, 97; two paragraphs
inserted after paragraph in line 23, 1945, 569 § 2; section revised, 1946,
353 § 1; second paragraph amended, 1951, 179; paragraph inserted
after third paragraph, 1950, 539 § 2; section revised, 1953, 348 § 1.

Sect. 39, paragraph in hues 15, 16 amended, 1945, 522; paragraph
added at end, 1939, 13; section revised, 1946, 353 § 2; 1950, 589; 1953,
348 § 2.

Sect. 40 revised, 1934, 324 § 1; paragraph inserted after second
paragraph, 1951, 657 § 4; stricken out, 1954, 556 § 4; two paragraphs
added at end, 1954, 562 § 6; section revised, 1955, 418 § 1; eighth
paragraph revised, 1955, 744 § 1. (See 1934, 324 § 2; 1954, 556 § 10;
1955, 418 § 3, 744 § 2.)

Chaps. 263-265.] GENERAL LawS. 1199

Sect. 44 revised, 1953, 308.

Sect. 46A added, 1938, 232 (to provide for furnishing without charge
copies of records relating to soldiers, sailors and marines in certain
cases); revised, 1943, 484; 1945, 218; 1954, 627 § 34. (See 1954,
627 §§ 65, 67.)

Sect. 51 revised, 1951, 605.

Sect. 53 amended, 1936, 251; fourth sentence revised, 1947, 181;
amended, 1948, 340.

Sect. 53 stricken out and new sections 53 and 53A inserted, 1949,
455 (relative to the payment of witness fees to certain police officers in
criminal cases).

Sect. 53 revised, 1952, 364.

Sect. 53B added, 1952, 235 (providing for payment of witness fees
to state police officers) ; revised, 1954, 393.

Sect. 53C added, 1955, 223 § 1 (granting compensatory time off to
certain police officers in certain criminal cases). (See 1955, 223 § 2.)

Chapter 263. — Rights of Persons Accused of Crime.

Sect. 4 amended, 1953, 319 § 28. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 4A added, 1934, 358 (expediting the arraignment of persons

charged with crimes not punishable by death by permitting them to

waive indictment proceedings).
Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 246 § 1. (See 1933, 246 § 2.)
Sect. 8A amended, 1953, 319 § 29. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Chapter 264. — Crimes against Governments.

Sect. 5 revised, 1932, 298; amended, 1933, 153 § 3; 1934, 56; re-
vised, 1941, 117 § 1. (See 1941, 117 § 2.)

Sect. lOA revised, 1933, 276.

Sect. 11 revised, 1948, 160 § 1; 1954, 584 § 1.

Sect. 12 repealed, 1954, 584 § 2.

Sects. 13-15 added, 1949, 619 (barring certain persons from the public
service and requiring an oath of allegiance by certain public employees).

Sect. 13 repealed, 1951, 805 § 1. (See 1951, 805 §§ 6, 7.)

Sect. 14A added, 1954, 677 (enabhng cities and towns to participate
in the United States educational exchange program.)

Sect. 15 amended, 1951, 805 § 2. (See 1951, 805 §§ 6, 7.)

Sects. 16-23 added, 1951, 805 § 3 (relative to subversive organiza-
tions).

Sect. 18 amended, 1952, 380.

Sect. 19 revised, 1954, 584 § 4.

Sect. 21 revised, 1954, 584 § 3.

Sect. 23 revised, 1954, 584 § 5.

Chapter 265. — Crimes against the Person.

Sect. 2 revised, 1951, 203; last sentence revised, 1955, 770 § 78.
(See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 13A added, 1943, 259 § 1 (providing a penalty for the crimes of
assault and assault and battery) ; paragraph added at end, 1945, 230.
(See 1943, 259 § 2.)

1200 Changes in the IChap. 266.

Sect. 13B added, 1953, 299 (providing a separate penalty for in-
decent assault on a child).

Sect. 15B added, 1955, 112 (providing a penalty for assault by means
of a dangerous weapon).

Sect. 17 revised, 1943, 250 § 1; 1952, 406 § 1. (See 1943, 250 § 2;
1952, 406 § 2.)

Sect. 22A added, 1955, 763 § 2 (providing a mandatory prison sen-
tence for persons convicted of rape).

Sect. 24B added, 1955, 763 § 3 (providing a mandatory prison sen-
tence for persons convicted of assault with intent to commit rape).

Sect. 25 revised, 1932, 211; 1953, 294.

Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 1.

Chapter 266. — Crimes against Property.

Sect. 1 revised, 1932, 192 § 1; amended, 1948, 43 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1932, 192 § 2; amended, 1948, 43 § 2.

Sects. 3 and 4 repealed, 1932, 192 § 3.

Sect. 5 revised, 1932, 192 § 4.

Sect. 5A added, 1932, 192 § 5 (defining and providing penalties for
attempts to commit arson).

Sect. 6 repealed, 1932, 192 § 3.

Sect. 8 revised, 1932, 192 § 6; 1948, 370 § 1.

Sect. 10 revised, 1932, 192 § 7.

Sect. 16 revised, 1943, 343 § 1. (See 1943, 343 § 2.)

Sect. 16A added, 1945, 229 (providing a penalty for breaking and
entering a building, ship or vessel with intent to commit a misdemeanor).

Sect. 22 amended, 1935, 365; revised, 1950, 30.

Sect. 25 amended, 1943, 518 § 1. (See 1943, 518 § 2.)

Sect. 26 repealed, 1945, 282 § 1. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)

Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 282 § 2. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)

Sect. 33 revised, 1945, 282 § 3. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)

Sect. 36 repealed, 1945, 282 § 1. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)

Sect. 37 revised, 1937, 99; amended, 1955, 133.

Sects. 44-46 repealed, 1945, 282 § 1. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)

Sect. 47 amended, 1945, 282 § 4. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)

Sect. 52 amended, 1934, 270 § 3.

Sect. 54. See 1933, 59 § 3.

Sect. 70 amended, 1933, 245 § 4; 1939, 144 § 2; 1941, 217 § 3; 1946,
209 § 3; 409 § 4; revised, 1947, 468 § 4; amended, 1948, 445 § 2; 1949,
118 § 4; revised, 1950, 27 § 3; amended, 1950, 240, 354 § 3, 492 § 3;
1955, 271 § 2.

Sect. 71A added, 1950, 718 (prohibiting the unauthorized use of
names or imitations thereof of certain organizations).

Sects. 75A and 75B added, 1932, 11 (penahzing the fraudulent opera-
tion of slot machines, coin-box telephones and other coin receptacles,
and the manufacture and sale of devices intended to be used in such
operation); revised, 1954, 145.

Sect. 89 revised, 1943, 549 § 7.

Sect. 91 A added, 1953, 250 (further regulating advertismg relative
to the sale or offering for sale of mechandise, commodities or service).

Sect. 94 amended, 1939, 451 § 65.

Sect. 116A added, 1935, 116 (providing for the protection of wild
azaleas, wild orchids and cardinal flowers).

Chaps. 268-270.] GENERAL LawS. 1201

Sect. 119 revised, 1948, 660 § 25; amended, 1949, 761 § 14. (See
1948, 660 § 26.)

Sect. 120A added, 1955, 269 (relative to the burden of proof in certain
prosecutions for trespass).

Sect. 123 revised, 1941, 344 § 27.

Sect. 129 revised, 1955, 770 § 79. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 130 revised, 1955, 770 § 80. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Chapter 268. — Crimes against Public Justice.

Sect. 1A amended, 1947, 106.

Sect. 13A added, 1950, 109 (prohibiting the picketing of courts and
certain other places).

Sect. 14A added, 1936, 168 (imposing a penalty for depriving em-
ployees of their employment because of jurj'- service).

Sect. 15 amended, 1955, 770 § 81. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 16 revised, 1934, 344; last sentence stricken out, 1941, 344 § 28;
section amended, 1943, 19 § 1; 1955, 770 § 82. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117,
123.)

Sect. 16A added, 1943, 19 § 2 (relative to the penalty for escapes or
attempted escapes from the reformatory for women); amended, 1955,
770 § 83. (See 1955, 770 §§ 90, 117, 123.)

Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 328 § 24; 1955, 770 § 84. (See 1955, 770
§§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1934, 328 § 25.

Sect. 28 amended, 1955, 770 § 85. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sect. 29 amended, 1934, 328 § 26; 1955, 770 § 86. (See 1955, 770
§§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 30 amended, 1955, 770 § 87. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 31 amended, 1955, 770 § 88. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 33 amended, 1935, 440 § 44; 1941, 71; 1945, 400 § 7.

Sect. 37 amended, 1955, 770 § 89. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Chapter 269. — Crimes against Public Peace.

Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 290; 1936, 227 § 1; 1937, 250 § 1; first
sentence amended, 1955, 160. (See 1936, 227 § 2; 1937, 250 § 2.)

Sect. lOB added, 1934, 359 § 2 (further regulating the sale, rental
and leasing of rifles and shotguns) .

Sects. IIA-IID added, under caption "t4Mpering with identify-
ing numbers of certain firearms", 1937, 199 (relative to certain
firearms, the serial or identification numbers of which have been re-
moved, defaced, altered, obliterated or mutilated).

Sect. 12 revised, 1951, 219; 1952, 286.

Sects 12A and 12B added, 1951, 263 (regulating the sale and use of
air rifles or so-called BB guns).

Sect. 12C added, 1951, 296 (prohibiting the sale or possession of cer-
tain knives having a spring release).

Chapter 270. — Crimes against Public Health.

Sect. 2, first sentence amended, 1949, 658.

Sect. 2B added, 1946, 517 § 1 (regulating the labelling of preparations
containing DDT and certain other preparations dangerous to public
health).

1202 Changes in the [Chaps. 271, 272.

Sect. 3A added, 1951, 444 (relative to the placing of poison or poisoned
food for the control of rats, mice or other rodents).

Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 328 § 27.

Sect. 16 added, 1949, 416 (imposing a penalty on persons who dis-
pose of garbage or refuse on highways or private property without
permission) .

Chapter 271. — Crimes against Public Policy.

Sect. 1A added, 1948, 299 (providing that, for the purpose of the
enforcement of laws relative to gaming and certain other crimes the
words "house", "building" and "place" shall include certain ships
and vessels) .

Sect. 5A added, 1951, 483 (prohibiting the manufacture, sale, trans-
portation or use of certain slot machines as gambling devices).

Sect. 6A added, 1938, 144 (making certain endless chain transactions
subject to the laws relative to lotteries).

Sect. 6B added, 1953, 243 (making the game commonly known as
skilo, and similar games, subject to the laws relative to lotteries).

Sect. 22A revised, 1934, 371; paragraphs added at end, 1936, 222,
283; section revised, 1943, 267.

Sect. 23 amended, 1934, 235 § 3, 303 § 1; 1953, 319 § 30. (See 1953,
319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sects. 31, 33, 34 affected by 1935, 454 § 8, 471 § 2.

Sect. 39A added, 1947, 405 (imposing a penalty on persons who offer
or accept bribes in certain athletic contests and sporting events).

Sect. 40 revised, 1954, 323.

Sect. 43 added, 1941, 630 § 4 (imposing a penalty for the misuse of
information relative to recipients of general public assistance, old age
assistance, aid to dependent children and aid to the blind); amended,
1945, 240 § 3.

Sect. 44 added, 1950, 166 § 1 (making certain settlements and re-
leases obtained from injured persons confined in hospitals invalid).
(See 1950, 166 § 2.)

Sect. 45 added, 1952, 346 (prohibiting the charging of fees solely for
the registration of prospective tenants of dwelhngs).

Sect. 46 added, 1953, 187 (regulating the disposal of containers used
for refrigerative purposes); revised, 1954, 191 § 1. (See 1954, 191 § 2.)

Chapter 272. — Crimes against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good Order.

Sect. 5 revised, 1948, 137.

Sect. 25 revised, 1933, 376 § 4.

Sect. 26 amended, 1939. 451 § 66.

Sect. 28 amended, 1934, 231; 1943, 239.

Sect. 28 stricken out, and new sections 28-28H (relative to obscene
books and other obscene matter) inserted, 1945, 278 § 1. (See 1945,
278 § 2.)

Sect. 28, sentence added at end, 1948, 328.

Sect. 35 A added, 1955, 763 § 4 (providing a mandatory prison sen-
tence for certain persons convicted of committing an unnatural act).

Sect. 43A added, 1947, 358 (providing a penalty for smoking in public
conveyances) .

Chap. 273.] GENERAL LawS. 1203

Sect. 45 amended, 1946, 274; revised, 1947, 409.

Sect. 53 revised, 1943, 377.

Sect. 64 amended, 1951, 119 § 1.

Sect. 66 amended, 1939, 451 § 67; 1951, 119 § 2.

Sects. 79A and 79B added, 1934, 234 § 1 (relative to the cutting of
the muscles or tendons of horses' tails and to the showing or exhibiting
of horses whose tails have been so cut or have been docked). (See 1934,
234 § 2.)

Sect. 79B revised, 1946, 131.

Sect. 80 repealed, 1934, 234 § 1. (See 1934, 234 § 2.)

Sect. 80C added, 1945, 272 (penalizing the unauthorized taking of
cats, dogs or birds for certain purposes).

Sect. SOD added, 1947, 168 (regulating the sale at retail of certain
living baby chicks, ducklings and other fowl).

Sect. 84 amended, 1951, 34 § 1.

Sect. 85 repealed, 1951, 34 § 2.

Sect. 85A added, 1945, 276 § 1 (relative to killing, etc., of dogs and
other domesticated animals and certain birds) ; first sentence amended,
1951, 185.

Sect. 92A added, 1933, 117 (preventing advertisements tending to
discriminate against persons of any religious sect, creed, class, denomi-
nation or nationality by places of public accommodation, resort or
amusement); second paragraph revised, 1953, 437.

Sect. 97A added, 1934, 164 (prohibiting the use of documents drawn
to imitate judicial process).

Sect. 98 amended, 1934, 138; revised, 1950, 479 § 3.

Sect. 98A added, 1938, 155 § 1 (entitling blind persons accompanied
by "seeing eye" dogs, so called, to certain accommodations, advantages,
etc.).

Sect. 98B added, 1941, 170 (to prevent discrimination in employment
"^on public works and projects and in the dispensing of public welfare
because of race, color, religion or nationality).

Sect. 98C added, 1943, 223 (penalizing the libel of groups of persons
because of race, color or religion).

Sect. 103 added, 1936, 417 (prohibiting marathon dances, other
marathons or walkathons, so called).

Chapter 273. — Desertion, Non-support and Illegitimacy.

Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 177 § 1; first sentence revised, 1954, 539.
(See 1939, 177 § 2.)

Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 224; revised, 1943, 87 § 1; amended, 1953,
319 § 31. (See 1943, 87 § 2; 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 8, sentence added at end, 1953, 505.

Sect. 9 repealed, 1938, 219 § 1.

Sect. 10 revised, 1938. 219 § 2.

Sect. 12A added, 1954, 232 (providing for blood grouping tests to
aid in the determination of paternity).

Sect. 14, sentence added at end, 1943, 13.

Sect. 17 revised, 1953, 163.

Sects. 20-22. See 1937, 440 § 2; 1941, 597 § 1, 729 § 2; 1943, 489 § 2.

1204 Changes in the [Chaps. 273A-276.

Chapter 273A. — Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Act (former title, En-
forcement of the Duty to Support Dependents).

New chapter inserted, 1951, 657 § 1.

Chapter stricken out and new chapter 273A (with new title) inserted,
1954, 556 § 1. (See 1954, 556 §§ 7-10.)

Chapter 274. — Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to Commit Crimes.

Sect. 4 revised, 1943, 488 § 1. (See 1943, 488 §§ 2, 3.)

Chapter 275. — Proceedings to prevent Crimes.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1932, 180 § 42.

Chapter 276. — Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives from Justice, Arrest,
Examination, Commitment and Bail. Probation Officers and Board
of Probation.

Sect. 1, first paragraph amended, 1934, 303 § 2; clause Sixth
amended, 1943, 508 § 5; clause Eleventh amended, 1934, 235 § 1;
clause Sixteenth added, 1947, 93.

Sect. 1A added, 1955, 272 § 1 (providing for the issuance of search
warrants for books, records and material belonging to subversive or-
ganizations). (See 1955, 272 § 2.)

Sect. 3 amended, 1934, 340 § 15. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)

Sect. 3A added, 1934, 247 (concerning the service of search war-
rants) .

Sect. 7 amended, 1934, 235 § 2.

Sect. 9 amended, 1947, 359.

Sects. lOA-lOD added, under caption "extra-territorial arrest
ON FRESH pursuit", 1937, 208 § 1 (making uniform the law as to
extra-territorial arrest on fresh pursuit and authorizing this common-
wealth to co-operate with other states in connection therewith). (See
1937, 208 § 2.)

Sects. 11-20 and caption "fugitives from justice" stricken out
and new sections 11-20R inserted, under caption "procedure on
interstate rendition", 1937, 304 § 1. (See 1937, 304 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 21 amended, 1953, 319 § 32. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 28 amended, 1949, 184.

Sect. 33A added, 1945, 205 (providing that certain persons held in
custody shall be permitted to communicate by telephone with relatives
and others) ; amended, 1946, 277.

Sect. 37A added, 1932, 180 § 43 (relative to the assignment of coun-
sel to appear, on behalf of a person accused of a capital crime, at his
preliminary examination). [For prior legislation, see G. L. chapter
277 §§ 48, 49, repealed by 1932, 180 § 44.]

Sect. 52A added, 1943, 131 (providing that persons held in jail for
trial may be removed in certain cases to a jail in another county).

Sect. 57, first paragraph amended, 1953, 319 § 33; sentence added
at end of second paragraph, 1943, 330; same paragraph revised, 1945,
235; paragraph added at end, 1939, 299 § 4. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 83 revised, 1936, 360; amended, 1937, 186; revised, 1947,
566 § 1; sentence inserted before last sentence, 1947, 639; section re-
vised, 1949, 783 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1950, 513, 531; revised,

Chap. 277.] GENERAL LawS. 1205

1951, 774 § 1; amended, 1953, 341, 420 § 1; 1955, 735 § 1; sentence
inserted after sixth sentence, 1952, 241; paragraph inserted after first
paragraph, 1955, 735 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1951, 774 § 2. (See
1949, 783 §§ 3, 4; 1951, 774 § 3; 1955, 735 § 3.)

Sect. 83A added, 1941, 677 § 1 (providing that certain district courts
may join in the appointment of probation officers to act exclusively
in juvenile cases therein); first paragraph amended, 1947, 566 § 2; re-
vised, 1947, 655 § 1; amended, 1951, 563 § 1; paragraph added at end,
1951, 563 § 2. (See 1947, 655 § 3.)

Sect. 83B added, 1947, 655 § 2 (providing for the appointment of
probation officers to act exclusively in juvenile cases in certain district
courts in Suffolk County); repealed, 1949, 783 § 2. (See 1947, 655 § 3;
1949, 783 § 4.)

Sects. 83C-83F added, 1948, 640 § 1 (farther regulating the com-
pensation of certain probation officers of the district courts in Suffolk
county, other than the municipal court of the city of Boston, and of the
Boston juvenile court) ; repealed, 1949, 783 § 2. (See 1949, 783 § 4.)

Sect. 84 revised, 1937, 219 § 5; 1939, 214 § 7.

Sect. 85, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1950, 145 § 1.

Sect. 87 amended, 1941, 264 § 2; 1955, 763 § 1.

Sect. 89, sentence added at end, 1934, 217 § 2; first paragraph re-
vised, 1953, 364; paragraph added at end, 1941, 477 § 1.

Sect. 90 amended, 1938, 174 § 3.

Sect. 94 amended, 1939, 155; revised, 1939, 296 § 2; last sentence
amended, 1947, 82. (See 1939, 296 § 3.)

Sect. 97 revised, 1941, 677 § 2.

Sect. 98 amended, 1932, 145.

Sect. 99, sentence inserted after third sentence, 1952, 348,

Sect. 100 amended, 1943, 64; 1953, 319 § 34. (See 1953, 319 §§39, 40.)

Sect. 101 amended, 1936, 30 § 1. (See 1936, 30 § 2.)

Sect. 101 A added, 1947, 364 § 1 (providing for uniform forms of blanks
and records for use by district court probation offices).

Sect. 102 amended, 1947, 364 § 2.

Chapter 277. — Indictments and Proceedings before Trial.

Sect. 1A added, 1952, 494 (relative to completing investigations
started by grand juries).

Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 144 § 6.

Sects. 48 and 49 repealed, 1932, 180 § 44. (See G. L. chapter 276
§ 37A, inserted by 1932, 180 § 43.)

Sect. 50 repealed, 1936, 161 § 1. (See 1936, 161 § 3.)

Sect. 58A added, 1943, 311 § 1 (relative to the venue of the crime of
buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen or embezzled
property). (See 1943, 311 § 2.)

Sect. 58B added, 1948, 77 § 1 (relative to the venue of prosecutions
for embezzlement or fraudulent conversion or appropriation by fiduci-
aries). (See 1948, 77 § 2.)

Sect. 63, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1955, 781 § 1. (See
1955, 781 § 2.)

Sect. 65 amended, 1936, 161 § 2. (See 1936, 161 § 3.)

Schedule of forms of pleadings at end of chapter amended, 1934,
328 § 29.

Paragraph entitled "Accessory after the fact" amended by striking

1206 Changes in the [Chaps. 278, 279.

out all after word "punishment" in line 5, 1943, 488 § 2. (See 1943,
488 § 3.)

Paragraph entitled "Escape" revised, 1955, 770 § 90. (See 1955,
770 §§ 117, 123.)

Chapter 278. — Trials and Proceedings before Judgment.

Sect. 15 amended, 1955, 131 § 7.

Sect. 16B added, 1949, 302 (providing that the general public may
be excluded from the court room during the trial of any criminal pro-
ceeding in a district court involving husband and wife).

Sect. 18 amended, 1955, 131 § 8.

Sect. 19 amended, 1955, 131 § 9.

Sect. 21 stricken out, 1955, 131 § 10.

Sect. 22 amended, 1955, 131 § 11.

Sect. 25 amended, 1937, 311; 1955, 131 § 12.

Sects. 28A-28D added, 1943, 558 § 1 (establishing in the superior
court an appellate division for the review of certain sentences in crimi-
nal cases). (See 1943, 558 § 2.)

Sect. 28A revised, 1945, 255 § 1. (See 1945, 255 § 4.)

Sect. 28B, first paragraph amended, 1945, 255 § 2. (See 1945, 255
§4.)

Sect. 28C amended, 1945, 255 § 3; 1955, 770 § 91. (See 1945, 255
§ 4; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 29 revised, 1939, 271 § 1. (See 1939, 271 § 2.)

Sect. 30A added, 1954, 528 (providing for interlocutory reports to
the superior judicial court in criminal cases).

Sect. 31, second sentence revised, 1953, 384.

Sect. 33 amended, 1933, 265.

Sects. 33A and 33B revised, 1954, 187 § 1; 1955, 352 § 1. (See 1954,
187 § 2; 1955, 352 § 2.)

Sect. 33E amended, 1939, 341.

Chapter 279. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 1 amended, 1934, 205 § 1; 1935, 358 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1938, 354; second paragraph amended, 1936, 434 § 2; 1939,
299 § 5. (See 1934, 205 § 3; 1935, 358 § 2.)

Sect. 1A amended, 1934, 205 § 2. (See 1934, 205 § 3.)

Sect 2 amended 1949 584.

Sect! 3A amended, 1935, 50 § 2, 437 § 2. (See 1935, 50 § 6, 437 § 8.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1935, 50 § 3, 437 § 3; second paragraph amended,
1955, 770 § 92. (See 1935, 50 § 6, 437 § 8; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 4A, sentence added at end, 1950, 145 § 2.

Sect. 0 amended, 1955, 770 § 93. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1932, 221 § 2; 1955, 770 § 94. (See 1955, 770
§§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1934, 328 § 28.

Sect. 18 revised, 1947, 516; 1951, 134.

Sect. 19 amended, 1955, 770 § 95. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1955, 770 § 90. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Sect. 22 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 26 revised, 1946, 276.

Chap. 280.] GENERAL LaWS. 1207

Sect. 27 amended, 1955, 770 § 97. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1946, 275; 1955, 770 § 98. (See 1955, 770 §§117,

123.)
Sect. 29 repealed, 1955, 770 § 122. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 30 revised 1951 642.
Sect! 31 amended, 1953,^319 § 35; revised, 1955, 770 § 99. (See

1953, 319 §§ 39, 40; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 32 revised, 1955, 770 § 100. (See 1955, 770 §§ 1 17, 123.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1952, 90.
Sect. 33A added, 1955, 770 § 101 (providing that a prisoner may be

deemed to have served a portion of the sentence imposed in certain

cases). (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 34, sentence added at end, 1955, 770 § 102. (See 1955, 770

§§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 35 amended, 1955, 770 § 103. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 36 amended, 1955, 770 § 104. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 37 amended, 1953, 319 § 36. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)
Sect. 39 amended, 1955, 770 § 105. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 40 amended, 1955, 770 § 106. (See 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sec. 43 revised, 1935, 50 § 4, 437 § 4; amended, 1955, 770 § 107.

(See 1935, 50 § 6, 437 § 8; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 44 revised, 1935, 50 § 5, 437 § 5; amended, 1955, 770 § 108.

(See 1935, 50 § 6, 437 § 8; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 45 revised, 1935, 437 § 6; amended, 1955, 770 § 109. (See

1935, 437 § 8; 1955, 770 §§ 117, 123.)
Sect. 46 amended, 1955, 770 § 110. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 48 revised, 1951, 515; amended, 1955, 770 § 111. (See 1955,

770 §§ 117, 123.)

Sect. 50 amended, 1955, 770 § 112. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)
Sect. 52 amended, 1955, 770 § 113. (See 1955, 770 §§117, 123.)

Chapter 280. — Fines and Forfeitures.

Sect. 2, last sentence stricken out, 1934, 364 § 2; sentence added
at end, 1935, 303 § 1; section amended, 1953, 319 § 37. (See 1934,
364 § 3; 1935, 303 § 2; 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Sect. 6 revised, 1937, 251 § 1. (See 1937, 251 § 2.)

Sect. 16 amended, 1953, 319 § 38. (See 1953, 319 §§ 39, 40.)

Cije Commontoealt!) of ^a^mcWmt^

Office of the Secretary, Boston, June 21, 1956.

I certify that the acts and resolves contained in this volume are
true copies of the originals on file in this department.

I further certify that the table of changes in general laws has been
prepared, and is printed as an appendix to this edition of the laws, by
direction of the Joint Committee on Rules of the General Court, in
accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Tercentenary Edition,
chapter 3, section 51, as amended by Acts of 1939, chapter 508, section 7.

EDWARD J. CRONIN,

Secretary of the Commonwealth

J

INDEX.

Abatements, taxes of, (see Taxation).

Absentee voting, civilian employees, certain, of the United States,

for ..........

Academies (see Massachusetts maritime academj')-
Accident and health insurance (see Insurance, classes of insur-
ance).
Accidents, industrial, division of (see Labor and industries, de-
partment of).
Accounts, bureau of (see Corporations and taxation, department of),
cities and towns of (see Municipal finance).

director and divisions of (see Corporations and taxation, de-
partment of),
state (see State finance).
ACTIONS, CIVIL:

judgment, entry of in certain cases, providing for
motor vehicle torts, certain, commencement of actions for, time
for, extended ........

speedy trial, advancing causes for, change in law relative to
superior court, in, for certain cases removed from district
courts .........

summary process, further stay of judgment and execution, in,

providing for . .

venue, district courts in, relative to .... ,

See also Evidence; Practice in civil actions.
Acton-Boxborough regional school district, proceedings, certain,
relative to, validated .......

Acton, town of (see Cities and towns).

Acts and resolves, number passed by general court

vetoes by governor ........

Adams, town of (see Cities and towns).
Administration (see Executors and administrators).
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON:
in general, floods, financial burden imposed by, funds for al-
leviation of, powers and duties as to .
hurricanes, certain, alleviation of financial burdens imposed

by, powers and duties as to
land, certain, conveyance of by department of education, ap-
proval by ........ .

Chap.

Section.

321

674

2.35
674

1. 2
2

359

226
158

1, 2

420

699
46

313

[372

1-4

Page 980
Page 980

1-7
1-3

meals, reimbursement of state officers and emploj^ees for ex- I ^gg

penses incurred for, rules and rates for, established by j jg^ ^

meat and meat products, purchase of, certain establishments

from, powers and duties as to . . . . . 727

military reservation commission, sale of land, certain, by, ap-
proval by . . . . . . . . . 665 1

rental motor vehicles, pool of, establishment and maintenance

of, by 784 Item 0440-33

salary schedules, permanent, for certain state oflficers and em- I ygg g

ployees, establishment of, powers and duties as to . .1 ■^g^ g

state employees group insurance commission, establishment
of, within .........

budget commissioner, appropriation acts, certain sections of,
furni.shing of copies to state departments, etc., by .
salary of, increased ........

building construction, division of, director, capital outlay

projects, department requests for, powers and duties as to

position, certain, in, made permanent .....

commissioner of administration, documents, papers and
records, certain, disposition of, study and survey relative
to, by ...... . Resolve

salary of, increased ........

comptroller, capital outlay program for commonwealth, powers

and duties as to . . . . . . . 738 1-7

628

706
730

1-4

548

784 Item 0446-01

104
730

payments, certain, by commonwealth, agreements as to fees for
legal services in connection with, filing of, with Resolves

738
33
66
78
83

126

1210

Index.

Chap. Section.

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON —

Corwhided.
comptroller — Concluded.

salary of, increased ........

surplus material, acquisition of from federal government, in-
curring of liabilities in connection with, powers and
duties as to
personnel and standardization, division of, classification of
certain state officers and positions, powers and duties as to

director, permanent positions and salary rates, schedules of,
filing of, with, duties as to .

temporary positions, certain, made permanent, powers and

duties as to . . . .

step-rate increases, powers and duties as to .
State purchasing agent, bituminous bound aggregate, pur

chase of, by, relative to . . . .

meat and meat products, purchase of, regulation on, powers

and duties as to
printing and binding, bids and contracts for, relative to
public assistance laws, manual of, printing of, supervision of

by

salary of, increased .......

state printing, expenditures for, approval by

surplus material, acquisition of from federal government, in
curring of liabilities in connection with, by
Adoptions, children of, changes, certain, in law relative to
conditions, certain, waiver of, for certain petitions, for
correction of records of birth to conform to certificates of
Advertising, labor disputes, in, relative to .

sales of utility bond issues, for, regulation of .
Aeronautics Commission, Massachusetts, aircraft owners and
operators, posting of security after accidents, by, powers
and duties as to
Chelsea Creek, construction of bridge over, by
Federal civil aeronautics board, authenticated copies of certain
reports of, use as evidence of, studj' relative to, by Resolve
inspectors, violations of certain aeronautical laws and regula-
tions, arrests for, by, clarification of law relative to
Aeronautical lav/s and regulations, arrests for violations of, law

relative to, clarification of .
Agawam, town of (see Cities and towns).

Aged persons, buildings or structures used for housing of, licensing
and inspection of, relative to .... .

old-age recipients, boarding homes, in, minimum weekly rate
for care of, establishment of . . . . .

projects, housing, for, relative to .
Agencies, insurance of (see Insurance).
Aging, covincil for, act relative to ..... .

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF:

commissioner, poultry, buying and selling of, licenses and se-
curity bonds, for, powers and duties as to .
salary of, increased ........

division of milk control, milk regulation board, standards of

milk, powers and duties as to .
soil conservation committee, reorganization of .
Aid, state and military (see Veterans' benefits).

See also Old age assistance, so called; Public welfare, depart-
ment of.
Aircraft, financial responsibility act, uniform, establishment of

owners and operators involved in accidents, posting of security

by

Air Nationa,l Guard, Massachusetts, Armory site for units, of,
providing for ........

Airport management board, state :

commissioner, fines and penalties recovered by, powers and

duties as to
Hanscom, Laurence G. Field, additional hangar and shops at,
providing for, by . . . . . . ■

land, certain in East Boston district of the city of Boston, acqui-
sition by commonwealth of, powers and duties as to

730

706 9

643 1-12

372 6

706 6

784 6

546

643 1

784 Item 2900-35

727
614

470
730
372

706

784

706
89
117
107
430
188

666
436

103

189

189

662

603
641

591

4

9

10

10

1-5

1.2

1-9

515
730

1, 2
26

757
307

1-11
1, 2

666

1. 2

666

1, 2

460

452

769

1-4

438

1.2

Index.

1211

Airports, aeronautical laws and regulations relative to, violations of,
arrests for, relative to ......

Hanscom, Laurence G. Field, additional hangar and shops, at,
providing for ........

additional land, for ........

Logan International airport, additional land for

further develo))mGnt of ...... .

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:

manufacture, transportation, storage, sale, importation

and exportation of:

alcoholic beverages licenses, takings of licensed premises by

public authority, right of holders of . . .

transfers of stock in corporations holding, regulation on

charitable hospitals, fee and excise on importation by, exemp

lion from payment of .
taverns, closing hours of, extension of, for

taxation, sales by certain corporations, associations and or-
ganizations, of .
taxes, precollection from retail consumer, of, relative to
wines, excise tax, additional, on sales of . . .

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION:

local licensing authorities, appeals from action of, to, powers and
duties as to . . > .

Alcoholic clinics, establishment of by state department of public
health, in the cit>' of Lawrence . . . . .

in the cit>- of Springfield .......

Aliens, fishing licenses, issuance of, to .

Aluminum industry, development within commonwealth, of, spe-
cial commission to investigate and study, revived and
continued ....... Resolve

Amaral, Frank B. Memorial Bridge, certain bridge in town of

Manchester designated as .
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc., national
convention of in city of Boston, proper representation of
commonwealth at, providing for . . . Resolve

American Legion, The, Lawrence W. Foster Post No. 93, Inc.,
conveyance of certain state land, to ... .

state convention of, proper representation of commonwealth at,
providing for ...... Resolve

American National Red Cross, filing of certain information with

division of public charities, exemption from, for
American Oriental Society, powers of, relative to . . .

American Telephone & Telegraph Comrany, lines, poles, and

equipment, certain, of, locations of, validated
American Unitarian Youth, Universalis! Youth Fellowship, con-
solidation of, under name of Liberal Religious Youth
American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, filing certain
information with division of public charities, exemption
from, for ........ .

Romauld Renaud Post #74, convej'ance by town of Palmer of

certain land to .
state convention of, proper representation of commonwealth at,
providing for ...... Resolve

Amherst, town of 'see Cities and towns).
APPELLATE TAX BOARD:

members of, salaries of, increased ......

telephone and telegraph companies, taxation of certain property
of, powers and duties as to .

Appropriations, counties for maintenance, etc., of certain

state departments, boards, commissions, institutions, etc., ap-
propriations for maintenance, etc., of .

emergency expenditures, by .
Armed forces (see Military and Naval Service of the United States).

Chap.
189

769
347
438
175

382
G52

322
336

580
421
495

401

477

424
428
292

136
388

49
644

7

203
43

215

87

203

114

3

730

Section

1-4
1-3
1, 2
1-3

1, 2
1, 2

1. 2

1-3

1-3
1, 2
1-5

1-3

41

344

1-3

f642

1 765

1-4

175

1-3

372

1-10

465

2

468

496

1-4

682

1

706

1-15

738

1-7

.784

1-11

497

1-3

620

1, 2

068

1. 2

1212

Index.

Chap.

446
265

11

112
649

Armory commission, land, certain conveyance to town of Fram-
ingham, by ........

Armiy and Navy Union Day, proclamation as to
Army and Navy Union, U. S. A., state convention of, proper repre-
sentation of commonwealth at, providing for Resolve
Ashland, town of (see Cities and towns).
Assault, dangerous weapon, by, penalty for, providing for
Assessment system, state, establishment of ....

ASSESSORS OF TAXES:

abatements, soldiers and sailors, their wives, widows, fathers or

mothers, filing of applications by, for, time for, extended 148
assessment systems, establishment of in cities and towns, powers
and duties as to . . . . . . .

flood damage, abatements for, granting of, by ...

hurricane damage, abatements for, powers, and duties as to
tax exemption, disabled veterans, certain, for, not applicable to

property conveyed for tax evasion purposes .
tax rates, use of certain funds for reduction of, powers and duties
as to .........

telephone and telegraph companies, taxation of certain property

of, powers and duties as to .
valuation books, copies of to be filed with commissioner of cor-
porations and taxation every five years, by .
Atomic plants, procurement of within commonwealth, investigation
and study relative to special commission by . Resolve
scope of, increased ..... Resolve

Attachments, registered land, on, recording of .
ATTORNEY GENERAL:

funds, solicitation of, educational institutions, certain, exempted
from certain provisions of law relative to, powers and
duties as to
debt pooling plans, powers and duties as to .
public charities, division of, American National Red Cross,
AMVETS, and Military Order of the Purple Heart, exemp-
tion from filing certain information, by, with
salary of, increased ........

subversive organizations, search warrant for books and records
of, bringing of complaints for, by .
Attorneys, appointments by insurance commissioner, for, investiga-
tion and study by judicial council relative to Resolve
debt pooling plans, operation of held to constitute practise of
law ..........

AUDITOR, STATE:

Boston Housing Authority, abandonment and liquidation of

certain project by, powers and duties as to .
housing authorities, records of, examination of, by .
Medford Housing Authority, abandonment of certain project by,

powers and duties as to .
salary of, increased ........

Wellesley Housing Authority, disposal of certain housing proj-
ect bJ^ powers and duties as to . . . . . 567

Auxiliary police (see Pohce officers).

Section.
1, 2

649

699

46

6, 7
3

312

202

1. 2

344

1-3

245

1, 2

88
1.39
306

1, 2

498
697

1,2

203
730

8

272

1, 2

23

697

1, 2

595
327

572
730

7

B.

Babcock, Josiah, Jr., Underpass, certain underpass on new south-
east expressway designated as .... . 390 1,2

Babies, premature, care of, relative to ..... 753

Babson Institute, master of business administration, degree of,

qualifications for, from ...... 156

Bail, fees for, increase of certain ....... 244

Bailey, Richard, E., Memorial Bridge, certain bridge in town of

Manchester designated as . . . . . . 389 1, 2

Bait, sale on Lord's Day, of, authorized ..... 304

Ballots (see Elections)

BANKING AND INSURANCE, DEPARTMENT OF:
banks and loan agencies, division of:

commissioner of banks, salary of, increased .... 730 39

savings banks, laws relative to, revision of, powers and duties

as to 432 1-24

trust companies and banking companies, consolidations of,

approval by ....... . 275 1, 2

Index. 1213

Chap. Section.

BANKING AND INSURANCE, DEPARTMENT OF— Concluded.
insurance, division of:

commissioner of insurance, appointment of attorneys, by,
investigation and study by judicial council relative
to ....... . Resolve 2.3

casualty insurance companies, filing of manuals of classi-
fication rules and rates, and rating plans, etc., by, with . 384 9
fire insurance companies providing additional coverage,

certain, by, powers and duties as to . . . . 339

fire, marine and inland marine insurance companies, filing

of class rates, rating schedule, etc., by, with . . . 384 2

fraternal benefit societies, certain, limited, transfer of mem-
bership and funds, by, powers and duties as to
salary of, increased .......

Banking companies (see Banks and Banking).
BANKS AND BANKING:

in general, taxation of (see Taxation).

treasurer, state, deposits, certain, by, relative to .
banking companies, consolidation of, relative to .

demand deposits, maximum amount which may be received
by. amount of, increased ......

co-operative banks, guaranty funds, of, relative to
mortgages, of, term and amounts of, relative to .
real estate loans of, relative to .
savings banks, laws relative to, revision of .

Ludlow Pavings Bank, acquisition of additional real estate for

parking purposes, by .
New Industrial Plants Foundation of Lowell, Inc., invest-
ments in participating mortgage loans of, b.v
officers and employees, certain, retirement benefits of, relative

to _ _.

Savings Banks Investment Fund, securities, certain, invest-
ment in, by
trust companies, consolidation of, relative to . . .

loans, participating with other banks, in, relative to
Banks and loan agencies, division of (see Banking and Insurance,

department of).
BARNSTABLE COUNTY:

appropriation for maintenance of, etc. .....

Gosnold. town of, exempted from making contributions to
Pocasset Sanatorium, in ..... .

seawalls, shore protection, contributions for cost of, borrowing
of money for, by, authorized .....

Barnstable Fire District, territory of, extended ....

Barnstable, town of (see Cities and towns).

Barre, town of (see Cities and towns).

Bay Circuit, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts Bay Circuit).

Bays (see Abaters and waterways).

Beaches, certain, erosion projects for, investigation and study by

Metropolitan District Commission, relative to Resolve 99
Beach Point Fire Hydrant District, establishment of . .615 1-6

Beacon Hill District, Historic, establishment of . . . 616 1-12

Beauty operators (see Operators, beauty).
Beaver Brook Reservation, improvement and further development

of. by metropolitan district commission, providing for . 296
Bell, Ghislaine P.. acts as notary public validated . . Resolve 122

Belmont, town of (see Cities and towns).
Bennett, Francis W., payment by the commonwealth of a sum of

money to . . . . . Resolve 66

Benzol, receptacles containing, labelling, of, relative to . . . 469 1-7

Berkley, town of (see Cities and towns).
BERKSHIRE COUNTY:

appropriation for maintenance, etc., of . . . . _ . 765 1

district court of Northern Berkshire, adequate accommodations

for, providing for . . . . . . .212 1-3

forest fire truck, additional, for, providing for . . . 405

Goodrich Pond, public access to, establishment of, by . . 258 1-5

Mount Grevlock, television site on, rental fee for, payment of,

to ■ 504

Betterment assessments, liens for, duration of, relative to . . 194

Beverages, alcoholic (see Alcoholic beverages).

Beverly, city of (see Cities and towns).

Billerica, town of (see Cities and towns).

Birch, Warren, civil service tenure for . . . . .45 1,2

108
730

1,2
40

167
275

1.2

163
257
118
146
432

1, 2
1-24

104

1,2

346

1. 2

501

624
275
197

1

765

1

199

1. 2

126
81

1, 2

1214

Index.

Bisbee, Theodore W., payment by the county of Plymouth of an
annuity to ........

Blackstone River, improvement of portions of, study of Resolve

Blind persons, certain matters pertaining to, special commission to

investigate and study, providing for . . Resolve

scope of, increased ..... Resolve

Blood types, hospital patients, of, providing for .
Boarding homes, old age recipients, in, minimum weekly rate for
care of, bv ........

BOARDS, LOCAL:

See Cities and towns.
BOARDS, STATE:

See Commonwealth, departments, boards, commissions, etc., of,
also specific titles of departments, boards, commissions,
etc.
Boat regulations, uniform, establishment of, special commission to
investigate and study, providing for . . Resolve

Boiler rules, board of (see Public Safety, department of).
Boilers, steam, insurance for (see Insurance; classes of insurance).
Bonds, bonded employees, information as to race, color, religious
creed, national origin or ancestry not to be furnished by
cities and towns, of (see Municipal finance),
closing out sales, bonds given in connection with, disposition of
commonwealth, of (see State finance),
counties, of (see County finance).

gas and electric companies, of, advertising procedure for sale of
Metropolitan Transit Authority, unexpended proceeds of cer-
tain issues, use of, bj^, relative to ....

Bonner, Clarence A., Building, medical and infirmary building at

Danvers State Hospital designated as .
Boston, and Maine Railroad, bridge, certain, in town of West
Boylston, care, control and maintenance of, transferred
to State department of public works, from
Arena Authority, annual report, time of making of, by, relative to

repairs, certain, hy, financial assistance for, providing for
City Hospital, investment of money received by, relative to
city of (see Cities and towns).

harbor, department of public works autliorized to do certain
work in tidal waters, of ..... .

harbor lines in Savin Hill Bay, change in .
Housing Authoritj', state-aided veterans' housing project, Boston

200-13, liquidation and abandonment of, b.y .

Port of, Commission, property, certain, at Army Base, insurance
for, procuring of, by .
Fund, abolishment of .......

Bourne Water District, payment of sum of money to Sun Valley

Beach, Inc., by .
Boylston Water District, water loan, additional, making of, by,
authorized ........

Braintree, Cemetery Association, property and funds of, transfer
of to town of Braintree ......

town of (see Cities and towns).
Brickley, William J., payment by Suffolk County of pension to
Bridge, Harold, paj'ment by town of Oak Bluffs of sum of money to
BRIDGES:

Amaral, Frank B., Memorial Bridge, certain bridge in town of

Manchester designated as .
Bailey, Richard E., Memorial Bridge, certain bridge in town of
Manchester designated as . . . . .

Chelsea Creek, construction of railroad bridge over certain por-
tion of . . . . .

excessive loads on, penalty for, relative to . _ .
Hoosic river, Clarksburg, town of, in, reconstruction by depart
ment of public works, of . . . . .

Log Plain Road Bridge, Greenfield, in, repair of, use of certain
funds for, authorized ......

Longfellow Bridge, Cambridge end, of, reconstruction by Metro-
politan District Commission, of . . . .

Merrimack river, Lawrence, in, construction of bridge over, in-
vestigation and study relative to . . . Resolve
O'Connell, Lt. Edmund J., Bridge, certain bridge on Southeast
Expressway designated as . . . . .

Prison Point Bridge, policing of, by Metropolitan District Com-
mission .......••

Chap.

729

72

22
IDS
449

603

Section.

1, 2

73

274
217

188
277

278

299

216

598

39

5
534

595

627

577

447
537

15

517
230

388
3S9

436
91

606
17

329
121

500
239

1-3
1, 2

1-3

1-3

1, 2

1, 2

1-5

1, 2
1-3

1, 2
1, 2

1, 2
1, 2

425
732
765

1,2

1

68

65
140
749

1.2

732

1,2

Index. 1215

Chap. Section .

BRIDGES — Concluded.

Robinson, Governor George D., Bridge, certain bridge in city of

Chicopee designated as . . . . . • 531

Watertown, Galen Street Bridge, in, improvement by depart-
ment of public works, of . . . . . . 713

West Boylston, bridge over railroad tracks, in, care, control and

maintenance of, relative to . . . . . . 299 1-3

Woods, Edward Melvin, Bridge, certain bridge over Maiden river
designated as ....... .

Briggs, Edward D., payment of pension to .

Bristol County, appropriation for maintenance, etc., of .

ground water supply, in, special commission to investigate and

study, revived and continued . . . Resolve

metropolitan water system mains, extension of, to, investigation

and study relative to, continued . . _ . Resolve

police training school, establishment of, in, authorized

probate court, of, judge of, salary of, relative to .

tuberculosis hospital, trustees of, payment of pension to Edward

D. Briggs, by ....... .

Brockton, city of (see Cities and towns).

Brookline, Newton water lands, future use of, special commission

to investigate and study .... Resolve 38

Police Mutual Aid Association, death benefits, certain, of, rela-
tive to ......... 68

town of (see Cities and towns).
Buckley, Beatrice B., Building, certain building at Monson State

Hospital designated as . . . . . . 8 1, 2

Budget commissioner (see Administration and finance, commis-
sion on).
Buildings, dwellings, alternative requirements relative to construc-
tion etc. of, regulations made relative to, by board of
standards, compliance with, relative to ... 617 1, 2

inns (see Lodging houses),
inspectors of (see Cities and towns),
lodging houses (see lodging houses).
Burden of proof (see Evidence).
Bureau of accounts (see Corporations and Taxation, Department

of). , „

Burlington Water district, sale of water by town of Lexington, to 511 I, ^

Burns, Beatrice L., acts as notary public validated . Resolve 13
Business corporations (see Corporations).
By-laws, corporations, of (see Corporations).

c.

Call firemen (see Fire Departments).

Cambridge, city of (see Cities and towns).

Campbell, Josephine L., conveyance of land to ....

Camp Sea Haven for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., construction of
road from Federal Reservation, to, providing for .

Candidates, (see Election).

Cannabis, definition of, relative to . . . •_

Cape Cod, pine looper moths, suppression of, on, providing for

Capital gains, or losses, determination of for taxation purposes,
relative to .....•••

Capital outlay program for commonwealth, providing for

year 1953, for, law providing for, amendment of . ._ .

Capital outlay projects, state department requests for, relative to

Capitol Police, expenses and damages, certain, sustained by, in-
demnity for . . . . . . • _ •

Carbon tetrachloride, receptacles containing, labelling of, relative
to

Carlisle, town of (see Cities and towns).

Carpet Club Associates, Inc., powers and duties of, as to .

Carriers, common, illegal rate practices by, responsibility for, fur-
ther defined .....•••
private, definition of, revised ......

Cars (see Motor vehicles).

Casualty Insurance (see Insurance; classes of insurance).

Cemetery Corporations:

Braintree Cemetery Association, funds and property of trans-
ferred to the town of Braintree ..... 15 1-5

621

1, 2

544

1-3

100
465

1, 2
1. 2

635

738
282
548

2, 3
1-7
1, 2

581

469

1-7

224

1. 2

353
569

1,2

1216 Index.

Chap. Seetion.

Cemetery Corporations — Concluded.

corporate existence of, evidence to secure certificates of incor-
poration, filing of, by . . . . . . . 490

Hope Cemetery, use of certain portion of, for purposes of widen-
ing Hope Avenue in the city of Worcester . . .16 1, 2
Sachem Lodge Cemetery Association, property of, transfer of, to

town of Pembroke . . . . . . . 23 1-5

Cerebral palsy, physiotherapy treatment for victims of, investiga-
tion and study by department of public health relative
to ....... . Resolve 101

Certificates of registration (see Licenses and permits ; also specific

titles) .
Certified mail, use of in sending notices under the general laws,

providing for . . . . . . _ . . 683

Change of name, issuance of new certificate, after, investigation by

judicial council relative to . . . . Resolve 18

Chapin Pond, right of way for public access to, establishment of,

pro^dding for ........ 252 1-5

Charitable Corporations (see Corporations).

Charitable hospitals (see Hospitals).

Charles river, and its tributaries, flood control construction for,

providing for ........ 768 1-5

Checks, fraudulent, making, drawing, uttering and delivery of for

services, penalty for ...... . 133

Chelmsford, town of (see Cities and towns).

Chelsea, city of (see Cities and towns).

Chicopee, city of (see Cities and towns).

Child delinquency (see Children, delinquent).

Children, adoption of, conditions, certain, waiver of, for certain

petitions ......... 117

law relative to, changes, certain, in . . . . .89

delinquent, detention of, relative to . . . . . 609 1—3

interstate compact on juveniles, as affecting . _. _. 687 1—7

prevention of, rehabilitation of, special commission to investi-
gate and study, revived and continued . . Resolve 50
school training programs to prevent, providing for . . 696
handicapped, non-profit hospital service plans, continued cover-
age, under, for certain over nineteen years of age _ . _ . 404
illegitimate, inheritance of property by, investigation by judicial

council relative to . . . . ._ Resolve 26

labor laws, certain, relative to, suspension of operation of, pro-
viding for ........_•

mechanical establishments, allowance of hoiu-s for meals, in, for
parents, support for, liability for, of . . . . _ .

retarded, training facilities for, special commission to investigate
and study, revived and continued . . Resolve

Salk poliomyelitis vaccine, furnishing of, to, providing for
street trades, engaging in, by, hours for, regulated .
under sixteen years of age, employment of, further regulation of
wayward, detention of, relative to . . .

interstate compact on juveniles, as affecting
Chiropodists, applicants for registration, as qualification of, rela-
tive to . . .
school children, examination of feet of, by .
CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS:

in general, corporate existence of, evidence to secure certificates

of incorporation . . . . . _ • • 490

American Unitarian Youth, Universalist Youth Fellowship, con-
solidation of, under name of Liberal Religious Youth . 87 1-5
First Congregational Church of Marshfield, Inc., The, sale by

town of Marshfield of certain land, to . . . . 659 1-3

First Congregational Church of North Adams, establishment of,
transfer by First Congregational Society of North Adams,
Massachusetts, of certain property, to . . . . 145 1-10

First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lynn, conveyance of land

by city of Lynn, to ...... • 457 1, 2

First Parish Church United of Westford, establishment of, trans-
fer by Union Congregational Church in Westford and
First Congregational Parish (Unitarian) in Westford, of
certain property, to ....•• • 144 1-10

Saint Francis Seraphic Seminary, payment by town of Tewks-

bury of sum of money to ...... 73 1, 2

Trinity Church in the city of Boston, holding of additional real

and personal estate, by, authorized . . . .30

106

111

492

1-3

51

114

481

1-3

503

113

609

1-3

687

1-7

676

1-3

684

Index.

1217

CITIES AND TOWNS:
in general:

aged persons, care of (see Aged Persons).

air pollution surveys, requests for, by, relative to .

assessment systems, for, providing for

assessors of taxes (See Assessors of Taxes).

betterment assessments, liens for, duration of, relative to

bonds and notes, of (see Municipal Finance).

borrowing of money by, incinerators, for
public welfare and veterans benefits, for .
under act creating Emergency Finance Board, opportunity
for, extended .......

further extension of ..... .

building inspectors, infirmaries and institutions, powers and
duties as to
regulations of board of standards relative to alternative ma-
terials for dwellings, powers and duties as to

civil defense program, reports, certain, filed in connection with
by, relative to ...... .

civil service (see Civil service and registration, department of)

clerks of (see City and town clerks).

districts of (see Districts).

dumps, public and private, assignment of places for, in, rela-
tive to ........ .

election commissioners, boards of, establishment of, in, pro-
viding for .........

Emergency Finance Board (see Emergency Board).

employees of (see Municipal officers and employees).

excavated land, certain, erection of barriers at, by owners of,
enforcement of, by .

fire departments (see Fire departments).

flood damage, reimbursement for, payment of, to

Chap.

Section.

. 784
. 649

Item 2002-01

. 194

. 85
18

1.2

1-4

V

. 262
. 726

1.2
1-3

. 662

1-9

. 617

1,2

. 25

310
218

24

f698
\ 699
[739
433

479
772

Greenhead fly control projects, of, further regulation of

gypsy moth, suppression of, cost of, payment for in three
equal installments, by, providing for ....

handicapped, physically, special classes for, powers and duties
as to .........

housing authorities of (see Housing authorities, local).

hurricanes, certain, indebtedness incurred by, alleviation of,
for ..........

ice skating rinks, artificial, construction and maintenance of,

. . by

mcinerators, construction, operation and maintenance of, bor-
rowing of money for, by, authorized ....

infirmaries, licensing and inspection of, powers and duties as
to

Japanese beetle, pine looper, suppression of, by .

juvenile delinquency, prevention of, school training programs
for purposes of, by .

licensing boards (see Licensing authorities, local).

listing of persons, in, relative to .

medical service corporations, providing medical services for,
by, relative to ....... .

Metropolitan Transit Authority, deficiency, certain, of, method
of assessing amount of, on .
motor buses operated by, width of, powers and duties as
to

nurses, temporary employment of certain, by . . .

officers and employees (see Municipal officers and employees).

ordinances and by-laws, barriers around excavated land, en-
forcement of, by .......

personnel relations review boards, establishment of, in, pro-
viding for .........

planning boards, appeals from, speedy trials in superior court,
for ......... .

plans, certain, certification of, delegation of power for, by .
proposed subdivision rules and regulations of, public hear-
ings on, providing for .......

subdivisions and development projects, land for park pur-
poses, in, powers and duties as to

planning districts, regional, establishment of, by, providing / 374
for \656

696

67

186

229

165
553

24
294

348
326

370
324

1-3

1-5

1-7
1, 2

1,2

46

1-3

716

1, 2

85

1, 2

662
340

1-9

1-3

1, 2
1, 2

1.2

1-3

1218 Index.

Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
in general — Concluded.

playgrounds, use and control of, by . . . . .96

police officers (see Police officers).

private ways and parking areas, statutory regulations as to
speed and use of motor vehicles on, extension of, to,
powers and duties as to . . . . . 135

public welfare and veterans benefits, borrowing of money for

purposes of, by . . . . . . . .18 1-4

public welfare boards, (see Public welfare, local boards of).

public works contracts, payments due upon completion of,

time for, by ....... . 597

public works projects, laborers, suppliers, etc., on, payment

of, security for, powers and duties as to . . . 702 1-3

subcontractors on, payment of, security for, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . . 701

time limit for incurring debt to secure benefits of federal
assistance, in, extension of . . . . . . 284

real estate, sales of, by, payments in lieu of taxes for balance

of year, providing for . . . . . . . 247

exemption of veterans housing from provisions of . .401

regional school districts of (see Districts).

registrars of voters, listing of persons, by . . . .67 1-3

rent control, continuation of, in, providing for . . . 225 1. 2

schools of (see Schools, public).

state and county taxes, equalization and apportionment of,

on preparation by special committee, of . Resolve 81

scope of commission, increased . . . Resolve 100

state lands, certain, reimbursement for loss of taxes on, by,

relative to . . . ... . . 467

subdivision control law, appeals from decisions of planning

boards or boards of appeal, under, speedy trials for . 348

industrial land included under provisions of . . .411 1,2

parks, setting aside land for, under, powers as to, of . . 324

planning boards under, plans, certain, certification of, dele-
gation of power for, by ..... . 326 1, 2

treasurers of (see City and town treasurers).

tuberculosis patients, care for, by relative to . . . 559 1, 2

veterans' and departments of, cancer treatment for veterans,

payments for care of, relative to . . . . . 585 1-3

veterans benefits (see Veterans benefits).

veterans housing, sale of, confirming of title to for purposes

of, procedure as to . . . . . . . 445

water pipes, cost of laying of, levy of special assessments for, / 332
by . . . \639

weights and measures, sealers of, farm milk tanks, annual

testing and sealing of, by, powers and duties as to .185

sealing of, by, fee for ....... 184

interference with performance of duties by, penalty for . 190

workmen's compensation (see Workmen's Compensation).

zoning boards, appeal boards of, powers and duties of, relative

to 325 1, 2

Zoning Enabling Act, boards of appeal, under, powers and

duties of .349

cities, budgets, laws relative to, special commission to investi-
gate and study, revived and continued . . Resolve 31

city councils, ordinances for salary and wage increases, con-
sideration, certain, by ...... 358

plan B (see Plan B form of city charter).

tax rates, use of certain available funds for reductions of, by,

authorized 202 1, 2

towns, constables, term of office of, in, relative to .

insurance, certain, against extraordinary workmen's compen-
sation losses, providing for, by, authorized

land, certain, sale, leasing or licensing of to regional school
districts, by ...... .

liability, incurring of in certain cases of extreme emergency
vote necessary for, in . . . .

officers, certain, of, oath of office of, relative to . .

regional school districts, renewal of leases of school buildings
to, by

volunteer firemen, certain, indemnity insurance for, providing
for, by . . . . ...

workmen's compensation losses, extraordinary, insurance pro-
tection against, payments for, by, authorized

33

291

127 1, 2

259
123

68

385

291

Index.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities :
Beverly, mayor, board of aldermen, salaries of, relative to
Boston, Beacon Hill Architectural Commission, establishment
of in building department, of

Boston City Hospital, investment of certain monies received
by, relative to .

Boston Housing Authority, abandonment and liquidation of
certain project, by . . . . . .

building commissioner, approval of certain motion picture
operators licenses, by, requirement as to, repeal of

buildings, certain, remodeling, reconstruction and extraor-
dinary repairs to, boiTowing of money for, by

Columbia Road, Old Colon j' Avenue, portions, certain, of,
transfer of care, control and maintenance to metropolitan
district commission ......

Dooley, John H., Memorial Playground, certain play area
in Hyde Park district designated as . .

garage under Boston Common, tunnel, certain, to be con
structed in connection with, relative to

gasfitters, licenses, certain, for, term of, relative to

George Robert White Fund, employees, certain, of, made
eligible for membership in State-Boston retirement system

Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, and Readville districts,
construction by metropolitan district commission of recre-
ation area, in, providing for .....

incinerator, proposed, for, law relative to, repealed

land, certain, in Dorchester district, conveyance to com-
monwealth of, by, authorized ....
in East Boston district, acquisition by commonwealth of

licensing board, members and secretary of, salaries of, in-
crease of ........

Professional and Business Men's Club, Inc., all alcoholic
licenses for, issuance of, by, authorized . .

motion picture operators licenses, certain, restriction, cer-
tain, on removal of . . • . . •.

off-street parking areas and parking facilities, regulation of,
by, providing for . . . . . . .

ofif-street parking facilities, further provision for establish-
ment of , by ....... .

parked vehicles, removal of on ways in downtown area,
relative to .

park land, certain, in, sale of to Hebrew Home for Aged, by

playground, certain, in Mattapan district, designated as
Reverend Francis A. Ryan Memorial Playground .

police commissioner, legal assistant to, salary of, relative to

police officers, certain, sick leave for, relative to

real estate commissioners, board of, residence requirement
for members of, relative to .

school buildings, department of, superintendent of construc-
tion in, salary of, relative to . . . .

school committee, expenses, certain, of, appropriation for,
by, increased . . . . .

school pension fund, permanent, principal of made available
for payment of pensions . . . . . .

Suffolk county, contracts entered into, with, by. relative to

vehicular crossing, additional, East Boston to, investigation
and study by special commission relative to . Resolve

voting precincts and polling places, changes in, relative to

ways, certain, use of for plaj-ground purposes, by,

William T. Morrissey Boulevard, pedestrian overpass, cer-
tain, construction of, on, providing for ....

Youth Service, division of, maintenance of place of custody
by, in ........ .

Brockton, Kenney, Catherine E. O'Connell, retirement allow-
ance of, relative to ...... .

primary elections, candidates for nomination at, party en-
rollment of, filing of certificates relative to, in
Cambridge, boundary line, between said city and town of
Belmont, change in . . . . . _ .

election officials, certain, compensation of, by, relative to .

land, certain, acquired for water purposes, sale of for hous-
ing purposes, by, authorized .....

park land, certain use for school purposes, by, authorized .

water department, surplus income of, use of, by, relative to

Chap.

478

616

39

595

44^
364

570

297

529
4

309

1219

Section.

1-3

1-12

1-4
1,2

1, 2
1. 2

1-4

558
773

1.2

441
438

1. 2
1-3

62

1,2

376

44

318

1, 2

450

1, 2

315
36

1. 2
1, 2

295

54

437

1. 2
1.2

450

iA

90

236

1. 2

298
60

1-3

146

264

1

1.2

260

518

1-3

399

1, 2

456

1. 2

679
66

1-5
1. 2

302
49
84

1, 2
1, 2
1.2

1220

Index.

Chap.

715

149

CITIES AND TOWSS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.

Chelsea, playgrounds, certain, in, construction of, providing

for ......... .

sewerage dumping, certain, by metropolitan district com-
mission, reimbursement to certain property owners for,
_ in . . . . . . . . Resolve

Chicopee, bridge, certain, in, designated as Governor George
D. Robinson Bridge .......

Nash Field, conveyance to Oscar Dion of portion of, by

registry of motor vehicles, establishment of branch office of,
in. ......... .

Everett, proposed interchange in, designation as General E.

Leroy Sweetser interchange . . . Resolve

Fall River, family burial lot of heirs of Church Terry, eminent

domain taking of, by state department of public works, in

Greater Fall River Development Corporation, establish-
ment of to promote industrial development, of
Fitchburg, parking meter receipts, certain, use of, to pay

principal and interest on certain bonds, by .
Gardner, Connors Street Building, repairs and remodeling of
borrowing of money for, by, .....

Greater Gardner Development Corporation, incorporation
of, in ........

Gloucester, park department, control and management of
placed under jurisdiction of department of public works

playground department, placing under jurisdiction of de-
partment of public works, by, providing for .

school committee, terms of membership of, filling of va-
cancies in, relative to .

sewer department, placing under jurisdiction of department
of public works, by, providing for

traffic circle, certain, in, designated as Chester H. Grant
Memorial Circle ......

water department, management and control of, placed under
jurisdiction of department of public works, of
Holyoke, off-street parking facilities, construction of, by, au-
thorized ........

Southampton, town of, improvement and surfacing of cer
tain highways in, by .
Lawrence, alcoholic clinic, establishment by state department
of public health, in, providing for

board of public welfare, board of overseers of the poor
designated as ...... .

borrowing of money for public parking places, by, author
ized . . . . . . . .

bridge, certain, over Merrimack river, study relative to
construction of, providing for . . . Resolve

economic conditions in, investigation and study by depart-
ment of commerce relative to . . . Resolve

Savoie, Alfred J., payment of sum of money to, by .
Lowell, land, certain, in town of Chelmsford, annexation of, / 164
by, authorized ........

off-street parking facilities, in, authorized
Lynn, land, certain, held for playground and recreational pur-
poses, sale of, by, authorized .....
sale of to the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, by .

school appropriations, special acts, relative to, repeal of

school purposes, appropriations for, by, relative to

utility corporations, certain, lines, poles and equipment of,
validation of locations of, by, providing for .

ways and drainage, commission on, membership of, change
in ......... .

Maiden, borrowing of money for parking purposes, by, rela-
tive to ........ .

city council, establishment of, abolishment of board of alder-
men and common council, in .... .

city engineer, office of, in, relative to ... .

city solicitor, office of, term of present incumbent of .

Fellsmere pond, in, improvement by metropolitan district
commission of, providing for ..... 655

Holland, Deruiis C., reinstatement in employ of, for retire-
ment purposes ........ 704

528
424

121

Section.

1-3

531
/166
\487

1, 2

563

1.2

14

293

1-3

392

1-21

210

1. 2

53

1. 2

564

1-20

174

1-5

442

1-5

97

1-4

443

608

1,2

206

1-6

663

1-7

1-3

127
466
164
629
362

1. 2
1-3
1-7

237
457
250
368

1, 2
1,2
1, 2
1-3

215

1.2

233

1. 2

59

550

110

93

1-6
1. 2
1.2

1.2

Index.

1221

Chap.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.

Maiden Stadium and athletic Field Commission, personnel
of, change in ........ 67

park land, certain, conveyance of, to Maiden Housing Au-
thority, by 599

school loan, certain, unexpended balance of, use of, by,
authorized ........

sewage disposal and water supply, in, relative to

tax rate, stabilization of, in, providing for

traffic commission, personnel of, change of, in .

unpaid bills, certain, appropriations for and payment of, by,
authorized ........ 346

Medford, Housing Authority, state-aided veterans housing
project, Medford 200-2, hquidation and abandonment of,
by 672

new little league park to be constructed in, designated as
Veterans Memorial Park ......

sewage disposal and water supply, in, relative to
New Bedford, industrial resources, promotion and develop-
ment of, amount of money to be appropriated for, by, in-
creased .........

veterans' organizations, leasing of suitable headquarters to,

by .

Newton, Cochituate aqueduct, transfer of certain portion of,
by metropolitan district commission, to . . .

contracts, making of, by ......

land, certain, use for school purposes, by, authorized

special commission to study future use of Brookline-Newton
water lands, designation of one member to, by Resolve

unpaid bill, certain, payment of, by, providing for
North Adams, district court, adequate accommodations for,

in . . . . .

Northampton, Calvin Coolidge, establishment of memorial
to, Forbes Library, in, powers and duties as to . .

department of engineering, board of engineering, establish-
ment of, in ........

fire department, permanent members of, forty-eight hour
work week for, submission to voters of question relative to

sewage treatment works, construction of, incurring of in-
debtedness for, by ...... •

Peabody, city infirmary burial ground, discontinuance of, by

park property, certain, granting of easement over to Essex
County Electric Company, by .... •

Pierce, Mary L., payment of pension to, by

school committee, members of, eligibility to hold certain

other positions, in, relative to .... •

Pittsfield, Goodrich Pond, pubUc access to, establishment of,

in, providing for .....••

off-street parking facilities, in, authorized . .

Richmond Pond, in, drawing of water from, regulation on .
Quincy, cemetery purposes, purchase of lands, for, by, au-
thorized _ . .414

Furnace brook, in, enclosure by metropolitan district com-
mission, of ......■• 600

Louis Petrella Construction Company, payment of sum of
money to, by, authorized ....-•

off-street parking areas, sanitary facilities for

use of certain bond proceeds for construction of
Revere, overlay deficits, funding of, by, providing for .

Revere Youth Commission, director of, tenure of office of

present incumbent of, relative to . . . . .77

sewerage dumping, certain, reimbursement to certain prop-
erty owners for damage caused by, providing for Resolve 149

Shaw Beach and Roughan's Point, sea wall at, raising of, by

metropolitan district commission, providing for . . 473

Salem, Dolan, Francis H., widow of, payment of sum of money

to, by 463

fire department, supervisor of motor apparatus, in, incum-
bent of position of, status of, relative to . . .132

park property, certain, sale and conveyance of, by, author-
ized .......... 56

superintendent of central motor equipment division, office
of, placing under civU service laws, by, authorized . 94

Baetion.

1-3

660

1,2

251

1,2

227

1,2

484

1.2

431
251

1,2

510

1,2

28

1,2

419
121
211

1-3
1.2
1.2

38
52

1,2

212

1-3

547

1-3

650

1-9

130

1,2

462
337

1-3
1-4

516
756

1. 2
1,2

721

1. 2

258
694
586

1-5
1-8
1.2

1. 2

238

1-4

521

1. 2

522

1,2

543

1-4

1,2

1. 2
1. 2
1, 2
1, 2

25
341
723

1, 2

393

116

1, 2

428
409
157

1,2

303

486

747

1, 2
1-15

508
722
576
536
480

1-20
1-4
1-4
1, 2

201

1. 2

387

1, 2

1222 Index.

Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Concluded.

Somerville, Cozza Circle, traffic circle at intersection of Powder

House Boulevard and Alewife Brook Parkway designated

as . . . . . . . . Resolve

Curtin, John J., payment of certain medical expenses of, by
district court, of, second assistant clerk for, providing for
overpass, certain, in, designated as Paul A. McCarthy over-
pass . . . . . . . .

tenement houses, law applicable to, revocation of accept-
ance of, by, providing for ......

Springfield, alcoholic clinic, establishment by state depart-
ment of public health, in ..... .

Flaherty, George, payment of sum of money to, by .
Haggerty, Patrick J., retirement of, by .
market authority, establishment of, in, investigation and
study relative to, providing for .....

off-street parking facilities, establishment of, in
park land, certain, conveyance of to Peter S. Sheehan, by .
Robinson State Park, easement for water supply purposes,
in, granting to ....... .

Springfield Recreation Authority, powers and duties as to .
Stack, John F., retirement of, by, relative to .
unpaid bills, certain, payment of, by, authorized
ward eight, precinct lines of, changing of, by, relative to
Taunton, electric purposes, borrowing of money for, by, au-
thorized .........

Waltham, city council, membership of, increase of, providing

for

Westfield, Little River and Westfield River, improvements by
state department of public works in and along, providing

for 502

Woburn, school building, certain, construction of, contract
with Louis Proia Construction Company, Inc., for making
of, by, authorized ....... 783

Worcester, betterment and sewer assessments, payment of,
extension of time to recipients of old age assistance and
others, by, relative to ......

Green Hill Park, easement in, granting of to commonwealth,

by

portion of, conveyance of to commonwealth, by
Home for Aged Women, in, holding of additional property

by, increase in powers of trustees of, authorized
Hope Avenue, widening of, use of portion of Hope Cemetery

for purposes of , by .
Muhr, George E., reinstatement in employ of for retirement
purposes . . . . . . . . .

off-street parking facilities, establishment of, in, authorized
special provisions relative to particular towns :

Acton, land, certain, in, conveyance to Acton-Boxborough
regional school district, by . . . . . _ .

police officers, certain, of, civil service status for, providing
for . . . . . . ...

Adams, park land, certain, conveyance of to James Pieri, by,
authorized . . • . . . • • . ■ • . •

recreational and swimming facilities, establishment of, in,
investigation and study by department of natural re-
sources relative to .... . Resolve

Agawam, acts, certain, of, ratified and confirmed .
land, certain, of commonwealth, conveyance of, to .
representative town government by limited town meetings,
establishment of, in . . . . ._ . .

Amherst, municipal offices, nominations and elections for, in,
relative to ........

Ashland, Dzindolet, Alexander, park department employee,
continuation of service of, by .... .

Barnstable, land, certain, of commonwealth, conveyance of, to

selectmen, of, authorization to act as board of public works,

repealed .........

Barre, land, certain, in, acquisition by division of fisheries and
game, of, approval by selectmen, of ... •

Belmont, Beaver Brook Reservation, in, improvement and
further development of by metropolitan district commis-
sion, providing for ...... • 296

361

1. 2

761
460

1. 2

71

1-5

16

1.2

691
365

1.2
1-6

420

3

45

1. 2

105

1-3

85
20

588

1,2
1.2

632

1-14

149

1-8

754
556

11

1, 2

356

1. 2

679

1-5

513

1-4

268

1. 2

Index. 1223

Chap. Seotion.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued,
Belmont — Concluded.

boundary line, between said town and city of Cambridge,
change in ........ .

land, certain, of commonwealth, conveyance of, to
Wilkins, Harold A., payment of sum of money to, by
Berkley, Dighton Rock, in, land adjacent to, acquisition of by

department of natural resources ..... 538 1-3

Billerica, Nutting's Lake, dredging of, feasibility of, investiga-
tion and study relative to, providing for . Resolve 63
representative town government by limited town meetings,

establishment of, in . . . . . . .6 1-13

Brain tree. Brain tree Cemetery Association, property and funds

of, transfer of, to . . . . . . .15 1-5

Brookline, director of school health services, appointment by

school committee of director of public health, as . . 191 1, 2

special commission to study future use of Brookline-Newton

water lands, designation of one member to, by Resolve 38

Carlisle, park land, certain, use for school purposes, by . 709 1, 2

Chelmsford, land, certain, in, annexation of by city of Lowell, / 164 1, 2

providing for . . . . . . . . \ 629 1-3

Clarksburg, bridge, certain, in, reconstruction by state depart-
ment of pubHc works, of ..... . 606 1, 2

Clinton, Carpet Club Associates, Inc., powers and duties as to 224 1, 2

Cohasset, fire department, permanent members of, hours of

duty of, relative to . . . . . . .48 1,2

Straits Pond, control of insect life in, appropriations for

purposes of, by, authorized ...... 557

water supply, fluoride supplementation of, submission to

voters of question pertaining to, providing for . .61 1,2

Concord, land, certain, in, transfer by state department of
public safety, to .......

Danvers, hospital bonds, of, action relative to, by, validated

sewer assessments, in, relative to .
Dartmouth, borrowing of money for water purposes, by
Dedham, annual town meeting, adjourned, held in current

year, acts and proceedings at, validated . . , 710 1, 2

special commission to study future use of Brookline-Newton
water lands, designation of one member to, by Resolve 38
Dennis, regional school district, proceedings relative to organ-
ization of, by, validated ......

Dover, park land, certain, use of for school purposes, by, au-
thorized .........

Duxbury, Duxbury Fire and Water District, obligations of,

properties of, assumption of, by .
Fairhaven, referendum procedure, in, relative to .

representative town government by limited town meetings,
in, relative to ....... .

Falmouth, park land, certain, use for parking purposes, by .

Woods Hole Sewerage System, land owners served by, vote

relative to, by, ratified and confirmed ....

Framingham, land, certain, conveyance of by armory commis-
sion, to ....... .

conveyance of by commissioner of public safety, to
Gosnold, Pocasset Sanatorium, contributions to, exemption
from, for .........

Greenfield, Log Plain Road Bridge, repair or construction of,
use of certain funds for ......

public schools, in, questions, certain, pertaining to, sub-
mission of voters, of, by, authorized ....

Groveland, regional school district, acts and proceedings for
formation of, by, validated . . . .

Hanson, ponds or lakes, in, control of, by, relative to .
Harwich, public amusements or entertainments, advertising

for, appropriations for purposes of, by, relative to .
Hingham, sewer system, of, relative to ....

Hopkinton, chief of police, office of, present incumbent of, life
tenure for, providing for ......

Hudson, borrowing of money for electric purposes, by .
Hull, Straits pond, control of insect Ufe in, appropriations for

purposes of, by, authorized ...... 557

Huntington, Norwich Lake, public access to, establishment of,

in, providing for ....... 254 1-6

219

363

1, 2

42

1. 2

22

1, 2

64

1-3

12

1.2

330
562

1-4
1.2

589
9

1-9
1.2

55

1-3

446
451

1.2

199

1.2

17

1.2

161

1.2

31
103

1.2
l-«

192
454

1-3
1-3

75
19

1,2
1.2

1224 Index.

Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.
Lakeville, water supply for certain inhabitants, of, providing

for . . . .459

Lee, police force, civil service examination for appointment to,
providing for ........

Leicester, Mount Pleasant Sewer District, establishment of, in

Mount Pleasant Water District, establishment of, in

Lexington, annual town meeting, adjourned session of, held in

current year, acts and proceedings, at, validated

Burlington Water District, sale of water to, by, authorized

Longmeadow, Greenwood Park, conveyance of portion of in

exchange for certain other land, by ... .

sewage treatment works, construction of, incurring of in-
debtedness for, by, authorized .....

Ludlow, Chapin Pond, right of way for public access to, estab-
lishment of, in .
park land, certain, use for school purposes, by .
Prokop, Edwin, made eligible for appointment as police
officer, in ........ .

Lynnfield, land, certain, of commonwealth, conveyance of, to

Manchester, bridge, certain, in, designated as Frank B. Amaral

Memorial Bridge ......

designated as Richard E. Bailey Memorial Bridge .
Marshfield, land, certain, used for cemetery purposes, sale of,

by

municipal advertising purposes, appropriations for, by, rela-
tive to ........ .

Maynard, park land, certain, use for right of way, by, author-
ized . . . . . . . . .

Merrimac, regional school district, acts and proceedings rela-
tive to formation of, by, validated ....

Methuen, Mystic Pond, in, draining and filling of, investiga-
tion and study by state department of public works rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve

Middlefield, state forest, in, reconstruction of dam in, provid-
ing for . . . . . . . Resolve

Middleton, chief of police, office of, tenure of, relative to .
Milford, Charles river and Louisa lake, in, improvement
of, study by metropolitan district commission relative
to ....... . Resolve 143

fire department, permanent members of, fifty-six hour work

week for, providing for . . . . . .35 1,2

veterans' agent and director of veterans' services, office of,
placing under civil service laws, by, providing for .
Millis, Sonnabend, A. M., payment of sum of money to, by .
Milton, incinerator, certain, to be' constructed in, provisions of

law providing for, repealed . . .

Montague, Escott, Harry L., retirement rights of, powers and

duties as to
Mount Washington, school committee, of, powers of
Nahant, utility corporations, certain, lines, poles, and equip-
ment of, validation of locations of, by, providing for
Nantucket, Historic District Commission, establishment of, in
Needham, selectmen, board of, transfer of certain powers from,

providing for . . . . . . . .21 1-3

special commission to study future use of Brookline-Newton

water lands, designation of one member to, by Resolve 38
town meeting members, election and terms of office of, in,
. relative to . . .... . . .74 1-5

water supply, fluoridation of, submission to voters of ques-
tion relative to . . . . . . . .

North Andover, sewers, betterment assessments for, by
Northborough, chief of police, office of, tenure of, relative to
Norton, Holmes, Lester H., employee, of, retirement benefits

of

Lake Winneconnet, in, management by state division of
fisheries and game, of, providing for ....

Oak Bluffs, boundary line, certain, of, re-establishment of
Bridge, Harold, payment of sum of money to, by
Cambra, Herbert, police chief of, civil service status of,
relative to ........

Palmer, conveyance of land to Romauld Renard Post 474,

AMVETS, by 114

673
671
664

1, 2
1-15
1-14

228
511

1. 2
1,2

512

1, 2

178

1-12

252
182

1-5
1, 2

724
520

1. 2
1, 2

388
389

1. 2
1, 2

659

1-3

72

1-3

308

1, 2

31

1, 2

105

59
129

1, 2

32
391

1. 2
1, 2

773

1, 2

690
323

1. 2

215
601

1,2
1-14

408
712
377

1, 2
1, 2
1,2

355

1,2

482
416
230

1,2
1, 2
1-3

70

1, 2

114

1-3

397
139

1-4
1-3

605

1, 2

273
410

1-17
1-10

586

1. 2

215
369

1. 2
1. 2

Index. 1225

Chap. Se«tion.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.
Pembroke, Sachem Lodge Cemetery Association, property of,

transfer of, to . . . . . . . .23 1-5

Pepperell, chief of police, tenure of office of, in, relative to . 76 1-3

Phillipston, land, certain, in, acquisition by division of fisheries

and game of, approval by selectmen of ... 356 1, 2

Plymouth, state convention of American Legion, holding of,

in, appropriation of money for purposes of, by, authorized 750 1, 2

Torrance, Ralph, payment for services as veterans' services
director, of, by . . . . . . . . 101

Provincetown, Beach Point Fire Hydrant District, contracts

with, by, authorized ....... 615 4

landing monument, in, relocation of by state department of
public works, relative to ..... .

municipal wharf purposes, borrowing of money for, by
Randolph, annual town meeting, action, certain, taken at,
validated .........

sewerage and sewage disposal, system of, construction and

operation of, by
south metropolitan sewerage district, addition to, of .
Richmond, Richmond Pond, in, drawing of water from, regu-
lation of ........ .

Saugus, utility corporations, certain, lines, poles, and equip-
ment of, validation of locations of, by, providing for
Scituate, Lopes, Antonio C, payment of sum of money to, by
Musquashiat Pond, control of insect life on, appropriations

for, by 423

Sharon, park land, certain, use for school purposes, by, au-
thorized ......... 13 1, 2

Shrewsbury, electric light department, manager of, exemption

from civil service rules, for ...... 69 1-3

town manager, powers of, relative to . . . .69 2, 3

Southampton, highways, certain, in, improvement and surfac-
ing of, by city of Holyoke ...... 528

Southbridge, sewage treatment plant, reconstruction of, funds

for purposes of, providing for ..... 779

South Hadley, Fire District Number One, adjacent territory

to, annexation of, by . . . . . .41 1, 2

Buttery Brook reservoir, abandonment as public water
supply, of, by .......

Stoughton, public health center, establishment of, in
Swampscott, representative town meetings, votes, certain,
passed at, change in law relative to, providing for .
utility corporations, certain, lines, poles and equipment of,

validations of locations of, bj', providing for .
water and sewer departments, employees of, civil service laws
made applicable to ...... .

Swansea, post office, borrowing of money for purposes of,
leasing of, by, relative to ..... .

Tewksbury, Saint Francis Seraphic Seminary, payment of sum
of money to, by, authorized .....

swamp lands, in, reclamation of, investigation and study by
state department of public works relative to . Resolve
Tisbury, boundary line, certain, of, re-establishment of .
Tolland, licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages, in, question of,

vote at special town meeting, on, authorized
Townsend, chief of police, office of, incumbent of, tenure for .
Truro, Beach Point Fire Hydrant District, establishment of, in

Pilgrim Spring, in, establishment of state park, at
Upton, Grand Army Hall, demolition of, submission to voters of
question relative to ...... .

Wakefield, public works, board of, membership of, increase m
Watertown, Galen Street bridge, improvements to, providing for
LeConti, Anthony, payment of sum of money to, by
Watertown Firefighters Relief Association, Inc. death bene-
fits for firefighters, of . . . . . . . 286

Watertown square, relief of traffic congestion at, construc-
tion by metropolitan district commission for purposes of,
authorized ........ 689

Wellesley, annual town meeting, adjourned session of, acts

and proceedings at, validated ..... 375 1, 2

land, certain, taken for playground purposes, reconveyance

of, by 181 1, 2

83

714

1. 2
1-10

82

1-3

215

1. 2

153

1. 2

535

1-4

73

1. 2

102
416

1, 2

270

78

615

523

1-4
1-3
1-6

1-4

10

7

713

79

1. 2
1-3

1, 2

440
86

1. 2
1-4

31

1, 2

583

1-5

281

1, 2

380

1-15

300
179

1, 2
1-4

253

51

648

1-5
1. 2
1.2

200

1,2

398

1-3

14

1,2

64

1-3

1226 Index.

Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Concluded.

special provisions relative to particular towns — Concluded.
West Boylston, bridge, certain, in, care, control and mainte-
nance of, transferred to state department of public works 299 1-3
Westminster, fire station, erection and equipping of, action
relative to, by, validated ......

water bonds, of, relative to ..... .

West Newbury, regional school district, formation of, acts and

proceedings in connection with, by, validated
Westport, Horseneck Beach, recreational facilities at, provid-
ing for .........

West Springfield, land, certain, conveyance of, by common-
wealth, to . . . . . . . .

Westwood, sewers and drains, system of, construction and
operation of, by, authorized ......

Weymouth, DuVal, Mabel E., payment of member svu-vivor
benefits to, by retirement board of . . . .

park land, certain, use for school purposes, by, authorized .

Wilbraham, Nine Mile Pond, public access to, establishment

of, in . . . . . . . . .

park land, certain, use for highway purposes, by, authorized
Williamstown, acts, certain, of, validated ....

Wilmington, athletic field, borrowing of money for, time for,
extended .........

bond, issue, certain, use of surplus proceeds for school pur-
poses, by ........ . 398

Yarmouth, public amusements, appropriations for, by, increase
in amount of ....... .

regional school district, certain proceedings relative to or-
ganization of, by, validated .....

CITY AND TOWN CLERKS:

in general, adoptions, correction of records of birth to conform

with certificates of adoption, powers and duties as to . 107 3, 4

closing out sales, bonds given in connection with, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 217

fishing licenses, issuance of to aliens, by ... . 292

physicians and undertakers, reports of births and deaths, by,

payment of fee to, by, abolished . . . . .92 1,2

sporting, hunting, fishing or trapping licenses, applicants for,

personal appearance requirement for, abolished . . 209

town clerks, town ofiicers, certain, oath of ofiice of, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 123

two platoon system, so called, filing of petitions for adoption

of in town fire departments, powers and duties as to . 150
CITY AND TOWN TREASURERS:

borrowing of money, under act creating Emergency Finance

Board, powers and duties as to . . . . . 262 1, 2

CITY COUNCILS:

ordinances, salary and wage increases, for, consideration of, by,

relative to ........ 358

Civil actions (see Actions, civil; Practice in civil actions).

Civil defense program, personnel, certain, use of in connection with

labor dispute, prohibited . . ... . 241

reports, certain, to be filed by political subdivisions in connec-
tion with, relative to . . . . . . .25

volunteer workers, certain, indemnification for property damage,

personal injuries and death sustained by . . . 607 1, 2

CIVIL SERVICE AND REGISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF:
civil service, division of, in general, seniority dates, employees,

of, computation of, further regulation of . . . 40

commission, decisions, certain, of, review of by municipal
court of the city of Boston, providing for . . .

members of, salaries of, increased .....

director, civil service classes and grades, appointments, pro-
motions, etc., powers and duties as to .
eligible lists, powers and duties as to
Lee, town of, police force of, civil service examination for

applicants for, holding of , by .
salary of, increased .......

registration, division of, architects, board of registration of,
members of, salaries of, increased ....

barbers, board of registration of, salaries of, increased .
chiropody (podiatry), board of registration in, applicants for

registration, qualification of, relative to . . . 676 1-3

407
730

1-3
10

643
571

9, 10

673
730

1, 2
9

730
730

21
19

526

730

12

758

493

1-3

730

15

730

14

Index. 1227

Chap. Section.

CIVIL SERYICE AND REGISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OP

— Concluded.
registration, division of — Concluded.

members of, salaries of, increased ..... 730 13

dental examiners, board of, members of, salaries of, increased 730 17

director, salary of, increased ...... 730 1 1

dispensing opticians, board of registration of, establishment

of 688 1-4

electricians, state examiners of, salaries of, increased . . 730 18

hairdressers, board of registration of, demonstrators, notifica-
tion of examination dates, to, by, repeal of provisions of
law providing for . . . . . . .193

hairdressers, operators and manicurists, registered under
other state laws, registration of, by . . . . 333

inspectors or investigators of, engaging in hairdressing busi-
ness, by, prohibited ....... 154

members of, salaries of, increased ..... 730 20

renewal of registrations of certain persons, by, powers and ("434
duties as to . . . . . . . . \ 435

medicine, board of registration in, approving authority of,
membership of, increased for certain purposes, powers
and duties of ....... . 759 1, 2

foreign medical schools, graduates of, examination and regis-
tration of , by . . . . . . . . 622

hospital medical officers, limited registration of, by, relative

to . .

members of, salaries of, increased .....

physical therapists, registration of certain persons as, by .
re-registration of, publication of lists of, by .
nursing, board of registration in, approving authority of,
members of, salaries of, increased ....

members of, salaries of, increased .....

optometry, board of registration in, members of, salaries of,

increased ......... 730 16

pharmacy, board of registration in, pharmacists, renewal fee

of appHcants for registration as, relative to . . . 429

registered assistant pharmacists, certain, registration as
pharmacists, of, by . . . . . . . 634

plumbers, state examiners of, range boilers, manufacturers of,

safety requirements for, powers and duties as to . . 612 1

professional engineers and land surveyors, board of registra-
tion of, membership of, increased .... 646

CIVIL SERVICE LAWS:

Acton, police officers, certain, in, placing under ... 45 1, 2

eligible lists, change in law relative to . . . . . 571

labor and industries, department of, division of industrial acci-
dents, employee, certain, of, placing under, providing

for 784 Item 1651-02

mental health, department of, supervisor of laundry service, in,

placed under 784 Item 1701-02

metropolitan district commission, employee, certain, of, placed

under 784 Item 2931-06

Milford, veterans' agent and director of veterans' services, office

of, in, placing under ....... 32 1, 2

natural resources, department of, employees, certain, of, placed

under ......... 575 1-4

Oak Bluffs, Herbert Cambra, chief of police of, status of, under 70 1, 2

Pepperell, chief of police, present incumbent of office of, placing

under 76 1-3

pubUc welfare, department of, position, certain, in, placing under,

providing for 784 Item 1901-03

Revere Youth Commission, present director of, placing under .77 1,2

Salem, superintendent of central motor equipment division, office

of, placed imder ....... 94 1, 2

seniority dates, of employees under, computation of, further regu-
lation of . . . . . . . . .40

Swampscott, water and sewer departments of, employees of,

placing under ........ 153 1, 2

Townsend, chief of pohce, present incumbent of office of, placing

under 78 1-3

Clarksbvirg, town of (see Cities and towns).

Clark School for the Deaf, holding of additional real and personal

estate, by ........ . 261

Clerks, city and town (see Cities and towns clerks).

1228 Index.

Chap. Section.

CLERKS OP COURTS:

district courts, of (see District courts).

parking violations, non-criminal disposition of, powers and duties

as to . . . . . . . . .386 1, 2

superior court of, (see Supreme judicial and superior courts).
Clinton, sewage disposal works, reconstruction of, additional funds

for 541 1-3

town of (see Cities and towns).
Closing out sales, bonds given in connection with, disposition of,

relative to ........ 217

Coastal waters (see Waters and waterways).
Cohasset, town of (see Cities and towns).
COLLECTORS OF TAXES:

poll taxes, collection of after assessment, powers and duties as to 474 1, 2

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES:

funds, solicitation of, exemption from certain provisions of law

relative to, for . . . . . . . . 498

Northeastern University, amount of property to be held by, in-
crease of ........ . 134

State Teachers' Colleges, special commission to investigate and

study, further revived and continued . . Resolve 39

trailer coach parks, laws regulating, exemption from, for . . 623

University of Massachusetts, trustees of, leasing of certain state

land, by . . . . . . ... 442 2

natiu-al resources, study, certain, relative to, by, jointly with

department of natural resovirces ..... 439

Wellesley College, holding of additional real and personal estate,

by, authorized ........ 246

See also Schools.

Columbus Day, so called, observance of, further regulated

/ 99 1,2

\342

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, Lawrence, city of, investigation and study relative

to economic conditions in, by . . . Resolve 127

Neponset river, lands adjacent to, draining of, study relative

to, further continued ..... Resolve 56

regional planning districts, establishment of by cities and ( 374

towns, approval by . . . . _ . . . \ 656 1-3

tourist routes, establishment of system of, by, jointly with de-
partment of public works and department of natural re-
sources ....... Resolve 110

commissioner, salary of, increased ..... 730 37

division of planning, Massachusetts Bay Circuit, so called,
plans and proposals for, investigation and study relative
to, as part of joint board, by, further continued Resolve 41
Commercial code, uniform, (see Uniform Commercial code).
COMMISSIONS, STATE:

in general (see Commonwealth, departments, commissions,

etc., of; also specific titles of state commissions).
special:

atomic plants, procurement of, within commonwealth, to in-
vestigate and study .... Resolve 88

scope of, increased ..... Resolve 139

Blackstone River, improvement of portions of, study

of ....... . Resolve 72

blind persons, certain matters pertaining to, to investigate and

study ....... Resolve 22

scope of, increased ..... Resolve 108

boulevards, metropoUtan district commission controlled, prop-
erties abutting on, to investigate and study, revived and
continued ....... Resolve 42

BrookUne-Newton water lands, futiu-e use of, to investigate and

study ....... Resolve 38

child delinquency, prevention of, rehabilitation of, etc., to

investigate and study, revived and continued Resolve 50
city budgets, laws relative to, to investigate and study, re-
vived and continued ..... Resolve 31

commonwealth, industrial and economical development of,
certain propesed legislation relative to, to investigate and
study ....... Resolve 96

commimism, subversive activities, to investigate and study,

revived and continued .... Resolve 52

scope of, increased ..... Resolve 129

Index.

COMMISSIONS, STATE — Continued.
special — Continued.

constitution of commonwealth, one hundred and seventy-fifth
anniversary of adoption of, to arrange appropriate ex-
ercises to commemorate .... Resolve

Chap.

crime commission, so called, further continued

Resolves

76
9
147

East Boston, vehicular crossing from Boston proper, to, to
investigate and study ..... Resolve

electrical and telephone service, problems relative to, to in-
vestigate and study . . . . . Resolve

equaUzation and apportionment, commission on, establish-
ment of ..... . Resolve

scope of, increased ..... Resolve

fire insurance policies, provisions, certain, relative to, to in-
vestigate and study . . . . . Resolve

fisca Isurvey commission, revived and continued . Resolve

flood control, measures for, to investigate and study Resolve

government, state and local relationships in, to investigate
and study . . . . . . . Resolve

health and welfare trust funds, administration and regulation
of, need for, to investigate and study . . Resolve

hunting and fishing, and certain related matters, to investigate
and study . . . . . . . Resolve

industrial homework, laws relative to, to study and revise, re-
vived and continued ..... Resolves

Massachusetts Port Authority, creation of, to investigate and
study . . . . . . . Resolve

medical and dental school, state, establishment of, to investi-
gate and study, revived and continued . . Resolve

mental persons, commitment, care, treatment and discharge of , f

to investigate and study, further continued . Resolves \ 109

mihtia laws and veterans laws, to investigate and study . 133

New England Board of Education, establishment of, to in-
vestigate and study ..... Resolve

Ninth Regiment of Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, mural
in commemoration of, to investigate and study Resolve

Plymouth and Bristol, counties of, ground water supplies, in,
to investigate and study, revived and continued Resolve

publications, certain, relationship with juvenile delinquency,
to investigate and study .... Resolve

railroad yards, proper clearance of tracks in, to investigate and
study, revived and continued . . . Resolve

retarded children, training facilities for, to investigate and
study, revived and continued; membership of, in-
creased ....... Resolves

retirement and pensions, certain matters relating to, to in-
vestigate and study ..... Resolve

Southeastern Massachusetts Water District, establishment of,
feasibility of, to investigate and study, scope of, in-
creased . . . . . . . Resolve

state board of retirement, to investigate and study Resolve
revived and continued .... Resolve

state office building commission, revived and continued Resolve

state officers and employees, certain, advancement in grade
and salary rates for, to investigate and study Resolve

state teachers' colleges, to investigate and study, further re-
vived and continued ..... Resolve

Bteel and almninima industries, development of, to investigate
and study, revived and continued . . Resolve

steel mills, procmement of within commonwealth, to investi-
gate and study ..... Resolve
scope of, increased ..... Resolve

taxation, problems of, to investigate and study, further con-
tinued. ...... Resolves

146

113

81
100

80

21

142

107

84

98

140

146

87
35

87

70

68

137

67

51
114

128

141
53

145
94

93

39

136

scope of, increased

Resolves

television, use of for educational purposes, to investigate and
study, revived and continued . . . Resolve

88
139

32
134

44

64
112
117
125
131

54

1229

Section

1230

Index.

Chap.
COMMISSIONS STATE — Concluded.
Special — Concluded.

Tobin, Maurice J., statue or memorial to commemorate,
erection of, to investigate and study, revived and con-
tinued ....... Resolve 46

transit companies, local, to investigate and study Resolve 77
uniform boat regulations, establishment of, to investigate and

study ....... Resolve 73

uniform commercial code, to investigate and study, revived

and further continued .... Resolve 89

Committees, political (see Elections),
school (see Schools).

special, correctional system of commonwealth, reorganization 1 ^qq
of, to investigate and study; continuation of, scope of, M32
increased ....... Resolves J

Common carriers (see Carriers, common).
COMMONWEALTH:

American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc., national
convention of in city of Boston, proper representation at,
of ....... . Resolve 49

American Legion, The, state convention of, proper representa-
tion at, of . . . . . . . Resolve 7

American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, state conven-
tion of, proper representation at, of, providing for Resolve 3
Army and Navy Union, U. S. A., state convention of, proper

representation at, of . . . . . Resolve 11

bonds of (see Treasurer, State).

capital outlay program, for . . . . . . . 738

capital outlay projects, state department requests for, relative to 548
constitution of, one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of
adoption of, appropriate exercises to commemorate, spe-
cial commission for purposes of, establishment of Resolve 76
correctional system of, changes in, committee to investigate and
study ......

scope of, increased ....

departments, boards, commissions, institutions, etc.
propriations for maintenance, etc., of .

emergency expenditures, certain, under, authorized

quarters outside the state house, leasing of, by, further

regulation of ...... . 317

Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massachusetts,
Inc., state convention of, proper representation at, of,
providing for . . . . . . Resolve 4

Federal Employees Veterans Association, Inc., national conven-
tion in city of Boston, proper representation at, of Resolve 10

55th Artillery A. E. F. Veterans Association, national conven-
tion of, proper representation at, of . . Resolve 58

fiscal practices and policies, of, special commission to investigate
and study, revived and continued . . Resolve

floods, current year in, programs to alleviate damage done by .

Fort Devens, land, certain, in vicinity of, acceptance of retroces-
sion by the United States of concurrent jurisdiction over 658

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc., national convention of,

proper representation at, of . . . Resolve 59

hurricanes, certain, indebtedness incurred by cities and towns

because of, reimbursement for, by . . . . 46

industrial and economical development of, certain proposed legis-
lation relative to, investigation and study by special com-
mission relative to ... .

institutions of, roads, in, maintenance of, relative to

interstate compact on juveniles, providing for, by .

land, certain, in city of Boston, acquisition of, by .

in city of Worcester, acqiiisition of, by
granting of easement in, to .

Section.

1-7

Resolve
Resolve

106
132

[175

1-3

372

1-10

of, ap-

496

1-4

706

1-15

738

1-7

784

1-11

497

1-3

thorized

620

1,2

668

1,2

1, 2

21

698

1-5

699

1-7

739

1,2

745

779

1,2

1, 2

lesolve 96

. 397

1.2

. 687

1-7

(438
• \441

1-3

1,2

. 460

. 761

1.2

Index.

COMMONWEALTH — Concluded.
land, certain — Concluded.

owned by, conveyance of, by commissioner of mental health
by department of education
to Josephine L. Campbell

to Lawrence W. Foster Post No. 93, Inc., The Ameri
can Legion ......

to Salisbury Water Supply Company

to town of Agawam ....

to town of Barnstable ....

to town of Belmont ....

to town of Framingham ....

to town of Lynnfield ....
to town of West Springfield
to United States .....
reimbursement of cities and towns for loss of taxes on, rela-
tive to 467

Marine Corps League, state convention of, proper representation

at, of ....... Resolve 34

medical service corporations, providing medical services for, by,

relative to ........ 186

MetropoUtan Transit Authority, deficiency, certain, of, method

of assessing amount to be paid, by ... . 229

Military Order of the Purple Heart, national convention of,
proper representation at, of . . . Resolve

natural resources, of, further development of, relative to .
nurses, temporary employment of certain, by .
officers and employees of, advancement in grade and maximum
salary rates for, investigation and study by special com-
mission relative to .... . Resolve

constitutional officers, pension rights of, restoration of .
injured employees, payment of compensation to, regulation of
life, accident, hospitalization, medical and surgical insurance,
for, providing for .......

meals, reiinbursement for expenses for, regulated .

military or naval service, in, reinstatement in former positions,
of, act providing for, extension of ....

motor vehicles, owned by, expenses of, allowances for, re-
stricted .........

officers, statutory salaries of certain, revision of .
personnel system for, organization and administration of, rela-
tive to ........ .

salary schedules, permanent, appropriations for .

temporary positions, certain, made permanent
work hours of, relative to .

workmen's compensation, extension of, in certain cases, to .
101st Airborne Division Association, national convention in city

of Boston, proper representation at, of . . Resolve 12

personnel system, of, organization and administration of, rela-
tive to ........ . 643

public works contracts, payments due upon completion of, time

for, by 597

Reserve Officers Association of the United States, national con-
vention of, in city of Boston, proper representation at, of,
providing for ...... Resolve 5

Sixty-third Division Association, national convention of, proper

representation at, of . . . . . Resolve 24

Veterans of Foreign Wars, national convention of, in city of

Boston, proper representation at, of . . Resolve 6

state convention of, proper representation at, of . Resolve 8
See also Massachusetts.
Communism, special commission to investigate and study, revived

and continued ...... Resolve 52

scope of, increased ...... Resolve 129

Companies, banking (see Banks and banking),
insurance (see Insurance),
trust (see Banks and banking).
See also Corporations.

1231

Chap.

Section.

health 159

. 313

. 621

1, 2

Ameri-

. 644

1-3

. 533

1-3

. 588

1,2

. 556

. 513

1-4

/446
• \451

1,2

. 520

1,2

. 281

1,2

. 347

1-3

1.2

71

471

553

93

554

1-3

602

628

1-4

r372

4

706

4

.784

4

767

1,2

f372

6

706

5

784

5

730

1-43

643

1-12

f372

6

]706

6

[784

6

546

643

6

681

1-12

1232 Index.

Chap. Section.

Compensation, injured employees for (see Workmen's Compen-
sation) .
unemployed for (see Employment security law).
Comptroller (see Administration and finance, commission on).
Compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance (see Insurance;

Motor vehicles).
Concord, town of (see Cities and towns).
Conditional sales contracts, personal property, of, prepayment of,

providing for ........ 455

Congress, representative in, nomination papers of, number of signa-
tures required for ....... 249

Conservators, surety bonds of, premiums paid for, income tax de-
ductions for ....... . 527

See also Fiduciaries.
Constables, towns in, term of office of, relative to ... 33

CONSTITUTION OF COMMONWEALTH:
See Commonwealth.

Contractors, public works contracts, imder, sums due to, payment I ^,

of, relative to . . . . . . . .1 -^g 1_3

Contracts, conditional sale, certain, prepayment of, providing for . 455

public works projects, (See PubUc works projects).
Conveyances, (see Real estate).
Conway, Mary E., payment by commonwealth of sum of money

to ....... . Resolve 83

of city of North-

547 1-3

Resolve 78

. 290
authorized . .173

. 338

. 170

Coolidge, Calvin, memorial to in Forbes Library

ampton, establishment of
Cooper, Olive A., payment by commonwealth of sum of_money

to

Co-operative banks (See Banks and banking).
CORPORATIONS:

in general, annual returns, filing of, by
directors, election by cumulative voting, of,
fifing fees, of, relative to .
taxation of (see Taxation),
banking (see Banks and banking),
charitable, by laws, of, relative to .
churches (see Churches and religious corporations),
co-operative banks (see Banks and banking),
credit unions (see Credit unions),
educational, solicitation of funds, for, exemption from certain

provisions of law, for ....... 498

electric (see Gas and electric companies).

fraternal benefit societies (see Fraternal benefit societies).

gas (see Gas and electric companies).

hospital service corporations, non-profit (see Hospital service

corporations, non-profit),
insurance companies (see Insurance),
medical service (see Medical service corporations),
railroads (see Railroads).

religious (see Churches and religious corporations),
savings banks (see Banks and banking),
trust companies (see Banks and banking),
veterans, of (see specific title of organization),
water districts (see Districts, water).
special provisions relative to particular corporations :

American Oriental Society, powers of, relative to . . .43 1-3

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, lines, poles and

equipment, certain, of, locations of, validated . . 215 1, 2

Beach Point Fire Hj^drant District, establishment of . . 615 1-6

Boston and Maine Railroad, bridge, certain, in town of West
Boylston, care, control and maintenance of, transferred to
state department of public works, frona . . . 299 1-3

Boston City Hospital, investment of certain monies received

by, relative to . . . . . . . .39

Brooldine Police Mutual Aid Association, death benefits, cer-
tain, of, relative to . . . . . . .68

Camp Sea Haven for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., construction of

road from Federal Reservation, to, providing for .
Carpet Club Associates, Inc., powers and duties of, as to
Costanzo, Joseph Aurello Club, revival of .
Furnace Brook Golf Club, Inc., payment by commonwealth

of sum of money to . . . . . Resolve 124

544

1-3

224

1,2

774

1233

bap.

Section.

eluded.

392
564
746

1-21
1-20

36

1,2

71

1-5

248

104

1.2

215

1.2

37

1.2

215

1, 2

346

1.2

778

1-3

27

1, 2

Index.

CORPORATIONS— ConcZwded.

special provisions relative to particular corporations — Co^

Greater Fall River Development Corporation, establishment
of ......... .

Greater Gardner Development Corporation, incorporation of

Hadley Special Tool Co., Inc., revival of ... .

Hebrew Home for Aged, sale by city of Boston of certain park
land, to ........ .

Home for Aged Women in the city of Worcester, holding of
additional property by, increase of powers of trustees of,
authorized ........

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Incorporated, holding of
additional real and personal estate, by, authorized

Ludlow Savings Bank, acquisition of additional real estate for
parking purposes, by, authorized .....

Lynn Gas and Electric Company, lines, poles, and equipment,
certain, of, locations of, validated ....

Massachusetts State College Building Association (see Uni-
versity of Massachusetts Building Association).

Museum of Fine Arts, holding of additional real and personal
estate, by, authorized .......

New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, lines, poles
and equipment, certain of, locations of, validated .

New Industrial Plants Foundation of Lowell, Inc., investments
by savings banks in participating mortgage loans, of

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, conveyance
by metropolitan district commission of certain land, to

North Shore Children's Friend Society, holding of additional
real and personal property, by, authorized

Polish-American Veterans of Massachusetts, Inc., certain laws
affecting veterans and their organizations made applicable
to 271 1, 2

Professional and Business Men's Club, Inc., The, issuance of

all alcoholic license, to, providing for .... 376

Proia Construction Company, Inc., contract with city of

W'oburn for construction of certain school, by, relative to 783

St. Elizabeth's Hospital, holding of additional real and per-
sonal estate, by, authorized . . . . .311 1, 2

Sterling Leather Company, Inc., temporarily revived for cer-
tain purposes ........ 301 1, 2

Stoughton Health Center, incorporation of . . . . 714 1-10

Sun Valley Beach, Inc., payment by Bourne Water District of

sum of money to ....... 447 1-3

Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, funds, certain, of,

consolidation of, by, authorized ..... 232 1-3

Trinity Church in the city of Boston, holding of additional

real and personal estate, by, authorized ... 30

Watertown Firefighters Relief Association, Inc., death bene-
fits of, relative to . . . . . . . 286

Western Union Telegraph Company, lines, poles, and equip-
ment, certain, of, location of, validated . . .215 1, 2
CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, fuels, special, sales and use of, taxation of, study
relative to, by . . . . . Resolve

taxation laws, certain, corrective changes in, as affecting

tax return form, simplified, powers and duties as to
commissioner, accounting methods of taxpayers, changes in,
approval of, by . . . . . . .

assessors' valuation books, filing of every five years, with

church or cemetery corporations, evidence of incorporation of,
filing of, with, powers and duties as to .

corporate taxes, assessment of, time of making of, by .

documentary excise stamp, sale of by metering machines,
powers and duties as to . . . .

equalization and apportionment, special commission on, mem-
bership on, of ..... . Resolve 81

gypsy moth, cost to cities and towns for suppression of, three

annual payments for, powers and duties as to . . 479

income taxes, persons evading payment of, powers and duties

of, as to . . . 539 1, 2

income tax returns, contents of, disclosure of, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . 661

non-residents, income earned in commonwealth by, taxation

of, powers and duties as to . . . . . . 780 1-10

119
611
692

1-8
1,2

618
245

1.2

490
549

1-3

651

1. 2

1234 Index.

Chap. I Section.

CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF —

Concluded.
state tax commission, assessment systems, cities and towns

for, powers and duties as to . . . . . 649

excise tax, reimbursement to certain persons suffering flood

damage, of, powers and duties as to . . . . 745

federal net income of corporations, assessment and abatement

of taxes after final determination of, by . . . 613

income taxes, abatement of, powers and duties as to . . 545

state land, certain, under care and control of department of
natural resources and division of public beaches, reim-
bursement of cities and towns for losses of taxes on, powers
and duties as to . . . . . . . 467

telephone and telegraph companies, taxation of certain prop-
erty of, powers and duties as to . . . . . 344 1-3

divisions of:

accounts, director, civil defense programs, expenditures in-
curred under, reports of, filing of, with . . . . 25

local finances, bureau of accounts, director, county appropria-
tion schedules, powers and duties as to . . . 765 2
power and duties of, relative to . . . . 143

Correctional system, commonwealth of, investigation and study ( 106
by special committee relative to . . . Resolves \ 132

CORRECTION, DEPARTMENT OF:

laws relative to, changes, certain, in . . ... 770 1-123

salary schedules of, equalization and adjustment of, investiga-
tion and study by joint special committee relative
to ....... • Resolve 132

Corrupt practices (see Elections).

Costanzo, Joseph Aurelio Club, revival of .... 774

Costello, John E., payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to ....... . Resolve

Council for the aging, act relative to .....

COUNTIES:

appropriations for maintenance, etc., certain, of . . .

betterment assessments, liens for, duration of, relative to

civil defense program, reports, certain, to be filed in connection

with, by, relative to . . . _. _ .

hospitals, employees of, motor vehicle indemnity insurance for .
jurors, compensation of, by, increased .....

motor vehicles liability insurance, employees for, amount to be
provided for purposes of, increased ....

officers and employees of, discharge of certain, relative to

group life, accident, hospitalization, medical and surgical in-
surance, for, providing for ......

meals, reimbursement for expenses for . . . .

military or naval service, in, reinstatement in former positions,
of, act providing for, extension of ....

motor vehicles owned by, expenses for, allowance for
public works contracts, payments due upon completion of, time

for, by 597

public works projects, time limit for incurring debt to secure

benefits of federal assistance, in, extension of . , 284

retirement systems of (see Retirement systems and pensions).
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

in general, employees, motor vehicle indemnity insurance for,

amount of to be furnished, by, increase of . _. . 316 1,2

Barnstable, seawalls and shore protection, construction of,

powers and duties as to . . . . . . 126

Berkshire, district court of Northern Berkshire, adequate ac-
commodations for, providing for, by . . . .212 1, 3

Goodrich Pond, public access to, establishment of, by . . 258 1-5

Bristol, police training school establishment and conducting of,

by 140

Dukes, county court house, construction and equipping of addi-
tion to, amount to be expended for, by, increased . . 267 1, 2
Martha's Vineyard, program of public nursing, on, establish-
ment of , by . . . . . _ . . .402 1-8
Essex, Lawrence superior court building, installation of elevator

in, by . . . . • . . • . • 287 1—3

Franklin, post war rehabilitation fund, use of to repair Log Plain

Road Bridge in town of Greenfield, by, authorized . . 17 1,2

radio broadcasting system, building and maintenance of, by,

authorized 667 1-4

33
591

r642

\765

194

1-4

25
316

328

2

316
645

1

760
765

1-3
3

767
765

1-2
4

252
253

1-5
1-5

394
254

1-3
1-5

381

1-5

667
427

/642
\765

1-4

Index. 1235

Chap. Section.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS— Concluded.

Hampden, Chapin Pond, right of way for public access to, estab-
lishment of, by .
Nine Mile Pond, public access to, establishment of, by .
Hampshire, Northampton, courthouse in, adequate elevator ac-
commodations and facilities for, providing for, by .
Norwich Lake, public access to, establishment of, by
Plymouth, shore protection and repair of storm damage, partici-
pation in, by .
Worcester, postwar rehabilitation fund, use of certain monies
in, by, authorized .......

Worcester County training school, abolishment of, by .
COUNTY FINANCE:

appropriations for maintenance of .

County retirement systems (see Retirement systems and pensions).
Court actions (see Actions, civil; Practice in civil actions).
COURTS:

in general, costs, certain cases in, establishment of, investigation

by judicial council relative to . . . Resolve 29
parking violations, non-criminal disposition of, further regu-
lation of 386 1. 2

police officers, compensatory time off for attendance in cer-
tain criminal cases, providing for ..... 223 1, 2

stolen weapons, return of to lawful owners, by, providing for 160
clerks of (see Clerks of courts),
district courts (see District courts),
land court (see Land court),
probate court (see Probate court),
probation officers (see Probation officers).

supreme judicial and superior courts (see Supreme judicial and
superior courts).
Cozza Circle, certain traffic circle in city of Somerville, designated

as ....... . Resolve 25

Cranberry Brook, flooding of, cause of, investigation and study
relative to, providing for .... Resolve

Credit Unions, directors, borrowing of money by, from

payroll deductions for repayment of loans of, providing for
real estate loans, making of, by .
Creditors, debt pooling plans, for, regulation on .

life insurance poUcies on lives of debtors, issuance of, to, relative to

Crime commission, so called, further continuation of . Resolves

Criminal information bureau, establishment of within division
of state police ........

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE:

appeals, certain, filing of, . . . . . . .

assault by means of a dangerous weapon, penalty for, providing
for ..........

bail, fees for, increase of certain . . . . . .

children, wayward, delinquent and juvenile offenders, detention
of, relative to ....... .

drugs, harmful, forging of prescriptions for, penalty for

evidence, transcripts of, relative to .....

fraudulent checks, drafts and orders, making, drawing, uttering

and deHvery of, relative to . . . . . . 133

gambling crimes, certain, mandatory sentences for second con-
victions for, investigation and study by judicial council,
relative to ...... Resolve 148

jurors, peremptory challenges of, relative to . . . . 485 1, 2

parking violations, non-criminal disposition of, further regula-/386 1,2

tion of : . • • 1 751 1,2

robbery, and certain related crimes, statute of limitations for,

extension of time under ...... 781 1, 2

sex crimes, persons convicted of, mandatory sentences for, pro-
viding for . . . . . . . . 763 1-4

subversive organizations, books, records and materials, of, is-
suance of search warrants, for, providing for . . . 272 1, 2

trespass, motor vehicles, by, burden of proof in certain cases of,

relative to . . . . . ... 269

trials, clarifications of laws relative to hearings by trial justices . 131 7-12

Currier, Carl M,, payment by commonwealth of sum of money

to ....... . Resolve 33

Curtin, John J., payment by city of Somerville of certain medical

expenses of ........ 341 1, 2

75

147

631

122

697

1.2

169

9

147

771

1,2

352

1,2

112

244

609

1-3

718

2

352

1. 2

hap.
3

Section.
1.2

255

1, 2

278

1.2

30

37
697

1.2

1236 Index.

D.

Dahner, John D., issuance by state treasurer of new check, to

Dancing, celebrations of religious customs or rituals, at, permissable
on Lord's Day ........

Danvers, State Hospital, medical and infirmary building at, desig-
nated as Clarence A. Bonner Building ....
town of (see Cities and towns).

Dartmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).

Davis, Henry H., acts as notary public validated . Resolve

Death Statutes, damages recoverable under, investigation by ju-
dicial council relative to ... . Resolve

Debt pooling plans, relative to ..... .

Debtors, life insurance policies issued to creditors on life of, relative

to 169

Debts, commonwealth of (see State finance).

Deceased persons, motor vehicle liability insurance, compulsory, ex-
tension of coverage to vehicles owned by . . . 283 1-3
property, certain, found on or near, custody and delivery of by

medical examiners . . . . . . .162

Dedham, Town of (see Cities and towns).

Deeds, (see Real Estate; Registers and registries of deeds).

Deer, damage done by, notices of claims for, relative to . . 509

Definitions (see Words and phrases).

Delinquents, children (see Children),
juvenile (see Juvenile delinquents),
wayward (see Children).

Demarest Lloyd Memorial State Park, development by depart-
ment of natural resources, of .... . 568

Demonstrators, hair styles, of, registration of, (see Civil Service
and Registration, Department of).

Dennis, town of (see Cities and towns).

Dennis-Yarmouth regional school district, certain proceedings
relative to, validated .......

Dependents, support of, change, certain, in law relative to

Deposits (see Banks and Banking).

Development and industrial commissions, towns of, members of,
appointment by selectmen, of .... .

Dion, Oscar, conveyance by city of Chicopee of certain land to

Directors, corporations of (see Corporations).

Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massachusetts, Inc.,
state convention of, proper representation of common-
wealth at, providing for .... Resolve

Disabled American Veterans' Hospital Day, proclamation as to

Disabled persons, exemption from certain motor vehicle parking
fees and penalties, for ......

Disabled veterans, hawkers and peddlers licenses for, relative to .
motor vehicle excise tax, exemption from payment of, for

Discrimination, race, color, religious creed, national origin or an-
cestry, information as to, not be required on applications
of bonded employees .......

Dispensing opticians, board of registration of, establishment of .

District Attorneys, northern district, additional assistant district
attorney for ........

subversive organizations, search warrants for books and records
of, bringing of complaints for, by ....

Suffolk county, ten additional assistant district attorneys for,
providing for ........

western district, additional assistant district attorney for, es-
tablishment of salary of ..... .

DISTRICT COURTS:

in general, justices, certain, of, salaries of, increased

police officers, compensatory time off for attendance of criminal

cases, at, providing for ...... 223 1, 2

probation officers of, (see Probation officers).

psychiatric service, availability of, to, study by department of

mental health relative to, further continued . Resolve 92

support of dependents, petitions, certain, relative, to, waiver

of entry fee for, in ....... 29

venue, of, relative to ....... 158

64
29

1-3

102
ri66

\4S7

1.2

1,2

4
265

2

458
214
320

1-3

274

688

1-4

678

1

272

1. 2

582

1. 2

678

1. 2

/334
1741

1-3

407

748

1-3
1, 2

633

1. 2

212

1-3

729
723

1,2

Index. 1237

Chap. Section.

DISTRICT COURTS — Concluded.

special provisions for particular courts:

Boston, juvenile court, assistant clerk for, providing for . 343

municipal court of the city of, board of appeal on motor
vehicle liability policies and bonds, decisions of, ap-
peals from, original jurisdiction of, by . . . 412 1, 2
civil service commission, decisions, certain, of, judicial
review of, by, providing for .....

justices of, salaries of, duties of, relative to .
municipal court of the Roxbury district, court officer, ad-
ditional, for ........

Northern Berkshire, adequate accommodations for, providing
for ..........

Plymouth, third district court of, Bisbee, Theodore W., special
justice of, payment by county of Plymouth of an annuity
to ......... .

Somerville, second assistant clerk, for, providing for
DISTRICTS:

in general, betterment assessments, liens for, duration of, rela-
tive to ........ . 194

civil defense program, reports, certain, to be filed in connection

with, by, relative to .
greenhead fly control projects, of, further regulation of
officers and employees of, certain, oath of office of, relative to
group life, accident, hospitalization, medical and surgical
insurance, for, providing for .....

military or naval forces, in, reinstatement in former position,
of, act providing for, extension of ....

public works contracts, payments due upon completion of,
time for, by ....... .

public works projects, time limit for incurring debt to secure
benefits of federal assistance, in, extension of
fire, Barnstable Fire District, territory of, extended
Beach Point Fire Hydrant District, establishment of
Fire District Number One of the town of South Hadley, ad-
jacent territory to, annexation of, by .
public water supply, certain, of, abandonment of, by, au-
thorized .........

fire and water, Duxbury Fire and Water District, obligations

and properties of, town of Duxbury to assume
historic. Historic Beacon Hill District, establishment of .
regional planning, establishment of, relative to .
regional school, in general, establishment of, manner of voting
on question relative to ......

land, certain, sale, leasing or licensing of by towns, to
location of schools, within, relative to ... .

school buildings, inciu-ring indebtedness for, by, authorized

towns, certain, of, renewal of leases of, by, relative to
special classes conducted by, cost of, reimbursement by
commonwealth for, to, providing for ....

superintendents, of, salaries of, established
Acton-Boxborough regional school district, proceedings, cer-
tain, relative to, validated ......

Dennis- Yarmouth regional school district, certain proceedings
relative to, validated .......

regional school

Groveland, West Newbury and Merrimac, towns of, acts and
proceedings relative to formation of, by, validated .
sewer, Mount Pleasant Sewer District, establishment
water, in general, water pipes, cost of laying of, levy of special [ 332
assessments for, by .
Bourne Water District, payment of sum of money to Sun
Valley Beach, Inc., by ......

Boylston Water District, water loan, additional, making of,
by, authorized ........

Burlington Water District, sale of water by town of Lexington,

to

Lunenburg Water District, treasurer of, term of, office of,
relative to ........

Mount Pleasant Water District, establishment of
DIVISIONS, STATE DEPARTMENT OF:

See Commonwealth, departments, boards, commissions, etc., of.
Doctors (see Physicians).
Dog racing, (see Horse and dog race meetings).

25
433

123

760

1-3

767

1.2

597

284

81

615

1, 2
1-6

41

1. 2

83

1,2

330
616
656

1-4

1-12

1-3

141

127

142

65

58

1. 2

1, 2
1, 2

626
565

1-4

420

1-4

64

1-3

31
671
332
639

1, 2
1-15

447

1-3

537

1. 2

511

1, 2

115
664

1.2
1-14

1238

Index.

Doherty, Francis G., acts as notary public validated . Resolve

Domestic servants, coverage under workmen's tfompensation law,

of, relative to ....... .

Dooley, John H. Memorial Playground, certain play area in Hyde

Park District of city of Boston designated as
Dover, town of (see Cities and towns).

Drewniak, Edwin E., payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to . . . . . . . . Resolve

Drugs, acute poisoning from, cases of, reporting of, by physicians
cannabis, further definition of .... .

harmful, further definition of .....

prescriptions for, forging of, penalty for
illegal possession of, penalty for .....

See also Narcotics.
DUKES COUNTY:

appropriation for maintenance, etc. ....

county court house, erection and equipping of addition to,

amount to be expended for, by, increased
Martha's Vineyard, program of public nursing, on, establish-
ment of, by
Dumps, public and private, assignment of places for, relative to
Dutch elm disease, investigation and study by department of
natural resources relative to . . . Resolve

Duxbury Fire and Water District, properties and obligations of,
assumption of by town of Duxbury . . . .

Duxbury, town of (see Cities and towns).

Dwelling places, alternative requirements relative to construction,
etc., of, regulations made relative to by board of stand-
ards, compliance with, relative to . . . .

rent control, further continuation of, for . . . .

Chap.
60

755

297

Section.

e 36

. 610

. 100

1,2

. 718

1

. 718

2

. 610

. 765

1

.' 267

1.2

. 402

1-8

. 310

1-3

97
330

617
225

1-4

1,2
1, 2

E.

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, chiropodists, examination of feet of school children,
by, regulations relative to, by .
physically handicapped, special classes for, powers and duties

as to . . .

Westfield, land, certain, in, sale or transfer of, by

State "ITeacher's College, at, new administration building
designated as Anthony Porenzo Memorial Building, erec-
tion of suitable tablet at, by
commissioner, Massachusetts committee, certain, members
of, payment of travel expenses of, approval by
salary of, increased ........

trade schools, private, powers and duties as to .
division of:

special education, special classes of regional school districts,

powers and duties as to .
teacher certification and placement, establishment of
vocational education. Federal Social Security Act, contracts
to secure financial assistance, certain, under, making of in
behalf of commonwealth, by .... .

on-farm training, so called, Korean emergency veterans for,
powers and duties as to . .

youth service, (see youth service, division of).
Educational institutions (see colleges and universities; corpora-
tions; schools).
Elderly persons (see Aged persons).

Elected officials, retirement of (see Retirement systems and pen-
sions) .
ELECTIONS :

absentee voting, civilian employees, certain, of the United States,

provisions extended to, of .
ballots, use of words, "candidate for re-election," on, authorized
Brockton, primary elections, candidates for nomination at,

party enrollment of, filing of certificates relative to, in
business corporations, directors of, election of by cumulative
voting, providing for .......

684

772
313

383

784
730
371

626
514

700
680

1,2

9

22

1-A

1-4

1-3

321
256

456
173

1, 2

Index.

Chap.
ELECTIONS — Concluded.

candidates, withdrawal from nominations, by, regulation as to . 221
congress, representative in, number of signatures required on

nomination papers, for ...... 249

election commissioners, boards of, establishment of, in cities and

towns, providing for ....... 218

fire departments, questions relative to working conditions and f 150

hours of, procedure relative to submission to voters . \ 151

inquests, clarification of laws relative to hearings before trial

justices, of ........

nominations, certificates of, relative to .

pasters or stickers, distribution at polling places, of, regulation of
Plan B, cities under, office of mayor, filling of vacancies in, regula-
tion on ........ .

regional school districts, establishment of, manner of voting on
question of ........

registered voters, lists of, cities and towns, in, relative to .
state committees, terms of office, organization of, change in date
relative to ........

state conventions of political parties, calling of, by state commit-
tees, time for, change in ..... .

ward and town committees, term of office of members of, organ-
ization of, relative to .
Electric companies (see Gas and electric companies).
Electricians, state examiners of (see Civil service and registration,

department of).
Elevator regulations, board of (see Public Safety, department of).
Eligible lists (see Civil service laws).

Embalming fluids, arsenic content, of, regulation of . . . 472

EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD:

cities and towns, borrowing of money by, opportunity for, ex-
tended 262

further extension of ....... . 726

members of, salaries of, relative to ..... 730

Emergency telephone calls, prioritj' on party lines, of . , 120

Eminent domain, alcoholic beverages licenses, takings of licensed

premises, rights of holders of, under .... 382

pro tanto land damage settlements, overpayments in, recovery of 242
public lands, pavments by agencies taking, by . . . 693

EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES:

bonded employees, race, color, religious creed, national origin or

ancestry of information as to, not to be furnished, by . 274
group life insurance, employees, for, relative to . . . 171

wages, weekly payment of, law relative to, further amendment of 506
See also Labor.
Employment of the aging, division of (see Labor and Industries,

department of).
Employment Security, division of (see Labor and Industries, de-
partment of).
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW:

benefits under, weekly payment of, providing for . . . 530

Encumbrances, property on (see Liens; Mortgages).
Entry of actions (see Actions, Civil).

Equalization and apportionment, special commission on, estab-
lishment of ...... Resolve 81

scope of, increased ...... Resolve 100

Escott, Harry L., retirement rights of 690

ESSEX COUNTY:

appropriation for maintenance, etc., of . . . . . 765

Industrial Farm, employees of, wages of, payment of weekly,

providing for ........ 26

Rice, Harold P., payment of sum of money to, by . . . 240

superior court building, Lawrence, in, installation of elevators

in, providing for ....... 287

Essex County Electric Company, granting by city of Peabody of

certain easement, to . . . . . . . 516

Estates, taxation of (see Taxation).
Everett, city of (see Cities and towns).

Evidence, business and public records, admissibility of, in . . 125

transcripts of, criminal cases, certain, in, relative to . . 352

Excise tax (see Taxation).

Executions, summary process, in, further stay of, providing for . 220
Executive council (see Governor and council).

1239

Seotion.

131

288
266

1-6
1,2

222

141
67

1.2
1-3

138

1

138

4

138

2-3

1.2

1-3

42

1, 2
1-3
1. 2

1. 2

1. 2

1240

Index.

Chap. Section.

EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS:

income of decedent, certain, tax on, filing date of, by _ . . 592 4

motor veliicles, transfers of decedent's title or interest, in, by . 413 1, 2

Exemption from taxation (see Taxation).

Express companies, premises used by, drinking water, water closets

and washing facilities, for, providing for . . . 373 1, 2

F.

Fairhaven, harbor, improvement of, investigation and study rela-
tive to, continued ..... Resolve

town of (see Cities and towns).
Pall River, city of (see Cities and towns).
Falmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).
Farmer, definition of under laws relative to motor vehicles
Farm milk tanks, annual testing and sealing of .

sealing of, fee for ......

Farm vehicles, operating radius of, increase of
Father's Day, proclamation as to

Federal emergency laws, public works projects of counties, cities,
towns and districts, time to incur debt to secure benefits,
under, extended .......

Federal Employees Veterans Association, Inc., national conven-
tion in city of Boston, proper representation of common-
wealth at, providing for .... Resolve

Federal government (see United States).

Federal Social Security Act, financial assistance, certain, under,

securing of in behalf of commonwealth, providing for
Fees, bail, increase of certain .......

corporations, statements, reports, etc., of, filing of, for

farm milk tanks, sealing of, for ......

motor vehicle operator's hcenses, for .....

pharmacists, renewal registrations of, for ....

physicians and undertakers, reports of births and deaths, by,
fee for, to, abolished .......

probate courts, of ........

Fellsmere pond, improvement by Metropolitan District Commis-
sion, of, providing for ......

Females (see Women).

Ferini, Professor Enrico, Overpass, certain overpass running to

Logan International Airport designated as .
Fidelity bonds (see Bonds).

Fiduciaries, trust funds, small, minimum participation permissible
in investment of, by .
See also Executors and administrators; Trustees.
Field trials, certain, shooting of game birds at, relative to . _ .
Finance, administration and, commission on (see Administration
and finance, commission on),
cities and towns of (see Municipal Finance),
commonwealth of (see State Finance),
counties of (see County Finance).
Fire departments, Cohasset, permanent members of, hours of duty
of, relative to . . . . . . .

hours of duty, permanent members of, date of filing of peti-
tions to regulate, relative to ....

hurricanes, certain, overtime service during, by members of
payment for, providing for ....

Milford, permanent members of, fifty-six hour work week for
providing for ......

Northampton, permanent members of, forty-eight hour work

week for, providing for
overtime service, fire fighters of cities and towns by, compensa-
tion for, authorized . . . . . .

Salem, supervisor of motor apparatus, incumbent of position of
status of . . . . . _ .

two platoon system, so called, filing of petitions for adoption of
relative to . . . . . .

volunteer firemen, certain, indemnity insurance for, providing for

Watertown Firefighters Relief Association, Inc., death benefits

of, relative to ..... .

. 483

1,2

. 195

. 184

. 483

1.2

. 265

2

284

10

700

1-3

244

338

184

488

2-3

429

95

1,2

418

1-3

744

1,2

655

532

63
524

1-3

48

1.2

151

752

1, 2

35

1, 2

130

1, 2

195

132

1, 2

150

385

286

152

1.2

659

1-3

145

1-10

457

1.2

146
21

1-10

Index. 1241

Chap. Seotion.

Fire District Number One of the town of South Hadley, ad-
jacent territory to, annexation of, by . . . .41 1,2
public water supply, certain, of, abandonment of, by, authorized 83 1, 2

Fire Districts (see Districts).

Fire fighters (see Fire departments).

Fire insurance (see Insurance; classes of insurance).

Fires and Fire Prevention and protection, motion picture film,
nitrate, certain, storage, distribution and exhibition of,
prohibited .........

First Congregational Church of Marshfield, Inc. The, sale by
town of Marshfield of certain land, to .

First Congregational Church of North Adams, establishment
of, transfer by First Congregational Society of North
Adams, Mass., of certain property, to .

First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lynn, conveyance of land
bj' city of Lynn, to ...... .

First Parish Church United of Westford, establishment of, trans-
fer by Union Congregational Church in Westford and
First Congregational Parish (Unitarian) in Westford, of
certain property, to ...... .

Fiscal survey commission, revived and continued . Resolve

Fish, weighing, sorting or culling of, commissioner of labor and indus-
tries to adopt rules and regulations relative to . . 415

Fish and Wildlife Service, United States, of (see United States).

Fisheries and game, division of (see Natural Resources, depart-
ment of).

Fishing licenses, applicants need not appear personally, for . . 209

Fish pier, state, Gloucester, proposed extension to, investigation
and study by state department of public works relative
to ....... . Resolve 69

Fitchburg, city of (see Cities and towns).

Flaherty, George, payment by city of Springfield of sum of money to 409 1, 2

Flood control, Charles river and its tributaries, for, providing for . 768 1-5

measures for, survey and investigation by special commission

for purposes of . . . . . . Resolve 142

Floods, board to approve expenditures for damages caused by, estab- I oqg a

lishment of, powers and duties of . . . . . ] -oq o

Southbridge sewage treatment plant, replacement of, powers

and duties as to . . . . . _ . . 779

current year, in, financial burdens imposed by, alleviation of,

relative to 699 1-7

highway work made necessary because of, funds for . 698 1-5

purposes of said act, clarified ..... 739 1, 2

reimbursement to certain persons for excise taxes prepaid
on cigarettes, alcoholic beverages or gasoline damaged by 745

Foreign corporations (see Corporations).

Forest products and wild land, taxation of, relative to . . 705 1-3

Forests and parks, division of (see Natural Resources, depart-
ment of).

Forgham, Gladys N., acts as notary public validated . Resolve 15

Fort Devens, land, certain, in vicinity of, retrocession by United
States of concurrent jurisdiction over, acceptance of by
commonwealth ........ 658 1, 2

Fort Meadow Pond Commission, rules and regulations of, viola-
tion of, penalty for . . . . . . .50

Foss, Saxton C. Park, designation of park in city of Somerville as,
erection by Metropolitan District Commission of suitable
marker, at ........ 350

Foster Post No. 93, Inc., American Legion, conveyance of certain

state land, to ....... . 644 1-3

Framingham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc., convention of, proper rep-
resentation of commonwealth at . . . Resolve 59

FRANKLIN COUNTY:

appropriation for maintenance, etc., of . . . _ . . 765 1

post war rehabilitation fund, use of to repair Log Plain Road

Bridge in town of Greenfield, authorized ... 17 1, 2

radio broadcasting system, building and maintenance of, by,

authorized ........ 657 1-4

Fraternal Benefit Societies, annual reports, of, inclusion of finan-
cial statement on children's insurance, in, requirement
for, repealed ........ 80

1242

Index.

Chap.
Fraternal Benefit Societies — Concluded.

certain, limited, transfer of membership and funds, by, regula-
tion on . . . . . . . . . 108

Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, funds, certain, of, con-
solidation of, by ....... 232

Fuels, special, taxation of sales and use of, study relative

to ....... . Resolve 119

FUNDS:

in general, solicitation for charitable pirrposes, of, exemption for
certain educational institutions from certain provisions of
law relative to ....... . 498

banks of, (see Banks and banking),
federal (see Federal emergency laws),
municipal (see Municipal finance),
state (see State finance).
Funeral directors (see Undertakers).

Furnace brook, enclosure by pipe or conduit, of, providing for . 600
Golf Club, Inc., payment by commonwealth of sum of money

to ....... . Resolve 124

Section.

1, 2
1-3

G.

Gaebler Children's Unit, building for psychotic children at Metro-
politan State Hospital designated as .
Gambling (see Criminal procedure and practice ; Crime commission)
Game birds, shooting of at certain field trials, relative to
Garages, public, drinking water, water closets and washing facUi
ties, for, relative to ..... .

Gardner Museum, Isabella Stewart holding of additional real and
personal estate, by, authorized ....

Gardner, city of (see Cities and towns).

Garrison, Charles O., chief of police of town of Hopkinton, life
tenure for ........

Gas and Electric Companies, bond issues, advertising procedures
for sale of, relative to . . . . _ .

electrical service, interruptions of, problems relating to, investi-
gation and study relative to . . . Resolve
Essex County Electric Company, granting by city of Peabody
of certain easement, to ..... .

Lynn Gas and Electric Company, lines, poles and equipment of,
certain, locations of, validated .....

Gasoline (see Motor fuel).
GENERAL COURT:

in general, Boston Arena Authority, annual report, of, time
of making of, to, change in . . . . _ .

conservation, committee on, state park and reservation, cer-
tain, establishment of, to investigate and study Resolve
correctional system, re-organization of, joint special commit-
tee on, continuation of, scope of, increased . Resolve
judiciary, committee on, counsel of, payment of sum of money to
legislative research bureau, special committees or commis-
sions, expired, papers, records and materials of, disposi-
tion of, by . . . . . .

legislative research coimcil, corrective change in law estab-
lishing .........

nursing, practice of, investigation and study relative to,
by ....... . Resolve

state aid for schools, payment of certain insurance premiums

by cities and towns, to investigate and study Resolve

pension rights, restoration to present and former members, of

sergeant-at-arms, appointees of, number of, providing for

special and joint committees, expired, papers, records and
materials of, disposition of, relative to .

house of representatives, counsel to, general laws, certain,
corrective changes in, study relative to, by, jointly with
counsel to senate ..... Resolves

Glynn, Dennis P., member of present, payment of salary to,
relative to . . . . . . . Resolve

William A., re-elected as member of present, payment by
commonwealth of compensation to estate of . Resolve

1.2
1-3
1, 2

1.2

1, 2
1.2

279
524
373
248

75

188
113
516
215

216
111

132

784 Item 0110-52

•579

137

130

135

554 1-3

(782

1 784 Item 0103-04

579
fll5
J 116
\ 118
1.120

90

43

Index. 1243

Chap. Section .

GENERAL COURT — Concluded.

house of representatives — Concluded.

Mahan, Arthur U., former member of, widow of, payment by

commonwealth of compensation to . . Resolve 61

J. Robert, member of present, payment of salary to, rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve 91

Pomeroy, Russell B., member of present, payment of salary

to, relative to ..... . Resolve 90

Parenzo, Anthony, re-elected as member of present, widow of,

payment by commonwealth of compensation to Resolve 43
Sturgis, Franklin Jr., former member of, estate of, payment

by commonwealth of compensation to . . Resolve 62

Telford, Edna B., member of present, payment of salarj"^ to,

relative to . . . . . . . Resolve 90

Turner, Warren A., member of present, payment of salary to,

relative to . . . . . . . Resolve 91

ill5
1 1fi
118
120
General Fund, old age assistance funds, crediting of, to . . 540 1-7

state owned airports, fines and penalties recovered for violations

at, crediting of, to . . . . . . . 452

General Laws, changes, certain, in, relative to veterans of Korean

emergency ........ 403 1-14

f 115

corrective changes, certain, in, study by counsel to senate and f 116

counsel to house of representatives, relative to Resolves] 118

[ 120
Gloucester, city of (see Cities and towns).
Gloucester Industrial Development Commission, membership

of, relative to 734 1, 2

Gljmn, Dennis P., present member of house of repre8entatives,"pay-

ment of salary to .... . Resolve 90

William A., estate of, payment by commonwealth of compensa-
tion to ...... . Resolve 43

Goldstein, Mildred F., acts as notary public validated Resolve 16

Goodrich Pond, public access to, estabhshment of, providing for . 258 1-5

Gosnold, town of (see Cities and towns).

GOVERNOR:

appointments by, dispensing opticians, board of registration

of, members of ....... . 688 1

interstate compact on juveniles, compact administrator of . 687 2

medicine, board of registration in, approving authority of,

three additional members for ..... 759 1

outdoor advertising board, two members of ... 584 3

schoolhouse structural standards, board of, four members of . 675 1

(see also Commissions, State; special).
powers and duties, proclamations, annual observance of cer-
tain days, for, issuance of, by . . . . . 205 1, 2

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL:

appointments, certain, approval by (see Governor, appointments

by),
land, certain, conveyance of, by department of education, ap-
proval by . . . . . . . . . 313

Grand Junction Railroad Bridge, replacement of, providing for . 436
Grant, Chester H. Memorial Circle, certain traffic circle in city

of Gloucester designated as . . . . . . 608 1, 2

Great ponds (see Waters and waterways).

Greater Fall River Development Corporation, establishment of
Greater Gardner Development Corporation, incorporation of .
Greenfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Greenhead fly control projects, further regulation of .
Greylock reservation commission, Mount Greylock, television
site on, granting of, by, relative to ... .

toll tramway on Mount Greylock, powers and duties as to
Groveland, town of (see Cities and towns).

Guaranty funds, co-operative banks, of, relative to . _ . . 257

Guardians, surety bonds of, premiums paid for, income taxj|deduc-

tion for ........ . 527

See also Fiduciaries.
Gypsy moth, suppression of, payments by cities and towns, for . 479

392
564

1-21
1-20

433

504

476

1-10

1244 Index.

H.

Chap. Seotion.

Hadley Special Tool Co., Inc., revival of 746

Hairdressers, board of registration of (see Civil service and registra-
tion, department of),
non-resident, renewal of registration, of . . . . . 435

registered under laws of other states, registration of, relative to 333
renewal of registrations, of, relative to . . . . . 434

HAMPDEN COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance, etc., of . . . . . 765 1

assistant district attorney, additional, northern district, for,

appointment of resident, of, as . . . . . 678 1

Chapin pond, right of way for public access to, establishment of,

by 252 1-5

Nine Mile pond, public access to, establishment of, by . . 253 1-5

youth service, division of, establishment of place of custody, by,

in 673 1, 2

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance, etc., of . . . . . 765 1

county fairs, horse racing under the pari-mutuel system of wager-
ing, at, submission to voters of question relative to . 406
Northampton, courthouse in, adequate elevator accommodation

and facilities for, providing for, by ... . 394 1-3

Norwich lake, public access to, establishment of, by . . 254 1-5

Handicapped children (see Children).

Hanscom, Laurence G. Field, acquisition by United States of cer-
tain land of commonwealth, for ..... 347 1-3

additional hangar and shops, at, providing for . . . 769 1-4

Hanson, town of (see Cities and towns).
Harbors (see Waters and waterways).
Harwich, town of (see Cities and towns).
Hawkers and peddlers, licenses for, granting of, to certain disabled

veterans, relative to . . . . . . .214

Hayes, Henry R., vacation allowances, payment by metropolitan

district commission, of, to, providing for . Resolve 19
Headlamps (see Lamps).
Health, local boards of, dumps, assignment of places for, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 310 1-3

Salk poliomj^elitis vaccine, furnishing of, by state department

of public health, to 481 1-3

mental, department of (see Mental health, department of),
public, department of (see Public health, department of).
Health and welfare trust funds, administration and regulation of,

investigation and study relative to need for . Resolve 107
Hebrew Home for Aged, sale by city of Boston of certain park land,

to 36 1, 2

High schools (see Schools).

Highway Safety Act, assessment of merit rating points, under . 417

Highways (see Ways).

Hingham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Historic Beacon Hill District, establishment of . . . . 616 1-12

Holidays, Columbus Day, so called, observance of, further regu- / 99 1, 2

lated 1342

Holland, Dennis C, reinstatement in employ of city of Maiden for

purposes of retirement ...... 704 1, 2

Holmes, Lester H., employee of town of Norton, retirement bene-
fits of 355 1. 2

Holyoke, city of (see Cities and towns).

Home for Aged Women in the city of Worcester, holding of ad-
ditional property by, increase of powers of trustees of,
authorized . . . . . . .71 1-5

Hopkinton, town of (see Cities and towns).

Horse and dog race meetings conducted under the pari-mutuel
system of wagering, Hampshire county, county fairs of ,
submission to voters of question relative to conducting
horse races at, under ....... 406

taxes, certain, upon, increase of ..... . 276

Horseneck Beach, recreational facilities, certain, at, providing for . 583 1-5

Horton, Ella B., payment by state board of retirement of an annuity

to 630 1,2

Hospital medical officers, limited registration of, relative to . 526

Index.

1245

Chap.

HOSPITALS:

Boston City Hospital, investment of certain monies received by,

relative to ........

charitable, importation of alcoholic beverages by, fee for and

excise on, exemption from payment of, for
Danvers State Hospital, medical and infirmary building at,

designated as Clarence A. Bonner Building .
Lakeville State Sanatorium, muscular dystrophy, treatment of,

at, providing for .......

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, certain unit at designated as Paul A.

McCarthy Memorial .......

contracts by hospital service corporations, non-profit, with,

relative to ........

medical institutions (see Medical Institutions).

Metropolitan State Hospital, building for psychotic children at,

designated as Gaebler Children's Unit ....
Monson State Hospital, building, certain, at, designated as

Beatrice V. Buckley Building .....
Northampton State Hospital, land, certain, of commonwealth, at,

conveyance of ....... .

patients, blood type of, determination of, by .

Pondville Hospital, cancer patients, veterans, admission to,

payments for care of, relative to .
Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, holding of additional real and personal

estate, by, authorized ......

tuberculosis, counties, of (see Tuberculosis hospitals).

patients, for, establishment and maintenance of by cities and

towns, relative to ...... .

Westfield state sanatorium, cancer patients, veterans, admission

to, payments for care of, relative to ... .

Hospital Service Corporations, non-profit, contracts with Lemuel

Shattuck Hospital, by, authorized ....

handicapped children, certain, continued coverage for, by, pro-
viding for .........

Hospital Survey and Construction Act, Federal, provisions of, ad-
ministration of by department of public health
Hot water tanks, construction of, safety requirements for
Hours of labor (see Labor).
Houses (See Dwellings).
Housing authorities, local, Boston Housing Authority, state-aided

veterans housing project, Boston 200-13, liquidation and

abandonment of, by . . . . . . .

elderly persons, certain, persons living in sub-standard housing,

projects for, powers and duties as to .
law relative to, changes, certain, in .....

Maiden Housing Authority, park land, certain conveyance of

by city of Maiden, to . . . . . .

Medford Housing Authority, state-aided veterans housing proj-
ect, Medford 200-2, liquidation and abandonment of, by
membership of, eligibility for, restrictions on .
records of, examination by state auditor, of, providing for
recreational and community facilities, establishment in housing

projects of, by . . . . . . .

relocation housing, displaced families, certain, for, providing for,

by

urban renewal projects, powers and duties as to .
veterans' housing, confirmation of title to, procedure as to
Wellesley Housing Authority, disposal of state-aided veterans

housing project, Wellesley 200-2, by .
Housing Authority Law, changes, certain, in ... .

HOUSING BOARD, STATE:

Boston Housing Authority, abandonment and liquidation of

certain project by, powers and duties as to . . .

Medford Housing Authority, abandonment of certain project

by, powers and duties as to
recreational and community facilities, establishment by local

housing authorities, approval of, by .
re-location housing, displaced families, certain, for, powers and

duties as to
state-aided projects for veterans, consolidation of, powers and

duties as to . . . . _. . . _ .

Wellesley Housing Authority, disposal of certain housing project

by, powers and duties as to

39
322

278
220

Section.

1, 2

784 Item 2026-21

499

279

159
449

585
311

559

585

499
404

331
612

595

595
572

685
640

489
567

1, 2
1. 2

1-3
1. 2

1, 2
1-3

1. 2
2

641
654

1-5

599

1-3

572
128
327

1-3

685

640
654
445

1-6
1-5

567
654

1-5

1-6

1246 Index.

Chap. SeotioB.

Housing projects, state aided, veterans, for, consolidation of,

authorized ........ 489

Hudson, town of (see Cities and towns).

Hull, town of (see Cities and towns).

Hunting and fishing, and certain related matters, investigation and

study by special commission relative to . Resolve 84

Hunting licenses, applicants need not appear personally, for . 209

revocation of, relative to ...... . 647

Huntington, town of (see Cities and towns).

Hurricanes, certain, in year 1954, financial burdens imposed on ( 46 1-3

cities and towns by, alleviation of, relative to . . \ 542 1, 2

firefighters and police officers who performed overtime service

during, payment for, providing for .... 752 1, 2

I.

Ice skating rinks, artificial, outdoors, construction of, by cities and

towns, providing for ....... 716 1, 2

Incinerators, borrowing of money by cities and towns, for . .85 1,2

Metropolitan District Commission, of, locations for certain, pro-
visions relative to, repealed ..... 773 1, 2

refuse disposal, for, assignment of places for, relative to . . 310 1-3

Income tax, division of (see Corporations and taxation, department
of),
return, simplified, providing for ...... 692 1, 2

Incomes, taxation of (see Taxation).
Indebtedness, commonwealth of (see State finance),
counties of, (see County finance),
evidences of, (see Bonds; County finance; Municipal finance;

Treasm-er, state),
mimicipal (see Municipal finance).
Industrial accident board (see Labor and Industries, department

of, industrial accidents, division of).
Industrial homework, laws relative to, changes, certain, in . . 764 1-13

special commission established to study and revise, revived and ( 98
continued ....... Resolves \ 140

Industrial land, subdivision control law, inclusion under, of . . 411 1, 2

Industrial workers, damages for death and injuries, to, amount
recoverable for, investigation by judicial council relative
to ....... . Resolve 37

Infirmaries, licensing and inspection of, relative to . . . 662 1-9

Inheritance taxes (see Taxation).

Injury cases (see Actions, civil; Practice in civil actions; workmen's

compensation) .
Innholders (see Lodging houses).
Insolvency (see Probate and insolvency).
Institutions, charitable (see corporations),
medical (see Hospitals),
savings, for (see Banks and banking).
INSURANCE:

in general, agencies, business of, continuance by widows of

owners of, providing for . . . . . .155

county, city, town, and district employees, group fife, accident,
hospitalization, medical and surgical insurance, for, pro-
viding for ......... 760 1-3

exchanges, foreign, applications for licenses to transact busi-
ness, relative to . . . . . . _. . 384 6

fraternal benefit societies, of, (see Fraternal benefit societies),
reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts, exchange of, law rela-
tive to, change in ...... . 384 6

state employees, life, accident, hospitalization, medical and

surgical insurance, for ...... 628 1—4

classes of insurance :

accident and health, blanket, premium payments on certain,

relative to ........ 207

policies of, termination or lapsing of for non-payment of
premimns, relative to . . . . . . . 263

casualty, law relative to, application of ... . 384 8

fire, marine and inland marine, laws relative to, change in . 384 1, 2, 3

Index. 1247

Chap. Section.

INSURANCE — Concluded.

classes of insiirance — Concluded.

policies for, additional coverage, certain, under, providing

for _ 3-39

provisions, certain, of, investigation and study relative to,
providing for ...... Resolve 80

hospital service plans (see hospital service corporations).

life, group, policies for, debtors on .... . 169

further definition of . . . . . . .171

relative to . . . . . . .119

motor vehicle liability, compulsory, death of owners of motor

vehicles and trailers, extension of coverage in cases of . 283 1-3

steam boiler, change in law relative to .... 384 7

companies :

bonding, bonded employees, information as to race, color,
religious creed, national origin or ancestry not to be fur-
nished by, to ....... . 274

casualty, filing of manuals of classification, rules and rates and

rating plans, by, relative to ..... 384 9

domestic, mortgage loans, investments in, by • . . . 208
trusteeships, certain, exempted from provisions of law rela-
tive to 636

fire, additional coverage, certain, providing for, by . . 339
mutual fire, directors, dividends, accumulated profits, etc., fix-
ing of , by 384 4

taxation of (see Taxation),
see also Workmen's Compensation.
Interstate compact on juveniles, establishment of . . 687 1-7

Ipswich River, dredging and improvement of, investigation and

study by department of public works relative to Resolve 102
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Incorporated, holding of

additional real and personal estate, by, authorized . . 248

J.

Japanese beetle, defined as public nuisance .... 340

Judgments, entry of, on undisputed facts, motions for . . . 674 1

summary process, in, further stay of, providing for . . . 226 1, 2

JUDICIAL COUNCIL:

change of name, issuance of certificate, after, investigation rela-
tive to, by ...... Resolve 18

civil verdicts, permitting ten jurors to render, investigation rela-
tive to, by . . . . . . Resolve 2

cotirt costs, cases, certain, in, establishment of, investigation rela-
tive to, by . . . . Resolve 29

death statutes, damages recoverable under, investigation rela-
tive to, by ...... Resolve 37

gambling crimes, certain, second convictions for. mandatory

sentences for, to investigate and study . . Resolve 148

illegitimate children, inheritance of property by, to investigate

and study ....... Resolve 26

industrial workers, injiiries suffered by, damages recoverable

for, investigation relative to, by . Resolve 37

insurance commissioner, appointment of attorneys, by, to investi-
gate and study ...... Resolve 23

jurors, persons called as, examination of, investigation relative

to, by . . Resolve 1

real estate titles, certain, defects in, rights of entry against, in-
vestigation relative to, by . Resolve 27

workmen's compensation law, reasonable statute of limitations

under, investigation relative to, by . Resolve 20

Jurors, compensation of, increased ...... 328

examination of, investigation by judicial council relative

to ....... . Resolve 1

information relative to persons sitting as. change in law relative

to 38 1-3

peremptory challenges of, relative to .... . 485 1, 2

Juvenile delinquency, prevention of, school training program for,

providing for ........ 696

Juvenile offenders (see Children, delinquent).

Juveniles, interstate compact on, establishment of . . . 687 1-7

1248

Index.

K.

Chap. Section.
Kenney, Catherine E. O'Connell, creditable prior service for

retirement allowance purposes, of .... 399 1, 2

Korean emergency, veterans of, rights of, relative to . . . 403 1-14

L.

LABOR:

auxiliary police, use of, in connection with labor dispute, pro-
hibited 241

benefits, certain, trusteeships paying, exemption from laws rela-
tive to domestic insurance companies, for . . . 636
benzol, carbon tetrachloride, harmful substances, labelling of

receptacles containing, protective measures as to . . 469

children, street trades, engaging in, by, hours for, regulated . 503
children under age of sixteen years, employment of, further regu-
lation of .......•■ 13

disputes, solicitation of employees during, regulation of . . 430

use of auxiliary police or other personnel organized under

civil defense laws in connection with, prohibited . .241

industrial establishments, further definition of, to include public
garages and certain premises used by express, trucking and
transportation companies . . . ._ .

industrial homework, laws relating to, changes, certain, in

special commission established to study and revise, revived
and continued ...... Resolves

industrial workers, damages recoverable for death and injuries,
to, investigation by judicial council relative to Resolve
laws, certain, proposed, study by commissioner of labor and in-
dustries, of Resolve

mechanical establishments, allowance of hours for meals for

women and children, in . . . . .

practices, certain, investigation and study by commissioner of
labor and industries relative to . . . Resolve

public works projects, minimum w^ges for, payment of, relative

to . . , •

payments to subcontractors, laborers, suppliers, etc., under,
security for . .

railroad employees, lockers for, providing for . • . . .-

railroad establishments, water closets and washing facilities, re-
quirements for, in . . . . .

railroad freight houses, railways express terminals, working con-
ditions, in, relative to ......

wage rates, minimum, increase of .

wages, weekly payment of, law relative to, further amendment of

women and children, certain labor laws relative to, suspension

of operation of, providing for ..... 106

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, benzol, carbon tetrachloride, harmful substances,
labelling of receptacles containing, powers and duties as

to 469

garages, public, certain other premises, water closets and wash-
ing facilities for, powers and duties as to . . . 373
railroad establishments, water closet and water facilities in,

requirements for, powt."-s and duties as to . . . 669

soil exploratives and test boiings, defined as public works for

certain purposes, under ...... 453

state printing and binding, bids and contracts for, powers and

duties as to . . • • • . ■ • ^14

apprenticeship council, members of, salaries of, relative to . /30
commissioner, fish, weighing, sorting or culling of, rules and

regulations relative to, establishment of, by, providing for 415
industrial homework, laws relative to, changes in, powers and

duties as to . . . • • • • • ^64

labor practices, certain, investigation and study relative to,

by ....... . Resolve 82

meat product estabHshments, certain, wage rates and working

hours of employees of, powers and duties as to . . 727

1-7

373

764

98

140

1,2
1-13

37

40 .

Ill

82

ISO

701

702

92

1-3

669

1-3

426
762
506

1-4

1-7

35

1-13

Index.

1249

Chap.

Section.

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.
commissioner — Concluded.

proposed labor laws, certain, study of, by . . Resolve

public works projects, payment of minimum wages, on, powers

and duties as to . . . . . . .

women and children, certain labor laws relative to, suspension
of operation of, by, authorized .....

conciliation and arbitration, board of, members of, salaries
of, relative to ....... .

employment of the aging, division of, council on, member-
ship of, increase of ...... .

employment security, division of, benefits, weekly payment
of, by, providing for .......

director, salary of, increased ......

Wentzell, Frederick A., adjustment of salary for, making
of, by . . . . . . . Resolve

industrial accidents, division of, employee, certain, of, civil
service status for .......

Industrial Accident Board, chairman of, acting supervisor

of workmen's compensation agents, designation of, by

members of, salaries of, increased ....

state emploj'ees, injured, payment of compensation to,

powers and duties as to .
workmen's compensation law, certain proposed laws rela-
tive to, study of, by . . . . Resolve

labor relations commission, members of, salaries of, relative

to

Lake Quinsigamond, land and buildings adjacent to, acquisition for
state recreation area, of .... .

Lakes (see Waters and waterways).

Lakeville, State Sanatorium, muscular dystrophy, treatment of, at
providing for .......

town of (see Cities and towns).
Lake Winneconnet, management by state division of fisheries and

game, of .
Lamps, motor vehicles, on, approval by registrar of motor vehicles

of

Land (see Real estate).

Land Court, attachments and federal tax liens, registration of, in

judges and recorders of, salaries of, established
Land forces (see Militia).

Larceny, fraudulent checks to obtain services, use of, to constitute
crime of ....... .

Lawrence, city of (see Cities and towns).

Leahy, James J., issuance by state treasurer of new check, to

LeConti, Anthony, payment by town of Watertown of sum of

money to .
Lee, town of (see Cities and towns).

Legislative research bureau, special committees or comrnissions,
expired, papers, records and materials of, disposition of,

by .

Legislative research council, corrective change in law establishing

nursing, practice of, investigation and study relative to,

by ....... . Resolve

state aid for schools, payment of certain insurance premiums by
cities and towns, to investigate and study . Resolve
Leiber, Mary L., acts as notary pubhc validated . . Resolve

Leicester, town of (see Cities and towns).

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, contracts by hospital service corpora-
tions, non-profit, with, relative to . . . •
Lexington, town of (see Cities and towns).

Liberal Religious Youth, consolidation of American Unitarian
Youth and Universalist Youth Fellowship under name of
Librarian, state (see State Librarian).
LICENSES AND PERMITS:

alcoholic beverages (see Alcoholic beverages).
Boston, motion pictures operators licenses, certain, in, restriction
as to, removal of .......

disabled veterans, hawkers and peddlers licenses, for, relative to
field trials, shooting of game birds at, for . . . .

fishing licenses, issuance of, to aliens, authorized

revocation of, relative to ...... •

gasfitters, Boston, in, term of ...•••

40

180

106

730

32

136

530
730

33

47

784

Item 1651-02

703
730

36

602

48

730

34

519

1-7

220

482

1.2

124

306
733

1.2
3,8

133

2

1, 2

79

1, 2

579
137

130

135
17

499

87

1-5

214

524

1-3

292

647

4

1.2

652

55

194

730

1

781

1,2

235

1.2

502

736

91

122

1250 Index.

Chap. Section.

LICENSES AND PERMITS — Concluded.

hairdressers, of (see Civil service and registration, department

of),
hunting and trapping, for, revocation of, relative to . . 647

infirmaries, for ........ . 662 1-9

milk, distribution, sales, etc., of, for ..... 757 10, 11

motion pictures, television, radio, exhibiting and use of, on Lord's

Day, certain provisions of law made inapplicable to . 742

motor vehicles, for (see Motor Vehicles),
sporting, hunting, fishing or trapping applicants for, personal

appearance requirement, for, abolished . . . 209

taverns, closing hours of, extension of, under .... 336

Licensing authorities, local, alcoholic beverages control commis- ("461
sion, appeals to, from actions of . . . . . \ 477

licenses for sales of alcoholic beverages, holders of, sales of
stock by, powers and duties as to
Liddell, E. Viola, acts as notary public validated . Resolve

Liens, betterment assessments for, duration of ... .

Lieutenant governor, salary of, relative to ....

Life insurance (see Insurance) .

Limitations, statutes of, robbery, and certain related crimes, ex-
tension of time, for, under ......

torts, motor vehicle cases, certain, change in time for com-
mencement of action .......

Liquors (see Alcoholic beverages) .

Little River, improvement by state department of public works, of

Load limits, permissible, certain motor vehicles for

Loads, excessive, bridges on, penalty for .....

Loans, credit unions, by, real estate, on .... .

real estate, on (see Mortgages),
trust companies by (see Banks and banking).
See also County finance; Municipal finance; State finance.
Lockers, railroad employees for, providing for .... 92

Lodging houses, listing of certain persons residing therein on the

first of each year, duties of keepers of, as to . . . 176

Logan International Airport, additional land for, providmg for . 438 1, 2

further development of, appropriation for . . . .175 1-3

overpass running to, designated as Professor Enrico Ferini

Overpass ......... 532

Longfellow bridge, Cambridge end, of, reconstruction by Metropoli-
tan District Commission, of ..... 329

Longmeadow, town of (see Cities and towns).

Lopes, Antonio C, payment by town of Scituate of sum of money to 369 1, 2

Lord's Day, bait, sale of, on, authorized ..... 304

dancing at celebrations of religious customs or rituals, on, per-
mission for ........ 355 1, 2

motion pictures, exhibiting of, radio or television use of, on, rela-
tive to . _ 742

Lowell, city of (see Cities and towns).

Technological Institute of Massachusetts, board of trustees of,
acquisition by eminent domain of certain land in the city
of Lowell, by ....... .

conveyance of certain land, by .... .

president, salary of, relative to .
Lubricating oil (see Motor fuel).

Ludlow Savings Bank, acquisition of additional real estate for park-
ing piu-poses, by, authorized .....

town of (see Cities and towns).
Lunenburg Water District, treasurer of, term of office of, relative to
Lynn, city of (see Cities and towns).

Gas and Electric Company, lines, poles and equipment, certain,

of, locations of, validated . . . . . .215 1,2

Lynnfield, town of (see Cities and towns).

M.

Mahan, Arthur U., widow of, payment by commonwealth of sum

of money to ..... . Resolve 61

J. Robert, present member of house of representatives, payment

of salary to ..... . Resolve 91

351
621
730

1. 2
41A

104

1, 2

115

1. 2

Index. 1251

Chap. Section.

Mail, certified (see Certified mail).

registered (see Registered mail).
Maiden, city of (see Cities and towns).

Housing Authority, park land, certain conveyance of by city of

Maiden, to .599 1-3

Stadium and Athletic Field Commission, personnel of, change in 57
Mammals, removal from tidewaters and shores by department of

public works ........ 464

Manchester, town of (see Cities and towns).

Manicurists, non-resident, renewal of registration, of . . . 435

registration of (see Civil service and registration, department of),
renewal of registrations, of, relative to . . . . . 434

Marijuana, further definition of ...... 100 1, 2

Marine Corps League, state convention of, proper representation of

commonwealth, at .... . Resolve 34

Marshfield, town of (see Cities and towns).

Martha's Vineyard, program of public nursing on, establishment of 402 1-8

Massachusetts, Aeronautics Commission, Chelsea Creek, construc-
tion of bridge over, by, providing for . . . . 436

Federal Aeronautics Board, certain papers and reports of, use

as evidence, of, study relative to, by . . Resolve 103

inspectors, violations of certain aeronautical laws and regula-
tions, arrests for, by, clarification of law relative to . 189
Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act, powers and

duties as to 666 1, 2

Air National Guard, armory site for units, of, providing for . 460
Bay Circuit, so called, plans and proposals, for, investigation and

study relative to, further continued . . Resolve 41

Maritime Academy, board of commissioners of, transfer of cer-
tain land to town of Barnstable, by . . . . 556

Military Academy, appropriation for, relative to . . . 468

Port Authority, creation of, investigation and study relative

to ....... . Resolve 146

public building commission, special capital outlay program for

commonwealth, powers and duties as to . . . 282 1, 2

State College Building Association (see University of Massachu-
setts Building Association).
Turnpike Authority, drainage standards of, construction on or

over water and waterways, by, relative to . . . 213

police service for, providing for by commissioner of public

safety .......•• 552 1, 2

rules and regulations of, penalties for violation of . . 653 1, 2

starting point of road to be constructed by, relative to . .47

University of, Building Association, holding of property by,

leasing of certain state land, to, relative to . . . 444 1, 2

trustees of, leasing of certain state land, by, relative to . 444 2

natural resources, study relative to, by, jointly with depart-
ment of natural resources ...... 439

Maynard, town of (see Cities and towns).

McCarthy, Paul A., Memorial, unit of Lemuel Shattuck hospital

designated as 784 Item 2026-21

overpass, certain overpass in city of Somerville designated as . 393
McDonald, Walter R., widow of, payment by commonwealth of an

annuity to ...... Resolve 126

Mechanical establishments, allowance of hours for meals for

women and children, in . . . . . .111

Medford, city of (see Cities and towns).

Housing Authority, state-aided veterans housing project, Med-
ford 200-2, liquidation and abandonment of, by . . 572
Medical and dental school, state, establishment of, special com-
mission to investigate and study, revived and further con-
tinued ....... Resolve 87

Medical examiners, deceased persons, property found at or near

bodies of, custody and dehvery of, powers and duties as to 162
Suffolk county, of, salaries of, increased ..... 422

Medical expenses, certain, allowable as tax deduction . . . 717 1, 2

Medical institutions, public, standards for, establishment of by

department of public health, providing for . . . 367

Medical laboratory teclmologists, schools for training of, relative

to . . 759 1,2

Medical service corporations, contracts with governmental agen-
cies for providing medical service, making of, by, au-
thorized ......... 186

1252 Index.

Chap. Section.

Medicine, board of registration in (see Civil service and registra-
tion, department of).
MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, employees of institutions under, replacement of uni-
forms, for, by ....... . 561

land, certain, in town of Danvers, conveyance of to depart-
ment of public works, by ..... . 593 2

laundry service, supervisor of, civil service status for . . 784 Item 1701-02

mentally ill, hospitalization, care and commitment of, powers

and duties as to . . . . . . . 637 1-15

out-patient clinics, of, practice of medicine by internes, fellows

or medical officers, in, relative to . . . . . 526

psychiatric service, availability to district courts, of, study

relative to, by, further continued . . Resolve 92

commissioner, land, certain, conveyance to Foster Post No.

93, American Legion, by . . . . . . 644 1-3

in city of Northampton, conveyance of, by . . . 159

in town of Belmont, conveyance of, by ... 513 1-4

Mentally ill, care, treatment, commitment and discharge of, spe- 1 oc
cial commission to investigate and study, further con- \ ,qq
tinued ....... Resolves J

hospitalization, care and commitment of, procedures for, further

regulation of ....... . 637 1-15

Merit rating system, assessment of points, under . . 417

Merrimack, river, bridge, certain, over, construction of, investiga-
tion and study relative to . . . . Resolve 121

town of (see Cities and towns).
Meters, parking (see Cities and towns).
Methuen, town of (see Cities and towns).
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION:

Beaver Brook Reservation, improvement and further develop-
ment of , by . . . . . . . . 296

Boston, area, certain, of, recreation areas, in, construction of, b3'' 558
Columbia Road, Old Colony Avenue, portion, certain, of, care,

control, and maintenance of, transfer of, to . . . 570 1, 2

boulevards, under control of, property abutting on, investigation

and study relative to, revived and continued . Resolve 42
brooks, certain, in Stoneham, Wakefield, Melrose, Maiden,
Everett and Revere, drainage and flood control facilities
in, construction of, by ...... 574 1-4

Charles river, and its tributaries, flood control for, construction

of, by 768 1-5

portions, certain, of, study relative to improvement of, by . | r t^

Chelsea and Revere, property owners, certain, in, reimbursement

for damages caused by dumping of sewerage, by Resolve 149
Cochituate aqueduct, transfer of certain portion of, to city of

Newton, by 419 1-3

Cozza circle. Technical Sergeant Victor J. and Staff Sergeant
Salvatore E., certain traffic circle in city of Somerville
designated as, erection of suitable marker at, by Resolve 25
Cranberry brook, flooding of, cause of, investigation and study

relative to, by . . . . . . Resolve 74

Dooley, John H. Memorial Playground, play area in Hyde Park
district of Boston designated as, erection of suitable
marker at, by . . . . . . . . 297

employee, certain, of, civil service status for . . . . 784 Item 2931-06

Everett, certain proposed interchange designated as General E.
Leroy Sweetser interchange, erection of suitable marker
at, by . . . . . . . Resolve 14

Fellsmere pond, improvement of, by, authorized . . . 655

Foss, Saxton C. park, erection of suitable marker at, by . . 350

Fimds, Clinton Sewage Disposal Works, additional funds for,

appropriation for, from ...... 541 1-3

Fiurnace brook, enclosure by pipe or conduit, of, by . . . 600

Hayes, Henry R., former superintendent of, payment of vaca-
tion allowances to, providing for . . . Resolve 19
incinerators, certain, locations for, repeal of provisions of law

relative to, as affecting ...... 773 1, 2

Longfellow bridge, Cambridge end, of, reconstruction at, by . 329
Massachusetts Bay Circuit, so called, plans and proposals for,
investigation and study relative to, as part of joint board,
by, further continued ..... Resolve 41

Index. 1253

Chap. Section.

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION — Concluded.

Metropolitan Parks Trust Fund, deposits to and expenditures

from, by, relative to . . . . ... 693 2, 3

metropolitan water system, distributing mains of, extension into
counties of Plymouth and Bristol, of, investigation and
study relative to, by, continued . . . Resolve 65

Milford, Louisa lake, in, improvement of, study relative to,

by ....-•• • Resolve 14.3

Morrissey boulevard, construction of certain overpass, on, by . 260

Mystic river, and land adjacent to, improvement of, study rela-
tive to, by Resolve 79

Nantasket beach, pier and wharf, at, investigation and study
jointly with department of public works relative to
Resolve 95

Neponset River Drainage and Flood Control Apportionment

Board, establishment of, within ..... 743 5, 6

Neponset river, flood conditions, of, relief of, reclamation of land

adjacent thereto, providing for, by _ . . . . 743 1-9

lands adjacent to, draining of, study relative to, further con-
tinued ....... Resolve 56

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, conveyance of

certain land, to, by . . . . . . • 778 1-3

, North metropolitan sewer, Chelsea, in, repairs to, by, providing

funds for 682 1-4

playgrounds, recreational facilities, construction and improve-

ment of, by . . . . . _ . . . • 731 1-4

swimming pools, recreational areas, construction and main-
taining of, investigation and study relative to, by Resolve 123

Prison Point bridge, policing of, by . . . . . 239

Revere, Shaw beach and Roughan's Point, in, sea wall at, raising

of, by . -473

Ryan, Reverend Francis A. Memorial playground, certain play-
ground area in Mattapan district of city of Boston desig-
nated as, erection of suitable marker at, by . . _ . 295

shore and beach erosion, certain, investigation and study relative

to, by . . . . . . . Resolve 99

Somerville, certain overpass on Monsignor McGrath Highway
designated as Paul A. McCarthy overpass, erection of
suitable marker at, by . . . . . _. 393

south metropolitan sewerage district, Randolph, town of, addi-
tion of, to, powers and duties as to . . . • 410 1-10
sewerage works, certain, within, cost of, additional funds for _

expenditure by, providing for ..... 551 1-4

Veterans Memorial Park, new little league park in city of Med-

ford designated as, erection of suitable plaque at, by . 431

Waltham, Chester brook and Beaver brook, in, drainage condi-
tions of, study relative to, by . . . Resolve 138

Watertown square, construction to relieve traffic congestion at,

providing for, by ....... 689

Westwood, town of, sewers and drains, system of, for, powers

and duties as to . . . . . . _ • 380 13, 14

Woods, Edward Melvin bridge, certain bridge over Maiden river

designated as, erection of suitable plaque at, by . . 425

World War Memorial park, addition of land to, care and control

of, by 438 2

METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICTS:

south, Randolph, town of, addition of, to . . . . 410 1 10

Metropolitan State Hospital, building for psychotic children at, _

designated as Gaebler Children's Unit .... 279 1, 2

METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY:

advisory board, of, powers and duties of, relative to . . 725 1-5

board of trustees, of, membership of, powers and duties of, rela-
tive to 725 1-5

bond issues, certain, unexpended proceeds of, use of, by, rela-
tive to . 277 1-3

deficiency, certain, of, method of assessing amount which com-
monwealth may be called upon to pay, relative to . . 229 1, 2

employees, certain, in military service, payment of, by, change

in law relative to . . . . . • . . . • ^^^ ^' ^

fare rates, increase of, hearings by department of public utilities

relative to 719 1, 2

motor buses of, width of, relative to .... . 165 1, 2

Middlefield, town of (see Cities and towns).

1254 Index.

Chap. Section.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY :

appropriation for maintenance, etc., of . . . . . 765 1

Middle ton, town of (see Cities and towns).
Milford, town of (see Cities and towns).
Military aid (see Veterans' benefits) .

MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES:
Metropolitan Transit Authority employees, law relative to pay-
ment of, corrective changes in .... . 280 1, 2

motor vehicle operators' licenses, of, termination and renewal of,

relative to ........ 507

public officers and employees, in, reinstatement in former posi-
tions, of, act providing for, extension of ...
uniforms of, unlawful wearing of .
Military Order of the Purple Heart, filing certain information with
division of public charities, exemption from, for
national convention of, proper representation of commonwealth
at, providing for ..... Resolve

Military reservation commission, land, certain, sale of, by
MILITIA:

laws relative to, investigation and study relative to, providing
. . for . . . . . . . . Resolve

military reservations, sale of certain, providing for .

unlawful wearing of uniforms, of, penalty for ....

Milk, standards for, containers for, and licenses issued in connection
with distribution of ...... .

Millis, town of (see Cities and towns).

Mills, steel (see Steel mills).

Milton, town of (see Cities and towns).

Minimum fair wage rates, increase of .... .

Monson State Hospital, building, certain, at, designated as
Beatrice V. Buckley Building .....

Montague, town of (see Cities and towns).

Mortgages, co-operative banks, of, relative to ... .

terms and amounts of, relative to .... .

domestic insurance companies, investments in loans, on .
Mother's Day, proclamation as to .

Motion picture film, nitrate, certain, storage, distribution and ex-
hibition of, prohibited ......

Motion picture operators, licenses for (see Licenses and permits).
Motion pictures, exhibition of. Lord's Day, on, relative to . . 742

Motor fuel, lubricating oil, labelling of certain equipment used for

storage or dispensing of, relative to ... . 183

Motor vehicle liability insurance, compulsory (see Insurance;

Motor vehicles).
MOTOR VEHICLES:

bridges, excessive loads on, penalty for ..... 91

common carriers, by, illegal rate practices, by, responsibility for,
further defined ........

conditional sales contracts, for, prepayment of, providing for
deceased owners of, informal administration of estates of, rela-
tive to ........ .

disabled persons, exemption from certain parking fees and pen-
alties, for .........

disabled veterans, excise tax exemption for, on . . .

excise tax, on, relative to ...... .

farm vehicles, operating radius, of, increase of ...

fuel, lubricating oil, for, equipment, certain, used for storage or

dispensing of, labelling of, relative to . . . . 183

head lamps and rear lamps, on, approval by registrar of motor

vehicles, of ........ 124

liability for bodily injuries, etc., caused by, bonds and policies,
board of appeal on, appeals from decisions of, original
jurisdiction of, granted to municipal court of the city of
Boston .........

insurance for, death of owners, extension of coverage in
event of, relative to ..... .

word, "trailer," inserted in certain provision relative to
licenses to operate, duplicates of, issuance in certain cases, of
expiration dates of, fee for ......

persons in armed forces, for, renewal of ... .

revocation of, upon conviction for certain offenses, relative to
load limits, permissible, for certain, relative to . . .

loads, excessive, bridges, on, penalty for .....

767
204

1,2

203

71
665

1, 2

133
665
204

1,2

757

1-11

762

1-4

8

1, 2

146
118
208
265

1, 2
2

152

1. 2

353
455

1,2

413

1, 2

458
320
587
483

1-3

1-3
1, 2

412

1,2

283

1-3

172

205

488

1-3

507

198

1-3

736

91

Index.

Chap.
MOTOR VEHICLES — Concluded.

merit rating system, assessment of points, under, relative to . 417
Metropolitan Transit Authority, of (see Metropolitan Transit

Authority) .
ODeration of, non-residents, by, relative to ... . 314

751
private ways and parking areas, statutory regulations as to

speed and use of, by . . . . . . . 135

torts, actions for, commencement of, time for, extended . . 235

venue of district courts in . . . . . .158

trailers, inclusion of in certain provision of law relative to regis-
tration, of ........ 172

service of process in cases arising from operation of . .196

trespass, by, criminal prosecutions for, relative to . . . 269

Mount Greylock, television broadcasting site on, relative to . 504

Tramway Authority, toll tramway, construction, maintenance

and operation of ....... 476

Mount Pleasant, Sewer District, establishment of . . .671

Water District, establishment of . . . . . . 664

Mount Washington, town of (see Cities and towns).

Muhr, George E., retirement rights of . . . . .691

Municipal courts (see District courts).
MUNICIPAL FINANCE:

borrowing of money, under act creating Emergency Finance

Board, opportunity to cities and towns for, extension of 262
further extension of ...... . 726

budgets, laws relative to, special commission to investigate and

study, revived and continued . . . Resolve 31

gypsy moth, suppression of, cost of, payment by cities and towns

in three equal installments ...... 497

incinerators, construction, operation and maintenance of, bor-
rowing of money, for .
Municipal Relief Loan, act of 1955, bonds of notes issued under,
relative to ........

public welfare and veterans benefits, borrowing of money for
purposes of . . . . . . . .

real estate sales, payments in lieu of taxes on, veterans housing,
certain, exempted from provisions relative to
payments received for taxes, disposition of .
regional planning districts, costs and expenses of, apportionment / 374
of, by cities and towns ......

tax rates, reduction of, use of certain available funds for pxirposes

of

towns, indebtedness, incurring of in certain cases of extreme

emergency, votes necessary for .... . 259

indemnity insurance, volunteer firemen, certain, for, payment

for, by ........ . 385

workmen's compensation losses, extraordinary, insurance pro-
tection against, payments for, by, authorized . . 291
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES:

contributory group hfe, accident, hospitalization, medical and

surgical insurance, for, providing for .... 760

firefighters, overtime service, by, compensation for, authorized . 195
military or naval forces, in, reinstatement in former position,

of, act providing for, extension of .... 767

nurses, certain, temporary employment of ... . 553

personnel relations review boards, estabUshment of, to adjust

grievances, of ....... . 294

town officers, certain, oath of oflBce of, relative to . . .123

workmen's compensation, extension of provisions to employees

working for another governmental unit . . .681

Municipalities (see Cities and towns).
Museum of Fine Arts, holding of additional real and personal

estate, by, authorized ...... 37

Musquashiat pond, control of insect life on, relative to 423

Mystic, pond, draining and filling of, investigation and study rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve 105

river, land, certain, adjacent to, improvement of, study by

metropolitan district commission, relative to . Resolve 79

1255

Seotion.

1, 2
1. 2

1.2

1, 2

1-10
1-15
1-14

1,2

1,2
1-3

85

1,2

18

1-4

18

1-4

401
247
374
656

1-3

202

1,2

1-3
1, 2

1.2

1256 Index.

N.

Chap. Section.

319

1,2

100

1. 2

610
400

85

439

544

1-3

538

1-3

672

588

1. 2

520

1. 2

281

1, 2

568

97

575

1-4

Nahant, town of (see Cities and towns).

Nantasket beach, pier and wharf, at, investigation and study rela-
tive to, pro\iding for . . . . . Resolve 95

Nantucket, County, state forest, in, removal of fire hazard and re-
planting of trees, in, providing for ....

town of (see Cities and towns).
Narcotics, cannabis, further definition of .... .

illegal possession of; reporting of cases of poisoning from, rela-
tive to ........ .

sale of certain, by pharmacists, further regulation of
See also Drugs.
National Guard (see Militia).
NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OP:

Adams, town of, recreational and swimming facilities, in, estab-
lishment of, investigation and study relative to,

by Resolve

board of, natural resources, study, certain, relative to, by
Camp Sea Havenj^for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., construction of

road to, by
commissioner of , Berkley, town of, land, certain, in, acquisition

of, by

land, acquiring of, by

certain, conveyance to town of Agawam, by . .

conveyance to town of Lynnfield, by .
conveyance to town of West Springfield, by .
Demarest Lloyd Memorial State Park, development of, by
dutch elm disease, investigation and study relative to,
by ....... . Resolve

employees, certain, of, permanent civil service status for
great ponds, submerged weeds, in, elimination or control of,
investigation of joint board established for purposes

of Resolve 28

Lake Quinsigamond, land and buildings adjacent to, acquisition

of, for state park, by . . . . . . . 519 1-7

Massachusetts Bay Circuit, so called, plans and proposals for,
investigation and study relative to, as part of joint board,
by, further, continued .... Resolve 41

Middlefield State Forest, reconstruction of dam, in, by, pro-
viding for Resolve 57

pine looper moths, suppression of, by . . . . . 465 1, 2
Robinson State Park, easement in, granting of, to city of Spring-
field, by 508

Taconic Trail, land, certain, along, acquisition of, by . . 578
tourist routes, establishment of system of, by, jointly with de-
partment of public works and department of com-
merce Resolve 110

Truro, town of. Pilgrim Spring, in, establishment of state park

at, by .
United States, Fish and Wildlife Service of, leasing of certain
land from, by ....... .

Walden Pond State Reservation, additional land for, acquiring

,. . . of, by

divisions of :

fisheries and game, director, acquisition of certain lands in
towns of Barre and Phillipston, by, providing for
field trials, shooting of game birds, at, licensing of, by
fishing licenses, issuance to aliens, of, by .
Hanson, town of, fishing rules and regulations made by,

approval of, by .
hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, revocation of, rela-
tive to ........ .

Lake Winneconnet, management of, by, authorized .
forests and parks, Berkshire County, forest fire truck, addi-
tional, for, providing for, by ..... 405

chief superintendent, suppression of Japanese beetle and

pinelooper, rules and regulations relative to, making of, by 340
Nantucket County, state forest in, removal of fire hazard

and replanting of trees, in, by . . . . . 319 1, 2

public forests, parks and other lands, further development
of, powers and duties as to . . . . . .471

law enforcement, director, deer damage, powers and duties as to 509

field trials, shooting of game birds at, supervision of, by . 524 1-3

523

1-4

544

1-3

566

1-3

356
524
292

1. 2

2, 3

103

1

647
482

1. 2

Index. 1257

Chap. Section.

Needham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Neglected children (see Children).

NepoDset River Drainage and Flood Control Apportionment

Board, establishment of, powers and duties of . . 743 5, 6

Neponset River, lands adjacent to, draining of, study relative to,

further, continued ..... Resolve 56

New Bedford, city of (see Cities and towns).

New England, Board of Education, establishment of, special com-
mission to investigate and study, providing for Resolve 87
Telephone and Telegraph Company, lines, poles and equipment,

certain, of, locations of, validated .... 215 1, 2

New Industrial Plants Foundation of Lowell, Inc., investments

by savings banks in participating mortgage loans of . 346 1, 2

Newton, city of (see Cities and towns).

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, conveyance by

Metropolitan District Commission of certain land, to . 778 1-3

Nine Mile Pond, public access to, establishment of . . . 253 1-6

Ninth Regiment of Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, mural
in commemoration of, special commission to investigate
and study ....... Resolve 70

Nitrate motion picture film, certain, storage, distribution and

exhibition of, prohibited ...... 152 1, 2

Nomination of candidates (see Elections).

Non-residents, hairdressers (see Hairdressers).

income earned in commonwealth, by, taxation of . . . 780 1-10

operation of motor vehicles, by, relative to ... . 314

service of process on, relative to ..... . 360

Norfolk County, appropriation for maintenance, etc., of . . 765 1

North Adams, city of (see Cities and towns).

Northampton, city of (see Cities and towns).

State Hospital, land, certain, of commonwealth, at, conveyance

of 159

North Andover, town of (see Cities and towns).

Northborough, town of (see Cities and towns).

Northeastern University, amount of property to be held bj% in-
crease of ........ . 134

North Shore Childrens' Friend Society, holding of additional real

and personal property, by, authorized .... 27 1, 2

Norton, town of (see Cities and towns).

Norwich Lake, public access to, establishment of ... 254 1-5

Notes, cities and towns, of (see Municipal Finance),
commonwealth, of (see State finance),
counties, of (see County finance).

Nuisance, public, Japanese beetle and pine looper included in defi-
nition of ........ . 340

Nurses, temporary employment by commonwealth and political sub-
divisions, of ....... . 553

Nursing, board of registration in (see Civil service and registration,
department of),
practice of, investigation and study by legislative research coun-
cil relative to ..... . Resolve 130

Nutting's Lake, dredging of, feasibility of, investigation and study

relative to, providing for .... Resolve 63

0.

Oak Bluffs, town of (see Cities and towns).

O'Connell, Lt. Edmund J., Bridge, certain bridge on Southeast

Expressway designated as . . . . . . 500

Offences, criminal (see Criminal procedure and practice).

Office building commission, state, revived and continued Resolve 94

Officers, counties (see Counties).

mihtia (see Militia).

municipal (see Municipal officers and employees).

police (see Police officers).

probation (see Probation officers).

Btate (see Commonwealth).

See also specific titles of officers.
Old Age Assistance, so called, horse and dog race meetings, certain,

tax upon, to be credited to fund for . . . . 276

inmates of boarding homes, minimum weekly rate for care of,

establishment of ....... 603

transportation allowance, monthly, providing for, to recipients of 728 1, 2

1258 Index.

Chap. Seetion.

Old Age Assistance Fund, abolishment of, crediting of funds for

old-age assistance to General Fund .... 540 1-7

On-farm training, so called, veterans of Korean emergency for,

providing for ........ 680

101st Airborne Division Association, national convention in city
of Boston, proper representation of commonwealth at,
providing for . . . . . _ . Resolve 12

Operators, beauty, non-resident, renewal of registrations, of .
renewal of registrations, of .....

registration of (see Civil service and registration, department of)
Opticians, dispensing, board of registration of, establishment of
Outdoor Advertising Authority, aboUshment of
Outdoor Advertising Division (see Public works, department of)

435
434

688 1-4

584 1, 2

P.

Palmer, town of (see Cities and towns).

Paralysis, hospitals for persons suffering from, investigation and

study by deoartment of public health relative to Resolve 101
Parents, support of, liability of children for, relative to . . 492 1-3

Parenzo, Anthony, Memorial Building, new administration
building at Westfield State Teachers' College designated
as . . . . . . . • . . • 383

widow of, payment by commonwealth of compensation

to ....... • Resolve 43

Parking areas, regulation as to speed and use of motor vehicles, on 135

Parking meters (see Cities and towns).

Parking violations, non-criminal disposition of, further regulation (386 1, 2

of 1751 1,2

Parks and reservations, Beaver Brook Reservation, improvement
and further development of, by Metropolitan District
Commission ........ 296

Dcmarest Lloyd Memorial State Park, development by depart-
ment of natural resources, of . _ . . •. . . • ^^^
Lake Quinsigamond, land and buildings adjacent to, acquisition

of, by department of natural resources, for . . .519 1-7

Middlefield State Forest, reconstruction of dam, in, providing

for ....... . Resolve 57

Pilgrim Spring, Truro, town of, in, state park at, providing for 523 1-4

playgrounds, use and control of certain, relative to . . .96

subdivisions, estabUshment of parks, in, relative to . . . 324

Walden Pond State Reservation, addition to . . . . 566 1-3

Waltham, Weston, Lincoln area, state park and reservation in,
establishment of, investigation and study relative
to ....... . Resolve 111

Party line telephones, priority of emergency calls on, relative to 120

Pasters or stickers, distribution of, at polling places, relative to . 266

Peabody, city of (see Cities and towns).

Peddlers (see Hawkers and peddlers; Licenses and permits).

Pembroke, town of (see Cities and towns).

PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS:

laws relative to, changes, certain, in . . . . . 770 1-123

training schools, inmates of, solitary confinement for, proliibited 357
Pensions (see Retirement systems and pensions) .
Pepperell, town of (see Cities and towns).
Permits (see Licenses and permits).

Personal injuries, actions for (see Practice in civil actions).
Personal property, conditional sale contracts, certain, for, prepay-
ment of, providing for ...... 455

sales of (see Sales),
taxation of (see Taxation).
Personnel and Standardization, division of (see Administration

and finance, commission on).
Personnel relations review boards, establishment of, in cities and

towns, providing for ...... . 294

Pharmacists, assistant pharmacists, registered, registration as phar-
macists of . . . . . . ... • 634

board of registration of (see Civil service and registration, de-
partment of),
narcotic drugs, certain, sale of, by further regulation of . . 400

renewal registrations, of, fee for, relative to . , , , 429

Phillipston, town of (see Cities and towns).

Chap.

Section.

758

493

3

610

622

95

1

101

756

1.2

105

1-3

340

Index. 1259

Physical therapists, registration of certain persons, as

re-registration of, publication of lists of, relative to .
Physicians, drugs, acute poisoning from, reporting of cases of, by .
foreign niedical schools, graduates of, examination and registra-
tion of, as .
reports of births, fee for, to, abolished .....

Physiotherapy treatment, cerebral palsy victims for, investigation
and study by department of public health relative
to ....... . Resolve

Pierce, Mary L., payment by city of Peabody of pension to .
Pieri, James, conveyance by town of Adams of certain land to
Pine looper, defined as public nuisance ....

moths, suppression of, by department of natural resources, pro-
viding for ......... 465 1, 2

Pistols (see Weapons).

Pittsfield, city of (see Cities and towns).

Plan B form of city charter, office of mayor, vacancies in, filling of,

under, regulation of ...... . 222

Planning boards, local (see Cities and towns).

Planning districts, regional, establishment of, relative to . . | ^7A ._„

Plates, registration (see Motor vehicles).

Playgrounds, certain, use and control of, relative to . . .96

Plumbers, state examiners of (see Civil service and registration, de-
partment of).
PLYMOUTH COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance, etc., of . . . . . 765 1

Bisbee, Theodore W., payment of an annuity to, by . . 729 1, 2

ground water supply, in, special commission to investigate and

study, revived and continued . . . Resolve 68

metropolitan water system mains, extension of, to, investigation

and study relative to, continued . . . Resolve 65

shore protection, repair of storm damage, borrowing of money

for, by, authorized ....... 381 1-5

state farm inmates, expenses incurred in trial of, reimbursement

by commonwealth for, payment to ... . 525

Plymouth, town of (see Cities and towns).
Podiatrists (see Chiropodists).
POLICE OFFICERS:

Acton, Scribner, David; Birch, Warren; civil service status for,
in ......... .

aeronautical inspectors, arrests, certain, by, relative to

auxiliary police, use of in labor dispute, prohibited .

Boston, sick leave for certain, relative to ....

Bristol County, police training school, establishment of, in,

for 140

Brookline Police Mutual Aid Associations, death benefits, cer-
tain, of, relative to ....... 68

capitol police, expenses and damages, certain, sustained by,

indemnity for ........ 581

compensatory time off for attendance in certain criminal cases,

providing for ........ 223 1, 2

Hopkinton, Charles O. Garrison, chief of police, of, life tenure
for ..........

hurricanes, certain, overtime service during, by, payment of, for
indemnification of, certain expenses for damages incurred by
Ludlow, Prokop, Edwin, made eligible for appointment as
Middleton, chief of police, tenure of office of .
Northborough, chief of, unlimited tenure of office, for
Oak Bluffs, police chief of, civil service status of, relative to
Pepperell, chief of poUce, tenure of office of, in, relative to
public works buildings police officers, indemnification for cer-
tain expenses and damages incurred by, providing for
Somerville, Curtin, John J., retired officer of, payment of certain

medical expenses of , by .
special duty, indemnification for certain expenses for damages

incurred while performing, providing for
Townsend, present chief of poHce, tenure of office, for, in
Police, state, division of (see Pubhc Safety, department of).
Policies of insurance (see Insurance).

Poliomyelitis, vaccine, Salk, purchase and distribution of, by state
department of public health, providing for
victims of, proper care and nursing for, providing for

45

1.2

189

241

437

1.2

75

1.2

752

1.2

168

724

1.2

129

1.2

377

1,2

70

1.2

76

1-3

619

341

1, 2

168

78

1-3

481

1-3

737

577
627

1, 2

515
289

1, 2

604

1. 2

125
683

407

1-3

674
328

485

1
1.2

1260 Index.

Chap. Section.

Polish- American Veterans of Massachusetts, Inc., certain laws
affecting veterans and their organizations made applicable

to 271 1. 2

Political committees (see Elections).

Political parties (see Elections).

Poll taxes (see Taxation).

Pomeroy, Russell B., present member of house of representatives,

payment of salary to . . . . . Resolve 90

Pondvillo Hospital, cancer patients, veterans, notice of admission

to; payments for, relative to .... . 585 1-3

Poor and indigent persons (see Old Age assistance, so called).
Port Authority, Massachusetts, creation of, investigation and

study relative to ..... Resolve 146

Port of Boston Commission, Port of Boston Fund, abolishment of,
powers and duties as to .
property, certain, at Army Base, insuring of, by . . .

Poultry, sale and transportation of, licenses for, security bond rela-
tive to ........ .

slaughtering houses, relative to ..... .

Power Authority of State of New York, contracts by department
of public utilities, with, authorized ....

PRACTICE IN CIVIL ACTIONS :

business and public records, admissibility in evidence, of .
certified mail, use of, in heu of registered mail, authorized _ .
civil service commission, appeals from decisions of, original juris-
diction granted to municipal court of the city of Boston .
judgments, actions of contract in, entry of, in cases of undis-
puted facts ........

jurors, compensation of, increased ......

peremptory challenges of, relative to .
motor vehicle Uability policies and bonds, board of appeal on,
municipal court of the city of Boston granted original

jurisdiction on appeals from decisions of . . . 412 1, 2

non-residents, certain, doing business in commonwealth, service

of process on secretary of state as agent for . . . 360

snow and ice, injuries resulting from, notices to owners of private

property of claims for . . _ . . _ . . 505

speedy trial, advancing cases for, change in law relative to . 674 2

speedy trial, superior court, in, for certain district court cases

removed to . . ... . . . 359

trailers, service of process in cases arising from operation of,

relative to ........ 196 1, 2

venue, district courts, in ...... . 158

Premature babies, care of, by boards of public health, providing

for 753

Prescriptions, harmful drugs for, forging of, penalty for . . 718

Primaries (see Elections).

Prison Point Bridge, policing of, by MetropoUtan District Com-
mission ......... 239

Prisons (see Penal and reformatory institutions).

Private schools (see Schools, private).

Private ways (see Ways, private).

Probate and insolvency, Bristol county, judge of, salary of, relative

to

judges of, certain, salary of, relative to .

registers of, assistant registers, salaries of, establishment of
fees and charges, of, relative to . . . ...

Suffolk County, additional court officer, for ....
PROBATE COURTS:

administrators, voluntary, transfers of decedent's title or interest
in motor vehicles .......

adoptions, certificate of, issuance of, by . .

children of, changes, certain, in law relative to .

conditions, certain, waiver of, for certain petitions, for .
certified mail, use of, in lieu of registered mail, for citations of .

fees, certain, of, relative to . . . . . . .

guardians and conservators, premiums of surety bonds of, income

tax deduction for, providing for . . . . .527

judges of (see Probate and insolvency),
registers of (see Probate and insolvency).

749

1.2

/395
\733

1. 2

7.8

638

1-3

/418
\744

1-3

1.2

378

413

1.2

107

1. 2

89

117

683

/418

1744

1-3

1, 2

Index. 1261

Chap. Section.

PROBATE COURTS — Concluded.

support orders, wives and children for, deduction of from retire-
ment allowances of persons residing outside of common-
wealth, providing for . . . . . . . 686

Probation officers, municipal court of the Roxbury district, salaries

of, relative to 735 1-3

Process (see Practice in Civil actions).

Proclamations, annual observance of certain days, for . . . 265 1, 2

Professional and Business Men's Club, Inc., The, issuance of

all alcoholic license to, providing for . . . . 376

Professional engineers and land surveyors, board of registration

of (see Civil service and registration, department of).
Proia Construction Co., Inc., contract with city of Woburn for

construction of certain school, by .... 783

Projects, housing (see Housing authorities, local).

public works (see Public works projects).
Prokop, Edwin, made eligible for appointment as police officer in

town of Ludlow 724 1, 2

Property, illegitimate children, inheritance by, of, investigation by

judicial council, relative to . , . . Resolve 26

personal (see Personal property),
real (see Real estate),
taxation of (see Taxation),
transportation of (see Motor Vehicles).
Provincetown, town of (see Cities and towns).
Psychiatric service, availability of, to district courts, study by de-
partment of mental health relative to, further, con-
tinued ....... Resolve 92

Public administrators (see Executors and administrators).

Public airports (see Airports).

Public assistance laws, manual of, printing and distribution of,

providing for ........ 470

Publications, certain, investigation and study relative to Resolve 137
Public building commission, Massachusetts, special capital out-
lay program for commonwealth of, powers and duties as

to 282 1,2

Public charities, division of (see Attorney general).
Public employees (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of;
Counties; officers and employees of; Municipal officers
and emplovees; Retirement system and pensions).
PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, benzol, carbon tetrachloride and harmful sub-
stances, labelling of receptacles containing, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . . 469 1-7

dumps, public or private, assignment of places for, powers

and duties as to . . . . . . , 310 1-3

employees of institutions under, replacement of uniforms, for,

by . .. . .561

environmental sanitation, bureau of, air pollution surveys,

making of, by, providing for ..... 784 Item 2002-01

great ponds, submerged weeds, in, elimination or control of,
investigation relative to, continuation of joint board es-
tablished for purposes of . . . . Resolve 28

hospitals, victims of paralysis, for, establishment of, investiga-
tion and study relative to . . . . Resolve 101

Hospital Survey and Construction Act, Federal, provisions of,

administration of, by . . . . . . .331 1, 2

infirmaries, under supervision of, powers and duties as to . 662 6-8

Lakeville State Sanatorium, treatment of muscular dystrophy,

at, powers and duties as to . . . . . . 220

Lakeville, town of, furnishing of water to certain inhabitants

of, by 459

Lawrence, city of, alcoholic clinic, in, establishment of, by . 424
Longmeadow, sewage treatment works for, plans for, approval

by 178 10

McCarthy, Paul A., Memorial, unit at Lemuel Shattuck Hos-
pital designated as 784 Item 2026-21

milk, changes in law relative to standards for and distribution

of, powers and duties as to . . . . . . 757 1-11

Mount Pleasant Water District, water supply sources of, ap-
proval of, by . . . . . . . . 664 2

Neponset river, lands adjacent to, draining of, study relative

to, further continued ..... Resolve 66

1262 Index.

Chap. Section.

PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.

Nutting's Lake, dredging of, feasibility of, investigation and

study relative to, by . . . . . Resolve 63

physiotherapy treatment, cerebral palsy victims, for, investi-
gation and study relative to, by . . . Resolve 101
poliomyelitis victims, proper care and nursing for, furnishing

of, by 737

public medical institutions, certain, standards for, establish-
ment of, by ....... . 367

radioactive materials, handling and disposing of, regulation of

methods of , by . . . . . . . . 335

Randolph, town of, addition of to south metropolitan sewerage

district, plans relative to, approval by . . . 410 2, 4
sewerage and sewage disposal system for, plans for, ap-
proval by 273 16

Salk poliomyelitis vaccine, purchase of and distribution of,

by 481 1-3

Springfield, city of, alcoholic clinic, in, establishment of, by . 428
tuberculosis patients, care of, by cities and towns, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 559 1, 2

veterans, cancer treatment for, payments, certain, for, powers

and duties as to ....... 585 1-3

West wood, town of, system of sewers and drains for, plans for,

approval by 380 13

commissioner, drugs, acute poisoning from, cases of, reporting

of, to 610

hospital service corporations, non-profit, contracts with

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital by, approval of, by . . 499

salary of, increased ........ 730 24

Public health, local boards of, premature babies, care of, by, pro-
viding for ......... 753

Public improvement programs, famiUes displaced by, relocation

housing for, providing for ...... 640 1-6

Public institutions (see Titles of specific institutions).

Public lands, takings of, payment for, relative to ... 693 1-3

Public moneys (see County finance; Municipal finance; State

finance).
Public officers (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of;
Districts; Municipal officers and employees and Titles
of specific officers).
Public officials, retirement of (see Retirement systems and pen-
sions) .
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, land, certain, transfer of control and use of, to town

of Concord, by 219

range boilers, hot water tanks, safety requirements for, powers

and duties as to ....... 612 1, 2

boards of :

boiler rules, associate members of, salaries of, increased . . 730 28

elevator regulations, members of, salaries of, increased . . 730 29

fire prevention regulations, members of, salaries of, relative to 730 31

schoolhouse structural standards, estabhshment of, in . . 675 1-3

standards and appeals, buildings, certain, alternative require-
ments for construction, etc., of, regulations as to, making

of, by 617 1,2

members of, salaries of, relative to . . . . . 730 30

commissioner, conveyance of land, certain, to town of Framing-
ham, by ........ . 451

criminal information bureau, establishment of, powers and

duties as to 771 1, 2

Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, poUce service for, provid-
ing for, by 552 1, 2

salary of, increased ........ 730 27

division of state police, criminal information bureau, establish-
ment of, in 771 1, 2

uniformed branch of, enlistment age in, fiu-ther regulation of 88
status of, while assigned to Massachusetts Turnpike Au-
thority 552 2

Public Schools (see Schools, public).
PUBLIC UTILITIES, DEPARTMENT OF:

bond issues, gas and electric companies, of, advertising pro-
cedure for sale of, supervision of, by . . . . 188
carriers, common, illegal rate practices by, powers and duties as to 353

Index. 1263

Chap. Section.

PUBLIC UTILITIES, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.

commissioners, salaries of, relative to .... . 730 38

Longmeadow, sewage treatment works for, laying of drains and

sewers on railroad locations for, approval by . . 178 3

Metropolitan Transit Authority, vote increases for, hearings on,

notices of, relative to . . . . . . . 719 1, 2

Mount Pleasant Sewer District, laying of pipes, etc., on railroad

locations, approval by, when . . . . . 671 4

Power Authority of State of New York, contracts with, by, as

bargaining agent for commonwealth .... 604 1, 2

procedural rules, certain, power of adoption, of, by, abolished . 285 1, 2

railroads, switch stands, railroad tracks, on, equipment, for,

powers and duties as to . . . . . .491

takings of land by eminent domain, for, approval by . . 231

Randolph, town of, sewerage and sewage disposal system for,
laying of pipes, etc., on railroad locations for, approval

by .273 6

Westwood, town of, sewers and drains, system of, for, laying of

pipes, etc., on railroad locations for, approval by, when . 380 4

Public ways (see Ways, public).
PUBLIC WELFARE, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, medical institutions, pubUc, standards for, estab-
lishment of, by state department of public health, in
lieu of ........ . 367

old age assistance, so called, transportation allowance for

recipients of ....... . 728 1, 2

parents, support of, liability of children for, powers and duties

as to 492 1-3

position, certain, in, civil service status for incumbent of, pro-
viding for 784 Item 1901-03

public assistance laws, manual of, printing and distribution

of, by 470

commissioner, salary of, increased ..... 730 25

PUBLIC WELFARE, LOCAL BOARDS OF:

support of parents, liability of children for, change in laws rela-
tive to, powers and duties as to . . . . . 492 1-3

Public works building, police officers, of (see Police officers).
Public works contracts, certain, payment of sums due, under,

relative to ........ 597

PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, Boston and Maine Railroad, bridge, certain, in
town of West Boylston, care, control and maintenance of,
transferred from, to ...... . 299 1-3

Boston harbor, work, certain, in tidal waters of, by, authorized 5
Camp Sea Haven for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., construction of

road to, by 544 1-3

Chelsea, playgrounds, certain, in, construction of, by . . 715 1-3

Chicopee, bridge, certain, in, designated as Governor George

D. Robinson Bridge, erection of suitable plaque at, by . 531
Church Terry, family burial lot of heirs of, eminent domain

taking of, by, providing for ...... 293 1-3

Danvers, land, certain, in, acquisition of, for purpose of con-
structing industrial office administration building, by . 593 1-3
Fairhaven Harbor, improvement of, investigation and study

relative to, by, continued . . . . Resolve 45

Ferini, Professor Enrico, Overpass, certain overpass running
to Logan fnternational Airport designated as, erection of
suitable marker at, by ...... 532

Gloucester, state fish pier in, extension of, investigation and

study relative to ..... Resolve 6

traffic circle, certain, in, designated as Chester H. Grant

Memorial Circle, erection of suitable marker at, by 608 1, 2

great ponds, submerged weeds, in, elimination or control of,
investigation relative to, continuation of joint board
established for purposes of . . . . Resolve 28

Hanson, town of, rules and regulations, certain, made by,

approval of, by . . . . . . . . 103

Hoosic river, Clarksburg, in, bridge, certain, over, reconstruc-
tion of, by 606 1, 2

Horseneck Beach, recreational facilities, certain, at, providing

for, by ........ • 583 1-6

Ipswich River, dredging and improvement of, investigation

and study relative to, by . . . . Resolve 102

1264 Index.

Chap. Section.

PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF — Continued.

Manchester, bridge, certain, in, designated as Frank B.

Amaral Bridge, erection of suitable marker at, by 388 1, 2

designated as Richard E. Bailey Memorial Bridge,

erection of suitable marker at, by . . . 389 1, 2

Massachusetts Bay Circuit, so called, plans and proposal for,
investigation and study relative to, as part of joint
board, by, further, continued . . . Resolve 41

Merrimack river, Lawrence, in, bridge across, construction of,

investigation and study relative to, by . . Resolve 121

Metropolitan Transit Authority, motor buses operated by,

width of, powers and duties as to . . . . 165 1, 2

Mystic Pond, draining and filling of, investigation and study

relative to . . . . _. . . Resolve 105

Nantasket beach, pier and wharf at, investigation and study
jointly with metropolitan district commission, relative
to . . . . . . . . Resolve 95

Neponset river, lands adjacent to, draining of, study relative

to, further, continued ..... Resolve 56

Nutting's Lake, dredging of, feasibility of, investigation and

study relative to, by . . . . . Resolve 63

Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, towns of, re-estabhshment of boundary

lines between, fihng of plan relative to, by . . . 416 2

O'Connell, Lt. Edmund J., Bridge, certain bridge on South-
east Expressway designated as, erection of suitable tablet

at, by 500

f Item 2202-03

positions, certain, in, permanent status for incimibents of . 784] Item 2900-02

I Item 2900-80

Provincetown, landing monument, in, relocation of, by . 397 1-4

public institutions, roads in, maintenance of, by, providing

for 379 1, 2

pubUc lands, taking of, by, payments for, relative to , . 693 1-3

pubUc works building, police officers, indemnification for cer-
tain expenses and damages incurred by, providing for . 619

railroad corporations, taking of land by eminent domain, for,

by, authorized . . . . . . . . 231

Route 3A, portion, certain, of, designated as George T. Walsh

Highway, erection of suitable markers along, by . . 776

Salisbury Water Supply Company, conveyance of certain land

to, by 533 1-3

Saugus river, drainage area of, study and investigation rela-
tive to, by ...... Resolve 74

southeast expressway, underpass, certain, on, designated as
Josiah Babcock, Jr., underpass, erection of suitable tablet
at, by 390 1, 2

Tewksbury, swamp lands in, reclamation of, investigation and

study relative to, by . . . . . Resolve 102

tidal and non-tidal waters, work, certain, in, by . . . I .A , „

1 448 1, 2

tourists routes, establishment of system of, by, jointly with
department of natural resources and department of com-
merce ....... Resolve 110

Watertown, Galen street bridge, in, improvements to, by . 713

Westfield, Little river and Westfield river, in, improvements

in and along, by ....... 502

whales, or other mammals, removal from tidewaters and

shores, by . . . . . . . . . 464

commissioner, associate commissioners, powers and duties of,

further definition of ...... . 677

chief engineer, deputy chief engineer, three assistant chief
engineers, establishment of positions of, appointment of
persons to, by . . . . . . . . 555

outdoor advertising division, appointment to, of . . . 584 3

poUce officers of department, indemnification for certain ex-
penses and damages incurred by, payment of, by . . 619
outdoor advertising, division of, estabhshment of, in . . 584 1-10
personnel director, position of, not subject to civil service laws 784 Item 2900-02
registrar of motor vehicles, armed forces personnel, licenses

of, termination and renewal of, as to . . . . 507

Chicopee, city of, establishment of branch office in, by . . 562 1, 2

pprapulsory motor vehicle insurance law, insertion of word,

' ' trailer " , in certain provision of law relative to . .172

Index. 1265

Chap. Section.

PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.
registrar of motor vehicles — Concluded.

disabled persons, distinctive stickers for motor vehicles oper-
ated by, powers and duties as to . . . . . 458 1-3

duplicate licenses, issuance of, by . . . . . 205

employee, certain, of, continuous service of, relative to . 784 Item 2924-01

farmers, vehicles owned by, operating radius of, change in,

powers and duties as to . . . . . . 483 1, 2

lamps, motor vehicles and trailers, on, approval of, by . . 124

merit rating system, assessment of points under, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 417

operator's licenses, expiration dates of, fee for, powers and

duties as to 488 1-3

revocation of drivers' licenses, for convictions of certain

offenses, powers and duties as to .
salary of, increased ........

trailers, service of process in cases arising from operation of,
powers and duties as to .
waterways, division of, hurricane damage, appropriation ac-
count for, of, reimbursement of .
Richmond pond, drawing of water from, approval by .
Public works projects, contractors, payments to, under, relative to
laborers, suppliers, etc., engaged in, payment of, security for
payment of minimum wages on ..... .

soil explorations and test borings, defined as public works under

laws relative to .
subcontractors on, payment of, security for ....

Pupils (see Schools).

Purchasing agent, state (see Administration and finance, commis-
sion on).
Purple Heart Day, proclamation as to . . . . . 265

198
730

1-3
23

196

1.2

542
586
597
702
180

1.2

1.2

1-3

453
701

Q.

Quincy, city of (see Cities and towns).

R.

Race, color, religious creed, national origin or ancestry, information
as to, not to be required on applications of bonded em-
ployees ......... 274

Racing (see Horse and dog race meetings conducted under the pari-

mutuel system of wagering).
Racing commission, state, members of, salaries of, relative to . 730 2

Radio, use of. Lord's day, on, relative to .... . 742

Radioactive materials, handling and disposing of, method of, regu-
lation by department of public health, of . . . 335
Railroads, Boston & Maine, bridge, certain, of, in town of West

Boylston, care, control and maintenance of, relative to . 299 1-3

employees of, lockers for, providing for ..... 92

freight houses, working conditions in, relative to . . . 426

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, conveyance by

Metropolitan District Commission of certain land, to . 778 1-3

public works, department of, taking of land by, in behalf, of . 231
switch stands, railroad tracks, on, relative to . . . . 491

tracks, proper clearance of in yards, special commission to in-
vestigate and study, revived and continued . Resolve 67
water closets and washing facilities, in, providing for, by . . 669 1-3

Railway express terminals, working conditions in, relative to . 426
Randolph, town of (see Cities and towns).

Range boilers, construction of, safety requirements for . . 612 1

Real estate, co-operative banks, loans of, on . . . . 146

documentary excise stamps, sales of, use of metering machines

in registries of deeds, for ...... 651 1, 2

land damage settlements, pro tanto, recovery of payments in,

relative to ........ 242

loans on, credit unions, by . . . . . . . 122

private, owners of, notice of injuries resulting from snow and

ice, on ........ . 505

1266 Index.

Chap. Section.

Real estate — Concluded.

sales by cities and towns, procedure for payment of apportioned

taxes 247

exemption of certain veterans' housing from . . . 401

tax exemptions, disabled veterans, certain, for, not applicable

to conveyances for tax evasion purposes . . .312

unregistered titles, defects in, rights of entry against, investiga-
tion and study by judicial council relative to Resolve 27
Reciprocal insurance exchange (see Insurance).
Reclamation board, state, greenhead fly control projects, powers

and duties as to . . . . . . . 433

Musquashiat pond, control of insect Ufe, in, cost of, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 423

Straits pond, control of insect life at, powers and duties as to . 557
Recorder, land court of (see Land court).

Records, business and public, admissibility in evidence, of . . 125

Recreation Areas Fund, State, income, certain, crediting of, to . 519 6

Regional planning districts, establishment of, relative to . . { ol^ lo

Regional planning law, establishment of regional planning dis- r374

tricts under, relative to . . . . . . \ 656 1-3

Registered land, attachments and federal tax liens, against, record-
ing of 306 1, 2

Registered mail, definition of to include certified mail . . 683

REGISTERS AND REGISTRIES OF DEEDS:

documentary excise stamps, metering machines for sale of, in-
stallation of, in, authorized . . . . . .651 1,2

registered land, attachments and federal tax Uens, on, recording

of, with 306 1, 2

Registers of probate and insolvency (see Probate and insolvency).
Registrar of motor vehicles (see Public works, department of).
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS:

innholders, keepers of lodging houses, furnishing of certain in-
formation by, to . . . . . . .176

listing of persons, by, relative to . . . . . .67 1-3

Registration, division of (see Civil service and registration, depart-
ment of),
motor vehicles of (see Motor vehicles) .
See also Licenses and permits.
Regional districts (see Districts).
Religious, corporations (see Churches and religious corporations).

customs or rituals, dancing on Lord's Day, at, permission for . 255 1, 2

Rent control, further continuation of, providing for . . . 225 1, 2

Representative town government by limited town meetings,

Agawam, town of, establishment in, of . . . . 632 1-14

Billerica, estabUshment in, of . . . . . .6 1-13

Fairhaven, in, relative to ...... . 589 1-9

Reserve Officers Association of the United States, national con-
vention of, in city of Boston, proper representation of
commonwealth at, providing for . . . Resolve 5

Retarded children (see Children).

Retirement, state board of, Horton, EUa B., payment of an an-
nuity to, by . . . . . . . . ,630 1, 2

investigation and study by special commission, relative
to ....... . Resolves

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS:

pensions, amounts of, increase of, under all systems for public
employees .........

Boston, school pension fund, permanent, pensions payable
under, relative to ...... .

Pierce, Mary L., for, by city of Peabody ....

Suffolk county, Brickley, William J., payment to, by, of
retirement systems, in general, matters relating to, investiga-
tion and study, relative to . . . . Resolve

members of, make-up paj'ments by, to obtain credit for

certain past services, providing for, under

nurses, certain, temporary employment of, status of, under

retirement allowances, increase of, for all public employees .

waiver of portion of, by certain retired persons and those

claiming under them, providing for .

retirement law, contributory, deceased members of, widows

of, election of benefits by, under ....

creditable service, under, relative to .

/ 53
\145

670

1-6

594
756
517

1-3
1, 2
1. 2

128

695
553

670

1-7
1-6

590

560
560

Index.

Chap.

1267

Section.

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS — Concluded.
retirement systems — Concluded.

support orders, wives and children for, deduction from al-
lowance to recipients residing outside commonwealth,
providing for, under .......

widows, election of benefits by, rights relative to, under
Boston, city of, school pension fund, permanent, pension pay-
able, under . . . . .

school pension fund, permanent, principal of, made

available for payment of pensions, under

teachers retirement fund, effective date for increasing

amounts retained from salaries, for, under

Bristol county, of, Holmes, Lester H., employee of town of

Norton, benefits of, under ......

Brockton, city of, Kenney, Catherine E. O'Connell; credit-
able prior service of, under ......

commonwealth, of, board of retirement, investigation and

study by special commission relative to Resolve

revived and continued .... Resolve

general court, constitutional officers, pension rights of, resto-
ration of, under ........

Maiden, city of, Holland, Dennis C, reinstatement in employ

of for purposes of retirement, under
Montague, town of, Escott, Harry L., former employee of
retirement rights of, under .....

Savings Banks Employees Retirement Association, retire-
ment benefits for members of, relative to
Springfield, city of, Haggerty, Patrick J., retirement for acci-
dental disability, of, by, under . . .• . . •
Stack, John F., retirement for accidental disability, of
under ........

state board of retirement, Horton, Ella B., payment of an

annuity to, by .
state-Boston, of, George Robert White Fund, employees, cer

tain, of, made eligible for membership in
teachers, of, creditable service, under, change in law relative to
Weymouth, town of, Du Val, Mabel E., payment of member
survivor benefits to, under ......

Worcester, city of, Muhr, George E., reinstatement purposes,
under .........

Research bureau, legislative (see General Court).
Research council, legislative (see General Court).
Revenue bonds (see Bonds).
Revere, city of (see Cities and towns).

Youth Commission, director of, present incumbent of, tenure of
office, relative to .......

Rice, Harold P., payment by county of Essex of sum of money to .
Richmond, pond, drawing of water from, regulation on

town of (see Cities and towns).
Rivers, (see Waters and waterways).
Roads (see Ways).

Robbery, and certain related crimes, statute of limitations for, ex-
tension of time under .......

Robinson, Governor George D., Bridge, certain bridge in city of
Chicopee designated as ..... .

Roughan's Point, sea wall at, raising of .... .

Roxbury, district, municipal court of (see District courts).
Ryan, Reverend Francis A. Memorial Playground, certain play-
ground in Mattapan district of city of Boston designated

686
494

594
396

396
355

399

53

145

554

704

690
501

157

1-3

1, 2
1.2

1-3
1.2

576

1.2

630

1.2

309
560

1-4

300

1.2

691

1,2

77

1,2

240

1.2

586

1.2

781

531

473

295

1.2

s.

Sachem Lodge Cemetery Association, property of, transfer to

town of Pembroke, by ...... 23

Safety, public, department of (see Public safety, department of).

Sailors (see Military and Naval Services of the United States;
Veterans).

Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, holding of additional real and personal

estate, by, authorized . . . . . .311

1-5

1. 2

1268

Index.

Saint Francis Seraphic Seminary, payment by town of Tewks-
bury of sum of money to .... .

Salem, city of (see Cities and towns).

Sales, alcoholic beverage (see alcoholic beverages).

bait, sale of on Lord's Day, authorized ....

closing out sales, bonds given in connection with, disposition of
relative to .......

embalming fluids, arsenic content, of, as affecting
personal property, conditional sales contracts, prepayment of
providing for .......

real estate of (see Real estate).
Salisbury Water Supply Company, conveyance by state depart-
ment of public works of certain land to . . .
Salk poliomyelitis vaccine, purchase and distribution of by state

department of public health, providing for
Sanatoria, state, LakeviLle State Sanatorium, muscular dystrophy,
treatment of, at, providing for .....

Saugus, river, drainage area of, study and investigation by state
department of public works of drainage conditions
in . . . . . . , . Resolve

town of (see Cities and towns).
Savings, Bank Investment Fund, securities, certain, investment in,

by

institutions for (see Banks and banking).
Savin Hill Bay, harbor lines in, change in .
Savoie, Alfred J., payment by city of Lawrence of sum of money

to

School children (see Schools).

School committees (see Schools, public).

Schoolhouse structvu^al standards, board of, establishment in

department of public safety, of .
SCHOOLS:

private, trade schools, further regulation and definition of
public, chiropodists, school children, examination of feet of,
by, providing for .......

high schools, days of attendance, in, nvunber of, relative to
juvenile delinquency, prevention of, programs for, in
physically handicapped, special classes for, providing trans-
portation for, relative to ..... .

state aid, increased, for, investigation and study relative
to ....... . Resolve

trailer coach parks, laws regulating, exemption from, for
United Nations Day, observance of, in, providing for
special provisions relative to particular schools:

Babson Institute, master of business administration, degree
of, qualifications for, from ......

Clarke School for the Deaf, holding of additional real and
personal estate, by, authorized ......

Lowell Technological Institute of Massachusetts, board of
trustees of, acquisition by eminent domain of certain
land in the city of Lowell, by .
conveyance of certain land, by .... .

medical laboratory technologists, training of, schools for,
relative to ........

Worcester County Training School, abolishment of
See also colleges and universities.
Scituate, town of (see Cities and towns).
Scribner, David, civil service status for .... .

Sealer of weights and measures (see weights and measures).
Search warrants, subversive organizations, books, records and ma-
terials, of, issuance for, of .
SECRETARY, STATE:

in general, documents, papers and records, certain, disposition

of, study and survey, relative to . . . Resolve

salary of, increased ........

filing of certain instruments with:

American Unitarian Youth and Universalist Youth Fellow-
ship, consolidation of, acceptance votes of . _
corporations, certain, annual returns of, filing of, with, powers
and duties as to . .

filing fees, certain, for, relative to .
fire departments, hours of duty of permanent members of,
petitions to regulate, date for .... .

Chap.

73

304

217

472

455

533

481

220

74

624
534

466

Section.
1,2

156
261

1-3
1-3

1-3

675

1-3

371

1-4

684
109
696

772

1,2

135
623
265

1

351
621

1.2

759
427

1.2

45

1.2

272

1.2

104
730

5

87

1-5

290
338

161

Index.

Chap.

SECRETAB.Y, STATE — Concluded.

filing of certain instruments with — Concluded.

First Congregational Church of North Adams, vote, certain,
to establish ........

First Parish Church United of Westford, votes, certain, to
establish ........

Lowell, city of, new boundary lines of, plan of
Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, town of, re-establishment of certain
boundary line between, plan for ....

powers and duties, adoptions, certificates of, correction of
records of bu'th to conform with ....

church or cemetery corporations, certain certificates of incor-
poration, for, as to .
non-residents, certain, doing business in commonwealth, serv-
ice of process as agent for, on ... .

Selectmen, development and industrial commissions, members of
appointment of, by, authorized ....

Self -insurance (see Workmen's Compensation).
Senate (see General Court).

Seniority rights, civil service laws, under (see Civil service laws).
Sentences (see Criminal procedure and practice; Penal and re-
formatory institutions).
Sergeant-at-arms (see General Court).

Servants, domestic, coverage under workmen's compensation law, of

Service of process, non-residents, certain, on, secretary of state as

agent for, providing for ......

Servicemen (see Military and naval services of the United States).
Services, obtaining by use of fraudulent checks, penalty for .
Settlement, veterans of, relative to ..... .

Sewer districts (see District ; Metropolitan district; sewer districts).
Sewers and drains, Hingham, sewer system of, relative to

Longmeadow, sewage treatment works, construction of, by

Maiden, sewage disposal, in, relative to .

Medford, sewage disposal, in, relative to ....

Mount Pleasant sewer district, establishment of . . .

Northampton, sewage treatment works, construction of, incur-
ring of indebtedness for, by .....

North Metropohtan sewer, repairs to, funds for, providing for

Randolph, town of, addition of to south metropolitan sewerage

district .........

sewerage and sewage disposal sj-stem, construction of, by
Westwood, construction and operation of system of
Woods Hole Sewerage system, vote by town of Falmouth rela-
tive to, confirmed and ratified .....

Sex crimes, certain, persons convicted of, mandatory prison sen-
tences for, providing for ......

Sharon, town of (see Cities and towns).

Shaw Beach, sea wall at, raising of ..... .

Sheehan, Peter S., conveyance by city of Springfield of certain land

to

Shellfish, importation of, relative to .
Shrewsbury, town of (see Cities and towns).

Silicosis, or other occupational pulmonary dust disease, limitation

under workmen's compensation law of benefits for, repeal of

Sixty-third Division Association, national convention of,

proper representation of conunonwealth, at, providing

for ....... . Resolve

Slaughtering houses, poultry, act relative to ... .

Small claims (see Practice in civil actions).

Snow and ice, injuries resulting from, notices to owners of property
for ..........

Social Security Act (see Federal Social Security Act).
Soil conservation committee, state, reorganization of
Soil explorations and test borings, defixiing of as public works, for
certain purposes .......

Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, transportation to, patients,

visitors and employees, for, providing for
Soldiers' relief (see Veterans' benefits).
Solicitation of funds (see Funds) .
Somerville, city of (see Cities and towns).

Sonnabend, A. M., payment by town of Millis of sum of money to
Southampton, town of (see Cities and towns).
Southbridge, town of (see Cities and tovma).

145

144
629

416
107

490
360

102

755
360

133

740

454
178
251
251
671

462
682

410

273
380

55

763

473

747
711

234

24
289

505
307

453
720

391

1269

Section.

2
2-3

1.2

1-3

1-3

1-12

2

2

1-15

1-3

1-4

1-10
1-17
1-15

1-3

1-4

1,2

1. 2

1. 2

1270

Index.

Chap.

141

551

722
576

649

appropriation acts

Southeastern Massachusetts Water District, establishment of,
feasibility of, investigation and study relative to, scope
of, increased ...... Resolve

South Hadley, town of (see Cities and towns).
South metropolitan sewerage district, sewerage works within,
certain, cost of, additional funds for ....

Special commissions (see Commissions, state).

Speedy trial (see Practice in civil actions).

Sporting licenses (see Hunting licenses; fishing licenses).

Springfield, city of (see Cities and towns).

Springfield Recreation Authority, creation of as body politic

Stack, John F., retirement by city of Springfield, of .

State adjutant general (see Militia).

State airport management board (see Airport management board,

state) .
State airports (see Airports).
State assessment system, establishment of ... .

State boards (see Names of specific boards).

State-Boston retirement system (see Retirement systems and

pensions).
State commissions (see Commissions, state).
State committees (see Elections).
State conventions, political parties, of (see Elections).
State elections (see Elections).

State employees (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of).
State employees' group insurance commission, establishment

of, powers and duties of ..... . 628

STATE FINANCE:

f 175
372
465
468
496
682
706
738
,784

bonds, notes, etc., issuance of, capital outlay program of com-
monwealth, for ........ 738

capital outlay program for commonwealth .... 738

[497
emergency expenditures, certain, authorized . . . . { 620

1 668

floods, current year, in, repair work made necessary by, funds 1^698

for, relative to . . . . . . . . \ 699

General fund, crediting of old-age assistance funds to, abolish-
ment of old-age assistance fund ..... 540

state activities, funds for, providing for ..... 707

state owned airports, fines and penalties, of, crediting of to gen-
eral fund ......... 452

State fish pier (see Fish pier, state).

State forests (see Parks and reservations).

State funds (see State finance).

State guard (see Militia).

State highways (see Ways).

State hospitals, Danvers State Hospital, medical and infirmary

building at, designated as Clarence A. Bonner Building . 278
Metropolitan State Hospital, building for psychotic children at,

designated as Gaebler children's unit .... 279

Monson State Hospital, building, certain, at, designated as

Beatrice V. Buckley Building ..... 8

Northampton State Hospital, land certain, of commonwealth, at,

conveyance of . . . . . . . .159

State house, leasing of quarters outside of, state agencies for, further

regulation of ....... . 317

State housing board (see Housing board, state).
State land (see Commonwealth, land).

State librarian, Calvin Coolidge Memorial Room, establishment of
in Forbes Library in city of Northampton, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . . 547

State office building commission, revived and continued Resolve 94
State officers and employees (see Commonwealth, officers and
employees of).

Section.

1-4

1-20
1, 2

1-4

1-13

1-10

2

1-4

1

1-15

1-7

1-9

3-7
1-7
1-3
1, 2
1, 2
1-5
1-7

1-7
1-11

1,2
1. 2
1, 2

1, 2

1-3

Index. 1271

Chap. Section.

State parks fsee Parks and reservations).

State penal institutions (see Penal and reformatory institutions).

State planning board (see Planning board, state).

State police, division of (see Public safety, department of).

State primaries (see Elections, primaries).

State printing and binding, bids and contracts for, relative to . 614

State purchasing agent (see Administration and finance, commis-
sion on).

State reclamation board (see Reclamation board, state).

State retirement board (see Retirement systems and pensions).

State schools (see Schools).

State superintendent of buildings (see Superintendent of build-
ings, state).

State tax commission (see Corporations and taxation, department
of).

State Teachers' Colleges, special commission to investigate and

study, further revived and continued . . Resolve 39

Westfield, new administration building at, designated as Anthony

Parenzo Memorial Building ..... 383

State treasurer (see Treasurer, state).

Statute of Limita/tions (see Limitations, statute of).

Steam boiler insurance (see Insurance; classes of insurance).

Steam railroads (see Railroads).

Steel industry, development of within commonwealth, special com-
mission to investigate and study, revived and con-
tinued . . . . . . . Resolve 136

Steel mills, procurement of within commonwealth, investigation

and study relative to . . . . . Resolve 88

scope of, increased ..... Resolve 139

Sterling Leather Company, Inc., temporarily revived for certain

purposes ......... 301 1, 2

Stock, corporate, shares of (see Securities).

Stolen weapons, return to lawful owners, of, providing for . . 160

Stoughton, Health Center, incorporation of .... 714 1-10

town of (see Cities and towns).

Straits Pond, control of insect life in, relative to . . . . 557

Street railways, investigation and study relative to provid-
ing ........ Resolve 79

Street trades (see Labor).

Streets (see Ways).

Strikes (see Labor).

Sturgis, Franklin, Jr., estate of, payment by commonwealth of sum
of money to ..... . Resolve

Subcontractors, public works contracts on, payment of

Subdivision control law, appeals, certain, under, speedy trials for

industrial land to be included in provisions of law, of

parks, setting aside land for, under .....

plans, certain, certification of, power of planning boards for,

delegation of, providing for ......

Subdivisions, land for park purposes, in, relative to . . .

Substandard housing, persons hving in, housing projects for, rela-
tive to _ .

Subversive activities, special commission to investigate and study,

revived and continued .... Resolve

scope of, increased ...... Resolve

Subversive organizations, books, records and materials, of, issu-
ance of search warrants, for, providing for

SUFFOLK COUNTY:

Boston, contracts made by officials of, for, relative to
Brickley, William J., payment of pension to, by . . .

District Attorney, ten additional assistant district attorneys to,
providing for ........

Medical examiners, salaries of, increased ....

Probate court, additional court officer for ....

Suits, civil (see Actions, civil; Practice in civil actions).

Summary process, judgment and execution in, further stay of,

providing for 226 1,2

Sunday (see Lord's Day).

Sun Valley Beach, Inc., payment by Bourne Water District of

sum of money to ....... 447 1-3

Superintendent of buildings, state, capitol police, expenses and
damages, certain, incurred by, reimbursement for, pay-
ments for, by ....... . 581

62
701
348
411
324

1.2

326
324

1.2

641

52
129

272

1. 2

60
517

1-3
1, 2

582

422

1. 2

1272

Index.

Superintendent of buildings, state — Concluded.
premises, certain, acquisition of, by .

quarters, leasing of outside the state house by state agencies,
powers and duties as to .
Superior court (see Supreme judicial and superior courts).
Support, dependents for, change, certain, in law relative to .

parents of, liability of children for ......

wives and children for, deduction from retirement allowances of
persons residing outside the commonwealth .
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, funds, certain, consoli-
dation of, by, authorized ......

SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS:

superior court, Essex, courthouse in city of Lawrence, installa-
tion of elevator in, providing for .....

jurors, compensation of, increase of, for ....

examination of persons called as, investigation by judicial
council relative to .... . Resolve

information relative to persons sitting as, change in law rela-
tive to . . . . .

justices, certain, of, salaries of, relative to .
justices and clerks of, salaries of, established
planning boards, boards of appeal, certain appeals from,
speedy trial for, in, providing for .....

police officers, compensatory time off for attendance of crim-
inal cases, at, providing for ......

verdicts, civil cases in, permitting ten jurors to render, investi-
gation by judicial council relative to . . Resolve
Worcester county, fifth assistant clerk of courts, for, provid-
ing for .........

supreme judicial covu"t, justices and clerks, of, salaries of,
established ........

subversive organizations, issuance of search warrants for books,
records and materials, of, by
Surety bonds (see Bonds).
Swampscott, town of (see Cities and towns).
Swansea, town of (see Cities and towns).

Sweetser, General E. Leroy interchange, certain interchange in

city of Everett designated as . . . Resolve

Switch stands, railroad tracks, on, relative to ... .

iap.

Section.

625

1-3

317

1, 2

29
492

1-3

686

232

1-3

287
328

1-3

1

38
475
733

1-3
1-6
2,8

348
223

1, 2

354

1.2

733

1. 6, 8

272

1,2

14
491

T.

Taconic Trail, acquisition of certain land along, by department of
natural resources .......

Taunton, city of (see Cities and towns).

Taverns, closing hours, of, extension of .....

TAXATION:

in general, abated taxes, repayment of ....

alcoholic beverages, pre-collection of taxes from retail con-
sumer, relative to . . . . _.

equalization and apportionment, special commission to study,
establishment of .... . Resolve

scope of, increased ..... Resolve

forest products and wild land, of, relative to . . .

fuels, special, taxation of sales and use of, study relative

to ....... . Resolve

laws relative to, corrective changes in ....

study relative to, providing for . . . Resolve

problems of, special commission to investigate and study,

further continued ..... Resolve

578

scope of, increased

further continued ...
state activities, fimds for, providing for, by

Resolve
Resolve

336

243

421

1.2

81

100

705

1-3

119

611

1-8

116

32

44

64

112

117

125

131

134

707

1-11

194

580

1.2

549

1-3

613

707

8

707

1

635

1

707

9

344

1-3

/495
\580

1,2

1,2

421

1, 2

Index. 1273

Chap. Beottoa.

TAXATION — Concluded.

abatements, soldiers and sailors and their wives, widows,
fathers and mothers, time for filing applications by, for,
extension of ....... . 148

betterments, liens for unpaid assessments rfor, duration of,
relative to ........

corporations of, alcoholic beverage sales by, taxation of .
assessment of, time of making of, relative to . . .

assessments and abatements after final determination of federal
net income, relative to ......

banks, temporary additional tax on .

certain temporary additional taxes on, further continued

corporate distributions, change in law relative to .

insurance companies, domestic, temporary additional tax on .

telephone and telegraph companies, property of, relative to .

excise tax, alcoholic beverages, certain, on . . . .

relative to precollection from retail consumer, of
cigarettes, sales of, temporary additional tax on, further con-
tinued 707 11

disabled veterans, motor vehicles of, exemption for, from pay-
ment of 320

documentary stamp, use of metering machines in registries of
deeds, for sales of ...... .

registered motor vehicles and trailers, certain, on, relative to

reimbursement to certain persons suffering flood damage, of

payments for ........

exemptions, disabled veterans, certain, for, not applicable when
conveyance is for tax evasion purposes ....

motor vehicles of, for .......

horse and dog race meetings, certain taxes imposed upon, in-
crease of ........ .

incomes of, abatements of, filing of applications for, relative to
repayment of ........

accounting methods required under law relative to

capital gains or losses, determination of, change in law relative

to ... .

estates and trusts, computation of, time for filing returns
thereof .........

evasion of payment of, additional payment for
guardians and conservators, premiums of surety bonds of, de-
duction for, under .......

medical expenses, certain, deduction for, under
non-residents, income earned in commonwealth by, of .
tax returns, contents of, disclosure of, relative to .

simplified form for certain taxpayers ....

temporary additional taxes on, further continued
inheritance tax, charitable, educational and religious exemp-
tions, under, further defining of .
legacy and successions, on, temporary additional taxes on,
further continued .......

poll taxes, collection of after assessment of, relative to
real estate, assessment systems for cities and towns, for provid-
ing for ........ . 649

cities and towns, reimbursement to, for loss of taxes on certain

state lands, relative to ...... 467

tax rates, cities, of, use of certain available funds for reduction

of 202 1, 2

Taxes, collectors of (see Collectors of taxes).

Teacher certification and placement, division of, establishment

of in department of education ..... 514
Teachers (see Schools).

Teachers' Colleges, State (see State Teachers' Colleges).
Teachers' retirement system (see Retirement systems and pen-
sions).
Telephone and Telegraph companies :

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, lines, poles and

equipment, certain, of, locations of, validated . . 215 1, 2

New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, lines, poles,

and equipment, certain, of, locations of, validated . . 215 1, 2

party line telephones, priority of emergency calls on, relative to 120
property of, assessed valuation of, abatements of and appeals

therefrom, relative to . . . . . . . 344 1-3

651

587

1,2

1-3

745

312
320

276
545
243
618

635

1-3

592
539

1-4
1, 2

527
717
780
661
692
707

1, 2
1-10

1, 2
2.3

596

707
474

6
1. 2

1274

Index.

Chap.

Telephone and Telegraph companies — Concluded.

telephone companies, employees of, inclusion in workmen's com-
pensation act, of ....... 366

telephone service, interruptions of, problems relating to, investi-
gation and study relative to . . . Resolve 113
Western Union Telegraph Company, lines, poles and equipment,

certain, of, locations of, validated .... 215

Television, use of, educational purposes, for, special commission to

investigate and study, revived and continued Resolve 54
Lord's Day, on, relative to . . . . . . . 742

Telford, Edna B., present member of house of representatives, pay-
ment of salary to .... . Resolve 90

Terry, Church, family burial lot of heirs of, eminent domain taking

of by state department of public works . . . 293

Tewksbury, town of (see Cities and towns).

Tisbury, town of (see Cities and towns).

Tobin, Maurice J., statue or memorial to commemorate, erection
of, special commission to investigate and study, revived
and continued ...... Resolve 46

Tolland, town of (see Cities and towns).

Torrance, Ralph, payment by town of Plymouth of sum of money

to 101

Torts (see Actions, Civil).

Tourist routes, system of, establishment of, providing for Resolve 110

Town clerks (see City and town clerks).

Town officers (see Municipal officers and employees; and specific
titles).

Town treasurers (see City and town treasurers).

Town ways (see Ways).

Towns (see Cities and towns).

Townsend, town of (see Cities and towns).

Trade schools, private, further regulation and definition of

Trailer coach parks, educational institutions exempted from pro-
visions of law regulating ......

Trailers (see Motor vehicles).

Training schools, inmates of, solitary confinement for, prohibited .

Trains (see Railroads).

Transit companies, local, investigation and study relative to, pro-
viding for ....... Resolve

Transportation companies, premises used by, drinking water,
water closets and washing facilities, for, providing for

Trapping licenses, revocation of, relative to ... .

TREASURER, STATE:

airport management board, state, bonds to be issued in connec-
tion with, powers and duties as to

bonds and notes, issuance of certain, by

Boston Arena Authority, payment of sum of money to, by
capital outlay program for commonwealth, bonds to be issued in

connection with, powers and duties as to
borrowing of funds for, powers and duties as to .
cities and towns, borrowing of money by, under act creating

emergency finance board, powers and duties as to .
Dahner, Jolin D., issuance of new check to, by . . .

deposits, certain, by, relative to ..... .

emergency finance boards, bond to be issued in connection with,

powers and duties as to .
excise taxes, reimbursement of to certain persons suffering flood

damage, payment of, by .

371
623
357

77

373
647

/769

1775

410

519

551

583

625

682

698

699

706

726

731

738

743

768

769

775

"598

/738

\775

738

/262

\726

3

167

/726

\775

745

Section.

1. 2

1-3

1-4

1, 2

2

19

5, 6

5

2, 3

2,3

2

2

2

3

2B

2

3

4, 5

2, 3, 4
1-19

3, 5, 7
13, 14, 16

1-7

1, 2

2

1, 2

2
11

Index. 1275

Chap. Section.

TREASURER, STATE — Concluded.

Federal Social Security Act, financial assistance secured under,

powers and duties as to . . . . . . 700 2

f 698 2-5

flood damage, expenditures for, powers and duties as to . . \ 699 3

1739 1,2

floods, certain, in current year, expenditures, certain, because of, f 698 2

bonds to be issued in connection with, powers and duties \ 699 3

as to . . . i 775 9, 10

general fund, crediting of old age assistance funds to, powers

and duties as to ....... 540 1-7

Horseneck beach, recreational facilities, certain, at, bonds to be f 583 2, 3

issued in connection with, powers and duties as to . 1 775 5, 6

Lake Quinsigamond, state park adjacent to, bonds to be issued |519 5

in connection with . . ... . . \ 775 2

Leahy, James J., issuance of new check to, by ... 2 1, 2

[574 3

Metropolitan District Commission, projects, certain, of, bonds 731 3

to be issued in connection with, powers and duties as \ 743 8

to 768 4

i775 3, 12, 17, 18
Metropolitan Transit Authority, deficiencies, certain, of, method

of assessing amount of, powers and duties as to . . 229 1, 2

north metropolitan sewer, repairs, certain, to, bonds to be issued f 683 2

in connection with, powers and duties as to . . . \ 775 8
Plymouth county, reimbursement for expenses incurred in trial

of certain state farm inmates, payment to, by . . 525

salary of, increased ........ 730 6

Salk poliomyelitis vaccine, gifts and grants for, expenditure of,

by 481 1-3

south metropolitan sewerage district, certain bonds issued in con- J (-(-V o

nection with, powers and duties as to . . . . ', y-,- , o

superintendent of buildings, state, acquisition of certain build- "] g25 2

ings by, bonds to be issued in connection with, powers > -^jq 7

and duties as to . . . . . . .J

tax abatements, repayment of, by . . . . . . 243

teachers of special classes, payments to cities and towns for cost

of, powers and duties as to . . . . ._ . 626 2

Westwood, town of, sewerage system for, amount to be paid by,

determination of, by . . . . . . . 380 14

Youth service, division of, expenditures, certain, of, certification

of, to 518 2

Treasurers, city and town (see City and town treasurers).

county (see County treasurers).
Trespass, motor vehicles, by, burden of proof in certain prosecution

for 269

Trial justices, elimination of, from laws relative to election inquests

and certain criminal proceedings ..... 131 1-12

Trials, civil (see Practice in civil actions).

criminal (see Criminal procedure and practice).
Trinity Church in the city of Boston, holding of additional real

and personal estate, by, authorized . . . .30

Trucking companies, premises used by, drinking water, water

closets and washing facilities, for, providing for . . 373 1. 2

Trucks (see Motor vehicles).
Truro, town of (see Cities and towns).
Trust companies (see Banks and banking).
Trust funds, health and welfare, administration and regulation of,

investigation and study, relative to need for . Resolve 107
Trustees (see Fiduciaries).

Trusts, income of, taxation of, time for filing returns thereof, rela-
tive to . 592 1-4

minimum participation permissible in investment of small trust

funds ......... 63

Tuberculosis, hospitals, counties, of, expenditures for maintenance,

etc., of . . . . . . . . .642

patients, care for by cities and towns, relative to . . . 559 1, 2

Turner, Warren A., present member of house of representatives,

payment of salary to . . . . . Resolve 91

1276 Index.

U.

Chap. Section.

Undertakers, reports of deaths, fee for, to, abolished ... 95 2

Unemployment (see Employment security law).

Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act, establishment of 666 1, 2

Uniform boat regulations (see Boat regulations, uniform).
Uniform commercial code, special commission to investigate and

study, further revived and continued . . Resolve 89

Uniforms, armed forces of United States and commonwealth, of, un-
lawful wearing of, relative to .... . 204

Unions, credit (see Credit unions).

trusteeships, certain, of, exemption from provisions of law rela-
tive to domestic insurance companies, for . . . 636
United Nations Day, observance of in schools, providing for . . 265 1
United States, armed forces of, unlawful wearing of uniform of,

relative to ........ 204

civilian emplovees, certain, of, provisions of absentee voting ex-
tended to 321

Federal emergency laws (see Federal emergency laws).
Fish and Wildlife Service, of, leasing of certain land by depart-
ment of natural resources, from ..... 544 1-3

Fort Devens, land, certain, in vicinity of, acceptance by com-
monwealth of concurrent jurisdiction over . . . 658 1, 2
Hanscom, Laurence G., Field, consent of commonwealth to ac-
quisition of certain lands for ..... 347 1-3

Hospital Survey and Construction Act, of, provisions of, ad-
ministration by department of public health, of . . 331 1, 2
medical service corporations, providing medical services for, by,

relative to ........ 186

Universities and Colleges (see Colleges and universities).
University of Massachusetts, Building Association, holding of ad-
ditional real estate, by, leasing of certain state land, to . 444 1, 2
trustees of, national resources, study, certain, relative to, by,

jointly with department of natural resources . . 439

Massachusetts State College Building Association, leasing of

certain state land, to, by . . . . . . 444 1, 2

Upton, town of (see Cities and towns).

Urban Renewal Projects, act relative to . . . . . 654 1-5

Used cars (see Motor vehicles).

Utilities, public, department of (see Public utilities, department
of).

V.

Vehicles (see Motor vehicles).

Venue, district courts, in . . . . . . . .158

Veterans, cancer treatment for, payments for, relative to . . 585 1-3

disabled, hawkers and peddlers licenses, for, relative to . . 214

motor vehicle excise tax, exemption from payment of, for . 320
eligibility for veterans benefits, law relative to, changes in . 305 1-3

housing projects, state aided, for consolidation of, authorized . 489
Korean emergency, of, on-farm training for, providing for . 680

rights of, relative to 403 1-14

laws relative to, investigation and study relative to . Resolve 133
Memorial Park, certain little league park in city of Medford to

be designated as . . . . . . .431

rights and privileges of, further defined ..... 708 1, 2

settlement of, relative to ...... . 740 1-3

tax abatements, for (see Taxation).

tax exemptions, real estate, on, for, exclusion of certain property

from . . . . . . . . . 312

See also American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Inc.;
American Legion, The; American Veterans of World
War II, AMVETS; Army and Nav>' Union, U. S. A.;
Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massachu-
setts, Inc.; Federal Employees Veterans Association,
Inc.; 55th Artillery A. E. F. Veterans Association;
Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.; Marine Corps

Index. 1277

Chap. Section.

Veterans — Concluded.

League; Military Order of the Purple Heart; lOlst Air-
borne Division Association ; Polish-American Veterans of
Massachusetts, Inc. ; Reserve Officers Association of the
United States; 63rd Division Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.

Veterans benefits, borrowing of money by cities and towns for

purposes of ........ 18 1-4

eligibility for, law relative to, changes iii .... 305 1-3

Veterans of Foreign Wars, national convention of in city of Boston,
proper representation of commonwealth at, providing
for ........ Resolve 6

state convention of, proper representation of commonwealth at,

providing for ...... Resolve 8

Veterans' Services, Commissioner of, cancer treatment, veterans
for, payments by cities and towns for, reimbursement to,

by 585 3

eligibility for benefits, changes in law relative to, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 305 1-3

Voting (see Elections).

w.

Wages, credit union loans, deductions for, from, made permissible . 631

minimum, fair rates, of, increased ...... 762 1-4

pa\ment on public works projects, of . . . . . 180

weekly payment of, law relative to, further amendment of . 506

Wakefield, town of (see Cities and towns).

Walden Pond State Reservation, addition to, providing for . 566 1-3

Walsh, George T., Highway, certain portion of route 3A desig-
nated as ........ . 776

Waltham, city of (see Cities and towns).

War veterans (see Veterans).

Ward and town committees (see Elections).

Warrants, search (see Search warrants).

Washington Day, proclamation as to . . . . . . 265 2

Water companies, in general, funds, investment of, by, regulation of 187
Salisbury Water Supply Companj^ conveyance by state depart-
ment of public works of certain land, to . . . 533 1-3
WATERS AND WATERWAYS:

in general, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, construction by,

on or over ........ 213

tidal and non-tidal waters, certain work by department of f 5

public works, in ....... \ 448 1, 2

brooks and streams, Chester brook and Beaver brook, Wal-
tham, in, drainage conditions of, study relative to Resolve 138
Cranberry brook, flooding of, cause of, investigation and

study relative to, providing for . . . Resolve 75

Furnace brook, enclosure by pipe or conduit, of, providing for 600
Spot Pond brook, Saugus Branch brook. Linden brook and
Town Line brook, drainage and flood control facilities

for, construction of, by metropolitan district commission 574 1-4

harbors and bays, Boston harbor, department of public works

authorized to do certain work in tidal waters, of . .5

Fairhaven harbor, improvement of, investigation and study

relative to, continued ..... Resolve 45

Savin Hill bay, harbor lines in, change in . . . . 534 1-3

ponds and lakes, Chapin pond, right of way for public access to,

establishment of, providing for ..... 252 1-5

Fellsmere pond, improvement by metropolitan district com-
mission, of ........ 655

Goodrich pond, public access to, establishment of, providing

for 258 1-5

great ponds, submerged weeds, in, elimination or control of,

investigation relative to, continued . . Resolve 28

Hanson, town of, in, control of by said town, providing for . 103 1-6

Lake Winnaconnet, management by division of fisheries and

game of department of natural resources, of , providing for 482 1,2

Louisa lake, improvement of, study by metropolitan district

commifiaion, relative to ... . Resolve 143

105
253
254

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1-5

63

586
557

1,2

72

768
143
144

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Chap. Section.

WATERS AND WATERWAYS — Concluded.
ponds and lakes — Concluded.

Musquashiat pond, control of insect life on, providing for . 423
Mystic pond, draining and filling of, investigation and study-
relative to ...... Resolve

Nine Mile pond, public access to, establishment of
Norwich lake, public access to, establishment of .
Nuttings lake, dredging of, feasibility of, investigation and
study relative to ..... Resolve

Richmond pond, drawing of water, from, regulation on
_ Straits pond, control of insect life in, relative to .
rivers, Blackstone river, improvement of, portions of, special
commission to study ..... Resolve

Charles river, and its tributaries, flood control construction
for, providing for .......

portions, certain, of, improvement of, study by metropolitan
district commission relative to . . . Resolve \

Ipswich river, dredging and improvement of, investigation and

study by department of public works relative to Resolve 102
Little river, improvement by state department of public

works, of ........ . 502

Mystic river, land, certain, adjacent to, improvement of,
study by Metropolitan District Commission relative

to Resolve 79

Neponset river, lands adjacent to, draining of, study relative

to, further continuation of . . . . Resolve 56

relief of flood conditions in, reclamation of land adjacent

thereto, providing for . . . . . . . 743 1-9

Saugus river, drainage area of, study and investigation by
state department of public works, of drainage conditions

in Resolve 74

Westfield river, improvement by state department of public

works, of ........ . 502

Water districts (see Districts; Water supply).
WATER SUPPLY:

in general, water pipes, laying of, certain, by cities, towns or dis- f 332
tricts, special assessments for, levying of, relative to . \ 639
Bourne Water District, payment of sum of money to Sun Valley

Beach, Inc., by 447 1-3

Brookline-Newton water lands, future use of, investigation and

study by special commission, relative to . Resolve 38

Burlington Water District, sale of water by town of Lexington,

to 511 1, 2

Cohasset, fluoride supplementation, of, submission to voters of

question relative to . . . . , . .61 1,2

Lakeville, certain inhabitants, for ...... 459

Maiden, in, relative to . . . . . . . . 251 1

Medford, in, relative to ....... 251 1

Mount Pleasant Water District, establishment in town of

Leicester, for ........ 664 1-14

Needham, fluoridation, submission to voters of question relative to 408 1 , 2

Springfield, Robinson State Park, easement for water supply

purposes, in, granting of, to ..... 508

Watertown Firefighters Relief Association, Inc., death benefits

of, relative to ....... . 286

Watertown, town of (see Cities and towns).
Waterways, division of (see Public works, department of).

Ways, in general, water pipes, cost of laying of, in, relative to . < gog

private, statutory regulations as to speed and use of motor ve-
hicles, in, providing for ...... 135

public, Boston, Morrissey Boulevard, construction of certain

pedestrian overpass, on ..... . 260

use for playground purposes, by, of .... 1

Everett, certain proposed interchange designated as General

E. Leroy Sweetser interchange . . . Resolve 14

floods, current year, in, funds for highway work made neces-
sary, by . . . . . . . . 698 1-5

clarification of ...... . 739 1, 2

load Umits, permissible, on, relative to .... 736

Massachusetts Turnpike, penalties for violations of rules and

regulations pertaining to ..... . 653

starting point of, relative to . . . . . .47

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Chap. Section.

Ways, in general — Concluded.
public — Concluded.

Metropolitan District Commission controlled, property abut-
ting on, investigation and study relative to, revived and
continued ....... Resolve 42

Metropolitan Transit Authority buses, width of, for operation

on 105 1, 2

public institutions, of, maintenance of, by state department of

pubHc works, providing for ...... 379 1, 2

Route 3A, portion, certain, designated as George T. Walsh

Highway . . . . . . . . 776

tourist routes, system of, establishment of, providing

for ........ Resolve 110

Wasrward children (see Children).

Weapons, dangerous, assault by, penalty for .... 112

stolen, return to lawful owners, of, providing for . . . 160

Weights and measures, sealers of, farm milk tanks, annual test-
ing and sealing of, by, powers and duties as to . .185
sealing of, by, fee for ....... 184

interference with performance of duties by, penalty for . 190

Welfare, districts (see Districts).

department of (see Public welfare, department of),
local boards of (see Public welfare, boards of),
public (see Public welfare).
Wellesley College, holding of additional real and personal estate,

by, authorized ........ 246

Wellesley Housing Authority, disposal of state-aided veterans'

housing project, Wellesley 200-2, by . . . . 567

Wellesley, town of (see Cities and towns).

Wentzell, Frederick A., employee of division of employment se-
curity, salary adjustment for . . . Resolve 47
West Boylston, town of (see Cities and towns).
Western Union Telegraph Company, Hnes, poles and equipment,

certain, of, locations of, validated .... 215 1, 2

Westfield, city of (see Cities and towns).

River, improvement by state department of public works, of . 502
State Sanatorium, cancer patients, veterans, admission to, pay-
ments for care of, relative to .... . 585 1-3

State Teachers' College (see State Teachers' Colleges).
Westminster, town of (see Cities and towns).
West Newbury, town of (see Cities and towns).
Westport, town of (see Cities and towns).
West Springfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Westwood, town of (see Cities and towns).
Weymouth, town of (see Cities and towns).

Whales, removal from tidewaters and shores, by department of pub-
lic works ......... 464

White, George Robert Fund, employees of, made eligible for mem-
bership in State-Boston retirement system . . . 309 1-4
White House Conference on Education, committee appointed to

attend, payment of travel expenses of, providing for . 784 9

Widows, continuance of insurance agency businesses, by . . 155

Wilbraham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Wilkins, Harold A., payment by town of Belmont of sum of money to 268 1,2

Williamstown, town of (see Cities and towns).
Wilmington, town of (see Cities and towns).
Wines, (see Alcoholic beverages).
Woburn, city of (see Cities and towns).
Women, certain labor laws relative to, suspension of operation of,

providing for ........ 106

mechanical establishments, allowance of hours for meals, in, for 111
Woods, Edward Melvin, Bridge, certain bridge over Maiden river

designated as ....... . 425

Worcester, city of (see Cities and towns).
WORCESTER COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance, etc., of . . . . . 765 1

courts and county departments, of, additional accommodations

and facilities for, use of certain monies for, by, authorized 667
superior court, of, fifth assistant clerk, for, providing for . . 354 1, 2

training school, aboUshment of, by, providing for . . . 427

Words and phrases :

candidates for re-election, election laws, under . . . 256

cannabis, drug laws, under ....... 100 1, 2

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Words and phrases — Concluded.

farmer, motor vehicle laws, under ...... 483 2

industrial establishments, labor laws, under .... 373 1, 2

mentally ill, laws relative to department of mental health, under 637 1

private carrier, laws relative to carriers of property by motor ve-
hicle for compensation, under ..... 569

registered mail, definition of, inclusion of certified maU, in . 683
trial justices, clarification of certain laws relative to hearings by 131 1-12

Work (see Labor).
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION:

domestic servants, coverage of, under, relative to . . . 755

law relative to, corrective changes in .... . 174 1-5

proposed laws relating to, study by industrial accident board,

providing for ...... Resolve 48

public employees, injured while working for another govern-
mental unit, extension to, of . . . . . 681

silicosis or other occupational pulmonary dust disease, limitation

of benefits for, under, repeal of . . . . . 234 1, 2

statute of limitations, under, investigation by judicial council

relative to ...... Resolve 20

telephone companies, employees of, placing under . . . 366

_ weekly benefits, maximum, imder, increase of . . . . 777 1-3

Writs (see Actions, civil).

Y.

Yarmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).

Youth service, board, advisory committee on service to youth, re-
organization of, providing for ..... 766 3, 6
children, wayward and deUnquent, detention of, powers and

duties as to
functions and duties of, relative to .... .

division of, Boston, city of, place of custody in, maintenance

_ of, by

children, wayward and delinquent detention of, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . _ .

director, juvenile dehnquents, prevention of, school training

program for, powers and duties as to .
Hampden county, place of custody in, establishment of, by .

z.

Zoning Enabling Act, boards of appeal, under, powers and duties

of .349

Zoning, local boards of, appeal boards, under, powers and duties of,

relative to ........ 325 1, 2

609
766

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1-6

518

1-3

609

1-3

696
573

1,2